John Kuckel
John Kuckel
box effort entire final free game half hit hyde limit looks open played second sustain tonight
If we could sustain the effort we got in the second half for an entire game, we'd be all right. In the final 16 we played our butts off, but tonight Hyde hit their open looks and free throws, and we didn't box out well enough the entire game to limit their second chances.
conference hard kids minutes teams tough
Give Westbrook credit. Those kids play hard. They don't quit. They did the same thing to us at our place when they got us. They play tough wire-to-wire. They could have rolled over. Teams are well-coached in this conference and they all play hard every night. And if you don't play hard for 32 minutes you're not going to get a W.
coming days defend defended focus last practice stopping talked three
Our focus the last two or three days in practice has been stopping people. That's all we talked about coming in. We wanted to be able to defend and I thought we defended as well as we could in the first half.
adjustment adversity coach coming finished game great group grow guys handled helps job late learned nice period seniors short situation success successful team year younger
Unfortunately, we finished one game short of where we wanted to be. The seniors did a nice job with the situation they had. They had a new coach come in pretty late in the game. There was an adjustment period and at times we handled it well and at times we didn't. We have a great group of younger guys coming up. Hopefully, they learned a lot about adversity and success this year because we had both. Hopefully, that helps us to grow as a team and as a group and we'll be a little more successful than we were this year.