Don Maestri
Don Maestri
Don Maestri is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Troy University. He held the same position from 1982 until 2013. Prior to accepting this position, Maestri was an assistant coach at Mississippi State University from 1979 to 1980 and at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1982. Maestri coached the Trojans to a record of 500-404, one NCAA Basketball Tournament, five regular season conference titles, and one conference tournament title over the...
bobby carry team
It was a team effort. Bobby didn't have to carry us tonight.
biggest games means win
That's the biggest thing we may have established. When you win two games at home, it means you're going to be more competitive at home.
beat twice western win won
We accomplished a lot this year. We won 14 games, which I think is overachieving. We beat (ULL) twice and Western Kentucky, which was a big win for our program.
attitude difference josh might proud ready sign staying
Because Josh was ready, he was a difference maker. It's a sign of his attitude by staying ready because he might not get in. I'm proud of him for that.
conference die four game kids last win
I didn't tell our kids this, but this wasn't a do or die game for us. We had to win two of our last four to get a bye (in the conference tournament) and now we've got to win two of three.
bobby came chicago help player purpose situations work
He's a player with a purpose in life. Bobby has never strayed. He came here with a purpose, to get his degree, to go back to Chicago and work with underprivileged kids, to help them out of situations that he came from.
chamber division excited floor home horrors sure
We called it the chamber of horrors in Division II. They've got a new floor and new goals. It's not that big, but it's home for them and I'm sure they're excited about that.
guy knew
Right then I knew this guy was special. He was a giver.
came game good helped job missing
I thought the game was hard-fought and they just came out on top. They did a good job defensively and we helped them out by missing some shots.
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I would think that (the win over ASU) is going to help our confidence. I would think we can score better (this time against ULL), but whether we can defend as well will be the question. We'll have to shoot at a high percentage to beat them.
amazing close fall last terms
He got close to a lot of people. He was an amazing person in terms of commitment. Just last fall I was out there (recreation fields) and he was officiating soccer.
loss missing normally shots trouble
We were having trouble scoring. So his loss didn't have as big an effect. We were missing a lot of shots that we normally make.
hottest league played team
We've got to play the hottest team in the league now. That's a much different team than we played earlier, especially in our first game.
beating difficult fortunate less second three
We were unbelievably fortunate that second time. It's difficult beating them two, much less three times.