Bill Butterworth Quotations

We're happy that we're going on to the (state playoffs) but there hasn't been a district title ever so we'd like to hang that in the gymnasium. That'd be nice to look at.

We need to make them beat us with the long ball. We can't let (Bishop Guilfoyle point guard Sean) McConnell penetrate as much as he did in the last game. He was able to get inside and get the ball to (Kevin) Floyd and Meyers.

I wouldn't trade any one of those guys for anything. They play with a lot of heart. I yell at them and they still keep coming back and playing hard. It's been a lot of fun.

From what I'm hearing, they have some good shooters which could be a tough task.

He had three dunks and five blocks. He played a nice offensive game.

Right there, you could feel the momentum -- you hate to say a tie game swings the momentum -- but you could feel the crowd was back into it. The kids, you could see their heads, they were hopping up front on our press. Right then I knew we had a chance to win.

We definitely have to control O'Connor and we've been successful at controlling just one player but they have a couple other players who can shoot.

Both teams played their hearts out. That's the way a rivalry is suppose to be played. It was a total team effort and one of the most exciting I've ever coached in.

This was the one I wanted. I want the district championship but I wanted to get to the round where you know you have a shot to get to the next round. They're excited. After the game, they were asking, 'When's the next game?' They're ready to play.

We just never recovered. They make you play that game because they come out and full-court press you the whole time. That's what I'm looking for again Saturday. We know they're going to throw that at us.

We scored a lot in transition. Of course it helps when you have guys 6-7, 6-8 making the outlet pass. We had some big baskets out of transition.

Our size has helped us a lot. Our league has thrown every defense you can imagine to try and stop our height.

It's a win. But, as expected, both teams played hard, both teams hustled and luckily we had that run at the end that was the difference. It was a matter of we got more down the stretch than they did.

It was just a slow, slow paced game. We were down 20-14 there and came back and tied it up at the end of the half. It was a good team effort and a nice win.

It was just a little adjustment. We threw something at them that they were throwing at us to see if they were ready for it. We don't press much, but I think our press, we might have to consider it. It worked tonight pretty well.

That's a good sign for us. It's coming together. I know we have some tough games to come but after a 10-day layoff, this was a good start.

I like us matching up with 3-point shooters. My theory is if you're going to live by it, you're going to die by it. How many times do you see somebody make more than eight or 10 in a game. If they make eight, that's 24 points and if they don't get second or third shots off of them, they're fighting to get 40 points on us with our size.

I just told them to loosen up and pass the ball, take care of it. That was the key to the second half. In transition, we were seeing the right people on the floor.

He's really been stepping up. He's averaging about 18 points over the last three game and that's a big bonus to have a point guard who can do that.

He played awesome tonight. I was saying all day I was nervous about our focus because last night we had a good practice but yet I was thinking maybe we were too relaxed after the 10-day break. These guys were focused. I didn't have to hardly do anything over there. It's like I was a cheerleader.

All good things must end, unfortunately. The shots weren't falling tonight. I don't know what the difference was.

The guards did a nice job of getting the ball to our big guys.