Dave Lutz
Dave Lutz
David Lutzis a former American football offensive lineman who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Kansas City Chiefs...
blocking changes guy huge mike shots
Mike Richardson was huge for us. When you have a guy blocking shots like that, that changes the other team's complexion.
against athletic chance focused fortunate forward kids past
Right now we're just focused on West. They have some athletic kids on that team. If we are fortunate enough to get past them, we look forward to getting another chance against East.
bucket definitely fault fought good guys run stop
We went on a good run there, but we couldn't get that one big bucket or big stop that we needed. I definitely can't fault our guys though, they fought hard.
east team
East is still the team to beat. It's going to be a challenge.
alive attack ball banking guard hammer happen inside opportunity point
We don't want to live on the perimeter, we want to attack the inside and hammer on the boards. When you have a 6-4 point guard and two 6-3 swingmen, you have an opportunity to keep the ball alive and make some things happen inside, and that's what we're banking on.
hit players shots teams
That's what big-time players do. They put teams on their shoulders, and he hit some big shots tonight.
coming everybody guy knew last looked older point sean team year
Last year we even kind of looked at Sean as a senior, so this year coming in it was like he was an older guy ... a veteran. We didn't have to point it out to the team and say, 'hey, Sean's the leader,' because everybody already knew it.
challenge couple few kept kids knew lead together
We made a few mini-runs that kept us in the lead ... our kids were able to put together a couple flurries. Those were important, because we knew it was going to be a challenge tonight.
build guys helped seniors win
What these seniors have done is impressive. I told these guys that it used to take, eight, nine, 10 years for T.J. to win 29 games, but these guys have helped build a foundation.
came looks second struggled turned
They really came out and turned it up defensively in the second half. We struggled to get any looks and the basket, and when we did, we couldn't finish.
playing task tough
I think you've still got to get through East, but North's been playing as well as anybody. It's a tough task this year.
care cold defensive hard kids played stops took
I thought the kids played hard and took care of the basketball. We just went through some cold stretches, and we couldn't get enough defensive stops to get the victory.
basketball best few last playing tonight
I think we've been playing some of our best basketball the last few weeks. And tonight was no exception.
double fourth game given happy kids played until
Our kids battled. I told the kids at the end of the game that I was happy they didn't give up. They could have given up when we were down double digits in the fourth quarter, but they played all the way up until the end.