Grant McCasland
Grant McCasland
blessed fortunate guys reason
We're just fortunate and blessed to have an opportunity. The reason why we're there is because the guys play in to what we do and they play hard.
grow hopefully prepared team
We can still grow and get better. I feel like our team will get better over conference. Hopefully we're prepared enough to not take any lumps early.
beat came credit second talked team throw
The only thing I talked to the team about was to throw this one out. That wasn't us in the second half. You have to give (the Hawks) a lot of credit because they just came in here and beat us.
background basket brooklyn far growing helped regional successful team tough
He comes from a really tough background as far as growing up in Brooklyn and he's helped really helped our team by being someone who can go and get a tough basket or a rebound. We're going to need him to be successful at the regional tournament.
anytime hold team
Anytime you hold a team to 42 points, you have to be pleased.
assistant best coach college country credit great hard junior owe
I owe him all the credit for what we've done here. He's an exceptional coach and he's got a great opportunity. I want everyone to know that I think he was the best junior college assistant coach in the country and I appreciated all of his hard work.
basketball coach compliment extension good greatest player point
Not only was he a good basketball player but he was a coach on the floor. That's the greatest compliment you can give a point guard. He was the extension of what I wanted and a lot of times I didn't even have to tell him what to do on the court.
games hard love night team tough win
I love they way (the Wranglers) guard. They made it hard on us all night long. They're a tough team and they're going to win some games in this conference. They're not done.
behind came hit loose needed played shot time
Every time they needed to hit a shot, they hit a shot and every time they needed to come up with a loose ball, they came up with a loose ball. We just played from behind the whole game.
beating challenge hope team year
Every year there's always going to be some team that you have a challenge beating them. This year was Howard. We hope other years that's the exception.
best class excited far group guys returning since
If those guys return, that should probably be the best group we've had as far as a returning class since I've been here. That should get us more excited about the future.
coach immediate level opportunity trust
He had a lot of trust in coach Linder, and in that level he can have an opportunity to have an immediate impact.
affected created forward half maybe played positions power room year
It affected us a lot especially in the first half where maybe we could have created some room between us and them. I also played (Smith) in one of the power forward positions which I haven't done all year long and it kind of got us out of rhythm.
basket best compliment extra extremely hard hitting plays takes tough whatever whether
He's a big-time motor. He's a tough winner. He plays extremely hard all the time. The best compliment I could give him is that he does whatever it takes to win, whether it's making the extra pass, hitting a big basket or getting the tough rebound.