Losing a game like tonight is a killer. These are four-point games. We have six games left against these guys. Who knows, those points might determine a playoff spot.
Looks like he lost a little weight. Looks lighter, quicker on his feet. He's going to be a tough guy to stop. It's close to that time now, so I guess he's getting in playoff form.
Last year, we had seven players leave. Those seven players had a combined 52 playoff games. We've signed four players to date, and those four have 30 playoff games ? a younger, healthier group. I think you can see the direction we're headed.
Last year we had a really exciting playoff experience so you would think that we would again. But we got unlucky in the middle of the season and we dug ourselves in too deep of a hole.
Last year was a huge stepping-stone for me. Playoff experience, starting experience, relief experience, pressure situations -- I'm just trying to build on that, just keep building and take it into this year.
We're so eager to get back in the playoffs and make another run. We want to show that we're not just a great football team but that we're also a great basketball team, too.
We're going to throw everything and the kitchen sink at them (tonight) and see what works. They have a lot of juniors and seniors and have been in the playoff environment before. It's going to be a really tough game for us. We really have to play well.
We're going to need everything out of Ricky ? and all of us ? to make a playoff run.
We're going to find out Sunday night if we deserve to be in the playoffs. It's not a sprint here. We've had all year and if you deserve to be in the playoffs in this league, you're going to be. There's no mistakes over 32 games.
When we came into the season, I don't think there were a whole lot of people who thought we were going to be close to a playoff position, maybe including the organization. We have to battle every night to get there. It's going to be tough, still. But we can be there.