All the games now are important. It's us just coming together as a team, fighting a little bit harder, turning up the concentration a little bit more. It's getting close to that time.

It cost us a couple games early, but then guys started fighting for each other. We could have had a lot better season.

Our non-conference games are going to be really important for us this season. Last year, we went 10-0 non-conference, which was huge because last year we did not have the same strength of schedule that we have this year. Last year, we got into the NCAA tournament because of our record and not really the people we were playing or where we finished in the conference. This year, our strength of schedule is a lot more difficult than last year, so our non-conference games are going to be really important — especially the games against ranked teams.

I'm glad we had one of these games before conference. It shows that we keep fighting and can come back.

We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost. We have given ourselves a fighting chance with the way we performed in the previous three games and the lads gave everything today as well.

He did get frustrated at times. But he kept fighting through it, kept playing hard. And in those games he made a lot of plays against the run, which is something that goes unnoticed.