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...
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.
guess seen
I've never seen him do that. That's when I said I guess this isn't our night.
catch free good math throws
I've never been a good math student, but you're not going to catch up if they're making free throws and we're not making jumpers.
chance game happen playing ready thursday win worst
We're disappointed. But it isn't the worst thing that will happen to us in our lives. We still have a chance to keep playing and we're going to get ready for our NIT game on Thursday and try to do everything we can do to win that tournament.
game involved wild
That was as wild a game as I've ever been involved in.
anyone good half seen since
That was as good a first half as I've seen anyone play since I've been at Hofstra.
came continued credit fight proud team took tough
Give credit to Wilmington. They came out and took the fight to us. I'm proud of the way we continued to compete, but they're a tough team to chase.
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.
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.
apparently below game high hit played shame
Loren is hurting, and he was apparently hit below the belt. If that happened, it's a shame in a game played at such a high level.
among bring coaches guys overseas players
Many of them are among the better players in the conference. You don't see coaches going overseas to bring back guys who aren't going to play. They have to be high-level players.
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.
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.
year
This was a building-block year for us. We can only get better from here.