22 Quotes by Karl Smesko

This team is as good as any team I've coached. Lot of it is getting on a roll and playing well when it counts. We've progressed well and we're excited to play.

We have to do a better job on boards than we did today and make more shots. The adage is to survive and advance. We start fresh tomorrow with a new team.

At that point, I thought we were going to win the game. We had renewed hope, played well and made some stops. But we couldn't get that next basket to really put pressure on them.

I've noticed that every time we shoot the ball well, everyone plays well. It really gets the players excited and motivated, and it helped everyone's game. It helped us play harder and helped us get a lot of turnovers.

They're very, very difficult to get the ball into on. (Junior forward) Kate (Schrader) had to work hard for everything she got. We didn't as many good looks tonight.

It was a very successful season, a very enjoyable season. Those were good accomplishments.

It's tough to think like that because the goal was to win this regional and we thought we had to the team to do that. Delta outplayed us. They were more physical and had a nice run in the second half. They played such good defense, but our kids scrapped and competed the whole game.

That's the best Sunshine State Conference team I've seen since I've been here. They're real dangerous. They're one of the best rebounding teams around.

It's nice to get national recognition and for the panel of voters to consider us a Top 20- level team. But ultimately, we're not real concerned with national rankings but putting ourselves in the region tournament.