After tonight we were more of a team than we'd been for the last couple of games. You hate to lose, but you certainly have to be proud of the effort we had.

I don't know how many shots we missed underneath the basket. We've done that several games now. At least we're consistent there.

There's definitely more electricity in the air before the game begins [in conference games].

This just means we have a tougher road in the playoffs. We still have a chance to go a long way if we regroup. I think next time we'll come out, play hard and play with the confidence we didn't play with tonight.

We played a lot better tonight but we need to do a better job of shooting free throws. We would have liked to have been champions outright. We just have to take care of business on Friday.

I think they did a good job of using those calls as motivation.