Harry Perretta
Harry Perretta
Harry Perretta is the head coach of the women's basketball team at Villanova University. When he was hired in 1978 at the age of 22, he became the youngest coach to ever head a women's varsity program at Villanova...
came hard playing seven stopped taught truth
You came out hard and then you stopped playing after seven minutes. You?re taught to tell the truth here.
ball created goes joe shot
When you play well everything goes your way. When she shot the ball I said to (assistant coach) Joe (Mullaney) that it was going to go in. You can say it was a little luck, but when you play well, things go your way. They created that.
bit deep kids offense running telling wear
We were telling our kids to keep running the offense and to try to wear them out a bit because they don't really have a deep bench.
ball concern confuse floor good hope pound spread
We're never a good rebounding team, and that doesn't concern me. We try and spread the floor as much as we can because we're not that athletic. We can't pound the ball down your throat, but we hope to confuse you a little.
last looked points remember scoreboard time tribute
I don?t remember the last time that happened. I looked up at the scoreboard and we had 81 points and were never in the game. That is a tribute to how well they played.
last played plus problems turn
We've played well the last two games. But we don't see defenses like we'll see at Rutgers. We always have problems getting shots, and they turn us over more than most because of their quickness. Plus it's up there. It's going to be difficult.
looked points scoreboard
I looked up at the scoreboard and we had 81 points and we were never in the game.
good kinds outside score ways
She can score all kinds of different ways - inside, outside - and she's a very, very good passer.
beat best chance everybody four given hot next played streak teams win
Obviously, Connecticut and Rutgers are still the two best teams, but I think after that, everybody has played well enough that on a given day they can beat somebody. I think you have a lot of teams that have a chance to win if they get on a hot streak over the next four days.
best group middle teams three
Obviously, Connecticut and Rutgers are still the best teams but the middle group has dramatically improved. Our three through 12 are better than anyone's in the country.
ball caught coming difficult dribble fast game hard high lead lose rock score shot tried trouble zone
I thought coming into the game that we would have trouble guarding them off the dribble because they were just too fast for us. And we did, so we tried to play some zone and they shot the ball well from the perimeter, so we got caught between a rock and a hard place. Once we lose the lead and have to play fast it is very difficult for us to win. We don?t score the ball at a high level.
coached games
I feel like I coached about 50 games too many.
beat extremely good
If we play as good as we can play and they play as good as they can play, we can't beat them. We have to play extremely well and them not as well.
best breathing dame games gave last played together winning
We feel a lot better after winning yesterday. The win at Notre Dame gave us breathing room. The last two games we have put together our best basketball. At Notre Dame, we played very well for 30 of 45 minutes. Yesterday, we played well for 36 out of 40 minutes.