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Roy Williams - "I think the big hero tonight was our defensive play, even in the first half when we couldn't throw it in the ocean. Defensively, we were senational for 40 minutes. "We created some turnovers, got some easy buckets, and we cut down on their second opportunities. Part of our defense is to increase the tempo, which I think we did. Part is to not let them run things they preactice, and we did that. Our first goal is to steal the ball, and we even got some of those. "The first half I asked Raef and Scot why I was playing them. They were awful. The second half they were much more active, more involved. "It's been a good goal for us (holding opponents to under 50% shooting). But I'm still going to get up tomorrow morning and see if Wanda will fix us a nice breakfast and come and practice a little bit to try to get ready for Stillwater. It's just a number. The number that's important is the one on the left column." SMU coach Mike Dement - "I'm glad we're done with the Big 8. They're the best Big 8 team because they're so big and so deep. And the other Big 8 teams couldn't put defensive pressure--or at least they didn't try to and that may have been their decision--on us like Kansas did. And the other Big 8 teams weren't as deep as Kansas. "It (margin of loss) was what, 47 points down there last year (actually 39 in KU's 97-58 victory), so I guess that's progress. I think we competed. I think we gained some things. But that doesn't make me feel much better. We still got beat by a lot of points."