I knew it was coming, that he was going to test the waters and give it a wing. He feels like he is ready. I think mentally and physically he is ready and has been ready all along. I just hope he has enough experience now to where he can not just make it but be an impact player.

Every time we've taken the floor lately, we're setting some kind of history, at least with our school. I guess we're just history in the making.

Anytime you get more than one player on an all-state team that says a lot. Most years you're lucky to get one. That just shows how dominant and strong West Tennessee basketball is.

That's the great thing about us. A different player steps up for us every night. It's always someone different.

It seems like somebody else every day is doing something to remember us.

Even if one of us isn't playing well we always have a couple guys ready to pick us up. We just had a lot of players play well.

We've dealt with tragedy, with an unfortunate situation involving a team member ... I just feel so good for these kids to have weathered that storm and accomplished this. If there is a team in the state of Tennessee that deserved this, it's my kids.

What I really liked seeing was that we're not flooding the floor after the game. I walked into the locker room and our guys are all sitting down. They're not satisfied yet. We're not satisfied yet.

We beat Haywood, McMinn Central and Memphis Mitchell, who beat Bolivar twice this year. I think we've earned ours.

We played pretty well tonight. It's always good to get a win after a loss.