Jeff Cavallo Quotations

We had to play a near perfect game to win. They (Arlington) are the best rebounding team I have seen since I have been coaching high school.

You look at Hoosiers , Miracle on Ice , all those terrific movies in real-life stories, that's what we were hoping for. We weren't able to overcome their talent.

I'm always preaching to the guys to play bigger than they are.

We knew coming in we had to play near perfect to win, and they would have to have an off night.

We knew the first few minutes of the second half were going to be crucial. We play the way we practice, which is to say is we were not going to take the air out of the ball, we were going to play to our strengths, it just did not happen the way we wanted it to.

Our whole purpose was to try to wear him down and make him play defense and to make him work for everything he got offensively. Of course he picked up some fouls and that really helped and our guys just executed the game plan really well.

Our whole focus was to wear him down and make him play defense. We wanted to make him work for everything he got on offense.

I couldn't be more proud of the group of guys I've had the opportunity to share this experience with. Obviously, I think Arlington Country Day is a terrific collection of talented individuals. But when you look at The Benjamin School, I think we're a better team in the true sense of the word.

He has great hands. We have worked on his foot work in a lot of agility drills. He does have a nice soft tough, which is rare for big guy. He's 10 times better than he was last year and he'll continue to improve.

I'm so proud of my kids. They worked so hard. They've earned the opportunity to go to state.