Craig Brehon Quotations

We both decided not to eat there anymore. We'd make decisions together like that.

We're in the third phase of our season now. We don't want to feel like we felt last year when we went home on an early exit.

Obviously those guys are going to be tough to replace. But we lost three talented guards last year and had guys step up this year. We'll still be tenacious defensively, and I'm sure we'll have guys step up again next season.

If they lose the game, they run a lot of sprints. Most of the time they come back and win. It's an intensity thing for our first group.

I always knew that he was ready to head up his own team.

To finish this stretch 25-0 is remarkable. They showed a lot of character out there, and we'll build on this.

He was our best on-the-ball defender last year, but he was not the consistent offensive player he is now.

Lady luck was obviously on our side tonight. I don't expect to get into the regional and blow anyone out. You've just got to play hard and give it your best shot. The team who swings the hardest is going to win.

I think that we'll surprise people who think that we'll be down. We'll be a step ahead of the curb more than people think.

I said when we see him, we'll take it to him just like anyone else. He laughed it off, but he's a competitor like I am. We don't get caught up in the hype of it. I know that I'm going to give my best effort every time I'm on that sideline and he will too.

Terry has played very well all season for us. He's playing like a senior should. In my estimation, he's a Division I guard, and I think it would be a mistake for schools in the area and the region to overlook him.

We've got to defend better. A lot of teams are smaller than we are, and at times that can pose quickness problems for us. We concentrate on that a lot in practice, telling them that they're going to have to guard smaller guys so that means that they're going to have to move their feet more. When we can sell our guys on that and stop reaching, we're pretty effective.

We just want to expose the kids to what took place in the past, show them how fortunate they are to have the opportunities to participate in sports, so they can have a better perspective of the challenges those athletes faced in those times.

We were overall the better team. But we didn't put them away when we had the opportunity to. It turned out to be a game of survival when they closed the gap on a 15-point lead down to three.

We showed so much character this tournament, and it'll help even more later in the season. Rallying back Friday night (for a 49-48 victory over Booker T. Washington) and then coming back like this tonight will help us in the district.

We had players step up, and that's what it's all about. At this point, players have to step up and do what they have to do to help the team advance.

These days shooting has become a lost art. Kids are looking to make the spectacular pass, the handles and the dunk. Statistically throughout the college and pro games, the percentages are down.

As good as we were (Thursday) night percentage-wise, tonight our foul shooting nearly brought us down. Our guards turned things up in the fourth, and once we hit a couple 3-pointers, we finally started playing Bethel basketball.

They have been tremendous this year for us. Their confidence level is extremely high, and as they continue, it will force teams to play the tempo that we want to play.

They pressure the ball so well and get into the passing lanes so quickly. Hampton did a great job disrupting our sets and getting us out of rhythm.

It was good to see Terry shoot it like that. That's Terry being his usual self. It was good because I didn't have to yell.

They were the first team to do that in a while.

I like to keep up with his progress. I am rooting for them every game that they're not playing us. I've got to.

I guess you could say it's kind of like being in jail.

He's an example for all kids as to what can happen through hard work. He's a kid who has played himself to a scholarship this year.

I could see how people would think 'rebuilding year' for us. But we've got a good group coming back.

You've got to give Phoebus credit. When you don't see those types of schemes, it takes some time to get used to, but we adjusted well as the game progressed.