Tom Hoppe Quotations

The work they put in over the summer and the spring was great. Those kids never gave up no matter what the score was. You look at the McMullen twins, who are 5-8, and their guarding guys that are 6-4 and 6-6.

I don't think we had one guy on the court as big as any of their starters. The kids blocked out and played tough.

I'm always getting ready to leave. Some GM workers just keep their stuff in boxes. You never know.

It didn't really start raining hard until we got past Sacramento. It was an interesting week.

The number one thing is we have to shoot the ball well. If we shoot the outside shot well, we're tough. We also have to defend tough inside and block out.

We outplayed them in every quarter except the first. We just did not shoot well.

We knew we were going to do it as soon as we returned. They stopped the game in Upper Lake to acknowledge it and we wanted to do it when we got here.

It's tough to win up there. Clear Lake and Lower Lake have small courts. I think all of the Lake County schools are pretty hostile environments. To win three games up there is really good for us.

He's a real nice young man. He's real knowledgeable.

Most of the games, we were in. There were a few we ended up getting blown out at the end. The kids never gave up all year. They worked hard. It was one of my favorite teams I've ever coached because they played so hard all the time. We were outmanned physically more times than we weren't.