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Coach Q&A: Mike Woodson previews Northwestern
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Jan 22, 2025
Coach Q&A: Mike Woodson previews Northwestern
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good morning um McKenzie and Bako has
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been uh had a had a rough go of over the
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last couple games um what have you kind
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of assess to be the thing that needs to
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be fixed and you know what approach have
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you taken with him and practice to get
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him where you want him to be he's got to
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keep working through it you know I mean
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he's you know he's taken some good shots
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and he's just hadn't made them and
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um so I just got it I'm not going to
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throw him to the curve because he's a
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big piece of what we do uh this is
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echoing too Charlie by the way okay um
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but we just got to keep working man
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practice that's the only way you get out
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of a funk is when you're struggling to
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to make shots you got to come in and put
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the time in and keep shooting and and
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keep working on it Jack and then
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Mike Mike um how much have Malik and and
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Bryson Tucker been able to practice
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lately since the last game and uh do you
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expect to have either of them back uh
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tomorrow well A lot's going to depend on
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Malik today he worked some yesterday uh
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uh Tucker worked a little
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yesterday um so we just I'll gauge it
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today we got a 12 o'clock practice
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before we take off so I'll get a better
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feel of where Malik and Bryson is at
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this point n and then
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Schuman part
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me yeah Mike um have you seen um
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consistency from from the guys in
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practice I mean you've got you know been
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up and down lately in games but have you
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just kind of seen them Be steady behind
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the scenes what what has kind of been
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like the last couple weeks uh for you
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guys as as you guys kind of practiced
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through some of the
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struggles well practice is is what it is
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we work in practice you know there's no
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days off you know they get their days
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based on the
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NCAA uh mandate that allows them a day
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so many days a month but when we had
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practice we work you know I mean you
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know we've had a couple of bad games we
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went on a nice five game stretch where
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we played pretty good
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basketball and then we got smacked in
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the face two games and we responded I
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thought in the Ohio State game and now
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we got to get ready for Northwestern
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who's playing some pretty good
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basketball Mike and then Alex yeah coach
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uh I I remember game last year against
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Kennesaw State where you turned to
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Anthony Leo in the second half when that
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the game was kind of uncomfortable and
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seemed like you did that again last
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night or uh Friday night what makes him
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a guy that you turn to in situations
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like that well he's a
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senior um you know he puts the time in
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in practice when we when we going
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through our practicing sessions um and I
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trust him you know I mean that's that's
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a big part of it and it's not to say
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he's going to come in and make every
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play that you ask him to make but when
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you do throw him in you trust him and
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you know you're going to get winning
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plays and that's you know that's
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important when you when you're trying to
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win basketball games you know you got to
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trust the players that you put out there
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and they got to trust you and uh and
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Anthony's kind of been that way uh since
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I've been coaching him hadn't played a
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whole lot but you know I I still trust
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the minutes when I throw him out there
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that he's going to give me something
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positive Alex and then
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flick the last four games you guys I
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think are 20 for 75 26.6% on threes what
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do what do you feel like the the issue
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there is with the three-point shooting
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and the consistency it's been something
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that you know obviously it's been
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persistent over the last couple years
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what do you maybe uh when you watch film
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and you talk to these guys what do you
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think maybe the issue there is just with
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the consistency well early on WE
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struggled and then I thought we figured
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it out we got our percentage up to about
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36 37% so I was feeling pretty good
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about that and then we we hit a wall
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again you know and I mean we're not
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doing anything differently we shoot them
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we you know guys just got to be
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comfortable man I got to get them more
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comfortable in making them because we
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are getting some good looks and uh uh
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especially from Key guys that you know
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we expect to make them and U you know we
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just got to keep working that's all you
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can
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do Daniel then
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rabie Kenzie obviously had a lot of
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stretches here the last few weeks where
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he just kind of hasn't been on the floor
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I'm curious is there anything apart from
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the scoring aspect of it that you'd like
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to see him improve at and just kind of
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how have you kind of seen him handle the
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last I guess week or two here well you
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games he's been in he's got in foul
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trouble and and then the game up at Ohio
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State hell we just you listen man I'm
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trying to win basketball games and it
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ain't always the player you know the
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players got to adjust to to how you
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coaching in the game and um you know we
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had a group in there that was pretty
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solid so if you're about team it
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shouldn't matter you know I mean it
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could be your night the Northwestern
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game when we play on Wednesday night so
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I mean you know we we'll we'll keep
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working with him we got to get him back
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going because like I said he is a big
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piece to what we
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do
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Jeff morning coach thanks for your time
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uh on Luke goody uh since he's moved
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into the starting lineup I think he's
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somewhere around 12 points per game
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shooting fairly well what are your
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thoughts on why he's been productive and
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then when you guys return to full
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strength how are you going to manage do
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I keep him a starter or do I start
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bringing him off the bench don't know
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what I'm going to do yet as far as
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that's concerned but you know goody has
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some of the same looks early in the
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season that he was struggling to make
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and you know he's found his rhythm
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and uh the other night he was bigger
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than ever it's the most points he's ever
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scored in a college game and um you know
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and I tip my hat to him because he works
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I mean he comes to work every day he
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helps leads
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uh uh you know he does everything you
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want in a player uh and you expect that
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because again he's a senior he's been
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around and he's done it at Illinois and
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uh so we expect him to do it here so I'm
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I'm very pleased you know in terms of
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how he's been playn and we're going to
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need him to continue to grow and and and
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play at that level to help us win games
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two more here we'll go with Seth and
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then Alex
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yeah Mike you you've always held
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particularly high expectations for your
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seniors uh G Trey G has dealt with some
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inconsistency so far this season just
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how would you assess what you've gotten
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from out of him so far this year and
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where could he step up a little more for
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you again I'm not you know Trey Galloway
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came off a major knee surgery probably a
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knee surgery that probably takes a
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little over a year to to bounce back and
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you know he's been he's given us all
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he's got I mean I I can't complain about
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Trey Trey Trey's been a Workhorse over
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the years for me uh you know I've gotten
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on Trey probably more than anybody
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that's still left on this team and um I
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love everything about him uh because I
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do know he tries his best when he's out
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there on the floor and you know he's had
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his ups and downs but hey I I'm I'm I'm
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willing to go to war with him every time
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he steps out on the floor so
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I'm good with Trey you know he'll he'll
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figure it out as we continue to go I
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mean he hadn't played bad basketball I
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think he's been pretty pretty good off
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and on for us and he's helped us win
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some games and we're going to need him
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uh to stay positive and and keep working
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because that's what he does when he's in
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practice and a lot of that you see in
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the game sometime because he plays
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hard last question
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Alex you guys obviously play I think
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Northwestern four times since you've
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been there the four games have been
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decided by a total of 15 so it's been a
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lot of close games what what makes them
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such a tough matchup and what do you
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kind of see as the keys going into
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tomorrow's game they play hard I
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mean Coach Collins he he pushes those
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guys to to play hard and we've had some
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close games with them and and and hav't
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been able to get over the top and you
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know like like I tell our guys you know
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before they get on this plane the day to
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head up to Chicago you can't go in there
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with a with a a soft attitude and soft
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mind because I mean they GNA force you
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to play hard and you got to meet that
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you got to meet that physicality because
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if you don't it could be a long night
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and that's where I think the game is
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going to be won tomorrow uh both teams
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you know I think we play hard at times I
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just got to get us playing harder you
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know for 40 minutes
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consistently and um you know they've had
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their ups and downs as a team this
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season as well but um when you go on the
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road you got to do everything right man
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I mean it's hard winning on the road and
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can't turn it over got to Rebound with
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them and and um you got to make shots I
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mean that's the key ingredient man and
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win the 50-50 game so um we'll see where
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we are come tomorrow
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night all right thanks everybody we'll
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see you guys Wednesday
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