Tom Pecora
Tom Pecora
Tom Pecorais an American college basketball coach and most recently the head men's basketball coach at Fordham University. Born in Queens Village, New York, he graduated from Adelphi University in 1983...
home kept night opportunity playing rest road saying senior thrilled
I kept saying that this has to be our Senior Night on the road because after this, we're playing home the rest of the way. I'm thrilled that they will have an opportunity to play again.
happens hoping next night playing total
We're getting there. We still haven't had a night where everyone is playing their total A-game. But that's OK. I'm hoping that happens next weekend.
explain process
I need someone to explain this process to me.
against along fact happy issue point starting year
I'm happy that we're a multiple-bid league, but I don't know what more we could have done this year against Mason. I thought head-to-head would be more of an issue along with the fact that they will play without their starting point guard.
fond foul found incredibly issues small zone
It was a hard-fought game, as we thought it would be. We had some issues with foul trouble, so we had to go small for a while and we had to play zone (defense), which I'm not incredibly fond of. But we found a way to win.
double gotten great handling smith
Smith has gotten so much better at handling double teams. He's just a great player. We got a little lucky.
anyone chase good half instead seen since
That's as good a first half as I've ever seen anyone play since I've been at Hofstra. It's good to have them chase you, instead of the other way around.
deserve last ncaa
They deserve to be in the NCAA tournament. Like I said last night, I think we belong, too.
against falling hit spots sweet thrown
They've thrown that at us before. You have to hit your sweet spots against the zone, but nothing was falling for us.
knock ourselves proud
We had to go to the rope-a-dope a while, kind of get ourselves back in the fight, but they didn't knock us out, and I'm proud of that.
year
This was a building-block year for us. We can only get better from here.
chance game happen playing ready thursday win worst
We're disappointed. But it isn't the worst thing that will happen to us in our lives. We still have a chance to keep playing and we're going to get ready for our NIT game on Thursday and try to do everything we can do to win that tournament.
guess seen
I've never seen him do that. That's when I said I guess this isn't our night.
four knock paint zone
They showed us a match-up zone with four out, that's what they did. We were able to get to paint on it but couldn't knock down the shots.