Steve Bartos Quotations

He really figured how strong he is and to play with a little more reckless abandon.

Our offense should be better than that at this point of the season. We took bad shots, we made bad decisions, we didn't have any faith in people getting open. We have to do something more productive with the basketball.

It's great for them and certainly for the seniors. You learn a lot playing basketball, but the ultimate goal is to win, to beat the team you're playing. It's nice to do it sometimes. We kind of forgot how it feels.

It would be real easy for them to feel sorry for themselves and they haven't. To the kids' credit, they don't quit. We told them it's going to get even more difficult. All you can do is go out and respect the game, keep working hard, no matter who you're playing.

(Stanley) was banging and finishing against a kid (Hill) who's as good as they get in the conference.

This was a great game for us to play going into sectionals.

That could've been our worst half of offense of the year and it's a one-point game. We prepared for in-your-face, man-to-man pressure, and we still played like we were down 20. We were too jumpy. We didn't have any calming influence on offense.

We were prepared for it all. But it takes a little more effort than going against your JV squad.

We had a lot of turnovers on the perimeter, which led to odd-man advantages.

This late, in what has been an incredibly frustrating and disappointing season, they still believe that good things will happen when they play well. Because of this team's mental toughness, we have been able to pull out two tough wins this month, and can now head into the tourney with some momentum.