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I thought she did a great job. It's too bad that we didn't hang onto the ball in that (fifth) inning. ... In order to be competitive against teams like State College, we have to play defense.

Greg Evans

It should help eliminate the perception of an East Coast bias. And the seeding will help teams and fans better understand who they are playing next and will help schools publicize the games, sell tickets and draw a better TV audience.

Greg Shaheen

That's always been the nature of the teams in the league. They've earned it, every one of those teams have earned any rankings they might have, because those are three very good defensive football teams.

Bob Biggs

Definitely I think our No. 1 singles in boys and No. 1 doubles teams have a shot at getting to the state tournament. Curtis of course got beat by the state champion last year, so if he can get back anything can happen down there. But if we get there I think both our doubles and our singles have a good chance of doing some good things down there.

Danny O'quinn

Our tackling is going to be critical; Cal is one of the best running teams in the nation. If we let them slip tackles, they'll hurt us pretty bad, so we need to stay in front of guys, and not let them get by us.

Kyle Mcbride

I can tell you I have called 29 other teams, and all of our special assistants are flying in tonight to start two days of meetings. . . . We?re going to take a fresh look at everything.

Brad Kullman

We're very excited about the opportunity that we have to travel to Mexico. We will face some very talented teams and should be great preparation for our upcoming season.

Chris Watkins

Scheduling teams is increasingly difficult because of our transition to Division I. Losing North Carolina A&T and Winston-Salem State made it a real chore, but the addition of Southern University will provide a great experience for our student-athletes and fans. We are excited about the 2006 football season.

Bill Hayes

We had New England and now Baltimore - it can only help us. Those two teams are going to be in the playoffs. Everybody knows that.

Nate Poole

You focus on your end goal -- to make the playoffs. You know what you have to accomplish every night to do that. You go out there and try to win that game. It's a dogfight. When you have this many teams bunched up this tight, it's almost like the last one standing gets to go to the playoffs.

Jeff Conine

There is no visibility ? management teams are coming out and saying we have no visibility but we think the second quarter is the bottom but they have no idea.

Jim Gribbell

Put the two of them together in the wake of The Producers, and these guys are unquestionably one of the great acting teams of our generation.

Howard Sherman

The teams that won deserve mention, for sure. That's not really what this is all about. It's all about helping kids with cancer.

Tim Chiodo

At times, we played our best basketball of the year against them. Our kids came out of that game understanding we can compete with those teams.

John Given

Most of my kids have been up there before. Even if they didn't play, they've experienced that atmosphere. Both teams will have jitters. Most of the time it comes down to which team gets over them first.

Jeff Haile

As we prepare for the growth of the series in conjunction with our new $3 million prize structure, this development will also level the playing field for new teams entering the series. All of the set-up data that teams acquired in the past will have to be reassessed.

Roger Bailey

We know what those teams have accomplished in the past. But we want to win it all. We feel we have a good shot at that with this team.

Anthony Weeden

We have been disappointed with the team's performance. Results were not what they should have been.

Roman Romanov

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Rosanne Pane

It's clear that both these teams are much better. This game was definitely different than the first time.

Chuck Huggins

I know they feel they can play with those teams, and I think they really feel like they can win them. We just have to be smarter at the end.

Cathy Inglese

Our half-court trap is our staple. It gets teams out of their normal offensive sets, which can lead to turnovers. (The trap) is what has got us here and we will use it in the future.

Andy Furuto

I missed two really good opportunities before that one. It was good, but it wasn't my goal. It was the team's goal. They were so focused on getting me one. I had no other choice. Kate could have scored it, but she passed it to me.

Morgan Wallace

We know there's a lot of good teams out there. Hardaway is going to be tough and Kendrick is going to be tough.

Larry Morgan

The impact that he has, and will continue to have on the teams that he plays with, cannot be underestimated.

Ian Mcgeechan

It happened to work out that way. But it was competitive, and there were any number of teams that could have won. It's very much the same situation this season.

Jody Conradt

We executed well on both sides of the ball and controlled the line of scrimmage. Although we made a few mental mistakes in the second half, we were very pleased with the teams effort as a whole.

Geoff Ward

I've never seen it come down to the last match between three teams. I guess that's good for our region. The region is really going to be tough in the next few years.

Leroy Hill

I don't know if we can overtake the traditional conference powers - like Chelmsford and Haverhill - but I think some opponents are going to under-estimate us and we'll surprise a few teams along the way.

Brenda Clark

Even the No. 1 teams who are expected to do well are on opposite ends of the bracket. This year that's just the way it turned out. It's a good draw and should be a great tournament as a result.

Scott Parrish

Prairie Ridge and Crystal Lake South are the top teams, but we want to give them a run for their money. I'll be disappointed if we are not in the top three.

Bud Lachel

That's what good teams are all about, not giving up.

Dewayne Wise

Our guys worked extremely hard, we thought well enough to win the game. We just made mental mistakes sometimes. Our effort was 100 percent and our mental game was probably 90 percent, but that's okay. Most teams will play 70 to 80 percent of both those.

Larry Usher

I'm very proud of my team's effort defensively. That's the closest anybody has played them all year. This is something we can grow from.

Machelle Joseph

For whatever reason, we had a very difficult time filling that tournament. I'm against playing Division II teams, but sometimes your back is against the wall, and you have to fill out your schedule.

Tod Kowalczyk

We've set a couple of goals. By the end of the year, we want to get our team score down to an average of 205. We also want to win the section, but it will be tough because Laurel Highlands, Mt. Pleasant and Albert Gallatin are very good teams.

Jason Tyska

Right now with all the rain, the pitchers are definitely ahead of the hitters. And this might hurt us a little more than other teams because we are so young.

Andy Zavorek

The same teams return for next season. We've had tremendous support from the fans and Integra Bank and our other sponsors.

Curtis Higgins

The two teams feed off each other. The girls will be down there two in a row and it's certainly nice to get the monkey off our back and get a chance to be a part of the tournament atmosphere.

Kurt Hempen

All three teams were neck and neck. And whoever was going to win, we all would be happy for them.

Reggie Torres

Eric and Lee are going to draw a lot of double teams, so we've got to be able to throw to somebody else, ... As a slot receiver, I've got to get open. But the biggest thing is I've got to catch the ball.

Josh Reed

It's super important to come and get on teams early. We like to find weaknesses and then take advantage.

Courtney Vandersloot

Teams with playing-making guards give them trouble.

Chris Allen

It should be a pretty wild morning. The draft will probably start while we're driving back, and Matt will start getting phone calls from the teams that are interested in him. As a father, I have a feeling it's going to be a special drive home.

Steve Bernstein

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Andrew Giangola

I think this is where we want to be. We're getting guys healthy. If we have one of our starters, either Valdez or Moehler in the bullpen, that's our strength. Other teams don't have guys like that.

Mark Wiley

I think all 29 other teams have written us off and given us no chance at all. We have to believe in ourselves and not back down against anybody like we showed tonight.

Tom Poti

Our doubles teams played extra smart, hitting to the open court and attacking the net, just the way good doubles should be played.

Vince Hughes

We have a huge pack that runs within 20 seconds of one another, it's just a question of where we are in relation to other teams.

Dave Curtis

They were experiencing what a lot of professional sports teams are experiencing today, and that is basically how to manage, store, search and retrieve numerous amounts of team information that they have collected over the years.

John Downs

It's not easy. They have to know that you have to keep working and nothing is going to be given to them. The teams they are with aren't going to care that they are making the transition. The team wants to see results. If you're not good enough or if you're not coming along, they get someone else.

Wesley Duke

The defense isn't giving up a lot of points, but teams are getting a lot of yards. We'll have to go back and look at what we're doing and try to correct some of those things.

Charles Coe

We start from eighth place in the constructors' championship, any improvement is satisfying and we have to make as big a step as we can. I don't promise you podium finishes for this year or even victories but we will make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams and get there.

Mario Theissen

The whole team's been getting the ball to her. I think it's a whole team thing the past two games, not just a Hannah Harvey thing.

Stephanie Johnson

It was two very evenly-matched teams. Golden Valley is right there too. They might be playing the best right now too. It's going to be interesting because we all play each other again.

Bart Mcafee

I will do some crazy stuff if I have to. I'll move kids in different positions to compensate for other teams' strength. I can do that this year.

Javier Ramirez

This tournament will be a really good test for us. I know we have the talent on this team to do something special. Many feel this can be one of our best teams we've had around here.

Randy Halcomb

When we play patented, controlled teams, we try to create havoc.

Gene Caslin

We played really well against them. Their only loss has been to Midland and they are very good. You have to play these top teams to get better. If you don't you aren't going to get any better.

Lenny Glasstetter

Clearly we are disappointed with our performance. The team did a great job once again, and third and fourth is a credible result but not what we came here for. The handicap and performance breaks given to teams need to be re-adjusted, this is clear and is acknowledged by everyone.

George Howard

I know it's hard for teams to have chemistry so early, but I think our chemistry level has been good.

Corey Maggette

I lived in England for 21 years and I know that everybody, apart from some of the teams that think they might get relegated, would love Celtic and Rangers to be in the English League. I think it will happen eventually.

Gordon Strachan

Jo certainly had the better of Jack Prasad, I guess you have to take into account the two styles the two team's play as well.

Wayne Pivac

I already know we're going to see a lot of the same stuff, and he might say the same about us. It's going to be a tough challenge for us, but we accept it. We know we're going up against one of the best teams in the country.

Beckie Francis

If you can get into a team's head that they can't beat us and are going to have to play their best hockey to even be close, that's going to pay dividends in a playoff series.

Jason Williams

I thought both teams showed up ready to play. This is our recovery week, and not everybody's playing at their best. But this win got us back into gear.

Jan Brogan

They're so annoying because most teams have just one player who's going to be the go-to guy. With them, they have everybody who can shoot that three ball and that's pretty tough to defend.

Lewis Clinch

A team's a team, they play basketball, they bust their butts playing basketball everyday. But so do we.

Mersad Terzic

We had the highest scoring regional, but there is a lot that goes into that. Each region had different judges that score differently. I definitely think scores will be lower at the finals, and that there will be a number of teams in contention.

Jenna Ruddell

It's one of the strongest teams we've had in years.

Mark Schubert

There would have to be very good reasons for us to change teams.

Willi Weber

We'd sure like to have either a closer or top-notch starting pitcher for our rotation. We're out there looking every day. Most of these people are not available anymore. We'd have to do it through trades. Most of the teams want our good young position players. It's going to be difficult, but it's not for lack of trying.

Robert Castellini

These teams represent young men who are on the fast track to [Division I] college scholarships and indeed the NBA.

Bob Earley

You're playing to be one of those teams that doesn't play on that first day. Right now, everybody's so jumbled up, somebody's got to separate a little bit here to get themselves in position.

Frank Haith

We had some key players that were out. They got them back and they have made a difference. They are beating teams that they had trouble beating earlier this year.

Daniel Valdez

When things go wrong, most teams flip into another mode, where Old Dominion is always the same. I don't think other teams in this league are that bad; I just don't think they're as steady. Teams in this league can be really good and they can be really bad. Old Dominion is never bad.

Debbie Taylor

Against the good teams, we come out slow most of the time and they kept us from running. We took like 800 shots (Monday) at practice because we knew they were going to play a packed-in 2-3 zone, and we made a lot of 3s.

Major Corley

We'll be more careful now. There will be more surprises. Greece has proved the teams that are considered underdogs here are well-organized too. The Portuguese have shown us how not to play.

Tomas Rosicky

Those teams are playing really well right now. We're in a tough division, a good division. You've got to get better every week.

Alain Vigneault

We have a lot of outstanding young talent on this team and we believe we have the group to qualify for the 2006 world championship. We competed well against the top teams in our zone in exhibition play in Brazil and now we are ready to put it all together and qualify for the world championship.

Leo Rautins

In the surgery ward, the staff works in teams and no one could refuse his orders.

Hidetsugu Asanoi

He has great hands and I think his defense helps him in the sense that they force a lot of bad shots and he's there to gobble them all up. Teams aren't shooting a high percentage so there's a lot more rebounds to be had and he's doing a great job of grabbing them.

Gary Close

He's had a lot of great teams come through here but, after the last few years, maybe he realized the program needed a change.

Andrew Gordon

We have a lot of good teams in front of us and these teams could make the playoffs. If we don't do well in those games, we could very well be watching the playoffs at the end of the year. We have a lot of work in front of us.

Dick Mynahan

There's only 12 teams still alive, and we're one of them. But now it's lose and you go home. We're in the same boat as everybody else.

Keith Newman

We took a step back today, ... Sometimes we play to another team's level. We're not that bad. We had a bad week of practice and it showed on the field.

Aaron Ross

We'd like to know before this weekend if we can, so we can alert our teams as to what day they're likely to play.

Patrick Keane

It's never satisfying to go 1-3, but with the caliber of teams at this tournament, a record isn't always the best indicator of how we played. We took a big step forward in our play.

Chris Curry

The event will happen either way. It's really about how many teams and how many people will participate - and of course, how much money we raise - we just need a leader.

Ramona Cruz

Players don't win, teams do. We weren't going to let one player beat 11 men on defense.

Tim Bennett

It's probably one of the more athletic teams I've had in years. There's more team speed with this group. I'm expecting a lot out of them. I'm hoping we can win more than half of our matches.

Brad Keller

Most hockey teams can stay out almost indefinitely because they lose less money by not playing than by playing. That's not true for baseball. I think the majority of owners know that the value for them is keeping the gates open.

Sal Galatioto

Teams can come in and play two or three games at excellent sites.

Gary Larkins

Both teams had trouble scoring, we just couldn't score.

Jerry Lott

Our loss to San Miguel was a wake-up call for us. If we want to be contenders, we have to beat teams at their best. And the guys really wanted to be contenders.

Yeng Guiao

In the next few weeks, we will be building customer account manager teams that will be looking after those clients.

Steve Robertson

We have an outside chance. We're ranked in the top 10, but they only take seven teams, so I don't think we'll get a bid this year.

Rush Cole

We got some nice performances. There were some good teams in this tournament, and we played a lot of them.

Dave Lipe

We know we can't let teams hang around. Getting on them early can set a tone for the rest of the game, which happened [Friday]. We only won by [13] points, but it didn't seem like that because we established the tone early with our defense.

Jack Scalcucci

I would say so. In the modern era, running up win streaks is difficult. This is unusual because of the balance there is in college football. The population explosion has given, in my opinion, better facilities and coaching techniques has produced outstanding talent for a lot of teams.

Ara Parseghian

Our No.1 doubles team is a team all our other doubles teams look up to. They are playing at a very high level and very consistent level.

Brennan Brown

We've been working on that. We've been playing well like that. We've been distributing the ball well and hitting shots. It keeps teams on their toes, so they can't double-down on Trent and Connor all the time.

Josh Ruark

It gave me and the players a chance to see some of the other teams in the district and a lot of good teams in the area. We got to see how we compete with them. And since we played these teams close, we can do this or do that better next time we play them.

Charlotte Jones

I work hard, I do my homework, and my strong point is to bring teams of people together in a bipartisan manner.

Dale Groutage

It's going to be great having the fans supporting us. We really appreciate that. But at the same time, you can't win with the fans. You've got to go out and play hockey. We realize that. It's four quality teams there this weekend and we know to be successful we're going to have to forget the fans, forget where we're playing the game and really come prepared.

Andrew Joudrey

We've had trouble finishing drives in the red zone. We didn't finish off a lot of drives and that one there cost us. You can't do that against good teams.

Scott Spitler

We've been proud of the way we've handled the pressure all year long against very good teams. That's a credit to our guys recognizing what's coming at them and hanging in there when things get a little tough.

Mike Sjoberg

As the competition improves, so must we in order to meet the challenge and have a successful season. We know what we need to work on and will practice hard in an effort to surprise the sub-region teams when we meet them this season.

Teale Hemphill

It is nice to see five GNAC teams selected for the regional. It provides our conference with a lot of much-deserved credibility.

Greg Sparling

We haven't shot well from the free-throw line, we haven't shot the ball well overall. If we start shooting well, that's going to mean trouble for a lot of other teams.

Doug Ewell

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Vyomesh Joshi

You're never happy with a loss, but we're not disappointed with how we played. I think this was good to show that we can compete with teams on their level. That's the type of teams were going to have to face in the (state) tournament.

Dave Palmieri

They're definitely going to go with guys with more experience and I understand that. It wasn't that big of a deal to me. There are a lot of other teams out there.

Jake Woods

We had our opportunities, I chalk it up as a win against a team that was a (Division III) regional finalist last year. It was a step in the right direction. It's a positive. We won 50-50 balls and we did a good job of clearing the ball. We have a lot of heart. If we're healthy and we have everybody available, were playing with most teams.

Jake O'brien

I'll buy that [we're better], ... That doesn't mean we'll win 105 games. A lot of teams got better. But, yeah, we could be a better team.

Ray King

Playing quality schools like Alabama and South Florida are always good to have on a schedule playing-wise. Conference games are definitely the most important. Stephen F. Austin and Texas State are some of the standout games, and we want to play them hard to garner the respect of the other top tier teams in the conference.

Cindy Piper

There were times I thought we were a little bit more conservative than we could have been, especially in the games that we played well early on and got out to big leads. I felt that sometimes we allowed teams to get back into it because we did pull the reins back a little bit.

Jay Fiedler

Two sets of coaches will be selected for the two teams. At this stage we are using the names as the Warriors and the Barbarians. At round about the finals of the colonial cup the coaches along with the national selection group will put together the two sides.

Wayne Pivac

I don't know how that happens. Other teams will scout us and they'll try to take something away and we'll have an answer.

Lara Gray

Those are two pretty tough teams to beat, and we wanted to do our job and were ready to take advantage of the situation if we needed to, which is what we did.

Katie Hardman

David had one of his best games. He started the game making a lot of great plays on both ends of the court. When he's got that kind of energy, commitment and focus, our team's really good.

Dean Ellis

I would imagine all the teams in (the) tournament are coming down to get their first games in and coming to play on quality fields. All the teams competing should be in the same boat. Nobody's got 15 games under their belt. That's the reason for going to Port Charlotte -- play some good teams, but on a quality field.

Carl Tebon

The first priority is to accommodate those teams that have lost the most amount of games.

John Gillette

(The post-meet) was no big deal, just two great teams competing, but we're happy with the results of the race. Everyone wants to come out first but only one team can.

Johnny Barnes

This shows that we can compete with these teams.

Sergio Gonzalez

I think it's become the premier all-star game in the state. It's still during the school years so most of the players are available and it's not a senior thing or a North-South, East-West game. There are just great players on both teams. It's hard to argue that any of the top players in the state were omitted.

Bruce Dick

We played pretty error-free volleyball in league. Our serve-receive percentage was in the 90's, and that's huge because mistakes on serve-receive are what give other teams momentum.

Kristy Dwyer

Indian Land's the defending conference champion and we know they're capable of battling back. Both teams will come ready to play Saturday.

Allen Plyler

Our saying this year is we have to take something away from other teams. And that's what we did tonight. If we keep doing all the things we need to do all year long, we're going to keep taking games away from those teams in front of us.

Keith Tiemeyer

It was a matter of taking opportunities when they came. Both teams had chances but we came out on top!

Frank Murray

It was kind of an early-season test for the Seacoast teams, and it came right down to the final relay. It was a whole team effort. There were some gutsy performances. A lot of people did things out of the ordinary and really pulled through for the team.

John Hodsdon

He's 6 feet 5, 285 pounds, but he can run. He played end for us and teams ran away from him. But he still chased things down.

John Rosnick

It was a good win against an excellent, excellent program. We talked about wrestling with emotion, keeping the emotional intensity and our whole staff couldn't be prouder of our team's effort tonight.

Mark Crisp

The rivalry is one of the greatest in college football and having these teams showcase their talents in front of a national audience to kickoff the season is tremendous.

John Swofford

I see a bright future for him, but like any new player, Jesse's going to have to earn it. He'll have to do some good things on special teams for us.

Greg Marshall

It's good that we got here. Now a lot of teams should respect us and know that we're not just a pushover. It should be fun. We have a really good sophomore class who will be juniors next year, so it should be a good team.

Isiah Martinez

We had some injuries toward the end of the season, but a lot of teams have that. It's very gratifying. The kids wrestled [well].

John Salmon

We figure if we are going to have a holiday tournament, we need to make it a large one. With our facility we can host more teams and not be overcrowded.

Rick Abbott

Both teams played hard today. Coming into the seventh, though, we walked the first guy, got the next guy out, but didn't play well enough to win.

Paul Twenge

We hurt ourselves bad with the errors there. You just can't give teams four or five outs in an inning, and those errors came on routine plays.

Bill Sexton

They're the most athletic team we've ever played. They just caused some turnovers and they took advantage of it. That's what good teams do. We should have been able to handle it.

Chad Hettermann

I would say right now it would be a stretch to say we could have five teams in bowls.

Craig Thompson

I just don't think it's fair that teams that abuse their caps, they had a way to eliminate some of their problems. I don't like that part of the system. There should be some penalty for the teams that didn't handle their caps.

Tom Donahoe

It was great; it was very competitive. I think both teams had opportunities to win. That's a credit to (the Panthers). They played much better in singles. I think our girls showed a lot of grit coming back and playing like they did in doubles; I think it showed great resilience on their part.

Jim Sheehan

This is a very big rivalry. I think these are the two toughest teams, high school level, in Tennessee. It's always very close with two goals.

Colleen Taylor

There are a few teams out there that will be difficult to beat.

Tricia Martin

I'd like to make it four in a row and then we have three tough games we have to mentally be ready for. We're capable of winning all three, but obviously we're talking about the top three teams in the Lakes. Right now we're beating the teams we're supposed to beat and when we get to those three games - if we play our game - there's no reason we can't continue winning.

Dave Irwin

Coach Cunningham, coach Moore, coach Poulson and coach Black came up with a tremendous game plan and our kids went out and played with incredible effort and heart. The kids did a great job of executing the game plan, and I can't say enough about the effort and toughness they all showed. This is the kind of defense that championship teams are built on.

Gene Cathcart

I think everything we do defensively will have to revolve around (Brock) and stopping him. And there is another one (point guard Chris Starnes) we have to stop as well. You've got to step it up more each night. Especially with the teams getting much better.

Jacob Tucker

Each of the five bowl games features great teams, proud schools and exciting student athletes. Mr. Gibson and his sons are the envy of every single college football fan in America.

Kirk Herbstreit

[About 15 to 25 Division I-A teams change coaches each year, but the number usually includes a lot of perennial bottom feeders. How often do so many coveted positions come open in the same year?] Usually not often, ... It's too early to tell [how many will come open]. Certainly, the decision at Florida will gain some headlines, but in most instances, there's still a few games left.

Chuck Neinas

We take a lot of pride in what we do. Most fans don't pay attention to what we do, but there's a lot of hidden yardage as far as coverage units. People say you have to be a little crazy, a little off to play special teams anyways. We have 11 guys that are crazy.

Sammy Morris

That's happened to us before this year. We go up on teams and then we come out kinda sluggish in the second half. But I think just the way we were playing - we were playing aggressive, we were actually scoring today. I think we just stayed with the game plan. Everything just fell into place as the game went along.

Shaun Wynn

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Robert Rossiter

I wasn't sure that we could come back from three down with 10 minutes to go, but I thought we could make a couple of them and make it interesting at the end. I'm very happy with the team's effort.

David Hartwell

You always want power, but you can pitch around power. I'd rather have a good fundamental team that can steal bases, get the bunt down, hit with runners in scoring position when it's 2-2 in the seventh. I like this team's ability to execute when it matters.

Heather Tarr

We want them to understand there are three teams in every sporting event - the two teams that are competing and the officiating team.

Bob Delaney

They're firing coaches left and right in the league. I had to take the money. It's not like teams are showing any loyalty to coaches, right?

Nate Mcmillan

Our teams over there interviewed North Vietnamese or communist soldiers that actually participated in the attack and they were helpful in pointing out what they knew about the battle site.

Larry Greer

It's exciting. Not many teams get a chance to do this.

Meg Dahlman

We had some big special team blunders. We can't give teams points. If we executed on those plays, they probably don't score.

Mark Welch

It wasn't Slap Shot. A lot of the minor league teams were getting into discipline and training. The old-time hockey was done. There was a new philosophy of being in shape, watching your weight, conditioning, riding the books, all these things had come in.

Greg Johnston

This team is excited, ... You play baseball like that. A lot of teams, the Marlins play like that and enjoy the game. This team is the same way.

Livan Hernandez

We haven't had a lot of up-and-coming teams. I don't know why. Hopefully they're coming. They're not there yet. But hopefully this is one of those cyclical type things.

Jeff Stoughton

All of the teams are the best in this region and are among the best in the country. There is usually a lot of good close matches when all of these teams play each other.

Kathleen Thompson

These two games were probably a lot bigger than even the guys realize. These were pretty big games. I don't think we played as well as we can play, but we did what we had to do to win. I thought our goaltending was very sharp when it had to be, and our specialty teams won (Saturday's) game for us.

Tracy Egeland

Any way you look at it, these games are really important for all the teams teams. The winner still has a chance, and the loser goes home. We have a lot of talent on this team. We can win.

Leno Rivera

It was a typical 4-5 game. It was a constant battle with the lead going back and forth. Both teams made big shots, and I'm happy to come out on top.

Nick Joseph

We have a lot of freshmen coming from winning teams. We know how to win and we know what it takes to win. I have confidence in my teammates and myself. This is about imposing our will.

Jr Inman

This could be our first chance in years to compete at state. Truckee and North Tahoe will be the teams to beat, but the kids are really excited and everybody is pushing one another to do well this season.

Joe Humasti

So only two other slots are available in November and with seven teams it's going to be a dogfight. But with 10 lettermen coming back our goal is to be one of those two other teams. If we get into the tournament, I'll be happy; if not, I'll be disappointed.

Bis Bisbee

There's no question in my mind we have more playmaking ability on our special teams than we've had at any point.

Dom Capers

It's really hard to be responsible for four teams. And it is four teams when you add the junior varsity. It takes away from your concentration, and you end up doing a mediocre job with all four teams.

Samir Haj

We've been having this tournament a few years, and we've gotten a lot of good feedback from it. The main thing about it we try to bring in some pretty good teams to play each other and see teams they would not normally see during the regular season.

Richy Brooks

We want every one who can to come out and support our teams. Since we are the host we have teams already pre-qualified to participate at this stage in recreational basketball action.

Billy Powell

Magdalena's a good-shooting team; I'm very proud of our girls. Lots of teams have forced us to beat their press. All I can ask is 100 percent.

Kelly Martin

It was a great indication of what state will look like. We'll give a few teams some competition.

Shawna Smith

Our objective has always been third and when we get there, we'll look at second place. These next games are extremely important. The third, fourth and fifth place teams are playing really well right now and if you lose two or three in a row, it could really drop you down in the standings.

Glenn Walsh

It's one of the deepest teams I've ever had. I have 10 extremely strong players who could play easily in the top six.

Perri Touché

It betters us in the long run. If we wrestle those harder teams now and keep building up until the final then we are just getting better as a team. And that's what our goal is - to get better as a team.

Nick Anurak

It's a defining point for us, and for Penn State. You can't ask for much more in a game. Two teams that it means a lot to, with good records and two historic national powers.

Bobby Carpenter

Sometimes, with teams from the power conferences, people look at what it says across the front of the jersey when it comes to getting rated.

Ben Jacobson

Right now, we just don't have a closer. We've been able to get leads on teams, but we can't hold them. Our early season injuries have really taken a toll.

Tim Hulsey

Jack is taking fewer shots because of the double-teams. He's doing a good job of finding the open man.

Curtis Eccles

Good teams bounce back. I don't think the fans enjoyed the game as much as they could have because I don't think we played as hard as we have to.

Derek Roy

We've barely had enough to go five-on-five, but we're ready to be aggressive and do whatever it takes to win. We've beaten tough teams this season. We know how to double-team and help each other out. We just have to be focused and work hard.

Katie Montgomery

I've never seen anything like that before -- four fights in eight second. I wasn't sure if there was going to be 20 straight fights in the first minute. If there was, we would've showed up. I just think both teams were intense and ready to play.

Jordan Foreman

This was a very good Harlan team we beat tonight. The game was billed as two of the best teams in western Iowa, and nobody went home disappointed.

Don Lyons

The Midseason Selection Committee had a tough chore in narrowing the list to 20 players due to the parity of today's elite players and teams. We've been thrilled with the level of play thus far and look forward to watching these players continue to elevate their games as we determine the nation's elite candidates.

Mike Solum

Teams have tried just about everything to take us out of our offensive rhythm and the things we've practiced or are used to. Fortunately, we've still had some success.

Lindsay Bemis

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Daniel Goleman

We are trying to have two teams at the same level.

Bernard Laporte

I can't say enough about this team's heart and resiliency to keep overcoming adversity. They have that one intangible that wins basketball games.

Joe Lafko

The game was pretty well played defensively by both teams. It's a great feeling to get the shutout, but it's more important to get the win.

Adam Munro

I'm really happy with the way we're playing. We're playing well as a team on offense, and teams are having a tough time scoring against us.

Paul Wiedeman

I might be playing a lot more on some of the teams we play against, but I'd never trade it. It's about the people you're with. That is what makes it worthwhile. I'm making friends for life.

Preston Vermeulen

When you come home you have to take care of business. You can't just continue to let teams come in and steal games from you.

Marquis Webb

The only thing I can come up with is, we just didn't do it. We've been playing teams tough, but the Big East schedule doesn't let up.

Melvin Buckley

If you try hard enough, you can keep teams below their average. ... If we're going to be a winning team, we've got to rely on our defense because our offense isn't going to do it.

Dorothy Gaters

Teams like us, who haven't had as many wins, we kind of stumble a little bit to try to make some plays instead of keeping our composure as well.

Ben Troupe