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,...
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Everybody's got to do a little better and pick it up so we can get over the hump. I've been telling people and telling the guys that this team has been playing well, but not well enough to win. I told them if you play well and keep doing what you're doing, you'll break through. They're a better team than their record shows.
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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.
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We're not as bad as our record. Most games we're playing decent.
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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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They always do a good job on Daniel.
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The scoring record is impressive. The fact he's never missed a game, never missed a start is more impressive.
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The swimmers were thrilled. It was a really heart-felt moment. Some of the parents were in tears. You hear about athletes but very seldom do you hear about them giving back at that level. That's a significant level of money for a guy that doesn't make a lot of money.
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You don't know if you're going to get that good a shot again. He's a good shooter.
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You have to rethink, can you play somebody in? As a coach that was the challenge.
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There's no question it'll help us. If we end up being bad, it means we would have been even worse without it. The trip just gives you a chance to build team cohesion, something you can't get any other way.
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I was thinking he would take shots we would win with. He kept hitting them. There is a toughness about him. He can win a game. He started doing that.
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We were losing the guy we play off probably 60 percent of the game.
We'll be able to see if we've improved.
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We haven't been able to separate all year. The last two games we lost on the last play.