Chris Ritacco Quotations

Last year at this time I would have said it's really not that big of a thing. But after the game and watching how Exeter performed, it's a big factor. It's intimidating. It was a tough atmosphere. They were nervous.

I think most people thought we would be decent - maybe make the playoffs and that would be it. I think some people were writing us off.

We got caught fouling and hacking. They were beating us off the dribble.

We have to keep them off the boards, too. Their offensive rebounding really worries me. They beat Rogers quite a bit on the offensive end. Hopefully, our defense is as good as it has been.

We forced a shot with 23 seconds left and they got the rebound and we had to foul and they made two more foul shots.

We are doing as many thing as we can to keep their heads on their game. If we are up by 17 or down by 17, we just have to keep working.

We did a great job getting the ball down low. That's our game. We try to go inside to our strength. We got in foul trouble in the first half, and it put a little damper on us.

They hit threes all day long. They never stopped.

I have no idea. They played us with a press and went back to a man. They played a box-and-one and triangle-and-two against Rogers. We're just not sure what they will do.

He's pretty physical. He can take you inside, but he can shoot the 3, too. He can do a little bit of everything. He's their go-to guy.

The kids are playing well. Our defense was real solid and we were controlling the boards. We were able to get our transition game going.

These guys beat each other up. There's bloody noses, we've had kids knocked out. The first couple of weeks of practice, it's brutal. They are actually pounding on each other. It makes us tougher.