No. 2-seed Alabama will face 7-seed Saint Mary’s in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, March 23, in Cleveland. Before facing the Crimson Tide, Gaels head coach Randy Bennett spoke to reporters on Saturday at Rocket Arena. Here is everything he said.
RANDY BENNETT: Yeah, you’re excited to play in the next round of the NCAA Tournament. You get to see teams like Alabama, teams you see in the rankings all the time and you’d like an opportunity to play against those type of teams, and we have that opportunity tomorrow. It’ll be contrasting styles of play. It should be a good game.
Q. What do you think of the point guard matchup, Mark Sears and Augustas, and connected to that, if there’s any example you can think of this year of Augustas’s leadership, poise, his experience showing in helping you guys?
RANDY BENNETT: Yeah, well, everybody knows who Sears is, first-team All-American, so it’ll be a good challenge. Gus is a good player, and he’s played against good ones the last four years. It’ll be good. Sears is good. They have others that are good, too. But he’s the head of the snake for sure, and he’s constantly attacking.