Joe Katich Quotations

You can't blame it on any one player. It was a team effort for a loss. I don't think we've played any worse.

We leave David close to the paint and let the other guys gamble a bit defensively. Usually, he'll deter enough shots underneath to make a difference down there.

We set the game of basketball back 100 years tonight. We got guys doing one-on-one's. Urbandale played like a team tonight. We certainly didn't do what I taught them to do.

He gave us a lift. He was huge for us last year, and when he hit those shots, he looked like that player we had last year.

The second half we decided just to let it all out and run up and down the floor. Trying to match them basket for basket - we did it, but the problem was we had an eight-point deficit at halftime.

This is the only place we've had trouble at all year. Unfortunately, we had to win a big game on their floor and we just couldn't get it.

We are taking baby steps. . . . It has been hard to get their confidence back. We were a damaged team after last Friday night and we needed to get our feet back under us. It wasn't pretty tonight, but Southeast Polk will make you play a game that is slow and rugged, and I thought we responded pretty well in the second half.

The better team won. Johnston put forth a great effort on our home floor. I was disappointed we came out in the first quarter and didn't play the defense I expected us to play, but hats off to Johnston. I thought a number of their kids really played their roles well.

There are a lot of heavy hearts in the locker room, but they gave me what they had. It wasn't a lack of effort.

The first half was just a complete reversal of the last time we played them. I thought last time was a fluke in terms of how we played, but our kids have really improved.