This will be a great series for our team and our fans, and it continues our model of playing major interconference rivals that bring national attention to our program,

Playing it in the day would allow fans to get there and then drive wherever they needed to drive to find a hotel room,

We are looking forward to our semifinal match against Minnesota in front of our home fans. Hopefully, we will have the opportunity to host the U.S. Open Cup Championship at The Home Depot Center as well.

We can build on this. We will probably continue to have some type of basketball lettermen's reunion every year. It might not be this same formal process where they're recognized at a football game, but it might be at a basketball game.

Our fans will get to see another guy that's listed among the top few pitchers in college baseball that's draft-eligible. He's a guy who's supposed to have electric stuff.

[Pearl] thinks that will energize the crowd. We want to help the basketball coach, and I think the students want to help the basketball coach.