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Dan Hurley - BE Media Day · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: So what's it been like putting this whole thing together
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  Speaker 1: with essentially three guys on the roster that will play
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  Speaker 1: this year that played last year?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so, you know, I think when you look at
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  Speaker 2: past years, I think, you know, 23 it was, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we had a big three that we returned and Jordan Hawkins, Sunogo,
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  Speaker 2: and Hawkins, Andre Jackson. So, you know, I think pretty
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  Speaker 2: much every year is going to be a core of
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  Speaker 2: three or four players that are returning that will start
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  Speaker 2: slash be in your top seven, top eight, top nine,
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  Speaker 2: however many players are in your rotation. Then you're going
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  Speaker 2: to have a blend of some freshmen, and then you're
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  Speaker 2: going to have a blend of a couple of transfers.
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  Speaker 2: So I think we're in the same spot. Obviously, when
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  Speaker 2: we were dealing with the solo ball injury at the time,
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  Speaker 2: we weren't aware that the five-and-five year, five-and-five, was actually
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  Speaker 2: going to be passed. So when we talked to Solo
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  Speaker 2: about redshirting the year, that was under the understanding that
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  Speaker 2: we were playing by the old rules. So that's something
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  Speaker 2: we'll have to revisit with him at some point as
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  Speaker 2: he gets healthier and gets cleared to start doing basketball activities.
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  Speaker 2: But Jaden Ross, we expect to be a starter or
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  Speaker 2: at least compete for it. And then the two other
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  Speaker 2: guys are our backcourt, which we hope is the best
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  Speaker 2: in the country. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And Silas has a lot on his shoulders as far
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  Speaker 1: as the leadership goes. What do you see from his
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  Speaker 1: leadership standpoint? What do you see in his style from
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  Speaker 1: some of the other guys that you've had?
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  Speaker 2: Silas is a lot like Tristan. He's a two-way player.
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  Speaker 2: He's got really good size at the position. He gets
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  Speaker 2: on the backboard. He's at his best when he's like
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  Speaker 2: a triple-double threat. And he was really a top-ten player
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  Speaker 2: in the country last year efficiency-wise overall. He ended the
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  Speaker 2: season as a top 20 type of guy. But he
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  Speaker 2: struggled physically down the March Madness because of the high ankle,
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  Speaker 2: which kind of wasn't really true of just how well
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  Speaker 2: he played it. I think a lot of times last
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  Speaker 2: year he was our best player.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see you in a couple weeks. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: a few minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go, Bob. Here we go. We're in it now.