We did not play as smart as you have to play playing a top 25 team, suffice to say. You've got to play smart and you've got to play well on every possession. You cannot take a possession off.

I can't imagine a team having a more rigorous non-conference schedule than S.C. State. Having not played a home game yet ... I'm just blown away by that.

Keep your poise, keep your composure, keep playing.

With Florida, we are facing a team, and I say team underlined. They are, in the truest sense, a real team.

We are delighted to be playing in the finals for the second consecutive year. That is a big thing for our team, school and our state. Madison Square Garden is a great place to be playing and a great place for college basketball.

That's a beginning, not an end. You take what you can get when you get it.