Jeff Ackermann
Jeff Ackermann
fact inside kindness missing settled sure surprised
I was kind of surprised they settled for those 3-point shots. But I'm sure that had something to do with the fact they were missing some inside players.
chance guys history
I told our guys that they have a chance to make their own history and not live off our old history. This is their chance to be a part of it themselves.
confidence kids rare special teams
I know that my kids can play, and they play with confidence. I know this is a very special thing, and it's rare for teams to get this opportunity, so we are going to make the most of it.
good great guards image mirror point quick score
(Hampton is) very good and athletic. They're a lot like us. They have quick guards and are really a mirror image of us. They can score right with us point for point. It should be a great game.
athletics dan dribble great shoot versatile
Dan is a great athlete. He's a very versatile guard. He can take you off the dribble and shoot the three. You can't sag on him and you can't play him tight.
beat best effort played team tremendous
This is the best team we've played all year. It's going to take a tremendous effort to beat them.
basketball christmas good played team win won
This team hasn't won anything. We didn't win our section. We didn't win our Christmas tournament. We haven't played good basketball for a month.
defensive pushed
We rebounded well on the defensive end and we pushed the ball.
anyone game guards lead offense plan played pressure ran size stuff took
We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. We did that, and then on offense, our size took over. We got an eight-point lead and got into our half-court stuff and ran our offense through our big guys.
section win
We didn't win the section this year, and, after that, we set this as our goal.
mirror ourselves regroup
We had to look ourselves in the mirror after that one. And we had to regroup after that loss.
bench help impose
We use our bench to help impose our will.
best ease fine game guys knew press wear
We knew they were big and they had a lot of girth to them, so we wanted to try to wear them out the best we could. Our guys knew we were going to press the whole game, we weren't going to ease up and, if they scored on it, we were fine with that because we wanted to get an up-tempo game as much as we could.
beat entire fall few knew missed press shots
We knew they were big, but we wanted to press them the entire game. Even if we got beat a few times, we were going to press. We missed a few shots early, but then they started to fall for us.