We had spurts where we played some pretty good basketball. But we had spurts where we were terrible.

We know every game will be a tough one for us. A lot of teams get up for us. We have to match that intensity. Sometimes we match that intensity. Sometimes we don't.

This gives us something to make us feel better about ourselves. What has happened so far no longer matters. It's a new season.

We think we're a pretty good basketball team. If we had everybody, we'd probably think we're a great basketball team, but right now we're a good basketball team turning into a great basketball team.

We're a better basketball team than we were at the start of the season. But we were a pretty good team when we started the season.

There is a lot of basketball. We try to separate it, but invariably we talk basketball pretty much all year 'round.