(Monday) Roy Williams called, and we talked for 35-40 minutes, maybe longer. He told me, 'I lost the Final Four five times before winning it.' He helped.

I don't know if it's the salt air, but I told Coach Roy that I had to put sunglasses on because of the diamonds on Roy's championship ring.

We just talked in the locker room that this is great. I congratulated them and asked if this is good enough. And they said, 'No.' They want to do bigger and better things. They're special kids, they have great chemistry and they have fun.

I told him I'd like to know by midday. Five minutes later, he called back and agreed.

They could have called me and I would have talked to her.

A little sloppy at times, but we knew it was going to be a tough game. We're a team, with the tempo we play, lots of times we play in runs. We felt like we eventually could go on a run and get a pretty good lead.