Basketball in the state of Iowa is probably at an all-time high.

I feel terrible for those guys that they didn't get in. They deserved to get in.

This one hurts. This is as bad a loss as any I've ever suffered because our chance of winning a conference title is pretty slim now, and that was one of the things I really wanted to accomplish here.

We as seniors have to tell the guys to keep their heads up. We are still tied for the conference lead. But our next few games are not going to be a cakewalk.

When I worked for him and when I worked for Mac, they really didn't give many orders. We worked together, and that's how this will be as well.

In the [NCAA] tournament every year, we've been the underdog and we came in and played [teams] tough. This year we want to get over that hump and get a win.