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Date Posted: 14:57:46 03/18/24 Mon
The Ivy League has some excellent basketball coaches.
Mike Martin did an exceptional job coaching a very young team to within two points of an NCAA berth after a rough start to the season.
Mike is also a class act.
Some comments from the Brown Daily Herald and his postgame press conference:
BDH headline:
Brutal Buzzer-Beater Keeps Brown from March Madness
Coach Martin:
“I’m heartbroken for my team, for my my players,” said an emotional Coach Mike Martin ’04 following the loss. “I feel like I let them down in the last minute of the game. After a great win or a hard loss, you’re always thinking about how to respond, what’s next, and obviously there’s a lot in front of our people, but not this team (and) this group."
“We grew so much throughout the year,” Coach Martin added. “We fought like crazy all game. We put ourselves in a position (to win).”
“I felt so good only being down four at halftime given how we played,” Martin said. “I don’t think it was a huge adjustment (in the second half) other than just guys settling in a little bit, not rushing shots, playing off two feet in the paint, (and) taking what the defense gives them.”
“I was confident the entire game. And that didn’t change until the final play,” Martin said. “I didn’t get ahead of myself. None of the players did. But we were confident, and we believed.”
Martin said he regretted not having called a timeout to “organize our defense a little better.”
“I think what we learned is that when we play to our identity and we believe we’re as cohesive and connected as any group out there, we can do some pretty special things,”
“We were pretty darn close to seeing our name on TV (during the) selection show. Going forward, we’ll grow from this and we’ll learn from this experience.”
“Even in November and December and January, when we were really struggling, I’ve loved every minute of this team"
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