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Kentucky HC Mark Pope - Auburn Loss · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  questions.
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  >> Mark, walk us through what you were
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  thinking after the call there with
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  Colin.
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  >> Well, we're not allowed to talk about
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  the referees, but you guys saw it and I
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  think sometimes it's just super
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  personal. So, I'm not allowed to comment
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  on the referees. I won't comment on the
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  referees. Um, it's unfortunate that uh,
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  you know, just unfortunate. So, it
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  didn't cost us the game. We're in
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  control of the game. So, uh, you know,
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  we'll find ways to go win.
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  Uh, coach Ooway Ooway had uh 29 in the
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  games, also in foul trouble late, but
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  you put him back in there down the
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  stretch. What' you see from him and and
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  to play him with four fouls?
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  >> He was unbelievable what he overcame and
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  who he overcame tonight like you know a
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  lot of times it felt like he was playing
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  you know uh one on seven, one on eight.
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  Sometimes that happens. I thought he was
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  brilliant. Um I thought our guys uh
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  attacked it great. Um and and we just
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  came up short. We need to make one more
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  play. We didn't make enough plays.
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  Credit to to Auburn.
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  >> Coach, you held Keshan Hall tonight.
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  Three of 15 shooting. Didn't get to the
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  line until super late. What was the
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  defensive assignment there? And what
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  were y'all looking at to attack him?
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  >> Did a nice job. I thought Mo did a nice
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  job. I thought uh Coach Fox did a nice
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  job with the defensive scout. Um, and it
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  was it was executed just not barely not
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  quite well enough.
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  >> Mark, I know you can't talk about
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  official, but your players saw the play.
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  What do you say to them in the locker
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  room about a situation like this?
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  >> Well, we refuse to give control to
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  people that are outside of our program.
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  Refuse. Regardless of how personal it
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  might get or how bad it might get, we
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  refuse to give control to fans, to give
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  control to anybody else associated with
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  this game, regardless of how blatantly
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  people are trying to make this not
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  happen. We refuse to give them their
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  power. That's what I talked about. We
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  have 48 hours to turn this around. We
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  got a massive game at South Carolina.
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  We're gonna go find a way to win it
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  because that's what we do. So, we're not
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  giving away our power. We're not like we
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  don't make excuses. We don't do that
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  regardless of what is happening. Uh
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  regardless of how disgraceful things
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  are, uh we don't give away our power.
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  Regardless how embarrassing, personal,
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  awful, like unacceptable things are, we
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  refuse to give away our power.
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  >> Keshan Murphy finished 25 points. I
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  guess where did you see from from him
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  and what gave him so many problems?
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  >> I thought uh they did a nice job kind of
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  attacking our ex out. I thought he was
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  really good. He hurt us on the glass
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  early. Uh they did a nice job finding
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  him. You know, he's a he's a big,
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  powerful, strong kid who played a great
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  game and he probably made the biggest
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  shot of the night and we challenged him
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  to make it. He made it and and um so
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  credit to him. You know, he he had a
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  terrific night and and performed well.
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  >> Mark,
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  >> Mark, you guys now you had won seven of
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  eight. Now lost three in a row the last
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  two, been up nine. What what's the
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  message to the team to get them to
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  bounce back in this next 48 hours?
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  >> Message to our team, man, we come
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  compete. We're coming to compete. We're
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  a little short-handed right now, but we
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  have control over winning and losing.
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  And I thought the guys put together a
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  great effort uh tonight and and we
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  didn't get the win. And so now we go to
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  work on on Tuesday and and go get the
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  win. That's what we do. And we're not
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  sitting here, you know, trying to
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  consider nonsense. We're trying to win
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  games.
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  >> Last one.
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  >> Coach U Elijah Freeman came off the
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  bench for Auburn, put in 11 points. Can
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  you talk about what kind of mismatches
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  he created?
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  >> He's a terrific player. He's really
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  athletic. Uh I thought he was I thought
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  he was really did a good job tonight. Uh
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  he can hurt you off the bounce. He he
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  made a he banged his first three from
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  the corner. Uh you know, and he has a a
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  length to him. I think he's a good
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  player. I think he's got a great future.
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  >> Thank you everyone.