We got it exactly where we wanted it. We got a nice look and we gave ourselves a chance to win.

I thought Columbia made shots and we didn't. Columbia knocked down some big shots. That's what good teams do.

We're disappointed tonight, but we're still right there. We're dead even and we've both got some big games left to play. This is why I came to Middle Tennessee.

Also, because we made the top six in the nation we were given a chance to apply for a grant, through the ADA Association, for $1,000 for the school. We received it and donated it to the school nurses to be used on a new computer program that will help them.

There is a chance that the same bear would attack someone else, so I hope they do catch him.

If we can get that one, we'll be in pretty good shape in the playoffs. There's an outside chance that we could get a No. 2 seed, and we could go down as far as No. 5.