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 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.
game good handle job pressure turning vegas
That's the game right there. They crawled right up into us and we couldn't handle the pressure. Vegas did a good job of turning the pressure up.
bit confidence good lost practice swagger week
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.
bennett fact game good
I think it's a really good game for us. Other than the fact Dick Bennett can really coach. I'm very impressed.
kid liked looking signed
We were looking at another kid on that team, who signed with Cal. But we liked Luca better.
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Randy would do a great job, he's ready to be a head coach. I don't think he has a weakness. He just needs the opportunity. None of us had head coaching experience until we got our first chance.
point
Offensively, I'd say he's more of a point guard. Defensively, I'd say he's better off guarding a two.
discipline head players retain variety
As the head coach, I retain the right to discipline my players for a variety of reasons.
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To be honest with you, I thought he was having a heart attack this morning. He went down and had shortness of breath. He kind of goes down to his knees and I thought he was having some sort of heart issue. I think it scared everybody.
ability control starts talking trying understand work
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.
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I think San Diego State is obviously head and shoulders above everybody else with their experience. And after that, I think it is wide open,
creates improved player problems skilled
I think he is the most improved player in the league. He is so much more skilled offensively and creates a lot of problems inside.
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I think he's done an amazing job to keep it all together, especially without Welch. I don't think anybody in this league thought they could sustain it.