Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
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.
bunch deserved good guys prepared tournament win work
I think we have a good bunch of guys that work real hard. We prepared well for this tournament and I think we deserved it. This is a good win for us.
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.
coming delay executing floor good guard guys job lead prepared quick
Alton's very quick and they do a good job pressuring the ball. They were well prepared to guard our delay game, and it showed. Our guys did a really good job of coming back down the floor and executing a good play to get us the lead back.
conference good great guys played prepared proud ready regular start win work
The guys were proud to win the conference because it was so outstanding this year. Our guys have done a good job. They've prepared well and played well and had a great regular season. Now we're getting ready to start a new season, and we'll get to work on that.
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.
coming competition good teams treated winning won
We like coming here for the competition. They have always treated us good up here and there are some good teams here. Winning here is important because we have been here a lot of years and haven't won many of these. This is a really good tournament.
change defense hard offense parts whoever worked year
We've worked very hard all year on those very important parts of the game. That's why we don't see a need to change our offense or defense to whoever we play because we've worked so hard at the fundamentals of the game.
game good hard left teams
There are only good teams left now. Every game from here on out is going be hard fought.
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.