really good basketball team.

They have the ability to, in my opinion, to get to the final four.

They're so difficult to defend.

Every time you make a mistake, they make you pay.

They execute very well.

They seem to be in sync with each other, creating for each other.

And then defensively, I mean, I believe they had what we had.

How many skills did they have the first half?

I don't know.

All I know is that they were stripping the ball from us

and making it hard for us to run anything.

We feel very fortunate to win this game.

Coach has done a great job with that team.

They're extremely matured team,

and they're going to be a tough eye out for anybody who plays them.

My hat goes off in them.

It took all we could.

I looked up once in the second half, and I looked at who they had on the floor, some six-year veterans.

And I had three freshmen on the floor.

But I was proud of those guys.

I thought they communicated well and didn't show any lack of confidence in what we were trying to do.

And I was very proud of my guys tonight because that was an important victory for us, but it was against an outstanding basketball.

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