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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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.
close dangerous hard played playing
They're still playing hard in every game. They've played everyone close at home. I still think they're a dangerous team.
funny kick mental
It's mental when things are going well. It's funny how things happen. When things aren't going well, you can't kick one in.
great hate number opportunity situations worked
It's a great opportunity for him. It's one of those situations where he's worked his butt off for a number of years. He's very deserving. We hate to see him go, but that's how it works.
discipline head players retain variety
As the head coach, I retain the right to discipline my players for a variety of reasons.
basketball excited finish last pass piece score six teammates
He's someone who can really pass the basketball and can score it and make his teammates better around him. We're really excited to finish the six recruits off with him being the last piece of the puzzle.
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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 last night year
Pretty big-time night a year ago. This is the way it is right now. But this game was no more important last year than it is right now.
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.
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.
university
To give back to the university like that is unbelievable.
continue quit
We didn't quit and will continue to fight.
swinging time tough
We're having a tough time right now. We've just got to keep swinging and keep grinding.
remain
We haven't done anything. We need to remain hungry.