We were close. We never could generate enough offense on a consistent basis to not have to play perfect on defense. In the second half, we almost played perfect.

At some point, hopefully, we will let everybody know where we belong with our play.

What we have to be able to do is what the good teams do. Like the Detroit Pistons, they are a much better scoring team than last year, but they have the ability to stop you until they get their offense going.

If we can get over there and get our first conference win, that will certainly help us with some momentum coming home (Saturday) to play Texas State.

We don't care what people think.

Every team faces some kind of adversity. You have to adjust and move on.