Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
basketball focused games hard practice pressure win work
There's no more pressure on us now than there was when we first started. We like to play basketball. We like to work hard in practice and we like to work hard in games and we like to win basketball games. That's all we're focused on right now and that's all that matters.
came dedicated focused good group guys hard prepared work
We've got a good group of guys that work very hard at what they do and are very dedicated and focused on getting better every day. We prepared hard for this tournament, like we do for all our games, and we came out and executed.
focusing game good guys hard job next played playing prepared taking team time whoever worrying
I think our guys played hard tonight. We're doing a good job of taking this one game at a time and focusing on the team we're playing next and not worrying about what's ahead. We prepared well for Jerseyville and now we will get prepared for whoever we play next.
attention focus fun guys pay sure talk
I don't really pay much attention to the polls. I'm sure it's fun for the guys to look at it and talk about it. But I don't think it's a big focus for them either.
beat beaten excellent good played teams
They are an excellent team. They beat Alton and we know how good Alton was this year. They've beaten some good teams and have played very well this season.
basketball far good hard shooting shots
They are a good shooting basketball team. And when they are able to make shots from that far out, they are hard to guard.
adapted both worked
E.J. and Dustin have both come in and worked and adapted to the other players.
east good hard louis played pressure
East St. Louis played hard tonight. They played well defensively with their pressure and they made some hard shots. You have to give them credit, they played a good game.
agreed best defend east game great hard needed played talking win
Belleville East played a great game, and it was hard for us to defend them. I was talking to one of my assistants, and we agreed we played our best game of the year. And we needed to do that to win this one.
good guys hard job press time worked
We did a good job of pressing. Our guys worked real hard in the press and they did a real good job of being in the right place at the right time in the press.
credit ended guard players post
We ended up being to guard the post and the perimeter, and I think you have to give our players credit to be able to do so.
foul gave great trouble win
We had a lot of foul trouble and I thought that Burkett, Carl and Ess all gave us some great minutes. That was a big part of the win for us.
ability defense gives guard guy key team tough
I think our team is tough to guard because we don't have one guy that you can key on. If you take something away from us, we have had the ability to take what the defense gives us.
finding good job places team
I think our team did a good job of finding Dustin in places where he could score. Then he made the shots.