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...
becoming gradually great program solid team
This was a great team win. We are gradually becoming a solid program for our level.
chance city conference game great huge last means seniors temple win
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.
chance good great team
I thought it was a great challenge, a great chance to see where we are. That's a good team they have over there.
beat came eight extremely guys hard lying
Give Duquesne credit. They only had eight scholarship guys and they came out extremely hard and they beat us. It wasn't like we were lying down.
accurate credit offense ran running saint second sustain
Give credit to Saint Joseph's for running its offense so well in the second half. I wouldn't say (our players) ran out of gas; I think it's more accurate to say we weren't able to sustain our intensity.
chance nine turn win
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.
focused games hit intense physical practices tend
We've hit a wall. I don't know if it's physical or mental. I tend to think it's more mental. We're not as focused or as intense in practices or in games as we were earlier.
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.
shows steps tonight
Tonight shows we have more steps to go. But we competed.
against ball best environment extremely fans great invested passed people phenomenal seniors shows sweat zones
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.
minutes points second
(St. Francis) scored (12) points in the first 17 minutes of the second half.
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.
atmosphere basketball complex far la peers penn positive pride prominent seeing
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.