No doubt — offense sells the tickets, but defense wins the championships.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

St. Thomas made a great adjustment in the spacing of their offense at the start of the second half. But I was really proud of our kids, because they recognized what was happening, and they made exactly the defensive adjustments they needed to make.

I think our pressure wore on them. We tried to put pressure on the perimeter and make it tough to get it to (Johnson). Then we fronted him and came with a double-team.

We're very proud of our tradition. I had 20 to 30 former players call encouraging us to carry on the torch. I let our kids know the opportunity at hand to make so many people proud.