They are always so focused on the state title. I'm not worried about motivation or anything. They know what it takes in the playoffs.

I think a lot of the voters haven't seen us play. They just look at our record and see the six losses.

I think that the moral of the story here is that the city needs to have better asset managers. Inevitably the city could be making more money with proper stewardship of its assets.

Our formula tonight was to play inside and outside and have McGee affect their shots and Randle scoring from the inside. Because of our big lead, I got to give my bench a lot of playing time.

Being just nominated is a great honor. To have your name mentioned with some of the greats of Illinois basketball is something you really don't expect.

There was no magic moment when they started working together. It was a little bit of an evolutionary thing. We're seeing what we were hoping to see all year long.