Mike Leaf
Mike Leaf
adjustment affect games last lose players step time
We've had to make that adjustment of not having him on the floor, but these last two games have helped. Any time you lose one of your players, it's going to affect the team. We have other players who have to step up.
ball few games good last talented win won
We've been doing it the last few years, so we're used to it. They're a talented team. They won a lot of ball games early, so this was a good win for us.
chance effort everybody good hard nice overall played practiced week
It was a good effort overall from everyone. They practiced hard all week and played well right from the start. It was nice to get everybody some minutes. It was a good chance to get some more experience.
along focused friday gives great nice night program ranked
That kind of thing (being ranked high) is great for the program and great for the recognition it gives us. It's nice to get things along the way, but we really are focused on Friday night and Bemidji.
asking beat focused four game job kept matter next people team
Everyone kept asking me how you beat a team four times. I've told people how focused we are and how we take it one game at a time, so it really didn't matter who it was. It was our next game and we had to go out and get the job done.
force impressive kid next
They were really guarding him tight, and he's not the kind of kid to force anything. It's pretty impressive what he's done (in his career). He'll have to do it the next game.
great happen job people position upset worry
It's a great upset for us from a position standpoint. We have to do our job (today) or the same thing could happen to us. We can't worry about what other people are doing right now.
depends far few game minutes pace
We'll see what happens. The pace of the game should be pretty quick. As far as how much he plays, I think a few minutes here, a few minutes there. It depends on how he feels.
came christmas last learned practice
When he came in around Christmas last season, he just came to practice and did his thing. He didn't want to interrupt. He just went out and learned the things we wanted to do.
ball came job looks moving nice open second struggled tough zone
They play a tough zone (defense) and we struggled a little in the first half. We came out like gangbusters in the second half. We got a lot of nice open looks and did a nice job moving the ball around.
coming talented
They're a talented team. They're hungry. They'll be coming after us.
composure definitely eventually frustrated knew shots tides
I think we really got frustrated in the first half. They were definitely on fire. We were able to keep our composure and knew our shots would eventually fall. Fortunately, the tides turned.
basically great last left tournament year
He had a great tournament last year. And he basically started this year right where he left off.
ball boards cleaning defense floor great pushing shots tough
Our defense was just awesome. We were making them take some tough shots and we were cleaning those boards and pushing the ball up the floor to get great shots.