We were going with a triangle-and-two and a diamond-and-one. It's like pick-your-poison with them. We wanted to force the other kids to knock down shots and they did. We left people wide open.

You've got to pick your poison.

You kind of have to pick your poison. You didn't want to give up 3s, and you didn't want to let him have easy opportunities. They just made a lot of shots.

When you see a combination like that, you just have to pick your poison. We wanted to take away their drives and contest the post.

You have to pick your poison with them. How many points did Bell have (23)? It's something you had to live with. I'd rather them take contested threes than get an easy shot at the basket inside.

I think the conference is as strong, if not stronger, than last year. Could an argument [for five NCAA teams] be made today? I think so.