1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: This is football in the Nattie, brought to you by 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:05,399 Speaker 1: modern office methods. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 2: On thank You. It's exactly for twenty This is ESPN 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 2: fifteen thirty on oegar. The men's basketball team at Northern 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 2: Kentucky University opens it season on Monday game against UC 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 2: Claremont at seven o'clock and before they hit the road 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: for back to back games next weekend against Tennessee and Knoxville. 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: The first of those two. The head coach of the Norse, 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: he's got his hands full with nine new players, Darren 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: horn is with his coach. Awesome to have. He was 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: always good afternoon, Good. 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 3: Afternoon, mothe thanks. You know that this pitch riding was 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 3: my normal routine. I turned on down Moegar in the 14 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 3: afternoons on my way home. This is perfect. 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 2: Well, that's that's way too kind of you, and I 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 2: appreciate that. Where do you even start? Is this like 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: normal now? Where every year you know I'm gonna have six, seven, eight, 18 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: nine new players? Has this started to feel normal yet? 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 3: But I think it is right. Just look around the 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 3: country and if you've got, you know, less than five 21 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 3: or six new guys, it's probably unusual. And so it's 22 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 3: just the first year that it's happened for us to 23 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 3: have this many new guys. And you know, our philosophy 24 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 3: approaching this in the in this new era is we're 25 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: trying to build the best team that we can uh 26 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 3: for every season, uh one year at a time, and 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 3: so you know, we hope that we've done that for 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: this year without new guys. 29 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: How many of these players from overseas did you get 30 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 2: a chance to go and recruit personally? 31 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 3: Zero? I mean, that's the thing. You don't see any 32 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 3: of these portal guys in person, right unless you played 33 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 3: against them or maybe recruited them at one time. You know, 34 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: you're talking about sometimes a seven day to maybe two 35 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 3: three weeks max recruitment and and a lot of it 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 3: not even in person. We we've got a guy that 37 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: may start for us who we never even had on campus. 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 2: Does is that normal? 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 3: Yet? I think it's getting there, Okay, I think it's 40 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 3: getting there because of the timing of it. You know, 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 3: you get into May and there's some some deadlines on 42 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: this stuff, and you know you run out of time 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 3: to get them to campus. 44 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 2: All right, Well, uh, you've had an exhibition game you 45 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 2: play at Ashland, so based on that in the weeks 46 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 2: where the practice and all the offseason workouts. What do 47 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: you like most about your team? 48 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think what I'm going to like, hopefully is 49 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 3: we I think we're going to be deep, a little 50 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 3: deeper than we've been in the past. I really like 51 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: our athleticism, and I think we've got some real versatility, 52 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 3: uh in this group. But again with with not many returners, 53 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 3: and then the returners being guys that you know, need 54 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 3: to be more consistent in their roles. 55 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: Uh. 56 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: You know, we don't know exactly what we're gonna get, 57 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 3: but I think there's real potential for us to work 58 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 3: towards a team that's that's much more athletic and deeper overall. 59 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: Do you do you go into the first few games, 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: and I hate to put it this way with with 61 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: almost a checklist of like, we we want to win 62 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 2: as many games as possible, but we have to accomplish 63 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 2: these things. We have to grow in these areas before 64 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: Horizon League play gets. 65 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 3: Here, no question, you know, I think the biggest thing 66 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 3: one of the reasons we've had, you know, sustained success 67 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 3: in our place, I think we really played to an identity, 68 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 3: and that identity is built, you know, over time with 69 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 3: you know, we don't really use the word culture, but 70 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 3: with building, you know, a culture of your program and 71 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 3: how you want to play, what's important to you. It's 72 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 3: passed on right now, new guys you don't have as 73 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 3: much of that, and so we're of course we're playing 74 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 3: to win every game, but we really also want to 75 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 3: build our identity early in the season. 76 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 2: How hard is that to do when you're not seeing 77 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 2: guys in person. 78 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 3: Oh, it's hard, right, I mean, ultimately we're all rolling 79 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 3: the dice, man, you know, and then we're not alone 80 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 3: in our own area. Kentucky's got eleven new guys. I 81 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 3: think I don't know how many rethink Richards whole rosters 82 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: do it xavior. So like it's it's just kind of 83 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 3: college basketball now. Man, you got to get to it 84 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 3: and hope it works out well for. 85 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 2: You, no question about that. Darren Horne is with us. 86 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,119 Speaker 2: The Norris open up the season against UC Claremont on Monday. 87 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: That game is going to be at seven o'clock before 88 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: they hit the road to go take on Tennessee. You 89 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: and I talk about scheduling. We've talked about scheduling in 90 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: the past. Is in this era of college sports, is 91 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 2: it becoming easier more difficult to check all the boxes 92 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: you want to check with the schedule. 93 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's getting harder for us again, just because of 94 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 3: the way we play and the success that we've had. 95 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 3: You know, used to be we were a quality RPI game, 96 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 3: but now it's the net system, right, and it goes 97 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 3: by quads, and whether you're at the top of the 98 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 3: quad or the bottom of the quad, it's the same 99 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: ranking or credit for your opponent. So they'd much rather 100 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 3: play the teams at the bottom of the quad, which 101 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: has made it really hard for us to get those games, 102 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 3: and then just the structure of them as well. We 103 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: hope we've addressed that. You know, if you remember last 104 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 3: year MO we opened up half Florida State with to 105 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 3: Purdue and then hosted Cincinnati in three of our first 106 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 3: four games. So we've tried to space that out a 107 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 3: little bit. We are at Tennessee and on the road 108 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 3: at Eastern Sea State, who's always very good, but uh, 109 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 3: then and then we're able to come home for three 110 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 3: towards the end of the month and hopefully build build 111 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 3: our team a little bit in that process. 112 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 2: Do you like the fact that there are Horizon League 113 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: games on the schedule, and this has been the case 114 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: now for a while before the calendar flips the next year. 115 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 3: I like it in general. Uh, it makes non conference 116 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 3: scheduling harder, right because you basically have got days blocked 117 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 3: out that you can't work with, So it limits your 118 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 3: your flexibiliability and availability for particular games. But I like 119 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 3: playing some of those games early. And you know, with 120 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 3: all leagues now, with the number of Eleague games we play, 121 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 3: you know you're gonna have to play some in December. 122 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 2: Well, when you were playing, we weren't starting the season 123 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: on November the third, Like that's the and we was 124 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: talking about that before, just as a fan. That's still 125 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 2: I remember when college basketball would start the week after Thanksgiving, right, 126 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 2: that wasn't that long ago. The fact that we're starting 127 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 2: this early, you talk about a new normal. That's one 128 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 2: I haven't gotten used to. 129 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 3: No, it really is strange, and it doesn't impact us 130 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 3: as much because we get the summers now, so we 131 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 3: still feel like we have some time with our guys, 132 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 3: even though a bunch of them are new. But yeah, 133 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 3: I mean it tips earlier and earlier. I mean, we're 134 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 3: gonna start having at Halloween tip offs. We're not careful. 135 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels like that. That's around the corner. The 136 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 2: season is here, begins on Monday. We always love having 137 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: you and we'll do it again soon. Man, thanks so 138 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 2: much for you're the best. 139 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me. 140 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 2: That's our guy, Darren Horne, the men's basketball coach at 141 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: Northern Kentucky University. The Norse taking on UC Claremont in 142 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: Highland Heights on Monday at seven pm. Go watch the 143 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: Norse play this year. It's a good time. 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