We out-rebounded them tremendously. We played the hardest I've seen all year. I like to see games like this.

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

There have been only three games all season where we have been at 100 percent. When we get Stephen back, that's 14 1/2 points and about 11 rebounds a game. That's a big difference.

Sullivan played an outstanding game. Bullis shot lights out. Our seniors gave it everything they had; I'm sorry to see them go out this way, but they played hard.

Almost all of our starters had four fouls going into the fourth. It really limited the defensive pressure we could put on them.

Everybody gave everything they had. We never gave up.