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Seg 6 - MBB Show w Kamani Young Dec 11 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Yukon hoops all week long. Thursday, it's the women and
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  Speaker 1: they are out in South Bend to take on Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 1: Six thirty pregame coverage Bob Joyce Stipfisk, Well have it
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  Speaker 1: for you. And then we go to New York Madison
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  Speaker 1: Square Garden seven thirty pre game against Gonzaga. The Zags
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  Speaker 1: come all the way across country to take on Yukon,
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  Speaker 1: just like the Huskies did last year in their trip
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  Speaker 1: to Seattle. So seven thirty Saturday at the world's most
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  Speaker 1: famous arena, we're back with a Kamana Young and coach,
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  Speaker 1: let's go back to Baylor for a second. You don't
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  Speaker 1: you lose an important player like Alex Caraban. Let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about the chemistry that has to automatically develop. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: somebody's got to pick up the slack. It's not automatic.
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  Speaker 1: You can't replace Alex Caraban in a lot of ways.
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  Speaker 1: But you did it that night. And tell me from
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  Speaker 1: your perspective how you did it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean for me that that was just a
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  Speaker 2: gutsy win. That was just a gutsy, you know, character
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  Speaker 2: program win for us. You know you're coming, You're coming
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  Speaker 2: out of Maui Obviously, confidence is a little shaken, and
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  Speaker 2: then you lose your you're all American and Alex and
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  Speaker 2: you're just looking around like, you know, nobody really gave us,
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  Speaker 2: gave us a chance to win that game, especially with
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  Speaker 2: a team like Baylor, who's, you know, really really good team,
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  Speaker 2: top fifteen team and have been playing well. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: to see see those guys that uh, you know come
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  Speaker 2: out and compete the way they did and get valuable.
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  Speaker 3: Contributions all across the board.
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  Speaker 2: I thought Liam really took a step forward in his
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  Speaker 2: development just in terms of, you know, shouldering a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the weight. You know that that came and the
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  Speaker 2: pressure that came with that game, so definitely was encouraging
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  Speaker 2: to see.
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  Speaker 1: Now you you have been involved obviously on the recruiting
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  Speaker 1: trail for the Huskies over the years. Here, uh got
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  Speaker 1: to be gratifying to see some of these young guys
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  Speaker 1: growing up now when we've got Solo Ball as a sophomore,
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  Speaker 1: looks like he's in a nice groove, confident, made four
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  Speaker 1: threes the other night against Texas, you know, just getting better.
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  Speaker 1: You see, you know, the other sophomore guys, Jalen Stewart,
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  Speaker 1: Jade Ross getting significant time most nights. You know, you're
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  Speaker 1: a developmental guy. You work with these guys trying to
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  Speaker 1: improve what they do. How do you view that process?
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  Speaker 1: Do you see it incrementally in terms of improvement in
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  Speaker 1: practice in games? What do you see about though some
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  Speaker 1: of these young guys, and you mentioned the freshman guard
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  Speaker 1: as well, Ahma and Noel. That tells you that, Wow,
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  Speaker 1: these guys are on the right track. They might not
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  Speaker 1: be there yet, but they're really gonna help us.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little bit of both.
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  Speaker 2: I think that you know, everybody that comes into our program,
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  Speaker 2: you have a different timeline, and you know, we talk
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  Speaker 2: to our guys about that. Don't put yourself on some
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  Speaker 2: artificial timeline where you feel like, you know, because you
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  Speaker 2: were ranked a certain level, or you were recruited at
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  Speaker 2: a certain level, that you're entitled to be a one
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  Speaker 2: and done or to and done. You know, we talked
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  Speaker 2: to our guys all the time about unpacking your bags,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and just worry about getting better every single day.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that all of our guys embodied that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's something that's got to happen. I think, I
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  Speaker 1: mean a lot of schools are not doing this. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Memphis thirteen new players. We saw seven of the top
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  Speaker 1: eight guys for Texas transfers. You don't do that, and
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  Speaker 1: so there's a bit of risk involved because you got
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  Speaker 1: to you gotta be patient with these guys growing up
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  Speaker 1: and helping you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think all of those guys that you know,
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  Speaker 2: we invested in uh this year in terms of the
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  Speaker 2: sophomore showed us last year that they were going to
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  Speaker 2: be ready to make a big jump. And we've done
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  Speaker 2: that in the past, so we've had confidence in what
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  Speaker 2: we do here from a you know, from a development standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: the culture of our program lends to guys like that being.
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  Speaker 3: Able to make big jumps in the sophomore and junior years.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, Solo when last year he proved that
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  Speaker 2: he was ready to contribute right away when Steph was
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  Speaker 2: out early in the season. He played really well for
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  Speaker 2: us in big, big games. Jalen Stewart played you know,
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  Speaker 2: really well for us in big big games towards the
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  Speaker 2: end of the season, had earned himself some minutes late.
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  Speaker 2: Jaden Ross we just feel like, long term is just
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  Speaker 2: going to be an incredible player for us and a
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  Speaker 2: big time YU come wing and he's starting to show
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  Speaker 2: flashes from a defensive standpoint, being able to make plays
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  Speaker 2: defensively and get out and transition and finish.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: So all those guys in different ways have earned the
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  Speaker 2: trust of coach and the staff. So we're just excited
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  Speaker 2: for where those guys are going to continue to go.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd be remiss Camani if I didn't mention you,
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  Speaker 1: Suf Sengari. This dude's working his butt off. He's doing
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  Speaker 1: what you ask him, He's doing what you need. Then
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he gets thrown in the lurch.
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  Speaker 1: You got to get ten minutes from him in the
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  Speaker 1: first half of a game on the road. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I thought the guy stood up pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, Listen, Chef.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he he's everybody's favorite player on the team.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a great spirit about him. You know, it's
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  Speaker 2: just he's playing behind two really, really good players. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's playing behind one of the best movement centers in
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  Speaker 2: the country, and and and Samson, And then you know,
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  Speaker 2: you gotta an experienced player like Tarris who's coming you know,
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  Speaker 2: who's ahead of him in terms of development right now,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 3: But it was great.
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  Speaker 2: He we had to put him in there in a pinch,
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  Speaker 2: and he held his own. You know, he held his own.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we were we were, we were grateful
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  Speaker 2: for him that way.
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  Speaker 1: Give me a little insight. What was the discussion between
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  Speaker 1: you and Dan or the coaching staff? What are we
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  Speaker 1: gonna do now we're in the first half. We got
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  Speaker 1: to do something? Who came up with Cingari? Was it you?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it was pretty obvious.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that wasn't really much of a discussion. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, listen, you sef he knows what we're doing,
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  Speaker 2: we can execute with him. He's still a little bit
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  Speaker 2: raw offensively, so he's got to keep developing that way.
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  Speaker 2: But we knew he was going to battle, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we we we knew that he cares about winning. He's physical,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and and he helped us, you know, he
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  Speaker 2: helped us in the first half we had you know,
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  Speaker 2: lucky for us, well fortunately for us, we had a
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  Speaker 2: we had a lead there and he was able to
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  Speaker 2: able to maintain that lead and help us build on
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  Speaker 2: that lead.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I quick thought on Gonzaga. You go to New York
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  Speaker 1: the Garden, you're familiar with yukon sat success. There, they're
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  Speaker 1: coming across country. They've got a really good team. What's
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  Speaker 1: your thought initially on facing these guys.
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  Speaker 2: It's a big time matchup for us. You know, this
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  Speaker 2: is this is the third time we're playing him in
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  Speaker 2: three years. Obviously, great team, great program, well coached. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, one of the more premier programs in the country.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great opportunity for us, you know, especially where
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  Speaker 2: we are in the season, to get a non conference
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  Speaker 2: win of that caliber is crucial for us.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll we'll be dialed in, you know, we'll be ready.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be ready to get back into the garden where
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  Speaker 2: you know, we feel like it's our third home, right
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  Speaker 2: on our second home, but our third home.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we're excited to see those guys, man.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you get to go back to New York.
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  Speaker 1: That's got to be fun for you.
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  Speaker 3: We always love to get back home.
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  Speaker 2: Great to see a ton of family and friends and
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  Speaker 2: obviously all the wonderful fans that we have in the
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  Speaker 2: New York City area in the Tri state area. It's
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  Speaker 2: going to be rocking, man. So we're looking forward.
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  Speaker 1: To it, all right, Well, we're looking forward to more
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  Speaker 1: of those smiles that you like to put on when
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  Speaker 1: things go well.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, I appreciate you. Thanks anytime, man. Great seeing
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  Speaker 3: you guys. Thank you all right.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks to Dan Hurley and Kamana Young as well. The
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  Speaker 1: Yukon Men's Basketball Coaches Show seven thirty. Well up the
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  Speaker 1: pregame Saturday with Gonzagab don't forget to join us there.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Mike Crispino. So long and we'll talk to you
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  Speaker 1: from New York