Correct. You can't pretend the first half of last year didn't transpire. But you do have to give credence that there were positive strides made in the second half on last year.

We played horrible (in the first half) and we didn't want a repeat of last year. Once we got that lead, we just kept pounding and pounding. We weren't going to let up tonight. It was a huge confidence-booster.

We finally started defending in the second half. In the first half we were playing what I like to call, 'matador defense.' In the second half, we locked down well.

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.

I put some credence on it,