Dave Robbins
Dave Robbins
class last lost won year
We won with class last year and this year we lost with class.
ball defense saved shooting
We just aren't shooting the ball very well. Our defense really saved us.
against behind caught energy expect few good level picked proved quite team teams telling time within wrong year
We picked our energy level up and wanted to get within 10 by halftime. I've been telling our team all year you can't get behind against good teams expect to win. They've proved me wrong quite a few times, but this time it caught up to us.
awards locker might players proud team
We're not at all embarrassed to be the second-best team in the country. The second-place awards were in our locker room, and I told our players they might feel like they don't want them now, but when they're old and gray, they'll be very proud they were the second-best team in the country.
beaten best game
We didn't have our 'A' game today. But even if we'd had our best game, I don't know if we could have beaten them.
brad night terrible
Brad was getting muscled and couldn't get in the lane, and when he did he couldn't score. He just had a terrible night shooting.
ball beat caused couple energy helping level picked throw travel
We just picked our energy level up and caused a couple of errors. Then we'd travel or throw the ball away or something. We were helping them beat us.
hurt mobile quite
Duan wasn't quite as mobile and that hurt us on defense. But he said he could play . . . so we put him in there to see what he could do.
deep defend kids seen shoot talking team
I've never seen a team shoot any better than that -- and I'm talking about from downtown. There's no way you can defend that, as deep as those kids were shooting.
came five lost worse wounded
They had lost five straight. They were like a wounded animal: They came at us and they wanted it worse than we did.
anybody beat country five half halves playing six
We did put two halves together, and I think we've only done that about five or six times this year. Usually we're one half and done. We can beat about anybody in the country if we're playing well.
brad hard quarters quit riding rode three
I really rode Brad hard for about three quarters of the year. And then I told him if he would do the things I told him to do I'd quit riding him.
aggressive high list maybe turned
I don't know if it's self-promotion or what. Maybe it would've turned out different if I'd been more aggressive about it. But it's never been something that's been high on my list of priorities.
doubt kid
He's a player. There's no doubt the kid can flat-out play.