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#UNC coach Hubert Davis at weekly ACC Zoom coaches press conference
Jan 5, 2026
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0:00
Noah Weissoff, you're up first.
0:02
Hey, Hubert. Good morning. Um, you've
0:05
had a couple different players this
0:06
season for you step up into that fourth
0:08
scoring role throughout the year, uh,
0:10
behind Caleb, Henry, and Seth. I'm
0:12
curious whether it's Jiren, Luca, Kai,
0:14
and someone else. How do you help those
0:15
guys continue to develop their
0:18
consistency and the consistency you're
0:19
looking for in them?
0:22
Well, I mean, all the, you know, I don't
0:25
necessarily even think about a fourth
0:27
score. I I think about our team just
0:30
continuing to get better. Um
0:33
um every day, one of the things that um
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I'm excited about is, you know, um
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as of right now, you know, our our team
0:43
is healthy and so, you know, with Seth
0:45
coming back, we have our full lineup and
0:47
so just building that chemistry and that
0:51
um that relationship on the court with
0:54
uh with everyone healthy. That's the
0:57
thing that I'm thinking about now.
1:01
Go next to Andrew Jones.
1:04
Hey, Hubert. Uh, in the two losses, uh,
1:07
Caleb went through a stretch of 20
1:08
minutes against Michigan State where he
1:10
didn't score and got one shot. And then
1:12
Saturday at SMU, he went about what, 13
1:15
and a half minutes without scoring and
1:17
got a and got one shot as well. Um, I
1:20
guess at Michigan State, it was four
1:21
shots. So, is there like other than the
1:23
other what they're doing defensively, is
1:24
there something Caleb can do or you guys
1:26
could do collectively to get him more
1:28
touches when you're going through a
1:30
stretch like that? Cuz obviously in
1:32
losing both games, that was a huge part
1:34
of the ultimate outcome.
1:35
Well, I mean, I I wouldn't I mean that
1:39
there's a number of factors and why we
1:42
lost to Michigan State and why we lost
1:44
to SMU. But, you know, um I think a team
1:49
shooting, you know, 70% in the second
1:51
half is a huge determining factor,
1:53
Andrew. And so, you know, from a
1:56
defensive standpoint that that's just
1:58
unacceptable. And so, um there's a
2:02
number of things throughout the game
2:03
that um
2:07
that happened that resulted in us
2:09
losing. And um but you also have to
2:13
congratulate SMU for playing a really
2:15
good game.
2:16
Specifically with Caleb though, is there
2:18
is this part of his learning process
2:20
that if he's going through a period
2:22
where he's being defended well and he's
2:23
not getting touches that there's
2:24
something he can do or you could do
2:26
maybe to run something to get him some
2:28
of those touches to get him going
2:30
because you guys obviously need him to
2:32
be a consistent producer to beat really
2:34
good teams. Yeah, I mean we do and but
2:36
we also need you know touches from
2:38
everyone else as well you know and um
2:41
you know execution shot selection
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um
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again um you know focusing on the
2:50
touches
2:51
um in regards to any one of our players.
2:54
Um
2:57
when you when you give up 70% shooting
3:01
in a in any half um to me that's that
3:05
that's that's a bigger issue.
3:07
Understood. Thank you. Appreciate it.
3:09
Yeah.
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Go next to Spencer Haskell.
3:12
Hey Hubert. I was just wondering now
3:14
that you know you've had the chance you
3:15
guys are back from Texas. You've had a
3:17
chance to watch the SMU game back. Was
3:19
there anything that that jumped out to
3:20
you on film that maybe you didn't see uh
3:22
initially on Saturday?
3:25
No, just the, you know, the things that
3:27
we've got to continue to get better and
3:29
grow from, you know, from an offensive
3:31
standpoint. Um, uh, shot selection, uh,
3:35
execution,
3:37
um, getting to the offensive glass. I
3:39
think we only, it was a 29% offensive
3:42
rebounding percentage, which is nothing
3:44
close to where we need to be. Um, and
3:48
uh, just defensively it came from every
3:51
direction in regards to, you know,
3:53
one-on-one, whether it was on the
3:55
perimeter, the post, uh, transition,
3:58
pick and roll, um,
4:02
you know, close outs, middle drives,
4:05
just, uh, different things defensively
4:07
that contributed to them to shoot such a
4:10
high percentage in the second half.
4:12
Thank you.
4:15
Uh, go next to Michael Co.
4:18
Morning, Hubert. Um, looking ahead to to
4:21
Wake Forest this coming weekend.
4:23
Obviously, they lost a lot of production
4:25
last year with with Salace leaving, but
4:28
this year they were still the team that
4:29
played Michigan the closest. Uh, what
4:32
stands out to you about how the Deaks
4:34
play and what can challenge you guys
4:36
this weekend? Well, I mean, they're they
4:39
got an excellent coach and coach Forbes
4:41
and um they're very disciplined, they're
4:44
tough, they're physical, very athletic,
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and they play hard. And so, and they've
4:51
got a number of skilled players. And so,
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um, the thing that I'm looking forward
4:58
to this week is, yeah, in preparation
5:00
for Wake Forest on Saturday, but because
5:03
we don't have a midweek game, we can
5:04
have some practices where we're working
5:08
solely on us and and getting us right on
5:11
both ends of the floor uh, to put
5:13
ourselves in a position to play a really
5:15
good Wake Forest team that plays well on
5:18
the road.
5:19
Thanks, uh, Shelby Swanson. Go ahead.
5:23
Hi Hubert. Uh I know obviously you're
5:25
focused a lot on um just the defense and
5:28
everything, but wanted to ask another
5:29
offensive question. Um just with a few
5:32
of the different point guards that you
5:33
guys have gone to between Seth and um
5:36
Kenne and Derek. I know that you talked
5:38
um about going to Seth for some of the
5:41
stretches in the second half against SMU
5:42
because you felt like he was able to get
5:44
in there and kind of break them down
5:45
maybe a little bit more, make some
5:46
plays, but just what is going through um
5:49
like your mind or just kind of with the
5:51
coaching staff? What are the discussions
5:52
like when you guys determine, all right,
5:55
this is the point guard out of our, you
5:57
know, three or so options that we're
5:58
going to go with in in a game like that?
6:00
Yeah. You know, I you know, and I've
6:02
said this before, you know, the
6:05
for me, I I I don't I love multiple
6:08
playmakers out there on the floor. I
6:10
don't determine this guy's a point
6:12
guard, this guy's a two guard, he's a
6:15
small forward. I want basketball players
6:17
that can handle the basketball. And so,
6:19
I mean, you see when Caleb gets the
6:21
rebound, he brings up the ball and
6:23
starts our offense. And so, um, just
6:26
having multiple ball handlers out there
6:29
against teams that pressure like SMU
6:32
that, um, they don't dictate and decide
6:34
how efficient we play on the offensive
6:36
end. We're able to get to our sets, get
6:38
into scoring positions. And, uh, just
6:42
finding different combinations that give
6:43
us multiple players to be able to do
6:46
that. That's something that I've always
6:48
done and that's something I'll continue
6:49
to do this year.
6:52
Uh, Arl Albinum, go ahead, sir.
6:59
Take yourself off mute there.
7:08
Sorry. Seth played quite a bit at point
7:10
guard against SMU. Was that more matchup
7:13
specific or is that something that we're
7:15
going to see a lot in future games?
7:18
You know, I as again before, you know,
7:20
it's not I I don't have point guard,
7:23
shooting guard, small forward. I just I
7:27
don't put guys in those particular
7:28
categories. I put them in a category of
7:30
of being a basketball player. And so,
7:33
um, I always have liked multiple ball
7:36
handlers out there on the floor that
7:38
could get us into our offense and it
7:40
could come from many different
7:41
directions. Um, just like I said, you
7:44
know, with, you know, when Caleb gets
7:47
the rebound, he brings up the basketball
7:49
uh because he has the ability to do
7:50
that. And so, just putting lineups out
7:54
there specifically against SMU that was
7:57
um extending their pressure and making
7:59
it hard to bring up the basketball,
8:01
having multiple guys that could get us
8:03
in position that we could be more
8:05
efficient on the offensive end.
8:09
Get one final question in from Rod
8:10
Baxley.
8:12
Hey Hubert, going back to the uh
8:14
defense, obviously you guys have
8:16
defended well all season. Uh did
8:18
Saturday just feel like a a blip or what
8:20
did you see on the the field that that
8:22
could lead to some uh some some problems
8:24
down the road?
8:25
I hope you know it was a oneame thing. I
8:28
you know it it came in many different
8:31
directions. I I couldn't point at one
8:33
particular area. Um, I thought, you
8:36
know, our one-on-one defense, they broke
8:38
us down easily and we're able to make
8:40
plays, whether getting to the basket for
8:42
themselves or just being able to score
8:45
from the perimeter. Uh, transition, but
8:48
that was, you know, a lot of transition
8:50
to me came off of turnovers and and bad
8:53
shots. And that always leads to um
8:56
difficulty in transition.
8:59
um
9:02
um you know, middle drives, um um
9:06
rotation, slow rotations. And so those
9:09
are things that uh we'll talk about
9:11
today at practice and in the film room
9:15
and and make sure that uh that was a
9:18
oneame thing and and not something that
9:20
uh will consistently happen in games.
9:23
Thanks, Hubert.
9:25
Hubert, thank you for the time today. We
9:26
appreciate it.
9:27
All right. Thanks a lot, guys. Have a
9:28
great day.
9:29
Thank you.
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