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Seg 4 - MBB Show w Dan Hurley Jan 3 · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Back with the Yukon men's basketball coach to show Mike
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  Speaker 1: chris Pino joined by Dan Hurley. Three games of six
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  Speaker 1: days coming up, coach, couple on the road this week,
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  Speaker 1: then you get three or four at home four of
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  Speaker 1: the next six. How do you assess what this little
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  Speaker 1: stretch is in terms of the importance to the season.
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't even tell you because I I, by accident
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  Speaker 2: find out who the next game is. I have no
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  Speaker 2: idea who I'm playing three games out. I have a
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  Speaker 2: vague idea of who the next opponent is depending on
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  Speaker 2: the timeline. But I think a lot of our success is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we play these one game seasons where we
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  Speaker 2: just completely lock in on the next opponent, whether that's
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  Speaker 2: home road Excel gamble, you know, one of our two
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  Speaker 2: home sites, or whether we're on the road. I think
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  Speaker 2: we just we invest so much in just trying to
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  Speaker 2: beat Providence on Sunday at two o'clock, and then you know,
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  Speaker 2: once we've we've maximiz every opportunity we have in our
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  Speaker 2: preparation and fought with life or death urgency to win
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  Speaker 2: that basketball game, we'll turn our attention to obviously the
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  Speaker 2: Villanova game. But I definitely don't know who we play
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  Speaker 2: after Villanova, and I really don't want you to tell me.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I will not tell you. I'll follow the rules
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  Speaker 1: on this one. We got to get it too. Liam McNeely,
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  Speaker 1: he's had such a great freshman season, but he came
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  Speaker 1: up lame on a sprained ankle twelve minutes to go
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  Speaker 1: with de Paul. First of all, adjusting to a guy
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  Speaker 1: not being there like him, how did you make that
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  Speaker 1: happen as a team, because that wasn't easy. He does
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  Speaker 1: a lot of everything for Yukon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say, you know, probably next to Cooper Flag,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for a team that's winning, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: for a team that's basically a top ten type of
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  Speaker 2: team like we are, even though our ranked eleventh. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's I don't think there's a team in the country
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  Speaker 2: or a player in the country as a freshman that's
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  Speaker 2: being asked to do more for his team, and Liam
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  Speaker 2: is for a team that's contending for things, and in
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  Speaker 2: the mix that way, I think, uh, you know, maybe
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  Speaker 2: next to Cooper or with Cooper, you know we need
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  Speaker 2: uh you know, he's given us two way play. He's
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  Speaker 2: our second leading rebounder, he's in the paint getting to
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  Speaker 2: the line. He's he's, he's he's facilitating and creating opportunities
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  Speaker 2: for his teammates, his his centers, and his and his
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  Speaker 2: and his three point shooters and uh and he's he's
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  Speaker 2: had to drag us to a win at home versus
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  Speaker 2: Baylor and and do the same verse Gonzaga at MSG
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  Speaker 2: and uh. He's played well beyond his years, So losing
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  Speaker 2: him there really hurt because of his usage rate and
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  Speaker 2: the fact that he's a two way player and a
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  Speaker 2: and a rebounder. So you know a lot of stuff
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  Speaker 2: that we do offensively is for him. So in game, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: I didn't realize it probably was, you know, I heard
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  Speaker 2: it as bad as he did hurt it because he
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  Speaker 2: walked off the court. I actually turned to Kamani at
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  Speaker 2: one point and said, is he is Liam coming back?
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  Speaker 2: And and he looked like, what are you crazy?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: You know, like it's it's it's not a great sprain.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, losing him, uh was was jarring. And then
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  Speaker 2: Hassan getting in foul trouble too right away was like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like right on top of each other, we're
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  Speaker 2: two very negative things.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Mahani actually helped out there to sixteen minutes of
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  Speaker 1: game right, three buckets had four cis I mean you
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  Speaker 1: like you said, and listen, Tom Thibodel was talking about
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  Speaker 1: this with the NIXT the other day. We got to
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  Speaker 1: if guys are out, we got to figure it out.
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  Speaker 1: Who is going to help us tonight. Who is going
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  Speaker 1: to help us win this game tonight? And that's really
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  Speaker 1: all that matters.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, we've been in a situation before. We've
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  Speaker 2: you know, Alex missed the Baylor game. You know, Samson
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  Speaker 2: missed the Samson missed the Big East opener. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Donovan miss missed time last year, significant time, Steph Castle missed, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, significant time. You know, Andre Jackson has missed
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  Speaker 2: time through you know, we've dealt with this with with players,
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  Speaker 2: uh and and I think you know, for us, it's uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's an opportunity for however it turns out with Liam
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  Speaker 2: in terms of time he'll miss, uh. You know, it
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  Speaker 2: gives Aid Mahaney a chance right now to you know,
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  Speaker 2: to to give us even more than he's given us
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  Speaker 2: in games like Baylor or you know, or you know,
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  Speaker 2: apt Butler or or or the game at DePaul where
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  Speaker 2: he really helped us win those games. Jayden Ross Jalen
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  Speaker 2: Stewart like, come on, man, give us even more right
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  Speaker 2: now and get and get better. And whatever time that
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  Speaker 2: Liam misses, We've got to find a way to win
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  Speaker 2: enough games. Uh, win enough games so that where our
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  Speaker 2: seasons where we want it. But now it also gives
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  Speaker 2: us a chance to develop and get more out of
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  Speaker 2: people so that when Liam does come back, he's returning
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  Speaker 2: to a stronger, deeper team with more people playing. Well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you can't really as a coach or program
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  Speaker 1: determine when he comes back. You know, you can't push
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  Speaker 1: a guy. You can't say, Okay, get out there, we
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  Speaker 1: need you. You really can't do that. You've really got
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  Speaker 1: to find a way with what you have on your
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  Speaker 1: roster to win these games, especially on the road. You've
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  Speaker 1: got Villanova and another one after that. So, uh that
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  Speaker 1: that puts you in a in a situation where you
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  Speaker 1: really you're you're really testing your own roster.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone's going through it. I mean, you know, Xavier, everyone
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  Speaker 2: deals with injuries. Obviously, you uh, you would prefer it
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  Speaker 2: to not be uh, you know, the your your most
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  Speaker 2: impactful players, you know, and but everyone's dealing with it.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone deals with it. Uh. You know, we've been very
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  Speaker 2: fortunate here. We've had you know, we've been a healthy
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  Speaker 2: program for the most part the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a big reason why we've been able to
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  Speaker 2: win it. But you know, I think right now, you uh,
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  Speaker 2: there's enough talented people that uh, you've got to make
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  Speaker 2: adjustments as a coach and find another way, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to play on Sunday to be successful. If if Liam
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  Speaker 2: is not going to be available, all.
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  Speaker 1: Right, coach final thought, quickly providence. They come in losing
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  Speaker 1: three in a row, four or five, they're gonna be desperate.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And they're coming in there and they don't like the Yukon.
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  Speaker 1: Yukon doesn't like them. What do you expect from them?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're definitely expecting, uh, you know, a life
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  Speaker 2: or death urgency and desperation that they will also be experiencing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with us as well. I just think that's uh,
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  Speaker 2: that's what you get in in these games in the
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  Speaker 2: Big East. I think you could throw out net rankings
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  Speaker 2: and uh Ken palms and and uh you know, and
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  Speaker 2: and and conference records when you get to Big East play,
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  Speaker 2: because every game is every game is a it's a
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  Speaker 2: barroom brawl. It's it's a you know, it's it's a
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  Speaker 2: game filled with with great desperation. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they've got a tremendous backcourt really really you know, shoot it,
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  Speaker 2: score it, really, guard the ball, you know, and I think, uh,
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  Speaker 2: they're they're going to come in here, you know, whether
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  Speaker 2: whether Hopkins plays or not for them, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: feeling that you feel when you're not winning, Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's tremendous fuel and desperation to go and and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, try to try to win one at at Yukon,
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  Speaker 2: a natural you know, rivalry game in our region. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just a fun big East war on on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so let's pack the place. It's gonna be great
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  Speaker 1: Theater Providence in Yukon. Thanks to Dan Hurley, John Fanta
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  Speaker 1: joins us. In just a moment, we'll talk Biggi's a
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  Speaker 1: little bigger picture around the country as well.
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  Speaker 2: Coach.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate you, thanks so much, and we will see
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  Speaker 1: you on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, guys, see you Sunday
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  Speaker 1: Us Dan Hurley, We'll be back with the Yukon Men's
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