22 Quotes by Pat Cleland

Let 'em enjoy it. They deserve it. I'm so happy for our community. I'm so happy for the kids.

Much better shooters than what we saw statistically and from what we saw on film.

Rich teaches his kids to play physical just like I teach my kids. Tonight they did it for four quarters and we did it for three.

Have I ever seen anything like this? No. Never. And I'm not sure I had the best seat in the house. I think I would have had more fun watching from the stands.

I thanked them for having the courage to play this game. I hope the series continues.

Kyle did a great job running the offense, and I switched things up on him a couple of times. I didn't give him any breaks, either. I kept thinking I should take him out, but I just couldn't. He was an ironman tonight.

Our full-court pressure defense was the key. And we were much more physical tonight than we have been in a while.

Patrick's steadily improved all year. He keeps getting better. He was a force inside.

That was the first time all year I've had to get in my kids' faces about effort. To their credit, they responded. But we needed three quarters of great basketball after that, and we didn't get it.