We didn't get beat by some chopped-liver team. I mean, don't kid yourself: They're going to win a lot of games -- a lot of games.

Somebody had to beat them in here.

He might be only the second kid (after Jason Richardson) I would advise to do that, just because, that way, there'd be no questions unanswered.

It's great to have our league being talked about. Every team in the league is making some strides. I still think eight teams can win the Big Ten championship and in the long run that's going to help our recruiting, our exposure and the respect for our league.

When the players want to win more than the coach, that's a great sign, and I see that.

I feel for that kid. He's only been in six or seven practices in the last two months so we can't even do what we want to do with him yet.