An ugly game, slow game, favors us, I think. That's the way we play. It gives our players a chance to do the things we work on. |
He's easily one of the top two players who have played here, if not the best. Not just because of athletic skill but what he brings to the game. He's a hard worker every day. He goes home late, does it in the classroom. He's kind of a throwback to the 1960s, when most all kids were like that. He reminds me a lot of how I used to approach the game. |
He's supposed to do that. He's supposed to step up from the beginning of the game until the end. Good players are supposed to play good all the time. |
I had no complaints, but I did complain more about the offensive end than the defensive end. |
I'm really surprised we're undefeated. Not because of the way we've played, but because it's hard to get to this point without losing a game. |
Kids are kids and you never know what they're gonna do. They may have been a little leg-weary, and a little mentally drained. It could be a number of reasons. But I really like this group. They're smart kids. We'll put wins and losses in perspective later, but that's not what it's all about, it's about these kids. |
Kids are kids, and you never know what they are going to do. I think they might have been a little leg weary, a little mentally drained -- you could pick a lot of reasons. But give them (Wildcats) credit. They caused them, and they have a nice club. |
Our biggest challenge will be their quickness. We're going to try to play in the half-court. Number one, we have to make baskets. Number two, we'll need to limit turnovers and, number three, we have to defend and keep them in front of us. |
Roman was amazing -- free-throw line, inside points. I told him, 'You're going back inside. To heck with this outside stuff,' and it worked for us. |
Their biggest strength is their full-court defense. They're very athletic, and they like to get a lot of transition points. They're also a very well-coached, and they run their plays. |
They're an excellent team and they play the game the right way. It's like this every time we play. |
We gave a great effort (Friday). I don't think we played exceptionally well on offense, but I think defensively we really competed. |
We're going to play the same way we've been playing all year. |
What it means is that I've been doing this a long time. |