We started to play up to our capabilities and our expectations, and it started to come together, ... I just thought we'd be tough when we put our pitching and our offense together. When you have those pistons firing all together, it produces wins.

It was a terrible play. I wanted to see what kind of throw they would make, but was too aggressive. I didn't realize I was that far off the bag.

That was our strategy against him, to play over and in. I was trying to guard against a hit in front of me, too. I didn't think he could hit it over my head.

I didn't really have any personal expectations coming into the year. I thought I'd play as much as the coach needed me, but I wasn't expecting this much ice time. I wasn't expecting to get as many opportunities as the sophomores, juniors and seniors.

The way we've played the last three months hasn't been up to our capabilities. We have higher expectations with the players we have. We should be performing better.

This team exceeded my expectations of what I thought we'd be able to do this year. Tonight we didn't shoot the ball with confidence, and we didn't take care of some of the most basic things you need to take care of in playoff basketball. That's what happens with youth. You could tell that we'd never been this close before.