They took it to us. It should not have happened like that. They just came off a six-game road trip and we thought we could bring the force and the energy to them.

We're giving up too many points. We ran our offence well. We didn't respond when they attacked us.

It's talent, toughness, experience and character. We've added two players that give us all those qualities. The heart is bigger than the man sometimes. That's what we have. We think that's going to take us to another level.

It feels good to get the show on the road. Coming back to win the way we did showed a lot of character.

CBS called everything the Road to the Final Four. The season was just leading up to the Final Four. The office pools started to grow. It became a social interaction phenomenon.

They didn't want us to start down this road and get financially strapped. But if we don't do this now we're going to be playing catch-up.