Brian Clodi
Brian Clodi
against defeat found good great playing third tough
It's a good win, especially after we had a tough defeat (in the Feb. 21 semifinals) against Larkin. We wanted to play for a championship, but we'll take third place. Elgin has been playing great basketball, but we just found a way to win.
extremely hard proud
I'm extremely proud of our effort. I think that's as hard as we've ever played.
best games great high school teams year
It was one of best games of the year. I think it was one of the best high school games of the year -- two great teams going at it.
felt fourth game good
We felt good going into the fourth quarter. That's (down 42-37) where we wanted it to be. We did not want this game to get in the 70s.
flat great played second team
We had a great second half. We're a senior-dominated team and we need to play like seniors. In that first half, we just didn't play like seniors. We weren't flat -- we played scared.
feeling five good last teams walking year
We got 16th place last year and we weren't walking out of there feeling too good about ourselves. Last year, there were five top-25 teams there. This year, we're all about the same.
respond superman three
Every three was a dagger. There was no way we could respond to that. He was Superman tonight.
chances eight forced four minutes
You get forced to take chances when you're down six, eight with four minutes to go.
illinois schedule state teams tested tournament type
There's not a lot of teams around the state of Illinois that can say they have that type schedule left. We have it (tough schedule) for a reason. We want to be tournament tested and tournament ready.
defending seen
They're the defending (tournament) champs. We've seen them and they're not a 12 seed.
air took
That play (block) took the air out of Elgin.
basketball great playing
That's who we wanted (to play). They're playing great basketball. We're excited.
came kids positive won
I can't say anything but positive things about these kids. They could have had a letdown. Streamwood hasn't won a game, but we came out and we were the aggressors.
balanced coming guys shots six
It's been balanced all year. We've got six guys with over 200 shots (attempted). They're coming from every which way.