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Alex Karaban - BE Media Day Oct 21 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: All right, Robin Ben, I am here with Alex Caraban,
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  Speaker 1: the old man of the Yukon men's basketball team. How's
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  Speaker 1: it feel to be like a senior now?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is it for you. It's crazy. The
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  Speaker 2: time really does go about super fast, and just trying
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  Speaker 2: to enjoy every moment. I'll but leave no regrets setting
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  Speaker 2: into this final year and really just used the experience
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  Speaker 2: that I have in college basketball helped these guys out. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sucks that's my last year, but I'm ready
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  Speaker 2: to enjoy it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I imagine you guys have been working a ton.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we know what Dan does at practice. What's
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  Speaker 1: the workout has been like?
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  Speaker 2: They've been intense. I mean, Coach Hurley's getting us ready,
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  Speaker 2: He's getting everybody adjusted to how he wants to coach,
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  Speaker 2: and it's been awesome. I think guys have really enjoyed it.
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  Speaker 2: Guys have been super competitive on a daily basis and
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  Speaker 2: it's been a lot of fun. And I really like
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  Speaker 2: the talent of this team and I'm really just excited
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  Speaker 2: to see what our potential is. How deep is this
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  Speaker 2: team going to be? Very deep? Very deep? I think
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  Speaker 2: that's what the key is to our success during the
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  Speaker 2: two years when we went back to back is really
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  Speaker 2: the depth into how we get any We could have
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  Speaker 2: anybody come in at any given time, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that's just really special.
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  Speaker 1: What do you expect from Terrorists this year? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he really came on late last season, was a big
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  Speaker 1: reason why you guys made that final push down the stretch.
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  Speaker 2: He's gonna be huge for us. I think every team
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  Speaker 2: needs a dominant interior force and he's gonna provide that
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  Speaker 2: for us. Just his physicality, the strength that he plays with,
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  Speaker 2: what he's able to do offensively, but defensively too. He's
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  Speaker 2: one of the best interior defenders too, and he will
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  Speaker 2: be and I'm super excited about him. And he's just
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  Speaker 2: a fun person to be around, a great competitor, and
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna be a huge piece for us this year.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, I cover his team Coach Orma's team. Who's
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  Speaker 1: your favorite U kind of women's player.
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  Speaker 2: I gotta go with Azy Fud. I think watching her
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  Speaker 2: shoot the ball, I don't think I really see her
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  Speaker 2: miss that often, So every time I watch her practice,
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  Speaker 2: I swear I had to swish every time. And I
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  Speaker 2: gotta go with Asy. And then Sarah's a close second.
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  Speaker 2: I mean what she does, just the feel that she
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  Speaker 2: has for the game, She's incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, were you as shocked as I was at the
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  Speaker 1: Red Stacks men at the playoffs?
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  Speaker 2: I was. I was surprised they made that late push
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  Speaker 2: towards the season. I was like, what is going on.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what winning streak it was, but it
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  Speaker 2: was crazy. It was good to see you.
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  Speaker 1: Good luck this season.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.