A little bit nuts, a little too intense. |
Brandon Wheat is a sophomore and probably the best raw talent we have at the guard position. I've told everybody that (the kinds of struggles we've had) happen and that we're capable of playing better than we have played. We have eight of our last 12 at home (beginning with last Friday) and the kids are resilient and working hard. |
Each of us had to find a role to play. That's what evolved out of the hours and hours of hard work. We designed a way to have a five-way conversation. It was a lot of hard work but it all came kind of naturally. |
I knew that it was special. That feeling was in the air, maybe it was just in our heads. From the first song, the crowd just went ape shit. |
I know Doug pretty well. I think we both got pretty lucky. Everybody was (unhappy with the drawing format), but two teams with a combined four wins were pretty happy. And from our point of view, we've actually been playing pretty well. |
In the second half, we knew we had to come out and take better shots, drive to the basket ?cause it was hard for them to guard us straight up, man-to-man. So we took advantage of it. |
It's different because you don't have anyone to look up to see how to do things. You gotta make everything new ourselves. |
That record changed everything. I don't know how aware of that we were at the time. I guess later we realized that. |
We never even talked about that we were going to be a band. David was the first person I went to see and that was the end of my trip. I got to play with everyone right there in his living room. The immersion was so deep, so fast. Suddenly, I was dogpaddling on mandolin. |
Where teams score on us is when they score easy baskets. (Wheat is) very talented with the ball in his hands, but we're trying to bring him along in his mind. These kids are all we've got and they're going to keep giving effort and heart. Maybe the learning on the fly will translate into some rapid growth. |