Lou Panzanaro
Lou Panzanaro
Lou Panzanaro is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the Peekskill High School boys basketball team. He has coached current National Basketball Associationplayers. Among them are center Hilton Armstrong, and NBA all-star Elton Brand. He is a member of the New York Basketball Hall of Fame...
december final goal helps learned state weaknesses winning
I've always said that who you play in December helps with so many things when it comes to getting to your final goal of winning the state title. We've learned so much about our weaknesses from this tournament.
compared forget year
This year can not be compared to any other. I'll never forget this courageous, dysfunctional and record-setting team.
baby coach days graduate home playing sure upset worried
We weren't sure he would graduate on some days when he was a junior. I was worried he'd come back home if he got upset with his playing time. Coach Calhoun wasn't going to baby him.
genuine
(Brand is) just so genuine there's no put-on.
board challenged game run
We put two things on the board before the game run and rebound. Those two things go together, and we challenged them.
felt good late nine practicing school seem time
I don't know what time they usually get up, but I felt it would be a good thing. After practicing and then getting to school at eight, by the time nine o'clock comes, it should seem like a late time.
building kids last mostly rick team wilson year
Last year's team relied mostly on two kids (Randy Wilson and Rick Cadell), and this year it's been a building of a team, not just one person, right down to the end of the bench.
execute people
People know what's coming. We just have to execute it.
boards deep defense hitting letting people position second shots switched switching taking
That was huge. We were just getting people in the right position and we had switched defenses. But I thought switching the defense was important. They were taking some deep shots and we were hitting the boards and not letting them get second shots. I thought the rebounding was big in that quarter.
fourth quarter trademark turn year
That's been our trademark all year long. It's not always in the first quarter or in the first half, but usually by the fourth we've been able to turn things in our favor.
ball happy passing played proud second stopped struggling
I was proud of how we played in the first half. But I am not happy about that second half. We got tentative and we got lackadaisical with the basketball, and we stopped attacking. That's been our problem. When we're struggling offensively, it's because we're not passing the ball well.
click hearing honored looking people proud room selected
Looking at all the people in that room and hearing them read all the accomplishments, it really started to click that this is something very special. I'm just so proud and honored to be selected for this.
driven kids push
Our kids have to be driven by something. Something's got to push their button, and I think being down by 10 is what did it.
coach elton year
I thought about my first year with Coach (John) Moro, the Elton (Brand) years, the first sectional championship. I went back through the whole career.