Joe DeSantis
Joe DeSantis
Joe DeSantisis the color commentator for the radio and TV broadcasts of Fairfield Stags men's basketball and is a member of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the second longest tenured head men's basketball coach at Quinnipiac University...
battle gave good phenomenal played promised runs tape team tomorrow watch
We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I promised my team that when I watch the tape tomorrow I won't look at the scoreboard. I'll look at how we played. We played hard. They made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.
battle gave good phenomenal runs
We gave them a good battle for 17 minutes. I just think (Connecticut) is so good, so well-coached. They just made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.
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Too big and too strong at every position. It becomes a case of, how do you want to play them? They made one of those phenomenal runs on us and the show was over.
falls finishing good halves job seem
We don?t seem to be doing a good job of finishing halves strong. That falls on my shoulders.
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John is the kind of player who can give us something positive or something negative. Tonight he gave something very positive.
confidence free freshman goes job practice shows
Job shows us every day in practice that he can make his free throws. He's a freshman but we have confidence in him when he goes to the line.
craig deserve free kids shot stuck throws
We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and we made enough free throws down the stretch.
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Guys like Winchester, Benson and Job (Casimir) when they?re pushing the ball they give us energy. Victor is one of those guys because he can get a steal in the post, block a shot, get a rebound, he gives us energy on defense.
hear kids locker reality rooms
Reality is always good. Kids want to hear it?s new. They know the floor?s going to be nice, the locker rooms are going to be nice. That helps.
continue difficult guys job offense run settle
They made it difficult to run our offense. We could never really get our offense going. I need to do a better job of getting these guys to be a little more disciplined. I want them to continue to play loose, but I don?t want them to settle for the first shot.
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There's all kinds of research that shows this is a different generation of people coming to work for us. Companies that can demonstrate to their employees that they have genuine concern for an employee's ability to give 100 percent to the job and still have a life is very critical.
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I never mentioned any teams below us when I talked about the tournament. We could have gotten a sixth seed. That?s all we were focused on. I think we deserve to be in.
drive familiar shots
He's familiar with our league. He's one of those players, a go-to guy, who can make big shots outside, on the drive or on pull-ups.
basketball best played since stop
For the first 17 minutes, we played probably the best basketball that we've played since I've been here. They're just too good. They made a run, we couldn't stop them.