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Auburn HC Steven Pearl + F Sebastian Williams-Adams - Alabama Loss · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  Yeah, first 18 minutes did a great job
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  defending them and um did a lot of
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  things that we wanted them to do. Um you
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  know, they were shooting tough contested
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  twos, which is kind of what the scouting
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  report was. And I thought those last two
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  minutes of the first half when we gave
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  up three threes was a huge momentum
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  swing in the game because that gave them
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  the confidence that they needed to know
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  that they could knock down those shots.
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  And uh it carried over into the second
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  half. Um you know, for them to score 59
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  points, um you know, was unacceptable of
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  our defense and that's on me as their
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  coach. We got to do a better job. Um,
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  you we got to do a better job with our
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  one-on-one defense. Got to have way more
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  pride being able to sit down and guard
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  our man. The guy to my right's really
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  the only one that does that at a high
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  high level every single night. Everyone
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  else is capable of doing it. Um, but we
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  got to be able to do it more
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  consistently. And, you know, if a
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  freshman can do it every single
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  possession, I need my better players to
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  be able to do the same thing. So, um,
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  you that was the difference in the game.
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  you know, they made tough one-on-one
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  plays in the second half and, you know,
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  um we we got out of character
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  defensively. Um let them get to their
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  right hands.
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  We uh stood up a couple times. We didn't
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  contest a couple shots. Um
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  we uh yeah, we just we got a little out
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  of character from what worked in the
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  first 18 minutes and um you know,
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  ultimately gave them the confidence to
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  go out there and do a lot of really good
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  things offensively. So, credit to them
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  cuz they made those tough shots and uh
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  you know, we scored 92 points. We got to
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  be able to win that game scoring 92
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  points. Has nothing to do with our
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  offense. Has everything to do with our
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  defense and our defense got to get
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  better. So, any questions?
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  >> Questions?
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  >> What do you think changed those last two
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  minutes? Was it just breakdowns getting
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  lost that allowed there for them to hit
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  those threes?
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  >> Yeah, one was, you know, we talked about
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  at the three-minute mark, you know, we
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  got to finish with three perfect
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  checkouts. Very next possession, we get
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  lost and we don't check out um
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  >> Mlette.
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  >> Mallette and he gets the offensive
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  rebound, kicks out and bang a three. Uh
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  next possession uh we help off the
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  strong side corner and that was one of
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  the rules. Never help off the strong
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  side corner. We actually did the first
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  play too and uh you know another three
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  and then you know we um we lay on a
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  screen in transition. Not supposed to do
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  that. I'm supposed to body top those
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  screens. We lay on it. We go underneath.
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  we yell at the referee for a foul, they
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  bang another three. So, just just mental
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  breakdowns, um things that we talked
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  about, you know, trying not to do. Um
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  understand that it's going to happen
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  every once in a while, but it can happen
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  three straight possessions and that's
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  what ultimately allowed them to cut it
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  from 10 to four and uh you know, have
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  confidence going into the second half.
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  >> Coach, um you talked about those shots
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  eventually falling for Todd and letting
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  him shoot it. It started to fall for him
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  here. Can you talk about maybe your
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  frustration with getting him going, but
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  then like you said, scoring 92 points
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  and losing a game like this? Like how do
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  you fix that?
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  >> Got to guard.
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  Just got to guard. Our best players got
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  to be better defenders. And I can that
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  can be a challenge and they can take
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  that, you know, they can take that in a
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  negative way or they can take it as me
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  just, you know, knowing that they're
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  capable because they've shown the
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  ability to do so. Um, but you know, if
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  if we're going to beat the best teams on
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  our schedule, our best players have to
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  play better defense. And too many times,
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  you know, we got caught standing up or
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  we weren't on the right hands or we
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  didn't finish possessions and we talked
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  about this being a really important game
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  to having to finish possessions and, you
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  know, we we didn't do a very good job of
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  that tonight.
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  >> Over there to your left, coach.
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  >> Coach, over here all the way to the
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  left. Uh, Keshan Murphy double double
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  tonight. 13 points, 12 rebounds, six
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  offensive, six defensive. What have what
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  have you seen from his game that has
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  grown and made him such a a big presence
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  inside on both ends of the floor?
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  >> Yeah, I thought tonight he played like
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  he kind of did at the Florida game on
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  the inside. He had four offensive
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  rebounds in the first half and uh you
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  know he's just obviously we've talked
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  about it but he's just gotten gotten
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  healthier which uh you know provides a
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  little more pep in his step and um you
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  know made a big three late you know just
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  does a lot of good things for us. Um him
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  and Sebastian both do a ton of good
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  things for us on the inside and um so
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  yeah, when he plays well, you know, we
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  have a better chance of winning these
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  games, so got to keep it up.
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  >> Stephen, you only 22 free throws for
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  y'all. It's just low for what you
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  usually do. Just frustrated,
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  disappointed that that y'all weren't
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  able to get the line more. Is it kind of
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  more on maybe the officials not calling
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  it or you know y'all not attacking as
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  much?
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  What was you got in the class?
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  >> So, we took 43 two-point attempts.
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  Um,
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  >> yeah, I mean, I thought we attacked the
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  paint pretty pretty hard. Um, I got to
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  watch the film and see if there were
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  some, you know, possessions where, um,
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  you know, we didn't get fouls, but no, I
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  mean, I thought we we did a pretty good
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  job attacking the rim, um, playing off
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  two and, you know, trying to finish
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  through contact. So, I'll have to watch
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  the film and kind of see if, you know,
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  should have been more, but um not really
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  sure.
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  >> Aiden Hall had nine of his 15 points in
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  the last two and a half minutes. What
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  did you make of what he did down the
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  stretch?
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  >> Yeah, we talked about it was like a
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  two-point game and uh told our guys that
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  a wide pin down was coming and we're
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  standing straight up out of our stance
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  and get nailed on the pin down and then
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  we foul a three-point shooter.
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  Just unacceptable. So, can't do that. if
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  you want to win basketball games. So,
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  um, and then, you know, he hit a really
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  tough one on I think I thought it was
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  pretty good defense, made a tough two,
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  same way he did against&m, but you know,
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  when when the previous possession when
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  you allow him an open three and he makes
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  it, that then gives you the confidence
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  to go out there and and make a tough
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  shot on the next possession. So, um, you
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  know, just too casual, too laxidasical
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  and, uh, we got burned on it. So he made
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  a lot of big plays late and obviously
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  got to the free throw line and and made
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  his free throws. So he uh you know was a
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  huge difference late for them making
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  some tough shots.
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  >> Sebastian
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  defense started so well the first half
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  kind of faint in your perspective kind
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  of what what changed for you guys as a
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  whole?
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  >> Um I mean it started when we started
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  communicating on our switches. Um, first
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  half we we were weak switching. Um, we
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  had guys rotating, we had guys flying
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  around. Um, and I say second half there
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  were two instances. Um, Eddie Yako just
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  rolled to the rim untouched. Um, which
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  is unacceptable. We knew that. Um, we
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  know his profile was he was a law
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  threat. He was that um, you know, at all
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  levels of basketball he's played. Um but
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  you know
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  just it just was unacceptable. We just
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  couldn't communicate and um that that
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  kind of started that led to our offense
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  started being stagnant and then once our
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  offense was sagnet it started affecting
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  our defense and so the game is right
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  there
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  >> Stephen what did you what did you think
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  of Bettyo's impact in the game
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  especially in the second half? Yeah, he
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  had a huge impact. He played, you know,
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  he changes what they do offensively
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  because he's a guy that can catch balls
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  in in the air and go finish at the rim.
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  They don't have anyone else that can do
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  that, you know, um at least with that
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  athleticism, right? He can catch lobs
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  and finish in the at the rim, you know.
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  Um he did a great job, played really
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  well for him, you know, that that's the
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  difference in the game right there, you
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  know, and uh you know, 12 points and
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  three rebounds and he did a good job of,
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  you know, um occupying us on the
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  offensive glass. Um so yeah, he played
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  great. you know, he makes that team
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  better and um you know, with him their
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  ceiling is a hell of a lot higher than
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  without him. So, I think you know, we
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  knew their guards were going to be
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  effective. Um but, you know, he was a
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  major difference in the game having 12
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  points, you know, off the bench,
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  >> Stephen. And uh obviously not pleased
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  with the defense from your team. How do
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  you sort of address that and move
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  forward trying to fix it ahead of the
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  next game? Yeah, I mean it's you got to
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  have a, you know, short memory because
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  um, you know, you got such a quick
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  turnaround on Tuesday against a really
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  another really good offensive team. So,
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  got to break the film down tonight and
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  just, you know, try and identify like
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  where some of our biggest mistakes were
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  and and try and learn and try and grow
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  from it. Vanderbilt runs a ton of
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  offensive sets, so it's going to be
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  really hard to break that down tonight
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  and be able to show the guys and then
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  also try and get prepared for a really
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  unique uh offense. So, I got to do a
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  good job tonight of really just
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  identifying areas that, you know, we we
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  got exposed and um you know, I hope it
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  was just us like, you know, having a
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  lack of effort and energy so we can be
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  like, "All right, we can't do that
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  anymore." Um cuz when we like like
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  Sebastian said, when we flew around and
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  we finished possessions, like you saw
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  what the results were in the first 18
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  minutes, you know, we didn't make
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  multiple efforts in the second half, you
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  know. Um and when we did, they made
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  tough shots because we gave them
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  confidence at the end of the first half.
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  So, uh, got to break it down tonight
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  and, you know, figure out where we got
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  to get better because, you know, we have
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  another unbelievable opportunity on
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  Tuesday to, uh, you know, wash this one
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  away.
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  >> Few more. Johnny,
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  >> Stephen, just from a game plan
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  perspective, trying to slow down Learon
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  Fon, throwing different guards, and I
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  mentioned you weren't happy with how you
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  guarded, how difficult is it to try to
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  slow a guy like that down that just
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  seemed like kept coming all night?
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  >> Yeah, I mean, you know, Sebastian did an
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  unbelievable job of guarding him. Um,
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  and I thought, you know, two of his
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  threes were just heavily contested
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  stepbacks and, you know, that's that's
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  going to happen sometimes, right? He's
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  an unbelievable player. He's a, you
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  know, going to be a first round draft
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  pick. He does those types of things. So,
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  um, the parts that, you know, we got to
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  be able to control is like we close out
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  to him. We let him drive it right. Like,
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  you just you can't do that, you know,
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  cuz he's just too good of a player going
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  downhill to his right and he'll take
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  full advantage of it. and he just plays
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  with great tempo and great pace and you
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  know um he's physical offensively and uh
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  you know just did a great job for him
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  tonight. So um made some tough ones but
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  you know I think some of our closeouts
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  which we talked about being really
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  important in this game um weren't
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  disciplined enough and uh you know if 33
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  wasn't guarding him then you know he was
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  uh having a lot of success. We'll go
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  Ferg and then finish with Mike.
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  >> Sway. Just you guys have been in the
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  spot season taking tough losses and been
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  able to bounce back. What's the key to
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  that? Especially knowing what y'all got
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  coming up next week with Andy Diego and
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  Arkansas.
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  >> Um I mean honestly
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  we have our team meetings. We have we'll
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  talk um and then you know we just have
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  to have a good practice. Stack a good
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  day. Um
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  I'm going say that's really it at the
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  end of the day. You can't really maul on
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  this loss. If you make it your
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  everything, then we're not going to be
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  ready for the next game and this can be
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  a repeat of uh what happens. So, we've
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  been here before. We'll bounce back from
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  it. We'll be better on Tuesday.
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  >> Last one.
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  >> Uh Stephen, you guys only had five
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  turnovers tonight, but um only seven
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  points from the bench, which seems kind
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  of like a statistical anomaly. How do
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  you get more production from your bench
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  guys moving into Vanderville?
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  >> Yeah, I think you know Elijah was in
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  foul trouble. Um, you know, Philip's got
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  to play more. I got to find ways to get
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  Philip more minutes. That's that's we
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  got to be like 13 minutes is not enough
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  for Philip. Um, we got to fix that. Um,
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  you know, and Blake missed an open three
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  and an open layup. So, um, you know, our
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  bench production has been better. Um,
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  you know, Elijah's been, you know,
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  spark, but him being in foul trouble,
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  that's like, you know, where a lot of
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  the production comes from. But offense
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  has nothing to do with it. Like scored
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  92 points. you know, that that should be
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  enough to win any game in our league.
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  Um, you know, Todd had better offensive
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  performance. You know, KO was making
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  some shots. You know, four of our best
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  offensive players had pretty good
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  nights. Um, had nothing to do with our
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  offense. Has everything to do with our
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  defense. So, you know, if we want to win
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  games, we'll sit down and guard like we
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  did when we had that four game stretch,
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  you know, a couple weeks ago. Um, if we
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  want to continue to have tough results
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  and continue to talk about the things
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  that we got to do better, then, you
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  know, we'll we'll we'll do what we did
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  tonight. But this team's done a great
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  job of bouncing back, you know, after
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  tough situations. We just got to stay
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  consistent like Seb said. Um, you know,
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  got to learn from it and we just got to
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  move on because, you know, this league,
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  you know,
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  >> the next one comes really quick and, uh,
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  if you, you know, harp on this for too
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  long, it it'll affect your performance
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  on Tuesday and we can't let that happen.
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  >> All right. Thank you.
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  >> Thanks.