We're just happy to be in the semifinals, and we're happy to be meeting Connellsville. The 1995 team had a lot of balance, and I would compare other teams to that one. These guys can be mentioned in the same breath as that team.
Quotes about semifinals (16 Quotes)
Congratulations, you've made it to the final eight. I'm not looking at a state championship. I just want to get to the final four. If you get to the semifinals in high school basketball, you've accomplished something.
I think maybe that loss to Candor (in the IAC semifinals) was good for us. Now we've got to make two more small steps to get the crown.
We're happy to be in the tournament, but we've been expecting it for a while. Right now I've got a lot of attitude after losing to Shaw 61-53 in Friday's semifinals of the CIAA Tournament. I didn't like losing to them again.
It's a good win, especially after we had a tough defeat (in the Feb. 21 semifinals) against Larkin. We wanted to play for a championship, but we'll take third place. Elgin has been playing great basketball, but we just found a way to win.
I'm sure we've both thought of that, but we can't look ahead. We've lost to Rapids in the semifinals the past two years. If we meet them this year it will be for some hardware and that would be great.
We'll make sure to take care of our business. I think we're a lot better. We're more diverse and a lot more experienced. Just about everybody here went through that loss last year (in overtime to Minnesota in the semifinals). We're going in with a chip on our shoulders.
I don't think we were ready to play on Wednesday (SLC semifinals). The emotion of the moment wouldn't allow it. We were ready tonight. We just came out and played great basketball.
We were answering everything they threw at us. We are an extremely young basketball team. ... We came close. We have never been here (to the county semifinals) before, and now we know exactly what it takes.
It's great for our state to have Indiana and Purdue in the semifinals. We're playing a great basketball team. They've got a tremendous history.
I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.
I think in 1991, when Jimmy got to the semifinals, it was just incredible all of the people coming out.
We've been wrestling tough all year, and this was one of our goals on our list. It was just exciting to see them get to the semifinals and step it up. We really represented. The whole town of Greeley just did awesome. There were a lot of tough teams here.
Last year's loss in the semifinals was definitely a heartbreaker. We know what we are capable of. We need to come out and work hard.
They've always supported me. My brother has bought me cleats. My mom missed a day of work for the state semifinals. At Yavapai, it will be different. But I know they'll still support me.
Yet in the playoffs Garnett showed he could take over a game when his team needed it most. No one is ripping him anymore after his decisive performance against the Kings in Game7 of the Western Conference semifinals 32 points, 21 boards, five blocks and four steals in 46 minutes. He poured in 13 straight fourth-quarter points, including a buzzer-beating three that put Minnesota up 77-70 with 339 to go. There was a ton of pressure, ... but he had an amazing calm about him.