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Seg 6 - MBB Show w Luke Murray Feb 5 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: We're back with Luke Murray and this is the Yukon
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  Speaker 1: Men's Basketball Coaches Show.
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  Speaker 2: We get together with.
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  Speaker 1: The Huskies coaching staff players just about every week, and
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  Speaker 1: we get into it. With the nine games remaining on
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  Speaker 1: the schedule, you kind of almost fallen out of the rankings.
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  Speaker 1: They had been I think in the top twenty five
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  Speaker 1: for fifty one straight weeks. Thought this week might be
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  Speaker 1: the week where that didn't happen. They didn't maintain that standing,
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  Speaker 1: but they get a big win over Marquette, and now
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  Speaker 1: you face the Saint John's team here, which is ride
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  Speaker 1: and High. Right, they're having their best season in twenty
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  Speaker 1: five years. Rick Patino, in his second year coaching there,
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  Speaker 1: has them playing you know, Patino type ball. As you
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  Speaker 1: view this going into it, Saint John's and what they've
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  Speaker 1: done so far, is it a surprise to anybody in
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  Speaker 1: the league, because Patino's got a history, right, He's done
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  Speaker 1: this before with just about every school he's had a
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  Speaker 1: hand on.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think I'm not sure how much
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  Speaker 3: of a surprise it is to anybody. I mean, he's
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  Speaker 3: one of the greatest coaches of all time, and so
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  Speaker 3: you know, again, I think you know, his ability to
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  Speaker 3: inspire this group at Saint John's and have them playing
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  Speaker 3: as well as they they've played so far. You know,
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  Speaker 3: at least from our perspective as a coaching staff, doesn't
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  Speaker 3: come as in any major surprise. And they've got a
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  Speaker 3: good roster. You know, they did a great job in
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  Speaker 3: the offseason in terms of some of the additions. You know,
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  Speaker 3: a guy like Kadari Richmond and Davon Smith. You know,
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  Speaker 3: r J. Lewis has really taken a step forward this
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  Speaker 3: year's ubetcha four who came off the bench for him
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  Speaker 3: last year has made major strides at the five. So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean they've been really impressive. You know, they're a
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  Speaker 3: terrific offensive rebounding team. They're very physical, strong experience group,
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  Speaker 3: excellent on the defensive end of the floor. So we've
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  Speaker 3: got a real challenge on Friday night.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, let's talk about rebounding for a second. Husky's not
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  Speaker 1: as dominant as they were the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously Donovan clinging big part of that, but Dan Hurley
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  Speaker 1: has been harping on getting the guards involved.
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  Speaker 2: More and rebounding solo.
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  Speaker 1: Ball's been able to get you know, some big time
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  Speaker 1: rebound numbers together. Here are you seeing that the guards
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  Speaker 1: are sensing the need and the showing you the ability
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  Speaker 1: that maybe they can make a difference in the way
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  Speaker 1: Yukon rebounds some basketball here down the stretch.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's been nice to see, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I think Solo had eleven defensive rebounds in the game
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  Speaker 3: against Marquette. He had eleven rebounds in the game against Xavior.
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  Speaker 3: I think he had five or six rebounds against Paul.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, it's been nice to see him get on
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  Speaker 3: the defensive glass. You know, Liam is an excellent defensive
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  Speaker 3: rebounder from the guard position as well, so that'll be
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  Speaker 3: a welcome edition, you know. And I think that the
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  Speaker 3: big guys are battling. I mean, Terras's rebounding numbers as
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  Speaker 3: an offensive and defensive rebounder, and this might surprise people,
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  Speaker 3: but he's top thirty in the country in both in
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  Speaker 3: terms of offensive and defensive rebounding rate, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: that's come down a little bit in conference play, but
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  Speaker 3: you know, he's a terrific rebounder when he's out there
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  Speaker 3: for extended minutes, and we need him to really be
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  Speaker 3: at his best so that he can be out there
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more and help us on the boards.
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  Speaker 3: And then Samson's battling, So we're gonna need everybody's commitment
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  Speaker 3: on the glass. I don't think I've seen a better
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  Speaker 3: offensive rebounding team than Saint John's this year, and all
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  Speaker 3: five guys crash hard, and so we're gonna have to
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  Speaker 3: really be physical and do a great job in that area.
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  Speaker 1: Luke Murray's with us, you kind of assistant coach. Let's
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  Speaker 1: talk about that, coach. Rebounding. It's the dirty stuff, it's
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  Speaker 1: the gritty stuff. It's the black and blue part of
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  Speaker 1: the game. But if you don't do that, you can
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of trouble with a team like Saint
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  Speaker 1: John's because they're gonna get second chance opportunities, they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: get easy buckets. They could really disrupt the game. So
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  Speaker 1: as you guys practice this week, what kind of things
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  Speaker 1: are you talking about and strategizing about in terms of
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  Speaker 1: keeping them off the boards at least neutralizing them.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean a lot of it is talk, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, truthfully, I mean, you're you're in a situation
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  Speaker 3: now when you're into February. You know, there's only so
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  Speaker 3: much kind of hand to hand combat that you can
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  Speaker 3: have in practice in terms of guys banging into each
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  Speaker 3: other and trying to do defensive rebounding drills. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we might do that for a minute or two, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just to kind of re emphasize that point. But for
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  Speaker 3: the most part, it's film. It's talking about it, it's
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  Speaker 3: placing an emphasis on it. When we are in live segments.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's it's getting our team to crash hard,
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  Speaker 3: which we normally do anyway, so that's not that unusual
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  Speaker 3: for us. But you know, just having an understanding of
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  Speaker 3: what we're in for, you know a little bit like
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  Speaker 3: we talked about the Marquette game, you know, having some
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  Speaker 3: level of preparation for you know, this is what Saint
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  Speaker 3: John's does best. You know, they're the number one offensive
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  Speaker 3: rebounding team in our league, you know, and they're obviously
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  Speaker 3: an excellent defensive rebounding team. They're excellent defensive team in general.
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  Speaker 3: They force a ton of turnovers, you know, So you
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  Speaker 3: mentioned it. It's going to be the physicality piece of
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  Speaker 3: the game, which is going to be as important as anything.
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  Speaker 1: And doesn't it come down to gang rebounding a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, everyone's got to be involved you've got five
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  Speaker 1: people on the court, no matter who they are. Jaden
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  Speaker 1: Ross could be Ja Stu, could be Samson Johnson whoever.
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  Speaker 1: It has to be a five man effort I think
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  Speaker 1: in rebounding, would you agree with that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, totally, totally. You know, and if you ever have
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  Speaker 3: a situation where you know a guy isn't going, you know,
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  Speaker 3: sometimes maybe a guy like sim Wilcher or one of
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  Speaker 3: their perimeter players may not go because they might be
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  Speaker 3: back on the shot, or maybe they took the shot themselves. Well,
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  Speaker 3: then whoever is guarding Sim Wiltscher's guy has to go
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  Speaker 3: help us with zubietca for or r J. Lewis or
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  Speaker 3: somebody else around the rim. You know, we talked about
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  Speaker 3: Solo and his ability to defensive rebound for us recently.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, it's a it's a five man proposition for sure.
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  Speaker 3: And if you don't defense and rebound against Saint John's,
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  Speaker 3: you don't give yourself much of a chance.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all hands on deck, coach, We're not dead yet.
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  Speaker 1: I was a Danker Hurley.
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  Speaker 2: Quote after the game. I thought that was a pretty
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  Speaker 2: good one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, what do they say, right, Rumors of
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  Speaker 3: our demise or over. I forget the exact quote, but
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  Speaker 3: suddenly along those line and yeah, I mean we get Listen,
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  Speaker 3: we got a big stretch here. We got St. John's
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  Speaker 3: Friday Night, We've got Creighton at Creighton, which has been
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  Speaker 3: obviously a really tough place for us to win recently,
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  Speaker 3: but we also have an unbelievable opportunity to position ourselves
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  Speaker 3: right back at the top of the league.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that'd be nice, that's for sure. All right, Coach Murray,
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  Speaker 2: we appreciate it. Thanks so much. We'll see you this
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  Speaker 2: week Friday night, Saint John's.
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  Speaker 3: Sounds good much.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks and thanks to Dan Hurley as well. As we
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  Speaker 1: wrap up the Yukon Men's Basketball Coaches Show and Friday Night,
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  Speaker 1: let's be there, Let's rock the place at Gamble Pavilions
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  Speaker 1: and Huskies take on the Red Storm, who are on
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  Speaker 1: top of the Big East standings.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Mike Chrispino. Thanks for joining us.