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Luke Murray w Wayne Postgame Purdue · Coaches Corner

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  And here's kind assistant coach Luke Murray. Luke, you had the scout for
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  this game. You're the one that told the players what to expect, how
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  to play perdue. Now, in retrospect, how did it work out?
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  It went exactly to plan, it really did. You know, we felt
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  like coming into the game, you know, we really wanted to try to
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  make everything as difficult as we could on Edie, But at the same time,
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  we were okay with the idea of him getting twenty five or twenty eight
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  points. You know, their offensive efficiency really doesn't fluctuate much based on his
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  production. He's always good, but even when he's great, it's pretty much
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  the same. Where they really become dangerous is when the three point line factors
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  in. So we really sold out to defend the three and take away guys
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  like Lawyer and Smith and Jones. And that's exacinitely what happened. In a
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  funny kind of way, was that eight for eleven three point shooting by Alabama
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  in the first half on Saturday A factor here because in the second half and
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  tonight's first two halves you played much better three point defense. I don't know,
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  you know, it's different, you know, Alabama is a team that
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  takes, you know, a really high number of threes game. Yeah,
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  I mean, that's that's really who they are systematically. Even in that game,
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  you know, they were eight of eleven, but they're averaging well over
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  thirty threes per game. I think for the game, they shot twenty two
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  threes, So even though their percentage was high, the volume came way down,
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  you know, So that was key for us this game. They're a
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  little bit different because obviously they throw the ball inside the edy almost every time
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  down, but they were the number two three point shooting team in the country
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  coming into the game percentage wise, and those guys are dangerous players when a
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  lot of times they get their threes off at double teams. So we wanted
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  to play one on one in the post, especially when Donovan was in there
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  and worked out beautifully. You didn't double them very much, No, not
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  much at all. I mean we did when Samson was in the game,
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  just from a physicality standpoint, we felt that was necessary. We had cam
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  doubling off Camden Heyden and returning to his own guy, which I thought worked
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  well. But yeah, we felt like Donovan playing one on one on the
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  post, staying out of foul trouble and guarding the three was the kid.
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  You've been a balanced team all year, five players averaging double figures, and
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  you know you showed that balance again tonight and it was basically zd maybe Smith
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  that was it was your balance, A big difference in this game, I
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  think. So. I mean, he's such a tremendous player, Edie.
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  You know, he's the National Player of the Year back to back for a
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  reason. But again, we pride ourselves on our you know, our collective,
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  you know, and having five guys in double figures and having great contributions
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  off the bench from guys like Dara and Samson and Stewart, and so I
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  think that that's been our strength all year long. You know the fact that
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  any night, you know, somebody steps up. Luke. I won't ask
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  you about the first four UKOND champions, but you've been on the staff for
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  the last two, twenty three and twenty four. Which one's the best?
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  As much as I loved last year's team and I never thought anything would top
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  it. I said it to the guys last night, you know, to
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  in life, you very rarely win everything. You know, there's always something
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  that you could have won another stage that you could have gotten to in life
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  or in work. These guys the Empire Classic, the biggest regular season in
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  the Big East Conference tournament, the East Regional, the final four of the
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  National Championship. If there was a title to win, they won it.
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  So to me, that's hard to beat. Luke. I admire the scouting
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  work that you and Kamani have done. You're a big part of what just
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  happened. Congratulations my friend. Thanks. That's UCON assistant coach Luke Murray.