Alonzo Sledge Quotations

We knew they weren't going to go away. They came back from 22 points down at their Regional, so we told our guys not to relax. They did exactly what I thought they would do.

He's a leader. He's not a selfish kid. The key thing is he just wants to win. And he had to step tonight, and he did.

I was pretty much pleased with the way we played. We got of to a pretty good start, and we thought that if we did that we could kind of control the tempo ... speed it up, slow it down. We got a lot of fast break baskets.

We didn't go inside as much as we could have. We should have gone inside more often.

We knew it was going to be a challenge ... They're a good team. I talked with them this morning, and I told them, regardless of what happens, just don't quit on me. Just don't quit. Do that, and anything is possible.

They did what we asked them to do. We had to get off to a good start and control the tempo. And we were able to hit those key free throws down the stretch.

It means a whole lot. I'm more proud of the kids than I am of myself. Law, this is his third straight title game, Foster, his third straight. That's great for the program.

The big guy picked up those two fouls, but I think that actually hurt us because their other guys were quicker. That's when they got out in front of us. We needed to continue to attack the basket, but we kind of lost our composure. We're not a three-point shooting team.

They hit the boards because they know they can get a shot. They have more energy (on the offensive glass) because they know they can put it back up and score.

I knew Midfield would press from the beginning of the game to the end. We knew the outcome would be determined by how many turnovers we had. And we had a lot of turnovers.