WEBVTT - 11-13-25 Wes Miller Show

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<v Speaker 1>It's greatest rips. Welcome to the West Miller Radio Show.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Dan Hord alongside former Bearcats standout Terry Nelson and

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<v Speaker 1>the star of the show, the head coach of the

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<v Speaker 1>three and oh you see Bearcats. Let's hear it for

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<v Speaker 1>Wes Miller. Cincinnati coming off a nice win on Tuesday Night,

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<v Speaker 1>a twelve point win over the Dayton Flyers. We know

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the year, Dayton's going to have

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<v Speaker 1>a good NCAA net ranking. They're in the top one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred every year. So that's one of those wins that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to pay dividends in March. And anytime you can

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<v Speaker 1>get a win over Dayton, I don't care if it's

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<v Speaker 1>one point, twelve points, whatever, that's a nice victory.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, please with the result for sure. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we're still a team that's evolved in learning each other

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<v Speaker 2>going through games for the first time. That was the

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<v Speaker 2>first higher level opponent that we played in that sense

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<v Speaker 2>at least, and you know, there was some nice things

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<v Speaker 2>that happened that gave us a chance to have a

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<v Speaker 2>double figure victory.

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<v Speaker 3>Your mentality has been from from day one. Next play.

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<v Speaker 3>You finally have a team that truly understands what next

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<v Speaker 3>play is. Obviously, as you're adjusting to a new style

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<v Speaker 3>of constant pressure offensively and defensively with little or no

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<v Speaker 3>breaks to really process what you're doing, you've gotta process faster.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna have some mistakes.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it truly about the next play?

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<v Speaker 2>That's been a motto for years, is that the most

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<v Speaker 2>important play is the next play. And it's it's like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you hear that in practice all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's it's neat if you hear the players echoing

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<v Speaker 2>that to each other. And so you're trying to adapt

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<v Speaker 2>establish that type of mentality, and like, I'll give you

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<v Speaker 2>the example in the Dayton game. You know, they score

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<v Speaker 2>to cut it to two, and we scored four and

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<v Speaker 2>a half seconds later on the other end, and that

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<v Speaker 2>that's what we mean is sunk.

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<v Speaker 4>They got it out and you guys ran straight.

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<v Speaker 2>Down, yeah, you know, and it was a it was

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<v Speaker 2>a big play for them, a big value dunk way

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<v Speaker 2>above the rim, and you're scoring on the other end

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<v Speaker 2>while they're still celebrating, and then all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>that that's a big momentum shift. They had a momentum shift.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you go right back, and to me, that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's playing the next play right, not letting what just

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<v Speaker 2>happen affect what you're supposed to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Dayton shot twenty four percent in the first half, thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two percent in the game. Is your defense ahead of

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<v Speaker 1>your offense right now? Or is that a day to

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<v Speaker 1>day type of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's too early to analyze statistics, you know, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>think people somebody referenced some Ken palm stuff and press

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<v Speaker 2>conference and you know that that kind of thing. I

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<v Speaker 2>think I think about seven eight nine games in you

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<v Speaker 2>can really look at some statistics. You have a bigger

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<v Speaker 2>sample size than those statistics mean a little more. I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like our offense in some ways is way ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of our defense, but not in every way. I think

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<v Speaker 2>there's some things with our offense we still have to

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<v Speaker 2>really iron out, and we haven't run a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>specific action yet. It's been more just kind of flow

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<v Speaker 2>and style of play. We definitely got to get a

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<v Speaker 2>little more specific here over the next couple of weeks. Defensively, again,

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<v Speaker 2>two weeks ago, I went, man, we got too far

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<v Speaker 2>to go that I want to go, and we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to really spend some time and energy on it. We

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<v Speaker 2>have over the last two weeks and it's improving, but

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<v Speaker 2>it still has a ways to go.

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<v Speaker 3>When you put together over the years your scouting report,

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<v Speaker 3>you look at your team, you're going over their offense,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you're looking at key players. At some point

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<v Speaker 3>you didn't have the players to lock down the other

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<v Speaker 3>team's best players, so you had to do a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of scheme. You've got multiple guys now that can get

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<v Speaker 3>after and sort of go on one man assignments and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>your job is there, your job is there? When you're

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<v Speaker 3>putting your game plan together, are you using more of

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<v Speaker 3>that and using the knowledge of the talent that you

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<v Speaker 3>have around you to sort of put a damp in

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<v Speaker 3>the fire that these guys may have.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, maybe a little of that terry and maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>little not. I think we do really value the personnel report,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, trying and I think we have some older

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<v Speaker 2>eyes that have logged a lot of minutes in college

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<v Speaker 2>basketball and they know how to take a scout and

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<v Speaker 2>report and apply it to our defensive principles. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you're guarding a guy that's not as good of

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<v Speaker 2>a shooter, or a guy that we're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>respect as much of as a shooter, and these guys,

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<v Speaker 2>especially our older players, understand how to go under a

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<v Speaker 2>screen that you might normally go over something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And so in the Dayton game, there was a number

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<v Speaker 2>of guys that we decided to play underneath. We decided

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<v Speaker 2>to keep in front. They were so dangerous downhill in

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<v Speaker 2>their first three games and the first I'm sorry too.

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<v Speaker 2>And the exhibitions, you're so worried about what they can

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<v Speaker 2>do at the rim, but it's like, hey, they can

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<v Speaker 2>make a shot, but that's not been who they've been,

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<v Speaker 2>either at Dayton or at previous stops in their careers.

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<v Speaker 2>Our guys were able to kind of take some of

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<v Speaker 2>those things in scout and then apply them. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think we have to be a team that continues to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to utilize that information. And then, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we do have a couple of guys that

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<v Speaker 2>can really, you know, lock into a defense of a

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<v Speaker 2>I'm you know, I'd like to have a team full

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<v Speaker 2>of that, but there's some guys that are capable, for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Buck Harris might be the most prototypical Bearcat you've had

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<v Speaker 1>in your five years coaching at Cincinnati. The toughness, the hustle,

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<v Speaker 1>the aggressiveness, the feistiness. One negative though so far has

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<v Speaker 1>been fouled trouble. He's averaging four files in the first

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<v Speaker 1>three games. Does his reputation lead to some fouls being

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<v Speaker 1>called on him that aren't called on others or are

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<v Speaker 1>there easy ways for him to cut down on those files?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think it's probably a mix of things. Dan

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<v Speaker 2>and we actually had the reputation conversation in film a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of days ago when we were watching the game

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<v Speaker 2>tape with the team. You know, we do have some

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<v Speaker 2>guys that have not just played a lot of college basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>they've played college basketball in this league. With the officials

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<v Speaker 2>that get assigned to games in this league, and we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about it, some of you guys have some reputations

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<v Speaker 2>and you got to be very aware of that, and

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<v Speaker 2>they know who you are. I mean, they're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>our players by first name before we even tip the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>And some of that's good and some of it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>And they have to try to build the right reputations.

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<v Speaker 2>In their early time at Cincinnati, I said to one

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<v Speaker 2>of our players in film, I said, you have a

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<v Speaker 2>reputation as this and that didn't happen at Cincinnati it

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<v Speaker 2>happened somewhere else. You got to change it at Cincinnati,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I think Buck is getting penalized a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, because people do understand how aggressively is defensively.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's also just got to find that happy medium

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<v Speaker 2>of still being him, being aggressive, but having a little

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<v Speaker 2>more discipline so we can keep them in the game.

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<v Speaker 3>I know what you mean about reputation, because Dan has

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<v Speaker 3>a reputation of taking the We used to stay together

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<v Speaker 3>on the road for a year.

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<v Speaker 4>Has as soon as.

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<v Speaker 3>He was sitting there, he would just take the table,

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<v Speaker 3>take the little desk in there, put all this stuff

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<v Speaker 3>laid out, and then he would go use the restroom.

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<v Speaker 4>So I had to go down. I know about reputation.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, with anything, we got a great trend going

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<v Speaker 2>on this year that you two just keep. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have to out of the middle of this at some point.

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<v Speaker 3>It's entertainment value, rather, come on, they's been a pretty

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<v Speaker 3>pity here, So entertainment value.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, So you get your offense left to right.

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<v Speaker 3>It seems like when that ball goes left to right,

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<v Speaker 3>you have options of on the ball screens or you

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<v Speaker 3>had to give your guys the freedom to dance a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit and create for themselves or for the team.

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<v Speaker 3>When that pall comes, it seems to shine to Baiev.

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<v Speaker 3>He has this ability against the toughest of defense with

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<v Speaker 3>his side step to get separation, and it seems like

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<v Speaker 3>because he's so long and because it seems to be

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<v Speaker 3>a slow wind up on it, he gets filed a

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<v Speaker 3>lot on three point attempts, more than I've seen any

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<v Speaker 3>other player in Cincinnati in recent years.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I think we have the utmost confidence

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<v Speaker 2>and Shawn, you know, being able to shot create, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think the ones that stand out to everybody are

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<v Speaker 2>the tough ones that he hits, you know, where he's defended.

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<v Speaker 2>And certainly that was a big part of while we recurve.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody said, you're gonna let him take those shots. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>recruited him to take those shots. I mean, it'd be

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<v Speaker 2>silly to tell him we love you because you can

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<v Speaker 2>do that, and then you get here and you're not

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<v Speaker 2>allowed to do that. But the part that he does

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<v Speaker 2>so well that maybe is underrated is hillity to make

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<v Speaker 2>the easy play for others. You know, he can start

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<v Speaker 2>the domino with the ball in his hands, and I

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<v Speaker 2>thought he did that at the end of the game,

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<v Speaker 2>and we put him in, you know, three straight pick

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<v Speaker 2>and rolls, and was all the same action. And one

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<v Speaker 2>of them he makes a nice simple pass to Day Day.

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<v Speaker 2>Day Day drives a baseline and Day Day goes to

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<v Speaker 2>Jal and Celestine. Three. The other one he comes off

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<v Speaker 2>he makes a nice simple pass to Day they coming

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<v Speaker 2>off a pen down and Day they missed a shot.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he comes off of it the third time

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<v Speaker 2>in the Red Sea Party, then he went down and

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<v Speaker 2>dunked it. But I think he's going to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to create offense, not just with his own shot, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think he can create offense for everybody else because

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<v Speaker 2>he is a pretty good decision maker.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Let's get to the turnovers. Twenty four of

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<v Speaker 1>them in the game. You said you would review that

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<v Speaker 1>the next day when you watched the tape and talk

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<v Speaker 1>about it with the players. What stood out? What much

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<v Speaker 1>do you do to that number?

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<v Speaker 4>Way down?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what stood out is that we won a game.

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<v Speaker 2>We had twenty four turnouts, and I told I said,

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<v Speaker 2>after the game, that'll go in the book one day.

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<v Speaker 2>There's some that stick out. I think I embellished and

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't on purpose. But we gave up sixteen threes

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<v Speaker 2>and a half one time at the Citadel, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think we gave eight in the second half. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four for the game, and we won the game.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll never forget that game because we gave up

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four threes and we won the game. It'll be

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<v Speaker 2>like that when this date and games talked about, you know, seven, eight,

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<v Speaker 2>ten years from now. We turned it over twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>dang times. By the way, we weren't very good from

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<v Speaker 2>the free throw line either. And then we had Day

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<v Speaker 2>Day twelve for twelve and I think sincere was the

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<v Speaker 2>eight for ten. Am I right about that? But we

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<v Speaker 2>won the game, and that means you had to do

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of other good stuff, and so there was

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<v Speaker 2>some good stuff even though heck we turned it over. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we did address it in film. We can't be a

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<v Speaker 2>team that's careless with the ball. There's two types of

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<v Speaker 2>turnovers that you don't want to live with as a coach.

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<v Speaker 2>One is selfish turnover. I didn't see any of that.

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<v Speaker 2>The second is a casual, careless turnover. We had a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of those. We had a bunch of those. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean some of them trying to break the press, some

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<v Speaker 2>of them footwork airs, some of them passing and catching airs.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it wasn't one specific thing, but this thing

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<v Speaker 2>that was consistent was careless and casual. Good news. You

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<v Speaker 2>can clean up careless and casual, but we can't expect

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<v Speaker 2>to be the team we want to be every night.

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<v Speaker 2>If we're going to turn the ball over like that, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, well take a time out. Then we'll continue from

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<v Speaker 1>So you can watch the Bengals beat the Steelers first.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody's excited about that ago. You can watch the Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>beat the Steelers first, then head over the fifth third

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<v Speaker 1>Arena and watch the Bearcats beat hopefully Mount Saint Mary's

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<v Speaker 1>at six o'clock. Yes, let's talk about the performance of

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<v Speaker 1>Dayda A Thomas. We noted the fact that he was

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<v Speaker 1>twelve for twelve from the free throw line and made

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<v Speaker 1>clutch ones down the stretch. But also the defense that

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<v Speaker 1>he played in that game against Javon Bennett was a

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<v Speaker 1>big reason why you beat a good Dating team.

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<v Speaker 2>It was fun Javon Bennett. I thinks first team all

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<v Speaker 2>A ten preseason.

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<v Speaker 4>It's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there had Day Day and Javon Bennett have

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<v Speaker 2>both been in these programs for three years, so we've watched. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been fun to coach Dada for extended period of time,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you've played against Date in three years and

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<v Speaker 2>you see a kid like Bennett, how much better he's

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<v Speaker 2>gotten every year. That's the old college basketball, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>still neat when it happens. But watching those two compete

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<v Speaker 2>was fun, and I thought Dada had a really nice game,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think it's a sign he's confident again, he's

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<v Speaker 2>healthy again. I think he's in a role on this

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<v Speaker 2>team that really suits who he is, and so I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's gonna have a lot of nights like that.

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<v Speaker 3>To the media creation team at Cincinnati for Basketball does

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<v Speaker 3>a great job of capturing moments, putting music to it

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<v Speaker 3>dramatic effect. And for Kerr, Chris talked about they were

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<v Speaker 3>in the locker room and you had Day Day coming

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<v Speaker 3>in there, and he's all for.

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<v Speaker 4>The full lather.

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<v Speaker 3>He goes, Man, you're gonna go for thirty tonight hunt.

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<v Speaker 3>He goes, No, my job is to lock down Carter Javon.

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<v Speaker 3>Lock him down. And the mentality that he took is

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<v Speaker 3>like when you knew he had dayDay coming back, you

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<v Speaker 3>were good because you knew you had your signal caller.

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<v Speaker 3>You had the guy that has the same mind as you,

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<v Speaker 3>just wants to do anything it takes to win, and

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<v Speaker 3>a guy who's been through the ups and downs and

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<v Speaker 3>will do anything in order to get that w in

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<v Speaker 3>following the coach's commands.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, guys. Somebody asked me that they can you know,

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of value do you have with Dade Thomas

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't. I got no words for that. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>his value is beyond comprehension. And there's things that he

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<v Speaker 2>does for our program that nobody gets to see because

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<v Speaker 2>they're behind the scenes. And I think we have a

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<v Speaker 2>captain circle and before the game, if everybody gets there early,

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<v Speaker 2>go go watch that captain circle. Next game, it'd be

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<v Speaker 2>good to have everybody in the seats that early. But

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<v Speaker 2>he's the only guy that goes, and that there's a

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<v Speaker 2>reason for that. I mean, he's been the consummate leader

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<v Speaker 2>in this program, represents what we're about. So having him

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<v Speaker 2>is a big deal for us. For sure.

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<v Speaker 1>He got a year an extra year of eligibility this

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<v Speaker 1>year because of a law case, a lawsuit last year

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<v Speaker 1>filed by the guy who's playing quarterback for Vanderbilt, Diego Pavia.

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<v Speaker 2>Were you aware in.

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<v Speaker 1>The process of that that there was a chance the

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<v Speaker 1>day they would get another year or when the ruling

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<v Speaker 1>came down then, did it occur to you, hey, this

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<v Speaker 1>might apply to him.

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<v Speaker 2>It was kind of more like that. Like now, I

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what, there's been times that I think me

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<v Speaker 2>and Terry just need to go hire a lawyer and

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<v Speaker 2>we get some eligibility back.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I went, I got two years left, man,

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<v Speaker 4>somebody take the charge.

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<v Speaker 2>Seriously, let's go.

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<v Speaker 4>At nine to one.

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<v Speaker 3>Would have one button to push left after I take

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<v Speaker 3>my first charge.

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<v Speaker 2>We'd be good in the half court.

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<v Speaker 4>We would there you go, YMC pick league.

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<v Speaker 2>I can still play zone offense. I've said that that's

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<v Speaker 2>the one part of practice I can impress you. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I can just keep backing up and shoot. But but but,

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<v Speaker 2>but no. I think it was a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>that that we just assumed, as everybody did, that day

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<v Speaker 2>Day was going to be done. And when all that

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<v Speaker 2>stuff started to happen, when WHOA this is apply to dayDay?

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<v Speaker 2>Thomas and we talked. I think it was right around Christmas,

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm not mistaken. But we got back from Christmas

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<v Speaker 2>and I sat him down and I just said, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want you to know that if this all

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<v Speaker 2>goes how I'm hearing it's going to go, I want

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<v Speaker 2>you back at Cincinnati. You don't even need to question

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<v Speaker 2>that for one second. So I'm really glad it's all

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<v Speaker 2>worked out.

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<v Speaker 3>Coach, let me let me lay something out and just

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<v Speaker 3>to talk about how good I believe this team is.

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<v Speaker 3>Twenty four turnovers, twenty five per foles, fourteen miss free throws,

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<v Speaker 3>many of those were one and ones front ends of

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<v Speaker 3>one and ones. And your best player, Baba Miller, Well,

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<v Speaker 3>I believe he's the best player. He had eight points,

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't really have a good game, and he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>score in the first half.

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<v Speaker 4>He rebounded well, he did a lot of things well,

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<v Speaker 4>it just didn't score the ball well.

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<v Speaker 3>Yet you played a pesky Dayton team that will finish

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<v Speaker 3>in the top twenty five, they will win their conference.

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<v Speaker 4>You beat them by twelve. So it's like everybody sees

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<v Speaker 4>the sky.

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<v Speaker 3>Falling, and I'm saying, all that stuff happened and they

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<v Speaker 3>won by twelve.

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<v Speaker 4>How good can this team be? What's their ceiling?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think I think we have a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>confidence this can be a very very good team, Terry.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we have a lot of confidence that this

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<v Speaker 2>team is going to have the ability to keep taking

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<v Speaker 2>consistent steps and be its best team in January and February.

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<v Speaker 2>We have so many new pieces. We're still trying to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out how all that goes together. We're from a

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<v Speaker 2>normal what I would call a normal year when you

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<v Speaker 2>have continuity. We're so far behind on things we might

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<v Speaker 2>have in offensively and defensively, not for the wrong reason,

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<v Speaker 2>just because you can't skip the steps. And so I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's I'm having a ton of fun at the

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<v Speaker 2>moment coaching because I don't even think we're close to

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<v Speaker 2>where we could be now. I have an urgency to

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<v Speaker 2>get there quickly, but I think this can be by

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<v Speaker 2>the end. I think this can be a very very

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<v Speaker 2>good basketball team and a ceiling. I'd be too early

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<v Speaker 2>for me to say what that is, but it's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot higher than where we are right now. For sure.

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<v Speaker 1>There's an old saying in baseball when a guy gets

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<v Speaker 1>off to a terrible start in April, he'll eventually play

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<v Speaker 1>to the back of his baseball card. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>if you are a career two eighty hitter by the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the year, you're going to be closed to

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<v Speaker 1>too eighty. Does that apply to free throw shooting, because

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<v Speaker 1>you've got some guys that are off to slow starts.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only three games, but just as an example, Mustapha

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<v Speaker 1>Chom shot him pretty well last year at UCF. He

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<v Speaker 1>shot them poorly so far this year. Do you assume

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<v Speaker 1>that eventually he plays to the back of the baseball card.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll play above the baseball card shooting the ball. He's

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<v Speaker 2>an improved shooter. So again, we have such a small

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<v Speaker 2>sample size. And you know, free throw shooting is like putting.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's like putting in golf. It's mental. I

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<v Speaker 2>always said free throw shooting is different. It's the one

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<v Speaker 2>time in our game you shoot the ball where the

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<v Speaker 2>other nine people are standing still. You know, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>different sensation and so guys can get in some slumps

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<v Speaker 2>free throw shooting. I think some of it's maybe just

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit mental. But if you watch Mustafa shoot

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<v Speaker 2>a free throw, he has fluid, fluid motion. When he misses,

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<v Speaker 2>he's missing small, he's missing soft. That tells you all

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<v Speaker 2>you need to know. He's a good free throw shooter.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a good three point shooter. I'm not. I have

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<v Speaker 2>no concern about that same thing with Baba, and they

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<v Speaker 2>were I think a combined one for eight together correct

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<v Speaker 2>in the game, and I mean Seanna Baya was four

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<v Speaker 2>for eight. We have a free throw board. We still

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<v Speaker 2>we do it the whole offseason. We're doing it throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the season. They have to get a record three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>makes a week. So they obviously can shoot as many

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<v Speaker 2>as they want, but a minimum, every player has to

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<v Speaker 2>record three hundred I'm sorry, yeah, three hundred attempts my mistake,

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<v Speaker 2>and it has to be recorded with the coach and

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<v Speaker 2>then we chart all that and posted on the board.

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<v Speaker 2>And for example, last year's team, the weekly average of

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<v Speaker 2>the team was usually in the seventies. And from my experience,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a bad sign because you're gonna shoot better in

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<v Speaker 2>practice than you are in the game, especially when you're

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<v Speaker 2>repetitively shooting. This year's team we push in the high

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<v Speaker 2>eighties low nineties as a team, and so we are

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<v Speaker 2>a significantly better team in practice or in our free

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<v Speaker 2>throw competitions. It'll carry over. I'm not concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>And Shanabayev, for what it's worth, probably was out on

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<v Speaker 1>the court for an hour after the game shooting free throws.

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<v Speaker 2>Both baskets him and I watched his minutes together, and

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<v Speaker 2>I did give him a hard time. I said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody when you're out there shooting free throws, because I

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<v Speaker 2>know how he's so serious about his craft. He's so

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<v Speaker 2>beyond his years in terms of he's disciplined to work

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<v Speaker 2>on his game. I said, I'd have been more impressed

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<v Speaker 2>if you're out there doing defensive slides.

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<v Speaker 4>He didn't answer that.

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<v Speaker 5>I guarantee you he's smirked, coach when I look at you,

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<v Speaker 5>know when you sub in, obviously, guys come in with

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<v Speaker 5>different superpowers, and they come in with different things.

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<v Speaker 4>It doesn't get charted a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think the minute that Tyler McKinley gives you

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<v Speaker 3>how he catches the ball, he doesn't rush shots in

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<v Speaker 3>the paint, he finds shooters that are lower like he's

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<v Speaker 3>very good at offensive rebounds and looking for that second

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<v Speaker 3>chance opportunity from the three point line. And I know

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<v Speaker 3>you see his rotations. He had two files and help

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<v Speaker 3>defense that weren't his, but he was trying to make

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<v Speaker 3>play walling up and just got caught. But he seems

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<v Speaker 3>when he comes in the game, he does exactly what

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<v Speaker 3>you want him to do while he's in the game.

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<v Speaker 2>If they made him all like Tyler McKinley, coaching would

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<v Speaker 2>be easy because he's just a fra freshman. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>in the right place at the right time. He's extremely intelligent,

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<v Speaker 2>very coachable, He'll he's willing to do whatever he thinks

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<v Speaker 2>the team needs him to do. And he's extremely gifted.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I've shoot I've had players I could say

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<v Speaker 2>all that stuff about, but they weren't talented, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>got all that in talent, And so if they were

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<v Speaker 2>all like him, our jobs be pretty easy. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>he's been fun and it's crazy because I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>I've known him, you know, forever, literally since I got here.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's just a freshman, and that that's pretty that's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty cool for Cincinnati basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>Kirk Risa had eight assists in the game. He also

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<v Speaker 1>had five turnovers, A couple of the turnovers late in

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<v Speaker 1>the game where when he was trying to make a

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<v Speaker 1>play with flair behind the back bounce pass on a

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<v Speaker 1>fast break, stuff like that. Do you encourage that? Is

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<v Speaker 1>its situational? I mean, is it? I'm I'm serious?

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<v Speaker 4>Is that okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Does it depend on time and score? How do you

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<v Speaker 1>feel about guys that that play with flair like that?

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<v Speaker 2>The goat Dan board, I want to throw fire back

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<v Speaker 2>at him, yeah, Dan, and I encourage guys to throw

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<v Speaker 2>behind the back past twelve with a minute left.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know specifically that. I mean, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to use the word hot dog plays because there's

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<v Speaker 1>a negative connotation there.

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<v Speaker 2>But well that's his play was a hot dog player,

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<v Speaker 2>and it needs a negative connotation because it was a

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<v Speaker 2>terrible play. My college coach texted me after the game,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, great win, congratulations at the around the one

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<v Speaker 2>minute mark, I wanted to shoot your point and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>any any put in brackets creasing and and so the

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<v Speaker 2>next day in film I read that to the whole team.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is what my college coach texted me after

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<v Speaker 2>the game, but uh, but no, I I think listen,

0:21:56.600 --> 0:22:00.919
<v Speaker 2>Kerkkrisa has a flair, yes, uh uh. He has a

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<v Speaker 2>swagger and a confidence to how he approaches the game,

0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:07.879
<v Speaker 2>and he's got a lot of experience in college basketball

0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:12.639
<v Speaker 2>on the biggest stages. That that flare, that confidence, that

0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:17.120
<v Speaker 2>edge that he plays with is his greatest strength. There's

0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:19.360
<v Speaker 2>times that that can be a weakness, and as he's

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<v Speaker 2>continuing to mature as a point guard, that's my challenge

0:22:21.920 --> 0:22:23.960
<v Speaker 2>to him is I don't want to restrict any of

0:22:23.960 --> 0:22:27.439
<v Speaker 2>that in the positive ways, but let's not let's finish games,

0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:31.720
<v Speaker 2>let's make sound plays and uh like it's it's fun

0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:34.560
<v Speaker 2>because he's an old dog in college basketball, but he

0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:36.120
<v Speaker 2>can still improve.

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<v Speaker 3>Coach, And your greatest strength is not showing facial expressions

0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:41.000
<v Speaker 3>when he's making those plays.

0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:42.560
<v Speaker 4>I'm looking at you.

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<v Speaker 3>As soon as he made that behind the back pass

0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:45.920
<v Speaker 3>and it goes out on a three on one, I'm

0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:47.280
<v Speaker 3>looking at you and you just stood still.

0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:50.040
<v Speaker 4>You were throwing face, but inside you like a duck

0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:50.440
<v Speaker 4>on water.

0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:52.359
<v Speaker 3>I mean it looks good on top, but you're kicking

0:22:52.400 --> 0:22:54.400
<v Speaker 3>and squirming underneath that surface.

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<v Speaker 4>I know something was going on there competitive.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Man, Now in the Georgia State game, just toot

0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:02.040
<v Speaker 2>and hollered and yelled at him the whole I was

0:23:02.400 --> 0:23:04.720
<v Speaker 2>trying to make some points, so you couldn't say it

0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:07.200
<v Speaker 2>about me all the time, but I was a maniac

0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:10.880
<v Speaker 2>in that game. But we were still listen, it's early

0:23:10.920 --> 0:23:13.639
<v Speaker 2>in the year and we're still We're still trying to

0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:15.639
<v Speaker 2>build this team. So there's gonna be some moments to

0:23:15.680 --> 0:23:18.159
<v Speaker 2>really push and there's gonna be some moments like that

0:23:18.200 --> 0:23:20.280
<v Speaker 2>where I was probably doing my woosaws and taking a

0:23:20.320 --> 0:23:22.880
<v Speaker 2>deep breath and wait until nobody could see it. Him

0:23:22.920 --> 0:23:24.040
<v Speaker 2>and I could have a conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we're late for a break. Questions from the audience.

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0:23:42.880 --> 0:23:45.000
<v Speaker 1>in action on Sunday, looking to approve to four and

0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:48.160
<v Speaker 1>oh as they host Mount Saint Mary's. That's six o'clock

0:23:48.200 --> 0:23:51.560
<v Speaker 1>tip on Sunday at the Third Arena. Time for questions

0:23:51.560 --> 0:23:55.000
<v Speaker 1>from the audience. Our man Elliott was not in attendance

0:23:55.119 --> 0:23:58.040
<v Speaker 1>last week. Good to have him back. He's got Mike

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<v Speaker 1>in hand, he's ready to.

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<v Speaker 6>Go, so free with and I was just being free

0:24:04.200 --> 0:24:06.560
<v Speaker 6>agency at this point. Do you ever go after guys

0:24:06.560 --> 0:24:08.520
<v Speaker 6>assuming they're going to stay there full four years of

0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:11.040
<v Speaker 6>college with you, or that they're just going to be

0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:13.760
<v Speaker 6>a one and done. How do you go about recruiting

0:24:13.800 --> 0:24:14.680
<v Speaker 6>guys with that?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think in recruiting, you know, obviously we're just

0:24:19.840 --> 0:24:24.240
<v Speaker 2>very honest. That's first, first and foremost. We're very honest,

0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:27.520
<v Speaker 2>and certainly we want guys that are going to want

0:24:27.560 --> 0:24:31.040
<v Speaker 2>to stay in our program build year to year. You

0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:34.080
<v Speaker 2>do see this trend of retention and how valuable that

0:24:34.240 --> 0:24:36.840
<v Speaker 2>is and how difficult it is, but how valuable. So

0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:40.119
<v Speaker 2>we were honest about what our intentions are when it

0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:42.639
<v Speaker 2>comes to one and done or how many and done.

0:24:42.960 --> 0:24:47.520
<v Speaker 2>You know, for college basketball players, this is not their

0:24:47.640 --> 0:24:50.399
<v Speaker 2>end game. All of their goals is to play in

0:24:50.440 --> 0:24:53.720
<v Speaker 2>the NBA. So if they can get the opportunity to

0:24:53.800 --> 0:24:56.840
<v Speaker 2>leave early to do that, that's the biggest win in

0:24:56.880 --> 0:24:59.360
<v Speaker 2>their lives and their family's lives. So we always support

0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:00.639
<v Speaker 2>that and we all always want that.

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<v Speaker 6>So would day they be like a good example of

0:25:04.720 --> 0:25:07.080
<v Speaker 6>a guy that you went after and he ended up

0:25:07.080 --> 0:25:08.200
<v Speaker 6>staying the full four years.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Deda's a great example of that. Yeah, correct, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Ellieah, thank you. We have the assistant coach from

0:25:16.480 --> 0:25:20.439
<v Speaker 1>section two o six two seven, two o seven. I

0:25:20.440 --> 0:25:21.440
<v Speaker 1>thought it was two o six.

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<v Speaker 4>Have you moved?

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<v Speaker 7>I wasn't moved in a different seat last week or

0:25:26.359 --> 0:25:28.840
<v Speaker 7>what was that Tuesday? Thanks to Terry Nelson. I had

0:25:28.840 --> 0:25:31.840
<v Speaker 7>a colleague in town that loved to come into a

0:25:31.880 --> 0:25:34.720
<v Speaker 7>Bearcats game. So there's been a promotion in two oh

0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:40.040
<v Speaker 7>seven though I am the captain co assistant assistant coach

0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:45.879
<v Speaker 7>to do UC Bearcats and Courtney as the assistant. Yeah,

0:25:45.920 --> 0:25:51.399
<v Speaker 7>so I'm the speaker anyways. So our question is, you know,

0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:55.280
<v Speaker 7>when you think about last year, you know, we definitely

0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:57.760
<v Speaker 7>had a gap with leadership, and I know we had

0:25:57.800 --> 0:26:01.159
<v Speaker 7>several conversations. He just needs someone at that time to

0:26:01.200 --> 0:26:03.720
<v Speaker 7>just take the bomb, be like we're gonna win and

0:26:04.040 --> 0:26:05.960
<v Speaker 7>put it through me. And I know I'd heard that

0:26:06.400 --> 0:26:10.959
<v Speaker 7>through other coaches when we would struggle, and so this year, really,

0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:16.240
<v Speaker 7>did you have someone immediately that kind of rose through

0:26:16.280 --> 0:26:18.760
<v Speaker 7>in practice over the last several months that was like

0:26:18.880 --> 0:26:21.879
<v Speaker 7>he's our leader or how did that really come about

0:26:21.920 --> 0:26:22.879
<v Speaker 7>for this season?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think I think if people want to define

0:26:29.720 --> 0:26:32.520
<v Speaker 2>the leader, I think everybody likes that narrative that this

0:26:32.560 --> 0:26:35.560
<v Speaker 2>guy is the leader. I think on the greatest teams

0:26:35.560 --> 0:26:38.480
<v Speaker 2>I've ever been a part of that, there's a bunch

0:26:38.520 --> 0:26:43.520
<v Speaker 2>of leadership roles within the team, and people lead in

0:26:43.560 --> 0:26:48.080
<v Speaker 2>different ways and in different areas. I think so far

0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:51.360
<v Speaker 2>this year, Dade showed a lot of leadership and he's

0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:53.960
<v Speaker 2>been He's not a vocal person. I mean, he's an introvert,

0:26:54.560 --> 0:26:56.840
<v Speaker 2>but he's been far more vocal than I've ever seen him,

0:26:56.920 --> 0:27:01.040
<v Speaker 2>especially when something needs to be said. Certainly, he's always

0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:03.520
<v Speaker 2>been a leader by example and how he approaches things,

0:27:04.320 --> 0:27:07.359
<v Speaker 2>but he has such an understanding now of winning. Kerr

0:27:07.359 --> 0:27:11.119
<v Speaker 2>has leadership ability. He is very vocal, and he has

0:27:11.160 --> 0:27:13.200
<v Speaker 2>a lot of experience and it's been a part of

0:27:13.240 --> 0:27:16.600
<v Speaker 2>a bunch of success in college. I think Jalen Celestine

0:27:16.680 --> 0:27:19.560
<v Speaker 2>in his own way, just because of his experience and

0:27:19.600 --> 0:27:23.080
<v Speaker 2>he's got away with people and a confidence about him.

0:27:23.200 --> 0:27:27.040
<v Speaker 2>I think him starting to play and get out in practice.

0:27:27.080 --> 0:27:29.640
<v Speaker 2>I think that that role will emerge a little bit

0:27:29.680 --> 0:27:36.119
<v Speaker 2>more sincere Harris has that mentality that I think people

0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:38.960
<v Speaker 2>can follow that. He's not afraid of anything. You know,

0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:43.399
<v Speaker 2>he'll attack any situation and certainly has experience. And I

0:27:43.400 --> 0:27:47.800
<v Speaker 2>could keeping even Keishan Tillery and Seanabaye of there. They're

0:27:47.880 --> 0:27:50.920
<v Speaker 2>they're alpha's right, and so they're young and they're trying

0:27:50.960 --> 0:27:52.960
<v Speaker 2>to figure it out, but they're not people that take

0:27:53.000 --> 0:27:55.520
<v Speaker 2>a back seat. And I think the more of that

0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:58.359
<v Speaker 2>that we can have, as long as everybody sees the

0:27:58.359 --> 0:28:01.400
<v Speaker 2>big picture of the team, I think that creates a

0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:03.400
<v Speaker 2>locker room fill of leadership. And I know I'm leaving

0:28:03.440 --> 0:28:05.240
<v Speaker 2>some guys out, but I think it's a collective thing.

0:28:05.240 --> 0:28:07.080
<v Speaker 2>I've seen a lot of that. I don't want to

0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:09.400
<v Speaker 2>always compare it to last year or anything like that,

0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:11.800
<v Speaker 2>but I've seen a lot of that this year, more

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:13.880
<v Speaker 2>so than I have in anytimes I've been the coach here.

0:28:14.359 --> 0:28:18.639
<v Speaker 8>Dave Hey coach the game the other night, Obviously a

0:28:18.680 --> 0:28:22.280
<v Speaker 8>lot of fouls were called and it just seemed like

0:28:22.320 --> 0:28:25.359
<v Speaker 8>the game was the flow was not there. How hard

0:28:25.440 --> 0:28:27.800
<v Speaker 8>is that when it seems like they're calling a foul

0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:32.159
<v Speaker 8>on everything to run your offense and you know, just

0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:33.600
<v Speaker 8>keep a keep a flow.

0:28:33.359 --> 0:28:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Going, you know, I've turned games on here the last

0:28:35.920 --> 0:28:38.560
<v Speaker 2>week or so, and you're seeing that I turned the

0:28:38.600 --> 0:28:41.200
<v Speaker 2>game on last night. It was a two and a

0:28:41.200 --> 0:28:44.840
<v Speaker 2>half hour game. It's I don't I don't know what

0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:47.320
<v Speaker 2>it is, Dave. I mean, my guess is that the

0:28:47.480 --> 0:28:53.440
<v Speaker 2>officials have been given some you know, guide guidelines to

0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:55.640
<v Speaker 2>call every you know, like the set of tone early

0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:57.480
<v Speaker 2>in the year, because it's not just our game. You

0:28:57.480 --> 0:29:01.200
<v Speaker 2>see it in all these games and it's extremely frustrating.

0:29:01.240 --> 0:29:04.760
<v Speaker 2>But this is probably politically incorrect, but I just this

0:29:04.880 --> 0:29:08.640
<v Speaker 2>is my opinion. I don't know anything. I probably get

0:29:08.680 --> 0:29:10.840
<v Speaker 2>in trouble for this, but the TV. As soon as

0:29:10.880 --> 0:29:13.440
<v Speaker 2>the TV people start complaining the games or go too long,

0:29:13.600 --> 0:29:15.680
<v Speaker 2>somebody will tell them to stop calling vowels, you know,

0:29:15.760 --> 0:29:18.280
<v Speaker 2>I mean, and then we know how business works. But

0:29:18.640 --> 0:29:21.120
<v Speaker 2>I don't know that, but I believe that's how it works,

0:29:21.160 --> 0:29:24.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, that type of thing. But it always early

0:29:24.120 --> 0:29:25.880
<v Speaker 2>in the year. Every two or three years, they start

0:29:25.920 --> 0:29:28.480
<v Speaker 2>the year and they it's I don't think it's the

0:29:28.840 --> 0:29:31.680
<v Speaker 2>individual officials. I think there's some guidance that they're supposed

0:29:31.680 --> 0:29:34.320
<v Speaker 2>to do that, and then it always goes back and

0:29:34.360 --> 0:29:36.920
<v Speaker 2>it's it's I just don't like the inconsistency. If they're

0:29:36.920 --> 0:29:39.200
<v Speaker 2>gonna call it like that all year. Great, let's all adjust.

0:29:39.240 --> 0:29:41.720
<v Speaker 2>But there's no way they're gonna call a Big twelve

0:29:41.800 --> 0:29:45.160
<v Speaker 2>game like that. There's just no way. It'll be a bloodbath, right,

0:29:46.160 --> 0:29:48.200
<v Speaker 2>you know. And I should have had an official tell me,

0:29:48.800 --> 0:29:51.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, three years ago we had a kid get

0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:57.040
<v Speaker 2>hit across the face, bloody nose and I and I said,

0:29:57.040 --> 0:29:59.320
<v Speaker 2>that's a foul. He said, not in the Big twelve.

0:30:00.160 --> 0:30:04.640
<v Speaker 2>And then you know, and then sometimes you feel like

0:30:04.720 --> 0:30:06.600
<v Speaker 2>every hand checks a foul. And I don't blame it

0:30:06.640 --> 0:30:10.040
<v Speaker 2>on the officials. The rules are really difficult, but the

0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:12.600
<v Speaker 2>consistency is the thing I think as coaches, we all want.

0:30:13.480 --> 0:30:19.800
<v Speaker 9>Brian coach earlier, I've asked you about the exhibition games

0:30:19.840 --> 0:30:21.640
<v Speaker 9>and what you were trying to draw from them. You've

0:30:21.640 --> 0:30:25.360
<v Speaker 9>been on record talking about how you like more and

0:30:25.640 --> 0:30:28.840
<v Speaker 9>you were looking to deal with some adversity as a team,

0:30:29.120 --> 0:30:32.920
<v Speaker 9>like see how you respond to things. I didn't feel

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:36.160
<v Speaker 9>like you were in danger of losing against Dayton, even

0:30:36.200 --> 0:30:38.360
<v Speaker 9>when it got to two points, but you definitely had

0:30:38.360 --> 0:30:41.520
<v Speaker 9>some adversity. I just wonder is that something that maybe

0:30:41.800 --> 0:30:44.520
<v Speaker 9>stemmed from those exhibition games and some of that adversity

0:30:44.720 --> 0:30:46.880
<v Speaker 9>or is that too focus?

0:30:46.960 --> 0:30:50.040
<v Speaker 2>Is it a little more broad than that. I don't

0:30:50.120 --> 0:30:54.200
<v Speaker 2>know if it's stemmed or not. I know that you

0:30:54.240 --> 0:30:59.520
<v Speaker 2>know we handled some of those stretches. They made runs well.

0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:01.320
<v Speaker 2>For this point in the year with who we are

0:31:01.320 --> 0:31:04.640
<v Speaker 2>as a team, we have to keep handling things well.

0:31:04.680 --> 0:31:06.720
<v Speaker 2>But the more you go through that, the better you

0:31:06.800 --> 0:31:13.600
<v Speaker 2>should get. I do think the exhibitions like if we've changed, right,

0:31:13.640 --> 0:31:16.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean, how many teams have a bunch of new players.

0:31:17.040 --> 0:31:19.680
<v Speaker 2>That's the majority now team. I mean it's like almost

0:31:19.720 --> 0:31:23.760
<v Speaker 2>every team. Well, we're still learning our rotations, We're still

0:31:23.800 --> 0:31:26.840
<v Speaker 2>learning the combinations that work well. We're still making adjustments.

0:31:27.680 --> 0:31:30.200
<v Speaker 2>We learn more about that in games, so we're still

0:31:30.240 --> 0:31:33.240
<v Speaker 2>in that early season process. I'd love to get some

0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:35.000
<v Speaker 2>of it out of the way in exhibition games.

0:31:36.040 --> 0:31:36.880
<v Speaker 4>Tell us.

0:31:38.480 --> 0:31:42.760
<v Speaker 10>Mine is actually multi layered. But first question is is

0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:45.080
<v Speaker 10>there a chance there's a home and home with Dayton.

0:31:45.360 --> 0:31:48.680
<v Speaker 2>It is we returned that game next year. I'm not

0:31:48.680 --> 0:31:52.160
<v Speaker 2>paying that will be a very very difficult return game.

0:31:52.680 --> 0:31:55.160
<v Speaker 2>Everybody knows. I hope. I hope we have to find

0:31:55.200 --> 0:31:57.920
<v Speaker 2>some bearcats that sneak into date in the way that

0:31:58.000 --> 0:32:01.720
<v Speaker 2>some dates were stuck in to fit thirty Yeah, they did.

0:32:02.800 --> 0:32:05.240
<v Speaker 10>The thing that was impressive. There are so many moving

0:32:05.280 --> 0:32:07.440
<v Speaker 10>parts because I looked at the roster and there are

0:32:07.680 --> 0:32:09.400
<v Speaker 10>three people who returned this.

0:32:09.440 --> 0:32:11.880
<v Speaker 1>Year and one didn't play and one did not.

0:32:11.880 --> 0:32:15.720
<v Speaker 10>Play last year. But the freshmen was the thing that

0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:20.880
<v Speaker 10>I picked up on how well they did in those circumstances.

0:32:20.920 --> 0:32:24.920
<v Speaker 10>I mean, they played literally above their freshman this to

0:32:25.400 --> 0:32:28.080
<v Speaker 10>call it that, and that's really kind of impressive to

0:32:28.160 --> 0:32:31.560
<v Speaker 10>watch and our hope is that they stick around for

0:32:31.600 --> 0:32:35.160
<v Speaker 10>a long time. Tyler was amazing. I mean he's one

0:32:35.200 --> 0:32:37.000
<v Speaker 10>of the ones that I think a lot of Bearcats

0:32:37.040 --> 0:32:41.160
<v Speaker 10>have been watching and see, come on out when you're

0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:42.400
<v Speaker 10>when you're healthy.

0:32:42.880 --> 0:32:48.440
<v Speaker 2>That's been the best part. Yeah, are are We actually

0:32:48.440 --> 0:32:50.280
<v Speaker 2>have some old players. We've talked about it a lot.

0:32:51.480 --> 0:32:55.760
<v Speaker 2>Tyler McKinley's a freshman. Mustapha Chom should be a freshman.

0:32:55.800 --> 0:32:57.720
<v Speaker 2>He's a second year player, but he's the age of

0:32:57.760 --> 0:33:03.959
<v Speaker 2>all the freshmen. Keisha Tillery's a freshman. Halvin is a

0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:07.000
<v Speaker 2>second year player. He's still very young. Georgie Rodriguez is

0:33:07.000 --> 0:33:10.320
<v Speaker 2>in his first year in college basketball. Who am I for? Sawing?

0:33:10.960 --> 0:33:13.000
<v Speaker 2>And Shawn of b Ia as a freshman. So we

0:33:13.080 --> 0:33:15.320
<v Speaker 2>do have some really young players. The thing is they're

0:33:15.360 --> 0:33:18.120
<v Speaker 2>really good and they're gonna have freshman moments. But the

0:33:19.800 --> 0:33:23.760
<v Speaker 2>quality of players that are coming into the program is

0:33:24.040 --> 0:33:26.640
<v Speaker 2>really high. Like we just signed a young man, Kadan Allen,

0:33:26.640 --> 0:33:29.560
<v Speaker 2>who's one of the best combo guards in his class.

0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:33.440
<v Speaker 2>I love this. Nobody knew this about him. He's always

0:33:33.440 --> 0:33:37.720
<v Speaker 2>been considered a top thirty forty player. He's he's like

0:33:37.760 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 2>a year younger than everybody, like he might be better

0:33:41.480 --> 0:33:43.800
<v Speaker 2>and not might. He's better than people think he is

0:33:43.880 --> 0:33:46.280
<v Speaker 2>nationally and they have him as a four star type.

0:33:46.680 --> 0:33:49.000
<v Speaker 2>He's better because he's like a year younger than everybody

0:33:49.000 --> 0:33:51.000
<v Speaker 2>in his class. He should be in the next class.

0:33:51.160 --> 0:33:55.240
<v Speaker 2>We're recruiting really gifted players that are seasoned players like

0:33:55.320 --> 0:33:59.680
<v Speaker 2>Shawna Bayev and Keishan Tillery and Tyler McKinley. They've played

0:33:59.720 --> 0:34:02.160
<v Speaker 2>at the elite levels of high school basketball and they've

0:34:02.160 --> 0:34:04.000
<v Speaker 2>been in lots of big games. And it's not the

0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:06.880
<v Speaker 2>same as college, but different than the normal freshman.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, we'll take a time out. More questions from

0:34:09.880 --> 0:34:12.440
<v Speaker 1>the audience. When we continue. We are live at the

0:34:12.440 --> 0:34:15.759
<v Speaker 1>original Montgomery In home of the world's greatest ribs for

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0:34:21.560 --> 0:34:24.400
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0:34:24.400 --> 0:34:27.359
<v Speaker 1>It's the Westmeller Radio Show here in seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 1>We appreciate the Bearcat fans who are here with us tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll have some stuff to give away at the end

0:34:32.160 --> 0:34:33.719
<v Speaker 1>of the show, but you have to be here in

0:34:33.760 --> 0:34:36.799
<v Speaker 1>person in order to win. Keep that in mind in.

0:34:36.800 --> 0:34:37.560
<v Speaker 2>The weeks to come.

0:34:37.600 --> 0:34:39.880
<v Speaker 1>Our buddy Glenn is here tonight. Glenn, take it away.

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<v Speaker 11>Hey, Wes, I've heard you on the radio. You're very

0:34:43.280 --> 0:34:47.600
<v Speaker 11>excited about this tape. I could tell one of my questions,

0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:52.880
<v Speaker 11>I owe this to Mo. Most says he are lists

0:34:54.040 --> 0:34:57.600
<v Speaker 11>that the ratio of turnovers to number of possessions an

0:34:57.600 --> 0:34:58.719
<v Speaker 11>important stat Right.

0:35:00.040 --> 0:35:04.160
<v Speaker 2>If Most says it, for sure, I.

0:35:05.840 --> 0:35:06.360
<v Speaker 4>Could help it.

0:35:06.520 --> 0:35:08.759
<v Speaker 11>I can help and not notice that you're running the

0:35:08.840 --> 0:35:10.080
<v Speaker 11>North Carolina offense.

0:35:10.160 --> 0:35:10.760
<v Speaker 4>Is that true?

0:35:11.640 --> 0:35:13.560
<v Speaker 2>The elements of the fast break? For sure?

0:35:13.840 --> 0:35:14.880
<v Speaker 4>Right right right.

0:35:15.840 --> 0:35:18.640
<v Speaker 11>My next question is probably before Dan, is the eighty

0:35:18.680 --> 0:35:22.279
<v Speaker 11>six million dollars that Texas Texas playing. Is that for

0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:25.120
<v Speaker 11>all the students in the school from their null money

0:35:25.200 --> 0:35:26.960
<v Speaker 11>or is that just football football players?

0:35:27.120 --> 0:35:30.359
<v Speaker 1>They're not paying eighty six million for football. But they

0:35:30.360 --> 0:35:32.440
<v Speaker 1>are paying a lot. They are paying as much as

0:35:32.480 --> 0:35:34.960
<v Speaker 1>any school in the country. But it's not eighty six million.

0:35:35.520 --> 0:35:36.279
<v Speaker 11>That's what I heard.

0:35:36.360 --> 0:35:38.040
<v Speaker 4>Okay, eighty six million.

0:35:38.080 --> 0:35:41.280
<v Speaker 3>You get the Dallas Cowboys period, that's the whole defense.

0:35:42.320 --> 0:35:45.480
<v Speaker 4>That's a lot of money. You got another question, No,

0:35:45.800 --> 0:35:49.760
<v Speaker 4>I'll take you all right, thanks, Clint Bob.

0:35:51.680 --> 0:35:52.600
<v Speaker 2>So on most of our.

0:35:52.480 --> 0:35:54.960
<v Speaker 12>Teams, we consider it lucky if there's that one go

0:35:55.040 --> 0:35:57.400
<v Speaker 12>to guy that you want to put them have the

0:35:57.440 --> 0:35:59.400
<v Speaker 12>ball at the end of the game. I look at

0:35:59.440 --> 0:36:03.160
<v Speaker 12>this team and I can see the possibility of three

0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:05.960
<v Speaker 12>or four guys who who you can want to have

0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:10.040
<v Speaker 12>the ball, and I think that is so much better

0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:13.200
<v Speaker 12>because it really puts the defense under pressure as the

0:36:13.239 --> 0:36:14.160
<v Speaker 12>clock's winded down.

0:36:14.320 --> 0:36:16.879
<v Speaker 1>That's that one guy's Michael Jordan. But I get the point.

0:36:18.560 --> 0:36:22.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you know, as we get into tight games,

0:36:24.000 --> 0:36:26.920
<v Speaker 2>trying to learn and figure out where the ball should go,

0:36:27.000 --> 0:36:29.800
<v Speaker 2>how it should go there, and how to play. I

0:36:29.800 --> 0:36:32.040
<v Speaker 2>think that's something we've worked on in practice situations, but

0:36:32.120 --> 0:36:35.840
<v Speaker 2>it'll be important to define that as we keep moving forward.

0:36:36.560 --> 0:36:40.120
<v Speaker 8>Dave one more for you here, coach. So earlier you

0:36:40.160 --> 0:36:43.839
<v Speaker 8>were talking about the scouting of players. How far back

0:36:43.920 --> 0:36:48.000
<v Speaker 8>do you go? This is the first question too, how

0:36:48.000 --> 0:36:51.480
<v Speaker 8>many how many people do you have that actually do scouting?

0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:51.799
<v Speaker 2>How?

0:36:51.840 --> 0:36:54.040
<v Speaker 8>I mean, what type of a job is that? It

0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:55.840
<v Speaker 8>would seem like it could be immense.

0:36:56.320 --> 0:36:59.680
<v Speaker 2>It's interesting. Are all of our assistant coaches do scout?

0:36:59.680 --> 0:37:04.719
<v Speaker 2>And we divide up the scouting or the games and

0:37:05.200 --> 0:37:08.120
<v Speaker 2>within the coaching staff, so each assistant has a certain

0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:12.200
<v Speaker 2>amount of games. A grad assistant assists with each assistant,

0:37:12.680 --> 0:37:16.040
<v Speaker 2>so there's always at least two. And then you know,

0:37:16.120 --> 0:37:19.080
<v Speaker 2>Tim Buckley and Kelly Peters on my staff are involved

0:37:19.120 --> 0:37:23.359
<v Speaker 2>in every scout, so myself, Tim, Kelly and whoever's the

0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:26.799
<v Speaker 2>presenter and the GA. You know, there's a lot that

0:37:26.880 --> 0:37:32.440
<v Speaker 2>goes into each game. There's also a massive analytical breakdown.

0:37:33.000 --> 0:37:35.680
<v Speaker 2>And how far do you go back? I mean as

0:37:35.760 --> 0:37:38.680
<v Speaker 2>far back as you need to gain the information to

0:37:38.719 --> 0:37:41.680
<v Speaker 2>find an edge. So if it's a freshman this time

0:37:41.719 --> 0:37:43.560
<v Speaker 2>of year and they don't have a ton of tape,

0:37:43.600 --> 0:37:45.960
<v Speaker 2>you're going back to their high school tape and we'll

0:37:46.000 --> 0:37:49.440
<v Speaker 2>literally show Now everything's online so you can if you

0:37:49.480 --> 0:37:51.120
<v Speaker 2>want to work at it, you can find it. So

0:37:51.840 --> 0:37:54.520
<v Speaker 2>like our GA's they've they've been sent on some wild

0:37:54.600 --> 0:37:56.680
<v Speaker 2>goose chases. But if they know what they're doing, they

0:37:56.680 --> 0:37:59.440
<v Speaker 2>can figure it out. But yeah, there's a lot that

0:37:59.520 --> 0:38:02.040
<v Speaker 2>goes into it, a lot more than people would realize.

0:38:01.800 --> 0:38:02.960
<v Speaker 4>Based on your recruiting.

0:38:03.640 --> 0:38:06.720
<v Speaker 3>Like right now, you guys are shooting every fourteen seconds

0:38:06.719 --> 0:38:10.319
<v Speaker 3>of possession. That means you're constantly running, constantly moving. Does

0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:13.440
<v Speaker 3>that put emphasis on the type of athlete that you're

0:38:13.480 --> 0:38:16.640
<v Speaker 3>going after? No longer the three hundred pound guys that

0:38:17.239 --> 0:38:19.399
<v Speaker 3>can carve out space and the paint. Now you want

0:38:19.400 --> 0:38:20.600
<v Speaker 3>to get up and down. They have to be able

0:38:20.640 --> 0:38:23.080
<v Speaker 3>to run and endure the fast pace that you're doing.

0:38:23.120 --> 0:38:27.200
<v Speaker 3>So when you're talking about recruiting, does that factor into it?

0:38:27.200 --> 0:38:30.320
<v Speaker 2>It always has. We've always tried to find guys that

0:38:30.360 --> 0:38:32.160
<v Speaker 2>could play defense, so we want to play They could

0:38:32.160 --> 0:38:34.040
<v Speaker 2>play in the open court. I don't mind a three

0:38:34.120 --> 0:38:35.600
<v Speaker 2>hundred pound guy, but I want to get him here

0:38:35.600 --> 0:38:37.080
<v Speaker 2>and give him to coach ray Feld and get him

0:38:37.120 --> 0:38:38.279
<v Speaker 2>to be two forty, right, you.

0:38:38.239 --> 0:38:41.160
<v Speaker 1>Know, as long as he's not a three hundred pound

0:38:41.200 --> 0:38:44.759
<v Speaker 1>point guard exactly. It's a big guy that you're slimming down.

0:38:44.800 --> 0:38:45.360
<v Speaker 4>That's okay.

0:38:45.480 --> 0:38:48.400
<v Speaker 1>Five to ten to three hundred guys probably not gonna.

0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:51.080
<v Speaker 2>Work five three hundreds probably not gonna work diabolically. I

0:38:51.080 --> 0:38:54.080
<v Speaker 2>mean a six eighty two hundred and sixty pound point

0:38:54.080 --> 0:38:56.120
<v Speaker 2>guard like Lebron James. I take care of me, you know,

0:38:58.000 --> 0:39:00.520
<v Speaker 2>But no, I think you were just looking for guys

0:39:00.520 --> 0:39:02.279
<v Speaker 2>that are physically able to play the way we want

0:39:02.280 --> 0:39:06.279
<v Speaker 2>to play, have the mental makeup that we're looking for.

0:39:06.480 --> 0:39:09.080
<v Speaker 2>And obviously we've learned this in the Big Twelve the

0:39:09.160 --> 0:39:12.160
<v Speaker 2>last two years. There's a certain element of skill you

0:39:12.239 --> 0:39:16.560
<v Speaker 2>have to have. That's probably was the biggest learning curve

0:39:16.840 --> 0:39:19.160
<v Speaker 2>is that you just in this league, you have to

0:39:19.200 --> 0:39:22.239
<v Speaker 2>have skill too. It can't just be, you know, great

0:39:22.280 --> 0:39:26.160
<v Speaker 2>defense and great rebounding. Nobody cares about great defense and

0:39:26.160 --> 0:39:28.759
<v Speaker 2>great rebounding when you don't win. I mean you got

0:39:28.800 --> 0:39:31.719
<v Speaker 2>to have some skills so that there's an element of

0:39:31.760 --> 0:39:33.520
<v Speaker 2>that too, and we've really made an effort to get

0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:34.080
<v Speaker 2>more skilled.

0:39:34.560 --> 0:39:38.120
<v Speaker 1>So our last radio show was last Thursday. The following night,

0:39:38.280 --> 0:39:41.279
<v Speaker 1>you had a game, and so did Iona, and I

0:39:41.360 --> 0:39:44.440
<v Speaker 1>know a lot of Bearcat fans were excited to see C. J.

0:39:44.600 --> 0:39:46.759
<v Speaker 1>Anthony play for Iona for the first time. He had

0:39:46.800 --> 0:39:49.799
<v Speaker 1>twenty four points in that game. Through his first two games,

0:39:49.840 --> 0:39:52.839
<v Speaker 1>he's averaging fifteen and a half points, five assists, two

0:39:52.840 --> 0:39:55.040
<v Speaker 1>and a half rebounds. His team is two and zero.

0:39:55.600 --> 0:40:00.239
<v Speaker 1>It's so fun to follow him having this opportunity being

0:40:00.239 --> 0:40:01.640
<v Speaker 1>a great Bearcat for four years.

0:40:02.120 --> 0:40:04.520
<v Speaker 2>It's like the greatest thing ever. I'm the biggest Iona

0:40:04.600 --> 0:40:06.480
<v Speaker 2>fan the face of the earth.

0:40:06.360 --> 0:40:10.000
<v Speaker 1>Right now and are tied for second, right.

0:40:10.560 --> 0:40:14.560
<v Speaker 2>It is. It's like you guys told me after I

0:40:14.600 --> 0:40:17.000
<v Speaker 2>think was at the Georgia State game. You said I

0:40:17.000 --> 0:40:19.279
<v Speaker 2>got some good news for you and that you guys

0:40:19.320 --> 0:40:21.279
<v Speaker 2>broke it. And then the first thing I did when

0:40:21.280 --> 0:40:25.040
<v Speaker 2>I got back to my locker was FaceTime CJ. But yeah,

0:40:25.080 --> 0:40:28.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm so thrilled because I've watched all the sacrifice and

0:40:28.120 --> 0:40:30.320
<v Speaker 2>the stuff that he's done to put himself in this position,

0:40:30.400 --> 0:40:32.879
<v Speaker 2>and I know how much he's enjoyed it, you know.

0:40:33.040 --> 0:40:36.000
<v Speaker 2>But like I told him, I'm not real impressed unless

0:40:36.000 --> 0:40:37.880
<v Speaker 2>you keep doing it so that type of thing. But

0:40:37.920 --> 0:40:39.320
<v Speaker 2>deep down, I am pretty impressed.

0:40:39.800 --> 0:40:41.920
<v Speaker 3>Averaging fourteen seconds, what do you want that number to

0:40:41.920 --> 0:40:43.120
<v Speaker 3>get down to per possession?

0:40:44.280 --> 0:40:46.200
<v Speaker 2>You know, That's how a lot of people talk about

0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:50.160
<v Speaker 2>pace of play, right, I think, and that number is

0:40:50.200 --> 0:40:53.279
<v Speaker 2>going to go down if you're scoring fast breaks. I'm

0:40:53.320 --> 0:40:56.759
<v Speaker 2>a little less concerned in average pace of play me

0:40:56.920 --> 0:41:01.040
<v Speaker 2>personally than I am, and how many quick baskets we get,

0:41:01.120 --> 0:41:04.040
<v Speaker 2>Meaning I want us to make sure we're scoring quick

0:41:04.080 --> 0:41:07.279
<v Speaker 2>and early in the shot clock consistently. But if we

0:41:07.360 --> 0:41:10.000
<v Speaker 2>don't and we have some longer possessions trying to play

0:41:10.000 --> 0:41:12.400
<v Speaker 2>the right way in the half court, I'm fine too, Terry.

0:41:12.440 --> 0:41:17.080
<v Speaker 2>So that number doesn't matter to me. It's more as

0:41:17.120 --> 0:41:20.600
<v Speaker 2>long as we're having as many I mean, how many

0:41:20.600 --> 0:41:22.440
<v Speaker 2>times can we get in the open floor in space,

0:41:23.200 --> 0:41:26.040
<v Speaker 2>get an easy basket, get fouled, get an offensive rebound,

0:41:26.040 --> 0:41:28.280
<v Speaker 2>get a good three point shot for a three point shooter.

0:41:29.080 --> 0:41:30.759
<v Speaker 2>If we can do that the whole game, the pace

0:41:30.760 --> 0:41:33.120
<v Speaker 2>of play number will be like eight seconds, and that'd

0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:34.759
<v Speaker 2>be the happiest guy in the world. But that's not

0:41:34.800 --> 0:41:38.080
<v Speaker 2>gonna happen every night. We still want those opportunities as

0:41:38.120 --> 0:41:38.719
<v Speaker 2>much as we can.

0:41:39.600 --> 0:41:42.000
<v Speaker 1>So this year's game against Dayton was the third year

0:41:42.000 --> 0:41:44.120
<v Speaker 1>in a row you've played the Flyers. Th'relady on the

0:41:44.120 --> 0:41:47.200
<v Speaker 1>schedule for U D Arena next year, you're obviously playing

0:41:47.280 --> 0:41:49.960
<v Speaker 1>Xavier every year. You got Littleville on the schedule this

0:41:50.120 --> 0:41:53.239
<v Speaker 1>year coming up a week from tomorrow. Is that a

0:41:53.360 --> 0:41:55.960
<v Speaker 1>team that you would like to play on a regular

0:41:56.000 --> 0:41:57.240
<v Speaker 1>basis if they were willing.

0:41:57.680 --> 0:42:00.919
<v Speaker 2>The Louisville's a home and home too. It's a neutralish

0:42:01.000 --> 0:42:04.880
<v Speaker 2>home and home that we play in Heritage Bank and

0:42:04.920 --> 0:42:08.600
<v Speaker 2>then we go return there in Freedom in Freedom Hall.

0:42:08.800 --> 0:42:10.480
<v Speaker 2>So it's it's gonna be.

0:42:10.480 --> 0:42:12.400
<v Speaker 1>Cool because that's not where they play their games.

0:42:12.560 --> 0:42:15.759
<v Speaker 2>No anymore they play. That's not their arena. That's like

0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:18.040
<v Speaker 2>they're it's old type. It's so it's the same idea.

0:42:18.800 --> 0:42:24.239
<v Speaker 2>They're two neutralish games. I guess you should say, so, yeah,

0:42:24.680 --> 0:42:27.480
<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's listen. I'm not opposed to local games.

0:42:27.920 --> 0:42:30.680
<v Speaker 2>Some people said, don't ever play local, and I think

0:42:30.719 --> 0:42:33.280
<v Speaker 2>that's a bunch of crap. Let's play good teams, let's

0:42:33.280 --> 0:42:37.319
<v Speaker 2>have great environments, let's get fan interest. You know, That's

0:42:37.400 --> 0:42:40.759
<v Speaker 2>never deterred me. I've always wanted to compete, but it's

0:42:40.760 --> 0:42:43.200
<v Speaker 2>not been like it's some what's local local local. We're

0:42:43.239 --> 0:42:45.359
<v Speaker 2>just looking for for good games that are good for

0:42:45.719 --> 0:42:48.080
<v Speaker 2>our non conference schedule, and it's happened to work out

0:42:48.120 --> 0:42:49.240
<v Speaker 2>with some of these local teams.

0:42:50.160 --> 0:42:52.560
<v Speaker 1>That's going to be a really good one. Louisville obviously

0:42:52.640 --> 0:42:54.440
<v Speaker 1>has an excellent team this year. They're off to a

0:42:54.480 --> 0:42:57.920
<v Speaker 1>good start and uh, let's hope that bear Cat fans

0:42:58.239 --> 0:43:00.759
<v Speaker 1>pack Heritage Bank Arena Friday night.

0:43:01.239 --> 0:43:04.560
<v Speaker 2>Hey, you know they're you know, some people picked them

0:43:04.600 --> 0:43:06.960
<v Speaker 2>to be a Final four team and Nations Championship contender,

0:43:07.000 --> 0:43:09.799
<v Speaker 2>and they've done a great job recruiting. My gosh, you

0:43:09.800 --> 0:43:12.239
<v Speaker 2>know the team they put together. So that should be

0:43:12.280 --> 0:43:14.880
<v Speaker 2>a I think they were up twenty against Kentucky last week,

0:43:14.920 --> 0:43:17.319
<v Speaker 2>who's also got a great team this year, and so

0:43:17.400 --> 0:43:19.160
<v Speaker 2>that should be a great test for us. We have

0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:21.400
<v Speaker 2>a game before that. We can't look too far ahead,

0:43:21.440 --> 0:43:23.880
<v Speaker 2>but that should be a great test for us against

0:43:23.880 --> 0:43:25.080
<v Speaker 2>a team that a lot of people have picked to

0:43:25.080 --> 0:43:26.000
<v Speaker 2>win the National Championship.

0:43:26.480 --> 0:43:28.759
<v Speaker 1>Mount Saint Mary's is that next game coming up on

0:43:28.840 --> 0:43:32.480
<v Speaker 1>Sunday at six. Anything that you can point out about them,

0:43:32.480 --> 0:43:34.640
<v Speaker 1>I have not done any homework on Mount Saint Mary's.

0:43:35.440 --> 0:43:38.440
<v Speaker 2>You know they're sound. They played West Virginia pretty close

0:43:38.560 --> 0:43:42.280
<v Speaker 2>opening night. Who's in our league? I watched that game today.

0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:48.719
<v Speaker 2>They're very sound. They have they play a little old

0:43:48.719 --> 0:43:51.840
<v Speaker 2>school in the sense that they'll play two true post players.

0:43:52.680 --> 0:43:55.200
<v Speaker 2>They have a big center that's really skilled, really good

0:43:55.200 --> 0:43:58.640
<v Speaker 2>in the pocket, good decision maker, they're sound, they run

0:43:58.719 --> 0:44:01.480
<v Speaker 2>good offense, they're in really good defensively, they're a team

0:44:01.480 --> 0:44:03.800
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't beat themselves. The other thing, they played in

0:44:03.800 --> 0:44:05.520
<v Speaker 2>the Sula Tournament last year, won a game in the

0:44:05.640 --> 0:44:09.160
<v Speaker 2>NCAA tournament, and they've returned a couple of players off

0:44:09.200 --> 0:44:12.160
<v Speaker 2>of that team. So it'll like all these games, we

0:44:12.200 --> 0:44:14.239
<v Speaker 2>have tremendous respect. It won't be an easy game, and

0:44:14.560 --> 0:44:16.640
<v Speaker 2>we can't look ahead to Louisville. We got to focus

0:44:16.680 --> 0:44:18.000
<v Speaker 2>in on what's in front of us, all right.

0:44:18.040 --> 0:44:20.120
<v Speaker 1>Again, that game is coming up on Sunday at six

0:44:20.239 --> 0:44:22.960
<v Speaker 1>radio coverage. We'll start at five point thirty. That's going

0:44:23.000 --> 0:44:25.080
<v Speaker 1>to do it for our show tonight. Again, our thanks

0:44:25.080 --> 0:44:27.080
<v Speaker 1>to the folks who are here at the original Montgomery

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