I don't think anybody goes into the season and says, 'Hey, we want to make the NIT,' but it's still a mark of progress. It's still something to build off.

We didn't want to be back in the NIT, and I think we proved to everybody that we should have been in the NCAA tournament.

Nobody wants his legacy to be: 'He was a great NIT coach.

I enjoy the NIT. I don't know if anyone wants their legacy to be he was a great NIT coach, but by the same token, when you're given the opportunity to play in the tournament, you're excited about it.

I think we're in the NIT. We'd better be, or we're pulling out of this league tomorrow. I know we've done enough. We'll look forward to that call Sunday night.

I would think the pheasant season will be half as good as it was last year, because there are going to be half as many birds out there. You're not just going to be able to walk out on the Game Lands and expect to shoot a bird.