That’s why we’ve got him here, to step up in big games on the defensive end. He plays good help-side defense and does well jumping into the passing lanes. He’s grown up knowing that if...

I think everybody was excited and a little nervous with Robert out. But Tyler Smith did a great job coming in. What I like is that Tyler is a different kind of player than Robert,...

After Plano went up on us 5-2 we got hot and started hitting on all cylinders defensively and offensively. Of course Garrett was hot, and any time he is hot he hits a ton and...

We didn’t know it until (a reporter) told us. Thanks for the pressure.

Normally we make that big run and run off and hide, but Serena would have no part of that. Serena played hard and they have a lot of seniors who play with a lot of...

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There’s no doubt that since we walked off the court last year we’ve had the vision of getting back here.

He’s grown up all his life playing basketball with these guys. They’ve been very open in trying to help him and have kind of taken him under their wings.

I would never have dreamed that we would have dominated the schedule. I don’t think any of us talked about going undefeated. We talked about getting back to state. No. 1 for all the kids...

I hope I’m that active when I’m his age.

We’ve got the No. 1 ranking in the state, but everyone knows, especially in the northern half of the state, to win a state title, you have to beat Hales.

Defense has been our constant all season. Putting that pressure on teams helps us during the course of a game.

I think we were feeling the pressure down the stretch, but our guys hung in there. This vision started a long time ago. Maybe not 35-0, but being state champs. Being 35-0 is just some...

We came out with lots of energy. Everybody played well and it was tough for Reed-Custer to get good looks at the basket.

It’s been a very nice service. And it’s not greasy. They’re learning a little bit about nutrition.

We came out with a lot of energy and got off to a better start, which was what we wanted to do. We were worried coming in about Aurora Christian’s quickness, and our guys came...

We played better against Hinckley, but we’re still not at the level where we need to be. We’re still not as in sync both offensively and defensively, but we’re getting better. We have to find...

Even though we were strong depth-wise last year, we’re even stronger this year at all positions.

We’ve played seven games in eight or nine days with Christmas thrown in there. We are ready for a break.

The last two games, our guys off the bench have done a great job. We had guys come out tonight and you didn’t know it. The guys off the bench came in, played great defense...

Hales has such a big advantage over a lot of Class A schools. Being in the Chicago area, they get to play a lot of great competition and see what they need to improve on.

We will have a size advantage. I’ll tell you one thing, we had better be ready to stop Serena and step out to defend the three-point shot. We will definitely need to defend because Serena...

Well, I think these guys know it’s been a vision since we walked out of Peoria last year. That vision started last year the day after we got home — of starting to try that...

Winnebago is one of the top teams in the state. They could easily be undefeated and they have one of the best offensive players in the state. It will be a big challenge for us.

We’ve defeated Marquette twice. On both occasions, we played pretty aggressively on the defensive end. We need to continue that trend against Serena. It should be an interesting game.

Tyler has been one of the biggest promoters of Seth. It almost brings a tear to my eye just talking about it. He’s been like a big brother to him. I don’t have enough adjectives...

We came out with good intensity tonight. We were focused and ready to go.

We really didn’t get the game in our control until about three minutes to go in the game.

We didn’t know that until one of you guys told us. Our focus has been on first getting here, then on getting this one so that we’re playing two games on Saturday. If (being undefeated)...

He’s a good enough player that he’s going to get some points. You have to limit his touches and shut everyone else down. It’s all about hard work and getting after the ball, and that’s...

Reed-Custer did a good job of spreading the floor on us. We have seen virtually nothing but the spread offense for the last four games, but Reed-Custer did a good job of it.