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#UNC coach Hubert Davis after loss at Cal
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you guys making that push late. What
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were you getting to work for you that
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wasn't working for you earlier?
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Um
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I think there was a sense of urgency.
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Um
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that wasn't there.
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um
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first 20 25 minutes
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and um
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there were still mistakes that were made
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on both ends of the floor, but it was it
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was done with
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with an urgency with an effort that
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allowed us to get back into the game.
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A good part of that was with the press
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and they mentioned something about how
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they were surprised at Caleb's length
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and activity in that press. Is that
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something you might consider flashing a
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little bit more when you guys are going
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through some of the spells like you did
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in the first half and maybe just shake
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things up a little bit?
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Yeah, I mean I would respectfully
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I mean we we've been doing that all year
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after not after makes just made free
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throws but just like consistently for
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several multiple possessions regardless.
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Well, I mean it um it did help us um
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today and um it did help us today.
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Shelby and Spencer.
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Um I was just hoping you could explain
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maybe some of the defensive adjustments
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that you guys made in the second half.
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Obviously there was the press, but also
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looked like a kind of like top block. I
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know you talked about doing blue at
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Stanford, but just some of the
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adjustments you made to help uh switch
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it up in the second half.
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No, I mean I felt like um you know, as I
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mentioned before, like the urgency
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um was much better in the second half. I
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um we were disciplined from a standpoint
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of defending without putting him on the
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free throw line or third in the country
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in free throw shooting. Um we didn't
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give up very many offensive rebounds as
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opposed to at the beginning of the game.
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Uh we were able to get some steals and
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deflections. We got, you know, we
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finished our possessions with a box out
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rebound and allowed us to get out in
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transition. And so those are things that
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have been consistent of what we want to
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do for an entire game and we just didn't
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do it today. Spencer then right here.
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Coach, obviously you guys make the the
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switch in the starting lineup. I was
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just wondering what the thought process
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was behind going with Derek and then
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what you what you made of him in his
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first career start today.
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Yeah, I mean I I don't make big deals
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out of starting lineups. Wanted, you
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know, um I felt like it would be good
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for us to get some different rotations
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out there on the floor. I mean Satan
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played, you know, some extended minutes.
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Obviously the Jaden has um gotten
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extended minutes and um
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and I thought overall I thought I
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thought Derek did a good job.
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Coach Found California, is there
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anything from Cal's offensive plan that
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was a surprise or they did better than
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you expect?
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No, no, no. I mean, they're, you know,
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we I mean,
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I mean, we knew Lee is a is their best
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offensive rebounder and he got, you
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know, started the game off with three, I
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think it was three straight offensive
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rebounds. Uh, we knew that, you know,
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from an offensive standpoint, there's a
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a lot of movement. One of the things
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that I consistently said to the team
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that like there's no time to be able to
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take a deep breath. Something's coming
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whether it's a downscreen flare
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um stagger duck in
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um our readiness
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um to be able to guard their actions
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wasn't there um at the beginning of the
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game and in large part for the first
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period first quarter. And so, but you
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know, everything that they did, like we
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were prepared for and we knew what was
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coming.
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All right. Al Shelby.
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Uh, Cal came in as one of the worst
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rebounding teams in the league, yet they
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had as many as you did. What was the
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difference there?
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Yeah, you know, um,
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I've said to you guys, you know, it's
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been three things. It's defense,
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rebounding 1 A, one B, and taking care
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of the basketball. And so I always
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believe rebounding is uh the number one
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determining factor of an outcome of a
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game. We had a 30% offensive rebounding
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percentage. That's nowhere close to the
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goal that we have every every every game
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for the entire year. And so you know our
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lack of ability to dominate the boards
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um was also a huge factor in outcome of
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the game.
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Was it about them being more physical?
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Um, I, you know, I mean, I think there's
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a physicality about rebounding, but I
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ultimately it's about a will and a want
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to. Um, whether is a defensive
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rebounding or trying to get a second
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chance opportunity on the offensive end.
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Last three, Shelby, Andrew, Spencer.
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Yeah, I guess just want to, but I think
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you saw all your recent radio shows, it
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feels like just every single practice
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this season, there's been a moment where
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you're kind of getting on the team to
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put a little more urgency and a little
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more edge.
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When was this? I think it was
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that's your radio show.
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This is your radio.
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I I said this.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Um I guess you keep talking about just
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on defense again just kind of the the
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urgency and going back to that. Um what
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can you like do as a coach I guess to
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hype that up and what is maybe your
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level of concern that you're just not
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seeing it? Yeah, I mean, you know, I
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mean, just a continued um um
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continue to repeat it, continue to drill
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it, continue to coach it um and continue
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to hold guys accountable towards it. And
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also
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it throughout the year
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everybody goes through some bumps
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whether it's at the beginning of the
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year, middle of the year, you hope it's
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not at the end of the year and
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you have to you have to find a way to
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work through it. And so these are some
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bumps that were we went through this
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week and three of the last four games.
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and we're going to have to respond and
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fight back. We have an opportunity to do
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this. I love these kids. Um, we got a an
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unbelievable great team to coach. Um, I
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love being around them and and we'll
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figure it out.
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Last two. Make them quick cuz Derek's
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waiting. Yeah.
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Here we speaking to the bump. You guys
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have given up 70 made threes in the
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first five ACC games. How much of that
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is a bump and how if it is a bump, how
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is it fixable?
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Well, I thought we did a better job of
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it today. So that, you know, I like to
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look at the improvement, especially in
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the second half. Um, it's very
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interesting. I mean, they had two guys
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that have never made a three and hit two
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threes on us, you know, and um again, I
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I
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you look at the threes, but I look at
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the source where like where it's coming
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from and just the initial position, um
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the urgency and closeouts, uh the
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rotations, that's what you have to look
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at. It's not the end result. Oh, they
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shot a three. It's
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you know, why why are why recently have
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teams been um shooting it at a high
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percentage? I think that's the most
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important thing to look at. And as I
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mentioned before, just, you know,
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awareness, scouting report,
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um closeouts,
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rotations,
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um those types of things that um have to
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um consistently get better.
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Spencer.
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Yeah, coach. Obviously, you guys had you
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crawled out of the hole and you had
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yourself within striking distance of,
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you know, taking over the game and then
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you guys went almost four minutes
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without a field goal down the stretch. I
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guess what would you credit that to?
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Well, we had opportunities. Um, you
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know, you you talk about field goals. I
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think in those situations, we also
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missed free throws and so, you know, we
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had opportunities to be able to score
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and we just didn't. We had advantages on
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the break and came away with nothing.
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And so, um, we had the opportunities. um
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we just didn't capitalize on it as much
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as we needed it to.
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