What it tells the voters is the parties play no part in the selection methodology. Nothing could be further from the truth.

He was medically cleared. He's feeling better. If he felt like he would play, it was up to him. The way he was feeling wasn't good enough to start.

The great thing is, I know he can get better. He's critiquing his runs and critiquing his play coming up here. That's what's going to make him better.

They have a lot of things going for them. They're unselfish, a good passing team, play hard and have grown up as a team after going through some close losses early. But the whole way they've played great defense.

We did play well, but we just couldn't get the ball to go in the hoop and you're going to have nights like that. On a night where we shot a little better, that's a game we probably win. Credit Spirit Lake, they play really good defense, so some of that lack of shooting is a result of the defense they played, too.

We had the ball to start the half and ran a set play and we couldn't execute the play. If we can't remember a play to start the half, it's going to be a long night.