Tom on having his voice at this time of the year: “Draymond Green takes some of the pressure off me.”

Topics: Sounds good | Usually his voice is gone this time of year | Draymond Green takes some of the pressure off me | Putting the ball in Draymond’s hands late against St. Louis | Usually you go home with the person you go to the dance with | Draymond is one of the smartest guys he’s ever coached | Louisville | Draymond and Mateen Cleaves | Asking so much of Draymond | Draymond relationship with Cleaves has really helped him | Draymond struggling early this season with the spotlight | Player of the Year | Louisville track meet | This team being able to play different styles of ball | Things always happen in the NCAA Tournament | Fans think the Final Four is on the schedule |

Tom on our military: “It’s the greatest team in the world.”

Topics: Playing North Carolina on a aircraft carrier this Friday | The U.S.S. Carl Vinson | Spending time with troops | Military | Have such great respect for the military | Our military is the greatest team in the world | This game has a Final Four feel to it | This is one of Roy’s best teams | Playing outdoors | High winds and maybe some rain for the game | Kids not playing basketball outside as much these days | Both teams have to play in the same elements | Taking on Duke next week | Un ranked to start the season | Embrace the David and Goliath deal against North Carolina | Penn State scandal | Hard to fathom what is going on at Penn State | Did Joe Paterno do enough with the information he had? | I agree with Joe that he didn’t do enough |

Tom’s thoughts on the NBA possibly turning into a couple super teams: “Not sure it’s a good thing for the league.”

Topics: Time for College Basketball now | LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony situations | Not sure the super teams are a good way for the NBA to go | Likes the NBA game | Really likes NBA Playoffs | Big win over Minnesota | Kalin Lucas fighting back from injury | Michigan State being on the bubble | Pressure | Must win games now | Team distractions | Playing a tough non conference schedule | Having to earn victories | Korie Lucious | Players needing to be committed | It’s not going to be great every year | Surviving | Playing Purdue Sunday | 1 one year rule in College | Always have been in favor of the College Baseball rule of leaving for the pros after high school or staying 3 year in school | Thinks the game would be better if the kids stayed longer |

Topics: Staying at Michigan State | Cleveland Cavaliers | Consulting former players about going to the NBA | Magic Johnson | Magic said take a good look, you deserve it | 27 years at Michigan State | Dan Gilbert | LeBron James | LeBron’s status | LeBron’s camp | Not sure what James will do | Believes in Dan Gilbert | 6 Final Fours in 12 years | Academic standards | The hat’s you wear in college is difficult | NBA, you can never say never | College coaches in the NBA | Coaching is coaching | Doc Rivers |

Topics: Looking back on Friday's game | End of the game against Maryland | Korie Lucious ice-cold shot | Losing their key player to injury | Team rallying around loss or boomerang the other way? | Not getting as much as they need | Concerns with Northern Iowa | Ali's knockout blow | Big 10 teams reaction.

Topics: Feeling like a long time ago since a championship win | In conference performance; “fool’s gold” | Schedule setup and reaction | Knowing what he has with the group | Win over Michigan | Uproar over the school’s new proposed logo | Tradition and respect for the program vs. new ideas | New logo better or worse? | Expectations with Kalin Lucas | Telling players not to come to practice | Media reaction to the incident.