1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: All right, let's keep this Miami Redhawk half hour rolling. Heck, yeah, 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: why not. We just talked with Peter Souter of the 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: Miami RedHawks on the men's side. For the Miami women 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: were picked seventh in the MAC preseason poll. Lo and behold, 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: don't look now. They are MAC regular season champs. They 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: are MAC Tournament jams. They are in CAA bound, tournament 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,319 Speaker 1: bound for the second time in school history. The last 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: was two thousand and eight. They'll face West Virginia in 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: Morgantown on Saturday at five o'clock. They are led by 10 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: my next guest, the MAC Coach of the Year. In 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: his third season, Miami's gone from nine wins to eighteen 12 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: wins to a school record twenty eight wins. What a 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: treat to welcome in their head coach. That would be 14 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: Glenn Box coach Lance Bacallister. How are you. 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 2: I am fantastic. Thank you for having me on. I 16 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 2: appreciate the intro. 17 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: You got it. Congratulations. I mean, you obviously knew you 18 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: were in. But what's it like sitting in the room 19 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: and seeing Miami go up on the TV screen. 20 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. Feeling to see all the joy, 21 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: you know, to begin it, to just get an opportunity 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 2: experience to see you name pop up on the screen. 23 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: You know, with such great programs. You know, we feel 24 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 2: like we were deserving obviously, but there's still nothing like 25 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: actually seeing it happen. You know, in on Live TV. 26 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: I mentioned you were picked seventh in the preseason. What 27 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: did people not know or underestimate about your team? 28 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 2: You have to ask, I think, you know, because I 29 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: feel like for us, you know, as a program, we 30 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 2: had over we had overachieved with the rosters that we 31 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 2: had in our first two years, and we you know, 32 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: we we had an opportunity to accumulate talent and also 33 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: knowing that we had a core returning, so we really 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: felt kind of slighted, you know, coming into the season. 35 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: So I really don't know what everyone was thinking. Uh, 36 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: but we knew, you know, with our staff and you know, 37 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: with the players, that we had the high character coming 38 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: in the skill. We knew that. You know, we just 39 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 2: stayed in between the lines and just knew what we 40 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 2: were supposed to do, have a great chance to have 41 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: a lot of success, to win and certainly be in 42 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: the tournament and position ourselves to win games in the tournament. 43 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: Coach, I remember early in the season when you guys 44 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: were making noise and I start digging around and looking 45 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: at your roster, and one thing jumped out and I 46 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: saw players from Ohio and Michigan and Illinois, and I thought, 47 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: all right, And then I'm looking. I see Spain, Israel, Japan, 48 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: the Netherlands. You have an eclectic like world footprint of 49 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: your roster. 50 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 2: Tell me about that, well, I mean, it's just part 51 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: of you know, part of being in this industry for 52 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: almost thirty years, right, you have people all over the 53 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 2: globe who want to help you. And I've been fortunate 54 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: enough to make, you know, make I'm good friends and 55 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: people who trust me and people who want to see 56 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 2: me succeed, and they're happy to share good players with 57 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: us and with this program, and you know, I, you know, 58 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: I'm honored to be able to represent those people, you know. 59 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 2: And so therefore that you know, I have great kids here, 60 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 2: and it's just as easy for me to get a 61 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: kid from Warsaw Pulling and I can from Warsaw Indiana, 62 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: you know. And that's that's the reality of it, you know. 63 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: And and I love the fact that. You know, the 64 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: kids that we have are hungry, and you know, it's 65 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: a great opportunity for them to grow and mature as players. 66 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 2: Because the kids that we have, you know, they're they 67 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 2: have high hopes of playing basketball a lot longer than college. 68 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: That's why they're here. You know, they they want opportunities 69 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: when they finish here, and they do, they're they're going 70 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 2: to have them. And so we just give them the 71 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: platform to be able to showcase their skills and be 72 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: able to grow as players. And we give them a great, 73 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 2: you know, institution to be a part of. And you know, 74 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 2: it's been it's been a good ride with all those kids. 75 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: I believe you've experienced the NCAA tournament as an assistant 76 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: with IU, I think it's five times. What can you 77 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: relate to your players about what's coming, the emotions and 78 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: everything tied to it. 79 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: Well, I think the most important thing is just being 80 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: consistent and just staying in your element. Like you know, 81 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: it's it is way different than other regular season games games, 82 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: but you can't make it more than it is because 83 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 2: if you do that, then you know, you lose what 84 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: got you there. And for us, you know, we we 85 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: dive into the hard, hard work. You know, we focus 86 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: on the things that we can control. And you know, 87 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 2: you can be succumb to pressure if you ever get 88 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: caught up and all that kind of stuff. And you know, 89 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,559 Speaker 2: our team hasn't been like that, you know, at all. 90 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: You know, we have a mature bunch. You know, I 91 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 2: think that we are consistent as a staff. Our kids 92 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 2: pretty much know what they're going to get. We maintain 93 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: maintain a sense of higher high degree of urgency on 94 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: the daily. So you know, our kids are you know, 95 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 2: I'm confident our kids are ready to go. We don't 96 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: really we don't really worry about who we play or 97 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 2: anything like that. We're just ready to We're ready to 98 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 2: showcase who we are, who Miami is. 99 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: I saw some video of your return to campus and 100 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: the fans waiting and signs and cheering. What a what 101 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: a really cool scene that must have been. 102 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: It was, man, because ultimately, you know, we we get 103 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 2: to do it for them, you know, And there's so 104 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 2: many people here that are were so eager to win 105 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 2: and to be a part of something special when it 106 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 2: came to basketball, you know, and now they get that, 107 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 2: you know, and it's it's cool to see you know, 108 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: you see a lot of smiles, get a lot of texts, 109 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: a lot of emails. You know, there are a lot 110 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 2: of people who are really invested in this program. There 111 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 2: are more people who are watching our games on ESPN 112 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 2: Plus than you think. You know, there's there are real 113 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: people out there that are really cheering for us. And 114 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 2: so to be able to see them and the joy 115 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: on their faces and them so like they're sharing that 116 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 2: joy with us. I mean, it's a remarkable thing. It's 117 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 2: a really cool thing. 118 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: Well and coach. I talked with David Sailor, the director 119 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: of athletics, a couple of weeks ago on the show. 120 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 1: There just must be an infectious electricity flowing around campus. 121 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: Everybody's winning. 122 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 2: It's unreal and everybody you have to you have to 123 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 2: give credit to David. David understands how to win. You know, 124 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: he understands people. He understands he understands people who know 125 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: how to win. And so I think you had all 126 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 2: the all the credit goes to him because he assembles 127 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: great talent, you know, in this profession, and you know 128 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 2: what he knows needs to probably be studied because he 129 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 2: has accumulated real talent, you know, within these programs, and 130 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 2: you know, I'm honored to be a part of this. 131 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 2: And he's brought me here to be a part of this. 132 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 2: He well, you know, when I was hired to come here, 133 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: he didn't play around. He knew exactly what he wanted 134 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: and he came and he brought me here. And you know, 135 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: I owe him a lot, you know, for taking a 136 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 2: chance on me. And you know, he's just he's a 137 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 2: very smart guy. And you know, and I hope the 138 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: people in Miami understand what they have. 139 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: I know you, I can only imagine how crazy busy 140 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: you are. I am so appreciative of your time tonight. 141 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: Congrats on one heck of a season and keep it rolling. 142 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: Best of luck, and thank you for joining me tonight. 143 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 2: Thank you, and I'm honored to be on this show. 144 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 2: And you can call me anytime. 145 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,479 Speaker 1: That's a deal. We will talk again. Thanks coaching, Best 146 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: of luck. 147 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: All right, buddy, take care. 148 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: All right, there you go, Glenn Box, coach of the 149 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: Miami RedHawks. The women are NCAA tournament mount What a season. 150 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: They're only giving up like fifty eight points a game. 151 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: They get after it defensively, they do it all and 152 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: are rolling into a Saturday matchup at five o'clock. All right, Wow, 153 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: that was I rarely I couldn't tell you the last 154 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: time I ended the show with interviews in the final 155 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: half hour of the show. I kind of like that 156 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: and really appreciate Miami getting it done on a couple 157 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: of fronts tonight