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#UNC players RJ Davis, Ven-Allen Lubin, Jae'Lyn Withers and Seth Trimble after win over Miami
Mar 1, 2025
#UNC players RJ Davis, Ven-Allen Lubin, Jae'Lyn Withers and Seth Trimble after win over Miami
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that's now five wi straight uh what's
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clicking for you guys do you feel from
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your perspective uh I just think our
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overall intent in the game um we're
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doing a good job of kind of just
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sticking to the game plan but at the
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same time playing together I think we
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had another game of a lot of guys in
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double figures so I think that's just
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shows about uh the contribution from
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everyone and um I just think that's
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what's going on obviously you want to
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have earlier in the year but I think
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it's clicking at the right time this is
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lubin's fourth game in a row with double
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figures what do you feel like he working
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for him uh he's making his presence me
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felt I think he's doing a good job and
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we're doing a good job of kind of just
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feed him in the post but then also um
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he's being a forest down low in the pain
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when um the ball goes up in the air uh
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he's you know offensively and
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defensively so he's able to kind of just
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get easy points right that but at the
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same time um we're making him um
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available and uh I'm just proud of him
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and just the four game stretch he's been
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putting through so yeah the Tom from of
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the best ball movement You' seen from
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yeah um there was one possession I think
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the ball went from like uh one side of
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the court to the other side of the court
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and then been finished off for the layup
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so I just think that shows like the
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connectivity that um kind of just like
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the past five games that we've been
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playing with so yeah Hubert seemed kind
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of fired up maybe Midway through the
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first half and was there something you
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guys fixed that he wanted you to fix
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that kind of let you to allowed you to
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coast and succeed the rest of the way um
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our lack of energy and um discipline on
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the defensive end wasn't there uh the
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only reason why we were in the game is
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cuz we was making shots under than that
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our defense was atrocious so that's why
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guy got on us in the first half um
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because obviously like when we play
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other teams and other games like that
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could lead to bigger leads so uh we got
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to do a better job of keeping that mind
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St staying locked in at all
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times you guys have been knocking it
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down from three at a much higher rate I
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don't know if you can explain how shots
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you know go in don't go in but is there
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anything I guess that's led to that
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difference like the teams defending you
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different like what do you think is um
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for me or for the team oh for the team
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um um I just think we're just we're
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we're confident in our shots and um I
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think all of us are capable of knocking
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down threes and being able to shoot the
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ball really well so I just think we're
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confident in ourselves but then also
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like when we're supportive of one
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another so um we always encourage each
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others to shoot the ball when they were
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open um even if we missed a couple and I
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just think that's what um winning team
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does and that's what we're doing right
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now how how have you seen that open
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things up for you
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guys uh everyone gets a share of wealth
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I mean everyone has the ability to kind
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of just uh contribute in different ways
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and I feel like everyone is you know
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allows them to play like themselves play
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their game I think sometimes you know
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basketball is a lot of mental so you
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kind of just want to try to be too a
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little bit um careful and cautious um
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but I think at this time at this time of
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uh the year right now I think we're all
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playing free we're not really thinking
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too much and we're just playing um you
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know basketball to our second nature
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yeah another double double I know Hees
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have a beard you've heard the
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comparisons you kind of feel that same
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kind of vibe that's getting started here
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with him
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and the energy that he's put into this
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team I mean I don't want to make any
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comparisons with the two different
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players um but I just think wit has been
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just this stretch of games that he's
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been putting together has been huge for
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us and uh just the way he's been con
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constantly just and consistently um
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being able to shoot the ball really well
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and then on the other end go ahead and
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defend the bigger guys that's something
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that we need U moving forward and I'm
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just proud of him because you know
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obviously he's been a rough Journey a
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little bit um and the way he's able to
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persevere stay solid and stay true to
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himself just a testament to his work
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ethic so um he's clicking at the right
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time of year so yeah I think I was just
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you know trying to find myself and know
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find my identity my role and you know in
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here it was pretty challenging but then
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eventually I got comfortable and you
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know have numerous you know talks with
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Coach Davis just to figure out what he
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wants from me just kind of do what you
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know he expects me to do and so uh just
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being comfortable and being at peaceful
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and just playing with Max confidence and
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effort and I also asked good think about
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your nickname what you have back of your
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jersey have you thought about it any I
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know it it used to be VA I know I asked
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a couple people they like the name VA as
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a niame so I'm going choose
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VA about the ball movement it com today
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was some of the best ball movement of
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the season and that's also seemingly
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helping you create opportunities inside
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can you talk about that yeah absolutely
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like I said this the way we take care of
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the ball and we share the ball you know
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just trying to get a defense moving just
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to find you know the open areas and
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finding the guys at the right right time
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uh it's definitely like opened up so
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much on offensive end and you just see
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it it's the way that we execute and
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really take care of the ball and pass it
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you mentioned having conversations with
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Coach Davis has there been anything that
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he said to you in particular that's
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really resonated or helped you through
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this stretch uh just really just his
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belief in me you know he has faith in
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you know things I'm capable of doing is
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helping out this team even for myself
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you know a be to have that coach install
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like install like a confidence a
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confidence of belief in a player you
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know means a lot just know that you know
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you have the green lights do whatever
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you can do and just know that as long as
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you get Max E you know meet the
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standards then just go out there and
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play and be fou when you scored all
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those points at the beginning of the
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second half was that was there a
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particular play that you kept running
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that they uh no not really I think it
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was just the way that we moov the ball
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you know the way we got out in
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transition and you know the way that the
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ball just kind of found me you know so
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it was kind of just working like that
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talk about overall you know you all had
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such a Balan scoring attack you Leading
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The Way with 19 but I think six of y'all
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scoring in double figures just talk
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about how everyone was able to
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contribute in the scoring column whether
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it be Ball moving or just the right
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shots just kind of give me your take on
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that how you were able to do I mean
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everybody's talented to make shots you
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know on this team you know and just
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whenever the ball finds you at the right
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moment you know we expect them to make
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the shots and you know just to be able
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to you know move the ball and trust them
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to make those shots and find the right
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guys they really helping us you know to
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to have these you know double digit
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games um so this is really just credit
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to all of us trusting each other and
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continue to move the ball um and just
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find like an offensive flow and of
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course what does it say about him as a
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coach hiss he he actually he cares he he
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want he cares about us and you know how
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this this team and the program you know
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competes and plays I think like that's
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the biggest thing that's the biggest
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thing that you can ask for from a coach
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um I would say you know him not really
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allowing us to be satisfied with the win
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that like even though we did win like he
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wants us he wants to he wants to
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congratulate us but I think at the same
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time he wants to be satisfied we still
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have a long way to go and uh we want to
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get to to that point that that everybody
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on the team wants to Winning is
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obviously fun and makes basketball
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enjoyable not that you guys haven't been
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having fun all season but there looks to
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be a different kind of demeanor and
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calmness and looseness this entire team
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specifically you why is that what's
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changed over this last couple weeks
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either from a personal standpoint or a
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team standpoint uh personally I would
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say it's nothing left to lose I mean
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it's the back end of the season and um
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you know it's again all or nothing so I
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think we're putting everything on the
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line you know playing as hard as we can
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uh you know being as confident as we can
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that way everything is we have a good
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Flow State or momentum going into uh
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later later parts of the season are you
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approaching these games almost like
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elimination type games since you guys
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are really don't have much room for um I
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would say yeah especially I think it
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starts in practice um you know we we
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help HD holds our holds our team to a
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standard of you know keeping the scout
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team to 40% on their field goals like
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making it sure that
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like uh they don't get any good looks
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like we're boxing out of rebound and
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anytime we miss out on the box out we
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don't uh get a good shot or we don't get
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back in transition just like any small
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errors I think like we uh we've been
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held accountable so I think that's
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helping us you know dial into the small
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things that's raised the edge like cross
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the we understand we understand the
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urgency hum tells us he didn't even know
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what quad one quad two is how much do
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you guys think about that how much do
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you guys talk about it especially given
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where you are right now I mean I I hear
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it mentioned here and there but I don't
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really keep up with it I just know that
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you know we got big name teams and we
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have you know teams that are uh I guess
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not held to that standard so I think
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like either way it goes a losses a loss
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and a win is a win setf Falls very
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closely why don't you pay too much
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attention to it is it just something
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that you don't want to worry about it's
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out of your control what is that uh more
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or less yeah I just take every game one
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by one I'm not really focused on you
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know say if the team is is ranked at the
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beginning of the Season like can would
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be Kansas you know where they are
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now would been
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far yeah
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uh I'm just grateful I'm confident and
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I'm excited for you know what's to come
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uh you know we have really good
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opportunities in these next few weeks uh
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in as long as we stay together as a team
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we stay playing for each other and we
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just enjoy each other and we enjoy the
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moment I think it could take us a really
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long way so and what would you say to
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people you've won five straight games
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longest winning streak of the Season
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some people say well they've beaten a
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bunch of bad teams these are teams they
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should be what would you say to those
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people that say that I don't really got
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nothing to say to no I I don't really
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care they say what they want to say but
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uh we know the type of team we are we
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know we know the we know the team that
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we're becoming and you know we know
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were're capable of doing so whatever
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they got to say oh well have you looked
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at this during this win streak have you
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look at every game as kind of like an
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elimination game and have you followed
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the net rankings and quad four quad
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three we haven't really followed the uh
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net rankings or nothing like that I'm
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sure the coaches have of course but I
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mean us as a team in this locker room we
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view every game as hey do or die you
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know uh last game we we know if we lose
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to Florida State we're done we know if
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we lose in Miami we're done uh we know a
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loss in Virginia Tech this upcoming
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Blacksburg will really hurt so we defin
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we're definitely seeing every game as as
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a do or down just trying to take it one
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by one Seth he's tried 100 lineup
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combinations this year it feels
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like the fact that he's figured this one
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out now that he has tinkered enough to
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get to the lineup that seems to be
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working what does that sort of say about
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him as a coach and being willing to be
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flexible uh I mean that he's willing to
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adapt uh you know he sees the problems
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he's not just ignoring it like a bunch
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of you know haters claim whatever
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whatever the crazy takes are but he can
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adapt he can adjust and you know he can
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he can be his own coach you know I mean
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I think it's just a simple as that he's
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done a really good job these last few
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weeks and making that making those
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adjustments and I mean like I said
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earlier the jump that we made on the
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offensive and defensive end has been
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crazy so about the ball movement in
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recent particularly today certain
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stretches the ball movement seem to be
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among the best you you've had this
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season mhm more spacing uh guys are
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stepping in the shots guys are more
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confident and we're just playing for
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each other I don't think this this whole
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year we haven't uh but these last few
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weeks I think we've been playing for
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each other everybody's been
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unselfish uh and guys are just enjoying
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it I mean like today I took three shots
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today and I'm perfectly fine with it
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because my teammates got to eat uh I got
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to help my teammates eat and we won the
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game by 20 points so I think guys are
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just kind of taking that taking that
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responsibility now and just taking that
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role and everybody's embracing it so to
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to go off of that these last few games
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you guys have shot a lot better from
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three I know maybe it can be hard to
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explain why shots go in don't go in but
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I what do you think is leading to the I
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guess increased percentage of Threes
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that you guys are making or teams
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defending you different like yeah I
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don't know cuz I feel like uh this whole
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year we've been getting good looks uh
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like weight for us is a game that we
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shot terrible from three but wake force
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is a game that I feel like we got really
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good looks but I don't know I was kind
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of thinking that too I was kind thinking
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the other day to be honest like like man
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we made we made a really good jump but
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like I said I think guys are just I
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think guys are playing playing confident
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and guys are just playing their game and
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it's going a long way for us