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Seg 1 - WBB Show w Geno Auriemma Jan 7 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Hi, everybody, Welcome to the U Kond of Women's Basketball
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  Speaker 1: Coaches Show. We're with coach Oria in the offices here
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  Speaker 1: at the World Champion Center. After the Huskies knocked off
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  Speaker 1: Vanova on Sunday and they go to fourn oh and
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  Speaker 1: Big East play, And of course the big news that
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  Speaker 1: came out earlier today was that Page in the same
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  Speaker 1: situation as as he was with her knee. It's a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a sprain. It's gonna take a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of time. But that's the good news.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, considering you know, some of the other things that
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  Speaker 2: some of the other scenarios that it could have been,
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  Speaker 2: it actually is good news. You know, Page will be
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  Speaker 2: back in no time. The rest of the team gets
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to play, uh without without her, So some
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  Speaker 2: people are gonna you know, be in more more minutes
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  Speaker 2: maybe than they were playing before. Different scenarios, different situations,
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  Speaker 2: So try to turn it into a positive.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and when you look at the replay too, I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: then he got knocked around a little bit, but sort
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  Speaker 1: of the ankle that was my bigger concern.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it was just an awkward deal all the
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  Speaker 2: way around, you know, from from any vantage point, you
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  Speaker 2: know it, it just looked like you knew something with
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  Speaker 2: something happened, you just weren't quite sure what it was.
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  Speaker 2: And whenever Page or anybody for that matter, but certainly
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  Speaker 2: someone who's had, you know, some of the issues that
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  Speaker 2: she's had. Whenever something like that happens, your mind always
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  Speaker 2: goes to the dark side, you know. And and and
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  Speaker 2: we were, you know, we were really optimistic. We were,
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  Speaker 2: you know, pleasantly surprised when you know, when Janelle arthletic
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  Speaker 2: trainer told us it looks good, you know, so we
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  Speaker 2: confirmed that. And now it's all, you know, her ankles fine,
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  Speaker 2: everything or now obviously for a couple of days, everything sore.
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  Speaker 2: But she's getting around, you know, she does, no crutches,
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  Speaker 2: no shows, so we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good news. Onto the game Sunday. Thirty assists.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty darn impressive. On thirty five field goals.
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  Speaker 2: That was unbelievable when you think about it. I think
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  Speaker 2: in the in the first half, I think we only
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  Speaker 2: had one bucket that wasn't an assist. It just it
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  Speaker 2: just looked good. The ball was moving, it wasn't getting
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  Speaker 2: stuck in anyone's hands. A lot of guys were making
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  Speaker 2: plays for other people. We look like we could look
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  Speaker 2: like when everything's clicking on all cylinders.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I was really really thrilled with not just the final score,
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  Speaker 2: you know, but the way we got to that score.
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  Speaker 2: And it started with our defense and how much you know,
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  Speaker 2: how much that helped us get into an offensive flow
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  Speaker 2: because we've forced going over to play a different way
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  Speaker 2: than they wanted to play, you know, so all the
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  Speaker 2: way around, all aspects of the game, I was thrilled.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and in you're in a situation in the Big
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  Speaker 1: East where you're not going to have players that you
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  Speaker 1: know match up too well with the Johana with her
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  Speaker 1: size at six foot five. You made that change. You
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  Speaker 1: brought the two guards and spit up the game, and
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  Speaker 1: that's when it really changed.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we have to be able to be flexible. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be times when we want to try
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  Speaker 2: to mismatch that. You know, we want to have Jenna
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  Speaker 2: out there with someone who can't guard her and live
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  Speaker 2: with the fact that Jenna might struggle defensively. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: we also have to be able to play small and
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  Speaker 2: make the other team uncomfortable with who they have on
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  Speaker 2: the floor. So it's you know, back and forth, kind
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  Speaker 2: of a little chess game. But I love us a
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  Speaker 2: lineup too because it does give us a better full
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  Speaker 2: court pressure team, and that seems to you know, energize
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  Speaker 2: our guys pretty much.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you have a good situation. You have a
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  Speaker 1: lot of depth this year. That hasn't been the case
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  Speaker 1: the last few years. Now you're able to get that
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  Speaker 1: pressure going and mix and match.
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  Speaker 2: You can, Yeah, you can. The balancing act is make
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  Speaker 2: sure you don't have a lineup that doesn't look good
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  Speaker 2: out there, just because you want to get players into
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  Speaker 2: the game. So it still has to fit. They all
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  Speaker 2: have to fit together, and that's the you know, that's
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  Speaker 2: the part that you're trying to get, you know, square
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  Speaker 2: away before tournament time comes around.
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  Speaker 1: KK has certainly been a big, big plus off the bench.
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  Speaker 1: Not only just she's done defensively, but now she's at
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  Speaker 1: it offense thirteen against Marquette, fifteen against Villanova, and she's
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  Speaker 1: taking it to the rim and she's getting fouled and
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  Speaker 1: getting the throw.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't do that enough. I mean we'll get
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  Speaker 2: into that. Yeah we don't. We don't. We don't get
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  Speaker 2: to the free throw line enough. But I think Kk's
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  Speaker 2: defense is allowing her to have more opportunities too, to
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  Speaker 2: get paint touches. You know, we talk about that a lot.
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  Speaker 2: It seemed like every time we got the ball into
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  Speaker 2: the lane, whether we threw it in there or whether
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  Speaker 2: we dribbled it in there, something good happened. And when
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  Speaker 2: you you know, when you have that and you can
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  Speaker 2: play inside and then out as opposed to everything being
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  Speaker 2: on the perimeter, you do put yourself in a position
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  Speaker 2: to get found. Well. I think I'm like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: KK finishing at the basket, you know, that's not been
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  Speaker 2: one of her you know, strengths. So if if and
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  Speaker 2: making a three, you know, I think it was our
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  Speaker 2: second one of the year, you know, so maybe that's
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  Speaker 2: the start of something, you know, I hope.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah. I think conversely, I mean, you got Ash
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  Speaker 1: who loves to shoot the mid range, loves to shoot
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  Speaker 1: the three, and she's a really good free throw shooter.
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  Speaker 1: But we saw I think in the fourth quarter she
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  Speaker 1: attacked the rim once, but I probably think you want
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  Speaker 1: to see that more from her.
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  Speaker 2: It really is a conundrum. I can't explain it. I
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  Speaker 2: can't explain why someone who's as athletic as she is.
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  Speaker 2: Aggressive as she is, you see her sometimes go up
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  Speaker 2: for a rebound, and how much you know, how much
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  Speaker 2: you know she can you elevate and you say, why,
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  Speaker 2: why would you? Why would you not take more opportunities
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  Speaker 2: to get to the rim. So we keep harping on that,
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  Speaker 2: we keep encouraging her to do that. And I always
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  Speaker 2: said that if you're a really good three point shooter,
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  Speaker 2: you have to be able to get to the rim
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  Speaker 2: because people are going to work really hard to run
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  Speaker 2: you off the line. So let's, uh, let's hope she
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  Speaker 2: makes so many threes that they have to run her
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  Speaker 2: off the line. Let's but that way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, let's how I always stated she every game that
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  Speaker 1: would be awesome for which you know on the Yukon
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