College Basketball
Mike Apple: It's a life changing event so I'm happy for them
Mike Apple: It's a life changing event so I'm happy for them
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Mike Apple: It's a life changing event so I'm happy for them
as we were traveling to the GM player quarterfinal game that there was gonna be a coaches meeting in the hospitality room at one o'clock about the status of the tournament And obviously at that point time my mind's thinking that Okay we're gonna get canceled So we get called in there and the first thing that in J C A director tells us is that guys you're gonna play today and we're going to scale down the tournament we're gonna play only the semifinals and finals and we're going to both of those on Friday So it was a relief that we were going to get to play And then the idea of playing two games in one day was was something that college basketball things don't do So that was that was gonna be a challenge to But we were really happy I was very happy that we were gonna play a game Why Why do you think this group of yours made it all the way You've already have won national title under your belt Why did this group get you there again Oh gosh Uh these guys were relentless They were an excellent defensive team from day one We got very good offensively The biggest thing about these guys they just did not want to lose a basketball game They had to battle in all three of the games in Minnesota We were behind it in the second half in all three games and battled back Just just a great commitment to win basketball games Everybody else will have an asterisk next to the 2019 2020 season You guys will have a national title Onley team How does that feel Well I mean obviously we feel very fortunate and at the same time we feel bad because you know I've been a basketball coach a long time high school and in college And you know the ultimate goal is to win a state championship for a national championship And you know we got that this year and so many teams were so close to getting there and a cop feeling that go and they didn't quite do it So I feel bad for those Those folks I've got a lot of friends that had teams that were right there on the edge on the verge of doing it and didn't get a chance to it so it's It's a mixed feeling But again I'm so excited for my guys It's it's a It's a big deal to do something like this for those guys It's a life changing events I'm happy speaking of your team like this isn't this is a junior community college you know just to see these guys make it this far and the looks on their face as a coach How does that feel It's just it never gets old We had two guys that had never flown in an airplane prior to us going in Minnesota this year Last year we had a chance to go by Minnesota's well and we had about six guys there that it never airplane Uh this is a is a doorway that it has opened for them that will really have an impact on them for the rest of the life