I had to put myself to the side and focus on the other guys. It was tough at first, but now that I've accepted that role, I'm playing my best basketball of the season.

We can't have the attitude that we've done a lot at 17-6. We haven't done anything if we don't get better as a team.

That's probably No. 1 because of the position we were in.

Matt is the comedian on the team. He's just a loveable guy. He's easy-going, and you can always talk to him.

Our focus was our downfall,

The focus there is to see how we compete against somebody (Hamilton County) of that caliber. Obviously, they've proven how good they are, and their competition is tremendous. We'll have to see how we play against competition like that.