Tom Pecora
Tom Pecora
Tom Pecorais an American college basketball coach and most recently the head men's basketball coach at Fordham University. Born in Queens Village, New York, he graduated from Adelphi University in 1983...
anyone chase good half instead seen since
That's as good a first half as I've ever seen anyone play since I've been at Hofstra. It's good to have them chase you, instead of the other way around.
apparently below crew fine great hate punch ruin
Apparently a punch was thrown. Loren is hurting. It was below the belt. You don't get any better officiating crew than we had, and they said they didn't see anything, so it was fine with me. You hate to see something like that ruin a great game.
good guys motivate people prove
I don't think it will take very much to motivate our guys and let them know that now we have to go prove to people how good we are.
anyone good half seen since
That was as good a first half as I've seen anyone play since I've been at Hofstra.
basketball caught good hard third time whether
I don't get caught up in that. I just know it's hard to be a good basketball team, whether it's the first or third time you play them.
explain
If I could explain it to you, I would.
explain process
I need someone to explain this process to me.
deserve last ncaa
They deserve to be in the NCAA tournament. Like I said last night, I think we belong, too.
burden falls four next people
Four years ago there were a lot of people who thought we were never going to get it going here again. Now the burden falls on next year's group.
knock ourselves proud
We had to go to the rope-a-dope a while, kind of get ourselves back in the fight, but they didn't knock us out, and I'm proud of that.
win
We may try to win it without them.
allowed couple expect plays
We made a couple of bonehead plays late, things we don't expect out of our veterans, and that allowed them back in the game.
happens hoping next night playing total
We're getting there. We still haven't had a night where everyone is playing their total A-game. But that's OK. I'm hoping that happens next weekend.
george kick rooting
We're rooting for George Mason. I'm really getting a kick out of it.