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 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.
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.
fortunate gained maybe team
We were fortunate enough to play an outstanding team and come out on top. Maybe we gained some more confidence.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
guy knew
Right then I knew this guy was special. He was a giver.
hate hotel management tired
I hate to get back on the road. We're tired of traveling. We've had enough hotel management classes.
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.
against beat defend help high percentage score shoot time whether win
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.