(Coach Cahill and his staff) have done a great job because I don't think anyone expected them to be No. 2 in the league right now. (The Vikings) are fundamentally sound, they are gritty, gritty kids, and they can shoot the ball. |
Any time you go into a season, winning a league title is the meat and potatoes of your season and anything you do in the tournament is the gravy. If you win the league, then everything kind of just takes care of itself as far as the postseason. |
Brad always comes through in the clutch. |
Coach Corbett has been coaching a long time and they have a good, well-rounded team. His son is the point guard and is the team leader. |
Daniel has improved on several areas of his game from last season. He's just taking the ball to the basket more effectively and hitting his foul shots more effectively. |
Every day you play in the tournament, you have to play extremely hard or you'll be done. Last year Ready taught us that. We have to coach harder, the kids have to play harder and let the chips fall where they may. You can't take a night off in the tournament. |
Everyone will want to stay away from the top bracket. ... That doesn't mean the (Bowling Green) bracket will be easy, I just think everyone will want to stay away from (defending state champion) North College Hill as long as they can. |
I think (coach Ray Corbett) came in here with a great game plan. He's a great coach and that's exactly what we expected from him. We didn't expect an easy game. |
I think either of us would have been lying if we said we weren't looking (ahead) to this game. This has been a game everyone has been looking forward to playing. |
It?s a tremendous amount of pride for me. I love coaching these boys. They play so hard day in and day out. |
It's really a credit to (senior) Austin Stiles because he was kind of the one displaced by Matt. You would think some kids would have become bitter, but Austin is one of the most positive people you'll ever meet. He saw Matt as a benefit to the team. |
That's our story all year long. We come out and we play good defense in the first half. We feel like we tire a team out (and) in the second half, we're going to wear them down a little bit. I think their legs were a little tired in the second half. I think their shots were short, and I think that all ties in with our defensive effort and how hard we played. |
They always come ready to play and they gave us a tough time over there. It's a rivalry game, so we have to be ready for that. It's a great game to play before we start the tournaments. |
They just responded to our defense and settled down with their possessions. |
They're dangerous. All three of their guards are solid, and any one can hurt you on any given day. |