Bumpy road motivational poster11/16/2023 “We’re playing just as good as a one seed right now,” said Tuskegee sophomore guard Kevin May, who was named the South Regional’s most outstanding player. When Douglas interviewed for the Tuskegee job back in 2006, former longtime Tuskegee President Dr. “He said, ‘Why do you think you should be the coach of Tuskegee?’ ” said Douglas, who had led Stillman to the 2006 NCAA tournament after winning the SIAC tournament in just his second season there.ĭouglas felt worthy of the job and was a proven winner. As a player, the Leighton native led Alabama to an outright SEC title in 1976 and two NCAA tournament appearances (1975, 1976). The Crimson Tide lost, 74-69, to eventual national champion Indiana in the 1976 Sweet 16. The Hoosiers finished that season undefeated, a feat no other team has achieved since in NCAA Division I basketball. “I said, ‘I’m going to do three things,’ ” Douglas said “ ‘Win a (SIAC) regular season, (SIAC) tournament and win a national championship.’ ” Then Douglas put his three goals for Tuskegee on the table. “He said, ‘Those are lofty goals’ and he started laughing,” Douglas said.ĭouglas had already achieved the first two goals before this season began. ![]() He’s now close to capturing that elusive national title that seemed so farfetched to Dr. “I’ve had people call me recently and say, ‘You told us when you came here, you were going to do three things,’ ” recalled Douglas, who said only one of his players hasn’t graduated from Tuskegee after completing their eligibility. “ ‘We really didn’t believe you, but now we see and understand what you were doing and what you were saying.’ ”īefore playing Delta State in the South Regional final, Douglas wrote the four Bible scriptures on the board he has the Golden Tigers live by. Isaiah 54:17 - No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment, you shall condemn. ![]() Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose. Matthew 17:20 - So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief, for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move and nothing will be impossible for you.”ĭouglas didn’t draw up Xs and Os. “I broke down because everything just came down on me. In the midst of that conversation, I said, ‘Guys, we’re here because of these scriptures. ![]() Nobody can beat us because of these what you see on this board.’ ” “This is why I’m here because we’ve endured, we’ve practiced, we’ve learned and we’ve been taught these four scriptures. Tuskegee took to the floor and went up by as many as 30 points before winning, 80-59. The Golden Tigers have won their last six games.
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