Who's going to help Brian Randle next year be a leader That might determine if we're going to be worth a darn next year.
Who's going to help Brian Randle next year be a leader That might determine if we're going to be worth a darn next year.
You always feel you can be successful, but to be where we are at, it's surprised myself and my staff. You've got to give Dee Brown and James Augustine credit for kind of conveying from one group to the next how hard you've got to compete to stay at this level. They've been great leaders.
Dee sacrificed himself to help make our team better and did all of the things that you want from your point guard. He has been our leader. He's been an inspiration to his teammates, and most importantly, he is a winner. He has meant so much to our program and to college basketball in general.
We're not great and I've never said we are. But if we play hard and our seniors are great leaders, we can be pretty good. We've won 21 games. It still comes down to the Penn State game. If we win that game, we're (a half-game out of) first place in the Big Ten.
For us to have a chance to be successful, they have to rise up and play like seniors. Obviously it helps if you make shots, but it's also about leadership, keeping the guys focused. They know what's at stake. You have to win games to advance.
A big part of it is Dee's leadership and James' leadership. They've helped pass along the winning habits to this group of players.
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