It's not exactly what you want to eat before practice, but we figured we'd do that, then practice, then go back to the hotel. |
It's unbelievable. It's just a great way to go out. |
One of the best feelings I've ever had was when we cut it to seven and there were 20,000 people on their feet as we were going into our defensive stand. Chills ran through my body. |
So, hopefully, we can give them 40 minutes of hell with our match-up zone. They struggled with it last time and I hope that trend continues Tuesday night. |
That was extremely emotional. I do think it will carry over. We have a three-game winning streak coming into this. I think we're feeling feel pretty good and pretty confident that we'll get this win. |
The big difference is I feel like a winner. I got crushed against Mississippi State. It is a big thrill. I'm on cloud nine right now, and I'll stay there for a while. |
The opening round is a wonderful thing for two teams to battle it out to take on a one seed. I was a little confused. I thought we had a better strength of schedule and better quality wins than Southern and should have had their 16 seed. |
The selection committee is great. They're awesome. |
They crushed us on the glass. |
This is a big thrill. |
This was the first time since Southern Illinois [a victory at the Great Alaska Shootout in November] I think Monmouth basketball put 40 minutes together. |
We came out there, pressured them and made some shots. |
We didn't know what to expect, then we had a big win against Southern Illinois (in the Great Alaska Shootout) and I thought it wouldn't affect us. Then we went into a tailspin and went to Lehigh and they smacked us. We were really down, and practice intensity was dropping with all the losses. Fortunately, we were able to turn it around. |
We got crushed against Mississippi State and it's great to get a win, play-in game, whatever you want to call it. |
We still have a way to go before we are out of the woods, but we may be seeing the bottom now. |