John Thatcher Quotations

The reality is I think any body here can win the state tournament. Whoever has a hot weekend can win it. Nobody's got a gimme game.

He hurt his meniscus during football and he said he thinks it's the same thing. I thought we were in trouble. He's an awfully good player.

I wouldn't be surprised if they make it to the state tournament. I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

We didn't have a go-to guy in the second half. Gilder was tearing them up.

We were extremely focused coming out of the first quarter. Hopefully we come back and have the same mentality when we take the floor Thursday.

We mixed up our zone defenses and caused a lot of confusion. We went 1-2-2 to start off with, then went to a 2-3, then we went to a 1-3-1, then we went to man. And I think even when we were in man, they still thought we were in zone.

Bond is the ideal zone shooter. He struggles a little against man-to-man, but every time someone has played zone, he has done an excellent job hitting the 3-point shot. He is a senior and he understands what it is all about.

Even though we didn't shoot very well, we had great opportunities from the free throw line.

Offensively, other than one quarter against Kalispell, I don't think we put four great quarters together. But I feel good going into the tournament.

The one stable thing we have is our ability to play defense. That's kept us in games.

They probably have 10 good players. They can go to their bench and not hurt themselves.

I've got 12 kids on the bench and I'm not afraid of using them.

They did a great job of getting to the free-throw line, and of course my philosophy is hit your free throws and you win.

Great Falls is playing very well right now. We have to play well. We have to play smart.