Paul Wiedeman
Paul Wiedeman
champions fact happened state straight three tournament tremendous won
I'm very satisfied. It was a tremendous season. I have no regrets. I don't want anything that happened in the Tournament of Champions to overshadow the fact we won three straight state championships.
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We try to tell them to not develop any bad habits in these games. Stay fundamentally sound, and play the way you played to be successful. Try not to embarrass the opponent, and try not to get anybody hurt.
court five guys knowing operate takes
We can't operate with just two guys out there. It takes all five guys on the court knowing their roles.
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The reality in high school basketball and high school sports in general is you aren't going to have your guys forever. It's time for them to move on. They've gotten everything they could out of their high school careers.
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I think we're always ready to play games. When you have a big crowd, that pumps the guys up. It gives them a little incentive.
coaching job needed noticed order outsiders players realized role truly valuable
I think we noticed it as a coaching staff, and the players realized we needed the role players to do their job in order to be successful. I don't know if outsiders realized how truly valuable they were, but we did.
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We trapped their guards. We ran a double-team at them. They made some bad passes and had some turnovers. We were able to capitalize and get some easy baskets.
confidence easy gained offensive rebounds
He was able to get some easy baskets for us. He had offensive rebounds for put-back. He gained a lot of confidence for us in that game.
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Joey really stepped up this year. He played a kind of point-forward position for us. He distributed the ball very well and was a great defender. Nolan played very hard for us, gave us a lot of tough minutes. He stepped up in situations where we needed big minutes from him.
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We couldn't stop Price in the first half. In the second half we stayed with him. They tried to go to their other guys and that helped us because Price wasn't getting the ball as much.
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We'll find out where we are. Both teams rely on their quickness and speed more than the inside game. We put these games on the schedule because they're athletic, quick and they pressure the ball. We lost three guards to graduation last year. We're trying to find out if we can handle the pressure. That's how teams are going to try to beat us. We'll see if we can handle it.
beat blake environment good guys heck hostile played stepped team
We played a heck of a good team and beat them in a hostile environment. After Blake fouled out, the other guys stepped up.
defense easy second slow third
We got off to kind of a slow start. The second and third quarters, we clamped down on defense and were able to get some easy baskets in transition.
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He's really good at getting the ball to guys who are open and guys who have the hot hand. He's a very good defensive player. He does a lot of intangible things.