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#UNC coach Hubert Davis press conference after exhibition victory over Johnson C. Smith
Oct 27, 2024
#UNC coach Hubert Davis press conference after exhibition victory over Johnson C. Smith
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Hubert Obviously good to get a win um
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also good to have RJ back I know play
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against Memphis kind of just had ni was
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to happen back and have that have the
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guys get a full Rhythm for season no it
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was really nice obviously having RJ out
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there as a head coach you feel a lot
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better when you have RJ out there on the
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floor I'm still trying to find a way to
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bring him back next year and uh I don't
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know if it's going to work but I'm going
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to dry and uh but it it was nice having
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them out there and having a full roster
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and uh being able to go out there and
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compete and um I told the guys that um
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the thing as a coach that is the most
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enjoyable to me is to see them having
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fun it's really easy to have Smiles on
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your face um uh for your own individual
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success but it's even better to have a
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smile and celebrate other people's
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success and I felt like our team did
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that today we were last week against
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Memphis we were asking about the pace
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and you said you actually thought they
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could go faster today was this closer to
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what you were envisioning and just what
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did you make of the the speed in which
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they were able to kind of go up and down
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get GES things like that I did like the
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pace I like the pace after the 12-minute
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mark in the first half uh we were up by
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one uh John C Smith was shooting 50%
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from the field and I I just told him you
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know what allows us uh the transition at
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the pace in which I want to from defense
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to offense it starts with defense and
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getting rebounds and we weren't getting
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stops and we weren't getting rebounds
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from that point on we did a better job
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of guarding the ball getting stops
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getting rebounds and then allowed us to
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get out in transition in terms of the
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pace I did like it I still feel like we
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can go even faster but um I did like the
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pace and way that we uh lived a lot in
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primary break where we're getting layups
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and dunks and deep post catch and
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getting fouled get to the free throw
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line and quick open threes by our best
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three-point Shooters
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those did you have a set number of
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lineups that you wanted to see going in
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today did you see them all and some of
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the lineups that you saw that you really
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like that you like what they saw you
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think you can use more of yeah you know
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that with this group that there's a
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number of different lineups that I that
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that we can play I I think we can go big
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I think we can go small um you know
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there's a lot of athleticism and
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versatility out there and I I really
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think the
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lineups in terms of which ones work the
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best could be game to game and so that's
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one of the exciting things about our
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group is our ability to be able to
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change and tweak and pivot and alter in
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terms of who's out there on the floor
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and be able to get the things that we
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want to on both ends of the floor but um
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I did see all the the rotations and and
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the lineups that I wanted to see and I
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was really encouraged by the versatility
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and and the type of depth that we had as
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a quick follow that you had three
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different starters to start the second
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half was that just taking a look at
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different groupings yeah that was just
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you know I was treated it as the game
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didn't have a halftime those guys came
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out and those guys came in it was no
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more thinking other than that was just
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seeing just different lineups and and
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starting the second half starting that
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lineup and to piggyback off of that keep
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in terms of U what we're talking about
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with the different lineups when you have
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Elliot RJ and Seth out there as sort of
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a three guard group what kind of stress
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can they put on a defense in terms of
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the speed I know they're not 66 but you
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know but they're fast right they're
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attributes like what sort of stress do
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you think they could put on other teams
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well I you know I've told you guys a
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number of times that I like as many
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Playmakers out there in the floor as
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possible and you know when you have guys
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like RJ Elliott and Seth out there on
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the floor you can always get into your
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offense you always have guys that can
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create a shot for themselves but also
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for their teammates and so when you run
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a play and you don't get a shot we have
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multiple guys that can create a shot in
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our freelance offense late shot late um
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shot situations that allow us to get
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high percentage shots and so yes they
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can put tremendous pressure offensively
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on the opposing team but I think they've
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really stepped it up defensively you
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talked about they're not 66 but they're
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doing a really good job of uh their ball
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pressure on the ball being able to keep
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guys out of the lane and um I've been
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really proud of them defensively and
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rebounding as well hbert when Ben was
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playing at vanderville the numbers show
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that he played above his height and he
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finished tonight as your guys leading
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rebounder yeah what what is it about him
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that getes him that nose for the ball on
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the on the offensive and defensive well
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you know he is um one of the things with
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vin tonight I I was really proud of him
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you know with his effort obviously
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rebounding the ball he was the only guy
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on our team in double figures in
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rebounds but he also led the team in
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offensive rebounds and so um you know I
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felt like his motor was really good he
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was he was in the right spots at the
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right time on both ends of the floor one
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of the things with that he continues to
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get better with every day you know there
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is a transition as a transfer trying to
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fit into a team and one of the things
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that I have been telling them a lot is I
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I don't want you to fit in I want you to
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be Vin you know I know RJ's here and
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Seth is here and Jay wash is here and
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you know we got JB and Ian and Drake I
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need you to be Vin I didn't recruit you
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to be a role player I I recruited you to
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be a big time player and so you do you
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and then the team will fit around you
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and I feel like every day he's getting
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more and more comfortable with that
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cuber Ian was in attack mode today was
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that more what you expect to see from
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him I mean Tim free throw attempts he
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foul strong and just seemed like he was
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more aggressive and putting pressure on
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the yeah that was really good for him
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the one of the things that we had talked
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about is because of his athleticism and
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he has good size I think he can get to
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the rim and I think he can create fouls
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and get to the free throw line he can
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shoot the three he's got a a great
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mid-range jump shot but I I told him I
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don't want him to bail out the defense I
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think he has an ability to put major
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pressure on the rim whether it's in
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transition or oneon-one situation so him
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getting to the free throw line 10 times
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that's exactly the way that I want him
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to play and I felt like he was more
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comfortable tonight compared to being on
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the road against Memphis which is um you
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know um as a freshman that's he's a he's
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still a freshman and so um I was really
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proud of his effort today on both ends
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of the floor to go back to what we were
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talking about with Ben and the
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rebounding four different guys with
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seven or more how how much have you
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continued to stress that oh my gosh yes
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guys I I I mean if you ask them I mean
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it is every day every step I keep
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telling them you know Armando and
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Harrison are not coming through that
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tunnel like the number one determining
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factor for us in terms of the outcome is
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rebounding the basketball we have
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consistently got to get our three four
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and five to the offensive glass and we
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got to be a great rebounding team it
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does doesn't matter you know you know we
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obviously it would be great if Armando
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and Harrison will still here but it
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doesn't matter like we have a group that
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can box out and rebound we have the
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athleticism to be able to do it and it's
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it's it's at the top of the list and
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it's something that is communicated
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through them every timeout all
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throughout the game every practice and
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on off days are you satisfied with the
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strides they're making I am okay I
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really am and I told them that I rarely
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use stats but I use use stats to confirm
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what I already know and so just talking
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to them about defense and and rebounding
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and confirming how that translates to us
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being able to get out in transition on
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the offensive end and how it benefits
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them and I tell them this all the time I
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said I'll never I told him this in
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recruiting and I tell them this now I'll
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never ask you to do anything that's a
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benefit for the team that's not a
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benefit for you personally so rebounding
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the basketball is a benefit for you but
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it's also a benefit for the team and um
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as a coach that's the only thing that I
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ask for Seth was just talking about when
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he's the three he's got to hit the glass
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the offensive glass how effective an
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offensive rebounder and weak side
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rebounder you think he can be I think he
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can be a great offensive rebounder I
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mean his athleticism um you know his
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ability to crash the boards I think is
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um can be a huge benefit for us um it is
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tough going from because you have
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different responsibilities you know the
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three four and five get to the offensive
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glass but the one and two have defensive
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balance have to get back and so going
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throughout the game a lot of times you
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know you're not thinking am I the two or
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or the three um and I think he's getting
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more comfortable with that every day but
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I think he can be a great offensive
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rebounder and that's why I want him to
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go to the class he was that in high
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school I think he can be even better
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here at College take a couple more it
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comes to Drake he was Drake was another
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one that kind of seemed more comfortable
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more aggressive compared to obviously
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that Memphis game last week um when we
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talked about his versatility in the
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offseason as well but what was it like
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seeing him kind of show that you know
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throughout the course of the game I know
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it's an exhibition but throughout the
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course of a a quotequote real game yeah
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it was I mean I I I thought he was you
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know good against Memphis as well and um
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his length and athleticism and defensive
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instincts are Elite I mean just on the
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ball off the ball he can cover up a
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number of mistakes and his that block at
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the end I've seen that a number of times
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um
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getting a block and just catching it in
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the air and so um and then on the
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offensive end his ability to shoot and
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attack the basket he he can even post up
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and um as talented as he is and all of
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our freshmen are they're still freshmen
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and so they're still learning and every
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day they're growing and um the the the
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best thing about Drake Ian and JB every
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day after practice they come to me
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individually every day and say how can I
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get better how can I improve
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so you bring that type of talent you
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combine it with a positioning of
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listening and learning that's exactly
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what you want from Young Players last
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one Lis here one thing that talking with
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Elliot and Seth about the front Court
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just the the space that's there now
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compared to you know last year with
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arando um how have you seen this team
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kind of grow to adjust to that spacing
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now you have a couple of exhibitions
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under your belt yeah you know um our
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bigs in terms of J wash and and Vin and
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JB um especially especially JB I mean
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especially Vin and and JW their ability
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to be able to make plays on the
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perimeter really gives us a different
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look um you know they can handle the
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ball they can pass they can shoot from
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three and you know everyone talks about
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spacing you can space everybody in four
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corners and put one guy of half court if
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they can't shoot there's no spacing and
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so in these lineups we've got multiple
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guys that can knock down threes and
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putting teams in close out position
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positions we can put the ball on the
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floor and our goal is always to attack
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the basket through post of penetration
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we'll just have to do it maybe a little
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bit differently as opposed to having
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Armondo down low on the Block and being
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able to throw the ball to him thank you
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coach thanks everybody
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