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Seg 4 - WBB Show w Geno Auriemma Dec 1 · Coaches Corner

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  Back with Gino one final segment, then we'll visit with Nik and Mule.
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  The Huskies are in Austin, Texas this weekend. Take on a long Horns
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  coached by Vic Shaeffer. Pregame at two point thirty. Broadcast begins a game
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  broadcast at three with Deb Fisk and myself here around the network. Text is
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  another formidable foe, obviously with Vic Shaeffer. You know, it starts with
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  defense on their end. They force almost twenty five turnovers per game. Rory
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  Harmon back in the lineup twenty five steals on the season, but again consistently
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  big g know four players at six or four, led by Taylor Jones.
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  They don't shoot a lot of threes, but you know, when you're averaging
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  fifty two points of the paint, I guess you don't really need to make
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  that in many threes. No, No, you're right, you don't.
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  And they are. They are traditionally based, you know, defensive, based
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  on their defense more so than anything. And they get their offense off their
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  defense. You know, that's where it all comes from. Their transition basket
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  come from how much they turn you over. I thought one of the reasons
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  we played so well, and one last year had a lot to do with
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  how well we handled their pressure. And now you know how we were able
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  to negate a lot of their a lot of their transition game. And and
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  you know, again Dorker broke her thumb, you know, early in the
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  game and played the entire game with it, and I thought her and Elijah
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  matched up really really well with their two big guys. And then as he
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  had thirty two points, you know, because we went to her a lot
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  down the stretch and she handled the ball for us, she broke the press
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  for us. But they're a hard team to play, and they're especially a
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  hard team to play down there in that environment, against that pressure. And
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  again we're going to be you know, we're going to be faced with some
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  some physicality and some athletic ability and quickness and and disruptive stuff that they're trying
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  to do. And and the one thing I want to see come out of
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  this is you know, players that that we have that keep that we keep
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  our poise and keep our composure and not get effected by you know, the
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  game, the crowds, everything that goes with it. And that's going to
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  be a big that's going to be a big issue for us, you know,
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  can we be can we be poised, can we be composed? Can
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  we handle all the things that they're going to throw at us? And that's
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  that's a big question mark. Then Wednesday night, it is a reunion of
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  the Mule family. Not only does a younger sister, Hanna play for ball
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  State, but a pair Sneaka's parents are coming to see the game. But
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  this is how I heard how this game came about. I guess you kind
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  of offered him the head coach for ball State because I knew they were radio
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  play by play guy Joel Goodett who's now in Boston doing stuff. But he
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  told me that the coach asked what does he get out of it? And
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  apparently was dinner at the Cafe Aura with coach hor I don't know if that's
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  true or not, but yeah, well their their former eight d that was
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  there, Beth right, Yeah, was was here for a few years and
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  now she's at Iowa. So yeah, that's kind of how it came came
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  about. And it'll be interesting. Uh, it'll be interesting to see Nick
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  and her sister, uh, and especially have her mom and her dad be
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  here in the stands and It'll be the first time they've you know, they've
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  ever been here and ever watched their play here in person. So we thought
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  it would be a great thing. We thought it would be an amazing,
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  you know, reunion. You know, what are the chances that two kids
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  from Croatia go to America and end up playing against each other at Gamble Pavilion
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  with their parents in the stands. I mean, it's a it's just such
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  a great feel good story and I'm glad we were able to put it together.
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  Dinner or no dinner at all? Okay, is Nicko more like her
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  dad or mom like her dad? Her mom is very quiet, very reserved,
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  very understated, and her dad he's none of that. All right,
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  let's leave on a high note. Last night it was announced that your former
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  player maya more and this is going to become commonplace sooner than later, that
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  more Yukon players are going to be doing this. Elected in Little Women's Basketball
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  Hall of Fame. You know, Springfield's coming for her, for Sue,
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  for Diana down the road. But it's just the first of many, do
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  you know that is going to be head in this place. There's gonna be
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  a lot of numbers that are suddenly going to be retired up in those rafters
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  at Campbell Pavilion. But Maya, we know her story. Incredible young lady,
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  tremendous honor. Yeah, I don't think it's a I don't think it's
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  a surprise to anybody. Obviously, we have, you know, tremendous group
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  of individuals that are played here. Certainly no one has had more of an
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  impact than than Maya has had here on and off the court. It turns
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  out right, and at the w NBA level, at the Olympic level,
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  you name it. So it's it's it's it's a shame that it's happened this
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  early because I think her basketball career ended way sooner than you know, I
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  would have liked to have seen it end, because she had so much more
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  to give. But it ended on her terms, the way she wanted it
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  to end. And this is just the first of some of the accolades that
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  are going to be coming her way. And I couldn't be couldn't be happier,
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  and couldn't be proud of you know, the one thing that I remember
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  about Maya, forget the points, forget the rebounds, just her relentlessness for
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  four years to get after it. Could you imagine her with the two thousand
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  and two team and how relentless they were just put that together. I mean,
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  you know how tough those those fi were. Yeah, yeah, you
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  know if she walked in the gym today, she in three days she'd be
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  in our starting lineup. So I understand exactly what what you're saying. Well,
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  you know, the group that she played with wasn't too bad either.
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  All they did was when seventy went bro right, No, they weren't.
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  Geno is always thank you. We'll talk to you before the game Sunday in
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  Texas. All right, thanks Bob Gene where I'm but with us Sunday you
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  cut Women's Basketball Coaches Show, Stay tuned. Nica Mule is next from Learfield.