I'm very, very thankful. The NCAA Tournament to me, what's the lottery motto? You've got to be in it to win it.

I think you can (take) seeding in the SEC and NCAA Tournament and throw it out the window. If you're not a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the first round, to me there is no real big advantage. And I think sometimes people get wrapped up in a seed and say the higher seed should win.

I don't know about him for next game. It's inside his lip. He's probably going to have to get it stitched up.

[Former coach Buzz Peterson] left [Pearl] some very good players. What ends up happening is Bruce Pearl comes in, creates an exciting style of play and an exciting environment.

We felt like Darrel Mitchell was the key to their team, so we tried to run at him and trap him as much as we could. When he gets his 18 or 19 points, everything else falls into place.

I'd like to start Moss, unless he says he doesn't want to start.