Alan Buss
Alan Buss
certain committed defense guys knew lead maintain mental playing solid takes toughness
It takes a certain mental toughness to maintain a lead like that. These guys are really committed to playing defense and we knew how important it would be to get off to a good, quick, solid start.
ability basketball competitor good leadership together
He has the skills, the intelligence, the leadership ability. You put all those things together and you've got a pretty good basketball player. He's such a competitor and he's going to get better and better.
ball finds hates leader open package players total turn
He doesn't turn the ball over and he finds open players. He's a leader and he hates to lose. I think he's the total package -- one of the most well-rounded players in the area.
compete confident highest level opportunity wants
The thing about Brett is that he wants to play. He's confident in his abilities that he's going to take the opportunity to compete at the highest level and get better.
ball early inside jump settled shots situation strong year
We haven't been in that situation very often. Typically we come out strong and make shots early. I think we settled for some shots that this year we haven't. We got the ball inside but I thought we settled for jump shots early on.
court great himself takes vision year
That is kind of how it has been all year with Brett. He is our leader, he has great court vision and he takes it upon himself to get us going.
andy bad ball four great held job second starts turn
We didn't turn the ball over a lot and we didn't take many bad shots. Andy (Suter) did a great job on Fredrick in the second half, and we held (Taylor) Roehl to only four points. Like I said, it all starts with half-court defense.
best both capable guard playing positions
He is capable of playing both guard positions because he is our best shooter.
coach great
I know Lance well, and he's a great coach.