Lance Randall
Lance Randall
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My job is not just a basketball coach. I think that I'm more of a leader and a teacher and I'm trying to make young men out of them. Part of their acceptance or part of their realization of the end is part of maturation process.
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You can never speculate on what will help or hurt. At this stage, you just want to try and win a basketball game. I would never encourage a team to lose a basketball game and we're just too dang competitive. I don't want to lose.
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It's the story of this season. We've had guys that have stepped up from a lot of different spots and Brady is a guy that is a very talented basketball player and he's getting his opportunity to show everybody else what we already knew about him.
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Tim took us on our shoulders and really came out hot. He?s a heck of an offensive player. He does a bit of everything on the offensive end. I don?t know if there is more of a complete basketball player in the state.
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This is something you wouldn't trade for anything. It's an unbelievable way to win a basketball game. Things like this may happen all the time on different levels, but there are so many games that you could go a lifetime and never have it happen to you.
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I remember hugging my dad afterwards and him crying. I remember 'What a feeling associated with victory.' It's the pinnacle of what you do. Boy, it made me want to be a basketball player for my dad in the worst way possible.
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The skip pass was there all night. We weren't getting the ball across and we weren't knocking them down.
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Boy, defensively we were just dynamite. That says a lot about our intensity and our will to win. We have just such a determined group of guys.
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Big game after big game he's elevated himself.
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At about Christmas time we saw some different tapes and thought Memorial was the best team in the state. I thought they had some great chemistry and some really good pieces of the puzzle.
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We don't talk about specifics as to what shot we should or shouldn't take. We talk about attacking and we wanted to penetrate their pressure defense.
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We had a little more motivation than some of the other teams in the tournament. Certainly everyone wants to win. We had dreams. I know others had dreams too. But our dreams are awfully deep-rooted. This one is pretty special for us.
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That was a priority. He came out and got that early 3 on us, caught us flat-footed, and he didn't have another 3 the rest of the way. He had a great first half. He really put on a show.
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That's unusual for us. I like to see more balance. But I'll take where we're at.