Tim Pease Quotes (25 Quotes)

Do I wish somebody would have stepped in there and grabbed him before he got that shot off Absolutely. But at the same time, with so many offensive weapons out there, guys were reluctant to leave the shooters.

This was a great night for these kids. We told them (Saturday) morning that 15, 20 years from now, nobody's going to remember who they played or what their record was, but these guys are going to remember that they came here and played. Whenever we get the invitation, we won't turn it down.

We played as good a defense tonight as we have played in the last six or seven games, in my opinion, against a very potent offensive team.

We have got to get him touches at the basket. Everything we do has to start in his hands. Even when he's not scoring with a drop-step or a hook, people are collapsing on him and that's going to free up Brandon and Gabe for some jump-shot opportunities.

It was one of our goals to get to the 20-win mark and I was really happy for the boys that they were able to get that done. They worked real hard to achieve that.

It's hard to say good-bye to seniors who have picked your program up and put it on their shoulders and do it with the integrity and character that they did. Losing is losing, but I'd much rather keep these guys around.

Fool's gold. We knew we were in for a tussle, the way (the Spartans) can shoot it.

This last week of practice, we did what we could to get the fire burning and to make the boys hungry again. I think we saw some hunger tonight.

It's playoff time, you've got to do everything right, and free throws are a big part of it.

We really want to (put this behind us). We want to take care of business in our next two ballgames on our regular schedule. Then we have an opportunity with the regional here for our guys to play on their floor, and that's special.

I wasn't happy with the last four minutes of the game (for us). Give St. Charles North credit. They did a terrific job of putting their heads down and getting to the basket. We need to do a better job of taking away dribble drive penetration.

Batavia has the ability to come out of the gates and knock you out. They've served the knockout punch several times in the first quarter and teams haven't been able to counter.

This is one of those games, whoever had it last. And I wanted to have it last.

After the effort we gave, it makes it hard (after a game like this). It's hard to walk away with a loss when you give it your all, but we knew who we were playing. We respect them and we know they're a great offensive basketball team. We've got to get better.

Give Batavia credit they're ranked for a reason. They have five guys who have to be guarded, so you can't leave anybody to help out (on defense).

I think we lost the game midway through the second quarter. But I liked our second-half intensity. I thought we got back into the fight and we played with a lot of intensity. We played with a lot of passion and it mattered.

They have terrific quickness to the basket. All five guys can make baskets. You have to guard them all. We're going to have our hands full next game.

We wanted to chop up those last 16 seconds with some fouls. We felt Gabe (Landau) got one at the time line, but it wasn't called. So (Henderson) penetrated and got right down the lane.

That's when we're at our best, when five guys are playing defense, five guys are running and we're sharing the ball.

Every time I looked at the scoreboard even after a series of defensive stops we were always down by 10 points. Batavia just has so much depth, and they did an excellent job of keeping us at arm's length all night.

They had a terrific game plan spreading us out, slowing the game down and keeping us in the 50s. We had to win this game in a style that we've not had to do yet. The good thing was, we did.

You have to be able to make good plays on just about every possession. They don't get rattled. So many times this season they've knocked teams out in the first quarter. Teams have to work so hard to recover from that. By the time they do that, the game's over. Those are things we have to guard against. We've done an admirable job of that the first two times, but it wasn't enough, plain and simple.

(St. Charles North) had a terrific recipe for a comeback. They were in the bonus, we were fouling them and they were making their free throws. We knew they weren't going to go away, so to their credit, they came back like a house of fire.

The boys put so much time and energy and effort into that game. To have it not go your way, it does take some time to come back and try to pick up the pieces. We feel that we've done that to the best of our ability.

Coming into this season, I certainly thought that we were going to be relying on our seniors for both leadership and direction on and off the court. Every time I was trying to provide a push for them, they always responded and met the challenges we gave them.