These kids just keep finding ways to win. We had a lot more poise in the second half. We were pushing and rushing in the first half, but our defensive effort kept us around.

We're playing really great team basketball. We're sharing the ball and really getting into it on the defensive end. I'm so pleased because these kids are putting their hearts into the game every time they step on the floor.

We gave Southern Connecticut everything it could handle. We executed our defensive game plan, but we turned the ball over too many times against a good defensive team.

They just try to make it really festive and [make] the kids feel really special. It was a really nice event.

I don't want to have to wait 30 years on a park. My kids are 11. I don't want to have to wait until they are grown up and I have to take my great-grandchildren.

We messed up a little bit on the bars, but these kids are fighters. They do not quit.