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Seg 5 - WBB Show w Rebecca Lobo Feb 7 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Back on the Yukon Women's Basketball Coaches Show, and as advertised,
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  Speaker 1: the great Rebecca Lobo, former Yukon great and Hall of
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  Speaker 1: Famer joining us. She did the game on ESPN last
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  Speaker 1: night with Ryan Ruco and down in Knoxville, and I'll
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  Speaker 1: give you a couple of quick takes for me, Rebecca
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  Speaker 1: of the game. The eleven er run on the third
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  Speaker 1: obviously was a big factor that turned a four point
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  Speaker 1: Yukon lead to a seven point deficit. The inability to
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  Speaker 1: get stops in the fourth quarter played a big role
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  Speaker 1: in the game every time Yukon got closer tied. But
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  Speaker 1: then the layups I think is probably the biggest thing.
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  Speaker 1: But those three things, I think we start there. As
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  Speaker 1: far as excuse me, the final outcome of the game.
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  Speaker 2: Last night, yeah for sure. I mean what was surprising
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  Speaker 2: to me was the number of layups that Yukon missed
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  Speaker 2: and really good looks that they had because it's not
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  Speaker 2: something that's typical for them. I think we had stand
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  Speaker 2: six shots in the first half alone in the restricted
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  Speaker 2: area that they just couldn't get to drop. And I
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  Speaker 2: was also a little bit surprised their inefficiency from three
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  Speaker 2: just because they have been shooting the ball so well recently,
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  Speaker 2: shooting the ball so well since the biggest conference seasons started.
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  Speaker 2: You know, going into that game, you're thinking, all right,
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  Speaker 2: yukon number one priority is going to be to try
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  Speaker 2: to beat the press. And they had no problem with
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  Speaker 2: the press at all except for those two possessions during
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  Speaker 2: Tennessee's big run. You know, they kept the ball in
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  Speaker 2: the middle of the floor, they were getting good looks.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, that was the biggest takeaway for me, is
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  Speaker 2: that if Yukon makes its layups and hits you know,
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  Speaker 2: a percentage from three that is typical of what they've
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  Speaker 2: been shooting, they win by double digits. But neither of
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  Speaker 2: those things happened. Tennessee made huge plays throughout the game,
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  Speaker 2: but in particular at the end, and was able to
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  Speaker 2: pull it out. But yeah, layups and threes to me
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  Speaker 2: were the story for Yukon.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and they and they really had no answers for
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  Speaker 1: Ze Spearman in the second half, particularly in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is a young lady who came to
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  Speaker 1: knock shill I think one career three in two years
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  Speaker 1: at Miami, and suddenly she becomes a decent three point threat.
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  Speaker 1: But a couple of big hoops late. I mean the
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  Speaker 1: Cooper drive that put the game away, that set up
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  Speaker 1: her last basket, I mean that was a dagger, but
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  Speaker 1: they really didn't have any answers for her.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Tennessee made tough plays, like they were able
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  Speaker 2: to drive and get two feet in the paint, but
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  Speaker 2: most of the time they still had a Yukon defender
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  Speaker 2: between them and the basket, and they were sort of
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  Speaker 2: contorted and twisted with some of those finishes. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of those were not easy shots. You force them into
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  Speaker 2: tough shots, and they just time and again were able
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  Speaker 2: to make them late. And I was really really impressed
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  Speaker 2: with that from Tennessee. First of all, I was impressed
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  Speaker 2: with the crowd. I haven't seen a crowd with that
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  Speaker 2: kind of student section at Tennessee in a while, even
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  Speaker 2: for some of their bigger games. It was alive and
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  Speaker 2: it felt very much like it had the juice of
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  Speaker 2: the rivalry in the earlier days. But yeah, I think
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  Speaker 2: the players set off of that a little bit, and
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  Speaker 2: especially late for them to make those plays, it's not
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  Speaker 2: something that they have consistently done throughout the course of
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  Speaker 2: the season.
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  Speaker 1: With Rebecca Lobo from ESPN joining us here on the
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  Speaker 1: Coaches Show. I think I saw this graphic maybe what
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  Speaker 1: mid fourth, early fourth the substitution pattern. I mean, it
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  Speaker 1: was nuts all night seeing it in person, but I
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  Speaker 1: think at one point it was like what seventy five
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  Speaker 1: to fifteen tennessee in that department.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was crazy. And you know they subbed so frequently.
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  Speaker 2: I mean their first sub in the game against Yukon
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  Speaker 2: and their first sub, like most of the time, is
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  Speaker 2: a minute and a half into the game. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what Kim Caldwell does. She says, I want my players
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  Speaker 2: to play every minute like it's been last them into
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  Speaker 2: the game, she said. I want them exhausted when they
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  Speaker 2: come out of the game. They're not allowed to grab
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  Speaker 2: their shorts, to put their hands on their knees, she said,
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  Speaker 2: but I want them playing so hard that they don't
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  Speaker 2: want to go longer than a two or three minute stretch.
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  Speaker 2: And it's really something to behold because there's no other
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  Speaker 2: power for program that does it like this, that presses
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  Speaker 2: full court and does these hockey style subs like they do,
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  Speaker 2: and so it's sort of fascinating to watch, fun to
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  Speaker 2: watch as well, but yeah, it's it's certainly, certainly something different,
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  Speaker 2: and perhaps that played into it a little bit late
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  Speaker 2: when they were able to make you know, some of
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  Speaker 2: those plays, and she said, you know, pressing full court,
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  Speaker 2: the way they play, she said, you know, it has
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  Speaker 2: a cumulative effect. Even if Ukon's not turning it over.
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  Speaker 2: This is what she was telling us before the game.
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  Speaker 2: Even if it's Yukon's not turning it over, maybe you know,
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  Speaker 2: Page or one of the other players doesn't have the
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  Speaker 2: legs they need to make a shot late, and and
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  Speaker 2: certainly it's it's a unique and different and fun style
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  Speaker 2: to watch.
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  Speaker 1: So having said that, now, do you feel that was
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  Speaker 1: a factor for Paige and a few of the other
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  Speaker 1: of the Huskies, especially late last night?
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  Speaker 2: You know, not necessarily, not necessarily like I don't think
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  Speaker 2: and Yukon missed its layups, you know, a variety of
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  Speaker 2: players missing, players missing labs in first and second half.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think they missed those because they didn't have
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  Speaker 2: legs under them. I don't know why they did. You know, again,
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  Speaker 2: you're not accustomed to seeing that. I don't think Page
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  Speaker 2: missed her pull up free throw line jumper late because
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  Speaker 2: of that, because you know, she makes a major three
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  Speaker 2: late in the game as well. I don't know, like
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  Speaker 2: I didn't feel like Yukon on their threes. I thought
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  Speaker 2: they were getting really good looks. I thought they were
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  Speaker 2: getting looked similar to what we've seen them drain at,
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  Speaker 2: like a sixty percent clip or something ridiculous at times
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  Speaker 2: over the course of the last couple of weeks. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sure what it was, but there was there was.
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  Speaker 2: There was one time I think it was in the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter, and I mentioned this on the broadcast, where
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  Speaker 2: Tennessee was pushing in transition and you kind of had
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  Speaker 2: three Yukon players lagging behind, and that was the only
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  Speaker 2: possession where I thought, Okay, Yukon, here looks a little
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  Speaker 2: bit tight. And I think soon after that there was
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  Speaker 2: a media timeout or maybe a coach's timeout, and that
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  Speaker 2: was really the only time where I felt like, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: it looks like fatigue might be playing a factor. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Big picture for Yukon and around at least the radio station,
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  Speaker 1: we talk about this is the Biggie's been a burden
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  Speaker 1: on Yukon this year because outside of the Creighton game,
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  Speaker 1: there really hasn't been a lot of competition for them.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's been a burden. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: it's been a burden. And I think you know, Yukon
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  Speaker 2: and the coaching staff understand what they're dealing with in
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  Speaker 2: terms of the Big East. And that's why you have
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  Speaker 2: these February games. I mean, what other teams are playing
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  Speaker 2: two road games against top opponents out of conference in February.
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  Speaker 2: You know they understand this, and I think in some ways,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was good for Aubrey's. They get four
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  Speaker 2: games under her belt in the Big East and coach
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  Speaker 2: to kind of figure out how he's going to use
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  Speaker 2: her in the minutes and acclimating her and all of
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  Speaker 2: that before you get a game like this and before
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  Speaker 2: you get a game like South Carolina. So where it
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  Speaker 2: hurts them is they then you know, in terms of
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  Speaker 2: the polls or potential NCAA seeding, they don't have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of opportunities to then make up some ground. You know,
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  Speaker 2: if this loss had solidified them as a two seed, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: well they really have one opportunity against South Carolina to
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  Speaker 2: improve seeding. You know, that's in terms of the tournament.
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  Speaker 2: That to me is the only place it really hurts them,
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  Speaker 2: just because they're so good about making sure, they do
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  Speaker 2: have a really really strong non conference schedule, especially in
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  Speaker 2: the month of February.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, every year too, and that could change next season
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  Speaker 1: with the twenty games in the Big East. More with
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  Speaker 1: Rebecca on the Women's Basketball Coaches Show here in a
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  Speaker 1: minute on Learfield,