With our schedule, we've got to grab a big win. This is a huge week. If we're going to compete, we've got to get one of them. If we find a way to get two, we're really in the hunt then.

I didn't want to get mad. I've been mad all week. Grumpy, nervous.

It's a huge week. The schedule makers got what they wanted, especially in our division. The good thing is we don't have to let other teams dictate to us. The future is in our hands. As players, that's the way you want it.

I'm griping now, before it happens. Next week, I won't even bring it up to the players. If you gripe about it to them, it's all they worry about. And of course, we have to win first.

Getting in the tournament is big, but each step after that is such a great commercial for your program. It helps recruiting, it sells tickets, all those things. It gives your program so much more visibility around the country.

It's really important that they win this week. It's big for the American guys,