The difference is we have players who play good defense. This team definitely does that. But we do have seven sophomores, so this is going to be a new experience for a lot of kids.

I don't think anybody is scared of our half-court defense. When you get ready to play Tennessee, you can say lots of different things about how they might beat you, but our half-court defense isn't one of them.

We're a young team (three sophomores starters) and we made some young mistakes tonight. We had a nice third quarter and knotted it up, but then we threw the ball away a few times and popped up some 3s. The one thing I am happy about is the defense.

The key to playing a team like them is to keep them at your tempo and not let them get into their tempo and get into their game. We should be able to play the way we usually do, but we have to take care of the basketball. You can't have turnovers against a team like that.

He's better off the bounce. He's also getting more offense from his defense. He's a sophomore, so he's a year older, a year stronger.

Her being efficient and getting after hitters, getting ahead of hitters, I think, has made our defense better.