24 Quotes by Denis Freeman

Peter is very talented. He has a tendency once in awhile to get loose and nonchalant. He's 6-5, he can shoot it, he can put it on the floor, he can pass, he can rebound. He's a very talented basketball player.

Carlson is just a great ball defender and really sets the tone for us defensively.

From this point on we're not going to be patient any more. I think we're capable of more. We have kids who have strengths and we just have to get them to play to those strengths. That's the most important part at this point.

I thought they were going to stay in the zone but they came out kind of aggressive on the guards. John, being experienced, popped out and got the ball. We were stressing the whole second half to attack the seam in the zone and John has the ability to do that.

Our pressure defense really started to work. We didn't let Morgan settle into their offense and when we forced a turnover, we converted on the other end.

Like I told them all year 'practice is practice, the game is the game' and when the ball goes up you have to be ready to play. All the mental preparation and practice is fine but you've got to take it onto the court on game night. Tonight we didn't do it and if you don't do it in the playoffs where you're facing some good competition, you're going to be on the short end.

Manning doesn't miss many good shots. And the other kids around him understand their roles. George does a great job with them.

You leave your man and you double-team and you try to gamble and create some chaos and that worked out. We got steals and some easy hoops.

We've been fortunate to win some close games and the credit goes to the kids because they're mentally tough and have been making the plays.