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Speaker 2: Welcome back to sometimes. I hope today we've got one

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Speaker 2: about our superstar McDonald's All American Big Twelve Freshman of

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Speaker 2: college hoops. Roy Harmon, thanks for hopping on the pod today.

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Speaker 1: Well, thanks for all of that listening them down, but

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Speaker 2: It's a long list. You deserve all the love. But

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Speaker 2: is what was the first concert you ever went to? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Your mom to see Chris Brown. I feel like, that's

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Speaker 1: It's crazy that you say that. Well, first, I'm want

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Speaker 1: But by you saying we have a target in our back,

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I like that mindset shift where you know

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's really exciting. And to have you

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be really cool. But I feel like you

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Speaker 1: They just so good against us too, And this is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. I mean, all these teams are so good,

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Speaker 1: Every single game I'm looking forward to because I didn't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that'll be a really good matchup to see,

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Speaker 1: Do, right, I mean, you know, coach Schafs instilled offense

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Speaker 1: they probably guarded out there. Yeah, she's the fourth guard

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Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, I think both those players are definitely

436
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,040
Speaker 2: the catalysts of the team that you said. So you're

437
00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:28,840
Speaker 2: able to slow them down. That's going to help you

438
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,680
Speaker 2: guys out a lot. Right. So before we get into

439
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,440
Speaker 2: your early hoops and basketball journey, a couple of fun

440
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,960
Speaker 2: facts that we've done our research about is I heard

441
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,920
Speaker 2: your sneaker head, and I've seen the videos of the closet.

442
00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,119
Speaker 2: How many shoe boxes we have?

443
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:41,560
Speaker 1: So?

444
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,800
Speaker 2: How many pairs of sneakers do you think you have?

445
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,320
Speaker 2: Or what's your favorite show?

446
00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,520
Speaker 1: Okay, so I just gave away like five to ten

447
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,680
Speaker 1: to my parents. We all were the same shoe size,

448
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,159
Speaker 1: So oh that's you.

449
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,359
Speaker 2: Can just rotation for sure.

450
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,800
Speaker 1: Okay, so they are they probably are sneaker heads now

451
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,440
Speaker 1: too for me, But I hope for you guys are

452
00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,919
Speaker 1: watching this when you'll see this. But but I think

453
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,360
Speaker 1: I have around sixty in my apartment right now. That's

454
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,560
Speaker 1: just my apartment. I know that sounds so bad every

455
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,440
Speaker 1: time I say it, I just like feel like, wow,

456
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,200
Speaker 1: I have that many shoes that I don't need. But yeah,

457
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,280
Speaker 1: but it's crazy because I actually wear a lot of them,

458
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,639
Speaker 1: Like I'm not just like leaving a few to the

459
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,439
Speaker 1: sky like every year, Like I actually try to spread

460
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 1: out the love and stuff. But as far as my

461
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,560
Speaker 1: favorite shoe, I've gotten into more comfort's just like too

462
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,800
Speaker 1: much style. So I'm liking like the Vimeros, the A six,

463
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,159
Speaker 1: I like the Adida Campus. Okay, double zeros, those are

464
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,800
Speaker 1: pretty nice. So like some some comfortable style shoes.

465
00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,520
Speaker 2: Yeah you got you got some variety sharing the love

466
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:49,119
Speaker 2: for sure.

467
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,800
Speaker 1: Yes, as a six walk around style Nike, there's a lot.

468
00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,600
Speaker 2: I mean, if you have sixty, I'm sure you got

469
00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:01,760
Speaker 2: a variety, all right. Also that you're into legos, So

470
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,840
Speaker 2: how did you feel like you've built over your time

471
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,440
Speaker 2: of building your collection or like what's been your hardest

472
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:14,199
Speaker 2: lego to build? What did I just do? So I

473
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 2: just gotta.

474
00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,560
Speaker 1: It's a Camaro like okay, I think in eighties or

475
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,639
Speaker 1: seventies Camaro and it's black and red. That one was

476
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,359
Speaker 1: kind of disc cool and it kind of took a while,

477
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,359
Speaker 1: but I built it during the summer, so I had

478
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 1: a lot of time, okay, And it's a bit expensive,

479
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,840
Speaker 1: so I don't like to buy expensive legos, but that

480
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 1: one I had to because I wanted it to be like,

481
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 1: yeah it was. I wanted to be like the theme

482
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,120
Speaker 1: like a little bit in my living room and stuff.

483
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,240
Speaker 1: But it's just so peaceful, like, yeah, I'm literally just

484
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,359
Speaker 1: sitting there following an exstruction step by step. I know

485
00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 1: what it's going to look like if I do it ray,

486
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: you know. But that's probably, honestly, that's probably my favorite

487
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 1: one right now. I also have like the what is

488
00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:04,160
Speaker 1: it the Gauntlet the game? Yes, yes, so I have

489
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,080
Speaker 1: that one. I like that one too. That one was

490
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: kind of hard to make, like you know, some of

491
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,439
Speaker 1: the pieces like they look the same, but yeah they're not.

492
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,640
Speaker 1: Those are frustrating, Yes, those are frustrating because then I'm

493
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,479
Speaker 1: sitting there like I just did like a whole like

494
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:17,879
Speaker 1: finger and I messed it up.

495
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, because then I feel like you have to restart

496
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,160
Speaker 2: so quickly, ycause you start on trail and it's wrong.

497
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,159
Speaker 2: It's very frustrating.

498
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:25,920
Speaker 1: I always like try to like make sure I look,

499
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,439
Speaker 1: I go over it before I go to like the

500
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 1: next few, because then next thing, you know, you're like, Okay,

501
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,119
Speaker 1: I don't have any more of these pieces, and I

502
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: kind of need it, so I got to do the

503
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 1: whole thing.

504
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,360
Speaker 2: You're like, so let me just bat track a whole

505
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 2: hour's work work. Yeah, that's frustrating. You're better than me.

506
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 2: I don't have the patience to do that, but I

507
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 2: love it. Like once I get into a groove, then I.

508
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 1: It's like you don't. You don't want to do anything else.

509
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,560
Speaker 1: You just want to like finish. You want to be finished.

510
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,919
Speaker 2: So yeah, wow, I really want to see the gunlin

511
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,520
Speaker 2: because I saw that at the score and I feel

512
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 2: like I need to get one or get into it.

513
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 2: I think I do. I think I need to get

514
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 2: into it. We can do that, Okay, Okay, well, well

515
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,719
Speaker 2: I guess we'll get back into basketball. That's what we're

516
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 2: here to talk about. Talk about legs. So taking it

517
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 2: back to the roots for a minute. Grew up in Houston, Texas,

518
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,560
Speaker 2: who put the ball in your hands, and how did

519
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 2: you get into basketball?

520
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,439
Speaker 1: Both my parents did. I mean probably more of my

521
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 1: dad than my mom, but they both did plenty of sports,

522
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 1: all the things that you can think of. Mom teared, read, track,

523
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:37,399
Speaker 1: played basketball, did the band. Even my dad played football, track, basketball,

524
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,640
Speaker 1: So it was just in his whole family has four

525
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:44,119
Speaker 1: brothers and three brothers and one sister, so they all

526
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: did something with the ball, and I think that and

527
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,480
Speaker 1: then obviously might have an older brother. He got a

528
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,439
Speaker 1: ball first. He's he's three years older than me, so

529
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: I followed anything he did. Yeah, so if I saw

530
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 1: him dribbling, I was going to start dribbling. So that

531
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 1: was Yeah, that was something that I think. You know,

532
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 1: they put us in all the other sports like soccer,

533
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 1: like I really like soccer, and put us in gymnastics

534
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 1: like swimming and stuff like that. But just to know

535
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 1: I can run around with the orange ball and do

536
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,199
Speaker 1: whatever was probably what brought my attention.

537
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got you. I feel like I

538
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 2: was the same way with my older brother, and it

539
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 2: may have started out of the place of like I

540
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,480
Speaker 2: wanted to annoy him and just do what he was doing.

541
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,840
Speaker 2: Oh wow, this is fun for me to cool Yeah. Well,

542
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,520
Speaker 2: speaking of your older brother, is it true that you

543
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 2: ended up being scouted for an AAU thing when you

544
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 2: were in the second grade? Shooting at halftime of your

545
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 2: brother's basketball game, tell us the story you.

546
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:39,199
Speaker 1: Did your research for.

547
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,199
Speaker 2: Shout out to the team they did their stuff.

548
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,400
Speaker 1: Wow, that is really impressive. I haven't heard that in

549
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,960
Speaker 1: like a long time. But yes, thank god for my

550
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,639
Speaker 1: brother and his AAU team. Yes, I got picked up

551
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 1: by a team that they have built me into the

552
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 1: player in person i am today. I played with that

553
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 1: team Kjubbles for like nine years, so I played two

554
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 1: years of ever since I started. So I was in

555
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 1: second grade and they were all in fourth grade. To

556
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: this day, I know what every single one of them

557
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 1: were doing still, but that was the best time of

558
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 1: my life and just figuring out how to play basketball

559
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 1: the way they did it was so fun. But yeah,

560
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,440
Speaker 1: that is super true.

561
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 2: I would love that. Well, moving through the years, getting

562
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 2: to high school, you went to a state championship, scored

563
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,160
Speaker 2: over twenty five hundred points, which is insane. Dude, like

564
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,760
Speaker 2: he's doing that. But do you feel like there was

565
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 2: a specific moment throughout your high school career or maybe

566
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 2: your AU career that really cemented yourself to be on

567
00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 2: the map of premier players in your class. I think

568
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 2: once I started playing for coach Chris at cideper Premier,

569
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 2: it was just a bigger you know, he had already

570
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:53,159
Speaker 2: players that committed D one and I was just like, okay,

571
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:54,879
Speaker 2: since this is really what I want to do, and

572
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 2: you just started like focusing and zoning in on playing

573
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,600
Speaker 2: basketball seriously and trying to put myself on the map.

574
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,359
Speaker 2: And so once once so you know, I got with

575
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 2: the good connection I got with some other D one

576
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 2: basketball players. It kind of took off from there. Like

577
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 2: you start playing the best of the best, like we

578
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 2: kind of were talking about earlier, you can't really be

579
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 2: talked about unless you're like playing the best players out there.

580
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 2: So we started getting in big tournaments, and I guess

581
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 2: I started doing pretty good, you know, and luckily, like

582
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 2: coach Schaeffer, coach Alato where found me and I made

583
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 2: myself home here. So yeah, I think I think having

584
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 2: that connection with coach Chris was a big deal. It

585
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 2: kind of changed things around really fast. Yeah, I feel

586
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 2: like it happened so quick, like once you find coach

587
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,159
Speaker 2: getting on the EIBL circuit specifically, and then once you

588
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 2: play against the top talent, because it's one thing to

589
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 2: like be good in your area, be good in your

590
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 2: hurt league. Yeah, but I feel like once you start

591
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 2: competing against the best and growing and every now and then,

592
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 2: you may get humbled a little bit. I know I was,

593
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 2: But like you take that with a grain of salt

594
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 2: and just keep it push, and then that's when you

595
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 2: really start to make a name for yourself. And I

596
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 2: mean your thoughts was stack going ahead against We'd already

597
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,919
Speaker 2: talked about seeing Raven Azy and Liam Morris and I

598
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 2: think the list goes on and on. What was it

599
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 2: like or do you remember any specific moments going head

600
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 2: to head and having those battles, having the full courts

601
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 2: and the coaches watching you guys, What was that like

602
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 2: to have such a high level basketball at a young age.

603
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: Since you mentioned Amo, we played her, thank this is

604
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:33,120
Speaker 1: so long ago. Wow, I'm not old. Okay, I'm gonna say, yeah,

605
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,960
Speaker 1: we've played each other. She was on sipha E Lee

606
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: and I was on Cipher Premier, and I think at

607
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 1: that time we were both I can't remember if we

608
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 1: both decided or no, we were both for looking you know,

609
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 1: at the schools, and I think we both knew or

610
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 1: had an idea that Texas or coach Schafer was our interest,

611
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,440
Speaker 1: and you know, he jumped from Mississippi to Texas pretty fast.

612
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: But I was like, there's so many people. There were

613
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 1: so many people, so many coaches at this game. It

614
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: was in Houston, so it was it was like my

615
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: hometown too. But it was just like a moment where

616
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: I realized I was like, okay, so I'm really like

617
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,200
Speaker 1: they weren't just watching me, like they were watching like Amo,

618
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: there's so many, so many people, even on my team.

619
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: There's just like so many great basketball players. And I

620
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 1: think I even played I think I played o Livium

621
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 1: Wise in that tournament too. Really, I feel like I

622
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: feel like I'm not wrong. No, we definitely did. So

623
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 1: I'm saying like just being able to like play against

624
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: someone who probably at that moment, I didn't know the

625
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: rankings that I don't remember any of that, but at

626
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: that moment it was probably like ranks super high. Like

627
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: I mean, that's like doing something and doing something right,

628
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: I think so.

629
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 2: So yeah, No, I think it's it's crazy, like how

630
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 2: intense those tournaments get. And I was just talking to

631
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 2: somebody about like Boo Williams or tournaments like that, which

632
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 2: just like everybody's in one place, and so like you

633
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 2: don't even want to leave the gym when you're waiting

634
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,000
Speaker 2: for your next game. You want to go watch the

635
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 2: other top ranked people, see how you measure up gets

636
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,719
Speaker 2: pay head to head coaches walking around the track, like

637
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 2: all those UYBL tournaments were insane with the amount of

638
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,239
Speaker 2: talent and the coaches that were there.

639
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: It's why, Yeah, that's that's funny because to this day,

640
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: coach Lovado, she's the one that recruited me heavily too.

641
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: She's still was Coach Schaefer here. She was saying like

642
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: that's when she knew that's who they wanted to be

643
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: their point guard, was when we were playing in Boot

644
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: Williams because we were playing the best of the best.

645
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: She said she saw me taking charges and playing defense

646
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,239
Speaker 1: full court, just the way coach Schafer likes is. So

647
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: it's just funny that you mentioned that tournament because she

648
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: still brings it up today and it's like, yeah, you

649
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: were absolutely crazy, like you had so much energy. You

650
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: were just playing decents on everyone and it was great

651
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: and I think we had been undefeated there, and I

652
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: think that's what really like it. That's when it really

653
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 1: took off because we were playing the Boot Williams teams itself,

654
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 1: like we were playing the best teams like there was

655
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: so yeah.

656
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's those tournaments are crazy, and I

657
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 2: think it's also just speaking to what college coaches look for,

658
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 2: like the little things like you taking charges, picking up

659
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 2: full court. A lot of times young girls when they're

660
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 2: going to these AU tournaments, they don't think about that.

661
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 2: They're just thinking about, Okay, how many points am I

662
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 2: getting too? Not thinking about efficiency or getting your teammates involved,

663
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 2: being a good teammate. Like they really look at all

664
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 2: of those little things and like you could be just

665
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 2: as good as somebody else, maybe even average more. But

666
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 2: like if you're not doing those little intangible things and

667
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 2: the coaches aren't going to look at you like that,

668
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 2: which I think is you don't really understand that at

669
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 2: that point in time, but actually.

670
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: You really don't.

671
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think kid's crazy. But talking about you

672
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 2: recruiting to Texas, what set Texas apart from you? Was

673
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 2: it Coach Schaeffer? Was it the girls? What made you

674
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 2: want to choose Texas?

675
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I knew I wanted to go play for him,

676
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 1: so he was recruiting me at Miss Cippi State first,

677
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 1: and I'm so close with my family and I want

678
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 1: them to be able to come to every home game,

679
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: and so I wasn't saying it wasn't an option but

680
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: to go and play MS Studio. I was like, I

681
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: don't know about it. But one day my mom was like,

682
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: wouldn't it be crazy because at this time, Coachchafer and

683
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: Levado were basically my favorite coaches that I talked to.

684
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: Mom was like, so wouldn't it be crazy if they

685
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 1: came to Texas? And I was like, yeah, that's crazy.

686
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 1: Like I'd probably go like, yeah, no, doubt about it. Nexting,

687
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 1: you know, like I promised you. Like a week later,

688
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: it happened, and I like I remember me and my

689
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 1: mom was like, oh my gosh, it's crazy, and I obviously,

690
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: like I was like, yep, this is what I want

691
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: to do. Yeah, got on a zoom call because it

692
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: was COVID at the time, and they were doing something

693
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 1: in the locker room. This is whenever it was at

694
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: Frank and I told them and they were like jumping

695
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: in a circle and whatnot. But I mean, coach Schaefer

696
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: made it known like he's here to win. And I

697
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 1: respect all the other coaches that recruited me, but there's

698
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: something about his passion to win and his the amount

699
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: of hate he had about losing, because I feel that

700
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: exact same way. Yeah, and to be a part of

701
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,719
Speaker 1: the winning culture and an elite culture like here at

702
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 1: the University of Texas, like basketball side, like getting a

703
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: degree here, like getting a master's here here, being close

704
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: to home, you know, all the things like that. And

705
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: so it was a pretty easy decision to make. Once

706
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: you know he moved over to Texas, I was like, Okay, yeah,

707
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,239
Speaker 1: this is it. So yeah, as we know this is

708
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: And he was so loyal, he was so everything he

709
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: said was so true. It's very transparent with everything he said.

710
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: And that was another thing I really did appreciate, Like

711
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: what he said in the recruiting process to this day,

712
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: he had stuck with it.

713
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 2: Taking it back to your freshman year, talk to me

714
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,239
Speaker 2: about getting to Texas those first few practices. Was it

715
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 2: what you expected or was it harder? What was kind

716
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 2: of those first few days?

717
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: Like, Oh, I felt like I feel like you asked

718
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: this knowing like my story but so we come in

719
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 1: the summers. We always do our summer school and summer workouts,

720
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: and I remember I was so excited. I had just

721
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: got my wisdom teeth out and I just graduated like

722
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks before, so it was a lot

723
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: going on. I was happy, I was in pain, you

724
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 1: know whatnot So we have I know, we had individuals,

725
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 1: so it's just like an hour. We have limited time

726
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: in the summer, as you know. But I remember we

727
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: split it up as positions, so I think there's two

728
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: others with me. I had two other players with me

729
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:33,280
Speaker 1: at that time. And I remember calling my mom after

730
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: just the one hour workout and telling her how bad

731
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 1: I felt. Like I trained with my dad two hours

732
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: every day for so many years straight. For me to

733
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: work out for that one hour and feel that bad,

734
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: like I thought I was going to crumble. I was

735
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,240
Speaker 1: gonna need like CPR. I was like, I felt so bad,

736
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: and I called her. I was like, Wow, this is crazy,

737
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: not like in a bad but I was like, wow,

738
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,840
Speaker 1: this is crazy, Like this is completely like this is

739
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: what I expected. But like I'm thinking, like, okay, I

740
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: think I'll be able to get through it, you know,

741
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: like I've worked really hard, like my whole life to

742
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 1: you know, get to this point. But there wasn't like

743
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: a timer, all right, go ahead and get well. No,

744
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: it was like you get it when you can. You

745
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 1: get it when you can. You don't get it, there's

746
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,359
Speaker 1: not a slot. You get it when you can. There's

747
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 1: no walking. There's much this thing as walking at all.

748
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,560
Speaker 1: It was in just one hour. It was definitely like

749
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: a shock to me, a shock to like I had

750
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: to look in the mirror that day. I was like,

751
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 1: what the heck, let's okay, I know what I'm good like,

752
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: this is this is it? Though, this is what I

753
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,439
Speaker 1: came here for. Yeah, I mean I've gotten so much

754
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 1: better than But yeah, that was my initial feelings at

755
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 1: that time, and I'll never forget it because it was

756
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: I've never felt like that every.

757
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, you no, like it is so humbling to go

758
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 2: into college because I feel like I didn't realize the

759
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 2: jump that it is.

760
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, you think you're like read in hot high school,

761
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: you're doing this, you get all the accolades, you're the

762
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: best of your team. But no, like, no, it goes

763
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:07,280
Speaker 1: out out the window.

764
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 2: Literally everybody's been there, done that. They're like I don't there,

765
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 2: Like you talked about those hour workouts for some reason

766
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 2: would take me out, Like and I think what you

767
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 2: said about the water. I remember, like I would be

768
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 2: begging Tara. I'm like, girl, it's been an hour, i

769
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 2: need a sin. I'm exhausted, like over, I'm sprinting to

770
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 2: water in between drills, I get there to take a

771
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,920
Speaker 2: sip and I'm being yelled at to go step back in.

772
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: Yes, it was just like that.

773
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 2: You know, it was a comic experience. But you know,

774
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 2: you learn and you grow. It's okay, you keep it pushing, dude,

775
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 2: I'm talking about like that first practice. Do you feel

776
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 2: like your freshman year you have a horror story. Maybe

777
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 2: it's in the film room, maybe it's on the court.

778
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:50,840
Speaker 2: What's your horror story?

779
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, I felt like I was like I thought I

780
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 1: was like you know, I had a great level head

781
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 1: and I was chill, but no, I was actually like not,

782
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: I was not chill. I was stressed out all the time.

783
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: I just wanted to do write everything I did. I

784
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: just wanted to be perfect in a way, like I

785
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,720
Speaker 1: was really the only person in my position, Like he

786
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 1: threw me into the fire. Was like you're gonna learn

787
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 1: this right away. You got to learn every position. I

788
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 1: didn't even know my own position at the time, but

789
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 1: I had to know the two, three, four, five, And

790
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: it was just like I was stressed out all the

791
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: time the team ran through me an eighteen year old yeah,

792
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:27,839
Speaker 1: and I was like I got to sit here and

793
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: try to tell twenty three year olds what to do,

794
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: Like it was just and I already wasn't vocal, Like

795
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: it was just so like out of character for me.

796
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: I had to really get uncomfortable. And so I guess

797
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,760
Speaker 1: like throughout that whole season, I had a great season,

798
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 1: Like I'm so happy that I did, but man like

799
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 1: behind the scenes, like people really don't know how stressful

800
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 1: and mentally and physically hard that was to Like, Yeah,

801
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: first you're like in shock from your first workouts. You're like, well,

802
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 1: this is going to be like this every day and

803
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: I was only an hour yeah, And the second You're like, okay,

804
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:01,800
Speaker 1: I don't even know what I'm doing, but he wants

805
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 1: me to tell other people what to do and I

806
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: just got here, so it's like, you know, it's just

807
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 1: it was just a whole bunch of stuff that it

808
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 1: was like I could really go on and on about

809
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 1: my freshman year. But I'm just happy that it went

810
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: the way it did. We you know, won some championships

811
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 1: and whatnot, and I'm still here, so obviously it was

812
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 1: It wasn't that bad.

813
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're still doing it.

814
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,359
Speaker 1: We're still pushing.

815
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 2: Being a freshman point guard is really hard because, like

816
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 2: you said, I'm trying to figure out myself and learn

817
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 2: the plays and run the offense, and now here I

818
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 2: am yelling at you guys where to do your positions.

819
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,360
Speaker 2: I don't even know the one yet. Like it's a

820
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 2: hard position to be in.

821
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:44,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, he would be like, okay, so if something bad happened,

822
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: that's your fault, but if something good happens, that's your fault.

823
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: So you also have to get into the press. But

824
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: you also have to make sure that there's no wide

825
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: open breakaway lamps. So there's like it was like almost

826
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 1: like I have to be like in two plays at

827
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 1: one time. Like I it was a moment stress, But

828
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: I figured it out now that I'm a senior. Yeah,

829
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: I figured it out.

830
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 2: Yes, well, I hope. So you're doing great, you have,

831
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,919
Speaker 2: but it's there's so many different pieces of the plant

832
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 2: guard where like you said, it's like, Okay, you have

833
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 2: to find a time to play, make for your team,

834
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 2: but also okay, go get yourself a bucket, keep everyone involved,

835
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 2: but you go get yours and it's like, yeah, how

836
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 2: do I.

837
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: Get be too passive? But you got to make sure

838
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: the passes at the right times are the right person

839
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 1: in the right spot, and make sure you know your personnel.

840
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 1: And you know, I just got there, so I don't

841
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,240
Speaker 1: know anybody's personnel. So yeah, it was just a bunch.

842
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot. Well you're doing

843
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 2: right now, you're doing But so freshman year, you helped

844
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 2: your team. Great season, you make it to an a

845
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 2: lead eight. What was the first taste of the NCAA

846
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 2: tournament like for you, it was so fun.

847
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: I just think like that atmosphere was just so fun.

848
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:50,319
Speaker 1: I know it didn't like turn off the way we

849
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,359
Speaker 1: wanted to, but to be able to go that far

850
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: and just be so young to be able to experience

851
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: something like that was so fun. I loved playing with

852
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: those teammates at the time, Like I still look up

853
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: to all all of them, and they helped me through

854
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: the way. I know I made it sound so stressful

855
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: and I didn't have any help, but no, they definitely

856
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 1: like helps me. And but it was so fun. I'm

857
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: glad that I was able to experience that early and

858
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: get a feel of like what the tournament is like.

859
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you got Big twelve freshman the year,

860
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 2: which is a hard thing to do because the Big

861
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 2: twelve Big twelve is good. I think a lot of

862
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,279
Speaker 2: people really don't think about how deep you guys are. Like, no,

863
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 2: there's also different teams Iowa State, Kansas State has really

864
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 2: come on the map, all those different teams. So getting

865
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 2: Big twelve fresh from the year, what did that mean

866
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 2: to you? Pushing you into that sophomore season that you had, You.

867
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: Know, it was such a great accolade to have. But

868
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 1: like I said, I feel like if you're not winning

869
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: and having such great teammates besides you, like it's you're

870
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: not really going to be in the talk as much. So,

871
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: like I said, I think the way I was able

872
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: to come up, like I didn't just do it by myself,

873
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: Like I had such a great team aside me just

874
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: to really push me and have high expectations every day

875
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: in practice, Like, yes, I made a lot of mistakes,

876
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: but they were me, like you got this like we're

877
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: behind you, you were our point guard, and so hearing

878
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: those things like it just kept me going. They completely

879
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 1: motivated And so when I look at some of those

880
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: like videos or highlights, like they truly were so happy

881
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: that I was able to get that word so and

882
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: it was all because of them.

883
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 2: It's trually, Yeah, it's the best feeling when you like

884
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 2: those off court connections with your teammates translate onto it

885
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 2: and like everybody's so genuinely happy for one another. I

886
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 2: feel like it just it changes the momentum of every game,

887
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 2: being able to stay so tight knit like that. And

888
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,719
Speaker 2: then obviously you guys had a great sophomore season you did,

889
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 2: coming out ranked number three, and then moving from your

890
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 2: sophomore year to junior year, junior you came out hot

891
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 2: dude that yukon game crazy. So talking about your preparation

892
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,239
Speaker 2: from the great sophomore season that you had, writing that

893
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 2: momentum into junior year, what were those things that you

894
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,439
Speaker 2: really focus on in the off season to come out

895
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:55,839
Speaker 2: in the manner that you did.

896
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: That's when I really started walking on film, like watching

897
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 1: film like it's like no one really likes kind of

898
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: like watching theirself that much. It's it's kind of disturbing.

899
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: It's like almost like watching yourself do an interview. It's

900
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: kind of weird. Yeah, but yeah, but I had to

901
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: do and I was like, I feel like this is

902
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:20,359
Speaker 1: truly how I'll get better. So I think that jump

903
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: from sophomore to junior something like clicked. And so, yeah,

904
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: like the Yukon game, I feel like preparations always, like

905
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 1: coach Shafer's thing, like we have to be prepared. We

906
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: prepare like every game is its last and every game

907
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: is the same and so and we knew like we

908
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 1: had to be Yukon in years. They have great players,

909
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: like one of the best players in the league. So

910
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: I think we were just you know, just reready in

911
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: our on our toes and we just wanted to prove

912
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: a point, you know, just go out there and have fun.

913
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: There was a lot of fans there, but yeah.

914
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 2: And you did that. You had twenty seven, had twenty

915
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 2: all of you. I feel like you guys were firing

916
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 2: on all cylinders neck.

917
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we were pretty on point, Like yeah, I

918
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: know it looked like really great and great and we

919
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 1: had fun and we looked great. But I truly when

920
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: we went back after the game. We truly thought we

921
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 1: did great. I mean, obviously there's a few things you

922
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: find in film the next day you're like, Okay, you

923
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,839
Speaker 1: could have done this, you didn't box out stuff like that.

924
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 1: But we were able to just completely execute, Like we

925
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 1: just executed. Everyone took the shots they needed to take,

926
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 1: and we were hitting shots, we got stops, played defense,

927
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,839
Speaker 1: locked in together on defense. So yeah, it was it

928
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:31,479
Speaker 1: really was like it was a great game.

929
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, And it was like, you guys put together a

930
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 2: full forty minutes and I feel like a lot of

931
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,760
Speaker 2: times you played great for a quarter, great for yeah, whatever.

932
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,399
Speaker 2: Sure to put together a full forty minute game. It's

933
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 2: hard to beat somebody when they do that. And you

934
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 2: have impact players coming off the bench, everybody really locking

935
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 2: into their role. And I think what you talked about

936
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 2: with film is so it's so key because like sometimes

937
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 2: when you watch yourself after a bad game, it's like

938
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 2: who is that out there? Like that?

939
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,439
Speaker 1: It's like why did I do that? You're like why,

940
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: Like I if I were to do that right now,

941
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 1: would use not to do that?

942
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,799
Speaker 2: Yes? And I love when the coaches ask you, like

943
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 2: what was going through your head? And I'm like, I

944
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 2: don't have any answer for you. I will do better,

945
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 2: that's my answer. Yeah, let's move forward. Coach's let's not

946
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 2: get past.

947
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: Let's first forward. Yes, let's give five seconds.

948
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 2: Exactly. But so you guys started off great and then

949
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 2: twelve games of the season you get injured, and so

950
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 2: we talked about it a little bit earlier. But I

951
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 2: think one thing that was so special about your recovery

952
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 2: is you chose to share that journey on social media

953
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 2: and going through your rehab documenting it. What made you

954
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 2: want to do that because I feel like a lot

955
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 2: of people want to do that kind of on their own, individually,

956
00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 2: in silence, and you decided to share your journey. A

957
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 2: lot of people were able to connect with you about it,

958
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:50,799
Speaker 2: and you had other teammates who had been through those

959
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 2: injuries too. So what was that like for you deciding

960
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 2: to share it on social media and get all that

961
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 2: love from different types of people? All right?

962
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: I think at the beginning, or like I said, like

963
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: you're just really selfish, like you are just into yourself.

964
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: You're like, oh my god, this is like terrible. I'm

965
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:08,400
Speaker 1: not gonna get any better. I'm not going to be

966
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,759
Speaker 1: the same, Like it's just so many negative thoughts and

967
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, I'm not the only one going through this,

968
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: Like how can I in a way deflect my feelings

969
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 1: just talk about it, like talk about it help somebody else.

970
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: At that time when I was injured, one of the

971
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 1: things that helps me was helping Madison. Yeah, I get

972
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 1: to not think about myself. So now I'm trying to

973
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 1: help somebody else. So I think I enjoyed, like you know,

974
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: making videos and having fun with it in a way,

975
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 1: and like seeing my improvement throughout those videos. And to

976
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: find out like there were so many people dming me saying,

977
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,839
Speaker 1: oh my god, I tore mine the same day or

978
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: I tore mine yet, like it was like crazy, like

979
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: how sadly, like how often it kind of happens, you know.

980
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 1: And I think to this day, I'm still like answering

981
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,280
Speaker 1: questions because I truly, like I understand, like I truly

982
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: do understand how you feel. And you should always want

983
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,399
Speaker 1: to talk to someone just talk it out. Don't want

984
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:05,720
Speaker 1: to like be to yourself, because it really is tough.

985
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 1: When you know you do something your whole life. You

986
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: start off the season great, everything feels like so great,

987
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: and then boom, like something like that happens and you're like,

988
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,319
Speaker 1: you don't even get to play anymore. You can't even

989
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 1: like walk and do anything on your own. So yeah,

990
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 1: I think like it was just a way to let

991
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 1: go and stop thinking about myself. Just help somebody else,

992
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:29,520
Speaker 1: you know, help somebody else, make someone else's day, stuff

993
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,919
Speaker 1: like that. But yeah, I think when I even look

994
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 1: back at that and I'm like, wow, I really couldn't

995
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: lift my leg up, I can do certain things, and

996
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,839
Speaker 1: now where I am, like I'm able to be back

997
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: on the court.

998
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think that's amazing because not only like

999
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 2: being able to focus on somebody else and get out

1000
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 2: of your own head, whether it be medicine talking making

1001
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,560
Speaker 2: these new connections, but I think like for you, you

1002
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 2: basically have a video diary to document every single part

1003
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 2: of your journey, so it's able to be able to

1004
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,719
Speaker 2: watch back and just see your growth, grateful for your

1005
00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:59,759
Speaker 2: health now where you are. So I think that's such

1006
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,919
Speaker 2: a thing that you can look back and then see

1007
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 2: all the connection that you made, the small little things.

1008
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 2: I remembering my rehab, the biggest thing I hated was

1009
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 2: like the straight leg raises and getting your quad to engage.

1010
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,320
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, your other leg becomes so small compared

1011
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 2: to self.

1012
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:17,600
Speaker 1: On mine was like terribly small. I just was like

1013
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:21,399
Speaker 1: I remember my first day after being bad rested from

1014
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: surgery and being on the medication. Obviously, the first thing

1015
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: they do is like, all right, make a quad muscle,

1016
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: and I'm like looking at my leg and I'm like,

1017
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 1: it's not moving things going on, and I was just like,

1018
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 1: I've like it's so like that's the moments that are

1019
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: so hard that like it's devastating, like just the other

1020
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 1: day you were able to do it, and you lose

1021
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,439
Speaker 1: that much muscle that fast but quick. It's interesting to see,

1022
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,760
Speaker 1: like when I even look back now, because it's easier

1023
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: to look back during the time, like I could never

1024
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 1: like look back at any pictures videos, like it's just

1025
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 1: so sad, but now I can talk about it and

1026
00:47:56,640 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: stuff like that. But my smile grew as it went on.

1027
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 1: So I think that's like kind of the most important

1028
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 1: part was just to like find my smile again and

1029
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,840
Speaker 1: understand that everything happens for a reason and I'm a

1030
00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: competitor and I wasn't gonna let anything like this and

1031
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,479
Speaker 1: opposite cool adversity get in my way.

1032
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, And I feel like, like what you said,

1033
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 2: finding that smile again, being away from the game gives

1034
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,319
Speaker 2: you a new appreciation for it in a different way,

1035
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 2: Like you understand, Wow, I really do miss it, Like

1036
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,319
Speaker 2: you get a new love for the game, you get

1037
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 2: to learn it from a different vantage point. And you

1038
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 2: talked about putting that focus away from yourself Like obviously

1039
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:37,879
Speaker 2: you get a week or two to like have those

1040
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:40,399
Speaker 2: selfish moments and be all down about it, but once

1041
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 2: you turn your mindset and then focus on the people

1042
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:44,800
Speaker 2: around you. I saw you with the pen and papers

1043
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,239
Speaker 2: on the sideline. You were locked in, real coach out there.

1044
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 2: You were doing your thing. You were locked in for

1045
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 2: your team. And so what do you feel like is

1046
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,839
Speaker 2: the greatest takeaway that you had from you know, being

1047
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:58,560
Speaker 2: a mentor for Madison, being a player coach for your teammates. Really,

1048
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 2: what do you think that the big takeaway that you

1049
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 2: had from that experience?

1050
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 1: Man, there's like so many, but I would say like

1051
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:10,080
Speaker 1: one of them is just like the patience of the game,

1052
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: Like everything just really does slow down, Like it truly does.

1053
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: And even now, like I sit and talk with like

1054
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:21,320
Speaker 1: coach Slato or coach Schafer and say, like, I truly

1055
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 1: feel like the game is so slow to me now,

1056
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,880
Speaker 1: it's it's very slow. But even then, I think like

1057
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 1: being a coach on the bench and being in the front,

1058
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 1: I get to like hear what he's saying, not all

1059
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:37,839
Speaker 1: the time that he's like projecting out to the team

1060
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:39,880
Speaker 1: on the court, but I can hear what he's saying

1061
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: that he's looking for. And I think that I appreciated that,

1062
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: Like he would ask me, he would ask me like,

1063
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:47,440
Speaker 1: what do you think we should run? Like how do

1064
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:49,799
Speaker 1: you feel about this? It was like yeah, he kept

1065
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,960
Speaker 1: me involved as much as possible too, and took a

1066
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,840
Speaker 1: lot of my advice, and he knew like just because

1067
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: I'm out on the court doesn't mean I don't have

1068
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,840
Speaker 1: any IQ. I don't know what I'm saying, like you know.

1069
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 1: And so I think just him asking me those questions

1070
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: and making you realize and it's kind of slowing the

1071
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,280
Speaker 1: game down for me, that is definitely the biggest takeaway

1072
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:09,840
Speaker 1: for sure.

1073
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 2: And I feel like that's huge for you being a

1074
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:14,120
Speaker 2: point guard, Like now you're just a second hymn out

1075
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 2: there on the court this year, Like you don't always

1076
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,840
Speaker 2: need to turn and be like, Okay, what are we running,

1077
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 2: Like you understand the flow of the game to be

1078
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 2: like okay, okay, this girl's hot, let's get her a touch,

1079
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,360
Speaker 2: or okay, the defense is playing you this type of way.

1080
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:27,239
Speaker 2: So now you can implement that as you come back

1081
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,799
Speaker 2: this season, which is going to be scary for other

1082
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 2: teams really, But.

1083
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:35,480
Speaker 1: I was curious, yes, yes.

1084
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:38,759
Speaker 2: Thinking about last year's tournament run, number one seed, first

1085
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:42,240
Speaker 2: time since two thousand and four, the elitate run was wild,

1086
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,360
Speaker 2: losing a close one to NC State. Talk to me

1087
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 2: about the experience of March Madness last year compared to

1088
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 2: previous years and the differences that you felt being on

1089
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 2: the sideline and how you think that's going to motivate

1090
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:56,480
Speaker 2: you guys moving into this season.

1091
00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:01,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just felt like we were so close. We

1092
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:04,640
Speaker 1: truly believe that we were going to get past that

1093
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:07,520
Speaker 1: elite eate home, And I think that's kind of what

1094
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 1: hurt more is because, like, I mean, we played good,

1095
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: but obviously like we could have played better, Like there's

1096
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,640
Speaker 1: no excuses, and that was like one of the last

1097
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:20,080
Speaker 1: games of the season, But we went through so much

1098
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 1: adversity to like adjust, like we had players in and

1099
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: out constantly and for like Shay and Madison to like

1100
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:33,880
Speaker 1: play those minutes consecutively, like it's so impressive and it

1101
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 1: kind of shows like they start like an example and

1102
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:41,800
Speaker 1: they showed the world like what Texas women's basketball is about.

1103
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,360
Speaker 1: And how now we have this like tip on our shoulder.

1104
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,360
Speaker 1: It's like, okay, so we have these pieces back, we

1105
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: have this person healthy, we have these new additions, and

1106
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 1: it's like, now we have to put it together. Yeah,

1107
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 1: figure it out, find some chemistry, stay healthy, and just

1108
00:51:58,320 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 1: try to get back to that spot.

1109
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:02,879
Speaker 2: But further so, yeah, I mean I'm excited to see

1110
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:06,399
Speaker 2: it to put all those pieces together, especially how people, yeah,

1111
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,239
Speaker 2: like everyone's growth from last year and then bringing you

1112
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 2: back into the mix. I feel like it's just all

1113
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 2: going to flow together very well, which I'm excited to see.

1114
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,360
Speaker 2: Moving into our next session here before we talk about

1115
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:21,839
Speaker 2: your senior season, these next two questions are sponsored by

1116
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:25,440
Speaker 2: are Lovely sponsored so far and when I talk about NIL,

1117
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:27,839
Speaker 2: it's changed the game, it really has. So we need

1118
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:31,400
Speaker 2: to get serious about money and financial literacy all the things.

1119
00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 2: What do you feel like is the biggest piece of

1120
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:38,360
Speaker 2: financial advice you've gotten through the NIL process?

1121
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:41,319
Speaker 1: Just truly like saving your money and investing. I think,

1122
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,759
Speaker 1: I mean Texas is so good at like doing so

1123
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:49,200
Speaker 1: much for our players here and getting so many deals

1124
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:51,919
Speaker 1: and building our brand. We just have to be able

1125
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,440
Speaker 1: to know what to do with the money now. Yeah,

1126
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 1: And I think they have so many things here like

1127
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:02,760
Speaker 1: meetings and conversations. They have people from like Credit Union

1128
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: come talk to us to like talk about like saving

1129
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: your money and like investing where to invest, and like,

1130
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:11,759
Speaker 1: you know, not a lot of people like really know,

1131
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 1: I didn't know everything, like my parents are very great investors,

1132
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:18,479
Speaker 1: but like there's so much that you can still learn.

1133
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:21,360
Speaker 1: And I think that was like one of the biggest

1134
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:24,720
Speaker 1: takeaways because I don't need to spend all my money

1135
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,359
Speaker 1: in a day, you know, I need to go do

1136
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: something with it and do something right with it. And

1137
00:53:30,080 --> 00:53:33,279
Speaker 1: so that was I think even recently. We just had

1138
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 1: a meeting recently and I learned so much from that

1139
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 1: just talking about finances, just like word to invest and

1140
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:42,839
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So yeah, definitely that I.

1141
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:45,239
Speaker 2: Think that's really special that Texas takes the time to

1142
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,759
Speaker 2: educate you guys about what they sue, how to use it,

1143
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:52,280
Speaker 2: and so thinking about the future, what are some things

1144
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,320
Speaker 2: outside of basketball that you're passionate about that you would

1145
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:58,959
Speaker 2: want to invest in one day, Oh, I.

1146
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 1: Like clothes and fast, and so I was gonna say, yeah, yeah,

1147
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: like there's I just want to support cheries. I feel

1148
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 1: like we do a lot of volunteering here and community

1149
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:15,000
Speaker 1: service and I've truly found a love for that, like

1150
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 1: a lot of hands on experiences too. So whatever I

1151
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:22,319
Speaker 1: can do to help like this community or community back

1152
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 1: at home or community in need, I think I enjoy

1153
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:27,680
Speaker 1: doing that. And then but as far as like the

1154
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:31,399
Speaker 1: ones like I do want to invest in, like maybe

1155
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:34,279
Speaker 1: exploring like a clothing brand, like I do have a

1156
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:36,400
Speaker 1: merch line, but like kind of like my own clothing

1157
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:39,960
Speaker 1: brand like okay with you know, like a positive slogan

1158
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: or something like stuff like that. I think just to

1159
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,040
Speaker 1: make a positive impact.

1160
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:47,480
Speaker 2: That's amazing. I'm excited. I mean, public the merch everybody.

1161
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:48,040
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1162
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:52,319
Speaker 2: Yeah. And then how do you feel like I think

1163
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:55,239
Speaker 2: NIL takes up a lot of time with different obligations,

1164
00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:56,919
Speaker 2: and so how do you feel like you've been able

1165
00:54:56,920 --> 00:55:00,879
Speaker 2: to balance those NIL obligations with basketball and your course

1166
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:03,080
Speaker 2: low Like you talked about graduating early, Like can you

1167
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,360
Speaker 2: get a master's how are you able to find that balance?

1168
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 1: I mean they try their best. Like I feel like

1169
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:12,280
Speaker 1: we're in the like majority of the day, But there's

1170
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:15,560
Speaker 1: so much communication here that I appreciate, Like we have

1171
00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:18,479
Speaker 1: coaches involved. It's not just like a one person that's

1172
00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:21,799
Speaker 1: like we do have one person that does extremely help

1173
00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:25,319
Speaker 1: us get these deals, but like she's constantly communicating with

1174
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:29,040
Speaker 1: coach coached Evado, Like they never let us turn down

1175
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 1: any deals, Like if we have to leave practice for

1176
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 1: like you know, a big deal and there's there was

1177
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:36,840
Speaker 1: no other time to schedule that deal, Like there's always

1178
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:39,480
Speaker 1: like a way to figure it out. And yeah, they

1179
00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 1: make sure like you know, when it's when it's time

1180
00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:43,760
Speaker 1: stuff in the court, it's time and steff in the court.

1181
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,920
Speaker 1: But also we do have business, like we're not just

1182
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,760
Speaker 1: basketball players, Like we have a brand like and stuff

1183
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:51,920
Speaker 1: like that. And that's also something I really do appreciate

1184
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,840
Speaker 1: with our staff and just all the resources here at Texas,

1185
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:57,880
Speaker 1: just like they understand like yes, we're elite athletes, were

1186
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:01,879
Speaker 1: elite elite students, but they're there's stuff outside of our

1187
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:04,920
Speaker 1: sport and stuff outside of the ball balancing that we

1188
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,000
Speaker 1: can do, Like we can prove our brand and our business.

1189
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:10,680
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, I think it's really great that your

1190
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:12,440
Speaker 2: coaches are into that because a lot of places they

1191
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:14,719
Speaker 2: don't have that balance where they want to push and

1192
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:18,840
Speaker 2: do more. But changing gears into how do you see

1193
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:22,920
Speaker 2: the evolution from freshman year Rory to senior year Rory.

1194
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:25,879
Speaker 2: What's the biggest jump that we've seen? Do you think? Oh?

1195
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:30,400
Speaker 1: My maturity? For sure? Oh my goodness, that's the answer

1196
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:33,040
Speaker 1: for completely nothing else. I don't know, Yeah, but I yes,

1197
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,160
Speaker 1: I've improved as a basketball player, but just my maturity,

1198
00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:41,359
Speaker 1: like emotional intelligence, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, like all of all

1199
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:46,560
Speaker 1: of that, Like the maturity level has completely just made

1200
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:50,320
Speaker 1: a flip. And I'm just grateful that I've had people

1201
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 1: around me just to help with that process. And it

1202
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:56,840
Speaker 1: could just be like basketball IQ or just like handling,

1203
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,719
Speaker 1: like a situation, like coaches telling me, like how am

1204
00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:03,920
Speaker 1: I gonna respond? The team is down halftime? In the

1205
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:06,279
Speaker 1: locker room? What are we saying to each other? Just

1206
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:10,040
Speaker 1: like it could be little things like that, like 're

1207
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:13,560
Speaker 1: being accountable, like making a turnover and practice and like

1208
00:57:14,239 --> 00:57:16,560
Speaker 1: am I gonna walk over there to run the steps?

1209
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:18,000
Speaker 1: Or am I gonna run? You know what? I'm saying

1210
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,920
Speaker 1: things like that, and now that I'm like a senior

1211
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:25,240
Speaker 1: and I have to set an example for our incoming

1212
00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:27,800
Speaker 1: freshmen or even our transfers, like what it's supposed to

1213
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 1: be like here. So yeah, that is completely the biggest jump.

1214
00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:34,520
Speaker 2: I love that. I think, like you said, obviously on

1215
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:36,920
Speaker 2: the corporate maturity leads to a lot of that other stuff.

1216
00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:39,680
Speaker 2: Even though working on those skills, the maturity that you

1217
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:42,640
Speaker 2: need to be able to implement that into your game

1218
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 2: is big. And so looking at the team, ESPN has

1219
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,200
Speaker 2: you guys ranked number six, how do you feel about that?

1220
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:51,600
Speaker 2: Does that feel right? We feel higher?

1221
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:54,800
Speaker 1: I mean I'm cool where we're at, honestly, like obviously,

1222
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,880
Speaker 1: like I don't want to get too comfortable with that position,

1223
00:57:57,000 --> 00:58:00,480
Speaker 1: but we have something to prove, Like I honestly I'm

1224
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:03,040
Speaker 1: good with working our way up, Like we have to

1225
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:06,040
Speaker 1: work our way up. There's so many great teams out there,

1226
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:09,439
Speaker 1: and that's just something like every day that we will

1227
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 1: think about, Like right now, y'all, we are number six.

1228
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:14,560
Speaker 1: There's a good starter, Like, yeah, that's what I'm saying.

1229
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 1: Like it could either be like okay, well, I mean

1230
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:19,600
Speaker 1: this is fine, like we can be six, five, maybe, like,

1231
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:21,840
Speaker 1: but no, like that's we're gonna see what people are

1232
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,480
Speaker 1: made of on this team eventually down the line when

1233
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:27,680
Speaker 1: these rankings like fluctuate. Who's going to be comfortable with

1234
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:30,200
Speaker 1: just being second? You know, you don't want to be

1235
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:32,600
Speaker 1: just second, you want to be first. Yeah, right now,

1236
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:35,040
Speaker 1: like this is a good spot being top ten out

1237
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:38,280
Speaker 1: of However many schools like that's still good. So, like

1238
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:40,360
Speaker 1: I said, we don't want to get too comfortable, but

1239
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 1: it's still a good thing to say that we're six

1240
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: for sure, for sure.

1241
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:46,360
Speaker 2: And I think you talked about like how much talent

1242
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:48,720
Speaker 2: there is in the college landscape right now. There's a

1243
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,720
Speaker 2: lot of teams that reloaded just like you guys, from

1244
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:55,360
Speaker 2: incoming freshmen, older players staying with their extra eligibility. And

1245
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 2: so what do you think is like the X factor

1246
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:01,760
Speaker 2: about your team other people may be surprised about, or

1247
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 2: the thing that you guys are going to write on

1248
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:05,040
Speaker 2: to get you to a final four this year.

1249
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:08,440
Speaker 1: Oh, that's a good question. That's something that I'm going

1250
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:09,440
Speaker 1: to have to think about.

1251
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 2: Give me a second all the time.

1252
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:16,840
Speaker 1: Man, It's really I mean, honestly, it really just comes

1253
00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: down the toughness, like who is going to be tougher

1254
00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 1: because at the end of the day, like you're going

1255
00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:25,600
Speaker 1: to be playing against someone that's either the same skill

1256
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 1: set or better, but who is going to be tougher

1257
00:59:29,240 --> 00:59:32,480
Speaker 1: mentally and physically, who's going to get the most rebounds

1258
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 1: usually wins, and then whoever's mentally tough at the end

1259
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:38,400
Speaker 1: of the game usually wins. So that's something that we

1260
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:41,320
Speaker 1: really do talk about lot here, Like it's on the board.

1261
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:45,160
Speaker 1: We do like check minus for like games. So if

1262
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:48,960
Speaker 1: we come across toughness and we didn't feel like we

1263
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:52,120
Speaker 1: were all tough, it's either one or zero, it's a minus.

1264
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:55,120
Speaker 1: So that's like a big indicator of like our wins

1265
00:59:55,120 --> 00:59:55,720
Speaker 1: and losses.

1266
00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, I feel like that's something that Texas teams,

1267
00:59:59,640 --> 01:00:03,160
Speaker 2: not all before coach Schaeffer, but also with him and

1268
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 2: all his teams. You guys have that identity of like, yeah,

1269
01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:07,880
Speaker 2: you guys can be just as talented, more talented than

1270
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:10,240
Speaker 2: teams to come across, but you guys have that grit

1271
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:13,480
Speaker 2: that push neither he's gonna get y'all there or y'all

1272
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:14,880
Speaker 2: go and get it there, but y'all be diving on

1273
01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:19,439
Speaker 2: the ground place. You guys always have those intangibles which

1274
01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:22,040
Speaker 2: I feel like set you apart. And so I'm excited

1275
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:24,680
Speaker 2: to see how all that comes to fruition this year.

1276
01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:26,880
Speaker 2: And let me not give too much love to Texas,

1277
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 2: but I do a lot of respect.

1278
01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:32,040
Speaker 1: That means thank you.

1279
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:34,560
Speaker 2: As we headed to our last section here, it's our

1280
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:37,919
Speaker 2: vibe check. It's gonna be rapid fire questions, so we'll see.

1281
01:00:38,680 --> 01:00:40,080
Speaker 2: I think you're gonna be a great with rapid fire.

1282
01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:41,760
Speaker 2: We have some guests where it's like, Okay, I feel

1283
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 2: like quicken it up. You're gonna be great. So our

1284
01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:47,760
Speaker 2: first question is what's the drill you never want to

1285
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:48,680
Speaker 2: see on the practice plan?

1286
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:51,760
Speaker 1: Oh wait, what's the name of the drill? Sorry, I've

1287
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:54,720
Speaker 1: been on a practice for a long time. Three on

1288
01:00:54,760 --> 01:01:00,560
Speaker 1: three no dribble? Is that full two? It is? So

1289
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Speaker 1: you basically three on three, there's no dribbles. There's defense.

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Speaker 1: So the defense denies, so think about it. You don't

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Speaker 1: have dribbles, but yeah, in denial, so you're basically like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're basically running backs wide receivers trying to get open

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Speaker 1: and if you if the person catches the ball for

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Speaker 1: the defender, you get like a tally. So there's tallies

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Speaker 1: for like if you let someone catch the ball. We

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Speaker 1: also get plus tallies if you get a deflection and

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Speaker 1: stuff like that. And at the end of it, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, five six minutes. Oh my god, I'm like

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Speaker 1: thinking about it. It's not fun.

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Speaker 2: Bringing up a lot of emotions.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we hadn't done it yet. That's like one of

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Speaker 1: our like toughness drills. Like no, like it is like toughness.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, one of our drills we don't do too

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Speaker 1: early on. I hope I'm not speaking that into the

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Speaker 1: next but but yeah, I'm not. I don't like really

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Speaker 1: seeing that one.

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Speaker 2: We'll leave that. We'll leave that one where it is. Yeah, yeah,

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01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:57,960
Speaker 2: so it comes out, Okay, game winning shot or game

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Speaker 2: winning steal.

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Speaker 1: Game money is still into a shot, all right, I know,

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Speaker 1: I know, I mean, but game money. No, let's say

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Speaker 1: game shotange game shot.

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Speaker 2: I like that, and one or three pointer and one

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Speaker 2: group TikTok or solo TikTok, solo TikTok. I'm sad to

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01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:22,480
Speaker 2: see the solo TikTok up the page.

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Speaker 1: I've been on solo.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, where's the toughest place to play on

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Speaker 2: the road?

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Speaker 1: Where it was was Iowa State great, great, great family.

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Speaker 1: So many people, there's gonna be a lot of good crowds.

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Speaker 2: Me sec.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to see. I really can't. I'm excited.

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Speaker 2: Who is the biggest trash talker you've played against?

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Speaker 1: It's funny you say that, because I don't think anybody

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01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:48,680
Speaker 1: has ever talked trust to me?

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Speaker 2: Really? No, Okay, so maybe like have you heard it,

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01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:53,480
Speaker 2: like maybe to a teammate or something like that, or.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I won that one little incident in our Louisville game.

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Speaker 2: Yes, all right, Yeah, who's the hardest player you've had

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Speaker 2: to guard?

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Speaker 1: I feel like this isn't rapid fire anymore. I don't

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Speaker 1: even know.

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Speaker 2: Let's think we're doing so good, Roy.

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Speaker 1: I know I'm thinking because like I didn't play that much,

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01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:23,360
Speaker 1: so I got to think back somewhere.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so I'm trying to like, oh, oh I got

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Speaker 1: one Emily Ryana. I always saying, oh.

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Speaker 2: That's a good thing.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty tough. Yeah, Like it's it's like a so smart. Yeah,

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01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:41,520
Speaker 1: she's so smart, and she's so like heady and very calm,

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Speaker 1: and it just can mess up the You're like thinking,

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01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:46,480
Speaker 1: oh she's something you did like, but she does something

1344
01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:50,200
Speaker 1: completely different. But now, she's pretty tough to guard, like actually.

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Speaker 2: She where like her rhythm and the way she dribbles

1346
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Speaker 2: is different from other people.

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Speaker 1: She'll put you to sleep almost like, yes, you can't

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Speaker 1: really gave win or what she's doing. I cannot.

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Speaker 2: That's a good band. Okay, who is the biggest flopper

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Speaker 2: you've played against?

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Speaker 1: Can I say my teammates? I'm just kidding. You can

1352
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:14,600
Speaker 1: say some of your teammates practice sometimes, but dang wait,

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01:04:14,680 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 1: let me think again.

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Speaker 2: It can be a teammate.

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Speaker 1: It can Okay, yeah, because a yeah putting herself around

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Speaker 1: do all right, what's your biggest basketball I think whenever

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Speaker 1: coaches like, all right, chew free throws for like running

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01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:38,640
Speaker 1: baselines in the practice, so you get to like if

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01:04:38,680 --> 01:04:40,880
Speaker 1: you miss hat, run like you make like I don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't care too much.

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Speaker 2: I hate that drill. That's really like stepping up to

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01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:47,800
Speaker 2: the free throw line psykes me out more than any

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01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:50,960
Speaker 2: loud arena because I know it's my teammates made the consequences.

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Speaker 2: So I'm like, please give me the strength here. That's

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Speaker 2: a hard one.

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Speaker 1: And then someone who like I say this and this me,

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Speaker 1: but someone who takes charges, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Gonna say you're a big golfriend.

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Speaker 1: I know it's crazy someone who takes charges. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: happen a lot on me. But like my team is

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Speaker 1: very put your shoulder down, head down drive. And I

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Speaker 1: remember there's one team they took charges laft after right.

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01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:19,520
Speaker 1: You know, charges are turnovers and Caver doesn't appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: So it is a long game.

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Speaker 2: All right, I got you. Who is your basketball goat?

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Speaker 1: Alan Everson?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Good pick. We haven't had that one yet. I

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Speaker 2: like that. All right? If you could pick a two

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01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:33,480
Speaker 2: on two teammate, but it can't be one of your

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Speaker 2: current Texas teammates, it can be any any player.

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Speaker 1: Who would you pick Asian Wilson?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a popular Yeah, your favorite pregame song?

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Speaker 1: First, stay Out Trily good pick. Yeah, it's kind of aggressive,

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Speaker 1: so I.

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Speaker 2: Think it's good for a pre game for sure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay.

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Speaker 2: And then what's your best impression of coach Schaeffer.

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Speaker 1: Well, he says, well that I ain't it or something,

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Speaker 1: you know his accent. He'll say, yeah, that ain't it.

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Speaker 1: And then so if we do anything, turn the ball

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Speaker 1: over or anything, we have to like go up the

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Speaker 1: steps or go on the versa climber, like just go,

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Speaker 1: just go, like it's like, just.

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Speaker 2: Just it out. He's just like a sound of disappointment,

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Speaker 2: is what it's not, just.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're done, and his famous stomps. Of course I'm

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Speaker 1: not getting up for that, but I'm pretty sure everyone

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Speaker 1: knows I've witnessed.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I feel like I've even seen like like

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Speaker 2: a paper throat, like I've seen that.

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Speaker 1: Or his jacket, yeah, or his jacket. He's yeah, that's his.

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Speaker 2: He's very animated, which I love.

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Speaker 1: It can get us rowled up and it can upset you.

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Speaker 1: But I think I remember him like yanking off his

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Speaker 1: jacket like one of the second plays in the Yukon game.

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Speaker 1: I was like, we just did something good, but what

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Speaker 1: do you mean jackets toss? It's usually like something bad,

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Speaker 1: but I think he was just really hot, so.

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Speaker 2: He's just good. It was well, Roy, this has been

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Speaker 2: such a pleasure. Thank you so much for joining us today.

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Speaker 1: Thank you it's been fun. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, and thank you to everybody for listening. Stay

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