Jim Crosbie
Jim Crosbie
basket grab great needed rebound
I don't think there's anything we could have done differently. We had a great look at the basket at the end and it just didn't go, and before that we needed to grab a rebound and just couldn't get to it.
admit hate looking past respect
I think we were looking past them a little bit, which I hate to admit because we respect all teams.
chance game gave kids plan win worked
Our game plan worked and the kids executed it to perfection, which is what gave us that chance to win the game.
basketball floor relying spread
I think it comes back to relying on the things we do real well. ... I think we're going to have to do the same things, spread the floor ... and look to penetrate and kick.
decided
It all started with our defense. They decided to go out and get some stops.
bench pleased second skip
I was very pleased with our bench play in the second quarter. I mean, we didn't skip a beat.
coming worry
Coming out of the holidays, you worry about them being a little sluggish.
chance decided game looked reason slow
The way we started the game, things looked pretty good. For some reason we decided to slow down. We really had a chance to put the game away early.
win
We're just stunned. We thought we were going to win that game.
experience happy help
We're happy to get out of the first round. I think that will help now that we have some experience under our belt.
break free game giving points relentless seems team time weakness
That's a weakness for us right now, really. The thing I told my team right after the game was the two things we've got to be relentless on are rebounding and free throws. ... It's seems like every time we play, we're giving up second-chance points ... and those things break your back.
active dean gets guy hard pleased rebounds seen works
I was really pleased with Dean Johnson, he's a guy who works really hard for us and gets a lot of rebounds for us, but that's the most active I've seen him.
tone
They just kind of went for the jugular right off the bat. ... They're going to come out and try to set the tone early.
excited monkey moving nice remained
That monkey remained with us for that first quarter. I'm excited for it. It's nice to have it, but I'm moving on.