Dan Watson Quotations

We've sort of came from nowhere this year. We were picked fifth in our conference (Olympic) and no one expected a lot out of us. We've had our seniors really step up and as far as the 14 individuals on our team, they've all contributed in some way.

Nauvoo's going to sag probably a little bit on us or run a little match-up or switch a lot. We're going to have to come out and make shots (today).

He makes a difference on both ends of the floor. You have to know where he's at.

He came out and made some shots against us. We've got to do a better job of guarding and a better job of finding people and we didn't do that tonight.

We talk about opportunities. And we have a great opportunity. ... You have to take advantage of your opportunities.

We made more plays down the stretch than Bushnell and that's all there is to it. It's a simple game. ... You've got to make baskets and you've got to make stops. In the fourth quarter, we got more stops than they did and that's what it's about.

He continues to get better every game. He's the type of kid that you look at him and you might not know what he can do. Then he'll come out there and make a great move. He's kind of an old-school type of player. He's nothing flashy. He just goes out there and gets the job done. On offensive rebounds, he's got a real nose for the ball and he finds it. He just does a nice job for us.

I thought we really kept our composure. That's kind of what we've done all year. When we have gotten down, our kids have kind of kept at and kept at.

I thought all in all, we did a pretty good job. We just have to continue to do what we do and play the way we play. ... If we do that, then we'll be successful.

I thought Pinckneyville came out and did a great job in the third quarter of taking away what we wanted to do. We always talk about the first three minutes of the second half is the most important part of the game. I just think we didn't match their intensity. ... And, I think Matt (Buren) getting in foul trouble in the third quarter really hurt us.

Overall, we are looking at $637,000 to have our revenues and expenditures balance. That $637,000 comes out to about 2 mills.

Our student section and our support have been great. Ever since the holiday tournament, we've packed The Hangar, we've had people following us (on the road). ... They've done a great job. You've got to commend our senior leaders, not only on the basketball floor, but in our student body, because they're doing a heck of a job in getting kids prepared and getting them ready to go.

Part of the major increase is in supplies because of the uniform cycle that we're in.

I think playing at Western will be a great advantage, just because of the familiarity to it.

We do mirror each other a lot. I don't think there's going to be a lot of mistakes. We're just going to have to come out and play good basketball.

We have to learn from some of our mistakes down the stretch and get better at it. We haven't played in a lot of close games lately. We kind of struggled a little bit. These games prepare you for the post-season. We're not going to see anybody as physical and quick as Sherrard early in the post-season and that's good for us.

We have a new committee for the Bristol Homecoming Festival, and this was our first year to organize it. All things considered, there seemed to be a lot of new life breathed into the event. The Bristol Homecoming Festival is one of the oldest festivals in Indiana, dating back to 1881. These are the kind of events we need to be successful at to help our hometown thrive. We need good ideas, the ability to communicate this to our neighbors, and community involvement to make this happened, which is one reason to network with business leaders in our town.

When you're open, that's the opportunity you get. We had a lot of open threes. ... a lot of open looks. If the right guys are shooting them, then we're OK.

The rate of inflation has caught up to us, and we need to catch up.

We've just got to continue to do what we're doing. You don't get to 25-1 then start changing things. We're going to stick with what we're doing and people scouting us are going to understand that's what we do and they're just going to have to stop that and beat that because we're not going to change.

We've got about four more games to finish that. I really think our kids believe and if you've got the belief and you've got the confidence, you're going to finish the job. We've got a ton of talent. Hopefully we can just finish the job.

We weren't going to let anyone else beat us. We knew Tisdale was going to get (his points). He's a very good player. ... I thought we did a great job of help defense and overall did just a great job on the defensive end.

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Defensively, I thought that was our best effort all year. When you deal with a kid like Mike Tisdale who's seven foot and can do a lot of different things, you need a total team effort. I thought our guards really got after it and we made it hard to get it into Mike. And when we did that, Matt (Buren) was there to at least contain.

You've got to respect Nauvoo. They came out and didn't back down. Coach Pinkston had them ready. But our kids came out and really finished what they needed to finish.

They don't want to score a lot of points. They want the game in the 40s. I told our kids that if we score 50, we should win.

They guard well and they've got a couple of big kids that we need to take out. They run a high-low offense to where we'll really have to pressure that top guy and push them out as far as we can push them.

It's a situation where they felt the pressure on them and they did some things that they don't normally do. We threw the ball away and we were just running around trying to recognize what (the Vikings) were in (defensively). It almost looked like they were very unprepared. Maybe we were a little bit.

It's a situation where I think we can be successful, but they are playing on their home floor. ... I think that will be an advantage to them. We'll just have to come out and play well. We just have to keep on doing what we're doing.

The object is only a million years old. If the planet formed within the million years that it took between star formation and when we're seeing it now, that probably makes it the youngest planet we have ever seen.

It's still a situation where we have something to take care of. We're going to try and do that.

It was a bit of a disappointment. We thought we could come away with a victory. It was close, though.

In the first quarter, I thought we came out with a lot of intensity. I thought we moved the ball and got some open shots.

He battles and he does a lot of nice things. He's a joy to coach. I'm glad I have him for a couple of more years.

This has been something that's been I've been dwelling on for a year. Did I think we'd be 28-1 here? No. I thought we could've been 17-12 here. We're happy for where we're at, and hopefully we can continue to finish the job.

This is a great game, but if you play with a lot of confidence, it's there. We've had bad starts and we've had bad runs, but you don't see panic in one of these kids' eyes. They believe it, they know it, they know they're going to win. That's the thought process that they have.