Will Thomas
Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
announced seed
We thought we were out. When they announced us as an 11 seed in the D.C. bracket, we were ecstatic.
beat everybody gotten higher hold hope needs paper perception seeds somehow taken win
The perception is that somehow they're paper tigers, and they aren't. Everybody needs to hope the higher seeds hold on and win their tournaments. If Gonzaga had gotten beat the other night, that would have taken up one of the other spots.
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The purpose of all of this is trying to maintain a level playing field when you're dealing with an agricultural crop because the evidence is gone at harvest. They wait three years when they know Delta and Pine Land no longer has their germination records and certainly does not have a viable seed sample.
blood freedom seed tree
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree
basketball
I think we just wanted the basketball more than them, man.
fans felt
It felt like any other practice, other than there were 20,000 fans out there.
hats shots
We were getting the shots we wanted. They just weren't going down. Hats off to their defense, but we just couldn't make our shots.
anyone belong doubts says
This says we belong, we belong in this tournament. There are no doubts that we can play with anyone in the country.
believed believing committee doubting people proving putting
We've been believing that all season. The committee believed it, too, by putting us in the tournament. If people keep doubting us, we keep proving them wrong.
beginning builds carried coach coming confidence davis knew paul second shots
Coming into the game, we knew Paul Davis fouled a lot. Coach just told me to take it to him. If we can make shots in the beginning of the game, it builds our confidence up. We just carried that confidence into the second half. We just shot well.
calm
We had to calm down a little bit.
coach theories wants
Coach L has a lot of theories about how he wants us to play and keep us focused. He wants you to play with passion, but he doesn't want you to get all emotional.
everybody next proved year
We proved to everybody we belonged. No one can take that from us. The doubters, they can keep on doubting. We'll try to come back next year and prove it again.
basketball shot
I just wanted the basketball more than them when the shot went out.