Quotes by Harry Perretta

“The teams coming into this league are really good, and that is a positive and a negative. They are going to affect the middle of the league. You will see a team finish fifth that will be 8-8 or 9-7 in the conference where before we finished tied for fourth and we were 10-6. Thats a big difference.”

“I dont know if itll be intimidating or not [for the players]. Itll be interesting. The only problem is you dont get a chance to practice there.”

“The middle part of the league now is going to be so competitive. It is a bad thing record-wise, but it is a good thing for RPI.”

“Weve played well the last two games. But we dont see defenses like well see at Rutgers. We always have problems getting shots, and they turn us over more than most because of their quickness. Plus its up there. Its going to be difficult.”

“We play a little bit of a different style than most teams. If we can get things together at the end, I think we can do pretty well.”

“Their press forced us to rush in the second half. It changes the whole game when they are able to press and push the tempo on offense.”

“What we tried to do was keep someone in the lane so when she drives we can always meet her with a second defender, so we try to force her to beat us over the top. Its nothing different than weve done in the past. I just think she didnt shoot the ball as well today.”

“Ive been coaching 28 years, and with this team I never know whats going to happen. When we were up 21, I was sweating. Notre Dame is like us, inconsistent offensively. Teams get into offensive funks.”

“Were never a good rebounding team, and that doesnt concern me. We try and spread the floor as much as we can because were not that athletic. We cant pound the ball down your throat, but we hope to confuse you a little.”

“We played good D for the first 25 minutes, then we fell apart defensively, then we caught up. We havent been consistent. The defense was better [Saturday]. We opened up a lead and frustrated somebody else for a change.”