Tim Ross Quotations

We spread the wealth pretty well. This was really a special year, because we had kids that understood and were happy if they averaged eight or 10 points a game, just as long as we were 25-4 and had a shot to go far.

We knew when we saw them play the other night that they were scrappy and tough. We were able to handle their pressure early and I thought that was the key to the game.

One of our goals was to win the regular-season title. We still have to go to East Chapel Hill and handle our business to win the championship outright.

Hat's off to my kids. We came in and didn't back down. It's been a great season and we really accomplished a lot but just weren't able to get over that hunt tonight. I'm really proud to be their coach.

He was hardly ever in trouble. The walk was in the first inning.

I thought we played as well as we could play in the first half from an offensive standpoint. But they really attacked the rim in the second half and we couldn't stop them.

Overall, that one year off didn't change me that much. But it was nice to sit in the stands and just watch. It was kind of neat to sit back and wonder how I would've handled certain situations.

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That was just a great high school basketball game. People got their money's worth tonight.

We got down seven twice, but we didn't panic. I told the guys that there were going to be some bumps in the road tonight. They are a good basketball team. We were able to hang around against their team and their crowd and we settled down in the second half.

We have a great group of seniors and this is a good way for them to go out.

We got knocked down the other week against Hillside, so our goal was to bounce back up and come out swinging. I thought we came out here and really played hard-nosed basketball.

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We knew East wasn't going to lay down. We knew it was important to them, but it was important to us because we wanted to win.

We just tell people we were runners-up. But you're definitely going to look back at it. That's just part of coaching. It's comforting to know that we were there from a competition standpoint but irritating to know that we were up by 16 points in the first half.

What's great is that, right now, the kids don't care who scores. They're not looking at who's getting the points.

We didn't hit our foul shots. If we hit our foul shots in the fourth quarter, we are already home.

These were two very good teams tonight. They got the momentum and we cooled off. They got the momentum going and got the crowd going and just all the advantages of the home court in a sectional final. But I'm proud of my guys.

Defensively, they're a hard team to keep in front of you. We gave up penetration and we gave up second chances. And I think that proved to be the difference in the game.

It's going to be a game. Southern has some height and they are a good team.

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It's big. We went into Person and stole one there and came in and got another victory here. If you win on the road it's big time, but you still got to hold your own court. This is a great win, but we're only halfway through. It should be an exciting second half of the season.

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It was just one of those games. Execution was key. Both teams played good defense, and we just made one more play than they did.

It was just a great game. We played our hearts out and they played their hearts out. It was just a class act, both ways.