Brad Podevels Hard Quotations

Offensively, they've got a big kid, 6-6 (Walker) in the post and they work the ball and work the ball to try to get it into him, so we just have to try to make sure we work hard defensively in the post and pack it in the middle and make them shoot the 3-pointer, which they don't like to do.

We talked about a week ago that there are things we need to improve on. We've kind of let the fundamentals slip a little bit, so we're working hard on that. We're just trying to stay focussed game to game. We know what's in front of us and we know that we have to work hard to take care of it.

He really deserves it. He really worked hard all summer long and all winter long. He's a great kid, both as a student and as a player, and I'm real proud of him.

We had them just where we wanted them. We wanted them running and wanted to get them in that game. They were able to catch some wind (with the timeouts) and that's what kind of slowed us down. We just dug too deep a hole and it was just too hard to get out of.

His dad and him, all summer long, are in the gym two or three times a week working on his game. He stays after practice a good half hour to 45 minutes just on his shooting drills alone. He's a kid that's self-motivated, he works hard and everything that's happened for him right now, he deserves. He's worked hard for it.