Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
adapted both worked
E.J. and Dustin have both come in and worked and adapted to the other players.
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.
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.
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.
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.
great leader practices rubs works
He's a great leader in the sense that he practices well every day. Every drill, everything we do, he works hard. He's enthusiastic every day about everything we do and I think that rubs off on his teammates.
chance days good gym needed practice start work
Those days in the practice gym helped. We got a chance to work on some of the things that we needed to work on. This was a good start to the tournament.
ourselves position win work
We still have a long way to go in the conference. We've got ourselves in position to win it, but still have some work to do.
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.
gifted great hard intensity played player spencer works
Spencer is a very gifted player who works very hard at what he does. I thought he played smart, played with a lot of intensity and had a great game.
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.
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.
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.