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...
guys hand huge stop
It was huge getting a stop right before halftime. LB, by being disciplined and getting a hand up and not fouling him, got our guys jacked up going into halftime.
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.
double execute full offense pressure seen strong understand
They like to get out and double and get out and pressure us full court. We need to execute our press offense and try to be strong with it (the ball). We have seen a lot of it now. Our press offense should be something that we understand where we need to go and what we need to do.
against force impressed offensive seemed work
Nothing seemed to work against him. He really impressed me. He's become a real offensive force.
focused guys period playing proud stayed
I'm just proud of our team. We stayed focused for a long period of time. Even when BYU was playing well, our guys had a different look in their eyes.
defense direction hard hopefully pride step taking
It's been hard for us taking pride in our defense, and hopefully we were able to take a step in the right direction today.
against counter hardest prepare princeton team tried
They were the hardest team I've had to prepare for in 20 years of coaching. A lot of it is the Princeton system, but a lot of it is (Mooney's) coaching. They had a counter for every (defensive) thing we tried to do against that offense.
against counter hardest prepare princeton team tried
They were the hardest team I've had to prepare for in 20 years of coaching, ... A lot of it is the Princeton system, but a lot of it is (Mooney's) coaching. They had a counter for every (defensive) thing we tried to do against that offense.
kid liked looking signed
We were looking at another kid on that team, who signed with Cal. But we liked Luca better.
aggressive catch game half second start
We had to do something different the second half because we had to catch up and score. We got around to being more aggressive and having the game start going our way.
came chance couple empty losses offensive stop tough win
Those were as tough a couple of losses as I've had in a long time. In each game, we had a chance to get a stop to win it, and then we got an offensive chance to win it and we came up empty each time.
care charged effort great imagine
We need to have a great effort defensively and take care of the basketball. I can't imagine us not being emotionally charged up to play them.
university
To give back to the university like that is unbelievable.
discipline head players retain variety
As the head coach, I retain the right to discipline my players for a variety of reasons.