We've played in tough games ourselves and tough atmospheres. You've got to give credit to those (Vermont) guys and you've got to respect them, but at the same time, we're all basketball players and we've all been in hostile environments.
There are times I'll come back to the bench and my bag is all ripped open with one piece of candy left, so the other guys get their fair share.
It's hard to get up every day and practice hard knowing you might end up 5-23. But the guys that we had and the coaches never quit on us. Everybody just showed us love and kept pushing every day. That's what it took.