They always say the biggest hurdle is making sure that injury is battle-tested, putting yourself in a position where you are going to strain it. I've really pushed myself this week. If something fluky happens tomorrow, that's the way it is. I've been pushing and pushing and pushing to see how far I can push this injury to make sure it's good.
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This is a veteran group. They are pretty battle-tested and ready to go. Our kids have been pretty focused, and they've had the goal of winning the state championship since the beginning of the year. They've got to play well one more time.
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Our kids are aware of where these teams are ranked. But I think this team will show up and play. They are battle-tested.
We're battle-tested and have been through all kinds of experiences. We experienced the high of a very good start, then like most teams around the country, we hit a spot where we weren't playing as well. We've battled through that, and it's been a little up and down at the end.
They are a legit team. They played better, ran better and got the ball inside in the second half. We didn't make enough stops and didn't control our backboard. But we are a much more battle-tested team for the Division 3 tournament, which was the point of this tournament.
They're unbelievably battle-tested. You're not only going to have to play to the final minute against Notre Dame, you're going to have to play to the final second. Notre Dame's got the second most efficient offense in college basketball, right behind Duke, averaging 119 points on every 100 possessions.
He went out there and he battled. He was truly battle-tested for the whole game. And to me, it shows a sign of a true corner to have the mentality that he had to go out there and continue to play the whole game.
I'm getting older every week. It's not going to be an easy hill to climb, but I can assure you these guys are going to be battle-tested before it's all said and done - mentally and physically.
At this point, we've both seen it all and done it all. We are both battle-tested. In the past, Duke was better. We know we can beat them and we're just as good this year.
Our guys are tough. We've been battle-tested. We've had overtime games in the season, double-overtime games, so the close games really don't rattle us at this point.
We are not that disappointed. That's probably the best team we will play. I thought it was the ultimate road game, and we will be battle-tested for whomever we play (tomorrow).
I just know what kind of competition we go through, and I don't think it could be much better than that. Lower State has always been a dogfight, and it always helps you to be battle-tested.
Getting to the playoffs is tough. The sections are more balanced and it's getting harder and harder to make the playoffs. Any team that makes the playoffs has to be pretty good and they're all battle-tested to come through their sections.