(Johnson) had a couple of streaks where he would put up eight points in a matter of 45 seconds. He had some big moments; he'd get his points in bunches. |
Armon was such a fun kid to coach. I've never had a kid who worked so hard on his game. He's a special kid. We're really going to miss him. |
Going away from here for a while will be real important for his development. It will really be his first taste of national competition. |
He started out hot. He had a solid game. |
He was so close to having a bad game. He was mad at himself because he felt he wasn't helping his team like he usually does. It just wasn't happening for him tonight. But he stuck to it and he reached down and he came up with that big shot. That was huge for him and for us. |
He's no longer a junior. After tonight he's a senior. |
I didn't sleep for two days thinking about this game. Reed has too many good shooters. |
I have no doubt that he has the ability and the drive to do whatever he wants to do in this game. I would never put any limits on what he can accomplish. |
I think we were too emotional to start the game. We got that big lead more on emotion than substance. And once the emotion wore off, we struggled. |
In the last year I've been very impressed by how much he's matured. He truly understands how to act now, on and off the floor. He knows how important grades are. |
It was just a lot of little things. A rebound there, a steal here, a missed shot there. You know, playing Reno is such a tough game for us. When you play them you have to focus so hard. They just have so many weapons. You can't have any lapses against them. We have to guard (the 6-foot-7 Mulligan) with guys who are 5-8 and 5-9. It's tough for us. |
It's going to be good for him to get away. He's going to have to learn how to play when he's not the man, when other guys are demanding the ball all the time. That will force him to learn how to do other things than just score. It will be an important time for him. |
It's not going to be easy for someone to step up and do the things Armon did. The other thing is that, counting our overtime games, he probably averaged 32 minutes a game for us. |
McQueen fought. I was impressed with how hard they played. It was a hard-fought, good high school game. |
Royce (Rowe) did an unbelievable job guarding him on that play. He went for the first fake, had to gather himself and go laterally to his left to get back in his face and he did it. That was a great athletic play. |