Brian Randle Quotations

Last year, we had a lot of notoriety, a lot of people watching. This year, people don't know what to expect.

Last year's team was special, but I think we are, too. I'm down to earth and I'm going to tell it to you straight: I think we can do great things.

It's about getting on a roll and staying on a roll. Winning the (conference) tournament gets us another ring. If nothing else, it gets us ready for the NCAA.

I think (Tim) Doyle tried to be smart one time and say I should punch my hand through some glass or something. Needless to say, when I got the dunk I said something back to him.

I thought it was good, to be honest. I've seen him make that shot so many times. After that, I felt a sense of longing.

We've bounced back pretty strong. And now, I guess if we don't bounce back we can bounce on home. It's one-and-done from now on.

It was a huge swing of emotion in the game.

When they're on the bench, obviously it hurts us. But at the same time, for the young guys to step up and keep their composure, it's huge.

He's probably the best basketball player in the country. I'm biased, but that's what I think. He has a great amount of energy and life. Everything he says is real. Dee isn't one to sugarcoat things. He has our best interests at heart, the team's interests at heart, and we definitely feed off that.

The way we were playing and the loss (to Penn State) gave us great motivation to play harder and to evaluate ourselves. We weren't doing it right.