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[QUOTE="bballbeadle, post: 2722778, member: 548"]
Since I know little about the actual play of basketball, I would like to comment on emotion. One of my strongest memories of the 2010 team was how much we liked our players. I mean, I “like” every team, but that team I loved. And of course, why wouldn’t I love them? They were successful, and it really seemed that they liked and trusted one another.

I got that same feeling from last year’s team when they played in the tournament. They were so happy to have been selected, so determined to prove their worth, and so applauding of their teammates’ efforts. I kept hearing the song, “I get knocked down, I get up again, ain’t no one gonna keep me down.” (Or whatever those lyrics are.) It seemed to me that not only were they devastated to lose, but they were so sad they were never going to play together again as that team.

And then Battle came back. And he’s good. And we know the team will accept his leadership. (If Bazely had come . . Hmmm) They are all BACK, and they have reinforcements. My biggest hope is that we will see these kids back each other up and enjoy playing together. Yes, I know we’ll have ups and downs, as all teams do, but if they can play together with the kind of heart they displayed in the tournament last year, I have high hopes.

We have THAT TEAM.
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