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...
basically basket felt fortunate lead lost run season second
We felt fortunate that we were able to make a basket to get the 11-point run going. All season long, when we've lost the lead in the second half, we just basically folded.
fortunate gained maybe team
We were fortunate enough to play an outstanding team and come out on top. Maybe we gained some more confidence.
beating difficult fortunate less second three
We were unbelievably fortunate that second time. It's difficult beating them two, much less three times.
alabama arkansas beat both confidence factor games high knocked level mention ncaa players seven south starters teams three tournament won
Their confidence factor is at a high level because they've won so many games as of late. They beat South Alabama and knocked both Arkansas teams out of byes. Not to mention they've got seven players and three starters back from an NCAA Tournament team.
beat early good guards post regular season
They beat us soundly in the regular season up there. They got up early and we never made a run. They have good guards and a 6-foot-9 post player.
came next
We were like Lazarus. We came back to life, then it was like it got reversed, and the next thing you know, we were back in the obituaries.
law worried
With Law back, they've started to play better basketball, and that has me worried too.
coming denver hop horrible losses night north shooting texas
We had a horrible shooting night the first game. We were coming off losses at North Texas and Denver and didn't have a lot of hop in our step.
conference lose played south win
A win (at South Alabama) would have been real positive, but I think we played well enough to not lose a lot of conference games.
city coming despite distract five impact itself last overall positive reports
Anything that can distract from it is good. The overall impact will last a long, long time. It will take the city itself five to 10 years to rebuild, despite the positive reports that are coming from the media.
hate hotel management tired
I hate to get back on the road. We're tired of traveling. We've had enough hotel management classes.
five four great needed needless past shooting shot
Needless to say, we had a great shooting night. You can't shoot it much better than that, but it's something we really needed to do because we haven't shot well the past four or five games.
beat early good rather solid team thinking tone tough
It's early in the season. We aren't thinking that we are a good team yet, but rather a solid one. It is more important right now that we set the tone that we will be tough to beat at home.
football mouth runs smash style teams
They're like one of those old smash mouth football teams that runs the ball all the time. They're into controlling the game. It's a dog-eat-dog style of play and they do it very well.