21 Quotes by Mike Pardon

We're trying to keep everything in perspective. We're just going to try to be prepared for everything and try to outwork them. The thing about the playoffs, though, is that you never know what teams are going to do.

We did a really good job in our zone offense and knocked down a lot of big shots. We also dominated the glass, which I thought was the biggest key.

Eric had a tremendous offensive season. Offensively, he's as good as anyone who's ever played here. We felt he could score, and we had some kids who were very unselfish and got him the ball in good scoring position.

Eric did a lot of good things, but you have to credit his teammates for finding him underneath the basket. I thought we played good team basketball from start to finish for the third straight game.

I started to see the kind of impact this position had on my family. I don?t want to look back with any regrets about the amount of time I spent with them.

Sometimes three games in three days will catch up with you. (Corvallis) played really well in the second quarter and that was the biggest difference. They shot the ball really well and we didn't.

The most important thing for us was to get the win. We have had a lot of guys step up lately and our success depends more on teamwork than what one player does.

They didn't shoot very well in the previous two games and then they came out and hit 10 3s against us. I don't think it was our defense, though. We just ran into a team that got hot at the right time.

They are a very good basketball team and we're going to have our hands full. We're going to continue to work hard and we're not going to back down from them.