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Auburn G Kevin Overton - Ole Miss Preview · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  K Stephen talked about, you know, having
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  a little bit more fire at the at the
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  film session, I guess, yesterday or
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  earlier today. Just kind of talk about
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  that, the things you guys looked at,
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  particularly on defense.
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  >> Um,
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  just going back to addressing the things
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  that we need to work on. Um,
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  definitely came in with a with more
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  energy and just letting us know that
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  basically where we are is is on us and
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  the coaches just can't want it more than
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  than we do. So that was really just a
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  big message that all of these games have
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  been basically must-win games and we've
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  let a lot of opportunities slip and we
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  just can't allow that to happen anymore.
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  So we appreciate the intensity that he
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  came in with and it was obviously
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  emphasized for a reason, but it just it
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  set the tone for the day. So it was
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  great.
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  What do you think the biggest thing
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  y'all need to do to improve on defense
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  or be more consistent? Kind of like
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  playing defense like y'all played
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  against Kentucky last week.
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  >> Yeah. Um, even that game like I think
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  it's been a lot for us just over the
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  course of the year and the things that
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  we do, but it's just not forgetting the
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  details when we make adjustments going
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  from game to game, just not forgetting
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  our base defense or not forgetting
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  certain spots to be in. Um, been
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  emphasizing off the ball pictures even
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  still emphasizing on the ball, but just
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  got to be connected. We feel like we
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  have five different guys on five
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  different pages for most of the game.
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  So, just got to be back connected for
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  sure.
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  >> Ko, you've you've played on a tournament
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  team now, you know, your first two years
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  in in college trying to do it again.
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  What's your message as as one of the
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  leaders on this team? You know, what it
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  takes to be a a team that continues to
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  play basketball in March.
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  U I mean it it started for me it started
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  at the beginning of February. Um you
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  kind of see where you are going into a
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  time like this. Um you know anything can
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  happen. There's still time to improve,
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  make adjustments, but my message would
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  just be how hard it is. Um the coaches
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  do a great job um specifically a couple
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  of emphasizing how hard winning is. And
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  I think like that's just the emphasis
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  like play for play.
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  It just takes everybody and it's not
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  it's not the thought of it. It's
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  actually going to do it. And I learned
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  that from a coach that I've had in the
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  past. Like it's not about talking about
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  it. It's about literally going out and
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  giving your all to the job that needs to
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  be done. And that's just what we
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  struggle with this year with whatever we
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  have going on, our approaches to the
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  game or whatever is going on with with
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  everybody. But just it's consistency and
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  it's together togetherness and that's
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  just not where we are right now. Yeah.
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  >> Kale, was practice yesterday different
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  for you guys? Did you notice a
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  difference? Do you feel like y'all took
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  a step forward?
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  >> Yeah. Um
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  I think we've had practice like this in
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  the past where it's kind of you don't
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  really know. I don't know if it's fake
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  or if it's not. I know my energy from my
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  I can speak for myself is always
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  authentic and I'm giving everything I
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  have but we've had practices like this.
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  So just hoping that we can build on it
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  today and keep the same energy going
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  into into tomorrow. But it definitely
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  felt different. Um to have hope with a
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  team like this after everything we've
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  been through is is huge. And I mean
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  that's all you can ask for at this
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  point. Yeah.
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  >> When you guys beat Old Miss earlier this
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  season, it was a lot of defense. since
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  y'all didn't really have your shots, but
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  y'all were able to do it. Stephen was in
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  here talking about when y'all watched
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  film of that yesterday, y'all were y'all
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  were kind of making noises about like
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  realizing what what it took out there.
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  Just kind of what did you learn from
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  that? Kind of revisiting that from from
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  the other day.
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  >> Yeah. And even watching it because I
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  didn't play a whole lot that game. I was
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  late to breakfast the morning before,
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  but just the connectivity, the the will
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  too, like everybody's flying around,
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  extra efforts, doing jobs that aren't
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  even our jobs, stunning, recovering. Um
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  being stands just like teams that I
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  would love to be on. That's the team
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  that I saw and I I was saying at the
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  beginning of practice like I only know
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  the film I just watched and like I don't
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  even know if our team is paying
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  attention to me sometimes when I say
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  stuff but I was emphasizing I only know
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  the film I just watched. That's the team
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  that I remember. That's the team that I
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  know we are and I feel like we all know
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  that. So, I just try to say the right
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  thing for the right moments in terms of
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  defense and caring about the team. Like,
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  that's just that's all I'm here for.
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  >> Appreciate