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Auburn HC Steven Pearl - Vanderbilt Preview · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  Yeah, I didn't get a chance to thank our
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  fans for Saturday. Um, you know, the
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  environment on on Saturday and Neville
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  was, you know, incredible as always.
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  And, uh, you know, we got another ranked
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  opponent coming in here, you know,
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  tomorrow afternoon. Um, and, you know,
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  man, would love to have another sellout,
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  uh, cuz I know our guys appreciate the
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  hell out of it and so does our staff.
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  So, um, yeah, really good Vanderbilt
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  team coming in. Um, another top 20
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  opponent. Um and you don't get a lot of
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  those on your home floor. So, uh great
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  great opportunity. Um you know, their
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  their analytics are off the charts as
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  far as you know, their number in the
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  net, but also just their efficiencies on
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  offense and defense.
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  Got off to a great start, you know, 16-0
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  and have kind of had some injury bugs.
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  Uh but they've still been able to get
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  some quality wins in that stretch. Um
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  had a great non-conference and, you
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  know, they just got some special players
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  on their team. You know, Tyler Tanner is
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  one of the best point guards in all of
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  college basketball. Um, you know, 18 and
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  five and almost a 3 to1 assist turnover
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  ratio and, uh, leads our league in
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  steals, I think. Um, so just does a
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  little bit of everything for them. And,
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  um, Tyler Nichols probably the best
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  shooter in our league and I think he's
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  like fifth in the country and
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  three-point field goal percentage.
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  Really highowered offense and, you know,
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  they're a very efficient defense as
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  well. So really good team. Um you know
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  it's our 13th quad one game of the year
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  and uh you know this one starts another
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  four out of five stretch of quad one
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  game. So say it again another great
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  opportunity um you know to bounce back
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  and uh you know play a really good
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  Vanderbilt team. So with that take any
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  questions.
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  >> Stephen you said the game Andy has a
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  really unique offense just kind of what
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  stands out about them they take a lot of
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  jumpers. They're not huge but they've
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  been able to score inside and
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  outsideure.
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  >> Yeah, they run spain action like all
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  over the floor. So spain action is a
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  ball screen into a back screen for the
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  screener and um usually in Spain actions
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  you put a shooter as that screener and
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  it makes it really difficult on your
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  defense to try and decide what you want
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  to take away. So, um you know, they they
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  just and they do it all over the floor
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  and they have different sets and uh you
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  know, when um Tanner or Nickel get
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  going, they they run something unique
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  for those guys to try and get them a
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  look too. And um you know, they just run
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  a lot of really good stuff. So, our guys
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  got to be really connected and uh really
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  got to lock into the scouting report to
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  be able to uh you know, cover them.
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  talked about getting more minutes for
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  Yic. Is that pretty tough with the way
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  Kan Murphy's playing right now and the
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  way Sebastian way is playing especially
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  defensively? Any ideas on on how you
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  could do that?
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  >> Yeah, I mean the best thing we could do
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  is maybe slide Seb down to some three
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  and um you know have Philip play some
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  four. So that's probably the the would
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  make the most sense. But you're right,
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  Murf's playing great, Sebastian's
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  playing great. Those are two of our
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  better defenders. So, um, but still got
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  to find a way to get him more than 12
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  minutes out there cuz, you know, he, um,
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  just does so many little things that
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  affect winning and, uh, you know, we got
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  to reward him for that and, um, we got
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  to do a better job in that area.
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  >> You guys ran KO at the one some game.
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  What do you like about that lineup? And
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  is that something you might want to do a
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  little bit more with whenever Todd on
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  the bench?
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  >> Yeah, it was good. Um, you know, KO was
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  was excited about it and, uh, you know,
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  I think it just gives us, you know, a
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  little more um a little more pop at the
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  point when he's in there and cuz he, you
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  know, he obviously can score the ball at
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  a pretty high clip and he's confident at
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  that spot. So, um, you know, and then
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  you can still have Blake or Simon play
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  the two because they have good
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  positional size. So, um, yeah, KO at the
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  one was was good for us offensively and,
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  uh, it gives us a potentially a lineup
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  later in the game if we need to get some
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  more size out there defensively. Um, so
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  it gives us some flexibility there. Um,
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  but, you know, Vanderbilt's a team that
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  presses, so I'm sure they're going to
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  try and, you know, press uh, KO when he
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  does play the one, so got to be prepared
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  for that.
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  You mentioned the Tyler Tanner matchup
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  and and after the game talking about you
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  getting your better players to to be
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  better defenders. I guess this probably
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  isn't a very difficult matchup to get
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  them up for with a guy in the back court
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  like Tanner for for Tahad and for KO to
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  defend.
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  >> Yeah, it wasn't our on the ball defense
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  that I was really speaking about. It was
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  our offthe-ball defense. Uh we were out
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  of position off the ball too many times,
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  especially in ball screens. And if you
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  do that against this team, you're
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  screwed. So, we got to do a great job
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  off the ball of really loading to it and
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  um you know, showing help. Um multiple
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  times in the Alabama game, you know, the
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  ball screen's happening over here and
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  we're guarding a guy in the corner and
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  we're just completely face guard or
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  we're all the way over there because
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  we're worried about him shooting the
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  ball as opposed to loading to it and and
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  offering help and assistance to the guys
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  in the ball screen. So, in the first
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  half, we did a really good job of it
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  because Sebastian was down there and,
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  you know, Sebastian's always in the
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  right spots, which is why he's such a
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  good player. Um, second half, we were
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  not loaded to the ball because Sebastian
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  wasn't in that spot. The rest of our
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  guys have to do a better job of
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  understanding off the ball positioning.
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  Um, our on the ball defense was was
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  actually pretty good. I thought we did a
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  good job. You know, you know that Learon
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  and and Aiden are going to obviously
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  make some tough shots. They're really
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  good players. Like, that's just that's
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  part of it. But when your off the ball
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  positioning was as bad as ours was in
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  the second half, it allows guys like
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  Bettyo to have 12 points. It allows us
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  to have to get in rotations and allow
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  some of their other shooters to make
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  shots. So, it was more of our off the-
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  ball positioning. Um, but you're right,
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  Tanner's going to be a handful because
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  he's one of the quickest, you know,
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  point guards driving downhill in the
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  country. And uh you know he gets down
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  there in transition really quickly and
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  uh you know
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  you could you can guard his right hand
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  as much as you want but he's still got
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  he's like he'll still drive right around
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  you. So our guys got to be in a stance
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  and obviously be ready to sit down and
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  uh you know really guard the yard
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  because he does such a great job of
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  getting to his spots on the floor
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  driving left or right.
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  >> You've been really complimentary of
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  Sebastian today and after game on
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  Saturday uh defensively. How beneficial
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  is that to be able to have a guy that
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  young to rely on? What does that say
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  about him, his development, and how he's
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  performed for you all this season?
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  >> Yeah, it's huge. Um, you I told we went
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  Matt as a team yesterday. I was like, I
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  need more guys to defend like him, you
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  know, if we want to win, if we want to
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  win close games, like we're, you know,
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  we're right or we're right where we need
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  to be in all these games. Um, but it
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  comes down to getting a couple stops
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  late. And if all of you, you know, had
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  the same attention to detail and the
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  same sense of urgency as Sebastian does,
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  like we'd win these games, right? So,
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  uh, it's great having, and it's rare to
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  have a freshman that's that guy you talk
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  about. So, I need my older guys to, uh,
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  you know, and here's the thing, they're
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  all capable of doing it, too. You know
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  what I mean? And we've seen it in in,
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  you know, in games this season. So, we
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  just got to, you know, we just got to
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  lock back in on a couple of the small
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  details of what we're doing defensively.
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  Um, and if we do that, we we'll be fine.
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  MLK last season really stood out for
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  Vandy. He's having a really good year
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  again. What does he bring to them as one
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  of their bigger guys, but a guy go on
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  the floor,
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  >> right? I mean, brings a level of
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  toughness, you know, I think he had 14
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  rebounds against us last year. So, and
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  that was against a team that had, you
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  know, Jai and Dylan and Cheney and some
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  really good bigs. So, he uh was really
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  effective and uh plays really hard and
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  um you know, he can he can make down he
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  can make shots, you know, he can finish
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  around the rim. So, he's he's very
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  versatile. He can defend, moves his feet
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  well. So does a lot of really good
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  things for him and you know they got
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  multiple guys that are like that that
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  just you know are very effective in in
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  what they do and um MLK no exception. He
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  does a great job for him and he brings a
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  lot of value when he's on the floor.
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  >> You mentioned Simon a couple minutes ago
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  I guess. How is he doing? I know that he
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  had that injury earlier in the year and
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  then Abdul as well. Are either of them
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  in position do you think to to
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  contribute any sort of minutes down the
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  stretch of the FCC season? Yeah, we may
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  look at, you know, um inserting Simon
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  and some minutes at the two if if KO is
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  going to play some one. Um so we're
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  still kind of going back and forth on
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  that. And Abdul is still, you know, kind
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  of coming back and like rehabbing his
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  back. And so, you know, we're not going
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  to rush his process because back
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  injuries are are touchy. Um so, you
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  know, he's he's more just uh in the
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  rehab stages still and just trying to
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  get stronger and more comfortable. But I
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  think Simon is a guy that, you know, you
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  could see getting some minutes in in the
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  coming games.
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  >> Three-point defendant this year. You
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  know, teams have had some success
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  against Sh here, especially recently. Is
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  that more of like you were talking about
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  earlier, the offball stuff, just not,
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  you know, fading off too much or, you
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  know, locking in sight more than what
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  you guys are doing on the ball with
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  them.
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  >> Yeah, it's, you know, it's interesting.
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  I uh you know right right before I came
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  down here I'm I clipped every I'm
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  clipping right now every three-point
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  attempt and make in conference through
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  10 games and categorizing them based on
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  where they off of ball screens
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  screens off the ball transition drive
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  draw dishes uh downstream dribble
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  handoffs just all the different ways
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  that people are shooting and getting
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  threes and trying to figure out if
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  there's a pattern as to why people are
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  shooting 39% against us. Um, so part of
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  it is obviously, you know, us trying to
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  be more intentional on being in the gap.
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  So, cuz, you know, the first game of the
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  year, Georgia, they just drove us
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  because we were so spread out and we
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  just we couldn't let that happen. Um,
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  but, you know, at some point we got to
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  make an adjustment, too, because teams
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  are shooting a good percentage against
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  us. And, you know, um, can't keep
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  chalking it up to teams are making tough
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  shots. We got to make adjustments. So,
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  right now I'm currently trying to figure
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  out like, you know, where we can get
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  better, whether it's our closeouts or
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  whether we're overh helping too much.
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  Um, cuz, you know, when you switch as
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  much as we do, you shouldn't have to be
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  require a ton of help. So, currently in
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  the stages of trying to figure that out
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  right now. So, once I have a better
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  answer, I'll let you know.
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  >> Any other questions?
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  >> All right. Thanks.
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  >> Thanks.