I like our bracket, we match up well with West Fargo and then there's Minot (20-2) and Grand Forks Central (14-8). Even though we lost to Minot both times this year, if we play well we can beat them.

The bench really gave us a boost, and sometimes you need that, they brought energy to the game. Brent is a big guy and hard to get around and he and Schmitz came in for some good minutes. They're underclassmen who have their careers ahead of them and it was nice to get them some time in the state tourney, so hopefully they'll be back next year.

They made shots in the fourth quarter, and we didn't.

You never know how you'll come out after a loss, but we had a good attitude.

That was a big basket that turned the tide. It only gave them a five-point lead, but the way the game was going it felt like a 20-point lead.

Our defense has been great and I hope it stays the way it is. Offensively, we're going to have to find a way to score some more points, because I don't think our offense in the West Region is going to cut it if we want to take a run at the title.

When you have injuries, other guys get a chance to step up and I thought all our perimeter guys played well, most of the time.

We kept looking inside to Brian, and our guards didn't even look to score. When we get one-dimensional like that, we're not very good offensively. Defensively, we looked tired as Dickinson did a good job running their offense.

Other teams are so geared to stopping him, that it's tough to get it in to him at times, but we're hoping Brian has a breakout game or two on offense.

I think we played pretty good defense today. But the reason that Minot is the best team in the West is because they can score. They have eight or nine people who can score.