People were expecting a lot from me those first few games. They have to understand I was rusty.

We had a very competitive year. We only lost four games by a total of 20 points. We lost to three teams, two of which we beat later.

These next few games are really important. They are the most important games of our year. They can make or break our NCAA chances. There is a lot of pressure on us.

They played one of their better games. They played incredibly hard, executed reasonably well, and did a good job shooting free throws.

You don't really scoreboard watch because the other teams don't put the other games on the scoreboard like we do, ... We basically want to win our game, then when our game is over you ask 'What did they do?'

The level is improving now. There used to be thrashings but now they have pre-qualifying games so the standard is higher when you get to this stage.