Quotes about ball
ball great next obviously win
They are obviously a great ball club. We have to win one of the next two.
ball good shoot
They aren't real big. They are kind of like us - very good shooters and very quick. We just have to shoot the ball decently and we'll be all right. David Kelley
ball great people
They are just great, great ball defenders. They've done it to a lot of people this year. Aaron Hill
ball face freshman game glad hopefully pitchers team today tremendous
They are just a tremendous ball club. I was glad we were able to get two freshman pitchers in the game today to face a team like Rice. Hopefully it will make them better down the road.
ball bit bounce control game great home hot luck maybe seem slow tempo
They are hot - they got off to a great start. We'll try to slow them down, control the tempo of the game and try to keep things close. When you're at home you seem to have a little bit better luck and maybe the ball will bounce our way.
ball coach heck numbers prepared throw
They are going to put up numbers because they throw the heck out of the ball and it's going to be really tiring. But coach has us prepared for that and we are really well conditioned.
ball capitalize mistakes turn
They are going to have to make us turn the ball over and capitalize on our mistakes.
ball caught extremely football good impressed season team threw time
They are going to have a pretty good football team by the time the season is over. I was really impressed with their quarterback and their receivers. They threw and caught the ball extremely well. They are going to get better every week, too.
ball beat kicked men
They beat us where the men play: down on the boards. They kicked our butts where the men play. They wanted the ball more than we did. Bernie Bickerstaff
ball beat dreamed loose stayed supposed time tips
They beat us to every loose ball and I never would have dreamed that. They got a lot of deflections and tips and they stayed with it, which is what you're supposed to do this time of year.
ball beat couple decent defense good guess guys played putting spots trouble wins year
They beat us pretty soundly. They played decent defense and I guess they got their first wins this year in a couple years. We aren't locating the ball very well pitching-wise right now. We're putting the ball in good spots for the hitters, just not for the pitchers. We're not getting it done there -- we're working hard, all the guys are. We're just having trouble locating.
ball beat great performance seen shooting shot start team
They beat us from start to finish. It was a great performance shooting the basketball. I've never seen a team shoot the ball they way they shot it. It just wasn't one guy, it was everybody.
ball beholden game great handle inside players points support type weakness
They are very well-rounded. They have a great inside game and support it with great shooters, players who can handle the ball with the mid-range game. They don't have a weakness offensively. That's why you see them averaging 83 points a game. When you have that kind of versatility, you're never beholden into one place, one position, one style, or any type of shot.
ball defense great offense physical run straight
They are very physical on offense and very run-oriented. They play a straight 50 defense with great athletes, who run to the ball and are real physical.
ball care good needed team
They are too good a team for us to have a 10-point lead, just like we are too good to be down like we were the first game. We didn't take care of the ball like we needed to and we let them back in.
ball beat came dug good hard hole judge minutes second shot though
They came out and shot the ball well. You can't use 16 minutes to judge our whole season. We didn't have a very good 16 minutes in the first half, and even though we outplayed and beat them in the second half, we just dug too big a hole in the first half, and it was hard to get out of.
ball came hit league themselves
They came here just to play ball and I still don't think it's really hit them that they are here. They know they are at the Little League World Series, but so far, they've just been themselves and play ball.
ball brought guys hands help job
They brought in some guys who are going to help me out, ... It's going to be my job to get the ball in their hands and let them make plays. Let them be my playmakers. Kyle Boller
ball broke easily inside pound second trap
They broke our trap pretty easily in the first half. But in the second half, we were able to pound the ball inside and get some baskets. Chuck D.
ball bring spread throw
They bring a lot of challenges. They like to spread you out and throw the ball a lot.
ball bringing confused four moving start
They were bringing four or five, and it confused us a little. We made our adjustments and we were able to start moving the ball again. Jerramy Stevens
ball beat bigger shoot
They were bigger than us, but they didn't shoot the ball real well from the outside. We wanted to make them beat us from the outside.
ball beat month past took
They were beat up and pretty tired. They contributed that first night, but not like they have for the past month and a half. It took them a while to get used to a ball they could dribble.
ball beating deserved four halftime rebound win
They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by halftime and 12 turnovers (by halftime). You can't win ballgames like that. They deserved to win.
ball basically fun gave obvious rocket throwing
They were basically throwing the ball up and had some fun with it. We gave up too many big plays. It was too easy, too obvious for them. This isn't rocket science. Michael Strahan
ball few figured games gets girls good job last mike physical playing program
They were a very good ball club, very physical and very aggressive. (Coach Mike Fischer) does a good job with his program and gets his girls to play hard. I know the last few games they've been playing very well, so I figured it would be a battle.
ball fast good team
They were a very fast team and they were good at getting the ball up front.
balls extra full inside knew loose played prepare quicker rattled rushed seemed simply step stepped urgency
They were a step quicker than we were, and seemed to get to all the loose balls and give that extra effort. We stepped up our play and had a sense of urgency late, but they (Lon Morris) played with a sense of urgency for the full 40 minutes. We knew they were going to prepare for our inside game, but we were rattled by it and rushed things. They simply played well and made more plays.
ball good small stop
They were, as I anticipated, a good ball club. They executed all the particulars, the little small things, and we didn't stop the little small things.
ball boxed controlled gone stuff team tough
They were a really tough team and went after the ball hard, but we could have boxed them out better. We could have gone after the ball harder. It was stuff that we could have controlled that we didn't.
balls dropping game might nervous playing stronger
They were a lot stronger and their game is a lot faster. But once you started playing, it's still basketball. I did pretty well, ... At the beginning, I was nervous dropping balls I might have caught. But once I got to playing it was better.
ball fired gave helped hustled took
They were after the ball and took their opportunities. Probably what helped the most is they hustled to the ball, they were into it emotionally. They were fired up. It gave them the edge.
balls loose
They were able to get the loose balls all night. But it was that one which summed it all up. John Smith