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Seg 4 - WBB Show w Geno Auriemma Nov 18 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Back with Gino as we get set for Wednesday night,
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  Speaker 1: and it will be a very special night as a
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  Speaker 1: first of all, they celebrate forty years of Gino Orima
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  Speaker 1: and Chris Daly and then on top of that, a
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  Speaker 1: chance to become the all time leading coaching wins all
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  Speaker 1: time either men's or women's college basketball.
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  Speaker 2: But first, let's start with the celebration, Gino.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know you're not big on this whole thing,
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  Speaker 1: but I think it's like sixty five a lum's coming
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  Speaker 1: back to celebrate with. You get a chance to connect
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  Speaker 1: with some old friends. That should be a lot of fun,
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  Speaker 1: because it always is when they come back.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's always fantastic when you know our former
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  Speaker 3: players are back, and so many of them, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I have said they're going to come, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: some wish they could come, but they're playing over in
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  Speaker 3: Europe or they're coaching in the US in college, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, their schedule with games and everything doesn't allow it.
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  Speaker 3: But anytime we can get our players on campus, our
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  Speaker 3: former players, I get a big kick out of that,
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  Speaker 3: and I know they do as well. And I know
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  Speaker 3: our players enjoy having them there. So it's gonna be
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  Speaker 3: an exciting night for everybody. I'm looking forward.
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  Speaker 2: To it as am I. I catching up with some old friends.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we always talk about the great, great players
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  Speaker 1: that you've had, and I think we've even mentioned this
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  Speaker 1: a couple of times, you know, but there's some people, though,
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  Speaker 1: that you would call glue gals over the years. I
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  Speaker 1: think if Kelly Ferris as one of those who really
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  Speaker 1: blossom from freshman the senior year, became a leader, Asia
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  Speaker 1: seemed to be like that, and I can think of
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  Speaker 1: a few others. But you know, while you have all
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  Speaker 1: those all Americans, you don't win these championships without some
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  Speaker 1: young ladies doing a lot of grunt work. And even
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  Speaker 1: the good ones did, but still those underappreciated players that
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  Speaker 1: always did the grunt work, they help get you through
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  Speaker 1: these things.
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  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know every team is, you know, like you
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  Speaker 3: if you're if you're traveling, you know you're a traveling
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  Speaker 3: rock band.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you you you you.
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  Speaker 3: Have you have to have a lot of people to
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  Speaker 3: do a lot of the work behind the scenes to
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  Speaker 3: make it all happen.
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  Speaker 4: And you're on the court.
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  Speaker 3: Uh yeah, all those superstars that are that are on
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  Speaker 3: that wall of course, you know, they were the they
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  Speaker 3: were the lead singers. Yeah, they were the stars. But
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  Speaker 3: as you mentioned, you know, uh, going all the way back,
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  Speaker 3: you know, to.
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  Speaker 4: The beginning with.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Megan Pattison and Wendy Davis and Debbie Bear
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  Speaker 3: and Jamall Elliott.
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  Speaker 4: You know it was one of those players.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: Carlo Barrubi was one of those players you know, you
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  Speaker 3: keep going for it. Jessica Moore was one of those players.
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  Speaker 3: Ria Colin was one of those players. You're never going
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  Speaker 3: to see them up on the wall. But without them,
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  Speaker 3: it would have been very difficult for those teams to
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  Speaker 3: win championships. And that's I think a big, big part
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  Speaker 3: of our success is the ability to to people to
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  Speaker 3: feel like they're important, to feel like they they're a
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  Speaker 3: big part of what we're doing. And they don't have
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  Speaker 3: to be All Americans. And these were high school all
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  Speaker 3: Americans that came to Yukon that are willing to give.
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  Speaker 4: Up some things for the bigger you know, for the
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  Speaker 4: bigger prize at the end.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and also off the court too, And I know
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  Speaker 1: you gave them props last week. I mean, you and
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  Speaker 1: CD have been together for forty seasons. Sarah Darris has
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  Speaker 1: been with you what since nineteen ninety five as your
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  Speaker 1: director of basketball basketball operations, and you basically summed it
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  Speaker 1: up by saying, they do so much for you that
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  Speaker 1: you can basically be like a kid and just go
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  Speaker 1: out and run out and play and just worry about
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  Speaker 1: basketball most of the time.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, it's exactly right.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, uh, it's amazing how much they do. It's uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's truly incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: Their their their commitment to the program, their passion for
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  Speaker 3: for doing it right, and uh they want to win
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  Speaker 3: and they want us to be successful. And uh yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it certainly takes a big load off. I played of
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  Speaker 3: what I don't have to worry about, so I can
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  Speaker 3: keep my focus on what I what I like to do,
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  Speaker 3: and that's, you know, try to help my players get
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  Speaker 3: get better and try to help our team get better
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  Speaker 3: and figure out different ways to do that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, next week it's off to the Bahamas. Well,
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  Speaker 1: the team lea's on Friday and you're there for next week.
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  Speaker 1: It's a good time to get away. You got a
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  Speaker 1: chance to play some quality teams like Oregon State and
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  Speaker 1: neither Old.
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  Speaker 2: Miss or BC on the Wednesday of next week. But
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  Speaker 2: is this.
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  Speaker 1: Something that we're seeing an end of at least from
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  Speaker 1: the yukon standpoint. Talking to Dan and we'll hear it
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  Speaker 1: in the next hour. It seems like mtaser are becoming
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  Speaker 1: a less and less thing for the men's team. Is
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  Speaker 1: that the same for the women's team? Or are you
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  Speaker 1: going to continue to do stuff like this.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's all circumstantial, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's it depends on what what it entails.
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  Speaker 3: I think in this new era of revenue sharing that's
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  Speaker 3: coming up, I think everyone's concerned with, you know, where
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  Speaker 3: do we get more how do we get more money
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  Speaker 3: to pass that on to the players as revenue sharing,
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  Speaker 3: which I think in one of two ways, you know,
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  Speaker 3: more home games, which would be less of those mtes
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  Speaker 3: of more and more games, and or if you go
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  Speaker 3: to these empties, there's got to be a huge payout
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  Speaker 3: for you to participate so that it.
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  Speaker 4: Makes it worth your while.
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  Speaker 3: And there are a lot of people willing to pay
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  Speaker 3: a lot of money to have us play in their events.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that's going to be the driver. You know,
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  Speaker 3: if we can.
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  Speaker 4: If we can play you know, some quality.
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  Speaker 3: Teams on a neutral court and still be compensated the
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  Speaker 3: way we feel like we need to be because of
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  Speaker 3: who we are, our brand and what we add. Then
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  Speaker 3: you know, we we we make those decisions as we
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  Speaker 3: go along.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know you had a national letter of intent
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  Speaker 1: day last week? You signed a two young ladies. Tell
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  Speaker 1: me about these two young ladies and what they're capable of?
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  Speaker 3: Well, we'll see, but uh, you know, I think we
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  Speaker 3: we we certainly got bigger because Andy's about sixty six
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  Speaker 3: right now and and she, uh, she's a kid that
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  Speaker 3: loves to play defense, loves to rebound, loves to run
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  Speaker 3: the floor.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: And we'll have some catchup to do on the offensive ent, but.
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  Speaker 4: She's young and she she's gonna learn. But an incredible kid.
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  Speaker 3: And uh at Calise.
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  Speaker 4: I think is.
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  Speaker 3: Uh exceptionally talented guard who you know we've been we've
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  Speaker 3: been recruiting her for well since freshman year in high school.
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  Speaker 3: And she's she's a big guard.
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  Speaker 4: She's athletic.
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  Speaker 3: She she can put pressure on the on the ball defensively.
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  Speaker 3: Uh uh, she can get to the rim anytime she wants.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, we we we've added some things that
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  Speaker 3: we are missing and uh, you know we're not We're
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  Speaker 3: not finish yet, you know, we h you know, block
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  Speaker 3: up the you know, our player that we got a
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  Speaker 3: commitment from who's.
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  Speaker 4: Playing in Italy right now.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 4: It's a six y two forward that.
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  Speaker 3: Really really really really loves to play defense and really
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  Speaker 3: I can't score, that can pass means she fits perfectly
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  Speaker 3: into our style of what So we've added a lot of.
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  Speaker 4: Things that you know, we we.
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  Speaker 3: Felt like we needed to add, especially you know, losing
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  Speaker 3: somebody like Page at Aubrey.
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  Speaker 4: So that's it's a good group. I really really like it.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what keeps you going here, g know, is
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  Speaker 1: always thank you. We'll talk to you Wednesday.
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  Speaker 4: Night, all right, Bob, see you.
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  Speaker 1: Then alrighty head coach Dono rama with us on the
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  Speaker 1: Yukon Women's Basketball Coaches Show. When we come back, we'll
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  Speaker 1: have one of the players as we continue here on Larfield.
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  Speaker 2: Stay with us.