I think Joey O'Neill will have a good game. I think all those kids are focused. |
I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about making a tradition about attending state tournaments. |
I was really disappointed in our blocking out in the first half. We gave up 14 offensive rebounds in the first half. I thought our kids played a lot better in the second. We really battled through the kids' sickness throughout the game. |
If you're going to play the top team, you might as well play them in the first round. We've got to limit their transition game ? and turn it into a half-court game ? and try not to let their defensive pressure get to us. |
It should be a great crowd. Hopefully the boys will have an exciting game and a big win, and the crowd will be in a good mood and support us. |
Our kids are healthy again and it seem like that makes all the difference in the world. |
Our plan was to punch it inside to Katie (Daly), take away the high post and force CMR to play half court. Our girls did a great job. They hung in there. |
The kids got a little tired, and they haven't been in pressure situations before. That's our jobs as coaches to get them ready to play in those pressure situations. |
The kids really played well. They were focused from the start. We couldn't have won the game without any one player out there. |
There's no excuse for it. It's our home gym. We practice here every day, so there's no excuse for it. |
We adjusted the man-to-man defense. We got a little more aggressive and were playing the passing lanes a little more. We were trying to take away the slice down the lane. |
We had some bad turnovers and created some easy opportunities for them. The biggest thing in the fourth quarter is we gave up way too many offensive rebounds. |
We struggled. The nerves were there no matter how hard we tried to calm the girls down. We were tight and had a lot of turnovers that created a lot of opportunities for them. Then as the gap widened, we got tighter and tighter. Bozeman is a great team and their pressure is relentless n that's why they are state champs. |
We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if that was going to work, but eventually it did. |
We're excited to be there. It's been a long time since we've been there. But we don't want to have a glad-to-be-there effort. Our goal is to be playing some time Saturday night. |