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The Dailey Recap - Seton Hall · Coaches Corner

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  And we're twenty one of fifty five, thirty eight, eleven of twenty six
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  from three, and six of ten from the free throw line. As Chris
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  Daly is already bundled up ready for the bus ride back to Connecticut, ready
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  to go. This was a this was a gut check tonight. Seeing all
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  made it tough and they went two three zone. But your team answered the
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  bell in the fourth quarter and the put this one away. We did.
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  I thought we came out a little bit slow in the third quarter, and
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  I think that they outscored us eighteen ten pretty easily. But you know,
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  it was became a physical game and got a little chippy, and we handled
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  that and made shots. I thought Q came in and gave us a big
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  lift off the bench. Ice and Aaliya. You know, we went big
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  and we were able to get some high low stuff. I thought the first
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  half Page and Aaliyah, we knew they were gonna have to play well,
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  and they played well, and that was why we had the lead. Man.
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  You're talking about the page. I think kk I'd mentioned you don't get
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  page fired up because boy and she decided she wants to go to the whole
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  and get three point plays and everything. She gets her game zone, not
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  that she doesn't have it any other time, but she seemed to really zero
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  in to protect her teammates. Well, you know, they played well.
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  They made eleven threes. They usually only make five. And even with eleven
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  threes, they they only got to fifty nine, which so we basically held
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  them under their average. They're a tough team to play. They run a
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  lot of offense. They run their stuff all the way through. They try
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  to shorten the game so they you know, we talked about the last time
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  they were running their offense till under ten seconds and they you know, some
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  of those they knocked some of the shots they knocked in at the end,
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  you know, into the shot clock. But this is a good game for
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  us. You know, we need games like this and in an environment like
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  this, and it's gonna happen. You know, there's no rule that says
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  Connecticut has to win by forty every game. And you know, other teams
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  are good and they execute, they play well, they have career nights like
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  they did tonight with their threes, and we just had to you know,
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  handle our own business, and and we did. I thought KK made some
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  big threes I thought Nica handled the ball well, had ten assist again,
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  So you know, to come out of here with the w especially waiting all
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  day having an eight thirty a night game, it's a pain, you know,
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  you have to sit around all day and wait. And although we started
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  school so you can have some study hall and all, but they just started
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  clash yesterday which was canceled, so I don't even know what they studied.
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  But you know, trying to occupy the day, it gets to be a
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  lot. Now we're just happy we won. We'll you know, do some
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  recovery and watch the film tomorrow and then we'll have one day to get ready
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  for DePaul Chris. What was the defensive game plan coming in tonight? Well,
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  well, the kids that we were regarding the shooters fifteen three and twenty
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  three, and those are the kids that we were mostly concerned about on the
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  perimeter from the three point line. It took us a while. I think
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  we got it down right down pat we two minutes ago in the game we
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  got the way we were supposed to be covering the roll and rise. So
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  it took us thirty eight minutes, but we finally got it. So we
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  were trying to leave our big guy in and help in the post and to
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  help inside. And we made some mistakes which they took advantage of, so
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  you know that's a credit to them. Knocked in some shots. We made
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  a couple of mistakes, but we'll have to clean that up. You know.
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  I think DePaul is similar and that they've got three point shooters and they're
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  going to do They probably have more out perimeter, you know, more they
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  play more for out and then they'll roll a guy in their their post player
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  in, but it'll be a handful. And you should know I didn't scout
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  this game because normally when I scout them, they make their best when they
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  read this was not me. Yeah, so well I think they had They
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  played care free, right, and you talked about this was a hostile environment,
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  and you know a lot of times you get more Yukon fans than you
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  do the we did. I mean, I don't know that it was hostile
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  in that way, but except their band, they were fist behind there.
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  But yeah, there were a lot. We had our share of fans people
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  cheering for us, which is nice, but it was you know, Paige
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  had a at a great night. You know, she she's so efficient too.
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  She is efficient, she is and she doesn't get a lot of the
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  calls that she probably should. But you know, hopefully I don't tell her
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  that. Trust right, hopefully she doesn't hear this. Chris plays for you
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  kind you don't get the calls. Come on, now, I don't mean
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  it that way. I just mean, you know, I feel like there
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  there are calls that that that she gets when there's contact or even just you
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  know, people's letting her, people holding and not allowing us to have any
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  kind of free movement, which is supposed to be you know, you're supposed
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  to be able to move. So we'll talk about I think it wasn't easy.
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  There was a lot of holding and crazy stuff on her. I mean
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  all over the place. You know, you really have to be mature,
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  and you really have to keep your composure and handle your business and handle yourself
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  because they want you to respond. The other team is looking for you to
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  respond because once they think you respond, then they think they have an advantage.
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  So the biggest thing is just to keep your composure and playing as part
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  of basketball. We say I say this to you guys all the time.
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  Whoever said it was a non contact sport, right, you have never played,
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  so that's for sure. It's physical. It's supposed to be physical,
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  and it was. So we're happy that we came out with the win.
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  And as I said, we'll get ready for DePaul on Saturday. Superhero Day.
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  You getting dress up as a superhero. I say that jokingly. I
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  know I'm a superhero, but you are a superhero. Congratulations on your recognition.
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  You came and I guess you were one of the top two or three
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  in the CO Sportscaster of the Year. Well that's awesome. Congratulations, thank
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  you, thank you, you're the hero. You're you know it, Chris.
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  It's an honor. I'm glad to do it. I've done this for
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  long, but it's as big an honor, and part of it is because
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  I cover this program. It's been a wonderful program to cover for the twenty
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  plus years and I'm proud to be associated with it. Well, you still
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  have to do the work, so congratula. That's right. Gradually, congratulations.
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  Back to the Grindstone, we go back on the bus. I gotta
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  go on all right, say travel, thank you, Thanks Chris.