1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: The Queen's Royals, the first round opponent for Purdue coming 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: up in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night, Purdue making 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: their way over to Saint Louis for their first round game. 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: It'll be at seven thirty five pm, so prime time 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: and pretty good chance for all the Purdue fans to 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: make that three and a half four hour drive over 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: there on a Friday evening and have a good time 8 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: watching their team and joining us now to tell us 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: a little bit more about Queen's is the head coach 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: of the Royals who's kind enough to get up early 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: for this morning and join us on the paylist Lickers Hotline. 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: Coach, Good morning and welcome to the Fan Morning Show. 13 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 3: Happy to have you today, Good morning, happy to be here. 14 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 3: I appreciate the song, great lead up into this segment. 15 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: I like it right there. 16 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: Look, this is the first year you guys have been 17 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: eligible for the NCAA Tournament. 18 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 2: And you make your way in. How special is that? 19 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: How special has this been on a campus that is 20 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: in the city of Charlotte, And is it relatively small? 21 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: I would imagine it's a pretty cool feeling there. 22 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, man, the city's really you know, supported us and 23 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 4: got behind us. 24 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 3: It's been awesome to see me. 25 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 4: I mean, you know, you drop up a plan four 26 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 4: years ago to hopefully execute it, but here we are 27 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 4: and it happened, and just so happy for our players. 28 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 5: It's Grant Leonard, the head coach of the Queen's Royals, 29 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 5: and they are going to out of course by Produo 30 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 5: coming up Friday night over there in Saint Louis, Mark Dyton, 31 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 5: excellent choice there a little Lord Royals bringing us back 32 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 5: in the nine o'clock hour. Coach, You've been a part 33 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 5: of the program for a long time and obviously the 34 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 5: transition from D two to D one, I'm sure is 35 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 5: quite something there for those that maybe aren't super familiar 36 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 5: with your guys, whatever trajectory to this level. Could you 37 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 5: fill us in a little bit, just background you with 38 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 5: this program and you with this coaching staff. 39 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is my thirteenth year with the program. 40 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 4: In the first nine, I was the associated head coach 41 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 4: when we were at Division two and we. 42 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 3: Were really good. 43 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 4: Four of our last six seasons we had thirty win seasons, 44 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,919 Speaker 4: which is unique. It's hard to do in college basketball, 45 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 4: and we went to multiple leadates and final fours in 46 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 4: that tenure, and then my boss actually took UW Milwaukee 47 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 4: head coaching job. 48 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: Which is my hometown. 49 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 4: And I have the dubious honor of being the only 50 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 4: coach in basketball history to go from division to assistants 51 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 4: Division one head coach in the same hiring cycle. And 52 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 4: you know, we started off our first year and opened 53 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,839 Speaker 4: it up with a win versus Marshall in our first 54 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 4: Division one game, and we've been plugging along ever since. 55 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 4: And this year, in our first year eligible, here we 56 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 4: are dancing again. 57 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 6: We're talking to Grant Leonard, the coach of Queens who 58 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 6: will face Purdue on Friday. Grant, when you look at 59 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 6: your roster in the way it's kind of built up, 60 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 6: you do have a lot of guys who obviously stayed 61 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 6: over from them when you all with Division two added 62 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 6: a couple of transfers. What is Avante Parker meant as 63 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 6: an addition? I know, he's kind of a throwback is 64 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 6: player and someone who can get it done down low. 65 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, and that's that's it's Division two. Definitely. 66 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 4: The difference is, you know, the positional size and so 67 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 4: you know, and this year when we announced that we 68 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 4: were going to be able to. 69 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 3: Be tournament eligible. 70 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 4: We were able to go into the portal and get 71 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 4: three bigs that had Division one experience, Avante Parker from 72 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 4: Georgia Southern, Gus Larson from cal Berkeley, and Carson Schweiger 73 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 4: from Valpo. And those guys are really like the backbone 74 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 4: of how we've been able to kind of take the 75 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 4: turn and become a conference champion at this level. 76 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 6: And then one follow up to that, when you're waiting 77 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 6: to elevate to the Division one level, what is that like? 78 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 6: Like you're competing last year obviously in a different tournament 79 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 6: this time of the year, but when you're building towards 80 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 6: what you're doing now, is there a different change in 81 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 6: process or anything like that. I'm just very curious about 82 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 6: that when you know you're going to Vision one, but 83 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 6: unlike people might not actually know, you don't necessarily change 84 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 6: year to year. 85 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: You have to wait. It's a process. 86 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, and so you know you can't even if we 87 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 4: won the conference tournament, you know, we wouldn't have been 88 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 4: able to go, but we did play in the CBI 89 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 4: last year. But I think more importantly, instead of changing 90 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 4: the process, we're just more focused on the process. 91 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 3: During that time. Just say let's get. 92 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 4: Better daily, Let's continue to learn and grow in Division one. 93 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 4: Last year we had a twenty one season despite the 94 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 4: fact not being tournament eligible, and the first year in 95 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 4: Division one we won eighteen games with an entirely Division 96 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 4: two roster. So incredibly proud of our guys and the 97 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 4: toughness in forty two that. 98 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 3: They had during that time. 99 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 4: And we wouldn't be here today it wasn't for those 100 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 4: guys forging through those fires. 101 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 2: Coach, and we're talking to Grant Leonard, the head coach 102 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 2: at Queen's. 103 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: They'll be playing for doing the first round on Friday 104 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: night in the NCAA Tournament. What do you see when 105 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: you watch the boiler Makers on tape right now? 106 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 4: First of all, you know, I think they've been one 107 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,239 Speaker 4: of one of the five best programs in college basketball 108 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 4: in the last decade, and their excellence is it's in 109 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 4: everything they do. And for the first thing that sticks out, 110 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 4: especially in that last game versus Machine, the physicality is incredible, 111 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 4: how they set screens, how they duck in all those 112 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 4: things is awesome. Then obviously I think they have one 113 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 4: of the five best players in America. 114 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 3: And I voted I voted. 115 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 4: Their point guard to be first team All American in 116 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 4: my ballot for the NABC so so, and then they 117 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 4: have phenomenal shooting and what's incredible is is they actually 118 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 4: take more long twos than maybe anyone in the country. 119 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 4: And then they're the most efficient offensive America. So I 120 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 4: hope no one thinks the mid range is dead because 121 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 4: Purdue is keeping it alive. 122 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 3: And well, coach, you kind of. 123 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 5: Hit on it a little bit there, but brat dismissibility 124 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 5: to quarterback at all? 125 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 2: What do you. 126 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 5: See from him as just a peer peer point guard? 127 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 4: First off, he's probably the smartest kid in America basketball lives. 128 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 3: I mean, you just can't speed him up. 129 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 4: And he's seen every coverage and carved all of them up. 130 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 4: So you know, he's an incredible player, and I just 131 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 4: really the one thing I love about him is you 132 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 4: can tell he plays for his teammates and he's always 133 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 4: trying to get guys the ball in their spots and 134 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 4: he does an. 135 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: Unbelievable job of that. 136 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 4: He He's been an incredible player for many years, and 137 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 4: hats off to him because he wasn't the most highly 138 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 4: recruited kid, and we got a bunch of kids like 139 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 4: that in our team and you can just see it 140 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 4: doesn't matter. He just works and works, and hats off 141 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 4: to him for that. 142 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 5: That is Grant Leonard again, the head coach of produced 143 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 5: opposition coming up on Friday night in Saint Louis. It's 144 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 5: Queens in their first year eligible to make the tournament. 145 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 5: They do, indeed do that three seed. I believe in 146 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 5: the conference sernament coach Chris Ashby a guard for you 147 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 5: shot the ball nineteen times in your conference championship overtime win. 148 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 5: He made ten of those nineteen three point attempts. Is 149 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 5: this the neat on a day of green? Does he 150 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 5: have the greenest green light you've ever seen? 151 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 4: He's got an ultra green light. That's not even the 152 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 4: most threes he's taken in a game for US. He 153 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 4: took twenty six last year at Central Arkansas. And you 154 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 4: know the best thing. 155 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 3: About Chris is very like when I say not recruited 156 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 3: kid like man. No one really thought he could play 157 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 3: at this level and he comes here. 158 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 4: He's the all time leading three point makes in Queen's history, 159 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 4: second all time in a Sun history, top fifty all 160 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 4: time in NCAA history. 161 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: He's an incredible. 162 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 4: Kid and the best part about it, he has the 163 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 4: best practice pace if any player I've ever coached in 164 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 4: twenty plus years. Every single rep, even if at seven 165 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 4: am when I'm sneaking in the back door to get 166 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 4: to my office and I walk in every morning, he's 167 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,679 Speaker 4: in there seven am, shooting game speed every single rep. 168 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 4: He's an amazing kid, and now he's. 169 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: Going to get to do it on national stage. 170 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 6: He's shot thirty eight percent from three on basically nine 171 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 6: attempts a game. 172 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 3: I love it. 173 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 2: Oh, I love it. 174 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 6: They say Steph Curry ruined basketball, but I'm not so sure. 175 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 6: Grant Leonard, again, we're talking to the Queen's head coach 176 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 6: of pas and Purdue on Friday in the NCAA tournament. Coach, 177 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 6: when you look at what this run has meant to 178 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 6: your program, not just the players on the team, but 179 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 6: the surrounding community and things like that, when you're kind 180 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 6: of looked at as like the underdog in these situations, Now, no, 181 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 6: you obviously you have to play the game and you 182 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 6: go out there to win, and I want to write 183 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 6: you off, but what does that meant to get to 184 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 6: this point? And how excited is your community for this opportunity? 185 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 3: Yeah? 186 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 4: I mean, it's it's just amazing again for our program 187 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 4: and our players, for our families, for the entire school 188 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 4: which people are. 189 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 3: Learning about, and you know, like, hey, is it in 190 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 3: New York. No, it's actually in Charlotte. 191 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 4: And I love that, Like it's cool that, like again 192 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 4: that that conversation is even happening and the community of 193 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 4: Charlotte is really behind us and everyone gets to share 194 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 4: in this. It's the first right and we're really proud 195 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 4: to represent who we are in this game. It's going 196 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 4: to be incredibly difficult game. Okay, Purdue is phenomenal, but 197 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 4: for our guys, it's about proving. 198 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 3: That they belong and. 199 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 4: We hopefully this isn't the only time we do this. 200 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 4: Hopefully we get we get to go back to the tournament, 201 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 4: but just really proud of what we accomplished and hopefully. 202 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 3: We've got a little more to do. 203 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: Coach, I'm very familiar with the city of Charlotte. I've 204 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: worked there quite a bit, and your campus has kind 205 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: of nestled into a beautiful older part of the city 206 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 1: which is not too far from the city center or uptown, 207 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: and it's a lot it's green, There are a lot 208 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: of trees, it's very cool. It's an older type neighborhood. 209 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: But how often do you guys have to correct people 210 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: and say, no, we're queens in Charlotte, not queens in 211 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: New York. 212 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, less and less by the day, right, 213 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,079 Speaker 4: but it still happens. But Myers Park the neighborhood we're in, 214 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 4: and if you get on Zillo, don't feel bad. You're 215 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 4: probably not gonna be able to live there because I 216 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 4: don't live there. 217 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 3: I live the next neighborhood over. But it is. 218 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 4: It's amazing, and again, the recognition of something like this does. 219 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 4: Our school has over three billion hits on media, social media, 220 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 4: newsprint articles in the last week and unbelievable that that 221 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 4: kind of publicity's have. And I'm so proud of our guys, 222 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 4: from from Buddy the Street Dog to every one of 223 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 4: our players, they all. 224 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 5: Sharing this, Coach, you stole it right out of my mouth. 225 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 5: Buddy the Street Dog is a legend in your neck 226 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 5: of the woods, and I think we'll be introduced to 227 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 5: the nation here. Could you fill our audience in on 228 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 5: Buddy the Street Dog. 229 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, you know, summer, summer is a fun time. 230 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 4: You know, you're practicing and Uh, you know you don't. 231 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 4: You don't play a game for months, right, So you know, 232 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 4: we're trying to get our guys to compete and really 233 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 4: go at each other. And so you know, our players 234 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 4: are saying that they are dogs, and so one of 235 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 4: our assistants goes, well, what kind of dog are you? 236 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 4: And he didn't mean Rottwiler. He goes, are you a 237 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 4: pet co dog? Are you spoiled? Or are you a 238 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 4: street dog who fights for your stuff? And uh, They're like, 239 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 4: we're street dogs. So then you know, I found Buddy 240 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 4: on the internet and said, this is we're going to 241 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 4: adopt the street dog. And then the guy who does 242 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 4: the tough stuff every game, the not the leading scorer, 243 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 4: but the guy who does the big time box outs 244 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 4: or takes a charge or dives on the floor, those 245 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 4: energy plays that change a game. That guy wins Buddy 246 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 4: for that game and just embodies our spirit. 247 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 3: He's kind of our spirit animal. 248 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 2: That's pretty cool. I love that. Do you know Matt 249 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 2: Painter at all? 250 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 4: You know when I say that, like a lot of 251 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 4: us coaches know each other, Coach Painter and I have 252 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 4: had talked once or twice on the road whether he 253 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 4: actually knows me, knows me, I don't know, but I 254 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 4: can tell you this, He's an incredible example of how 255 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 4: to build a program and what he represents coaches at 256 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 4: the highest level. 257 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 3: I've seen him. 258 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 4: Speak multiple times in coaching settings and how he's handled 259 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 4: this nil to still talk about building a program and 260 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 4: being a leader of men is an example to. 261 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 3: All of us coaches. I look up the coach Painter. 262 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 4: We had a discussion about basketball a few years ago 263 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 4: at Brewster Academy when he's recruiting one of your big fellas, 264 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 4: and I just think he's an incredible, incredible. 265 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: Coach, a lot of fun to watch him, and we're 266 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: looking forward to watching the game on Friday night. And Coach, 267 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: thanks for filling us in a little bit more on 268 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: what we'll be watching. Pleasure to talk to you now. 269 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 4: Thank you guys from Charlotte Indianapolis. I hope we won 270 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 4: some fans here in Go Royals.