Our defense did a nice job for us in the second half.

(The change) will make us stronger. Frankly, defense was our weakness last year, and once the players get accustomed to it, we’ll be fine,

We hadn't played for a while. We got off to a slow start but our defense created some turnovers in the second quarter. We threw some different defenses at them in the second half and their guards didn't respond very well.

This was a great game by both teams, our pretty good defense against their pretty good offense. Their coach told me after the game it was a shame we couldn't have met at a neutral site (further along in the playoffs).

When we execute and play defense, we're capable of playing with anybody.

That's great for the Colonial conference. It's also great for mid-majors. I'm really happy for Mason.