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#UNC coach Hubert Davis after loss at #SMU
Jan 3, 2026
#UNC coach Hubert Davis after loss at #SMU
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shot 70 70% from the floor in that
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second half. What did you feel like was
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the the biggest challenge for you guys
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defensively, especially in that second
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half?
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Yeah, they were just able to get
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anywhere that they wanted to
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offensively. Uh Boopy was, you know, in
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control of the ball, whether it's, you
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know, one-on-one ball screen action. Um
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his patience, being able to get to his
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spots, be able to score, be able to
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distribute. And you know, from an
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offensive standpoint, we try to take the
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ball out of his hands and um guys
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stepped up and uh made shots, but he
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still was able to get the ball to his
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teammates at the right spot to be able
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to do something with it. And um uh he
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played a terrific game. Do
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you feel like their quickness played a
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big part in that, too?
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Oh, they're real quick. I mean, it you
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know, their athleticism from you know um
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especially from their guard position is
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real. um um not only their athleticism
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but their length physicality. I felt
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like it affected us even though we shot
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you know 50% from the field. I felt like
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each one of our cuts, our passes, our
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scores was just it was hard. It was
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difficult. And so um but I do think
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their athleticism and length and
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physicality did play a factor. Spencer,
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Henry and Caleb finished with 13 and 14,
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but it felt like their front court was
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really making it, you know, difficult
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for them to get what they wanted. What
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were you seeing from them to limit Caleb
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and Henry offensively?
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Yeah, I mean, their physicality as well,
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you know, um, you know,
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you know, for Henry and Caleb, it was,
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you know, difficult for them to catch
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the ball at the spots that they wanted
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to catch it. Um, I thought they did a
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good job of mixing it up when uh the
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double team from whom uh to keep them
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off balance, but I just thought ju their
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initial defense
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um not just on those two, but in
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particularly just our whole team, you
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know, we were starting our offense
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almost at half court. Um just very
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difficult to get into scoring range.
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Andrew,
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along the lines, there was that stretch
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in the second half where they started
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pulling away where Caleb had one shot
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down the We had two. It looked like you
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guys just couldn't get in your sets at
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all. What were they doing to disrupt the
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sets from even starting and what was the
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triple effect?
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Yeah, I think it started on the ball.
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You know, their pressure on the ball. As
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I said before, we were, you know,
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starting our offense close to half court
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and so um to initially get into the
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offense, you know, that initial pass is
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much further away, very difficult. They
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were in passing lanes denying
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um you know, as I said before, just
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every dribble, every cut, every pass I
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felt like was was difficult and that's
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something that we just got to learn and
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grow from because that's what we'll face
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moving forward.
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Yeah. D
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just what do you think contributed to
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having such a successful shooting night
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from deep?
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Well, I mean, they have guys that can
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make shots and so, um, you have to give
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them credit for being able to step up
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and knock it down. Um, but, you know,
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when you have a point guard that, you
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know, that can control the ball like
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Boopy did tonight, um,
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it definitely does play a factor. As I
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said before, I thought he played a
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fantastic game.
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Hubert, I know you referenced SMU's
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defense, but they've been kind of up and
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down defensively this year and several
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times they had you guys deep into the
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shot clock before you get something off
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and you you talked about the double
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teams and so forth. Was that a little
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bit different than what you were
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expecting from them defensively or was
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it what you thought you were going to
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get from them today?
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No, I thought that's what we were going
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to get from them. I I I think our
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trouble was
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not necessarily just the double teams in
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the post, but being able to break down
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their defense. As I said before, we were
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starting our offense so close to half
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court, we just we couldn't break them
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down. And so, um, sometimes Seth was
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able to get in there and be able to make
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plays, but we just couldn't consistently
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break down their defense. And against
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good teams, you just have to have that
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whether it's from one or a number of
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different players. And we just didn't
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have that consistently today.
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Andrew, here was thing on that,
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especially their their interior defense.
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Were they more physical? Did they bump
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more than maybe you had seen on tape?
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And were their denials a little bit more
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physical than we'd seen on tape?
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No, I mean, they're they're a physical
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group. They're athletic. They're big. We
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knew that they were going to be
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physical. It's something that we had
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talked about um at every step in our
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preparation for SMU and that's what
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teams have been doing against us. You
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know, one of the things is is just being
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physical with us and trying to get us
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off our our spots and make our passes
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and our drives difficult and they were a
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able to do it. But I mean, we still shot
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48% from the field that it's on the
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defensive end. You're not going to win
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hardly any games any at all if a team
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shoots 60%.
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I mean, as difficult as offensive was,
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we still shot 50% from the field. We
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shot the ball probably the best from
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three. So, you know, as I said before,
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it always starts and ends with us
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defense rebounding and taking care of
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the basketball. And defensively, we just
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didn't play um the way we needed to to
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be able to beat a team here on the road.
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Last one, Shelby.
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Yeah. might kind of go to the wayside,
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but just on the three-point shooting,
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obviously Jiren having the three
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three-pointers, he struggled a little
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bit from distance this season. Just how
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good was it to see those go in for him,
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and what will that maybe add to your
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offensive?
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Yeah, I mean, Jiren is a versatile
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player with size, can do a number of
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things on both ends of the floor, and he
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definitely, you know, got into a rhythm
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offensively.
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um probably the best, you know, going
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into early into this season. But again,
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it just, you know, it just goes back to
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defense. Um it is what it is. For us to
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be the best team that we can possibly
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become, we have we have to be a good
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defensive team. I think heading into
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this game, we were one or two in in
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regards to field goal percentage defense
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in the conference and
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SMU shot 60% from the field. It's just
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not going to get it done against them or
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anybody else. Thank you, coach.
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