Larry Bullington Guys Quotations

That was a nice little surprise that the guys over at Lawrence Central gave us. (Winning Conference Indiana titles) is something we've been very successful with. Every year you try to win as many games as you can, but the conference and (Marion) County (Tournament) are big deals. There'll be a little more incentive Friday night.

Those guys have been playing together eight or nine games now, so we have a better idea of what each other is doing out on the court, both offensively and defensively.

Curtis was big time. He had some blocks and some rebounds. His presence was felt. He finished around the basket very strong. He was banging around with two 6-7 or 6-8 guys much of the night, too. So he did a good job defensively as well.

They're very athletic. They move the ball well. Their big guys can shoot the ball and rebound. Our guys realize like that so, hopefully, we'll come out and play better on Friday night.

It's been a great year. I've got a team that plays the way I love to coach. I love to full-court press. We play five guards. We love to run. I've got a team that shoots 50 percent, and I love shooting the basketball. This has been a fantastic team. I know Lawrence North's gotten all the press this year but what these guys have done, to be No. 2 in the state, win 20 games and hopefully some more . . . they've just been unbelievable.

After we got behind 4-0, we really cranked it up. Then we played well in the second quarter. I thought we shared the ball extremely well. We were making the extra pass. We had a lot of guys have shots who passed it up for guys who had better shots.

Before, our (center) would post-up when (we were) ball-screening on the wing. Now, we're double-screening with no one on the block, so guys can really drive over the top or the baseline. The two big guys slowed us down. We're shooting and passing real well. Our defense has been OK, but the defensive boards are still a big, big concern.