Ken Koelbl
Ken Koelbl
ability both chance knew learning liked lived saw work
I liked what I saw from them right away. They were young players, and I knew that they had a lot of learning to do. But I saw their ability and their work ethic, and I knew they had a chance to be successful. They've both lived up to expectations.
both fall good knew position time
Both of them were in a position where they knew more responsibilities would fall on them. But they put a lot of time and the effort. When you do that, good things will happen.
ball half job needed quite ready
We did a better job of getting the ball down low. I thought the first half we weren't quite ready to play. We needed to be ready right from the get-go.
games good win
You don't win 20-plus games if you're not a good team.
guys priority realize team
Your first priority is always what you can do for your team. These guys realize that they're doing well because our team is doing well.
anybody compete conference good growth huge shows team
This is huge for our program. This really shows the growth we went through as a team this year. We are really confident, because as I told our kids, our conference is so good that we can compete with anybody nationally.
credit guys kept
One thing I give our guys credit for, they didn't give in. They kept battling.
believed both coach fortunate people played player stayed true worked
I was fortunate both as a player and a coach to have worked and played for people who stayed true to what they believed in.
seem
As I watched, it didn't seem like they missed.
bids conference hold matter outside shot sure teams winning
I told them not to hold their breaths, but that we had an outside shot at an at-large bid. It was just a matter of the right teams winning their conference tournaments to make sure there are enough at-large bids left.
appreciate far loss neat people short three
I told them the same thing after Whitewater (a 72-70 loss in the WIAC semifinals). In time, you'll appreciate what you did. We have come so far in three short years, and what's neat is how many people contributed.
certainly good played struggle sure
It was a struggle, but it was a good struggle. I'm not sure we played our ?A' game, but we certainly had our ?A' competitiveness.
kept looked paying perspective struggle
Even when things were tough, I kept things in perspective. I looked at what we were going through as paying our dues. Sometimes you have to struggle before you can get to where you want to go.
character good great job rhythm
I thought we were out of character on offense. Calvin did a great job of disrupting our rhythm and we didn't have a good flow.