John Giannini
John Giannini
John Manfredo Gianniniis an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the La Salle University men's basketball team...
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The atmosphere is far most positive because of the results. La Salle has an unbelievable basketball tradition. Our other peers in the city, St. Joe's, Temple, Penn and Villanova, have consistently been strong. We've had an inferiority complex with seeing our peers being in the postseason every year. There's really been a resurgence of pride that La Salle can get back to where we were in the past, which is a prominent program.
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These guys have been through far, far worse. Most of these guys were on the 20-loss team from a couple years ago; last year we were on a seven-game losing streak. They've seen it all.
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(St. Francis) scored (12) points in the first 17 minutes of the second half.
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It was a great game, a great environment for our fans and for our community. Our seniors are phenomenal people who have invested their blood, sweat and tears. Then, we also passed the ball extremely well against one of the best zones in America, which shows progress.
doubling great job
They did a great job doubling Steve. But we had a lot of contributions.
huge offensive solid
They are huge for us. We don't have a lot of offensive firepower. Jermaine and Darnell are solid guards, and we are much better when they are able to make their shots.
shows steps tonight
Tonight shows we have more steps to go. But we competed.
close game mark next serious win
We'll have to come close to that 20-win mark to get a serious at-large consideration. We have to win this next game and the one after that. I don't think it's unrealistic, but I think we're a long way from that.
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They were guarded on every shot (in the first half). That was not an accident. That was not them just being cold. In the second half, we weren't able to sustain that level of effort. They really stayed with their offense. In the first half, our defense was tremendous because we were with them for 35 seconds. In the second half, they stuck with what they did. When we broke down, they did make their open shots.
defense reasons
Defense and rebounding are the reasons we are more competitive this year. We're a better team.
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The Temple win was a great win for us. It was a huge conference game, and it was a Big 5 game. In Philadelphia, that means a lot to our alumni. To have our seniors get a win in their last chance in a city game is a huge thing.
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If we didn't turn it over, we probably would have had a chance to win the game. But 19 turnovers to nine is an awfully big discrepancy to overcome.
fought hard means resilient
It means so much to the seniors. They've had some hard times, but they're resilient and they never quit. They always fought hard.
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They turned up the defensive pressure and it revealed a lack of skill on our part.