We wanted it to look like it was old, and like it had been here a long time.

We put it downtown because we believe in downtown Waterloo. We want people to come to Waterloo.

The early Irish Americans were persecuted. They struggled when they left their country, and they struggled when they got to the States.

Without going back to individual seasons, you'd have a hard time finding so many major things happening to one club other than this year. It's like, 'Wow, what else could go wrong?' I think it really wears on a team that's pretty sensitive. I don't think their reversal of fortunes was 100 percent related to that, but it had an impact, no question about that.

It's exciting because I went with my brother on all his college visits, but this is the first time I'll be looking at them for myself. They're such a good school in terms of basketball. It's really exciting. I'm looking forward to going up there.

I don't know if this is my time,