16 Quotes by Dave Lutz

What these seniors have done is impressive. I told these guys that it used to take, eight, nine, 10 years for T.J. to win 29 games, but these guys have helped build a foundation.

We made a few mini-runs that kept us in the lead ... our kids were able to put together a couple flurries. Those were important, because we knew it was going to be a challenge tonight.

Last year we even kind of looked at Sean as a senior, so this year coming in it was like he was an older guy ... a veteran. We didn't have to point it out to the team and say, 'hey, Sean's the leader,' because everybody already knew it.

Mike Richardson was huge for us. When you have a guy blocking shots like that, that changes the other team's complexion.

I think you've still got to get through East, but North's been playing as well as anybody. It's a tough task this year.

I thought the kids played hard and took care of the basketball. We just went through some cold stretches, and we couldn't get enough defensive stops to get the victory.

I think we've been playing some of our best basketball the last few weeks. And tonight was no exception.

Our kids battled. I told the kids at the end of the game that I was happy they didn't give up. They could have given up when we were down double digits in the fourth quarter, but they played all the way up until the end.

That's what big-time players do. They put teams on their shoulders, and he hit some big shots tonight.