He changed our team's persona and intensity on the defensive end.

We were really ripe. You look at our stats, and they aren't much different. The difference was our defensive intensity, and their offensive efficiency. The thing I was happy with, at the end of the game, was that they were making shots, but they were tough shots, they weren't easy. They're a hard team to guard, when they're doing that.

Our defensive intensity wasn't there. We slacked a little bit.

It was little things. We fell asleep on two defensive assignments. We didn't come out with any intensity, and we got down by 10 points [17-7 in the first quarter] real fast. I could sense this would be a struggle.

A few things have changed (since Chappell took over). The emphasis is on fitness. The intensity is the same as when John (Wright) was there, but the ideas are different under Chappell.

He's awfully proud of it.