Paul Connolly Quotations

We're getting better and better. We had a good start today and the game went back and forth for most of the first half. Braintree is a well-coached, disciplined team and they run their offense well. Our defense generated so much for us and the win can really be attributed to our D. Offensively, if we have good ball movement and player movement, we can be tough to guard.

If anyone is ready to step in and play in the Big East, it's Corey. He did a great job for us and there's no question he's a Division I (college) player.

I thought he did it all (last night). We came here last year and Corey was in foul trouble. He didn't play much but he did score the final eight points. I knew it was going to be a different story (last night).

We were missing shots in the first half. They threw a 3-2 zone at us and we had some good look early, but we couldn't knock them down. In the second half, we got hot and that was the difference.

This was by far our best game this year. We've been playing much better over our last four games. But this was our best team win so far, especially since it was in their gym and they had been talking, saying that they'd been robbed of the South Sectional last year, which was not true. We beat them this year and last year and I'm just so proud of these kids.

There's no magic formula other than great athletes becoming even better with experience and the ability to learn. Cooper has agility, quickness and is smart. Put that together and you have a great player.

This is a tough stretch for us. I think at this point in the season, we're getting a little fatigued, and we got a tough stretch coming up. It's definitely gut-check time.

They're very, very talented, no question about it. Corey and Anthony are big-time players, and that's why they're going to the big-time.

They played harder than us tonight. Our talented guards struggled, but a lot of that was because of good Framingham defense.

They're obviously a good team and they have the two 6-7 kids with Bernard and Holmes and they have a quick backcourt. They'll probably try to pound it inside to the big guys and defensively they might press a little bit like they've done before, but hopefully, we can open it up, get up and down the court and make the big guys run a little bit.

It is time for a change in the zoning.

It was kind of a surprise. I've been with him for three years. It's going to be hard to adjust.