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Ohio State Basketball: 5 Things We Learned From Jake Diebler · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Ohio State basketball going I'll let you hear a little
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  Speaker 1: bit from Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler. We get
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  Speaker 1: a chance to talk to him earlier this week. You
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  Speaker 1: a little bit from Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler
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  Speaker 1: right now. When we were there earlier this week, they
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  Speaker 1: have a couple of days where they bring back a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of former players and it was really looking around
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  Speaker 1: the gym, it was a who's who of former Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State players. You want a scoony pen, Yeah, Scooty Pen's there,
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  Speaker 1: Greg Odin, will William Buford who was already obviously on
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  Speaker 1: the staff, Tarn Stiles is on the staff, but David
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  Speaker 1: Lighty there. It was a lot of fun seeing a
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  Speaker 1: lot of old, familiar faces from Ohio State basketball team's past,
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  Speaker 1: and they were there to help get prepared this year's
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  Speaker 1: team for the Ohio State the future of Ohio State basketball,
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  Speaker 1: so they get to come back to work with the
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  Speaker 1: current team, but also helps build camaraderie run the program
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  Speaker 1: and understanding within the program about the history and the
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  Speaker 1: culture of Ohio State basketball.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think it's important when you're in this
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  Speaker 3: position to try to try to bridge any gaps that
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  Speaker 3: may exist between current and former and and this is
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  Speaker 3: certainly an opportunity for us to do that.
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  Speaker 2: We have other events throughout the course of the season.
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  Speaker 3: But I think when you when you have a chance
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  Speaker 3: for our guys to you know, play against and get
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  Speaker 3: coached by and work out with former players or former
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  Speaker 3: players who are currently playing, there's so much value in it.
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  Speaker 3: It's one thing to have dinner, which we'll do. It's
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  Speaker 3: nothing to have meetings and something when you can do
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  Speaker 3: it between the lines, I think.
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  Speaker 2: It's really really special. So I care deeply about our
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  Speaker 2: former players. We owe them.
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  Speaker 3: A sense of gratitude for us being able to have
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  Speaker 3: unbelievable facilities and to be able to.
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  Speaker 2: Sell an unbelievable tradition. And so this program should always.
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  Speaker 3: Be a home for them, and we want to make
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  Speaker 3: them feel as home as possible, as often as possible.
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  Speaker 3: So it's great to see multiple generations in the gym,
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  Speaker 3: some guys who are you know, maybe not so engaged
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  Speaker 3: in between the lines as some others, but just being
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  Speaker 3: here and watching and we'll have dinner tonight.
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  Speaker 2: It couldn't be better.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to all the former players, there was another
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  Speaker 1: familiar face back at the Ohio State facility this week.
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  Speaker 1: That was former Ohio State coach Thatad Mada, who is
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  Speaker 1: now retired. He of course helped get Jake Diebler started
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  Speaker 1: in the business. Deebler was his video coordinator way back
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  Speaker 1: when at Ohio State. What does it mean to get
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  Speaker 1: thad Mada back to Ohio State, not just a Deebler
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  Speaker 1: but to the program on the whole.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's been a long time coming.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, his influence on me as a coach
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  Speaker 3: and as a man I've spoken.
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  Speaker 2: About that before.
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  Speaker 3: He means the world to me and our family, and
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  Speaker 3: he means a ton to our basketball family.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, being able to.
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  Speaker 3: Get him back here says something I think about just
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  Speaker 3: how close this basketball family is. And you know, he's
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  Speaker 3: in the rafters, he's in the record books. I've talked
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  Speaker 3: about the peaks of our program. He's certainly been a
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  Speaker 3: part of some of those. So for him to be
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  Speaker 3: here it means a great deal to me personally, but
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  Speaker 3: it also means a great deal to our program because
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  Speaker 3: he's He's a guy we celebrate around here.
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  Speaker 1: So what's been the response from the former players coming
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  Speaker 1: back this week to work with the current team.
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  Speaker 3: I think they love him, and I think you see,
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  Speaker 3: some of these guys don't get to see each other ver.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we got David Lighty in here.
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  Speaker 3: Who is going on year fifty I think of still playing,
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  Speaker 3: but looks like he probably just finished, you know, playing
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  Speaker 3: a couple of years ago at Ohio State. So having
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  Speaker 3: you know, reunite, creating a space where guys can reunite.
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  Speaker 2: Now a lot of these guys are texting each other
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  Speaker 2: and FaceTime in each other.
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  Speaker 3: I'm you know, I'm fortunate to be part of a
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  Speaker 3: couple of group messages that get to be pretty entertaining.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, I think providing a space where they
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  Speaker 3: can see each other, hang out, give back to the program,
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  Speaker 3: it's great and it's always received well. I wish we
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  Speaker 3: could do this ten times a year. I wish we
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  Speaker 3: could find a window that fits everybody, because there are
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  Speaker 3: a ton of guys who wish they could be here,
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  Speaker 3: who just.
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  Speaker 2: Just couldn't make it happen. So it's hard to decide
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  Speaker 2: when exactly we're going to do it.
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  Speaker 3: We try to just figure out the opportunity that creates
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  Speaker 3: the window for the most guys to come back. But
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  Speaker 3: it's this is some of my favorite days of the
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  Speaker 3: entire year, and the dinners and I'll be special.
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  Speaker 1: David Lighty was one of the former players there. Jake
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  Speaker 1: de Bler is joking about David Lighty during the end
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  Speaker 1: of another answer, and our Budy Tony Griderman said, you know, hey,
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  Speaker 1: speaking of David Lighty and guys playing long careers at
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State. Gave Tony a chance to ask Jake Diebler
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  Speaker 1: about the new rule that allows players to play five
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  Speaker 1: seasons within the span of five years. His thoughts on that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I wish I could.
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  Speaker 3: Wish I could coach David Laddie if there's some way
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  Speaker 3: to you know, sue somebody to get him to finish
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  Speaker 3: his career at Ohio State. But listen, I think it's
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  Speaker 3: a little early to kind of tell all the nuances
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  Speaker 3: of how it's going to be impactful. I think the
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  Speaker 3: attempt to provide, right some structure is important and needed.
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  Speaker 2: So that's good.
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  Speaker 3: We all know there's going to be some back and
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  Speaker 3: forth now right because of this.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully we get like specific clarity. This is a great
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  Speaker 2: step forward, I think for that just you know.
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  Speaker 3: Hopefully that's the case, right and when it comes time
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  Speaker 3: to start building your roster for next year, that that
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  Speaker 3: clarity has already been settled. That's all we really want,
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  Speaker 3: you know, is just to know what you're going into
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  Speaker 3: as you put your roster together.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a good step forward. Hopefully as some of.
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  Speaker 3: The stuff back and forth happens, we'll get some that
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  Speaker 3: clarity we all want.
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  Speaker 1: Someone who, unlike David Lady, has not been around for
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State for very long, is five star early and
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  Speaker 1: Rollie LJ. Smith, he just reclassified from twenty twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: to the class of twenty twenty six. So when we
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  Speaker 1: were in practice about a week earlier, he was barely
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  Speaker 1: doing anything because he had just drived on campus less
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  Speaker 1: than twenty four hours earlier. So okay, now he's about
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  Speaker 1: a week into his time as a buck Eye. So
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  Speaker 1: how has he sort of gotten integrated into the program
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  Speaker 1: so far?
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  Speaker 2: I know he's working because he's sore. Let me know that.
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  Speaker 3: I think we've seen, you know, between the lines, he's
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  Speaker 3: got a high basketball IQ.
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  Speaker 2: Just little things like being in the right position off
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  Speaker 2: the ball defensively. I mean, he's there's been some drills.
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  Speaker 3: He had got to experience that because we're you know,
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  Speaker 3: we're installing different things. And and so he's got an
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  Speaker 3: understanding clearly on both sides of the ball, which which
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  Speaker 3: is important.
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  Speaker 2: And then his shot making has translated.
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  Speaker 3: He's he's already been able to make some shots with
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  Speaker 3: range and and so I'm excited. He's weak key and
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  Speaker 3: I talked to said what he thinks that man, coach,
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  Speaker 3: You're right, So it's fast out there, you know, it's physical,
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  Speaker 3: So that adjustment is going to take some time. But
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  Speaker 3: he's been a sponge. He's soaking everything in. He's picking
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  Speaker 3: things up quickly, but his basketball IQ and shot making
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  Speaker 3: have already started to translate.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, Jake de Blower has asked about some of
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  Speaker 1: the transfers on the team. We talked about those on
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  Speaker 1: the show with Marcus a couple of days ago. If
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  Speaker 1: you want to hear about some of the big men
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  Speaker 1: transfers that they've brought in over the last year or two,
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  Speaker 1: how those guys are sort of getting integrated in the
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  Speaker 1: on court portion of things. But who's that sort of
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  Speaker 1: about getting the transfers up to speed with the program
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  Speaker 1: and the tradition and the expectations of being a buck Eye.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it starts on the recruiting process when we're talking
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  Speaker 3: to recruits and these as we recruited all these guys,
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  Speaker 3: we made.
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  Speaker 2: Them aware of the tradition of this program and made
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  Speaker 2: them aware.
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  Speaker 3: Of where we're heading, so they already know before they
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  Speaker 3: step foot off campus and start working that this is
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  Speaker 3: a this is historically in an elite program. Then when
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  Speaker 3: you walk up and down the halls every day and
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  Speaker 3: you see these names, and you see these records and
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  Speaker 3: you see the winning you know you see David Leighty
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  Speaker 3: and John Diebler and Evan Turner Huggin after Evan Turner
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  Speaker 3: shot in the Big Ten Tournament against a team up
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  Speaker 3: north with.
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  Speaker 2: Family underneath that. So now it comes to life, I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna get a chance to spend some time with them.
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  Speaker 3: So our guys are well aware of the tradition of
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  Speaker 3: this program. We make sure of that before they get here.
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  Speaker 3: We talk about it while they're here. So I think,
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  Speaker 3: whether you're you've been here for three years, like like
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  Speaker 3: Junie and Ivonne, or whether you've been here for you know,
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  Speaker 3: three weeks, some other guys you know and appreciate who's
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  Speaker 3: here today and tomorrow what they mean to this program,
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  Speaker 3: and it's you know, it's.
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  Speaker 2: As part of part of how we convinced guys to
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  Speaker 2: come here.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly, there you go a little bit from Jake Diebler
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  Speaker 1: and the Ohio State men's basketball team. It is certainly
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  Speaker 1: shaping up to be an intriguing team this year. We'll
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  Speaker 1: see how far they can go, but it does feel
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  Speaker 1: like they are maybe poised to take another step after
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  Speaker 1: getting back to the NCAA Tournament last year, would be
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  Speaker 1: ready to take another step forward this year to be
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