25 Quotes by John Giannini

Tonight shows we have more steps to go. But we competed.

The Temple win was a great win for us. It was a huge conference game, and it was a Big 5 game. In Philadelphia, that means a lot to our alumni. To have our seniors get a win in their last chance in a city game is a huge thing.

Defense and rebounding are the reasons we are more competitive this year. We're a better team.

They were guarded on every shot (in the first half). That was not an accident. That was not them just being cold. In the second half, we weren't able to sustain that level of effort. They really stayed with their offense. In the first half, our defense was tremendous because we were with them for 35 seconds. In the second half, they stuck with what they did. When we broke down, they did make their open shots.

They turned up the defensive pressure and it revealed a lack of skill on our part.

It means so much to the seniors. They've had some hard times, but they're resilient and they never quit. They always fought hard.

(St. Francis) scored (12) points in the first 17 minutes of the second half.

The atmosphere is far most positive because of the results. La Salle has an unbelievable basketball tradition. Our other peers in the city, St. Joe's, Temple, Penn and Villanova, have consistently been strong. We've had an inferiority complex with seeing our peers being in the postseason every year. There's really been a resurgence of pride that La Salle can get back to where we were in the past, which is a prominent program.

It was a great game, a great environment for our fans and for our community. Our seniors are phenomenal people who have invested their blood, sweat and tears. Then, we also passed the ball extremely well against one of the best zones in America, which shows progress.