[They were] both really tough kids. They weren't the physical specimen [Smith] was, but they were tough kids. |
By the time they were juniors and seniors, they knew exactly what they were going to do before they did it. And that helps. You need to have kids that know each other and that do an occasional back-door [cut] on their own, do an occasional pick out of the offense on their own. |
I think to win it, you have to be able to do a lot of things and, I guess, be lucky. You have to have confidence playing any speed. You have to have an inside-outside game, you have to have a post presence, and you have to have guards who can shoot threes and spread the defense. |
It's strange; we look just east and west of us and homeowners are losing beach. A lot of these docks are sitting over sand. |
The expectations were that we were going to be the best thing since sliced bread. I had three starters back from a team that was 25-2. |
They were one-guard oriented. Everything went through him. Our whole thing was, take him out and see what their other guys can do. |
Tournament basketball is what it's all about. The intensity of a state tournament is unmatched. Until they get tournaments back in our programs and let the gyms open up, I think we're going to struggle. |