Brian Clodi
Brian Clodi
illinois schedule state teams tested tournament type
There's not a lot of teams around the state of Illinois that can say they have that type schedule left. We have it (tough schedule) for a reason. We want to be tournament tested and tournament ready.
defending seen
They're the defending (tournament) champs. We've seen them and they're not a 12 seed.
air took
That play (block) took the air out of Elgin.
basketball great playing
That's who we wanted (to play). They're playing great basketball. We're excited.
ball closed game needed turn
They got it down to four, but we closed out the game well. We didn't turn the ball over, we did all the things needed to win.
basketball best moment playing truth
We're playing our best basketball right now. But the moment of truth is the playoffs.
both great last leading sweet
We let their two leading scorers get off. They're both great players. That's why they got to the Sweet 16 last year.
ahead battle easier everybody knocked later people stay
In our conference, everybody is going to battle each other. People are going to get knocked off all the time. If we can stay ahead of the game, it's only going to make things easier later on.
extremely hard proud
I'm extremely proud of our effort. I think that's as hard as we've ever played.
defense great plays
He plays great defense. He fights, he scratches, he claws. He had a great game.
against defeat found good great playing third tough
It's a good win, especially after we had a tough defeat (in the Feb. 21 semifinals) against Larkin. We wanted to play for a championship, but we'll take third place. Elgin has been playing great basketball, but we just found a way to win.
best games great high school teams year
It was one of best games of the year. I think it was one of the best high school games of the year -- two great teams going at it.
advantage ball double game plan size week
The game plan all week was to get the ball inside. We have more size than them, so we wanted to take advantage of that. If they wanted to double (team), then we'd look for our shooters on the outside.
state ultimate win
I want to win the state championship. That's the ultimate goal.