Cory was outstanding in the second half. He gave us a big lift at the guard spot and Lonnie had an extra bounce in his step. |
Even if he has a pair of aces there, I still have nine outs twice (two chances to catch one of the nine remaining hearts) to beat him. The king on the turn kills me. |
Every single game has been competitive. It's not like, even in a single aspect of the game, we haven't competed. We've rebounded well and defended well. We haven't necessarily shot well against these guys, but at the same time they've been three highly competitive games. They've made plays to come out on top. |
He's shown in a lot of areas how he's matured. You see him in the halls, you watch his focus in the classroom. He's coming off his best semester ever academically. He gets it now. It's one of those intangible rewards you get as a teacher or coach when you see a young man and the light bulb turns on. |
I had a sinking feeling in my stomach. |
I have the second-nut flush draw and top pair, ... At that point I move all in for the remaining $50,000 or so. He called. |
I think the kids are proud of getting the 20th win. It's the first time in school history a team has won 20 four straight years. |
In the summer he broke his wrist and couldn't play with us. He still came to events, sat on the bench, cheered on his teammates. I think that said a lot about him. We came in and had the best preseason we've ever had because guys were really committed. He's one of the guys who led the charge into us getting ready for the season. |
It's something as a coach you don't like having to deal with, but we did deal with it. To his credit, we've moved on beyond that. When you deal with someone as competitive as Justin, there should be conflict at different times. He wants to win as badly as anyone I've been around. |
People for far too long have taken advantage of the library. It addresses a need, and it's done in the real world. |
Riggs got us off to a great start. The first half we were really clicking on all cylinders. The kids did an excellent job of making the extra pass and finding the open man. It was pretty basketball. |
Sometimes in poker, no matter how you play the hand, you can go broke on it because you have a hand that you just can't get away from. Sometimes it works out that way. |
The big difference in overtime was we scored first and controlled the boards. Throughout the second half we did a good job defensively allowing one shot. We were active on the glass on the offensive end and that allowed us additional possessions. |
These kids are playing with all the confidence in the world. I'm not sure how many people really felt we could come in here and win. But I know 14 kids wearing purple thought that. I thought we came out from the opening tip and really played to win. |
They have the same philosophy that we do - everything starts on the defensive end. They really get out and guard you, similar to us. It's going to be a competitive game. Both teams are going to have to work really hard for points. |