Randy Hauswirth
Randy Hauswirth
good intensity played time
Defensively, we were much better most of the time tonight. We got a little lackadaisical at the end, but we had good intensity and played with a lot of effort.
game good legs played time
I think we were a little rusty, and I think it showed. Before that game, we hadn't played in 14 days. That's a long time to go without basketball, but it's good to get a non-conference game in there to get your legs under you again.
good hit
We just never really got into a good rhythm. We never hit that groove.
hope prepared sure throughout week
We weren't sure throughout the week if we would have Jeremiah or not. There was a hope that he would be able to make a go of it, but we wanted to be prepared to go without him if we had to.
basically front opportunity regular start tournament year
Every year we go into it like it's two different seasons. First is the regular season, then you start over in the tournament where you basically start from scratch. We feel like we've made one step, and now the opportunity is in front of us to take another step.
awe chance coached kids mentally prepare took tried walking watched
I've never coached there and a lot of the kids have never been there. We took the kids (to OU Friday) and watched the games, just to give them a chance to see the place. We don't want them walking in (today) and be in awe of the place, so we tried to mentally prepare them for that.
bit fell few finally minutes missing reason run silly together wheel
We were making silly turnovers and missing bunnies here and there. We finally got it together for a few minutes and made a run at them, but for some reason the wheel fell off a little bit and we got back into making turnovers.
clicked games liked patient
One thing is, I would have liked to see us be a little more patient at times. We never clicked on all cylinders, but you're going to have games like that.
ball decided early easy extremely game gave hoping knew knock looks miraculous normally practice push reason recovery seen shots
We knew Jeremiah wouldn't be extremely effective, just because he's been hurt. We were hoping he'd make a miraculous recovery overnight, but from what we'd seen in practice he just hadn't progressed enough. So we decided we would try to push the ball up-tempo, and it gave us some easy looks early on. And, actually, we still got looks in the game on shots we normally make, but for some reason we weren't able to knock them down.
ability ball complete deal distribute freshman gotten handle high improved losing next outside post start strictly teammates
It's set in that we're losing him, but we'll start to deal with that when we have to next year. Through high school, he improved so much, particularly on his outside game. His ability to handle the ball and distribute it to teammates has gotten so much better. His freshman year, he was strictly a post player. Now he's the complete package.
ability athletic conscious hold key limit offensive oriented rebounds shoot team
They're more perimeter oriented than we are, and they're probably a little more athletic of a team than we are. One key for us is that we have to be really conscious of their ability to shoot the ball. Plus, they're so athletic that we have to limit their long rebounds and hold them off the offensive glass.
free good points shooting team throw
That's free points you give up. Especially with them. They're a very good free throw shooting team and a very good shooting team overall.
adapted against eastern fill game kids last needed people points proved stepped takes talking weekend whatever
You're talking about 22, 23 points a game with Jeremiah, and a lot of people thought we were going into last weekend (the game against Eastern Brown) not being able to win. But the kids adapted to what needed to be done, and kids stepped up and proved they can do whatever it takes to fill that hole.
basketball games high opportunity school tough
This is what high school basketball is all about. When you go through the tough times, you regroup. Now we have an opportunity to play in games like this.