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It has gotten so bad, our kids aren't learning. As a parent, I have absolutely had it.
EMERSON CRAIG Our kids played hard, but we were missing bodies in the first half that would have really influenced...
CARYN MACKENZIE Some have accepted the challenge, and some have not. Those that have risen to the challenge have got...
FRED DIAZ This was our third loss in as many games, but I feel like we are still improving with each game. The...
CHRIS WILLINGHAM We were in trouble at times, and yet our kids never quit. We got some big stops and I thought we pla...
DAN STOLZ I was happy with the progress of the team in the last six weeks. We played solid basketball, but ton...
CURT JOHANSEN In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense ba...
MARK ADAMS![]()
The depth of our whole program, in Marquette and Colorado Springs, has gotten a lot better.
APOLO OHNO Jacob has gotten into better basketball shape.
ROB RIDNOUR If we had gotten to play our first games, it would have been better.
FRANK REED We traded Mike partly because we felt we might well lose him anyway and partly because if we kept th...
KEVIN CONSTANTINE It's a challenge, because we typically have one week of practice before Christmas and then one week ...
GARY LYONS We did do better in the second half as we played a much better game. Our defense still has a lot to ...
JODIE DAVIS The success we had was because of our offensive line. This is the first time that our offensive line...
JOE NETTLES We have to learn to finish. Our kids played hard in the second half, but we need to take advantage o...
DAN CONWELL The kids stuck with it, they bonded it at the right time and we played our best basketball in the se...
JOSH KENDRICK We played three really good halves of basketball here. These two games were probably our best games ...
JEN WARDEN We just have very unselfish kids. We don't need superstars on our team. We need five guys to go out ...
GARON GEMBE Our kids really started to jell, and we played our best basketball at the end of the season. That's ...
JOSH KENDRICK I was really disappointed in our blocking out in the first half. We gave up 14 offensive rebounds in...
JEFF ARNTSON We are very fortunate to have a man of Al Skinner's character and class leading our basketball progr...
GENE DEFILIPPO We just kept applying our defensive pressure. There were a lot of tight fouls being called in the fi...
ANDREW TAYLOR I felt we could do it. I didn't know if we would. This was one of our better-played games.
GREGG HOSTETLER Our kids deserved better. We battled well and fought our way back. It was one of those games you hat...
DUANE GASPERINI All year long, our kids have totally bought into what we wanted them to do.
DAVID PYPER They (Dover) came out strong in the second half but my kids played a great first half. I think we di...
BRIAN ROTUNNO It's kinda weird. Some teams have already played three games, and we've only played one. Finally, we...
RUDY NISWANGER I kept telling my team since we played Gateway in the opening game that Mike Ricci is going to have ...
BYRON DIXON We have great kids in our program and we would not tackle anything like this if we didn't have confi...
ANTHONY GIBSON I feel that we've grown every game. Our chemistry has gotten better. We're just being smarter basket...
CHRIS STEPHENS We went into the half down 14-7 and we told the kids we played about as bad a half as we could play ...
DEREK ANDERSON We played really well. We were down in numbers because it was Russian Christmas, so we had to rely o...
TJ BAILEY We should have played better, especially in the first half, but we were able to overcome our difficu...
CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA I'll never forget any of those kids. They've done so much more for our program than just win basketb...
DELL LEONARD We played a strong first half, but came out flat in the second half. They were big and strong, but o...
PAUL ALTHAUS In the first half we played well and we played strong in the fourth quarter. That was our goal. In a...
AL SMEENK The first half our kids played like champions,
KELLY CLARK But, as it has been our wont this year, we have one bad quarter and it came in the third quarter.
JOHN PETERSON We knew it was going to be a tough one. We come into the season wanting to be conference champs and ...
GENE JONES I'm not disappointed. I've never seen a group of kids put together a half of basketball like this be...
LEONARD BARNES Our kids have created an opportunity. We have to make the most of it. We have to be a lot better tha...
DOUG PHILLIPS Our kids have taken them in and really accepted them.
MIKE OWENS The first half we just didn't play very well. It was probably our poorest performance of the season ...
LEONARD BARNES We have some guys who understand what it takes. We've played in some tough games as a basketball tea...
COREY GADSON It was one of our toughest games we played. But I'm glad we stuck it out, and fought together as a t...
AZYA PEOPLES We've gotten a lot more confident and everyone has been shooting the ball much better. Winning these...
BRENNA MCGUIRE We never really got any good shots on goal. We never took them. We played reasonably well ... but it...
DICK CAMPBELL One of the biggest challenges we have is that kids have been entertained with games and computers, a...
DAPHNIA MCMILLEN Colorado State's personnel is a little different than when we played them last. (Freddy) Robinson is...
DAVE ROSE They're (Wake Forest) going to have a terrific year, and obviously this is a great confidence builde...
JERRY WAINWRIGHT I thought we played a really good second half. Clear Brook took control of the game in the first hal...
LYNN MCDONALD Our first half performances set the tone in both games. We played a great first half against Hamden,...
JAKE PALLUZZI I thought our kids played well Friday and Saturday. I felt like we played better in the latter part ...
BILLY PEE I was surprised by how low the score was especially in the first half, but I felt it played into our...
GREG STAKE I thought defensively, we played poorly in the second half which didn't help. In the first half, we ...
MARK SMITH In middle school, the inclusion program has sometimes been thought of as very intrusive. You're taki...
CAROL GREIG Our kids have an interest in basketball.
DEIRDRE HANLEY We played a great first half, we were up by one going into half time, but we came out in the third q...
DANA BRUTON It would be a big step for our program no matter who we played to get to the Sweet 16. We know how h...
MATT BRAEUER Our kids have been playing pretty good basketball. They have practiced well and their attitude has b...
SCOTT RADEKER That was the best first half of basketball we have played all season tonight. Defensively we did a r...
ED GENERALI Out of the three games, one game we did not play well, ... The other two games we played well but we...
ASHLEY BROWN Fast-pitch is here. I think it's going to get better and better. It's amazing to see how many kids h...
LARRY WATKINS I think we didn't play our style of basketball in the second half. I don't know what happened, but y...
ALISON LACEY We wish we would have gotten the three points, but it was slow start from us. I guess there were a l...
FREDDY ADU Our kids challenge each other every day. Our success has brought confidence. And they've earned all ...
BILL GALLAGHER As good as we've been with this program, we can be better. That's what's exciting about this win. To...
BUD FOSTER It was a great game. Our defense was excellent. We were able to move the ball well in the first half...
LARRY MILLIGAN We played a better second half but games like this, against talented opponents like we've played so ...
CLIFF YERKES We've played 30 games and 21 [opponents] had winning records. I think we really have reached the poi...
GREG WALCAVICH We managed to hold onto the basketball and do what we had to do to get the win. It was a big win for...
DALE LATIMER We really weren't in control of the ball in the first half. We were not playing at our pace. We had ...
CORBIN DONALDSON We've started well this year in big games. It got our fans into it and got our kids going early.
GREG LOWELL It was more of a case of Dodge City wants to win basketball games, too. We didn't have one of our be...
CHAD WINTZ We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ...
MICHAEL GRANT Our effort level and our defense was much better in the second half. We made some adjustments and we...
JEFF GUIOT Our kids played well. We were slow coming out of the gate but, after awhile, we kept the momentum go...
DAN MCANESPIE Defensively, we played with a purpose in the first half. Our kids took advantage of what Eminence ga...
CHRIS SAMPSON I've seen Mike in a lot of basketball games and I have never seen him miss three in a row from the l...
DUSTIN WERDT We gave up a big touchdown in the second half, uncontested almost. From that, our kids could have fo...
DOUG BALDWIN Our guys played pretty well, but I still think that we can do better going forward. We need to score...
JEFF ROHRMAN The team in general really stepped up this weekend to the challenge and opportunity of a big and gre...
MATT MCGUIRK It's a huge game. The last time we played, we played one of our worst games this year.
JARRETT SPARKS Our first two lines have been very good (26 goals in five games). Charlie has played very well and t...
GREG MAXEY We came out lacking concentration. In the second half, however, we raised our game and we played bea...
FRAN VAZQUEZ That's been our lineup since the preseason. When you take a cog out of that, it kind of throws every...
JOHN DAVIS Even though we didn't wrestle our best, we definitely made progress. This team has gotten a lot bett...
JOE WELLS We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little ...
GARY GIANCOLA In the second half, I was really proud of our kids. I thought we played with a lot of character and ...
LEONARD BARNES We played a few non-conference games early against some teams that were better, and now we?re into o...
MARK SOLL Overall, I thought this was probably our best stretch of man-to-man defense that we've played all se...
LARRY HARRISON You watch what Nick has been able to accomplish in one year, how much we've improved, and we're goin...
ROB SPEAR You couldn't have scripted it any better. That's the way it would have been drawn up with our best s...
JAY OSBORNE Mike is a veteran coach, and he has been at it a long time. Mike also has a good support group. We h...
JOE GLENN We just got through a tough part of our schedule as far as the teams we played and the amount of gam...
DEANNA MINUTO We always believed in the kids. It was just getting used to our system. They worked hard, and always...
WENDY ANAE I think our kids have tried really hard, and played really hard. There?s just been times late in cru...
KIRBY DEAN I would say it's among the most challenging schedules a Toledo team has ever played. We have two Big...
TOM AMSTUTZ Like our other games, we improved our rebounding in the second half. So we have to think about it an...
KAMILA VODICHKOVA Offensively, I thought it was one of the best games we played in years. The kids moved the balls and...
DARIN HAZEL
EMERSON CRAIG Our kids played hard, but we were missing bodies in the first half that would have really influenced...
CARYN MACKENZIE Some have accepted the challenge, and some have not. Those that have risen to the challenge have got...
FRED DIAZ This was our third loss in as many games, but I feel like we are still improving with each game. The...
CHRIS WILLINGHAM We were in trouble at times, and yet our kids never quit. We got some big stops and I thought we pla...
DAN STOLZ I was happy with the progress of the team in the last six weeks. We played solid basketball, but ton...
CURT JOHANSEN In the tournament we've gotten better defensively ... in our first two playoff games, our defense ba...
MARK ADAMS
The depth of our whole program, in Marquette and Colorado Springs, has gotten a lot better. APOLO OHNO Jacob has gotten into better basketball shape.
ROB RIDNOUR If we had gotten to play our first games, it would have been better.
FRANK REED We traded Mike partly because we felt we might well lose him anyway and partly because if we kept th...
KEVIN CONSTANTINE It's a challenge, because we typically have one week of practice before Christmas and then one week ...
GARY LYONS We did do better in the second half as we played a much better game. Our defense still has a lot to ...
JODIE DAVIS The success we had was because of our offensive line. This is the first time that our offensive line...
JOE NETTLES We have to learn to finish. Our kids played hard in the second half, but we need to take advantage o...
DAN CONWELL The kids stuck with it, they bonded it at the right time and we played our best basketball in the se...
JOSH KENDRICK We played three really good halves of basketball here. These two games were probably our best games ...
JEN WARDEN We just have very unselfish kids. We don't need superstars on our team. We need five guys to go out ...
GARON GEMBE Our kids really started to jell, and we played our best basketball at the end of the season. That's ...
JOSH KENDRICK I was really disappointed in our blocking out in the first half. We gave up 14 offensive rebounds in...
JEFF ARNTSON We are very fortunate to have a man of Al Skinner's character and class leading our basketball progr...
GENE DEFILIPPO We just kept applying our defensive pressure. There were a lot of tight fouls being called in the fi...
ANDREW TAYLOR I felt we could do it. I didn't know if we would. This was one of our better-played games.
GREGG HOSTETLER Our kids deserved better. We battled well and fought our way back. It was one of those games you hat...
DUANE GASPERINI All year long, our kids have totally bought into what we wanted them to do.
DAVID PYPER They (Dover) came out strong in the second half but my kids played a great first half. I think we di...
BRIAN ROTUNNO It's kinda weird. Some teams have already played three games, and we've only played one. Finally, we...
RUDY NISWANGER I kept telling my team since we played Gateway in the opening game that Mike Ricci is going to have ...
BYRON DIXON We have great kids in our program and we would not tackle anything like this if we didn't have confi...
ANTHONY GIBSON I feel that we've grown every game. Our chemistry has gotten better. We're just being smarter basket...
CHRIS STEPHENS We went into the half down 14-7 and we told the kids we played about as bad a half as we could play ...
DEREK ANDERSON We played really well. We were down in numbers because it was Russian Christmas, so we had to rely o...
TJ BAILEY We should have played better, especially in the first half, but we were able to overcome our difficu...
CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA I'll never forget any of those kids. They've done so much more for our program than just win basketb...
DELL LEONARD We played a strong first half, but came out flat in the second half. They were big and strong, but o...
PAUL ALTHAUS In the first half we played well and we played strong in the fourth quarter. That was our goal. In a...
AL SMEENK The first half our kids played like champions,
KELLY CLARK But, as it has been our wont this year, we have one bad quarter and it came in the third quarter.
JOHN PETERSON We knew it was going to be a tough one. We come into the season wanting to be conference champs and ...
GENE JONES I'm not disappointed. I've never seen a group of kids put together a half of basketball like this be...
LEONARD BARNES Our kids have created an opportunity. We have to make the most of it. We have to be a lot better tha...
DOUG PHILLIPS Our kids have taken them in and really accepted them.
MIKE OWENS The first half we just didn't play very well. It was probably our poorest performance of the season ...
LEONARD BARNES We have some guys who understand what it takes. We've played in some tough games as a basketball tea...
COREY GADSON It was one of our toughest games we played. But I'm glad we stuck it out, and fought together as a t...
AZYA PEOPLES We've gotten a lot more confident and everyone has been shooting the ball much better. Winning these...
BRENNA MCGUIRE We never really got any good shots on goal. We never took them. We played reasonably well ... but it...
DICK CAMPBELL One of the biggest challenges we have is that kids have been entertained with games and computers, a...
DAPHNIA MCMILLEN Colorado State's personnel is a little different than when we played them last. (Freddy) Robinson is...
DAVE ROSE They're (Wake Forest) going to have a terrific year, and obviously this is a great confidence builde...
JERRY WAINWRIGHT I thought we played a really good second half. Clear Brook took control of the game in the first hal...
LYNN MCDONALD Our first half performances set the tone in both games. We played a great first half against Hamden,...
JAKE PALLUZZI I thought our kids played well Friday and Saturday. I felt like we played better in the latter part ...
BILLY PEE I was surprised by how low the score was especially in the first half, but I felt it played into our...
GREG STAKE I thought defensively, we played poorly in the second half which didn't help. In the first half, we ...
MARK SMITH In middle school, the inclusion program has sometimes been thought of as very intrusive. You're taki...
CAROL GREIG Our kids have an interest in basketball.
DEIRDRE HANLEY We played a great first half, we were up by one going into half time, but we came out in the third q...
DANA BRUTON It would be a big step for our program no matter who we played to get to the Sweet 16. We know how h...
MATT BRAEUER Our kids have been playing pretty good basketball. They have practiced well and their attitude has b...
SCOTT RADEKER That was the best first half of basketball we have played all season tonight. Defensively we did a r...
ED GENERALI Out of the three games, one game we did not play well, ... The other two games we played well but we...
ASHLEY BROWN Fast-pitch is here. I think it's going to get better and better. It's amazing to see how many kids h...
LARRY WATKINS I think we didn't play our style of basketball in the second half. I don't know what happened, but y...
ALISON LACEY We wish we would have gotten the three points, but it was slow start from us. I guess there were a l...
FREDDY ADU Our kids challenge each other every day. Our success has brought confidence. And they've earned all ...
BILL GALLAGHER As good as we've been with this program, we can be better. That's what's exciting about this win. To...
BUD FOSTER It was a great game. Our defense was excellent. We were able to move the ball well in the first half...
LARRY MILLIGAN We played a better second half but games like this, against talented opponents like we've played so ...
CLIFF YERKES We've played 30 games and 21 [opponents] had winning records. I think we really have reached the poi...
GREG WALCAVICH We managed to hold onto the basketball and do what we had to do to get the win. It was a big win for...
DALE LATIMER We really weren't in control of the ball in the first half. We were not playing at our pace. We had ...
CORBIN DONALDSON We've started well this year in big games. It got our fans into it and got our kids going early.
GREG LOWELL It was more of a case of Dodge City wants to win basketball games, too. We didn't have one of our be...
CHAD WINTZ We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ...
MICHAEL GRANT Our effort level and our defense was much better in the second half. We made some adjustments and we...
JEFF GUIOT Our kids played well. We were slow coming out of the gate but, after awhile, we kept the momentum go...
DAN MCANESPIE Defensively, we played with a purpose in the first half. Our kids took advantage of what Eminence ga...
CHRIS SAMPSON I've seen Mike in a lot of basketball games and I have never seen him miss three in a row from the l...
DUSTIN WERDT We gave up a big touchdown in the second half, uncontested almost. From that, our kids could have fo...
DOUG BALDWIN Our guys played pretty well, but I still think that we can do better going forward. We need to score...
JEFF ROHRMAN The team in general really stepped up this weekend to the challenge and opportunity of a big and gre...
MATT MCGUIRK It's a huge game. The last time we played, we played one of our worst games this year.
JARRETT SPARKS Our first two lines have been very good (26 goals in five games). Charlie has played very well and t...
GREG MAXEY We came out lacking concentration. In the second half, however, we raised our game and we played bea...
FRAN VAZQUEZ That's been our lineup since the preseason. When you take a cog out of that, it kind of throws every...
JOHN DAVIS Even though we didn't wrestle our best, we definitely made progress. This team has gotten a lot bett...
JOE WELLS We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little ...
GARY GIANCOLA In the second half, I was really proud of our kids. I thought we played with a lot of character and ...
LEONARD BARNES We played a few non-conference games early against some teams that were better, and now we?re into o...
MARK SOLL Overall, I thought this was probably our best stretch of man-to-man defense that we've played all se...
LARRY HARRISON You watch what Nick has been able to accomplish in one year, how much we've improved, and we're goin...
ROB SPEAR You couldn't have scripted it any better. That's the way it would have been drawn up with our best s...
JAY OSBORNE Mike is a veteran coach, and he has been at it a long time. Mike also has a good support group. We h...
JOE GLENN We just got through a tough part of our schedule as far as the teams we played and the amount of gam...
DEANNA MINUTO We always believed in the kids. It was just getting used to our system. They worked hard, and always...
WENDY ANAE I think our kids have tried really hard, and played really hard. There?s just been times late in cru...
KIRBY DEAN I would say it's among the most challenging schedules a Toledo team has ever played. We have two Big...
TOM AMSTUTZ Like our other games, we improved our rebounding in the second half. So we have to think about it an...
KAMILA VODICHKOVA Offensively, I thought it was one of the best games we played in years. The kids moved the balls and...
DARIN HAZEL
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