38 ordspråk av Lou Panzanaro
Lou Panzanaro
I've always said that who you play in December helps with so many things when it comes to getting to your final goal of winning the state title. We've learned so much about our weaknesses from this tournament.
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It only surprises me when he doesn't play well. Devon Beaufort would've started as a sophomore for many teams I've had in the past. The number of guards we have that are seniors with good ability has kind of kept Devon in that reserve role.
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Last year's team relied mostly on two kids (Randy Wilson and Rick Cadell), and this year it's been a building of a team, not just one person, right down to the end of the bench.
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Looking at all the people in that room and hearing them read all the accomplishments, it really started to click that this is something very special. I'm just so proud and honored to be selected for this.
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Most of them were role players. When this team is firing on all cylinders, I don't know if you can identify who the five starters are. They play so unselfishly. They all play together.
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Not even in practice do we shoot that well. Tonight we needed it and they did it.
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Our energy level was a bit low. Just before tip-off we hear all this fuss over at the entrance to gym and we look and Hilton is standing over there. He made a big splash with everybody in the stands. It just kind of energized our whole team.
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Our kids have to be driven by something. Something's got to push their button, and I think being down by 10 is what did it.
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People know what's coming. We just have to execute it.
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So everybody gets up to leave and Hilton?s still sitting there. He looked like he was in pain.
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That was huge. We were just getting people in the right position and we had switched defenses. But I thought switching the defense was important. They were taking some deep shots and we were hitting the boards and not letting them get second shots. I thought the rebounding was big in that quarter.
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That's an interesting proposition. Absolutely, I would love to see it. We're the little guys and maybe we don't belong there ... but I would love the challenge. They would have more pressure than we (would). I think it would create a lot of interest.
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That's been our trademark all year long. It's not always in the first quarter or in the first half, but usually by the fourth we've been able to turn things in our favor.
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That's our thing. The idea is not necessarily the turnovers, but just to make them work mentally and physically the entire game. We want to be the aggressor.
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They were phenomenal on the offensive boards, that got them second and third shots, and (Brutus) shot the lights out.
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