Brian Brandtner
Brian Brandtner
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.
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.
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.
deep great guys hard heck paid personal speaks team volumes work
That just speaks volumes of how deep of a team we are. On any other team, a lot of these guys all would probably be first team. ... It's a heck of an accomplishment for our team. It's a great personal accomplishment for those guys that made it. Hard work paid off.
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.
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.
bought carries defense great kid leader shoulders team top turned
He's really bought into the man-to-man defense, and really turned into a leader. He's always guarding the other team's top player, and at times carries the team on his shoulders on defense. He's such a leader by example, such a great kid to have around.
advance against good job points rebounds scoring
We've got to come out here and play our butts off (against Puxico). We can't give up rebounds like we did tonight. We can't give up as many points as we did tonight. I thought Advance did a good job of scoring a lot of points. They got a lot of rebounds against us. We're going to have to play our A game.
came state win
We came here for one reason. To win a state championship.
entire few game good guys instead learn minutes win
Our guys have to learn how to play well for an entire game instead of a few minutes here and a few minutes there. Luckily, we were able to play good enough just long enough to win today.
breaks came good guys heart jackson jump love maybe roaring seat seemed stopped teams
Our guys are tough. They got a lot of heart. I love the way we play. We didn't give up. We came roaring back and I thought we were maybe going to jump in the driver's seat for a minute. Jackson stopped that. Tonight, it just seemed like the breaks went their way, but good teams make their breaks and they made some tonight. They put it on us.