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Auburn F Keshawn Murphy - SEC Tournament Preview · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  B, just talk about, you know,
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  particularly this this match up going
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  against Hover after his performance in
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  that first game. How much of motivation
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  is that to for you guys to defend better
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  as a team?
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  >> Uh, hope hopefully what was done was
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  enough motivation, you know what I'm
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  saying, to just pick up our energy, pick
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  up the effort on running guys off the
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  three-point line. Uh, for a guy to put
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  up 35 points in the first half was was a
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  lot. So that that told us a lot about
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  ourselves and how good we how better we
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  need to be in in defense. some of these
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  some of these losses y'all had recently.
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  Y'all had really good second half. Is it
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  for y'all just get off to a better start
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  key? Yeah.
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  >> Yeah, that's all. Just get off to better
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  starts and um I feel like that's what we
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  worked on. We repped it a lot and coming
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  up we should be able to perform better.
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  >> Just to get another shot at your old
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  school just I guess where's your head at
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  going into this one and and what does it
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  mean to you to get another shot? Uh, I'm
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  grateful for the opportunity, of course,
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  because I thought I was just going to,
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  you know, lose and just head out with
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  that, but I was blessed with another
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  opportunity to be able to come out and,
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  uh, get another chance at it and I'm be
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  able be able to perform at a high level
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  again.
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  >> SP's talked about how much you want to
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  win an NCA tournament game. And so, for
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  y'all to be in here to give yourself a
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  shot and able to play yourself into it,
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  uh, what does that kind of mean? Just
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  y'all still got some hope here late in
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  the year. Uh it means a lot to me
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  personally, but um if it doesn't mean a
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  lot if we're all not on the same page.
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  So um if we all on the same page, you
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  know what I'm saying? Things will come.
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  But uh we just taking it one one game at
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  a time and focus on what's in front of
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  us.
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  >> Tough route February. What has been
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  coach's main message heading into
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  tournament play?
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  >> Uh honestly, just uh effort and uh
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  putting up putting up more of a you
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  know, a fight and having more pride. You
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  know what I'm saying? It's it's a big
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  pride thing. So, uh, we have more pride
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  and more grit. Uh, everything else will
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  take care of itself.
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  >> Your teammate to Hop Pettyford, your
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  your teammate to Hop Pettyford brings so
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  much edge, averaging 18 his last five.
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  What kind of player, what kind of
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  differencemaker does he bring into
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  y'all's lineup? U, just talk about him.
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  >> Uh, that's what he do. You know what I'm
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  saying? He's a pro player. He's a good
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  player. And, uh, he put people in
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  position. He put himself in position to
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  be able to score the ball, do what it
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  takes to win. And, um, I'm I'm proud of
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  how much better he's got throughout the
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  season. And um I'm hope that he just
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  come out and have the same energy uh
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  moving forward in tournament time and
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  where where it matters most.