Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
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.
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.
coming competition good teams treated winning won
We like coming here for the competition. They have always treated us good up here and there are some good teams here. Winning here is important because we have been here a lot of years and haven't won many of these. This is a really good tournament.
ourselves position win work
We still have a long way to go in the conference. We've got ourselves in position to win it, but still have some work to do.
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.
basketball focused games hard practice pressure win work
There's no more pressure on us now than there was when we first started. We like to play basketball. We like to work hard in practice and we like to work hard in games and we like to win basketball games. That's all we're focused on right now and that's all that matters.
ball credit extremely good handle knew shoot shot team three win
We knew they would not quit. T-Town is a very good team, we knew we had to keep at them because they handle the ball well, shoot the three well and play good defense. That's not a team we thought we'd win big over. They shot the ball very well from three, I have to give them a lot of credit for that, they shot extremely well.
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.
against basketball came good hard kids played poise pressure situation win
Our kids played real hard against a very good basketball team. They showed a lot of poise in a pressure situation and came up with a big win for us.
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.
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.
great guys ready start
Our guys have had a great season. We're getting ready to start a new season.
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.
active defense glass good mark night played rebounds
I thought Mark had a real good game. He made some shots, he was really active on the glass and got a lot of big rebounds and he played good defense all night long.