Dan Watson
Dan Watson
advantage home playing situation
It's a situation where I think we can be successful, but they are playing on their home floor. ... I think that will be an advantage to them. We'll just have to come out and play well. We just have to keep on doing what we're doing.
came conference expected far fifth nowhere picked seniors sort step
We've sort of came from nowhere this year. We were picked fifth in our conference (Olympic) and no one expected a lot out of us. We've had our seniors really step up and as far as the 14 individuals on our team, they've all contributed in some way.
gotten kept kids
I thought we really kept our composure. That's kind of what we've done all year. When we have gotten down, our kids have kind of kept at and kept at.
catch caught inflation rate
The rate of inflation has caught up to us, and we need to catch up.
guys open opportunity shooting
When you're open, that's the opportunity you get. We had a lot of open threes. ... a lot of open looks. If the right guys are shooting them, then we're OK.
looking
Overall, we are looking at $637,000 to have our revenues and expenditures balance. That $637,000 comes out to about 2 mills.
basketball commend following great heck holiday job kids people prepared ready section senior since student support
Our student section and our support have been great. Ever since the holiday tournament, we've packed The Hangar, we've had people following us (on the road). ... They've done a great job. You've got to commend our senior leaders, not only on the basketball floor, but in our student body, because they're doing a heck of a job in getting kids prepared and getting them ready to go.
game kids score
They don't want to score a lot of points. They want the game in the 40s. I told our kids that if we score 50, we should win.
couple far guard guy kids offense pressure push run top
They guard well and they've got a couple of big kids that we need to take out. They run a high-low offense to where we'll really have to pressure that top guy and push them out as far as we can push them.
came coach finished kids needed respect
You've got to respect Nauvoo. They came out and didn't back down. Coach Pinkston had them ready. But our kids came out and really finished what they needed to finish.
best deal effort foot guards hard kid matt mike seven team total
Defensively, I thought that was our best effort all year. When you deal with a kid like Mike Tisdale who's seven foot and can do a lot of different things, you need a total team effort. I thought our guards really got after it and we made it hard to get it into Mike. And when we did that, Matt (Buren) was there to at least contain.
continue good
I thought all in all, we did a pretty good job. We just have to continue to do what we do and play the way we play. ... If we do that, then we'll be successful.
came foul great half hurt job match matt minutes quarter second taking talk third three trouble
I thought Pinckneyville came out and did a great job in the third quarter of taking away what we wanted to do. We always talk about the first three minutes of the second half is the most important part of the game. I just think we didn't match their intensity. ... And, I think Matt (Buren) getting in foul trouble in the third quarter really hurt us.
fourth game plays simple stops stretch
We made more plays down the stretch than Bushnell and that's all there is to it. It's a simple game. ... You've got to make baskets and you've got to make stops. In the fourth quarter, we got more stops than they did and that's what it's about.