Tony Turina
Tony Turina
develop extra junior realized time
After the first scrimmage, I realized that they didn't need any extra time to develop on the junior varsity.
coming deserving good player recognized unknown
Jerome is a first-team all-leaguer. He's very deserving of the honor. To his credit, he wasn't an unknown coming in this season. Everyone has recognized how good a player he is.
best control four guys point shot tempo
I was comfortable with the guys that were out there because four of them had started at some point in the season. We had to control tempo and just take the best shot we could.
bigger boards build compared earlier hoping job playing recently tonight
We really banged the boards tonight and have done a much better job recently compared to earlier in the season. Everyone is playing much bigger and I?m hoping we can build on this and take it into the tournament.
capitalize crowd decided gave saw spark sure
We wanted to make sure the crowd saw them come in. We decided to capitalize on it. When they saw him, the place went into a frenzy. It gave us a spark and we went off from there.
depth production totally unusual
We've had depth before, but this is totally unusual to have this much production at different positions.
active ball best effort game great holy might minutes night offensive people played playing roles strength versus
We played a great game versus Holy Cross. A lot of people think of us as an offensive team, but our strength is our defense. Our effort the other night might have been the best it?s been this year. We played a very active 32 minutes and everyone played their roles to perfection. We?re playing our best ball of the season.
healthy ready top
We are healthy and ready at the right time. We are on top of our game.
best enjoyable knew leading looking practices season three
We had our best and most enjoyable three practices of the season leading up to this game. We knew if we had a lead after the quarter, there was no looking back.
advantage integral needed size
We needed to get back to basics. We needed to take advantage of our size. Our size is an integral part of our offense.
finish great playing season starting team together unselfish
It?s great to finish the season 16-4. This team is really starting to come together because they are playing hard, unselfish basketball.
capable jordan knew
We all knew what Jordan was capable of doing.
feels final four hungry last lost taste team
This team got to the semifinals last year. They got a taste of what it feels like to be in the final four (Torrington lost to Wethersfield 57-52 last season) but are hungry to go farther.
came focus kids later past talk tradition
It's 71 years later and they still come to the games. The kids have to know this and where they came from. We talk a lot about the past and focus on the tradition of the program.