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...
bit style together
We play a little bit of a different style than most teams. If we can get things together at the end, I think we can do pretty well.
coaching dame offensive team teams
I've been coaching 28 years, and with this team I never know what's going to happen. When we were up 21, I was sweating. Notre Dame is like us, inconsistent offensively. Teams get into offensive funks.
affect coming conference fifth finish finished fourth league middle positive teams tied
The teams coming into this league are really good, and that is a positive and a negative. They are going to affect the middle of the league. You will see a team finish fifth that will be 8-8 or 9-7 in the conference where before we finished tied for fourth and we were 10-6. That's a big difference.
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.
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.
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.
good kinds outside score ways
She can score all kinds of different ways - inside, outside - and she's a very, very good passer.
looked points scoreboard
I looked up at the scoreboard and we had 81 points and we were never in the game.
coached games
I feel like I coached about 50 games too many.
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.
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.