Ken Schneider Game Quotations

Winning the regional title and beating North was an emotionally difficult experience for me because Dave and I have been friends for 25 years and we had to beat someone you care about and kids your care about. But I like to think of it as a great basketball game between two good teams.

Davidson is a good, solid fundamental team, but if we get by them Brookhaven is better than their record. It's tournament time and a new season for everyone. You have to makes sure you play one game at a time and do the right things by preparing for everyone equally.

The regional final is the toughest game of the year no matter who you play. You?re so close and you?re not there yet. It?s such a process to play well night after night.

You can't get involved emotionally in the game because then it takes you out of your game plan or takes you out of your focus for the game. You have to focus on what you got to do to keep them from scoring or whatever it might be. I thought our kids did a great job of that.

The Dublin Scioto game was a big game. We had a good crowd and were able to present them with some serious problems with our defense.

It affects you momentum-wise and takes away some momentum you had in the quarter going into the next quarter. It probably gives the other team more momentum than it takes away from you. It happens, but basketball is a game of momentum and runs. Learning how to stop those and get one going is the key.

We had a pretty good plan in place, but little things hurt you badly against a team of this caliber. They can score so fast. But for us to be in the tournament championship game and to play this well against one of the best teams in the nation . . . this is something that?s really going to help us as we go down the line this season.