Tony Duckworth
Tony Duckworth
double doubted faces finish knew saw tried
I never doubted these guys. I knew we would find a way to finish it. When we were down by double digits, I saw a lot of long faces out there. I just tried to keep encouraging them.
incredible special victory
Four-hundred is a special milestone. This was an incredible victory to get that win.
guys half lead needed playing pressure second successful teams
At halftime, I told the guys we needed to keep our lead in the second half. A lot of teams that are as successful as Maryville aren't used to playing from behind. We wanted to put that pressure on them in the second half and not let them make a run.
basket came couple free kept several
Cole came through with several big plays. He had a couple late, making the basket and the free throw, that kept us in the lead.
call designed found lane players plays
You can call plays all you want, but you have to have players that can make plays. It wasn't designed that way, but Cole found a lane and made it work.
again beat best case conference guys improve needed pulling quality seed sets sound team understand wins
We needed to play Maryville. I don't want to sound like I was pulling for one conference team over another in the semifinals but it's true. Our guys were disappointed we didn't get the No. 1 seed and I told them 'look guys you need to understand that's the best case for us because being No. 2 sets us up to beat Fisk and Maryville again and improve our quality of wins index.
announced arrived chance chose committee felt field games including laptops last met ncaa night players press release selected selection since stunned team tournament understanding versus won
We met as a team last night since the D-III field of 59 was to be announced at approximately 10 p.m. I told my team I felt we had a 50-50 chance of being selected while understanding that the NCAA Selection Committee could chose Maryville over Huntingdon. After the NCAA press release arrived on our laptops the players were stunned that Maryville was selected over us after we had won two games versus them in the last 13 days, including the GSAC Tournament Championship.
against committee hard national selecting time win
With this win against Maryville I think the national committee is going to have a hard time not selecting us.