20 Quotes by Geoff Salmon

We started 0-5 because of that. We got down big at the J&C Hoops Classic every game. We have been preaching that. I thought before the game we'd have an advantage at the guard spot and it seemed to hold true.

We want them to get caught up in it. It's something they'll never be able to do again, for the seniors. We'll get after them in practice and go hard like we have all year, but we also want them to appreciate what they're doing.

She's mature enough and she wants to win and she's accepted it. A lot of teams, when they sub, maybe go down a little bit, and teams can take advantage of that. When we sub, me may get better, depending on who comes out and what kind of night they're having.

No doubt our schedule helped us. For example, our game against (Class 4A) McCutcheon was great preparation to play South Central. Those two are very similar. There wasn't anything in the tournament that we hadn't seen, today included.

It came when we needed to take care of the ball. That's what's so disappointing about it.

Those kids have had three coaches in four years. To stick with it and grind it out and make it here their senior year is just incredible.

We didn't rebound, we didn't guard, we weren't sharp offensively at all. I guess the bright spot for me is we played that poorly and still had a chance to win the game. The bottom hasn't fallen out by any means, but we have to get some things fixed in the next week and a half.

Finally, Mills got us going. Her cuts were harder to the middle. It was open all night. As soon as we started doing that, things were good. We started making some shots.

Even this week, neither team's ranked or anything, but we'll still feel like the underdog because they're 23-5 and we're 17-10. I think that's why they've enjoyed it, because it's helped them stay relaxed. They don't go into a game thinking they have to win or are expected to win. They've just played loose and played very well.