Siena's Patsos gives team inside information

Loudonville

Siena men's basketball players who entered the practice gym on Friday afternoon were greeted by a white sign with black letters taped to the glass window in the door.

If they somehow missed that sign, there was another fastened to the green entrance to the training room.

Both of them screamed the same message: "Where does the ball go? INSIDE!!!!"

Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos elaborated during his weekly meeting with the local media. He said the Saints, who are 2-8 through their first 10 games of the season, don't do enough to get the ball to their big men.

"The ball's going inside,'' Patsos said. "We have good inside players. I think the first step to playing hard is getting to the paint.