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An emotional #UNC coach Hubert Davis after the Tar Heels pull out an OT victory over BC
Jan 25, 2025
An emotional #UNC coach Hubert Davis after the Tar Heels pull out an OT victory over BC
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in the ACC and certainly this proved to
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be the case today just what do you feel
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like made for such a tough game against
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a team that have really struggled I know
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they hit shots today which just what
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really turned us into such a tight game
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well I think they hit shots
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because we gave them the Rhythm to make
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shots I
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just you know coming into this game
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percentage wise you know defensive uh
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percentage like we were number one in
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ACC I felt like we were improving
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defensively uh we're doing a better job
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of protecting the paint uh we're number
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one in terms of defending the
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three
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and um our approach
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defensively um was not good um for them
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to be able to shoot 55% from the
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field
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um and take nothing away Boston College
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played great I you know coach Grant I
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have tremendous respect for him I just
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um
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just didn't play very well defensively
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at all youber I asked J wash you know
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what the missing piece was on defense
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and he said it essentially came down to
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Pride like drawing a Line in the Sand
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and things like that from your
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estimation is that do you agree with
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that from what you saw there today I do
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believe in the latter part of the
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game uh specifically when we were down
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by four with I don't know how many
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seconds to go um and and including how
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much 18.6 18.6 down
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four and um in the overtime I felt like
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we were locked in defensively we got the
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stops that we needed the deflections uh
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the steals that we needed um to be able
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um to get us back in the game and
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eventually be able to win it I felt like
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the execution offensively down the
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stretch was on point in terms of our
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spacing our screening we made shots they
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stepped up and was really proud of him
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um for being able to do that in a
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pressure
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situation um but all the minutes leading
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up to that
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um just disappointed so where did they
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find that during that last 20 seconds on
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inbound
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situations RJ said he was frustrated
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that it wasn't there before and but they
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found it and he said Pride some other
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types of things where do you think they
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found that to make I don't
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know um this group has always found
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it I think they have founded when they
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have needed
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it
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and it's needed at the jump
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ball and
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that's something that's just going to
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have to
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change I know you haven't had a chance
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to look at it but what do you think was
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going wrong with the Closeouts as far as
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their the three-point looks that Boston
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College was good yeah just
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um we
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knew you know hand was a great
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three-point shooter and you know for him
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to
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get eight looks um from three
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um yeah our Closeouts got to be better
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our attention to detail has to be better
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um our rotations off of ball screens I
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felt like uh the Chicago Action the dhos
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um really hurt us um their rescreens
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were hurting us I felt like uh our ball
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screen defense was allowing them to get
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into the paint which put a lot of
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pressure on us to protect the paint
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which allowed them to throw the ball out
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and be able to shoot the ball from
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through
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and so um we had to double the post and
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so those are things that open up the
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perimeter and I think it's a combination
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of a number of things I really don't
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think it's one thing I think it was
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everything for the most part of the game
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Heber I I know that you've always said
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you don't put a ton of stock in who
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starts for you the starting lineup that
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type thing but you did make a few
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changes today did you did go a little
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smaller with the four guards and Vin
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just what I mean what were some of your
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thoughts around just just make making
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those moves yeah I just you know we had
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lost the last couple of games you know
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Seth was coming back from a concussion
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and missed two and a half weeks and I
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felt like um he was in a position I just
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you know he so good defensively he can
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rebound the basketball I felt like that
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would be good for us to start the game
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his
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um experience and Leadership to start
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the game and then in the second half you
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know we weren't
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we weren't playing any defense and so
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just put five guys out there that I felt
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like could possibly get a stop you know
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and it was um but that was my thinking
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at starting the game and that was my
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thinking um the lineup after halftime
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thinkk you guys missed your first five
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or six shots of the second half as well
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Ian sat the last six and a half minutes
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or so the first half didn't start the
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second half when he went in he gave you
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some offense but did he do some of the
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things when he went back in that you
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wanted him to do for maybe why he had
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that long
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yeah no he did I mean Ian is a great kid
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and he's obviously a huge part of this
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team and um he's just obvious you know A
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Gifted score and um um getting better
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defensively and you know I just at times
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felt like having more length and more
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experience out there from a defensive
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standpoint we needed to get
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stops we were scoring at will the
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offense wasn't the problem I mean we
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scored 102 points and we were on Pace to
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score that even at halftime and we
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needed we needed stops and so I was
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looking for answers that could you know
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who changed the game for us was uh taon
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he was in the game for five minutes that
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first stretch in there and it was his
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energy his energy and his effort changed
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in entire game for us we came in the
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Huddle and everybody was screaming
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saying see it's just one guy it's
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playing hard look what it's doing he
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changed the game completely in that
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small time there and the only reason I
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took him out is he was
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tired and so I had to give him a break
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um or he would have stayed in I would
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have not taken him out and uh I was
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really proud of his effort and and him
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being ready when his number was called
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here the length of Drake when you can
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put him on the the out of the inbounder
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um seemed like that came up clutch too
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like what I don't know if luxury is
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right word but what kind I asset is that
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to be able to put a guy that long and
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and that you know with those abilities
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on an inbounder who's stuck in in one
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spot there it was great you know we've
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been in situations where it's been
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difficult for us to get the ball in with
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size and Drake has the athleticism and
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the lym to be able to make it very
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difficult uh to get the ball in and he
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was great out of bounds underneath side
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out of bounds he was huge for us his
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activity um I mean you can point to a
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number of different people we won the
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game because of this person and you know
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one of the people that you can point
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towards is is
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Drake what went through your mind when
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you saw Jay wash
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down
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um I didn't see the
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play um my hope that it wasn't his knee
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which it isn't and so that just scared
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me you know with the history of his
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injuries in particular the knee and so
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with him not getting up quickly that's
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the first thing that went through my
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mind but I'm thankful it wasn't that and
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I'm thankful that he's he's good was it
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tough to refocus on the game after
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seeing him go off like that with you
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know his history in mind no I I knew
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soon as he got up that his need was fine
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and so um I was able to stay locked into
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to what was going on and also be
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concerned um for Jaylen just making sure
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he was okay did he tell you he was okay
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was one of the training staff the no I
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could just tell I'm I've been around
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them for three years I I I know these
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kids I know when they're in a good mood
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bad mood when they have to go to the
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bathroom when they're hungry I know
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everything last one Adam Hubert talking
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to RJ and Seth um I I know you tend to
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keep the postgame message in the locker
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room pretty short get in and get out but
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both of those guys mentioned um that the
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talk you gave you sort of made made it a
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little more personal just about I did
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your experiences and things like that
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like what do you think came over you in
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those moments that that had you saying
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those words um I
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the playing
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here is more than just playing
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here I I told them and I've told them my
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story but I've told them that everything
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significant in my life has happened here
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I just didn't go to school here I just
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didn't play here I just didn't graduate
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from here
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this is where I became a Christian this
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is where I fell in love with my wife
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this is where we got married this is
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where I bought my first house this is
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where we got married this is where we
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decided to raise our three kids
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like this is not a job this is my
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home and it's the home of every one of
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the other coaches as well and and every
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other coach because they've experienced
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this place can say the same
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things when you put on that uniform when
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you're in that locker room when you run
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through that tunnel and you play on that
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floor it's more than just
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basketball you're a part of something
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that is a part of your
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life
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and that's the
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emotion that I played
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with that's the emotion that I coach
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with and that's the
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emotion that I want each player to play
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with
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and maybe it's harder
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now when I was here I didn't have to
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deal with nil transfer portal I didn't
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have an agent
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my dad was in the stands and he was my
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dad never talked to me about
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basketball I wasn't in a hurry to get to
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the
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NBA I didn't have those
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things I was right where I wanted to be
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and I never wanted to
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leave thank you everybody thanks coach
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