Harry Perretta
Harry Perretta
Harry Perretta is the head coach of the women's basketball team at Villanova University. When he was hired in 1978 at the age of 22, he became the youngest coach to ever head a women's varsity program at Villanova...
dark eight felt horses improved league middle powerful seven teams
In this league, this year, you have seven or eight dark horses. I felt the new teams would make the middle of our league much more powerful than ever before, and I think that's been proven. That's where it has improved our league. It's not top-heavy.
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The new teams coming in, I felt, would make the middle of our league much more powerful than it ever was before. And I think that's been proven this year. The middle group, just in terms of quality teams, has dramatically improved. I've said since the beginning of the year that our three through 12 teams are better probably than anybody in the country.
plays though
It?s a big deal. Even though he plays it down, it?s a big deal.
bad good league middle
The middle part of the league now is going to be so competitive. It is a bad thing record-wise, but it is a good thing for RPI.
changes forced game press push rush second tempo
Their press forced us to rush in the second half. It changes the whole game when they are able to press and push the tempo on offense.
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I thought coming into the game that we would have trouble guarding them off the dribble because they were just too fast for us. And we did, so we tried to play some zone and they shot the ball well from the perimeter, so we got caught between a rock and a hard place. Once we lose the lead and have to play fast it is very difficult for us to win. We don?t score the ball at a high level.
bit style together
We play a little bit of a different style than most teams. If we can get things together at the end, I think we can do pretty well.
came hard playing seven stopped taught truth
You came out hard and then you stopped playing after seven minutes. You?re taught to tell the truth here.
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Obviously, Connecticut and Rutgers are still the two best teams, but I think after that, everybody has played well enough that on a given day they can beat somebody. I think you have a lot of teams that have a chance to win if they get on a hot streak over the next four days.
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Obviously, Connecticut and Rutgers are still the best teams but the middle group has dramatically improved. Our three through 12 are better than anyone's in the country.
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If we play as good as we can play and they play as good as they can play, we can't beat them. We have to play extremely well and them not as well.