Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
great guys ready start
Our guys have had a great season. We're getting ready to start a new season.
foul gave great trouble win
We had a lot of foul trouble and I thought that Burkett, Carl and Ess all gave us some great minutes. That was a big part of the win for us.
great leader practices rubs works
He's a great leader in the sense that he practices well every day. Every drill, everything we do, he works hard. He's enthusiastic every day about everything we do and I think that rubs off on his teammates.
bit certainly gets good great knock open quick shoot strong
He's a great shooter; he's strong and quick and can shoot it. You concentrate on Maguire and Stewart a little bit and when he gets some open looks, he's certainly good enough to knock them down.
agreed best defend east game great hard needed played talking win
Belleville East played a great game, and it was hard for us to defend them. I was talking to one of my assistants, and we agreed we played our best game of the year. And we needed to do that to win this one.
gifted great hard intensity played player spencer works
Spencer is a very gifted player who works very hard at what he does. I thought he played smart, played with a lot of intensity and had a great game.
good great personnel team
That team does a lot of really good things offensively and defensively, utilizing their personnel very well. They're a big team and have done a great job.
dangerous great knew run
They had a great run and were a dangerous team. We knew this would not be like the other two games.
athletics good great happy himself likes opportunity
He's made himself a good shooter, and I think that showed tonight. He's a good athlete, and I think he likes all sports. That's a great opportunity for him at Minnesota, and I think he's happy about it.
conference good great guys played prepared proud ready regular start win work
The guys were proud to win the conference because it was so outstanding this year. Our guys have done a good job. They've prepared well and played well and had a great regular season. Now we're getting ready to start a new season, and we'll get to work on that.
ball both ends good night offensive played rebounds shoot since three
I thought we played very well on defense. And I thought we rebounded the ball on both ends very well. And we had to since we didn't shoot very well, but Schaefer had three offensive rebounds on our first possession, he had a very good night on the boards.
bunch deserved good guys prepared tournament win work
I think we have a good bunch of guys that work real hard. We prepared well for this tournament and I think we deserved it. This is a good win for us.
advance far fun good guys opportunity playing thankful time
I think any time you advance in the postseason it's fun for the players. Our guys are thankful to have the opportunity to still be playing and when you get this far along, you're playing good teams.
credit ended guard players post
We ended up being to guard the post and the perimeter, and I think you have to give our players credit to be able to do so.