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Seg 2 - MBB Show w Dan Hurley Dec 17 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Women's basketball against Iowa State tonight eight pm. Mohegan's son
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  Speaker 1: check that out. Husky's coming off of lost Notre Dame,
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  Speaker 1: so they'll be raring to go with Gino Rim and company. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the men get after it with the Xavier on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: the Big East opener UH six point thirty at the
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  Speaker 1: XL Center. Mike Crispino back with Dan Hurley. Quick note
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  Speaker 1: on Yusuf Cingar. You mentioned him in the first segment,
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  Speaker 1: a guy that nobody really knows much about. Obviously you've
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  Speaker 1: been working with him now for a second year. But
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  Speaker 1: he gets thrown in the fire. He had to help
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  Speaker 1: you a little bit and he I thought he did
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  Speaker 1: pretty well for the couple of games he's had a
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  Speaker 1: chance to get in here. And one thing I noticed
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  Speaker 1: when he did come up with a couple of rebounds
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  Speaker 1: at the Garden the other night and kick it around
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  Speaker 1: and keep possession, the crowd really responded to him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh, you know, Usef's got a lot of life
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  Speaker 2: and he's got a big personality, and you know he
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  Speaker 2: uh there's uh, you know, there's an opportunity for the
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  Speaker 2: third center. Obviously, the uh injuries happened foul troubles afout,
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  Speaker 2: foul issues happened, and uh you know, he's got a
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  Speaker 2: chance to get out there and get some experience, and
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  Speaker 2: uh you know, we'll just uh you know, we'll keep
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  Speaker 2: trying to develop you, Seph, so that you know, when
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  Speaker 2: he's called upon, he's able to help us more at
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  Speaker 2: both ends.
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  Speaker 1: And Liam McNeely as a freshman debuting at the Garden,
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  Speaker 1: do you remember your first game at the Garden with
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  Speaker 1: Seaton Hall? How did that go? I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: bring up anything that might be a downer, but that's
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  Speaker 1: got to be a tough deal when you go into
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  Speaker 1: the Garden as a freshman guy on the college level.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I just think now with these players, I think
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  Speaker 2: they uh you know, they're more way more worldly. Uh
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  Speaker 2: you know, we never got a chance to play at
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  Speaker 2: the Garden, uh you know, until you until you got
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  Speaker 2: to the Big East Tournament, uh you know, or you
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  Speaker 2: played Saint John's there. These kids are playing, you know,
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  Speaker 2: playing at All Star games and some of the biggest
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  Speaker 2: arenas when they're in the tenth grade. Now, so they're
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  Speaker 2: just these guys are more worldly, you know. And I
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  Speaker 2: I just you know, Liam's approach, I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just throughout the year has been incredible. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: it's uh, you know, well beyond his years in terms
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  Speaker 2: of his maturity and and what he's willing to do.
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  Speaker 2: I thought the most impressive. That was the most impressive
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  Speaker 2: game I've seen a freshman play, uh in a long time.
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  Speaker 2: It was by far the best game I've seen a
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  Speaker 2: freshman play for us, especially this early in the season.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, uh, to carry the weight of what he
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  Speaker 2: did and and and and to to do so many
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  Speaker 2: different things, uh to help us win on the glass,
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  Speaker 2: some some clever passing, some big buckets, you know, throughout
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  Speaker 2: the game. And it just was amazing to me. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, he showed that he's willing to do whatever
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  Speaker 2: it takes for us to win. He did it in
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  Speaker 2: the Texas game by sacrificing shots to uh, to rebound
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  Speaker 2: and and to create for others. And then, uh, he's
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  Speaker 2: shown an ability to do what's what's required in this
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  Speaker 2: critical three game stretch when a lot of people, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it kind of buried us and we were
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  Speaker 2: in a you know, a desperate place going into that
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  Speaker 2: Baylor game. No Alex Caravan to done to have played
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  Speaker 2: the way he's done for us in such pressure moments.
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  Speaker 2: He should be at the top of any best Freshman
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  Speaker 2: in the country list by now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, much needed too. I mean with Alex, you know,
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  Speaker 1: having trouble from outside in the garden, he comes up
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  Speaker 1: with twenty six points. And you know, when you've been
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  Speaker 1: around so many players over the course of your coaching career,
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  Speaker 1: when you see certain guys who just understand have a
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  Speaker 1: court sense, you can tell, can't you. I Mean I
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  Speaker 1: watch him play and I say to myself, man, he
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  Speaker 1: makes the right play most of the time for a
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  Speaker 1: guy who's a young teenager playing against you know, these
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  Speaker 1: these experienced teams from around the country.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so he studies film the you're telling you watch
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  Speaker 2: him as a high school player that you know that
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  Speaker 2: there are players that that know how to play, and
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  Speaker 2: there are players that that don't know how to play
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  Speaker 2: and don't have the feel UH and the i Q
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  Speaker 2: and then UH. You know, he builds on that every
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  Speaker 2: day with his work ethic and his preparation and UH,
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  Speaker 2: the seriousness of of his UH, of his approach to
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  Speaker 2: the game and UH and the commitment that the kid
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  Speaker 2: makes to UH to just really caring about how the
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  Speaker 2: season goes for his team, and uh the fact that
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  Speaker 2: uh that is number one priority, even as somebody that
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  Speaker 2: is this highly thought of and has uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: great obvious interest from the NBA. Uh, it never comes
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  Speaker 2: into his mind. Uh. I think what that looks like
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  Speaker 2: for him. I think the only thing that he's concerned
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  Speaker 2: about is, uh how it can help us win, being
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  Speaker 2: a great competitor and and just showing up the right
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  Speaker 2: way for a game that he loves. And uh, he's
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  Speaker 2: just uh you know, a joy, a joy in a
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  Speaker 2: game where there's less people like Liam mcneelye every year
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  Speaker 2: coming into college basketball NBA basketball. We're very fortunate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: The thing the term that comes to my mind is
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  Speaker 1: is unflappable. For a guy of his age and experience
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  Speaker 1: on the college level, very little seems to bother him.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he had that rough game at Maui where
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  Speaker 1: he couldn't make a field goal. He's bounced back with three,
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  Speaker 1: you know, excellent games in a row. I mean, can
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  Speaker 1: you teach that a guy to be unflappable and not
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  Speaker 1: be bothered by ups and downs in a in a
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  Speaker 1: college season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. I don't know if if if
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  Speaker 2: you can, I think Uh, you know, you could just
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  Speaker 2: get like I said, people that are very serious and
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  Speaker 2: very competitive and want to win, and then I think,
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  Speaker 2: you you you you insulate them in an environment where
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  Speaker 2: they know that they've put in great preparation and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and then I think that's what allows individuals
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  Speaker 2: like like like Liam to you know, whether the storms
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  Speaker 2: during the course of a year, there's going to be
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  Speaker 2: some some off nights, there's going to be some bad stretches.
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  Speaker 2: But when you have the right makeup and you have
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  Speaker 2: the right approach, you can get back down to it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he had made a bunch of free throws in
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  Speaker 1: a row in that game against Gonzaga and going stretching
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  Speaker 1: back to the Texas game, the Baylor game, and then
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  Speaker 1: he missed a couple, but when you needed him down
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  Speaker 1: the stretch, he made free throws he needed to make.
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  Speaker 1: That's another quality that is that's going to serve him
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  Speaker 1: well going through the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. You know, at the end of the game in
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  Speaker 2: close games, who who do you want to get the
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  Speaker 2: ball to that you know, Tristan Newton was was was
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  Speaker 2: that guy for US. Cam Spencer has been that guy
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  Speaker 2: for US. Hassan has been a clutch free free throw shooter. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know for us, you know, you need those guys
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  Speaker 2: that that you want to imbound the ball to against pressure,
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  Speaker 2: that you believe are going to step to the line
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  Speaker 2: and keep it a multi possession game or take game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, to receive the ball up one with twenty
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  Speaker 2: seconds to go in a one on one situation. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it takes a certain type of individual.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's certainly one of those guys. All Right, Dan
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  Speaker 1: Hurley's with us. The Yukon Men's Basketball Coaches Show returns
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  Speaker 1: in a moment. We'll talk about some of these sophomores
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  Speaker 1: who are starting to step up for the Huskies as well.
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  Speaker 1: We're here on lear Field. Stay with us.