22 Quotes by Fred Thacher

This team is playing with a lot of confidence right now. The lineup we have is very opportunistic, and today they showed their 'no quit' attitude.

We were optimistic going in, but it's very difficult as a Division 4 team. We don't have the luxury of playing mediocre teams. Each game we play, we have to come out with our best stuff. But I think we played them hard and at times played well.

We tried to double-team their big people down low in a zone when in actuality we should have put more pressure on the outside and gone man-to-man earlier. But we didn't think we could go man because they were so big.

We scored 80 points against Mashpee. Our problem has been defensive intensity and getting back on the fast break, which we were working on today.

That's what we're looking for is balanced scoring. If we can get balanced scoring, we're going to be successful.

This is a phenomenal team. They're very highly motivated. They're all business in practice. We do so many things so well. We got a tough draw (in 12-8 Sacred Heart last night before the Harwich Oracle went to press) but we've got them at home. It's been our goal all season to go back to the Garden (Fleet Center). This team is every bit as good as I thought it would be. It's as good as the championship years and we have more people who can score.

They did a good job of making adjustments in the second half. They doubled Amanda and prevented her from getting any good looks at the basket or making any drives to the basket.

They went to a diamond-and-one defense to stop Amanda, but it opened up our inside game and she was able to drive or set up our interior people. We dictated the pace of this game. They are a running team and good 3-point shooting team, and neither thing happened for them tonight.

I'm going to remember this season by the chemistry these girls provided every day at practice. The hardest thing about the season is saying goodbye tonight to a group of kids who were not just basketball players but were friends.