Brian Brandtner
Brian Brandtner
goal great hard life seen seize stress teams tough trying win work
It's so tough to get there, so many things have to work in your favor. I've seen a lot of great teams not make it, and teams that shouldn't have made it work hard and get there. It's been the goal of my life to get there and win a championship. That's the thing we're trying to stress is you have to seize the moment.
came created figured guard guy hit jeff left numbers team until void willing
The big guy (Bogan) came in and D.D. (Gillespie) left and that kind of created a void at the guard spot. Jeff was willing to let his numbers take a hit for a while until he figured everything out and the team figured everything out.
best came credit exactly extremely game great played sign
I want to give Verona credit, they came out and played extremely well. I think that's a sign of what a great team's about. We weren't exactly on our game and they played their best game, and we still came away with a 10-point win.
bit figure groove looking offense shots starting
We're starting to figure out our groove a little bit better on offense -- what we're looking to give, what we're looking to do. When you get the shots you want, a lot more times than not you're going to score.
anybody boys coached good hopefully looked prepares tournament
We're going to have to play better than we did tonight. Jackson, they looked probably better than anybody in the tournament out there tonight. I coached under (Jackson coach) Darrin (Scott) at Notre Dame. I know how good of a coach he is, how well he prepares and so hopefully my boys can outplay his boys. That's what it's going to come down to.
credit great guys senior showing
They've been all showing great leadership. This senior group, I credit these guys with how we play.
miss seemed
They seemed to make them all, and we seemed to miss them all.
couple helped hit needed shots
They penetrated and we helped off, and he hit a couple of big shots. He hit the shots when they needed it.
athletic best effort great guards handle phenomenal shoot sneak win
They're a phenomenal team. They've got a very athletic 6-11 kid. They've got great guards that can all score, shoot and handle the ball. ... We're going to go give them our best effort and see if we can't sneak a win out.
foul second trouble wear
At halftime, we look and we?re not in foul trouble, so we know we?re going to get after it and wear them down in the second half.
ball floor great job looking needed open pushing seeing tells
That tells you how well we were pushing the ball, how well we got out in transition. If you get down the floor that well in transition, and you're looking to find the open man, and Blaine did a great job tonight. He had 11 first-half assists that we had counted. That's just huge. Blaine did a great job of seeing the floor and getting the ball to who needed it tonight.
benefit feeling final kids knowing takes
This is an unbelievable feeling just knowing you're down to the final four. I've never been there. A lot of the kids have and that's a benefit to the team. I haven't been there, but I know what it takes to win it.
games
This is probably one of the most talked-about games around that I can remember.
care fans forward less looking
I think the fans are probably looking forward to it more. I could care less who we play.