(Horton's) courage, his will and the way he put us on his back offensively was a brilliant, brilliant game for us. |
[Harris] was a catalyst for us. |
[Horton's] courage, his will and the way he put us on his back offensively was a brilliant, brilliant game for us. |
A lot of times, shooting becomes contagious, and once they started knocking down shots, there wasn't a lot we could do about it. |
Any time you can win a championship and hang a banner, those are very positive moments. And obviously, you feel better about yourself going into the next season. |
Any time you can win a championship and put a banner up, it's exciting. |
Anytime you're thought of by your peers in the coaches' poll and you guys (media in attendance) thinking of us in a positive way with our program and team right now makes you feel good. We're honored. Hopefully, we're deserving of it. But also we want to keep things in perspective. For us, it's never been about us trying to crack the polls. We're still on our journey to become champions in our conference. So, nothing has changed in that regard. |
As coaches I think we have felt that wherever it lands it would be helpful to anchor it for a period of time, whether it's five or even a few years beyond that. I think we felt that we could build up some type of brand loyalty in a relation to where our tournament is. |
As coaches, we have really felt wherever it lands to anchor it for a period of time, whether it's five or a few years beyond that. We felt that we can build up some kind of brand loyalty and recognition to where our tournament is located. |
Because we had the nucleus of our team win that tournament two years ago -- the juniors and seniors right now were freshmen and sophomores -- I worry about that being more of a negative than a positive. These kids have recognized that they've already done that. |
Both teams struggled offensively but the difference was that they were able to get to the free-throw line. They (Buckeyes) were the aggressors. |
Both teams struggled offensively. It wasn't a pretty game from an offensive standpoint. The difference was they were able to get to the foul line and they knocked in a decent percentage. |
Boy, he was just an efficient basketball player as a senior. And when you think back on some of the really good senior players who have played in Madison, you think of those moments where a kid like Wilkinson is really in a nice state of mind. That's the difference in Daniel Horton. |
Boy, is he a tough player. He was relentless, he scored inside out. |
But this is a team that has grown up. This is a team that has been together for awhile. We have a veteran group and I'm sure coach Ryan can attest to the veterans he's had in the past. |