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...
firing five identify role starters team
Most of them were role players. When this team is firing on all cylinders, I don't know if you can identify who the five starters are. They play so unselfishly. They all play together.
needed practice shoot tonight
Not even in practice do we shoot that well. Tonight we needed it and they did it.
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.
base built expect fall feeling great guys small strong
I didn't expect it. I thought I would fall backwards. I didn't know how strong those guys were and they had small arms, but once they built the base around me it was a great feeling being up there.
national playing standing starting supposed
They?re playing the national anthem. Hilton?s supposed to be starting and he?s standing there in his socks.
everybody gets leave looked pain sitting
So everybody gets up to leave and Hilton?s still sitting there. He looked like he was in pain.
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.
ability devon good guards kept number reserve seniors sophomore surprises teams
It only surprises me when he doesn't play well. Devon Beaufort would've started as a sophomore for many teams I've had in the past. The number of guards we have that are seniors with good ability has kind of kept Devon in that reserve role.
anymore appreciate bryant elton ethic flashy hard kobe people player tracy works
Elton is such a professional and works hard at what he does. He's not a flashy player like Kobe Bryant or Tracy McGrady. I don't know if people anymore appreciate the ethic he has.
bit energy entrance everybody fuss gym hear hilton level splash standing
Our energy level was a bit low. Just before tip-off we hear all this fuss over at the entrance to gym and we look and Hilton is standing over there. He made a big splash with everybody in the stands. It just kind of energized our whole team.
condition mental pointed pose problems
I pointed out how well conditioned they are. We like to think we're in tip-top condition too though. It's all about mental focus. If we do what we do well, we'll pose problems for them.
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.
compared forget year
This year can not be compared to any other. I'll never forget this courageous, dysfunctional and record-setting team.
adding concepts created execute season short stay stuff tried
We stay with the same concepts and try to execute it better. Adding stuff over the years has just created more tentativeness. The season is so short that I've never tried to do much with our offenses.