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Seg 6 - MBB Show w Tristen Newton Feb 29 · Coaches Corner

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  Tomorrow night at the Ice Bus visiting Matthews Arena in Boston for the start of
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  a home and home with Northeastern. Bob Joyce will have all the action at
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  six forty five here along the Yukon Sports Network, the Varsity Network Gap,
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  and the Varsitynetwork dot Com. We're joined by Tristan Newton for a few more
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  minutes here to wrap up the show. Tristan, this time of year,
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  you guys last year were starting to peak. You got to the Big East
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  Tournament, got knocked out in the semifinals. How do you compare what you're
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  experiencing this year with this team to last year's team, Because this year's team
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  reached number one, you were there for six weeks, so you've had even
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  more success than you did last year during the regular season. Yeah, I
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  mean, you know last year, you know, January was really rough for
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  us, but you know, before then we were undefeated, number two in
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  the country, So it's kind of similar to where we were at the at
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  the top end, just you know, playing really well, but you know,
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  January ahead and it was rough, and this year we sustained and like
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  our level of level of play and I got time ever wanted health that for
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  a long time, so you know it's a it's a little different, but
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  like I said that, my success is almost similar. We play at high
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  level around uh, you know, the same time last year and this year.
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  But you know, it's it's this team. It's it's a good feeling,
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  you know, just trying to live in a moment here and uh,
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  trying to trying to go back to back. Now only the UH Conference champions
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  but you know, we want the Big East and we want the national championship.
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  So we still got a long way to go. And job's not finished
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  yet. Yeah, no question about it. Uh, let's talk about bouncing
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  back from Creighton, because I know we talked about that a little bit on
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  the post game show the other night after Villanova when you got beat there,
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  Uh, would you rather lose by a bunch or by one point? What
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  hurts more or what gets you more motivated? More motivated? Probably get them
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  blowing out makes you more motivated. But the one that hurts the most is
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  probably was my one, because you know, you could have done one of
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  two more things to get the win. So I feel like that one hurts
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  more. But you know, get him blown out and have no chance to
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  win the game. Is it really motivates us the most? You know,
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  we came back and we watched the film Man. You know, we we
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  lift ourselves in the mirror and showed that we weren't invincible. We still got
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  room to improve. And you know, it motivates a lot in it.
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  And it showed him the Lenova game, how we came out there and we
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  were locked in and ready to play and you know got to go in there.
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  Yeah. Big reason that you defeated Villanova was your play obviously, and
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  Cam Spencer had a twenty five point night. He almost got shut out at
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  Creighton. What's your thought on him? Because he's an interesting guy. He
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  runs alongside you in the backcourt quite a bit, uh, you know,
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  transfer guy just like you were when you first met Cam Spencer. Did you
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  have a sense that this guy could really help your team? Yeah, I
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  mean that's how it is. He puts some work on and off the court.
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  You know, he has a great family behind him, and I knew
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  he's gonna come in here with his head straight then, you know, doing
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  anything and to you know, help us win. I didn't. I didn't
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  know he was the type of score he is. But you know, we
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  got to practice the first day, he was you know, winn in the
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  ones and showing us what he could do. So I knew he could help
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  us out and you know, the shooting, and he has the type of
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  personality that we need for our team, you know, uh, and it
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  just it really helps us a lot. And he's you know, like like
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  I've been saying, he's one of the best scores in the country. So
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  you know, when he gets going, just give him the ball and let
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  him, you know, let him go do his thing. You just said
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  personality, Cam Spencer, all right, tell us about his personality. And
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  we see him on the court. He's pumping his fist, he's going up
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  and down. You see him more than we do. What what do you
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  what do you think of his personality overall? I mean on the court,
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  he's you know, what you see in the game is what you get.
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  You know, he's he's very energetic and excited. You know. Off the
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  court he's a little more calm and laid back. But you know, in
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  of course he's he's he's a competitor. He wants to win everything, every
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  drill and he wants to make every shot. He wants to you know,
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  be perfect on the course. So what you see on game days, what
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  you see every day in practice, well, i'll tell you what. Cam
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  Spencer and you, Tristan Newton, have been a huge, huge addition to
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  Yukon basketball these last two years. I've been impressed. I've been around for
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  six years, but we really appreciate your efforts and what you do day in
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  and day out, and personally, I am looking forward to these next few
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  weeks because I think you guys might be able to accomplish just about anything.
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  So thank you. I appreciate that. All right, that's Tristan Newton.
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  Thanks to him and Dan Hurley. It's the Yukon Men's Basketball Coaches Show on
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  Mike Crispino. We'll be talking to you again, Seaton Hall on Sunday eleven
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  thirty, pre game, twelve o'clock, the opening tip. We'll talk to you then