I don't know how a team with what we had on the line could approach the game as passively as we did.

Maybe a less experienced team it would be a factor, but they have these seniors and I think they'll approach it like any other game, because that's the way they play.

How can a team be flat when you know what you have on the line? We know what this game means. We know what every game means. We're not going to come out flat on Sept. 21 when we're a game and a half out. They came out, they jumped on us, they never let us up. We scored three. They answered back. They kept their foot on our neck and never let us breathe. That's what the game was today.

I think this is huge. I think for this team to be able to exhale, we need to do what we set out to do - protect our home floor.

I've told the team very explicitly: We're approaching this game like any other. Our approach is the same. Our prep is the same. We're playing all our key people.

That was very uncharacteristic of our team. Our guys didn't handle the entire situation very well and one thing led to another. We compounded our mistakes and allowed one to turn into another. You can not be tentative against pressure. Louisville sensed our tentativeness and fear and jumped on us and took us right out of the action. We got what we deserved.