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,...
dogs kinds needs somebody
He just needs somebody that understands these kinds of dogs.
anybody ncaa playing ratings slow teams winning
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.
ball effort great time touched
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.
difference game
Somehow, we've got to make shots. Those little things make a big difference in a game like that.
hitting kept shots thinking toughness win
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.
confidence couple deals
We called a couple little deals for him to get him going. It's a process. You get confidence by having success.
bad games playing
We're not as bad as our record. Most games we're playing decent.
took
He got us going and he took over the game.
high self
Unbelievable. They had high self-esteem. That's what prevailed for us.
good shot
You don't know if you're going to get that good a shot again. He's a good shooter.
coach somebody
You have to rethink, can you play somebody in? As a coach that was the challenge.
build chance gives help means question team trip worse
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.
athletes giving guy hear level money parents seldom
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.
good job
They always do a good job on Daniel.