As I told the kids on the way home, this conference is tough. We have to build mental as well as physical toughness to be competitive.

I told the kids not to get up or down on their performances. It's indoor. We just have to keep believing in ourselves and each other and good things will come.

A big positive for us is we have over 70 kids out. That's double from last year.

Rockne returned home [from Pittsburgh] exhausted,

We have a couple of kids coming up as sophomores in Alyssa and Stephanie who are new this year but have shown a lot so far,

The kids smelled a little bit,