We'll have to play our best basketball of the year to repeat.

Buffalo is playing really good basketball and it's not a fluke that they're 6-3 over their last nine games. One of the things that stands out about Buffalo is their shooting percentage. We came out with the big point of emphasis to keep them under 42-45 percent shooting and we did that. . . . We took away their first option and tried to make them look hard for their other options.

I think the first quarter was the best quarter of basketball I've seen played since I started here.

You tip your hat to them. Sometimes, as a basketball coach, you can get frustrated because it's tough to get them out of that football mode. When you win a championship, you want to enjoy it, put your feet up on the recliner. These guys have to march right back into a long, grueling season. For these kids to do this two years in a row where they don't have any time off from the beginning of football until March, that's impressive.

I was happy with the progress of the team in the last six weeks. We played solid basketball, but tonight wasn't one of our better games.

I will repeat what I had said before last year 'step down'.