Jeff Ackerman Quotes


You look at them (Laurel Highlands) and I think this may be the furthest they've gone. I look up and down my bench and see a lot of guys who have had gold medals around their necks. That's a big advantage in a game like this. - Jeff Ackermann


We weren't happy being up two at halftime. I wasn't happy with our ball pressure in the first quarter and I really wanted them to pressure the ball and, in the second half, they picked it up. - Jeff Ackermann


We were reading the paper and it was naming the schools that have done it. I told the guys, 'When you can count them on one hand, you know you're truly approaching greatness. - Jeff Ackermann


We went into the game with the plan to pressure their guards as much as anyone we played all year. We did that, and then on offense, our size took over. We got an eight-point lead and got into our half-court stuff and ran our offense through our big guys. - Jeff Ackermann


We use our bench to help impose our will. - Jeff Ackermann


We rebounded well on the defensive end and we pushed the ball. - Jeff Ackermann


We knew they were big, but we wanted to press them the entire game. Even if we got beat a few times, we were going to press. We missed a few shots early, but then they started to fall for us. - Jeff Ackermann


We knew they were big and they had a lot of girth to them, so we wanted to try to wear them out the best we could. Our guys knew we were going to press the whole game, we weren't going to ease up and, if they scored on it, we were fine with that because we wanted to get an up-tempo game as much as we could. - Jeff Ackermann


We had to look ourselves in the mirror after that one. And we had to regroup after that loss. - Jeff Ackermann


We erred on the side of caution and waited until we were certain he was OK before we put him back in. You can see he makes a difference. He's going to be a potential Division I kid someday. - Jeff Ackerman


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