Maybe this is both Buzz' and the team's motivational tool.
"Nobody thought we'd show up tonight, either," coach Buzz Williams said. "That's part of what gives me my edge, professionally and personally. That's how I live and how I coach. When we played South Florida they were the hottest team in the league, leading scorer in the country, and then when we beat them it was, 'You've got to beat a tournament team.'
"We play three games on the road in seven days, all in overtime, win all of them and they say, 'Well, whatever happens with you and Louisville, one of you is on the bubble, they've got all these guys and you're just a rag-tag group of coaches and players.'
"We'll show up. We might not do anything else, but we're going to show up, and we're going to compete."