Chris Mack Quotations

I wouldn't say we know we're going to be successful. Anytime you've beaten a team in the past, it gives you a confidence to know that if you do the right things, you have the capability of doing it again. But past success doesn't indicate future success.

I'd like to think our guys have a sour taste in their mouth. Both teams will be familiar with one another. Whoever makes the adjustments from game one to game two will win. But I'd like to see our team have the fire in their eyes.

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Guys started to feel the pressure. And then we were playing less in the attacking mode, and you can't do that and win.

We're losing our diversity on that campus. The Hispanic population is growing. The black population is not. It's like our system is slowly becoming an all economically disadvantaged school system. We're losing our diversity, and that's not the real world.

Where are those kids going? I don't believe that many kids are moving out of our school district.

There are school districts that show a ton of success with demographics just like ours. Let's go see what the heck they're doing.

When you lose a player like Brian, you lose a defensive rebounding presence. So from the standpoint of personnel, we'll have to play differently. We'll play quicker at times and sometimes Brandon (Cole) and Will (Caudle) will have to step in.

Temple is a different animal. They don't run a lot of offensive sets to free shooters. It's more one-on-one with bigger guards that can shoot over the top of you. We'll have our hands full. They don't have a post presence outside of Wayne Marshall that scores consistently in the post. We have to do a better job of focusing out on their shooters.

That's not a 3-point shot, but it's a game-clinching type rebound.

It's an honor. St. X has had some great athletes over the years. It's good to be mentioned with those guys. I'm very appreciative.

It'll be two wounded teams playing. Anytime you go a long time without losing, you don't want to say you lose that hunger, but you can't take it for granted. This should refocus them and have that bitter taste of losing fresh in their minds.

It will be two wounded teams playing. Hopefully we took away some things we have to get better at. We have to keep shoring up things. Anytime you go a long time without losing, you don't want to take (winning) for granted. This should refocus us.