Ray Giacoletti
Ray Giacoletti
Ray Giacolettiis the men's basketball coach at Drake University. He played collegiate basketball at Minot State University in North Dakota from 1980–1984, where he was a four-year letterman and a team captain for two seasons. He received his degree in physical education in 1985...
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I think he has a chance to be really good. I was probably more impressed in person than I was on tape. He's explosive, and he really plays with a high energy and kind of a chip on his shoulder, which you have to on that post spot. I think he has a great future.
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I think we have lost some confidence. We'll try to concentrate on a good week of practice and get the confidence back and a bit of swagger back.
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I think (sophomore guard) Chris Grant has done a very good job. His assist-to-turnover ratio is best on the team, and he does the little things that we need right now. We don't need to mess with that.
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Our Achilles heel has been taking care of the ball. They can get out and pressure you, so we need to be ready for that.
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I think it's a really good game for us. Other than the fact Dick Bennett can really coach. I'm very impressed.
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I don't think it'll change a whole lot for us. He's a very good player, and he's one of the leaders in the country in shot blocks and can really rebound the basketball for them. I don't think it'll really change the way they play. They put a big at each block and just pound it inside. It doesn't matter who they have down there, other than Justin's probably their best post player.
doctor enduring hat kids needed team tough
If the team ever needed a win, we needed one today. I take my hat off to our kids for enduring a tough week, not only on the floor, but off the floor. This is just what the doctor ordered.
huge needed rebound tonight
He was huge tonight when we needed him to rebound and play well defensively.
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He is making it easy for Luke Nevill. Luke has a mentor in front of him who he competes against in practice. Luke is not out on an island by himself.
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He does one thing really well: shoot the basketball. He's not too difficult to scout.
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We really need to work on the things that we can control. It all starts defensively. We can control our effort, our talking and our ability to understand what we are trying to do out there. We need to just get back to the basics.
coming institute kids
Those kids coming out of that institute - find one who didn't make it over here. Find one who is not successful.
remain
We haven't done anything. We need to remain hungry.
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We didn't quit and will continue to fight.