La Salle coach John Giannini thinks there are more parellels between the Quakers and his Explorers than just their youth.
"We're a team that's dominated by wing-type players... guys who are 6-5, 6-6," Giannini said. La Salle, he said, doesn't have as many "proven decision-makers in the backcourt" as one might like. (Just like Penn.)
"But that was a conscious decision on my part," Giannini said. "I wanted to get the best, most talented players for this program first."
Giannini singled out a player who doesn't get as much ink as senior Darnell Harris -- Rodney Greene, a 6-5 sophomore who Giannini said could develop into a player similar to another Big 5 great, Mardy Collins of Temple and the New York Knicks, if he gets better at handling the ball.
The biggest trap for La Salle is turnovers, Giannini said, because the Explorers shoot at a good enough percentage to win as long as they hold on to the rock.
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January 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
la salle fans will be chanting safety school bc the quakers will be ducking for safety tomorrow night. prediction: la salle 74, penn 56
January 14th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Ha. Ha. Ha.
Seriously, that's the best you can come up with? I don't doubt that La Salle will win (that sounds like a pretty good score prediction, actually), but you'd better put a bit more effort into your taunts.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:38 am
And the last time La Sale was in the tournament was... Did they even make the a-10 tournament last year?
January 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
when was the last time penn won a round in the ncaa tournament?
January 15th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Penn last won in the NCAA tournament in 1994, four years more recently than the last LaSalle NCAA tourney win and two years after the last appearance in the tourney by LaSalle (you are right, the Quakers have frustrated fans by going back to the tourney 8 more times since without a win). But clearly LaSalle is the better program having lost 14 of its last 16 games to Penn. Wait, what was your point again?
January 15th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
the point is that you are losing tonight
January 15th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Let's see it on the court. Three straight La Salle classes have had to graduate without beating Penn. Your screen name suggests you have only 2 chances left before you put that degree to good use.
January 15th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
If these comments have proven one thing, it's that La Salle fans are really terrible at trash talk.
"la salle fans will be chanting safety school bc the quakers will be ducking for safety tomorrow night."
Ooh, witty. Advice: DO NOT use the "safety school" chant, even if you're winning tonight. It's incredibly uncreative in the first place (I don't even like when Penn fans use it), but La Salle using it against Penn just makes La Salle students look like idiots. For your own sake, please skip it.
"when was the last time penn won a round in the ncaa tournament?"
That question has already been answered, and it might not be pretty, but it does favor Penn.
"the point is that you are losing tonight"
Niiiiice comeback. I hope you didn't spend too long thinking that one up.