Jeff Cavallo
Jeff Cavallo
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I couldn't be more proud of the group of guys I've had the opportunity to share this experience with. Obviously, I think Arlington Country Day is a terrific collection of talented individuals. But when you look at The Benjamin School, I think we're a better team in the true sense of the word.
confidence felt lost momentum start
I felt the momentum start to change, but I never lost confidence in our team. Never for a second.
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Our whole focus was to wear him down and make him play defense. We wanted to make him work for everything he got on offense.
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Our whole purpose was to try to wear him down and make him play defense and to make him work for everything he got offensively. Of course he picked up some fouls and that really helped and our guys just executed the game plan really well.
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I'm so proud of my kids. They worked so hard. They've earned the opportunity to go to state.
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I give Matt a lot of credit for putting himself in that situation. Most players would shy away from it. That was a tribute to him and he made it.
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At the midpoint of the season, we played three overtime games in a row. We won all three and that really tested our resiliency, our ability to focus when the game is on the line.
guys hung proud
I'm so proud of my guys for the way they hung in there and executed the offense. Sometimes you get lucky, and this was one of those opportunities.
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Sometimes, it takes us two or three or sometimes four or five possessions before we understand what's going on. In this particular case, it took a few possessions and realized, 'OK, let me go through my reads.' When that happens, it goes to our favor.
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You look at Hoosiers , Miracle on Ice , all those terrific movies in real-life stories, that's what we were hoping for. We weren't able to overcome their talent.
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We knew coming in we had to play near perfect to win, and they would have to have an off night.
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We knew the first few minutes of the second half were going to be crucial. We play the way we practice, which is to say is we were not going to take the air out of the ball, we were going to play to our strengths, it just did not happen the way we wanted it to.
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We had to play a near perfect game to win. They (Arlington) are the best rebounding team I have seen since I have been coaching high school.