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Dan Hurley - Pre UNC Zoom Call · Coaches Corner

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  Yeah, I guess in general just uh, looking you had it tomorrow night.
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  The challenge is in North Carolina brings obviously, you know, they're really
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  good, big and big coot good guards. I mean, uh, I
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  guess in general, just how big the challenge is going to be for you
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  guys. Yeah, I mean that they're uh, you know, playing playing
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  really well. You know, if they could do that's just brought a different
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  element to them now that he's you know kind of you know, had a
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  handful of games to get comfortable, and you can see the impact that he's
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  having, you know, on their offense, and you know, their pacings
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  and pressors and obviously R. J. Davis is one of the best guards
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  in the country. Bay Cuts one of the best gigs in the country.
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  You know, they get they get scoring and and some uh you know,
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  they get they get shoot scoring you from Ryan, you know, they get
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  you know, they get in a shooting scoring at the post from you know,
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  from Ingram. Uh. You know, it's it's I think it's it's
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  one of definitely one of the best offenses in the country. And and you
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  know that it's gonna be a you know, a heck of a challenge too.
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  To guard them, especially with the way that you know, our defense
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  has not been as good as it's been in the pan. And just one
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  another quick thing, Dan, Obviously Kansas is kind of switching defense. Well,
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  you know, you struggle out a little bit early on the other night.
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  Do do you think that's something you'll see more from teams, particularly you
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  know, talented as teams like North Carolina. Yeah, I mean we played
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  against it a bunch last year. This wasn't you know, Kansas did an
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  events uh in an event uh, you know, a new way of guarding
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  us. You know. Then you know they kind of gone into, you
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  know, something that they had been doing, and they had been switching on
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  an off ball streeting, especially early in the year when you're when when you're
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  trying to spine cohesion and become you know, an excellent execution team. You
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  know, switching is something that I think gives you trouble early in the year
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  and gets easier to play against the more you see it. But I don't
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  you know, that was a low possession game. You know, we we
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  were we were really bad from the free throw line, you know, and
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  then obviously we had opportunities, the opportunity to win that game get up five
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  and under eight minutes ago. Yeah, there was our defense that that let
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  us down. That was a possession game. Next and you mentioned that stuff
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  looked like he could be ready for this game. Do you have an update
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  on him? And then I'll let you do that. Yeah, so yeah,
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  I guess I'll do all the medical here. Yeah, the step Will
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  Stepp is available. But obviously the as long as he comes out of today
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  and tomorrow, you know, feeling good after you know, finally getting a
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  couple of practices under his belt, still be available. But I'm sure with
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  the restrictions if you're feeling good tomorrow. But you're talking about a handful of
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  practices you know, before this one. So uh, you know, it's
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  a tough first one to come back for, but I know he'd like to
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  be out there. Yeah, and and a cam. Obviously it has been
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  limited. You know, he's obviously a tough guy that's gonna want to give
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  it a go, you know, but but you know he's he's been limited
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  the last two days. Uh, you know, Donovan has been limited,
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  limited with a toe and you know then a Alex has been uh limited with
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  a finger, the hack of a physical game on uh on Friday night?
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  What was do you have like an injury forced Cam? What? What was
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  wrong with his foot? Oh? You know Cam was dealing with, you
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  know, a big toe injury on his foot. Uh kind of going in
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  that he was, you know, that's still an issue and then uh he
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  aggrevated the other big comy. So yeah, but he gutted it out,
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  you know, real man stuff. Then Yeah, speaking of him gunning it
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  out, just what what did that the way that he was able to battle
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  through that? What did that kind of show the rest of the team about
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  who he is? And but what what kind of takes to play at this
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  level? Yeah, we're lucky to get We're lucky to yeah to end him.
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  Uh to the group just in uh, in the personality and the tough
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  men that were Austin last year's seen you know, the dom Andre Uh,
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  you know Joey Uh, you know Naheen Jordan's you know, like, we
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  couldn't just bring in a basketball player. We need to bring in a really
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  good basketball player, but also a really tough man. And uh is it
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  really tough man? Thank you shutdown bloom Dan Dan? Uh? What does
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  Alex need to do to get going? He's been a little bit of a
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  slump shooting wise. I'm sure he's been living in the gym the last few
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  days. But what does he need to do to get going? Yeah,
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  just do more, do more things, you know, cut more. Got
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  the Oxford class. Uh, if he if they're going to switch ball screens,
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  then he has a mismatch. There's a smaller guard, you know,
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  call for the ball. Uh, you're closer to the basket. If he
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  doesn't get a catch and he's guarded by a smaller guy and we put something
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  in the rim, you'll make it play defensively to kind of get himself going,
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  I think to drive it and attack the front of them and especially get
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  you know, Alex, you're you're you're gonna have uh, you're gonna have
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  structures like this. He went through it last year and obviously his fam was
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  putting the gallas by the last guy in the rostrom one of that right now.
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  Thanks at the next Hey Dan with Elliott, did you guys try to
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  recruit him at all or what'd you kind of see out of him in high
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  school? And he's expand a little on what makes him, uh, you
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  know, what makes him so tough in how he adds to the UNC offense.
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  Yeah, you know, watching him in high school, you know that.
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  I think you know he he's got a Tyler Kolk type of impact on
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  their offense. I mean it's rare that you see a young guard his age
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  that can quarter back the way he does, like gets the ball to people
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  on time, on target, catches you you get caught leaning a little bit
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  in help and he's throwing it out to the three point line on target,
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  the guys for dunks and the layups on target. Obviously, his uh,
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  the ability off the dribble, you know, to to go buy you and
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  his ball screen reads. Yeah, it's it's just for that age is probably
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  as good as it can't Thanks buddy, you got it, goodman. Thinking
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  about the end of the Kansas game and Cam's shot at the end, Uh,
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  were you happy with that shot? Is that? Is that the look
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  you wanted at the at the end of the game there with about five seconds
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  left. Yeah, you know what, it's a judgment, you know,
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  really called it. There's there's never just one option in a play, so
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  you know, there was like a a drag ball scream kind of what we
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  would call a slip out or a ghost out on the initial action between Tristan
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  and and Cam and then you know, a little a little slop ball screen
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  to Tristan. He had an exit screen that Cam was that Cam had at
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  his disposal and and Tristan had the you know, the option to you know,
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  put pressure on the paint and try to attack the rim or or spray
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  out to the line. And you know, I uh yeah, I mean
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  Cam's a clock shooter. Cam has been one of the best shooters in the
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  country. He got a really good look at at a three, you know,
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  to win the game at the horn. Yeah. Thank you. Go
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  to Roger and do you like having against top ten teams at this point in
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  season to find something out about you guys or or just a challenge you guys
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  that they get to another level? Yeah? I think it's uh yeah great.
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  You know, you know, you know, truly the best teams in
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  the country and our big conference games, I think I think other schools,
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  other programs are you know, they're they're playing each your by playing maybe harder
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  by games and maybe manipulating the numbers in terms of true strength and schedule.
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  But you know, when you look at non conference uh neutrals, no home
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  right, all Neutrals and road Indiana, Texas, Carolina, Kansas and Daga.
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  That's going to prepare you for you know, your biggiest conference play.
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  Those are the is as a couple of tests as you could face. Obviously,
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  we wish we would be playing these games, uh healthier because they will
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  impact potentially you know, n C, double A, ramification, seedings,
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  different things, and being at full strength form. Uh. The games are
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  hard enough to win at full strength being a little bit banged up going in.
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  Maybe I wish there was a game in between. How much of a
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  setback is it for Donovan with the toe going up against another really talented man.
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  Yeah, you know it's like I think, you know, you of
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  the staff, and I think the way that we look at Alex's performances and
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  Donovan's performances and just in general the team and you know, Jordan Hawkens early
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  sophomore year. What wasn't the Jordan Hawkens the sophomore as we got midway through
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  Big East towards March in April. So yeah, I mean Donovan needs every
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  one of these experiences. Who needs every practice rep you know, to to
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  be playing like uh, an experienced junior type of player. So you know,
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  I not be able to you know, to to work the last two
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  days much in preparation for Bacot, who was a really old player sat College
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  forever. Certainly a different advantage for a player that is a little lacking and
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  experience with Dave, Ben Joel and wrap it up Dan, as far as
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  Cam goes, did he get like an X ray on his theaters toes at
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  all the last couple of days? And and I know you said he's gonna
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  want to give it a go. Do you do you expect him and the
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  other and even Donovan and Alex to go tomorrow night and barring any setbacks,
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  yeah, I think unless uh, you know Steph. Steph looks good for
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  it again, just from a precautionary standpoint, just going to make sure that
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  he's feeling good after you know, back to back days of getting live reps.
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  But you know he'll have a minute restriction, have the miss just unfortunately
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  those other guys are heading for you know, shoot around. How how are
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  you feeling with the extra day rest? Yeah? I know those guys,
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  you know you con Carolina at the gardens in the v It's gonna take a
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  lot for them, not to give or go, but I need to.
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  I want to see what they look like, you know, because it's a
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  long season and this is the type of opponent that you want to play against
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  if you can't run at full speed, because they run really fast. And
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  Dan, how how similar is Armando Bacon to the way a Domad Snogo played
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  last year? Yeah? I mean very you know, very similar. Were
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  they the same year or is they kind of year older? He's older,
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  a kind of year older? Okay, so yeah, I mean yeah,
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  I mean he's played two more Yeah, I mean he's got definitely physical similarities,
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  size, uh, rebounding, inside, toughness, and then just I
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  guess two more years of college experience and yeah, yeah, the the you
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  know, so just a two yeah, two year older, you know,
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  version of the damah great rebounder. I mean just there, one of the
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  best rebounds sort of statistics, double doubles, you know, Ralph Sampson,
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  you know, challenging some of the all time ATC greats. You know,
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  it's just, uh, you know, the guys, it's amazing that they're
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  that they're undervalued the way they are the NIEN level. Watching hundred Dickinson play
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  other night, making three threes at seven two like it was nothing, and
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  wondering what is he still doing in college? And then R J. Davis,
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  what do you have to do to stop a guy like like him that
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  you know, he's had three good games in a row, he's had a
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  good start to the season. Yeah. Me, he makes it real hot
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  on you. He's just so slippery and quick and and and dynamic and and
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  I think, uh, you know with with uh with ingram h and Ryan
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  and a and a big time player at center and a and a quarterback,
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  and I do that's getting the ball and great spots. Team get help of
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  really anyone in there, any one of those guys. So he's getting to
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  playing with with with great space and pace. You know, we we've got
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  bigger guards. We've got to use our size and our length. Yeah,
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  from the guard spot, you know, Tristan six to five, that's a
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  big regard. You know, we've got to make sure that, you know,
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  we keep them away from the front of the rim. Everyone he's there
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  challenge and then like we've got to stop, you know, given up.
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  You know the threes. Uh, my team's historically have garden three point line
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  as good as anyone in the country, and just I think some of it
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  is, you know, Kansas, you knows a struggle shooting the ball and
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  goes eight and nine to fifteen from three. So some of it for some
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  that hasn't been just some that's been some bad luck, and some of them
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  been just not getting after people the way that my team's after people who've been
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  even real Solt want and rehand okay with