25 Quotes by Joe Bline

Everyone will want to stay away from the top bracket. ... That doesn't mean the (Bowling Green) bracket will be easy, I just think everyone will want to stay away from (defending state champion) North College Hill as long as they can.

Every day you play in the tournament, you have to play extremely hard or you'll be done. Last year Ready taught us that. We have to coach harder, the kids have to play harder and let the chips fall where they may. You can't take a night off in the tournament.

They always come ready to play and they gave us a tough time over there. It's a rivalry game, so we have to be ready for that. It's a great game to play before we start the tournaments.

Coach Corbett has been coaching a long time and they have a good, well-rounded team. His son is the point guard and is the team leader.

(Coach Cahill and his staff) have done a great job because I don't think anyone expected them to be No. 2 in the league right now. (The Vikings) are fundamentally sound, they are gritty, gritty kids, and they can shoot the ball.

This is a tremendous run for any group of kids.

They've been our go-to guys all year. And I thought they played really well in the second half.

This is a very special group because they are very unselfish and everyone really understands their roles. The biggest thing with this group is just winning the ballgame. The team goals always supersede the individual goals.

They're dangerous. All three of their guards are solid, and any one can hurt you on any given day.