Mike Maniscalco

This is the courtyard where it all happened.

It's now open to the public again.

There's lots of people coming here, placing flowers, cards, things like that.

The university is already making some changes.

They're replacing the grass where Charlie Kirk was speaking with pavers.

And there are several petitions online asking the school to make this into a permanent memorial for Charlie Kirk.

that if you put in the work and believe in what you're doing, it pays off.

And I know that's hokey, Jeff.

I really do.

But, you know, this is a team that when Rod Brendamore took over as the head coach eight years ago, when people were talking about, you know, the word culture gets thrown around a lot, he was talking about a work ethic and a standard of how you have to play and carry yourself.

And, you know, Aaron was talking about, you know, Bob McGill.

And, you know, it's caring about others and putting that kind of feeling into

in the room.

And that's what this team is.

If you look at how this team acts off of the ice and interacts with each other, they're close.

You know, there's that.

And again, you don't have to love everybody in order to win.

But it certainly helps when you're willing to, you know, all right, for this guy, I'm going to lay down in front of the shot or I'm going to do this or, you know, I don't feel great today, but I'm going to find a B game to get to.

And the lesson for I think everybody who's out there is, you know, just because you don't win the whole thing

doesn't mean that you're not doing good things and building your way to getting that way.