Adair is a really quality player who is tough to defend. And they have good shooters on the perimeter. |
Adam is the heart and soul of this team when it comes to his competitiveness. He brings a lot of passion and energy to the game. You know what you're going to get every game with Adam. |
Adam really stepped up. I've been hard on him lately. He hit some big shots. He got us off to a great start and the whole team fed off him. |
Anybody can beat anybody now. Hopefully, we can develop some consistency. If we do that, we're capable of playing with anybody and beating anybody. |
Fish hit some shots with confidence. I'm very proud of the way he played tonight. Fish will be the first one to tell you sometimes I'm not the easiest guy to play for. He hung in there and persevered. |
He's an integral part of what we're trying to do. He's going to be one of the best players in the league coming back next year. He's made a lot of strides in his game and elevated his game every year. |
He's had a fabulous career. His record is going to speak for itself. I've stated all along I think he's the best point guard in the country at this level. |
I don't think you can think that way. The only thing we can control is to win. If we don't win, we're at the mercy of other teams losing or favorites winning (across the country). |
I give the kid credit. |
I'm proud of my kids. They're resilient. They fought back in a tough environment. With the tough crowds in our league, our kids are used to it. It was our never say die attitude, our belief we're going to win. |
I've got great players and great kids. They were physically exhausted, but they battled through it. We were dragging. We were physically and mentally tired. |
I've seen them on tape against Carthage. They are a good team. They're well coached. They like the transition game. They are very similar to North Central. I don't know if they have a dominant player like (Anthony) Simmons, but they have some really good players. |
In those games, we turned the ball over way too much. It wasn't so much what the other teams did as what we didn't do. |
It should be a whale of a game. Lawrence is very, very good. They play a system that's very hard to play against. |
It was an all-around great effort. We shot the ball extremely well, and defensively we were very good. |