At the half, I felt like we played well enough to stay in the game. I thought we were going to come back out in the second half and shoot a lot better than we did.

I have always thought that you start out the season trying to win the national championship. When that's eliminated, you are trying to go to the NCAA tournament. ... Our goal was to win a game in (the Big 12) tournament and then see what we can do from there.

He's a competitor. He likes to get up in you... I thought he played a big part in what they did tonight.

First time I met Brand, I said, 'This is not gonna be good.' I saw who I was working for. I didn't think they were competent, but I thought I could continue. I was wrong,

Hey, what's up, Knight?

When you've got a kid that hits five 3s, that makes things a lot better against the zone.