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#UNC coach Hubert Davis at weekly ACC Zoom press conference
Jan 27, 2025
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good morning good morning uh the other
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day uh Jaylen Washington finished with
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18 points and after the game he was
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actually critical of himself for his
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defense but how pleased were you with
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his assertiveness when he got the ball
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because he got to the rim a lot was able
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to finish a lot and did you see that
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think that maybe he took a step forward
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with being assertive around the basket
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being able to finish
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more well I do think he was um really
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effective for us and it really helped us
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being able to
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uh score around the basket I always say
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that you know I want to dominate points
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in the paint through post and
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penetration and you know his ability to
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be able to finish around the basket um
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was huge for us to stay in the game
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against Boston College and ultimately uh
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be able to pull out that win and so
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um I was really proud of him from that
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standpoint and um you know just a
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consistent of of being able to finish
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around the basket and be a a low post
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presence for us is just really huge and
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um he came up big for us against Boston
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College you've talked a lot about his
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path obviously being slowed because of
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the injuries are there some areas of his
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game that maybe we won't see that has
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been consistently getting better the
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last couple of months when he's since
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he's getting a lot more playing time and
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pretty and pretty comfortable with his
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physical situation yeah I you know I he
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can really shoot the basketball he's
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only made one three that was against
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wake fars towards the end of the game
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you know that's a an area for us
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offensively that can make us even better
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like having a five that can pick and pop
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and knock down consistently from three
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it just opens up the spacing even more
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for us to put the ball on the floor to
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drive to attack and
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so um again he's only hit one this year
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but I mean he can really shoot the
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basketball and so my hope is that some
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point this year he can get on a roll uh
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shooting the ball from the outside and
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uh being able to knock down multiple
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threes in a game thank you appreciate it
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yeah go to Jeremiah
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Holloway yeah good morning Hubert good
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to see you um wanted to ask about Seth
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Trimble obviously had the you know 43
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minutes and overtime game back in the
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starting lineup things like that ends up
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with the the double double I know after
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the the Cal game we were asking about
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you know him getting back to you know
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feeling like himself but from a
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conditioning standpoint do you feel he's
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kind of back to where he was you know
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pre-concussion before he before he went
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out I think um Rhythm wise he you know
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it he's he's a lot closer to where he
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was prior
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to um him sitting out two and a half
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weeks um you know two and a half weeks
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is two and a half weeks it's just it's
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not easy just to come back and just
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get back into the flow I I you know Seth
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is just one of those players that can
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just has the ability to make an impact
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in so many different areas and so yeah
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he was able to score for us especially
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down down the stretch he can knock down
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free throws and you know for him to get
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12 rebounds I you
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know he's just one of those guys that
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can just impact a game in so many
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different areas and he was able to do
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that against Boston College and without
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him we don't even have a chance to
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win uh Michael
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co uh good morning Hubert um when you
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look at Pittsburgh they had a great
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start to the season then they dropped
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four straight games um and now they've
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gotten back uh on in the win column what
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was it about them that uh gave them that
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hot start to the season and what still
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makes them a dangerous team uh going
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into tomorrow
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night well I mean there they're just a
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really good team I mean um coach cable
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does a great job coaching them uh
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they're very tough they're very
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physical um defensively um um you know
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they can do a number of things
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defensively on the ball they're really
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good on the ball um a key to them is
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rebounding you know when they rebound
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well that puts them in a position to be
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successful um but you know from an
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offensive standpoint they've got a
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number of guys that can get hot from
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three um you know they've got guards
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that just with the ball whether it's
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oneon-one pick and roll situation can
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create shots not only for themselves but
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for their teammates they're a really
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good basketball team uh it it's a pit
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team skilled tough competitive and
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that's what it will be tomorrow night at
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9 900
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PM thanks
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you uh Jared
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depala thank you good morning uh you
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guys had a very difficult non-conference
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schedule how do you think that has
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helped your team develop and grow now
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that you're in the
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ACC well I mean you know the the
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non-conference schedule that we played I
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mean we we've seen it all um so you know
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there's nothing in
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conference that we should be surprised
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at in in regards to an individual and as
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a team and so um
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us being able to have success against
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those really good teams and for us to um
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to barely fall short gives us the
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experience of what it takes to be able
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um to compete and beat good teams on a
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consistent basis and so that's just
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going to be huge for us the remainder of
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the ACC is how consistent can we be how
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consistent can we be offensively taking
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good shots taking care of the basketball
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how consistent can we be
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defensively um getting stops rebounding
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and defending without fouling that's
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just it just is what it is that's just
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going to be the key for us our
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consistency uh Adam Smith go ahead
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sir Hubert good morning good morning
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good morning uh you I I know you've like
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tweaked the starting lineup a couple
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times this season that's that's no
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secret or anything and I'm asking not in
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in terms of pit but just in a general
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sense moving forward do you think that's
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something that you might look at as as
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something more fluid just in terms of
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matchups game by game like different
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opponents and how you might stack up
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against them is that something that
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could be I don't know more of a a flu
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fluid thing moving forward do you think
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no that's what it
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is it is it's a fluid situation you know
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it's uh it's it's
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matchups um matchups in in regards to
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starting the game the
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rotations
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um you know it it is a fluid situation
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um it's not fluid in some positions but
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in other positions it is fluid and it's
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uh all determined really on the rhythm
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of us and and and just the matchups in
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ter terms of who we're playing and so
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um every game I look at it that way
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there you know there there isn't going
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to be a set five it it it will be
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determined by matchups and how guys are
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playing and rotations there's a number
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of factors that'll go into um who starts
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the game and probably what you're
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sensing too with all of that you mean
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right yeah yeah it is it really is thank
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you appreciate it yeah no problem Adam
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uh go to
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Jeremiah yeah Huber just a quick one
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here one uh you know thing you said
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after the game the other day was you put
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ta Claud in for a little bit and you
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said he his energy kind of changed uh
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you know the the complexion of the game
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or just the energy for your team
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obviously he's a guy that's been around
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the college game you know for a long
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time just what do he like in practice as
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a teammate like what kind of energy does
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he bring you know behind the scen yeah
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you know that's just him he he he brings
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that practice shoot around um he brings
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that in the locker room and um the
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guys love being around him love playing
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with him and
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love teasing him and joking him uh
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joking with him um because he's the
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oldest player on the team so you know
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couple of guys call him Grandpa and just
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different stuff like that that gets him
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going uh but he did you know
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his his instinctive energy and
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effort um is something that this
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group um has needed on a daily basis and
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um so glad that he's here this season
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and he played really well in the five
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minutes against um Boston College it
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were it was huge minutes for us get one
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last Quick one in from Rod
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Baxley Hubert um obviously you guys had
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had started to put things together
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defense defensively before Saturday what
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were some of the defensive issues you
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noticed when you guys went to watch the
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film and what were those conversations
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like with the guys as you were going
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through that well they weren't
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conversations it was it was it was a
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monologue by me and um when you said
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what kind of issues it was
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everything um ball pressure half court
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out of bounds underneath in
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transition guarding one-on-one guarding
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in the post disciplined stand down for
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shot fakes boxing out getting through
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screens talking and communicating there
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was a departure of all of that against
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Boston College and
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um I'm not sure why and so I'm very
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thankful that we were able to pull it
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together and down the stretch make the
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plays that we needed to make
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in order to win against a Boston College
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team that played extremely well and
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we're very fortunate enough to come away
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with the
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win thanks Huber appreciate it okay
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thank you guys yeah Hubert thank you
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much appreciated saav today all right
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thank you