There's no doubt in my mind I understand basketball as well as anybody. My assistants and I have a good relationship and we talk every night, but from day one I've had the final say.

I don't have any doubt that we should be in the top two or three. Every year, whether it's basketball or baseball, it seems like we're picked to be one of the two favorites, so it's nothing new. But that has a lot to do with our pitching.

Michigan State is a fine basketball team, no doubt about it. We're proud of what they've done for our state. Our only regret is not playing our style of ball at the start of the game.

If we execute and share the basketball and move bodies, then we are a tough team to defend because we have a lot of guys that can do a lot of different things on the offensive end. Defensively, we turned it up and held them to one shot, and because of it, we got momentum.

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Francois is to classical music what Michael Jordan was to basketball. Nobody else does what he does. And I doubt anyone ever will.