Randy Hauswirth
Randy Hauswirth
basketball games high opportunity school tough
This is what high school basketball is all about. When you go through the tough times, you regroup. Now we have an opportunity to play in games like this.
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One thing is, I would have liked to see us be a little more patient at times. We never clicked on all cylinders, but you're going to have games like that.
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I'm happy for Jeremiah for all the awards he's getting. He was so important to our team - he was the kind of kid where, if Jeremiah was playing well, the rest of the kids on the team picked up their intensity as well. He's a great athlete.
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You're talking about 22, 23 points a game with Jeremiah, and a lot of people thought we were going into last weekend (the game against Eastern Brown) not being able to win. But the kids adapted to what needed to be done, and kids stepped up and proved they can do whatever it takes to fill that hole.
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They're more perimeter oriented than we are, and they're probably a little more athletic of a team than we are. One key for us is that we have to be really conscious of their ability to shoot the ball. Plus, they're so athletic that we have to limit their long rebounds and hold them off the offensive glass.
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I've never coached there and a lot of the kids have never been there. We took the kids (to OU Friday) and watched the games, just to give them a chance to see the place. We don't want them walking in (today) and be in awe of the place, so we tried to mentally prepare them for that.
hope prepared sure throughout week
We weren't sure throughout the week if we would have Jeremiah or not. There was a hope that he would be able to make a go of it, but we wanted to be prepared to go without him if we had to.
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We knew Jeremiah wouldn't be extremely effective, just because he's been hurt. We were hoping he'd make a miraculous recovery overnight, but from what we'd seen in practice he just hadn't progressed enough. So we decided we would try to push the ball up-tempo, and it gave us some easy looks early on. And, actually, we still got looks in the game on shots we normally make, but for some reason we weren't able to knock them down.
help kids ready whatever
Whatever Jeremiah can give us is great. But I think (playing without Oates in the sectionals) will help us out. The other kids know what they have to do to win, and they're ready to do it.