We have probably made a pretty good case, but we just have to pray that there aren't a lot of upsets in tournaments the next couple of days.
I thought we stayed right with them. It was just that one lull that put us in a hole that was difficult to climb out of. But I thought we did a good job climbing.
I thought we started out with good intensity. We got great shots and they just didn't go down. Then that affected us defensively.
I thought defensively we did a really good job on a team that averages 83 points per game. I was very pleased with our execution at both ends of the court.
I thought that we really adjusted well from the first half to the second half, which is a good indication of how well these kids do at adjusting. We did a much better job of defending penetration and we got on the boards a lot better.
I think that we executed very well. In most offenses, we got what we wanted. ... We had some bad shots tonight for sure. That is what shooting percentages indicate -- that we are not taking good shots.
I think that we will bounce back. I think that I am still getting good leadership. We are getting very consistent play from the upper class but I need to get a little bit more from people coming off the bench.
Our team has to step up and have a good start. It is important, and it is going to be critical for us.
We rebounded well and played their tendencies extremely well. They really could not get shots off because when they tried to run their plays we knew what they were going to do. I think we did a good job of keeping them in check.
We were hitting tonight. We took good shots, and we finished.
The physicality of the game is something that you have to adjust to. You have to adjust to those things and this team usually adjusts to that. They're pretty good with the physical part of the game, but tonight I didn't feel like we were as physical as we normally are.
We've been playing good ball lately, and we're home.
We'll have to wait and see just how good we are, where we're going to get our points from. I'd say it might be my most inexperienced group, (but) it's the best leadership we've had in the past 13 years.
Even though we got down a little bit, we still made a little run to come back. We played a pretty good first half. We showed a lot of character and courage in the first half, being able to match them point for point.
The last two games, I have seen us do things that I have not even seen us do in practice. That's just not a good thing. I have no idea what to do about that.