{"id":5399,"date":"2024-02-20T16:51:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T16:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2024-02-20T20:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:02:13","slug":"head-coach-scott-cross-reaches-300th-career-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/02\/20\/head-coach-scott-cross-reaches-300th-career-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Coach Scott Cross reaches 300th career win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Men&#8217;s basketball head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/scott-cross\/1663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott Cross<\/a> has surpassed 300 career wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head coach&nbsp;Scott Cross&nbsp;picked up the 300th win of his coaching career when the Troy men&#8217;s basketball team defeated Georgia State 78-74 at the GSU Convocation Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although 300 wins is special, Cross believes the focus should remain on his team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The only thing you felt is excitement over winning that particular game and giving ourselves a chance to stay at the top of the Sunbelt Conference. The actual number 300 didn&#8217;t mean a whole lot to me. To be in contention for a conference championship and win that game, that is what meant everything. We&#8217;d love to break a school record at one point here at TROY. Win the most games, win the Sunbelt Championship, love to win a game in the NCAA Tournament.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although basketball is a game, Cross says he uses it as a tool to develop his players into men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;All the discipline and toughness they have to show to play basketball is going to make them, in my opinion going to help them have more success,&#8221; Cross explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cross also has a small piece of advice for anyone interested in becoming a coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Finding a way to make yourself valuable to coaches. Whether is having a skill like being really great at photo shop or knowing every single player in the state of Alabama or just having skills and then helping coaches, being a resource for them. Eventually, it&#8217;ll come back around and they&#8217;ll get their opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trojans will be back in action Thursday, Feb. 22 as they travel to Jonesboro, Arkansas to take on the Arkansas State Red Wolves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Men&#8217;s basketball head coach Scott Cross has surpassed 300 career wins.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach&nbsp;Scott Cross&nbsp;picked up the 300th win of his coaching career when the Troy men&#8217;s basketball team defeated Georgia State 78-74 at the GSU Convocation Center.<\/p>\n<p>Although 300 wins is special, Cross believes the focus should remain on his team&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/02\/20\/head-coach-scott-cross-reaches-300th-career-win\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1385,290,82],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-5399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-mens-basketball","tag-scott-cross","tag-troy-athletics","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5399"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=5399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}