Darwin Hofer Quotations

Going into the game, you have to kind of hope that with them traveling and being in a new facility, that they would come out flat. But we were the ones that just didn't bring our game legs right away.

When I was trying to come up with a game plan by talking to other coaches, I asked 'What, if any, are their weaknesses,' and nobody could give me one. They're such a solid ball club.

They were really getting a push up the floor. When they pushed the ball in the first quarter, we didn't seem to be able to combat that . . .cold shooting on our part, and when they were scoring that way, that made trouble for us.

He's a senior and he didn't want to quit. Forrest plays hard. A lot of people don't know he has had a bad knee all year ... He never sat out a practice, never sat out a game. He's a tough-nosed player. He's been a three-year starter. We're definitely going to miss his leadership out there.

We needed to make adjustments as far as attacking the basket more. There's no such thing as a 10-point basket, so we needed to nip away at it a little bit.

We needed to be a little more patient on offense, sometimes I think we rushed our shots.

They are just a very solid team. You've got to tip your hat to the players, to their coaches. They're very well coached and well behaved on the floor.

When your perimeter shots aren't falling, you've got to attack the basket. We wanted to try to pound the ball inside.