I felt like we would make it to the national championship game. I don?t think it has hit me yet.

I?m excited. I can?t wait to play the basketball game. We know at this time of year, it?s one and done. You have to put it all on the line all the time.

That?s our goal — to make the tournament. We?re almost there. We?re so close, it is surreal. I felt like we had to win this tournament to make sure we were in.

We got the whole team involved today. That?s what we wanted. This is the kind of game we wanted. We wanted to wear the other team down.

We just have to keep our focus and stay disciplined. We were disciplined last season, but not as disciplined as we needed to be. We want to do the same things we did today: run,...

I think our conditioning played a big part today. We knew if we kept the pace up, we would wear them down — and I think we did. I think a lot of credit for...

If we play our game, we should be OK.

(Myrick) is something else and he?s been doing that all year.

It hurt not having them in there. I told the players to hold their heads up high. I am real proud of them. But this is tough. This is another game we should have won.