That is when Brian took it upon himself to give the team a little talk, a little speech. He told the players that he was not going to lose this game and they were not, either.

We have always played the bigger schools, but what else can we do. We just happen to be the smallest school in the area that is in our conference, but that is OK with us.

We are an aggressive team, that is the way we play. We sent them to the line and they just had more chances than we did. It was an experience, something these players will always remember. The atmosphere was something they had never seen with entire communities following their teams. These teams come from towns. It was just different. It was loud, very loud, and that had a bearing on how we played.

When Lapp took the timeout, it affected Brian. We thought (Lapp) was pinned.

When they took Roy, they told me about him, ... When they took Mike, they (didn't) say (anything) to me. I didn't know what to think. I put it like this: 'It's like 50-50 with me. They don't know if they can count on me or not.' So it was a good business move. You can't knock the hustle.

If you had told me when he made the switch that he would be on the Olympic team, I would have said he had a great shot. But if you had talked about winning World Cups and world championships, I would have said let's wait and see.