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at this time out of the Mountain West Conference we really excited to welcome San Diego State Aztec 21-9

14-6 in the NWC and they'll be playing game number two tomorrow night

910 against North Carolina Jared Coleman Jones senior joining us in the middle

Nick Boyd all defensive team second Team all conference and Miles bird on the end

second Team all conference in the Mountain West uh Jared if you could just

talk about your excitement and seen your name called last last night um so it's

my first time being to the to the dance so it's a lot of excitement you know um

to be with this group it's a young group but you know foring a bond with them that's like it's unbreakable so it's

like to to for this to be the first time going with them is just great so and uh Nick same question for you

yeah um like you said just you know it was exciting to see our name getting called um a lot of people didn't think

we'd be in in this position right here so we not taking it for granted and we ready to get out have some fun and um

Make some noise and finally miles uh I say it's a lot more nerve-wracking this year you know past two years we were

able to come in the tournament as a five seed so uh you know a little bit more uncertain this time around but uh you

know we're all we're all grateful to be in this position and we know how how happy a lot of college basketball players would be to be here right now

let's open up the floor for questions uh raise your hand if you have one we'll get you a microphone

phone let's go to the second row on the

end John schaer San Diego Sports 760 just curious Jared when you made the decision to join San Diego State I'm

sure you envisioned or hoped to reach the NCAA tournament how how gratifying is that you know half a year or a year

later um super gratifying I mean was is a dream come true but you know there's a

lot of work to be done so you know I was super excited you know I know that there's a there's a different type of

approach we're going to have to take in postseason so one for for Nick when you you think

about the last couple of years for you having an opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament but to join a entirely new team and then you look at the

overall youth on this team um what was it like to to get to this point in your

first year at San Diego State um man it was important to me like that's that's why I came here to to just win um

obviously like you said we have a young team but it just shows our character as a team just you know a bunch of guys who have grit have fight and uh we going to

have to take them characteristics uh to the game tomorrow so uh like Jerry said gratifying but um we got to do more work

and then finally for Miles you know I have here in the notes like from a year ago just 8% of scoring back from last

year's team and to get all the way to the NCAA tournament what does it say about San Diego State's program uh just

a standard we have a San Diego State you know um lost a lot of guys the year before last year you know lost a lot of

guys last last year so for us to be able to come back here three years in a row after you know a lot of new teams and a

lot of new faces on the teams you know it just shows uh the the the work that coach Dutch and and you know our

assistants do uh to get us ready for this point other questions for student

athletes let's go to the second row on the near

side uh hi Paul Chu uh media University of Dane so you guys have have you guys

have a great resume coming into the tournament at the first four however only playing UNCC twice in the men's

basketball history so with that being said how is this team preparing to face a legacy team like the Tar Heels miles

uh yeah no I think I just seen somewhere that were owned to uh all time against UNCC and the last summer I think we

played was 1990 so a lot of different identities you know they have they've had a new coach in there since the last

time we played obviously uh you know we have a whole new team um but I think

yeah it's just us prepping for any other basketball game you know they're a really talented team or a really good group but I think so are we and it's

just about how we uh prepare coming into the game tomorrow Nick you want to stab at that

question pertaining to the match up tomorrow night against UNC I just think it's it's a mindset um I mean we I don't

even feel like I yesterday we got our name called so we didn't have much time to prepare but it just comes down to to a mindset uh what your mind going to be

like out there and um at the end of the day Whoever has the the mental strength um as well as the physical strength to

keep going throughout the game the highs and lows going to be on top Jared um you know for me I just think to

agree with them it's just the mindset you know going out there preparing watching film you know uh getting a lot

of mental reps before this game I think that you know we're a very talented team and you know we can take on whatever

anybody throws at us so you know just preparing for it and being ready for the challenge let's go back to second

row John chaer against San Diego Sports 760 for for miles and Nick having gone through tournament games previously what

what's it like in that first game in a new tournament in terms of just being prepared and ready for what it takes to

get through that initial game I think you know what US is just

set in the tone um you know be the first one to hit on every shot uh lock in

defensively like we always do um yeah and you know just play freely I mean coach Dutch always says that players

make plays in March so I mean a lot of it's going to come down to us in the end of the game you know sets can only get

us so far and uh end of the day we just need to be ready to play a a competitive game versus a really good

team um yeah like you said just players make plays but at the same time I feel

like a lot of these tournament games like you play a team that you're like so unfamiliar with so it's kind of hard to really prep and kind of um be be ready

in terms of EX X and O standpoint but um I just think it comes down to your mindset like you said hitting on the

first shot um just setting the tone and if you get if you do that you give yourself a chance to uh you know start a

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feature on Zoom other questions we'll go across the

aisle Paul you again University of Dayton so for Nick uh this is your first year like as mentioned as an Aztec for

San Diego State how are you feeling coming into the first four initially I'm feeling blessed I'm

excited to be here um yeah I mean I feel like last year with my team obviously

you know we had a great team but we kind of took like these moments for granted so um that was just like ultimately when

I was thinking like before the selection show uh yesterday just like whatever it is whatever happens just got can't take

none of these moments for granted because um it's very hard to get you know in

these seats right here and have opportunity to play on the biggest stage so um I'm feeling blessed and I'm just

excited and happy that I could um go out there play with these guys again get another shot at that and then uh

ultimately just you know play for my family let's go in the back of the room last row Don Nelson from Ohio University

with a young team like you guys have how do you handle the highs and lows throughout the season we'll start with Jared

um I think it's one thing it's like you can never get too high or too low it's like it's all about a mindset and just

having you know the will to push through you know when you have a great game you know learning and learning what you can

do better from a great game and learning what you can do better from a a bad game so it's just it's all about just staying

even kill and and really focusing on what you can be better at and growing through everything yeah um man I keep

saying the same thing but um I think it's just like your your everyday approach like what whether you win or

you lose how you going to come into practice the next day like you going to come in there ready to bust your butt or you going to take a day off um and I

think you know this group like we do a good job of competing and um just just having fight and I think you know we've

been through some highs and lows throughout this season obviously uh beat one of the best teams in the country and then lost a couple at home too so um

we've seen both sides of it but just our ability to come back the next day and uh fight and practice uh gave us this opportunity right here finally miles

yeah no I agree with Nick you know I think we kind of have a mindset as s State it's win lose draw we still work

so you know we uh we've lost some games that we feel like as a group we shouldn't have lost um but I never think

that kind of takes our intent away from practice the next day or whenever our next practice is I think every single

time we get the group inside the the jam which is our practice facility we're in there ready to get get better and you know uh take steps further as a group

and um I think that helps us out as the year goes on Nick you you mentioned beating you

know one of the best in the country when San Diego States at its

best what's that look like in the Aztec and in your way of going about win man

um I mean I go down the line I just I think playing with swagger ultimately like our defense is something that's

that's a given like we going to come every night and guard for 40 minutes but um when we're on that offensive end just

being ourselves Milesburg hitting a step back three or Jared uh making a good pass or getting a dunk um goon blocking

shots on on the other end BJ Davis picking up the the best guard um guards in the country full court um and then we

got god with the Ben our two freshman uh who come in and handle business that's that's when we're at our best when we're playing with joy and we had that swag

about us and that that edge Jared you mentioned this is your first trip to the dance

of growing up and then also just watching March Madness do you have a

favorite tournament moment

not gonna lie uh Villanova uh the buzzer beater that was like amazing to me I was just like I

used to fantasize about hitting a buzzer beater for a championship game just like

you know like being in a flow State being prepared enough to knock that shot down like it's a crazy feeling you know

I'm trying to get there right now it's my first time so we gonna see what it do Mak it a memory tomorrow

night ask the same question uh to Nick favorite March Madness moment sheesh

um uh I probably just have to say man it's kind of hard like but I say

obviously going to the final four was was exciting um dream come true and then

obviously having a buzzer beater in the first round against Memphis at the last couple seconds uh not I don't know if it

was about to beat but last one second um so yeah that was that's probably my two

right there miles uh yeah no I think probably the the Final Four game winner

I was I was on the team it was happen to be against Nick's team but you know I

think that was one of my favorite sports memories I've been a part of that in villain Nova obviously my dad went to

Villanova played at Villanova so he was at that game I remember watching on TV and you know that was a pretty magical

moment as well let's go back to the second row on the end

I Pro John Schaefer against San Diego Sports 760 I probably asked you each this in the preseason but how surreal is

it now for miles and Nick specifically having been on the floor at the same time I mean in the final four in Houston

to now be teammates in an NCAA tournament together I know you envisioned this when you got together six or eight months ago how surreal is

it now that you're both here together I mean I think it's just the everyday work you know I think we we we've seen this

uh you know play and unfold for the past however long you know I think on his on his visit I was one of his host and you

know we talked about stuff like that so I mean we've both seen it before and you know we're both trying to reach that

that that big stage again you know on once you get there you kind of crave that feeling again so I would definitely

feel like we both got that hunger to get back there yeah like you said uh it is

surreal though cuz like I I never thought I'd probably be in this this position right now especially playing a

team that knocked us off uh in such a harsh way but um yeah it's just surreal

I mean I'm just I'm just proud like I'm really proud for the other this team like and that's all I could really think

about just even yesterday like man I just want this moment like when we lost in BO against Boise in Las Vegas I was

just just upset because I just wanted this moment right here for this team because I know you know what type of bonds it creates and what it could do

for guys um forever um so it's it's surreal and uh it was just funny that it

all worked out this way and I'm just grateful and blessed let's go to the third row on the

far end uh Patrick from the University of Dayton um obviously you guys traveled

here on short notice a long distance does that affect the way you prepare and approach this game at all miles uh no I

don't think so I think you know we're we're a really youthful group who's got a good mentality about it uh I couldn't

remember there was a game early in the year where we supposed to play C we supposed to fly the day before the game

and you know the flight gets delayed then it gets cancelled and we drive up to LA to try to fly to La that night and

it didn't work and uh we ended up flying in maybe two or three hours before the

game started and you know we ended up going and playing one of our better games of the season so uh I wouldn't say

adversity is going to make us play better instantly but you know I think you know our team does a good job around

rallying around each other for uh for moments like this Nick um yeah I like

you said I I think the same um I think it kind of like kind of like helps us in a sense like you said we're youthful

like sometimes Scouts scouting reports could be a lot for for a bunch of guys who you know it's a big moment we're in

March Madness and when you kind of simplified in the fact where we just got to go out there and play sometimes it works out in our favor and I think um

that's something I'm looking forward to jar uh yeah I mean um you know like they

said it's about like just you know locking in and and watching the Scout and watching you know the players um

whatever it's called but uh yeah we just we were on the we were on the plane and we were all just watching um the Scout

and we were watching the sets and just like refreshing our minds I think that uh just you know locking in and haven't

been through that adversity before flying out and getting stuck in airports and not being able to fly out a day

before I just feel like it's prepared us for this moment so we'll be good got a

few more minutes here our student athletes other

questions go back to the third row let's go in the middle

there Ryan M University of Dayton you touched on this a little bit earlier but like what do you guys think the identi

of this team is and how is that going to end up contributing to success in the tournament

Jared um I think our identity is in our defense and our effort um I think that

you know if we play with we play really good defense and we play with effort and we play with swagger I think that

everything else is going to handle itself honestly yeah like you said um

yeah just I want to be the hardest playing team in in this tournament and um if we do that I think we have what

luck we'll be at and we'll have a chance to to beat a good good UNC team uh tomorrow night and now that say all the

time you know if we get defense defense and defensive rebound you know I think it gives us a pretty good chance against

any team in the country um and like Nick and Jared both said earlier that you know when we when we bring the swag and

you know that that freedom and confidence to the game that we that we can and we're capable of doing I think it gives us a good chance against

anybody San Diego State's obviously had a lot of success looking over the last few years and so has the Mountain West

um Boise State gets gets left out this year but they were here a year ago in the first

four miles how tough is the Mountain West Conference um yeah I don't think people

on the East Coast really understand what the mount West is really about I think every game you got to go in there and it's going to be a grind you know

there's a lot of physical teams in the mount West a lot of them who's identities you know kind of revolve around rebounding like Boise State um

and you know one of the biggest things that people don't take into account is the altitude that you play in it most of

the most of the weight teams have altitude at their gym so you know as a as a team from sea level you going out

to to Utah State to play in the mountains and then you're going to Colorado State to play in the mountains like that has a little bit more effect

as well so I don't think they uh I don't know how how they take into account the committee or whatever but I think that's

one of the things that gets left untouched or untalked about and I'll ask the same question to you Jared and this

being your first year in the Mountain West um you know like miles said it's very physical um you know people just

really identify with rebounding I mean the coach has been uh preaching that to us all year defensive rebounding

offensive rebounding establishing ourselves in the paint um to touch on altitude I think like you know it's a

big thing I remember going to I know Wyoming is pretty high but um you know Air Force is the one that affected me

the most um I think the gym was super cold and it's connected to like ice rink or something like that but you know it

was the air was then it was cold we had to like have to like mentally lock in for every game and it's a grind like

it's a long it's a long rough season and you have to really take care of your body um and be prepared for the next

game so well me the long season it continues for you guys and we are so excited to

watch you tomorrow night and we wish you the best of luck against North Carolina thank you thank you thank

you a

told him don't fall on the way off the stage we can't lose anybody this close to the game

at this time we were really excited to welcome the head coach of the Aztec and Brian Dutcher in his eighth season uh

coach before we open up the floor for questions uh just a statement of of this

team and and what they've been able to do this year and making it here to March Madness in the NCAA tournament just

excited to be here we lost 90% of our scoring 90% of our minutes from a year

ago so basically a new team uh found its way through a hectic season

and we're playing in March and that's a great accomplishment so we're proud of our our efforts we're proud of the way

we finished the season and we're proud to be here in Dayton representing San Diego State

University all right questions for Coach let's go to the second row on the

end all right John schaer San Diego Sports 760 Dutch what type of challenge

is it hearing your name called Sunday traveling and playing Tuesday knowing that this is part of the tournament

setting sometimes you play with one day prep after winning a game or in a conference tournament you can play multiple games and multiple days so what

kind of experience and turnaround is is this for you I've been coming to this event for a long time and this is

something brand new I mean I've been to four National Championship games three at Michigan is an assistant once of the

head coach at San Diego State but I've never been in the first four so this a new experience it's rapid coaches are

overthinkers anyway so we always complain and worry we don't have enough time to get ready but at the end of the

day play uh marches for players so our guys will be ready we'll give them a game plan uh tomorrow morning and then

we'll play tomorrow night so we didn't get a chance to practice uh we didn't have our flight confirmed I think until

like 9:30 last night met at the arena at 9 8:15 flew out at 9 had to come to the

public practice and so they watch a little tape on the plane uh we sat down

after a quick meal at the hotel and watch individuals so we're just in the infancy of a game plan so tomorrow

morning we'll be critical concentrating and that's why these conference tournaments are always so good because

you play three games in three days or uh so you're used to Quick preps so we will

quick prep and be ready to play tomorrow night other questions for coach

let's go to the second row across the aisle here Caleb zafia University Dayton

players before you mention about defensive and offensive rebounding and defensive rebounding how do you ensure

that the defensive strategies you know for North Carolina well we've gotten beat because we can't rebound the ball that's why

Boise beat us I think they shot 33% from the field and 27% from three and got a

victory because we couldn't rebound the ball so so that's been in Achilles heel all year so we concentrate on it we talk

about it now we have to do it if we want if we want to win at the highest level so obviously North Carolina presents a

lot of problems uh they're fast they run they put a lot of points on the board we have to find a way to make it a lower

scoring game it can't be up in the 80s and 90s we have to play in the 70s if we have a chance to

win second row John schaer again San Diego Sports 760 Dutch how have you

adapted without magon Guth over these last six games and what are you hoping for his impact to be in the game

tomorrow night well I became a worst coach without magon so hopefully I'll be a good coach again magon is uh our

freshman big he was freshman of the year in the mount West Conference Defensive Player of the Year in the mount West

Conference and he's been out of action since February 22nd I believe so

basically six games he got two hurt two minutes into the Utah State game so now we practiced full yesterday limited reps

but full go and so Our intention is to have them on the court tomorrow and see what kind of difference he'll make for

the Aztecs coach your players were up here

they were talking about the Mountain West Conference and one thing I thought was interesting was

elevation um for you you know you have highlighted this being around basketball

for a long time I guess one elevation in in the significance of

that that that point in the league but then also just the toughness of your league what we've seen here in in the

last decade yeah it playing at altitude is very difficult and our biggest jump

as a program is when we got rid of travel partners because we'd have to spend three and four days at altitude to

play that second game and now if we play at altitude we try to get out the next day get home and before we go back and

play another game at altitude so it usually takes 24 to 36 hours you have

the best chance to play if you stay beyond that it takes two weeks to acclimate so you look at your team

sometimes and you say why are we running a quick sign why are we a half step slow to everything and it's usually the

altitude a half step slow will get you beat so and the other teams know that New Mexico Air Force uh Wyoming they all

post in the locker room uh the signs of altitude sickness so they use it as a psychological tool so I don't think

anyone else in the country is dealing with that other than us and the people that play in the mount West but we're playing at 7,000 ft and uh it it makes a

difference so we've been tough enough to endure it to find ways to win in those hard environments against good teams too

I'm not saying the only reason we get beat is Altitude they've got good teams and they're playing at altitude and so

that makes it doubly tough sometimes in the Mountain West I don't think it's people around the nation really appreciate what that's

like other questions for Coach let's go back to the second

row dut in a short period of time you've had since you found out it's North Carolina when you turn on the film you

see the job Hubert Davis has done I mean obviously they were in a national championship game the year before you were in a national championship game RJ

Davis was on that team he's still here in 2025 what do you see from North Carolina that sticks out on

film they're talented they're fast they're can score the basketball an

elite level and I looked at their schedule and I thought we played a tough schedule but you look at who they played

it's Auburn Alabama Florida Michigan State Duke three times you're talking

about all the number one and two seeds in the tournament and so yeah they would have liked to win some of those games

but those are really good teams so coach Davis has done a great job holding them together uh through some tough losses

and they're playing their best basketball which you want to do that's a sign of a really good coach when your team plays its best basketball in March

and I think North Carolina's playing its best basketball in March let's go to the third row in the back corner Patrick

subus University of Dayton you mentioned earlier the loss to Boise State in the conf tournament how do you rebound from A

Loss like that to get ready for a win or go home game yeah that was tough I mean

I think it was 17 years since we haven't got out of the quarterfinal game and I've been the head coach eight years and

played in the championship game seven times so we're used to winning in the mount West tournament and that didn't happen uh Boise's got a good team uh

obviously uh they played differently against us in order to win they took 43s I think that's a high for the year and

they got a lot of the misses so we had we went back we emphasized rebounding again is the thing we have to do in

Elite level if we want to win because we do guard hard uh we're pretty efficient offensively uh we're playing better down

the stretch offensively and we have to rebound the ball if we want to be really good in

March a followup to that question coach and looking back to the Mountain West Conference tournament did you have an

idea uh in your head to where it was kind of a a win and in situation and

then where you sort of fell last night and and seeing your name called and being on the bubble yeah it was tough I

mean we try to take care of all the things we can when we schedule we played the seventh toughest non-conference

schedule in the country this year because we know that's important to the committee and even with that being said

with wins over Houston and kraton and then our cross town team UCSD who on both regular season Conference

tournament in the big West uh we were one of the last two teams in so uh we have to continue to study what the

committee's looking at and schedule appropriately we want to play the toughest schedule we can play but

sometimes that's hard the better we are the less teams want to play us so the nil nil event worked out great for us in

Vegas it gave us three really good games obviously we have losses this year to Gonzaga and Oregon so we continue to try

to schedule up to put ourselves in a position uh where we can play in March uh based on what we do in the

non-conference and trying to have a good Mountain West record

other questions for Coach let's go back to the second row we could have done this in San Diego

John could you want to do it next time we're fine I'd rather do it here in Dayton dut okay uh John schaer against San Diego Sports 760 you touched on it

but when you consider what you've overcome to get here when Reese Waters goes down I mean you can't prepare for

this you're your weeks in front of your season you lose a a veteran pivotal piece from a team that last year is in

the sweet 16 you lose magon Guth you've played six under classman in eligibility all year long uh what does it say about

this group that they've reached this point with an opportunity to do more that they're they're gritty they're

tough they have something about them that uh I mean we went on more uh

scoring runs this year than I've ever seen in my career down 18 19 points and go on a 170 run 20 run 180 run all in

one season so they've got a toughness about them when things aren't going right that they don't give in that they

find a way to continue to fight for 40 and that's allowed us to have some success that they're young they make

young mistakes uh but it's not a lack of effort it's not a lack of fight and that's what's allowed us to be sitting

here today and know followup question to that has there been something that's surprised you about this

group well sometimes I say it's like coaching and sometimes it's like babysitting so when it's coaching we're

better when I'm babysitting it's harder so they're young but uh uh they're getting better you know

they're getting better and so hopefully uh in the nil era I can return this team

next year I've got a lot of really good players uh that are supposed to come back next year and we'll grow from this

year try to make a run this year and then be better next year let's go to the second row uh will

Martin University of day and media uh how do you make sure the players are uh mentally prepared knowing one loss could

end the season yeah that's the beauty of this year you know it's uh the ending is

so sudden no matter how much you know it's one and done when you go in the locker room and the season's over it's

devastating whether it's losing to Connecticut twoe goes in the championship game or losing to

Conneticut last year in the sweet 16 I mean over the last two years we're seven in Yukon we ran into them twice and

they're the national champ so uh hopefully we can continue continue that run and find Yukon in the bracket

somewhere down the road and get our revenge but but uh it's hard it's hard winning in March is hard and I remember

our first my first uh head coaching NCAA Victory everybody was so happy for me

and I was more happy for the kids so I'm not I've never been like that so uh I

just like those moments where you can see them celebrate when you can see them see their name come up on the TV and

then to be there for him when things don't go right when you lose a game you don't feel you should have so that's all

part of coaching and it's all part of the the journey we're all on together amongst the experience coach uh

in in this time of the year and being able to advance you've had a lot part of

it um what is sort of the biggest takeaway and sort of telling your group especially like this young group of of

sort of what to be ready and prepared for it's just play with swagger don't be

afraid I don't want to lose with a scared team so that might open it up for some mistakes some wild shots they might

interpret that as uh uh being crazy but you can't win being scared so we'll go

out there and I'll live with some shots they take as long as we're competing at a high level defending the way I know we

can and I'll live with a shot or two that people may be watching from the stands of the sidelines saying what is

he doing but I want him confident you can't win in March unless you're confident and I want a confident group

out there tomorrow night other coach other questions for

Coach oh back row coach Nelson from Ohio University um conditioning wise um and

that plays a big part how deep do you go on your bench during the time this time of year we've been going nine or 10 Deep

all year with magon we go 10 Deep and we'll go 10 Deep tomorrow you know the

way we play defense what we ask him to do you know you can't play that way for 40 if you're on the floor the whole time

so we try to pick the ball up try to pressure uh try to compete at a high level and so we've been deep all year

and we'll continue to play deep tomorrow talking about Moon's status and

looking ahead towards tomorrow just what you've seen from him here in an incredible freshman

year have did did you expect his impact and and what he's been able to do and

immediately stepping on the stage of the college game yeah we R shed magon last year so we knew kind of what we had and

I think Moon's potentially an NBA player so to do that as a freshman is hard to

do but uh he's gotten better as The Season's G on and until he got hurt arguably he was playing the best

basketball of his career the last eight games U smart staying out of foul

trouble blocking shots scoring from every level three in the post off the dribble so we'll see how he does he's

missed a lot of basketball just to throw him out there and and and expect he's going to be perfect is hard to do but uh

we're not going to win in March unless he's really good so that's why uh we wanted to make sure first and foremost

he was healthy and now we got to hope uh that he can catch up timing wise uh to

the game as it goes having not played for three

weeks third row towards the back uh Patrick saus University of

Dayton you've had a lot of success playing at home you won 12 games this year 14 last year what is it about San

Diego State that makes you have so much success on your home floor it's a lot like the Dayton environment

we have great home crowds we're sold out on the season uh we have a great student section and uh when we're not playing

well the crowd Gets behind us they don't get on us and they motivate us to play harder and they're a huge differ in our

success the mount West has some great homec Court environments Utah state is incredible the pit in New Mexico is

incredible Colorado State sold out Boise uh we play in some of the best

environments in the country and every coach feels his conference is the hardest to play in because it's the one he's in but the Mountain West has got

great fan bases uh that really support their teams and it's a challenge to win games in our

conference other questions for Coach coach thank you so much for giving

us a few minutes best of luck tomorrow night thanks everybody appreciate

it just a reminder this will be uh available

uh online at ncaa.com as Hamond Communications will

post the recording in the NCAA digital media hub and then transcripts will be

provided here shortly

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