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...
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.
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.
beating difficult fortunate less second three
We were unbelievably fortunate that second time. It's difficult beating them two, much less three times.
loss missing normally shots trouble
We were having trouble scoring. So his loss didn't have as big an effect. We were missing a lot of shots that we normally make.
hate hotel management tired
I hate to get back on the road. We're tired of traveling. We've had enough hotel management classes.
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.
chamber division excited floor home horrors sure
We called it the chamber of horrors in Division II. They've got a new floor and new goals. It's not that big, but it's home for them and I'm sure they're excited about that.
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.
biggest games means win
That's the biggest thing we may have established. When you win two games at home, it means you're going to be more competitive at home.
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.
block came guy left man nowhere tremendous
It was a tremendous block. Their guy came out of nowhere and left his man to block it.