Randy Bennett
Randy Bennett
Randall William "Randy" BennettJune 9, 1962) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California. Bennett has led the Gaels to a 314–147 record in his 15 years as head coach. Despite the dominance of Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference, Bennett has made Saint Mary's into arguably the top conference team with several 2nd place finishes and five NCAA tournament appearances, culminating in regular season conference championships in 2011,...
believed guys took
It took those guys a while. They believed they were good.
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They weren't bad talent-wise, they just didn't have the habits you have to have to win, ... It's a mental thing. I had to get them to look at the glass as half full.
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We're looking forward to making the trip to Australia as it is an opportunity of a lifetime for the players. In addition to the educational experience, the team will get quality playing time, and these games will give our younger players an opportunity to gain game experience against good competition.
bad games playing
We're not as bad as our record. Most games we're playing decent.
They're sporadic. Sometimes they're close. Sometimes they're not.
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As media proliferates, people have a variety of media choices, and competition for traditional media is pretty intense. Newspapers are seeing a slow, gradual decline in their readership. The question is, can a free newspaper without much of a brand enter the market? I think there are a lot of challenges for that sort of business model going forward.
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I think we have some teams who started slow but are playing better than their record. But our RPI ratings are low, so I don't think we can get anybody else in the NCAA without winning the WCC tournament.
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I said, 'Hey, it's time for you to go. He hadn't touched the ball much. He hadn't had his opportunities to score. He started getting the ball. Once he got going it was a great effort on his part.
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He just needs somebody that understands these kinds of dogs.
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He got us going and he took over the game.
difference game
Somehow, we've got to make shots. Those little things make a big difference in a game like that.
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They have to do other things, get the ball to the side players and not turn it over.
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I didn't think our energy level was very good defensively. We weren't very active. We just weren't alert defensively. In the second half I think we were more alert, and they missed some shots. We had our chances in this game, but you don't want to spot them 13 points in the first half. This is a team we can beat, especially on our home court.
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He ran that timeout period before the overtime. And guess who hits the 3 right out of the gate?