Doug Evans
Doug Evans
against both continue defeated defensive played trend
We've defeated Marquette twice. On both occasions, we played pretty aggressively on the defensive end. We need to continue that trend against Serena. It should be an interesting game.
feeling guys hung icing maybe pressure state time top vision
I think we were feeling the pressure down the stretch, but our guys hung in there. This vision started a long time ago. Maybe not 35-0, but being state champs. Being 35-0 is just some icing on top of it.
continue guys home last march since starting vision walked year
Well, I think these guys know it's been a vision since we walked out of Peoria last year. That vision started last year the day after we got home -- of starting to try that march again. This has been a 300-and-something-day march. And we want to continue on.
floor four good job last offense seen spreading virtually
Reed-Custer did a good job of spreading the floor on us. We have seen virtually nothing but the spread offense for the last four games, but Reed-Custer did a good job of it.
basketball dominated dreamed final kids state talked
I would never have dreamed that we would have dominated the schedule. I don't think any of us talked about going undefeated. We talked about getting back to state. No. 1 for all the kids is to get back to state and back in the final four.
basketball blended coming easy everybody excited great guys job nervous nice passes played player robert smith solid starting tyler
I think everybody was excited and a little nervous with Robert out. But Tyler Smith did a great job coming in. What I like is that Tyler is a different kind of player than Robert, but he played solid basketball and set up some guys for easy baskets and made some really nice passes early. He just blended in like he'd been starting forever. It was nice to see a different lineup come out there and succeed.
beat half northern state win
We've got the No. 1 ranking in the state, but everyone knows, especially in the northern half of the state, to win a state title, you have to beat Hales.
capable defend definitely ready size step stop
We will have a size advantage. I'll tell you one thing, we had better be ready to stop Serena and step out to defend the three-point shot. We will definitely need to defend because Serena has many capable long-range shooters.
christmas days eight games nine played ready seven thrown
We've played seven games in eight or nine days with Christmas thrown in there. We are ready for a break.
adjectives almost biggest brings brother describe eye great promoters talking tear tyler
Tyler has been one of the biggest promoters of Seth. It almost brings a tear to my eye just talking about it. He's been like a big brother to him. I don't have enough adjectives to describe how great Tyler has been this year.
came everybody good looks lots played tough
We came out with lots of energy. Everybody played well and it was tough for Reed-Custer to get good looks at the basket.
came focused good intensity ready
We came out with good intensity tonight. We were focused and ready to go.
advantage chicago class competition great improve
Hales has such a big advantage over a lot of Class A schools. Being in the Chicago area, they get to play a lot of great competition and see what they need to improve on.
basketball grown help life open playing taken trying
He's grown up all his life playing basketball with these guys. They've been very open in trying to help him and have kind of taken him under their wings.