Evans plays defense well for a freshman and that comes from being well-coached. He's a coaches kid, so he should be good on defense. But all of their players play good defense. |
He's a tireless worker. A great student, too. |
I am concerned that people under 21 would eventually become store managers at liquor establishments if the village made changes. |
I think it was defense, I don't think it was nerves. I think it was defense. |
I think this Edwardsville team is the best team I've seen in this tournament in a long time. |
It's always been special when we go to Peoria, but I would be a liar if I said this one wasn't special because of my son. But all of these kids are like my son. |
One of the great things when playing a great team is you have to execute. I'm very proud of these kids. They battled all game long. |
One of the things we felt we had to do with him is keep building confidence in himself. He had a tendency toward self-doubt. I was on him like a dirty shirt, but I was also patting him on the back. I just felt he needed confidence. |
Our guys started celebrating and didn't realize how much time was left. |
There's no better time than March Madness in Illinois high school basketball. It's too bad the IHSA had to mess with it and try to fix what isn't broken. |
They have to understand this Nokomis team is a great offensive rebounding team. It's not brain surgery. You just have to do things fundamentally to keep them off the boards. |
This team has met and exceeded all of my expectations. Most of these kids were undefeated as a JV team. But I did not return a single varsity starter. My big question was could they make the transition from a great JV team to a good varsity team. I'd have to say they've turned into a great varsity team. |
We don't want to create a hardship on anybody currently working. |
We had three turnovers real quick to open the quarter and took a couple of quick shots. They got a four-point lead and went to that four corners and that was it. |
When they go to the four corners, you can kiss it goodbye. |