Terry Becker Quotations

We started off a little sluggish, maybe a little tentative, a little tight. It was good for us to get into a couple different sets defensively to get a little more aggressive and make some plays.

I saw his eyes light up when he walked into the gym here. He's going to be looking for great things and that just puts a little juice in his step, getting ready to play in this building again.

When I think about Michael and his impact, I think about how he made things easy for everyone else. He made everyone better. He wasn't just a scorer. What made him special was also his defense, ball handling and passing.

We realize that when you get to the state tournament you're going to have a tough match-up every game. At least this is a team we're familiar with, having played them three times already this season.

A year ago, these guys were a long ways from being a good basketball team. But the great thing about them is that they worked hard and they listened and they learned.

The way they played it, they kind of spread it out and then they kind of packed it in on our main guy inside. Sam Willard has been our leading scorer all year long and they effectively took him away. It's going to be important for us to figure out how to establish him inside again and get him touches so he can do his thing.

It was a tough season for him with injuries at three different times of the season. But it was a testament that he was able to bounce back like that.

The big key for us is getting the ball inside offensively to our big post players. That's going to be a real big key. I'm sure Mitchell will try some different things to try and take some of that away from us.