The Huskies embrace the pressure in pursuit of a third consecutive CIF Southern Section Open Division boys basketball title Saturday against St. John Bosco
CORONA – Corona Centennial boys basketball coach Josh Giles is not superstitious, at least when it comes to mentioning the prize that is within his team’s reach.
“We’ve talked about it and my thought process – and I don’t know if this makes me smart or stupid – but I’ve said, ‘Guys, you chose to come to Centennial. We’re going to play in the best events. We don’t duck anybody. We’re going to go play the best competition that we can possibly play. If you were afraid of pressure, you wouldn’t have come here.’ So saying, ‘Oh, doing something historical or oh, three-peat,’ if that puts pressure on you, you shouldn’t come here.
“Those kids had gone 17 months without playing in front of a college coach,” Giles recalled. “To me, playing the same tournament again didn’t make a lot of sense. Having the kids go and get seen by college coaches made way more sense. Last season, in a more traditional calendar, Centennial was 33-1, won the section title 68-48 over Harvard-Westlake at home, then beat Bishop Montgomery and Sierra Canyon in the SoCal regional and Modesto Christian 59-50 in the state championship game in Sacramento.
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