Mickie DeMoss Players Quotations

Some of our post players shied away. We've got to get tougher. They fought harder inside.

I think our players had a lot of poise down the stretch, which for the last couple of years we haven't had that. I think we've grown up a lot in the last two to three weeks.

We really showed a lot of toughness at the end of the game. I challenged our players when we were behind. We could have gotten down and folded when things weren't going our way, but we didn't do that. We fought back and had a good chance to win the game.

It's an honor to be recognized by your peers for your hard work and accomplishments, but it all boils down to the players buying into what you want them to do. You can know all the basketball in the world, but if your team can't commit to play hard and play together, then all that basketball doesn't mean much.

It's players against players. If we don't rebound and get back on defense, it won't matter how well I know Pat.