At halftime, I talked to the seniors and we tried to find a way to pick it up. We started to get a great inside-outside balance in the second half. When we do that, we play really well.

It was the exact same thing we talked about at halftime. You're going to have those spells. We just had some mental lapses.

I talked to the seniors and juniors before to have their input, and they were a little hesitant at the start. I think they felt better because everyone had to wear one. It wasn't an option.

We talked about the re- cord at halftime. We emphasized to our guys we should either go to the basket or look to shoot a 3. I think we were preoccupied with it. We only hit one 3 in the second half (on 20 attempts).

At halftime we talked about being aggressive. We needed to get more aggressive and get to the free throw line. With our interior players we should get to the free throw line more than we did in the first half.

We talked at halftime that we have to learn to put people away. We had a big tendency last year to get a 10-, 17- point lead and let everybody hang around. We came out with a lot more intensity and it showed.