Mike Kraus Quotations

I think we have new life now. The kids are really excited. We get to play on a college court in a state tournament, and when you're 10-13 that's a big deal. But forget about the records. These kids have worked hard all year long and now they're reaping some of the benefits from it.

We didn't come out hard in that game. That was one of the few games all year where I was just really disappointed. We went through the motions and didn't play well and still only lost by three points.

Wednesday, we're going to come ready to play. It's a hard game to play but we'll practice tomorrow and have a little fun. For the kids' sake, I'm glad they get to play another game. It's the state tournament and that's a big deal.

We almost had four guys in double figures and that's what you have to have. We didn't play a lot of people because the pace was slower, but when we get up to state we're going to have to play a lot of kids.

Berry is a gamer and every time they needed a basket, he got one. We didn't have that type of go-to guy.

Defenses key on him but you can't key on him and get too caught up in that. He's good enough to dish it off and they have good shooters. We just have to play our game and get off to a good start.

The kids are excited. We've been given new life.

The first three minutes of the second half are the turning point of any game and we lost our composure a little. Our guards struggled a little and were awfully passive. They didn't take it to the hole. We lost our composure and just panicked. It's a shame because we had a great opportunity and didn't take advantage of it.