We tried to keep as much pressure on them as possible and rattle their guards.

Free throws are obviously important. Clay took a lot more than we did but we did not capitalize on ours. This was a good test for us and we expect to see them again in the sectionals. We know we can play with them.

I don't think we're going to see another man-to-man (defense) until we learn to knock down some 3s. That's all we've seen the last four, five ball games. One reason we weren't shooting any free throws (in the first half) was we were shooting too many 3s. We told them to go to the hole.

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives,

History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.