Of all the teams I've coached, I don't think I've had a team that is this great.
Of all the teams I've coached, they played a second half as well as I have ever seen on both ends.
Last year we turned things around by going 17-7, but got bumped out short of state. It's so great to see this group of girls climb the mountain this year. We are a team to be contended with, and we are excited to be going to state.
Maybe we got through some of the nervousness. But I thought my girls played defense the way we have all year.
She's just got this way about her, this competitiveness about her that allows her to perform well when the game's on the line. Those are the sort of intangibles that it is hard to recognize until you start seeing them day in and day out.
She's a pretty heady girl and pretty determined. I thought she would get the shot off in time; I just was hoping it would go in.
If anything has tested us this year, it's been a big team.
Heck, I thought my girls played defensively the way they have all year. Of course I feel like every time we give up a hoop I'm not happy, but, when it's all said and done, it's all good.
That carries over. The mere fact that we haven't been in the Dome is irrelevant. We've been in some big games and ... with those three, I don't think we'll be intimidated by the atmosphere.
I thought it was just a great high school girls game. We've got a lot to feel good about.
I think there's a lot of (college) coaches at this tournament that are wondering where they missed her.
Palo played huge for us. She took great care of the ball and continues to lead our team.
I think we're a great basketball team and they thumped us pretty good in the second half.
We came out clicking on all cylinders. We probably played our best game of the year.
You know those big leads early on don't mean a whole lot.
We have trouble with Skyline switching man-to-man, and I don't know why.
We're a great basketball team, and they thumped us pretty good. I think that's the team that's going to win the state championship.
We really responded in clutch time and made big, big free throws down the stretch.
We did everything we could, and that little girl still got 21.
I used to call her AT -- automatic turnover.
You better get out with your running shoes, or you're going to have a long night trying to chase her down. Every girl on our team knows that and they have trouble getting out and stopping her in practice.
Best at the defensive end, that was the difference. She sacrificed her offense to concentrate on defense to help us get this win.
Our defense was spectacular tonight. It just keeps getting stronger.
I've had a lot of great teams ... but I can't really remember having a team as great as this girls basketball team. It's more than one of those pinch-me years.
I'm going to miss all my seniors a lot, and there will be sadness.
It's the way this team has played all year. You know, they've hung in there and shown a lot of heart and a lot of character and it wasn't a pretty win for us, but in the state tournament all of these teams are good and we get a chance to move on.
I told the girls before the game, 'It stops right here. We played excellent in all areas tonight.
It's a fantastic feeling. I would have never imagined when I took this program over two years ago that we'd be this far.
I certainly feel like this is the best offensive production I've seen from them in the last year.
I don't see anybody who can beat us when we play our best. Does that mean we'll win state? Only time will tell.
