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#UNC coach Hubert Davis at weekly ACC Zoom press conference
Feb 3, 2025
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I hope you are good good doing good good
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all right well let's get started uh
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first up is Jeremiah
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Holloway good morning Hubert good to see
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you hey Jeremiah yeah yeah um wanted to
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ask about Drake obviously he's played uh
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at the four a lot this year I know in
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that second half the other day when Kade
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and Withers was out there he played more
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uh on the wing and he was able to kind
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of get some shots to go uh I guess for
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him uh you know I guess would you like
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to see him you know almost play you know
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more on the I know obviously he's a very
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versatile guy he can kind of play in
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different spots but uh would you kind of
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like to see like more of that from him
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you know just him being able to just
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kind of slot in at
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that well I I
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mean you know I I thought I thought he
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played really well against against Duke
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um you know in in terms of like the
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three and the four the the the the
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biggest really the difference is from a
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defensive standpoint you know in terms
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of who you're defending but other than
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that I you know since I became head
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coach
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I I've been pretty much a positionist
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coach I
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mean you know Harrison was out on the
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perimeter and shot threes and came off
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of ball screens and posted up and went
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to the offensive glass and rebounded I
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mean he did all that and so There's no
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distinction of three you're out on the
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perimeter for me and four you're in the
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post on the Block and so
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um you know whether you're at
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the you know I and in terms of like
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giving guys numbers it's just for
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organization standpoints of I need you
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in this spot at the beginning of the
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play and I need you in this spot at the
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end of the play and
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so um whether somebody at the one to two
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to three and the four I recruit I coach
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and I play basketball players that can
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make plays all over the court for sure
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and to follow up on that uh what do you
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think allowed him to you know kind of
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get more looks in the second half he
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seemed like he was you know probably
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more aggressive you know down the
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stretch what do you think kind of
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allowed him to yeah you're right
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Jeremiah he was he was more aggressive
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and and and that
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that's what I really liked about it and
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that's what we need you know um
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consistently for him uh to be aggressive
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uh because he has an ability to um
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create his own shot he has an ability to
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get to the basket he's an excellent
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passer he knows how to make the right
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play um and when he's aggressive that
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really helps us out as a team and um
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it's something that I communicated to
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him after the game and we continue to
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communicate with him about him being
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aggressive on the offensive end is is is
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really good news for us thank
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you go next to Michael
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Co hey there Hebert good morning um hey
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Michael thank you um you guys have a
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week off before um you see pit again um
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on
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Saturday what is the week off schedule
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look like for you guys as far as
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practicing and Recovery maybe and do you
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think the week off is coming at a good
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time for this team after some difficult
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losses in the past couple weeks yeah I
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think it's coming at the perfect time I
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think it's a time
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where um give us to um regroup um we get
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to
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practice um and work on us as opposed to
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preparing for a game
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midweek um and get some guys healthy in
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terms of some bumps and bruises I think
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mentally we needed a break and you know
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we'll we'll practice this week and then
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we'll have a day off in the middle of
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the week and I just think it it just
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comes at a perfect time for us to
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regroup as a team and refocus on the
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things that we need to do in order to
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get better and um for the outcomes to be
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better and I just really believe that it
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came at a perfect time uh to get this
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week without a midweek game thanks
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hbert uh K
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Coons good morning
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Hubert after after the game Saturday
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your comments about being optimistic
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about about your team's future got a lot
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of uh play and I'm wondering what
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specifically do you like about this team
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and that you see a positive path forward
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as far as NCA tournament and that kind
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of
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thing well I I just was communicating
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that I love coaching this team and I
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love coaching these kids and they come
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every day
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to bring their best and it's a group
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that really enjoys being together it's a
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group that really
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enjoys being a team
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and I love coaching them I don't know
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what else to say other
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than I like these kids I love
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them thanks
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you okay we'll go next to ride back
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hey Hubert um with a week between games
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what kinds of things are are you hoping
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to tweak and change with this group to
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to get them where you want them to be on
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the court well I I you know the this is
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what our team has been you know
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we've you know we've been consistently
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inconsistent
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in you know know the details on on on
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both ends of the floor that's that's
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what that's what we've been and I've
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been clear and Direct in regards
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to the little things that you know that
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I'm talking about it's you know shot
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selection turnovers the last two games
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teams have scored 41 points off of our
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turnovers that's just that's just not
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going to work that's just not
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sustainable you know defensively you
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know defending without fouling
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boxing out those are things that those
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are things that can be fixed and those
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are things that we've talked about and
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those are things that we have to
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fix uh moving
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forward go back to Jeremiah
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Hollow uh Huber to go off of that when
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you're you're mentioning the turnovers
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uh from your opinion how much of the
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turnovers are kind of a result of maybe
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defense is like kind of kind of
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telegraphing maybe what guys want to do
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like do you think people do you think
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defenses are like picking up on patterns
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of the offense that you guys are are
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playing no I I I think you know one of
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the things that I say all the time is in
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many different ways is you know making
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the easy play Simple Works routine plays
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routinely make routine plays
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routinely
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um you know um and I think our our
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turnovers are a result of
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not um making the easy play uh trying to
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hit the Home Run um and those are things
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that we have to do like in regards to
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one-handed passes
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or
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um you
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know those are the things that we've got
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to do we've got to make simple sound
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fundamental plays and when we don't
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those are that is a result of of our
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turnovers and those are things that we
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have to address and have to get better
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at right
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now David
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teal Hubert when you and your staff this
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week get together will you hearken back
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at all to
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2022 when in late January you were 12
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and six and four and
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three and struggling and ended up in the
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national championship
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game um I won't communicate that with
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the team
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because you know the only person on the
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team was
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RJ
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um but I do communicate with the team
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on you
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know irregardless
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of where we are now and people's
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opinions this team still has a chance
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to achieve and experience everything
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that this team wants to achieve and
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experience we have nine more regular
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season games left we have that we have
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the ACC tournament and so like and it's
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all under our control in terms of us
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playing the best that we can be and
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um you know obviously um we made the run
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to the national championship game my
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first year um
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but you know we still have an
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opportunity to turn this season around
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and we need to focus on becoming the
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best team that we can possibly become
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and at the end of the day live with the
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results get one last Quick one in from
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Cory good morning coach how you
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doing good morning good morning what
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challenges do you see Pittsburgh
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presents to you and your staff give
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they're a tough rugged team defensively
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and they also have four players
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averaging double figures and scoring
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offensively yeah I mean they're they're
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very physical they're tough defensively
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um um they can really shoot the ball um
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you know they they've got a number of
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guys that could also create on their own
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and be able to create shots for
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themselves and for their teammates and
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you know you mentioned before their
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physicality and their toughness um
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translates on the defensive end in
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regards to rebounding and protecting the
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pain and so you know it's always going
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to be a battle against pit um whether
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it's at their place or at our home and
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we
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understand um the physicality that we
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have to bring in order to compete
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against a really good uh Pittsburgh
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team thank you coach you're welcome
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thank you for the time as always we'll
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see