The guards were doing a great job of getting to the paint and passing it to me, and I just made the extra pass.

That's one thing we try to do. Obviously, every team wants to get easy baskets. We try to just build on every other teams mistakes and try to get easy baskets.

This is a young conference as a whole. In the future, there's a lot of parody now, but I see us as only a year a way from being a super powerhouse conference like the Big East.

It was rough. When the shots went up, it was football out there. We just tried to dig down and get stops at the end.

We're taking better shots at this point in the season. Everyone is understanding where they need to be on the floor without the ball. We're just trying to learn as we go and adjust as we go.

We understand their situation coming here. We did a lot of stuff for Hurricane Katrina relief during football season. Our fans are classy. They will show their support. It will be a great atmosphere Thursday.