I wanted to beat them pretty bad. It was a pretty tense game with all the fans.

In the past few years, we haven't even been this far and now that we're so close (to a section championship) we want it even more. I just don't think at the beginning of the game we realized how badly we wanted to win.

I think the whole team knew this was going to be a challenge tonight. Our main goal was just to push hard the whole game. There were a few lapses, but less than usual.

It was tough (to rebound). I felt like I had arm jewelry on the whole night. But I just ripped the ball from them because I wanted to win so badly.

They had 4, 400 fans at that game. I expected around a 1, 000 to be there. They were loud and into the game. Everybody was very loyal to the Arkansas program.

It's amazing just to see how far the basketball team has come and how excited the fans get. It wouldn't be as much fun if everyone wasn't so into it. It doesn't matter if we're in the playoffs or at a regular home game — they're always exciting.