That's what we wanted to do. We passed a little more last week. We wanted to establish the run this week.

That's what I showed up to do. That [competition] is why this meet's so great. I ran the time I wanted to run. To stay with that front pack is pretty much my goal in every race.

We're comfortable with what we've accomplished so far. Maybe we won't be as tight going into the game.

This is why we put so much emphasis over and over on winning the regular season. In halftime talks, in late-game situations, we said we want the tournament at our place.

Matt's got a legitimate chance to be conference player of the year. We need him to hit open shots and get offensive rebounds.

We played better. We had better blocking along the offensive line and we cut down the penalties. We have to learn to hold on to the football better.