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#UNC coach Hubert Davis after the Tar Heels' win over USC Upstate
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It's a matter of time, but 17 points
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from Jonathan Powell today. Uh, season
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high matched careerh high. What did you
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see out there from him and is it
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something that he can build on going
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forward?
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Yeah, I thought he played well on both
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ends. I mean, obviously he's a guy that
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can make shots and today he uh not only
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made shots, but timely shots, especially
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from three. I think it was an
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eight-point game in the second half. He
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hit a three in the corner, taking the
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double figures, and that, you know,
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extended the lead for the remainder of
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the game. but he's also a really like
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physical defender. Uh very competitive
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and um just has a passion and a desire
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to be a part of this team and this
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program. So I was really happy they had
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a good game today.
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You were at the under eight timeout the
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second half really um lit into the team.
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It was pretty animated. Uh what was
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a lot of beebies?
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Absolutely.
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What in the world? Beje. Yeah,
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absolutely. Gave us some beebies last
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week too.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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What was what were some of the things
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that were really bothering you to to
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kind of create that kind of reaction and
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what did you tell them?
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Yeah, I was there was a lot to be happy
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and excited and proud about. Um, you
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know, the the the 20 assists. Um, I I
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felt like we really shared the
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basketball. Um, we took good shots. We
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took care of the basketball. And so,
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from that standpoint, I was really happy
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with the team. I just didn't feel like
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the practices leading up to the game
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were at the level of attention to detail
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that is required to put yourself in a
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position to be successful.
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Some some of the guys said that uh and
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do you think that maybe the big lesson
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here is practice carries over into the
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games?
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It's a tremendous lesson. I told them
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I'm a visual learner. I can remember
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things, but if I see it, I remember for
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the rest of my life. And my hope is is
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that they could clearly see that there
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is connection between
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how you prepare and how you practice
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um in relation to how you play. And
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I identified the areas that
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that have to be there every day. It's
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not the miss shots and the turnovers.
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Everybody miss shots. Everybody turns
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the ball over. Everybody makes mistakes.
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I just think the things that you have
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control over, I think those are the
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things are non-negotiable you have to
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bring every day. That's energy, effort,
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attention to detail, enthusiasm,
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and
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you know, you can't use an excuse that
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we had final exams. Um, I'm married and
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got three kids and I got prepared for
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this game.
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You were early. I mean, I I I was
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watching and it seemed like when Jaden
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Young hit that three, I know that was
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his only basket today, but that really
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seemed to be like a kickstart.
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I agree with you.
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Take me take me through that moment and
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why that was such a key turning point.
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Well, I thought, you know, just not that
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was a key moment. Um
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Jaden has been um
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practicing well and him getting into the
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game, being able to knock down that
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shot. I thought he was good defensively.
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I could point to everybody coming off
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the bench. I just felt like they made at
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least one play. JB dove on the floor. I
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was animated there, you know, and so um
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because that was hustle and it might not
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show up on Instagram stories, but I
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thought it was the biggest play of the
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game cuz someone dove on the floor. And
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um but I thought, you know, Jaden, that
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three was huge for us. It got us going.
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Derek, JB, um you talked about Jonathan
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and Zayen off the bench. I thought their
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energy and effort, enthusiasm was really
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good for us today.
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I saw that Seth was out of his brace uh
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today. How is this rehab coming along
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and do you have sort of a timet for him
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coming back? Yeah, I mean it's going
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very well and um in regards to him
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working out, he's doing everything
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except that's non-cont
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and so the next step is doing everything
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with contact and so my hope is is that
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Seth will be out there soon.
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So he's been able to practice a little
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bit.
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No, like like like he can do anything
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like individual workout without contact,
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without people around. And so, um, next
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step is practicing. And again, my hope
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is that he'll be out there soon.
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How close were you to keeping Caleb
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Wilson out? He told us he had a foot
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injury this week. He missed a couple of
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days of practice.
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Um,
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Caleb practiced all week
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and he told us he missed two to three
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days and then he injury. I just wonder
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how you how how you manage that going
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forward. No, I mean we he practiced all
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week and he played.
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You talked about learning different
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versions of this team in regards to, you
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know, Muka, you know, figuring that out
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and then obviously Seth injury,
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whatever. I guess when Seth does kind of
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come back and, you know, you have these,
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you know, last few games without him,
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learning about this current iteration of
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this team, how much do you think adding
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Seth will kind of, you know, help you
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guys, you guys will, change the dynamic?
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How do you think Seth will impact, I
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guess, this iteration of this team?
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Well, I mean, he's going to impact it in
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a great way on both ends of the floor. I
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mean, you know, from an offensive
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standpoint, one of the things that we
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pride ourselves on is playing in
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transition. I don't think there's
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anybody in the country when we pitch the
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ball ahead, I want the ball in their
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hands other than Seth. And so, having
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that ability to strike and be able to
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finish in transition like him, um, is
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real. He's he's another playmaker. So,
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he can handle the ball, he can
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distribute, he can score. Um, and then
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defensively,
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you can make an argument he's the best
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on ball defender, perimeter defender in
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the country. And so, when he comes back,
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that that gives us a lot on both ends of
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the floor
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for for extended periods of they got a
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lot of offensive rebounds. They did. How
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do you explain how that happened?
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Unacceptable.
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you know, um,
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one of the things we want to be a great
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offensive rebounding team, but our we
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want to be, uh, you know, a great
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defensive rebounding team as well. And
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for them to have more offensive rebounds
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than us is not good. and for us to
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outrebound them only by three and I've
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talked about rebounding and how
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important it is for us to dominate
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points in the paint in regards to
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rebounding um in that area we did not
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was
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we did not play well
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sorry um was that um just part of what
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you were talking about that under eight
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timeout that we asked about earlier like
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specifically the the rebound
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differential
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yeah well I didn't know what the rebound
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differential was during the 8m minute
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timeout but I knew that they got
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multiple
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offensive rebounds and they were playing
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harder to get those offensive rebounds
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than us and I felt like we were leaking
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out in transition and so
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that's something that we'll talk about
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at practice tomorrow.
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Last couple.
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What went into the decision to play 10
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guys there in the first half? Was that
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something you knew you were going to do
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coming in or was that something that
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just spurred the moment?
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just a feel, you know, uh substitutions
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or
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um
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I mean there's just a number of factors.
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Um I wish you can script a basketball
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game. You just never know who's in foul
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trouble, what rotations work well,
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anybody injured, but I was happy with
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everyone that played today.
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Last one. Rod,
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here. We talked to Jonathan about his
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jersey ripping and the competitive
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competitive.
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Did he rip it today?
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No, not today. just from practice and
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his time at West Virginia with his
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overall.
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He did do it at West Virginia. I bumped
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into the coaches in recruiting. He goes,
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"Has he
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has he ripped his jersey yet?" And I was
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like, "H he did it there, too."
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I like if he keeps making shots, he can
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rip all the jerseys off.
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With that competitiveness and the kind
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of nastiness and edge he brings, are you
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getting that from from everybody that
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you want to see? And how does he
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contribute to that overall?
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Well, he he definitely contributes to
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that. Um,
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one of the many reasons that I love
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coaching him is that he has that
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competitive fight and that spirit that I
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think you have to have to even have a
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chance to play at this level. And he
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really cares about this team and wants
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to do well and wants to be a big part of
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it. And
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I'm an emotional person, which makes me
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an emotional coach, just like you said
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at the eight minute timeout. And I like
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emotional players. I just
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I don't know how you do something
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anything that's worth anything
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something that you love with people that
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you love at a place that you love
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without emotion. I I don't know how that
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I don't know how you can do that. And so
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to see Jonathan play that way, I really
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like it.
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Thank you, coach. Things are right.