We have really harped on trying to play every possession, trying to play for 40 minutes. I think we came closer to that tonight than we have all year.

I have always thought that you start out the season trying to win the national championship. When that's eliminated, you are trying to go to the NCAA tournament. ... Our goal was to win a game in (the Big 12) tournament and then see what we can do from there.

Texas impressed me as being as good as any team I've seen play in this league. We made a lot of mistakes, but a lot of them were forced by the way they played. We just got beat by a much, much better team.

He said he didn't feel like he was helping the team, and he didn't want to play anymore.

He said he didn't feel like he was helping the team and he didn't want to play anymore. I told him I was sorry it didn't work out for him. He said he didn't blame me, but I always blame myself when a player doesn't get out of it what we thought he could.

Tucker is impressive without his basketball skills because he's one of those guys that makes other people play better. Tucker has the kind of enthusiasm that Ronald Ross has.