The Classic shapes up to be even more competitive than last year. Hall, Mills and Central will feature some of the best players from Pulaski County. |
The only way that you can receive an award such as this is if your team excels. And I don't think there's any question about this team and what it accomplished this year. |
The success of this team is what drives Jacob. We will have all-state and all-conference players and when we look back, we will all know that Blake Jacobs has been very valuable for us. |
There have been some miraculous comebacks. The kids have done everything right. |
These guys, I?m not kidding ? they?re really focused. They?re not just happy about making the tournament. They actually want to play for this (conference) championship. |
They (Van Buren) are in kind of in a do-or-die situation. They probably feel like they need to win out to get to the playoffs. |
They all pass well, they all put it on the floor well, they can shoot it and they have the power game inside. The emphasis is on team. And that?s not taking anything away from their individuals because they have some great players, but they play so well as a unit with 10 people. |
This hasn't been one of the kindest places for us but I thought we kept our composure. I think it was important for us to come in here and get a road win against a team that's trying to get the fourth seed. I think the magic number to get to the state tournament is nine and that is one of our goals. |
Van Buren is notably one of the harder places to go and play. But we need to play well on the road. |
Van Buren will have three good practices to prepare for us. We will be tired Wednesday and will only have a breakdown practice to get ready for Van Buren. |
We actually widened our margin with Kane on the bench and that's a big indicator of some players wanting to step up. |
We are trying to start a new tradition. (Rogers) has a lot of confidence about themselves or else the team would have folded. |
We didn't panic and got some quick baskets and then solidified (the lead) with rebounding. This was a good gut check for us. This could be a big game, to let us know that we can come back and perform under pressure and execute. |
We established momentum right off the bat. We were a lot crisper on offense and a lot better with our shot selection. Jonathan Moore had one of his better games all-around tonight. |
We got some fair looks right around the basket and couldn't convert them. (Jonesboro) completely made us get out of our game and rush things around. |