Mike Francis
Mike Francis
Michele Francesco Puccioni, better known under his stage name Mike Francis, was an Italian singer and composer, born in Florence. He was best known for his 1984 hit, "Survivor"...
athletes balanced beat coaches game guys outside step trying zone
Coaches are trying to take the big guys away from the game with zone defenses. That's why athletes are more balanced now. There's a lot of guys that can beat you off the dribble, step outside if they need to and make things happen.
accomplish guys
Everything these guys want to accomplish started tonight. They know that.
county fourth happens length second shot team third tough won
Old Mill's a tough team with their height, their length and their athleticism. After the county championship game, we wanted to get another shot at them and here we are. They won the first game, we won the second one, they won the third one and we'll see what happens in the fourth one.
decided free knew knock step
Free throws, free throws, free throws. We were short-handed and we couldn't sub as much as we wanted to. That's when we decided to go with Matt. We knew he could step in there and knock down some big shots.
dominating last league man
I don't think there's been a dominating big man in the league for the last two years.
feels good law seems
It seems like Murphy's Law in this place. It just feels good to get away with one, finally.
guys intensity late proud season step
The guys really responded to what we've been preaching. We're very proud of them. We told them that they would need to step up their intensity late in the season and they responded.
guys spirited stick team unity worked
The unity of this team is what made this team stick out. These guys worked their butts off in practice. It was always spirited and competitive - sometimes too competitive.
changes since
Since there are no changes in the allotment of residences, I think it bodes well for the residents.
bought commitment paid preaching strongest team terms work
In terms of team unity, this was my strongest team ever. They really bought into to what we were preaching and their commitment to team work paid off in the end for us.
ball major time
Anthony's been major for us right now. He's getting better and better every time we go out. We just have to get him the ball more.
born call kids matter mind motto plays talk telling
That motto was born out of telling the kids that we (the coaches) can talk about X's and O's all day, but they have to make their mind up that they want to get it done. I can't always call the plays that are going to work. Sometimes the kids have to take it upon themselves. No matter what it takes, no matter what we have to do, just get it done.
biggest both came game knowing played points scoring settling shoot time tonight
We came into the game knowing they wanted to shoot threes and we want to get it inside. That was their biggest concern: Us scoring inside. Both times we played them previously, we scored 28 and 30 points inside. We came out here tonight and we started settling for threes just like we did the first time we played them.
beat counts defense possession slow tempo towards
When you play this slow tempo kind of game, every possession counts and any turnover is very costly. But towards the end, we made them come out on defense and beat them at their own game.