Lance Randall
Lance Randall
early eight fairly good happened large league looked looking margin nine people phenomenal rest start teams terrific top unfair west won year
Top to bottom, it's been terrific all year long. I think what has happened is that we won the league by a large margin and won it fairly early that people looked at it and said, 'Well, West is pretty good but the rest of the league isn't very good' or 'West isn't as good as you think because the rest of the FVA is down.' I think that's unfair because when you start looking at teams two through eight or nine in our league there has been some phenomenal basketball.
domination few guys last league level nine special
Because of the level of domination that we've had in the FVA in the last few years or in the last nine years, I don't want these guys to take it for granted. It is a really special thing for us to go through the league the way we did this year.
certainly crucial floor front great guards key knock line loose open provide respect room toughness
Our front line is getting the respect and it's certainly well-deserved. But our guards provide so much toughness and so many crucial baskets at key times. They knock down open shots, they provide room for Andy. They are on the floor for loose balls, charges, it's a great group.
guard impressed offensive unselfish
I'm impressed with their guard play. And their decision-making and their unselfish offensive style.
game inside maybe outside paint wearing
That was his first game ever wearing contacts. He was 4-for-13 from inside the paint and 1-from-1 from outside we think that maybe they over-prescribed him. He must have 20-0 vision.
came caught early great rest
That was a priority. He came out and got that early 3 on us, caught us flat-footed, and he didn't have another 3 the rest of the way. He had a great first half. He really put on a show.
unusual
That's unusual for us. I like to see more balance. But I'll take where we're at.
final game leave less likely might prep scouting team time underdog win
I would like to be able to have more preparation time as a coach. The less prep time you have the more you leave the game to chance. The more likely an underdog is going to win that sectional final or a team less drilled in scouting and fundamentals might get through if you have less time to prep.
andy ball basically guys playing quicker
I thought we out-toughed them by playing North's game. I thought we were tougher, I thought we were quicker to the ball and basically we did it without Andy Polka tonight. Other guys had big games. This is a big-game team.
attacking pressure shot specifics talk
We don't talk about specifics as to what shot we should or shouldn't take. We talk about attacking and we wanted to penetrate their pressure defense.
certainly dreams motivation motivational others special teams wants
We had a little more motivation than some of the other teams in the tournament. Certainly everyone wants to win. We had dreams. I know others had dreams too. But our dreams are awfully deep-rooted. This one is pretty special for us.
balance great guys last rest seen stepped toughness
It's not a concern. We've had great balance all year. The rest of our guys have stepped up on different nights. We have great toughness and a lot of heart, as you've seen the last two nights.
decision
It was a decision that was made at my dad's funeral, basically.
basketball encourage game help lose speculate team win
You can never speculate on what will help or hurt. At this stage, you just want to try and win a basketball game. I would never encourage a team to lose a basketball game and we're just too dang competitive. I don't want to lose.