Leonard Perry
Leonard Perry
Leonard Perrywas named the associate head coach at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California for the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team on April 25, 2016...
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He's a talented kid. He personifies what our program is all about. He's tough. He plays hard. He got his degree in 31/2 years. He's completing a second major. Great kid. He keeps us going through the kind of adversity we've had.
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We were sluggish in the first half. And it really cost us.
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I've put absolutely no thought into it. I've just focused on coaching this team and that's all I'm focused on trying to get some momentum into this team going into the tournament.
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I've pretty much known that you can't win four games and expect to keep your job. You have to win. I understand that. ... We made changes I thought we needed to make. In no way, shape or form am I upset or mad. ... Change is inevitable.
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I didn't know it was 37-0. It felt like 50-0.
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I hope they go all the way. I hope they get two wins, maybe more. I like their team. I think they are really talented. They execute, they are smart, they know how to play.
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In the last five or six games, we've been playing our best basketball in this league. I'm really proud of how our kids have stayed together and gotten better in the course of a very difficult year.
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When Karl and Lane get in a groove, they are difficult to stop once they become comfortable. And we had some problems on the defensive end that cost us.
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It was difficult for us to get a stop, and we couldn't score any shots. ... We did not play well, but give Utah State all the credit. We had a bad game.
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It's a young club. We're young and inexperienced. That's a bad combination for teams with our schedule and who were playing the rest of the year. The kids have hung in there. They're in great spirit. They're quite resilient.
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It's a good team. They have a great bunch of guys as far as talent and athletic ability and they bring it to the floor every night. We have to compete, show up, give ourselves a chance.
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It's a fun place to play, but the outcomes usually aren't so fun for opponents.
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I've been playing Coach Morrill for a long time now. His teams are skilled and very discipline and they execute almost as well as anybody in America year in and year out.
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The biggest thing is we are going to have to execute offensively. We've been doing a much better job of late of not going on very long starvation periods of not getting a basket.