Bob Punter
Bob Punter
five games guy last nice quite six steps
(Martin's) been getting 28 or so the last five or six games on the average, but Hummel really showed up. That's the nice thing about having two D-I guys. If one guy doesn't quite get it all done the other kind of steps up.
best early game taking teams won
We were getting away with things early in the season, but then teams scouted us and started taking them away. The thing is we didn't play our best game and we still won by (22).
body game high impossible opposed pounds realize rob school stay ten
Scott and Rob (Hummel) realize that if they want to play Big Ten basketball, they can't stay where they are. (Martin) already has a pretty well-proportioned body, but he still has a high school body as opposed to what you see in a Big 10 game from 6-8 players. He could put 20 more pounds on his chest, and he'll be impossible to handle. And I could be really smart.
besides contrary enter game might ours people practice teams win
One team's (18-3) and one team's (16-3). Contrary to what people might think, other teams practice besides ours and enter the game with the will to win also.
believe game lose people
For all the people that think we should lose a game so we can be better in the (state) tournament, this is for them. I don't believe that.
ball fourth game guys hold lead obviously react time tried
It's obviously the first time our guys have been in a game in the fourth quarter. Did we react well? I don't know. We tried to hold the ball with a one-point lead and didn't do it.
eight games guys might nine seven suited
It's been pretty remarkable. We've had seven or eight games where all the guys who've suited up scored. We might only have nine in those games, but they're doing something.
effort game huge minutes playing solid
We want to come out and play like it's 26-24 and we're playing a huge game down the road. We need to have 32 minutes of good, solid effort and focus.
bothers passes
The thing that bothers me is we just had too many passes that they touched, and we can't do that. We did too many things that made it look like we hadn't practiced.
credit enthusiasm good hard kids played quick
Credit Merrillville, they played hard and with a lot of enthusiasm. They've got good quick kids and they're 14-3 for a reason.
against best defensive effort good low post quite shots
That was the best defensive effort we've had against us that I can think of. We didn't quite have our way in the low post as we have all year. We didn't get a lot of good looks, and when we got good looks, we didn't make them. Shots that we made all year, we missed.
key moment
That was a key moment in the game.
kids pleasantly surprised tough
I was pleasantly surprised with how well our kids defended. We made it awfully tough for Novak and Bradford to shoot.
concerned finished needed picked strong third
I was more concerned about the (defensive) end of the floor. I don't know if we had the zip we needed in the third quarter, but we picked it up and finished strong defensively.