Rick Francis Quotations

One of the biggest factors was a lack of officials ... the commissioner of officials (Bert Haskins of Merced) said he just couldn't supply enough during the winter. Also, the schools in the northern half of the section were against it for lack of fields. A lot of those schools have freshman teams.

I was really pleased with the way we played.

McDaniel was not getting good looks. We were very aware of where he was, but then (Eric) Brown started making 3-pointers.

Shane did a great job. That's nice to have going into the last two games.

Give Manteca credit. They executed their offense to perfection and the got a lot of easy shots.

We jump right back into the fire on Friday night.

We had an answer for every defense they threw at us. It was just a matter of the ball not going in the basket.

We didn't have as many kids in the student section as we normally do, and we figure the band is worth six to 10 points.

We broke it most of the time, but we turned the ball over too much. We're averaging 15 turnovers per game, and you can't do that.

We're being careful to play them one at a time. We don't want to share the title.

We feel we can play pretty good defense, and any time you play good defense on a consistent basis you're going to be in the game.

We crowded him too much last game and he went around us. This time we backed off him.

Even though they only scored 43 points, our defense was not very good.

That means you're not being aggressive inside. We were getting the ball inside, but you've got to attack the basket.

I just sat there (after the final buzzer). I was exhausted.

It was a great win and it was a good tournament for us. It was frustrating to let the big lead get away, but it was nice to see the inbounds play work.

It was a great win for us. It was one of those total team efforts, where everybody did something important to help us win.

It was a great season. Not a lot of people thought we'd be here. I'm proud of these guys.

It was a great comeback and a great win for us. Now we get ready for East Union, and that's going to be huge.

It was a very physical game. We got pushed around and we did not respond. You have to adjust.