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#UNC coach Hubert Davis press conference after win at Hawaii
Nov 23, 2024
#UNC coach Hubert Davis press conference after win at Hawaii
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one of the things that we talked about
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offensively is attack in a basket post
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and penetration I felt like our guards
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could get to the rim anytime that they
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wanted to and really put a lot of
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pressure on the rim and they they were
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able to do that d one thing that you
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emphasize a lot is with the pace the
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defense and the rebounding kind of
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dictating that pace getting those stops
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and things like that how did you see
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particularly in that second half how did
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you see the defense dictating the pace
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and allowing you guys to get out the
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transition well I I I felt like
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defensively um there was a couple things
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one were able to get Steals and
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deflections I can't remember how many
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turnovers we forced but we were able to
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get our hands on a lot of balls and
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deflections that allow us to get out in
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transition uh two we held them to two
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second chance points in the second half
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opposed to 12 in the first half so that
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allowed us to be able to get out in
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transition as well it's the first game
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all year we've been out rebounded so I'm
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not happy with that but uh I felt like
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we uh the way that we reacted and
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responded in the second half in terms of
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defensively and finishing the possession
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with the rebound I thought was much
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better especially Second Chance
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opportunities in the second round you
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you mentioned those Second Chance
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opportunities uh in that first half what
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do you think was kind of giving you guys
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know 32 is lot of rebounds what do you
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think was going to giv you guys their
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size and their will and their want to
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and I told the guys in in the uh at
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halftime and I said you just not going
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to be able to move move me off of this
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it has nothing to do about physical size
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in terms of rebounding and loose balls
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it has everything to do with the size of
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your heart so just is what it is they
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were more aggressive in the first half
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and they were tougher and uh we had to
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we had to respond in the second half we
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were able to do that got back to six for
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little bit there what did you guys do to
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adjust at that point yeah I mean
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Hawaii's a good team I mean they're
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undefeated they've won all of their
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games here at home and really good
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rebounding team really good at attacking
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the baset and getting to the free throw
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line and then they had a couple guys
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that got hot from three and number five
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and 34 and so um that put us in some
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positions where we needed to respond uh
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but you know we've been in that
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situation before at Memphis at Kansas
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and we're able to step it up again how
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you Elliott's ability obviously to to
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finish over bigger dudes is something
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we've talked about but his Elite it it
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is but maybe the the way he's able to
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not get out of control on some of those
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drives where he's moving so fast and
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making so many different moves I mean no
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he's in control he's control of his body
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does a really good job uh you know he's
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he's strong too so he can take a hit and
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still stay on balance in the air to be
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able to finish and he can finish with
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either hand he can go either direction
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and so when he drives into the lane he
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has a great understanding of when to
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shoot and when to pass and you know when
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he's on the floor great things happen
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guys because just a hang on just a
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couple more it is really late for us we
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got an early flight tomorrow so just a
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couple more before we bring the players
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thanks just just to follow up on that
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real quick because he got the second
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foul so early in the game was it a
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difficult decision on how long to sit
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him I mean was like 16 yeah I want I
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don't want to take him out but you know
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and and then um I was also thinking
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about RJ he was in a game for a long
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time and so you know for him being
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fatigued as well and so um that's a
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great thing about our team we have so
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many multiple uh Playmakers and so Seth
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can run the show uh Drake can run the
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show Ian can and so we're able to do
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that until we were able to get uh um
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Elliot back in the game l aart in the
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first half and then play the rest of the
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second half coule more about about
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dealing with the Zone uh yeah uh what
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were the issues with the zone no was no
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issues I mean they had only played three
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possessions of Zone all year and uh but
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we were prepared for it and um I thought
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our set plays against the Zone got us
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really good looks and shots uh once we
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started attack in the middle get the
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ball below free throw line extend and
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attacking the basket that's when we were
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able to get some shots and get fou and
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get to the free throw line so I thought
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we responded really well to a team that
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normally doesn't play zone starting to
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see some fire from Kate Tyson seems like
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on some of those finishes great yeah
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that one he finished and then I felt
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like he was talking a little bit of junk
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which uh I like cuz you're showing
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emotion and um the toughness that he
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showed in the second half not just U
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making moves and scoring but I felt like
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he was really good defensively I was
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really proud of him how about did this
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game show the importance of Elliott how
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the game went when he was sitting on the
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bench in the first half and how it went
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when he's back in the game well I
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wouldn't I wouldn't connect it to
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Elliott being on the bench I would
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connected to Hawaii playing really well
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they're a good basketball team they were
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on their home floor and they made a run
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they had guys being able to step up uh
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32 is is a beast down on the Block and
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you know him getting Second Chance
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opportunities we had a double team every
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time we threw the ball in the post we
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just didn't feel like we could guard
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them one-on-one so give credit to Hawaii
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um terrif uh extremely well coached and
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um they're going to have a fantastic
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season last one for Hubert Hubert I know
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you like obviously having a lot of
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Playmakers out there on the court and
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then by starting K Trimble and RJ that
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certainly allows you to do that I guess
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when you were repping it in the
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offseason when did it kind of click that
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I guess that Trio as a starting five
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would kind of you know be a good formula
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for you allward yeah I mean I just don't
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I don't put a lot of things in the start
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five I I don't dictate to start five
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they do and starting five doesn't mean
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anything to me I mean it's they just
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start the game and but Elliot and RJ and
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Seth work really well together they play
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off each other I think they all bring
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different strengths um out there on the
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floor that complement each other and um
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when they're out there on the floor it
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works how much you going to be squawking
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about rebounding in the next couple days
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they going be hearing it every time all
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day long all day long cuz it's coming I
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mean it's just not just uh in Maui it's
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coming for the rest of the year yeah
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we're going to have to rebound the
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basketball I've always said it's the
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number one determining factor it's going
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to be an outcome of the game and uh we
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just got to do a better job of
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but just is what it is thanks coach okay
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thank you
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