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#UNC's RJ Davis, Drake Powell and Elliot Cadeau talk about the OT loss to Michigan State. #UNC
Nov 28, 2024
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any questions for coach or uh
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players U for both Drake and Elliott uh
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you guys did take that onepoint lead at
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that point in overtime uh but for the
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most part I think you got shot two for
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eight uh in that overtime period just
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what did you think about the shots that
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you were getting and just what kind of
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kept you all from I guess extending the
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lead at that
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point
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um I think they just didn't fall really
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um I thought we took great shots um I
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thought the right players took the shots
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just um yeah they just didn't
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fall Elliot you guys were able to to
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force overtime uh I think you were down
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seven in like the final maybe minute and
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a half of Regulation how did you think
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you guys were able to pull that off what
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sort of fight did you see and the way
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you guys able to extend the game um I
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think just shifted our focus on defense
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I feel like we never have a problem
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offensively and scoring so it was just a
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matter of getting stopped and that
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that's basically all we were talking
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about in the hudle just getting stops
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getting rebounds and that's what we
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tried to do and maybe the shot just the
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follow up sorry maybe to follow up quick
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the shot there from set to force
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overtime looked like might be a play for
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RJ coming on the weak side just just can
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you take us through that and how he
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ended up with it making the shot yeah it
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was a play for AR in the corner and also
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the second option was Seth coming back
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on the screen and that was a read so we
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got that
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here for uh both players you know it's
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you know it's a tough loss but what can
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you take from this time that you've had
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here Molly and what do you want to
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really focus on as you start to move
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forward to the rest of your
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season um personally uh as a kid coming
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from Pittsburgh you don't get to you
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know come out here to Maui and see the
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things that I've seen I've seen great
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views um and just play the game that I
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love with a group of people that I love
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and a place that I
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love um this one for Elliott obviously
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uh you know you displayed a degree of
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frustration you know missed that layup I
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know you guys obviously did go into
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overtime what you kind of remember about
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uh you know just that sequence of of
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that sequence of events going to
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the um yeah I just remember it being a
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big
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shot Miss but I told something in the
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Huddle I told him thank you for having
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my back and he came back H the shot for
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me so
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yeah B what would you say is the feeling
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of this group leaving with two losses uh
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in three games back to back um I feel
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like we feel hungry now we know that
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nothing's going to be given to us and we
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just learned a lot from it we just I
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think the main thing we learned from him
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was our toughness just has to be better
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like we have to be more tough and I feel
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like we're going to start bringing that
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every day in practice we have to we have
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no choice so I think that's one thing
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yet anything else for Drake or Elliott
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y Drake how would you assess what the
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problem is with this the starts that you
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guys have had I think it's like an 11
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Point deficit on average at halftime for
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you guys and the starts just haven't
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been there what what do you think's
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going wrong and What needs to change
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well first you're exactly right yeah we
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do come out flat and just put ourselves
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in a hole into where we're trying to
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come back the whole game but um yeah
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like Elliot said I think it's just the
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toughness we got to you know want to get
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the 50/50 balls want to get uh defensive
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rebounds offensive rebounds we just we
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have to do all the dirty work and um I
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think we'll do that continuing
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forward Drake the last few games you
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really taken a bigger role seemed like
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confidence is up on both ends of the
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floor what's been working for you and
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and what's your head space at this point
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just um to to keep playing just growing
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my game and um whatever is asked to me
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by my coaches my teammates I feel like I
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can do it at a high level and um yeah
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just going forward I'm just looking
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forward to the next
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game all right let's let uh Drake Elliot
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head back with the team any questions
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for coach
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um Xavier Booker for them has not really
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done much of note this season and had a
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really impactful second half I'm just
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wondering what if at this point The
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Scouting Report was on him given what he
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had done this year and and what you
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thought of his his impact on the game
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for them well I thought he had a huge
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impact on uh both ends of the floor I
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felt like his left defensively when we
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tried to get to the B uh if he didn't
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block a shot he altered a shot I felt
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like uh from an offensive standpoint uh
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he played to his sides I I would say
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normally he drifts to the outside and
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shoots threes and um uh did a really
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good job uh rolling to the basket uh
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offensive rebounds being able to finish
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around the basket with his length at his
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athleticism and so I thought um he
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caused problems with us on both
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coach it feels like when you extend
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pressure it unlocks your athleticism in
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your group have you thought about from
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the jump extending a little bit more
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getting them locked in it seems like a
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lot U Hubert what did you think the
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difference was in that overtime period
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of course um small amount of time
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obviously but um you know you guys go up
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one they end up you know kind of taking
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the lead things like that what do you
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think was the kind of the separator down
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the stretch well it's always I mean the
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separator is just you know the
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possession by possession little details
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here whether it's
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um it just comes down to a make or Miss
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situation I mean uh we put it in
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overtime and um as you mentioned we were
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able to take the lead in overtime and
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and those times you've got to tighten
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the screws in terms of the discipline
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and details of getting stops guys they
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scored 50 points in the paint I mean
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that's just and shot 55% from the field
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I you guys can keep asking me questions
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but it's it's right here like we have to
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improve defensively um to say that we
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took it to overtime letting the team
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scor
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55% from the field 50% 50 points in the
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paint they beat us on the boards and
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they beat us at the free throw line and
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wi in overtime I mean it's it's right
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here
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Hubert to that point do you have to
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change something defensively maybe with
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switching everything I don't know like
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does something do you just have to
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change what you're doing defensively or
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with the lineup well I I I definitely
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think this gives um time to be able to
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look and do a deep dive in terms of
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doing something maybe tweak a little
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pivot alter or maybe even change um
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because what we're doing defensively is
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not sustainable um especially against
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the good teams um we've always struggled
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defensively in the first half second
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half we've picked it up now with the
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level of play that has increased it's
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made it even more difficult and so yeah
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you're right I mean this we've got a
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game next week and we've got a full week
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to really take a close look at some
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things that we're going to have to
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change or maybe stay the course and work
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even harder to be able to put us in a
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position uh to do better consistently
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for longer periods of time on the
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defensive
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in Hubert what was the sequence that led
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to the techical and do you think you
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deserve the technical I'm not going to
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comment on that but I never use
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profanity I never show up
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anybody well can you talk about Drake's
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emergence here uh you obviously gain
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more confidence in him because you gave
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him more playing time what is he doing
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to deserve all that playing time well I
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I would I would disagree just because he
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had plan time that I'm gaining
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confidence I don't equate confidence in
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regards to a number on a stat sheet but
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I was um very happy with the way that
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Ian and Drake played and I thought they
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stepped up for us on both ends of the
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floor and I was happy with their effort
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tonight cuber where are you at on the
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the starts I mean it's three straight
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games with double digit deficits in the
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first half yeah know you don't like it
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obviously you pulling your hair out at
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this like what where I don't have any
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here here lied here where's the
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frustration level with this and it's
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just you know that's another thing it
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feels like you just got to fix it well
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no I guys I you know it's this gives us
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a you know one of the things that I love
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about playing in this tournament and
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playing the competition that we're
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playing is it really gives you a clear
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picture on the things that you need to
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work on and so um there's things that
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you know there's problems that some
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people can't change there's just no
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solution to it and there's things that
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you can change one of the things that I
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told the team is the things that need to
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be changed I feel like can be with this
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group I believe in this team I um I love
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coaching them they're a bunch of
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unbelievable great kids and I'm honored
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and blessed to be their coach all right
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one more question for
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Coach yeah uh have you found obvious you
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guys you know want are wanting to be you
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know the fastpaced team that you have
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been thus far but when it comes to I
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guess the defensive side of the ball I
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does the I guess increase in possessions
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almost make ad for another challenge
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defense
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if that makes sense like does the I
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guess from a points per game perspective
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you know the increase in possessions
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like does that create almost another
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challenge for you guys as a as a defense
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I don't think so you know I've said
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before to you know to play at our Pace
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there needs to be a full commitment and
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everybody's got to be in the best shape
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of their life and you know we we check
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those two boxes again I mean we gave up
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50 points in the paint we gave 50 points
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in the paint against
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Kansas
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um we didn't only
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had the lead for a minute and 8 seconds
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and the game last night we didn't take
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the lead
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once we got to find a way to get off to
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better starts in the first half and find
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a way to get better defensively and
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rebounding the basketball and those are
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things that we're going to look at and
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fix and try to get better at thanks
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coach okay thank you appreciate it
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thanks every
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