Tony Turina
Tony Turina
finish great playing season starting team together unselfish
It?s great to finish the season 16-4. This team is really starting to come together because they are playing hard, unselfish basketball.
coming deserving good player recognized unknown
Jerome is a first-team all-leaguer. He's very deserving of the honor. To his credit, he wasn't an unknown coming in this season. Everyone has recognized how good a player he is.
develop extra junior realized time
After the first scrimmage, I realized that they didn't need any extra time to develop on the junior varsity.
aspire ball chance court drill final game hard join last people press resulted run state team testament took work
(Friday) during our final drill in practice, we took the 1944 championship game ball and during our last press breaker, we got a chance to run up and down the court with it. We join the 1944 team and now people aspire to the 2006 team. This is a testament to all the hard work that resulted in a state championship.
came focus kids later past talk tradition
It's 71 years later and they still come to the games. The kids have to know this and where they came from. We talk a lot about the past and focus on the tradition of the program.
andre came fed floor great played
Andre really came to play tonight. He was all over the floor and played great defense. I think we fed off his energy.
break kids nice
It was a nice break for the kids. It can't be all about work. The kids need to have some fun, too.
feels final four hungry last lost taste team
This team got to the semifinals last year. They got a taste of what it feels like to be in the final four (Torrington lost to Wethersfield 57-52 last season) but are hungry to go farther.
advantage integral needed size
We needed to get back to basics. We needed to take advantage of our size. Our size is an integral part of our offense.
depth production totally unusual
We've had depth before, but this is totally unusual to have this much production at different positions.
capitalize crowd decided gave saw spark sure
We wanted to make sure the crowd saw them come in. We decided to capitalize on it. When they saw him, the place went into a frenzy. It gave us a spark and we went off from there.
capable jordan knew
We all knew what Jordan was capable of doing.
best enjoyable knew leading looking practices season three
We had our best and most enjoyable three practices of the season leading up to this game. We knew if we had a lead after the quarter, there was no looking back.
healthy ready top
We are healthy and ready at the right time. We are on top of our game.