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Auburn G/F Elyjah Freeman - Alabama Preview · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  Elijah, how much are you guys looking
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  forward to this opportunity as a team on
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  Saturday? You know, big road game always
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  means a lot with when Auburn plays
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  Alabama, but obviously you guys have an
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  opportunity to to do a lot for your NCAA
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  tournament resume.
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  >> Yeah, it means a lot. Um
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  uh more so of just getting back, you
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  know, they up one on us and um us being
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  able to go to their place and get this
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  dub is going to mean a lot. So that's
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  been our mindset all week.
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  >> How much was beating LSU kind of a boost
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  for y'all? because you all had a really
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  tough stretch over the last few weeks.
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  How how much have you kind of felt like
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  a difference these last few days?
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  >> Um it hasn't been really too crazy. Um
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  because you know we've been seeking a
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  win for a little minute. Um a good
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  quality win. So being able to just do
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  good on uh I guess LSU on offense and
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  defense and just being able to let that
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  be our starting point for the run we
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  about to go on um is good.
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  whether it's Tahad or I know Murf played
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  there too when he was at Mississippi
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  State, but just what have maybe the guys
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  told you about playing in Tuscaloosa and
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  maybe in particular from Dahad like like
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  in this game in this match up in
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  Tuscaloosa?
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  >> Um nothing crazy has been said um just
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  about the rivalry in the past um how
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  loud it's going to get but you know we
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  were old games that's what comes with it
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  so we're kind of I feel like we're kind
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  of used to it at this point this late in
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  the season. Um, we just got to be able
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  to not let their momentum build up and
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  not let it just control the game.
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  The first time y'all played Alabama,
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  y'all got off to a really good start on
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  defense. Um, I know they came back
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  there, but how how much can y'all draw
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  off of that like the first 18 minutes or
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  so? Y'all played really really good
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  defense against them. Like how much are
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  you going to be able to lean on that and
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  try to do that again?
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  >> Yeah. Um, just being able to know the
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  personnel and scout. um watch watching a
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  lot of film from the first game,
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  cleaning up on the mistakes that we had
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  in the past should be able to help us on
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  the defensive end just by how much they
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  shoot. So, um with all the information
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  SP and the coaches are giving us to go
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  into this game, we should be all right.
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  >> What has it been like for you being back
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  in the in the starting group? I mean, SP
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  was just here talking about your
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  progression, seeming like you're playing
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  a little bit more a little bit more
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  confident over the last few games.
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  >> Uh yeah, it's been good. you know, um me
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  being back, I feel like I just add a
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  little bit more spark um with the guys
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  and just helping them defensively.
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  Um and then just trying to do everything
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  in my power to help us win. So, that's
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  really what I've been thinking about.
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  >> P was in here talking about how, you
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  know, he he encouraged you whatever you
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  going to do, close a shot, go for a
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  rebound, you like do it all out and make
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  plays that way. How much have you kind
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  of been able to lean on that because
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  these last few games have been pretty
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  strong for you on both ends?
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  >> Yeah. um with him in my ear just telling
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  me things like that, you know, uh I feel
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  like there's really no wrong. So just
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  being able to do anything or everything
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  in the game as hard as possible um and
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  living with the result is always okay.
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  So um with that mindset um going on for
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  the rest of the year, I think I'm going
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  to be all right.
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  >> Anything else?
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  >> Um as this season winds down, where have
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  you seen your game grow the most, you
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  know, since coming to Harvard? Um,
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  I would say kind of off ball. Um,
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  and knowing my role like with the
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  situation I was in last year, I was kind
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  of one of the main guys and um, being
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  able to play off ball in this um,
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  situation, you know, I've learned a lot,
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  you know, and being able to do little
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  things to help us win. I've learned a
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  lot as well. So just looking back at the
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  games in the past um that's helped us
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  win, lose, whatever.