Doug Evans
Doug Evans
feeling guys hung icing maybe pressure state time top vision
I think we were feeling the pressure down the stretch, but our guys hung in there. This vision started a long time ago. Maybe not 35-0, but being state champs. Being 35-0 is just some icing on top of it.
continue guys home last march since starting vision walked year
Well, I think these guys know it's been a vision since we walked out of Peoria last year. That vision started last year the day after we got home -- of starting to try that march again. This has been a 300-and-something-day march. And we want to continue on.
court doubt last since vision walked year
There's no doubt that since we walked off the court last year we've had the vision of getting back here.
court dedicated doubt dream hard last since time vision walked worked year
There's no doubt that since we walked off the court here last year that we've had the vision of being back here. It's been a dream of ours, we've worked very hard and been very dedicated to that dream for a long time now, and now the dream has come true.
beat half northern state win
We've got the No. 1 ranking in the state, but everyone knows, especially in the northern half of the state, to win a state title, you have to beat Hales.
against both continue defeated defensive played trend
We've defeated Marquette twice. On both occasions, we played pretty aggressively on the defensive end. We need to continue that trend against Serena. It should be an interesting game.
last strong stronger though year
Even though we were strong depth-wise last year, we're even stronger this year at all positions.
capable defend definitely ready size step stop
We will have a size advantage. I'll tell you one thing, we had better be ready to stop Serena and step out to defend the three-point shot. We will definitely need to defend because Serena has many capable long-range shooters.
christmas days eight games nine played ready seven thrown
We've played seven games in eight or nine days with Christmas thrown in there. We are ready for a break.
focus games guys playing until
We didn't know that until one of you guys told us. Our focus has been on first getting here, then on getting this one so that we're playing two games on Saturday. If (being undefeated) happens, that's great, but we hadn't thought about it.
thanks until
We didn't know it until (a reporter) told us. Thanks for the pressure.
control game minutes three until
We really didn't get the game in our control until about three minutes to go in the game.
basketball blended coming easy everybody excited great guys job nervous nice passes played player robert smith solid starting tyler
I think everybody was excited and a little nervous with Robert out. But Tyler Smith did a great job coming in. What I like is that Tyler is a different kind of player than Robert, but he played solid basketball and set up some guys for easy baskets and made some really nice passes early. He just blended in like he'd been starting forever. It was nice to see a different lineup come out there and succeed.
floor four good job last offense seen spreading virtually
Reed-Custer did a good job of spreading the floor on us. We have seen virtually nothing but the spread offense for the last four games, but Reed-Custer did a good job of it.