Al Gooden
Al Gooden
basketball coming forced good hit job kids played shots
The kids played hard. As a coach, that's what you want to happen. We hit some shots (early), forced some turnovers. But they're a good basketball team. They're not here for no reason. They did a good job coming back.
good guards knew low quality
Their guards did a good job, and they were the key. We knew we were low on guards, and they had two quality guards.
gonna hung kids sit tough tribute
It's been tough this year, it's been tough. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you a story. It's been tough, and our kids struggled. But it's a tribute to them how they hung together.
That's what we wanted to do, get it to him as much as we could.
bring good playing teams
They bring good size. They aren't so big for us because we play a lot of teams with size, though. Hopefully, we will be used to playing with teams that size, which I think we are.
great telling week
It was great to see Jermaine there. He had been telling me all week he was going to be here.
fighting frustrated happier hard teams
How many teams do you know that would like to be here right now? It's hard to be disappointed or frustrated when your team is here fighting for a championship. Yes, we are disappointed with the result, but, overall, I couldn't be happier for this group.
wanting
You never get used to it. It is a traditional thing wanting to get down here.
bench effort gave guys looking
The guys off the bench really gave us the effort we have been looking for.
both ends floor settle
You've got to be able to play both ends of the floor or you're not going to play. If we can settle down and play defense, we're going to be pretty good.