Our goal is just to contest every shot and then rebound. We are pretty long, and if we can just get a hand up on every shot, it makes it tough for teams to score. We try to play sound defense and just get a lot of deflections and stay active.

He's a real team player. He could score like that every night if we wanted him to. But he's not like that. He'll take the shots if they're there, but he's not going to force things just to get shots up.

It's a huge thing for us. When he's on, it really gives us a confidence shot. Everybody on our team knows their job is going to be easier because he's hitting shots.

I was pleased that my kids continued to stand their ground. We knew they were going to make a run, and we just needed to play through it.

This is the best team I have had. I don't know exactly what makes them play so well. There is not really any one thing. It is a lot of intangibles added together that make them go. The biggest key is that there are 14 guys that like basketball and love to play together.

We're doing a lot of this with guys that are new to varsity experience. So from an experience standpoint, I feel pretty good about where we're at.