Right now we're just focused on West. They have some athletic kids on that team. If we are fortunate enough to get past them, we look forward to getting another chance against East.

Our kids battled. I told the kids at the end of the game that I was happy they didn't give up. They could have given up when we were down double digits in the fourth quarter, but they played all the way up until the end.

In the first quarter for six minutes I thought we played good. I think that our kids thought 'this is going to be easy,' and kind of let up. You can't let up in the tournament.

We made a few mini-runs that kept us in the lead ... our kids were able to put together a couple flurries. Those were important, because we knew it was going to be a challenge tonight.

I thought the kids played hard and took care of the basketball. We just went through some cold stretches, and we couldn't get enough defensive stops to get the victory.

Quite frankly, we want the kids to be in unbelievable shape. My assistant pretty much grinds them right into the ground.