We won the battle of the crowds. There's a lot of enthusiasm in the community. This particular school has not won a state title. So it's a pretty starved community.

It's fantastic for the school and the kids and the community. It's a really neat feeling -- all the enthusiasm around this -- and that's exciting to me.

It's a total community effort here. All the windows on Friday are painted around town. The crowds are very loud. I don't know how many moms have cowbells around here, but I still can hear it in my ears when I come home Fridays.

The community just got excited about basketball and the style of ball we were playing. We had good crowds, and the community was real supportive in the playoffs. People were coming in who hadn't been coming just to see what was going on. They came to see what this team was doing. Hopefully we can carry it over to next year.

I like his youth and enthusiasm. I think he brings an enthusiasm to the community that we sort of need right now.

There has been tremendous enthusiasm in the community about this event because people realize this is a key milestone. Saturday will be mostly about fun, but it is also a chance for the public to learn about the college and maybe see the campus for the very first time.