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#UNC coach Hubert Davis after the victory at Georgia Tech
Jan 31, 2026
#UNC coach Hubert Davis after the victory at Georgia Tech
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You guys have had six halves since you
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got back in California. Five of them
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have been pretty productive and you guys
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have uh had the edge in margin in those
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halves. What are a couple things you
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like about the way the team has
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responded? They've carried these three
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games. And if you can offer a couple
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things you really still need to work on
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that kind of a carryover from that
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stretch.
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Well, I thought um from an offensive
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standpoint, I thought the ball moved
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really well. Very unselfish from an
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offensive standpoint. It it started with
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Caleb. Um you know, we thought that they
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would have to double the post if we
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threw the ball into Caleb and just his
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instinctively just as soon as the ball
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touched his hands like he got into an
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open teammate and it just
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ignited everybody else on how to play.
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it was 0.5 mentality where you know when
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you catch the ball you're making quick
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decisions whether to shoot to drive or
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to pass and I felt like Caleb started us
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off that way and it led to everybody
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else. Um defensively we had some
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mistakes in both halves. Um but overall
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I thought we did a really good job of um
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limiting them on getting into rotations
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off of ball screens. We knew that they
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would set a ton of ball screens. I don't
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think we got in very many rotations and
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so defensively I felt like we did a good
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job as well. [clears throat]
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Hubert, Luca looks really the most
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comfortable on both ends of the floor as
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he's looked at all this season. Why do
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you think that is?
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Well, I mean Luca's a very confident
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player. Um
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feels, you know, confident to be able to
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make plays on both ends of the floor.
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it it's the normal season. I you know
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sometimes you feel like you're in a
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rhythm, sometimes you don't. But I like
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the way that Luca's playing because he
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he's a very confident player. I think
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he's getting better and better
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defensively like talking and
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understanding the concepts so much
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better now than at the beginning of the
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year. And um he had a another really
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good game. Spencer and then RL right
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here on the green.
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She I know it's a that's a Georgia Tech
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team that wants to get out and run. They
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want to play fast and you guys I think
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outscored them 18 to nothing off
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turnovers today and then you also won
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the the fast break points battle. I know
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last Saturday you talked about want to
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be the fastest team free throw to free
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throw line. I guess just your thoughts
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on what you saw from your group today.
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Yeah, that was huge for us. Um you know
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defensively against Georgia Tech. I
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mean, their number one way to score is
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in transition, whether it's threes or
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being able to attack the basket, get to
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the free throw line, make layups and
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dunks. And so, one of the things that I
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told him is, you know, in transition,
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the the great thing about it is it's all
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dictated by us. You know, if you make
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shots, take good shots, take care of the
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basketball, get to the offensive glass,
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get to the free throw line, you're never
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in transition defense. That being said,
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basketball happens. And if you run backs
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sprint back with a sense of emergency
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and talk, you should have five on five
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back and you're still in control um in
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transition. So I thought we did a really
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good job handling and keeping them out
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of transition and that was a huge part
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of our attack against Georgia Tech
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today.
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Mike, front row in the green, then in
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the back and the white. Go ahead, Harl.
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Yeah, you had to like the eight
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three-pointers and so many players
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hitting them, but did you like the 31
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attempts and did you like the shots and
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did you think the team was settling
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sometimes?
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At times they were. I do. At times they
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were. Uh we went in the half and we were
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11 of 13 at the rim before the game.
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I've told them in preparation all week
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that uh we're 71% on the year at the
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rim. That's number one in the ACC.
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dominate points in the paint through
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post, penetration, offensive rebounding.
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We're an inside outside team and so at
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times I do think we settled and rushed
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for threes and that's an area that we
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got to get better at. Got to be stubborn
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and persistent to consistently shoot the
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right threes. And when we did, I think
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we mostly made those.
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Last three in the back, then Shelby,
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then Andrew.
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Caleb is rough here. He's a high school
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star here. Was there any sense that this
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meant a little bit more to him coming
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and playing in this city in this
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building? Well, I think it's, you know,
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for anybody being able to come back home
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is a big deal. He never played here at
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high school and, you know, he's, you
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know, grew up, you know, with traffic 25
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minutes from here. And, um, I think one
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of the things that did help is we
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already had played in Atlanta. We played
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Ohio State here and so it was his second
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time here. And I think that I think he
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came in the game and he played really
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well against Ohio State, but I felt like
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he came in more settled this time,
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second time around, had us um already
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been in Atlanta earlier in the year.
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Last two, Shelby, then Andrew,
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you you already obviously expressed
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confidence just in Henry's ability to
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respond after his performance at UVA.
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Just what do you make of his performance
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today given some of the things that you
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guys um maybe focused on with him over
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the course of the week practice? Yeah, I
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mean I mean one of the things was
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rebounding, you know. I mean,
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you know, he had 14. Yeah, he had 12
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rebounds today and, you know, that's
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just something we need him to
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consistently be able to do that. I felt
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like he was in really good rhythm
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offensively, mixing up his game, whether
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it was um offensive rebounds, post ups,
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spotting up from three, and that's what
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Henry can do. And so, it was nice to see
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him get back into an offensive rhythm
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tonight. And um I take that every night
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from him
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last night.
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And he's done that pretty much every
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night this year.
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That's right. Huber
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Huber. I think Seth finished maybe with
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18. I'm not sure. 18 or 20 in that
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range.
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Yeah.
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He was finishing today and he's talked a
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lot about the need to finish that
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sometimes he doesn't finish around the
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rim. That takes it to another level.
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When he actually finishes, he gets some
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N ones like he was
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100%. He was doing that at the beginning
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of the year and um when he came back I
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felt like his moves to the basket were
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hesitant
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and with his athletic ability, his
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skill, I wish I had 1% of that. And his
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ability in the fast break, even in the
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half court, um he's our most powerful
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driver and finisher. He's the last two
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to three games he's done that
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consistently and consistently well and
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from an offensive standpoint that takes
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us to a different level. But he also,
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you know, they cut it to I think 14 or
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15 and Seth hit two buckets, got in the
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pass lanes, got a steal and a layup. He
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really led us in the huddles and on the
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floor today. I was really proud of Seth.
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Thank you, coach. Um the two