Eddy does a good job every year and those guys never quit. We had 'em knocked in the head a couple of times and they showed some great poise and composure coming back. They have a lot of pride in their program and we have a lot of pride in ours and it's always a good battle when we get together and play each other. |
Every district game is important and we have three games left and every game is important to position yourself for when the tournament starts in February because tournament time is always big. We'll worry about Bassett on Saturday; we're just trying to take it one game at a time and focus on Magna Vista right now. |
For whatever reason, sometimes we don't attack the basket, and we need to attack the basket aggressively when it's there. |
He's a big body, he played awfully tough tonight. I think he had 21 points, probably the best game of his career. He's a horse inside and we're not very physical. . . My hat's off to Elijah, he's a solid ball player inside for them. |
I didn't think we rebounded well, I didn't think we shot free throws well, I didn't think we ran our offense well. We just weren't focused and ready to play tonight. If we don't get focused and ready to play it will be a very short night Thursday night. |
I think it will be a great ballgame. We're going to have to come out and battle again, because I know they (Bassett) are going to be ready to play. |
I was really pleased with the way they rose to the occasion to get (several) defensive stops at the end of the game. When the game's on the line, it seems like these kids dig a little deeper, play a little harder and do what's necessary to get things done. |
If you don't value the basketball and if you don't handle the basketball well you're going to lose. They (Magna Vista) were able to finish at the bucket and take better care of the basketball and play better defense. |
It makes me sad. I'm only out here because of my sister. |
It's nice to be able to get a game where you can play everybody and get everybody a lot of minutes. I think we had everybody but one score. Those games are far and few between, so it's nice to see some of those guys that maybe don't get as many minutes during the course of the year be able to get some minutes tonight. |
These kids here this year I think even surpassed that bunch in their work ethics and desire and dedication to get it done. |
This group's pretty amazing Ñ to start out 0-3 and end up 21-6 and going to the final four with four starters gone from last year. We've had more talented teams in the 28 years that I've been here but I've never seen a group of kids with actually more heart to get after people. |
To see where they started from, where they were in the middle of the season to where they ended up -- they truly learned to trust each other, to pull in the same direction. They just have more heart than any other group of kids that I've ever been around. |
We converted on some of those turnovers, but I didn't think we converted on as many as we needed to. |
We didn't know anything about them (Carroll County), but we gave a very poor effort tonight. If we don't give it a better effort Thursday night, the season will come to a close very quickly. |