I think North Dakota will be coming out hard. They have nothing to lose ... we know we can't let down at all because they beat the University of Minnesota-Duluth the other weekend. So we'll need to bring our A-game.
Quotes about a-game (16 Quotes)
When I say to our team to make sure everyone's on their A-game, it's really to be focused, and do the hard things. It's really about stealing a possession here or there because you're on that loose ball, or making sure we don't give that extra turnover because we need that extra possession that we didn't get with a rebound.
We know we are in for some tough competition. But, today we showed that if we play our A'-game, we can compete with anybody.
We started out strong. Then we hit a rough streak. We had some guys injured. Being a Division 2 conference, you have to bring your 'A-game' every night.
They weren't going to stop. They're going to keep coming at you. Once league starts, you have to bring your A-game every time out because on any given night you can get beat. We have a tough league, because everyone fights, and they fought us to the end.
It really has been like that for us. We're just going. Anything can happen. We're hot, and for us to lose, I think someone is going to have to have their A-game. Our players have the confidence and they are expecting to win.
The other night (in a win over Meridian on Monday), it was Jeremy Holder (23 points, 10 rebounds). We just can't get everybody to bring their A-game every night. Fortunately, somebody comes to play every night.
We're getting there. We still haven't had a night where everyone is playing their total A-game. But that's OK. I'm hoping that happens next weekend.
By limiting your losses to 30 big bets, you are effectively minimizing the time you spend playing with a poor table image, playing passively, or steaming at the table and maximizing the amount of time you spend playing your A-game. If you don't go beyond 30 big bets, you won't dump off large sums when you are playing poorly or are in a bad game. Loss limiting acts as an objective stop-gap.
We feel we can play with any team in the country. We just need to bring our A-game.
We didn't bring what you call the 'A-game' today, ... I thought we were pretty average all over.
That's not unexpected coming from Matt. He didn't truly have his A-game. He said after the game that his arm was a little soar, but he was able to work the ball well in and out, and he allowed the defense to make plays.
They just didn't have their A-game tonight, we can't go up there and expect them to play like that. But, to our credit, we went out there and swung the bats. I really liked what we did offensively.
We're going to find out where we measure up. We feel like we've worked hard this year. We think if we get a chance to be in the game, we'll make things happen. That's what we are looking to do. We know they're going to bring their A-game and we're going to bring our A-game, and we'll see who the better dog is.
We know they're considered to be basically the best D-III team in the section even thought they're not the No. 1 seed. It's an opportunity for our kids to go out and prove that they can play with anybody. We feel like when we bring our A-game, that we can step on the court and we can be competitive with anybody we play against.
Randy pitched unbelievably today and unfortunately we came out on the short end of the stick. He had his A-game today and it was unfortunate we had to face that today.