A lot of KU players played just as hard as me, guys like (Kirk) Hinrich and (Jerod) Haase, a lot of guys.

Those guys played hard and they played well. They [the Jaguars] were bringing a lot of pressure, so I didn't get to see the end of a lot of those plays. But there were times when I would throw the ball, just get rid of it, and kind of listen to hear what sounded like a completion.

We came up here and our guys wanted to win this game so bad and we played so hard. We prepared so hard during the week, and it just hurts. It really does.

If you never done it the way Kirk does it, it's hard to explain how hard it is to chase some of the game's best players around two, three, four screens sometimes in the same possession and almost always taller than him, sometimes stronger also, so he does such a good job of it. I thought it wore him down a little bit, but he really responded late in the game. I thought overall it was (one) Kirk's better games.

If you never done it the way Kirk does it, it's hard to explain how hard it is to chase some of the game's best players around 2, 3, 4 screens sometimes in the same possession and almost always taller than him, sometimes stronger also, so he does such a good job of it. I thought it wore him down a little bit, but he really responded late in the game. I thought overall it was (one) Kirk's better games.

We've worked hard since we started and all the work is paying off. Most of the players have played in the off season over the last few years to help build their skills.