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#UNC coach Hubert Davis at weekly ACC Zoom coaches press conference ahead of game at Stanford
Jan 12, 2026
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Thanks for being here.
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Yeah.
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All right. Uh we'll get rolling. Uh got
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plenty of questions on here. Uh we'll
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give the first question to Steve Croner.
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Go ahead, Steve.
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Yeah, Hubert. Um obviously the two main
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attraction freshman in the ACC maybe in
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the country have been your guy Caleb
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Wilson and Cameron Boozer at uh Duke.
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But where does IO Corey fit into the uh
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that freshman landscape? Well, I mean,
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he's obviously extremely gifted. Um, you
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know, his ability. I I really, you know,
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I've been blown away by, you know, his
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impactfulness on both ends of the floor.
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Defensively, he he um does a really good
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job of guarding the ball, competes, gets
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steals, deflections on the ball. Um, so
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he's a really good uh defensive player
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as well, but offensively just, you know,
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he can shoot from three.
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um he can shoot from three off the catch
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or the dribble. Um his ability to go
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either direction, get into the lane. The
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way that he finishes floaters around the
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basket with either hand is elite and he
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gets to the free throw line. He's a good
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free throw shooter and you know they
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give him the ball a lot and all their
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actions uh for the most part run through
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him and um he has stepped up and
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delivered. He's he's he's been fun to
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watch and hopefully he's not fun to
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watch on Wednesday for us.
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Yeah. Thank you, sir. Uh Rod Baxley, go
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ahead, sir.
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Hey, Hubert. Um how do you continue to
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try to help Luca find his footing in
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consistency and and getting to what he's
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capable of providing for your guys?
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Yeah, I mean, Luca is um obviously
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gifted and needed for our team to be the
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best that they can be, you know. Um he's
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a big guard. He's, you know, offensively
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can handle, can distribute. Uh he can
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make plays for himself and make plays
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for his teammates. And, you know, in
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regards to the rhythm, I I'm a big
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believer in like
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rhythm doesn't mean just your shot. I
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mean, there's just so many impactful
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ways that you can make an impact out
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there on the floor. It's not your in
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rhythm, out of rhythm. Um, in terms of
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shooting the basketball, you know, and,
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um, he can defend, he can rebound. Um, I
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talked about his passing ability and,
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you know, just moving forward like we
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need his scoring, we need his ability to
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playmake because he does it at an elite
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level.
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Thanks, Hubert.
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Uh, Andrew Jones, go ahead.
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Hey, Hubert. I asked I asked you the
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other day about what Seth said about the
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switching and last week Andy Enfield
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said after the game that they attacked
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when you guys switched. Um, now that
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you've gone back and looked at the film,
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are there some things that maybe you
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guys aren't doing as well with the
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switching the last two games as you did
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previously, or what might be some of the
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things that opponents are exploiting,
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especially from your perimeter defense?
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Yeah, I mean I think defensively I you
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know you're focusing on you know the
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times that we do switch I um I think
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it's just coming from a number of
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different areas over the last couple of
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games. I think, you know, the
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communication
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um I think our transition defense,
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I think our our on ball defense the last
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couple games have not been good. Whether
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it's one-on-one on a perimeter, a post,
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whether it's a closeout situation, I
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talked about transition. Um that has
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nothing to do about switching. we we
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haven't done um as good a job the last
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couple games boxing out, limiting teams
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to one shot every possession. Um
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and so I think there's a number of
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different things. I think it would I I
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don't think it would be good to just to
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focus on one aspect of us defensively. I
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think overall there's a number of
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different areas. for whatever reason the
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last couple of games haven't been the
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way that it's been um the prior 14
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games.
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To follow up on that very quickly, is
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there a trigger point for that? Is there
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something that the first line of defense
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that breaks down then it kind of leads
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to some of the other breakdowns that you
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just outlined? Yeah, I mean, um, you
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know, and and and those are things that
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that, um, I've thought about and things
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that we're going to practice today in
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the next couple of days to, um, to try
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to put us in a better position to to get
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stops, to put us in a better position,
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to do a better job against opposing
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teams,
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um, go to better players. And um but
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I've always told the team that the ball
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is always the problem. If you can
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control the ball, everything else will
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take care of itself. In the last two
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games, like our ball pressure, our
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ability to guard the ball, as I said
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before, whether it's one-on-one in a
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post perimeter, um ball screen action,
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out of bounds underneath, closeouts,
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that hasn't been good and that has to
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get better and it has to get better by
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Wednesday.
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Thank you. Appreciate it. Yep.
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Uh Luca Massie, go ahead, sir.
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Hey, coach, what do you think are some
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underrated challenges of playing
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Stanford on the road, whether it's the
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travel, the roster, or the system they
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play?
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Yeah, I mean, I the the challenge is
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playing against a good, you know,
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Stanford team on Wednesday. I think, you
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know, obviously, yes, going across the
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country in the middle of the season in
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conference season is not something
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that's normal, but it's something that's
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been done before. whether we have
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traveled across the country to go play
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BYU or just last week went to go play
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Dallas uh go play SMU in Dallas and and
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these guys have you know through AAU and
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high school they've played all over the
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place and adjusting the time zone for 18
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19 year old kid I think is is overrated
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you know the the challenge is playing
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against a good Stanford team that's the
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challenge um irregardless of what times
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zone we're in. Um the challenge is going
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to be um competing against Stanford.
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Thanks, Coach. Michael Co. Go ahead,
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sir.
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Hey there, Hubert. Seems like we've uh
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we've been seeing more playing time off
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the bench for for Jaden lately. Um
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what is it that he brings to you guys
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just day in and day out that
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had that has led to you rewarding him
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with more minutes? Well, I mean,
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I I wasn't re Oh well, you could say
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rewarding, but I I he rewarded himself
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with those minutes by his play. Um, he
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was playing well out there. He's playing
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well defensively. He's uh he's a
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physical, strong defender that it's hard
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to move him off his spot. He's a solid
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and fundamentally sound. And then on the
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offensive end, when he's open, he
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shoots. When he's not, he he moves it.
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And he was in the right spots. and he
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looked comfortable, he looked confident
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out there. And you know, without him and
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without his play on Saturday, um I'm not
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sure we beat Wake Forest. And so, um
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that's why you have depth. That's why
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you have more than five guys on the team
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because on any given day, other guys can
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step up. And I think that's a really
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good thing about this team that we can
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have a guy like Jaden Young who
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for the first time all year got these
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type of minutes. His number was called
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and he stepped up and he was able to
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produce.
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Thanks Hubert.
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No no no Weissoff. Go ahead.
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Hey Hubert. You said on Friday that
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Caleb and Henry can get you into the
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offense as needed. When Caleb isn't
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getting, I guess, maybe a ton of shot
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attempts in a half or in a game. Have
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you considered using him in that way to
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get you into the offense to sort of get
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him more involved doing that?
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Well, I mean, in in terms of involved,
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what do you mean by that? Cuz I mean, I
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think in the second half he had two
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shots, but he was involved. He got to
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the free throw line, he had assists. Um,
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he drew fouls.
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um
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he was he was very involved into the
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offense. I I think it would be um
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negligent to to say someone is involved
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and not involved based on based on shot
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attempts. And also,
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you know, Henry and Caleb are getting a
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lot of attention. And so anywhere
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um in their scoring areas, they're
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getting two to three guys on them at
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every time. And the really good thing
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about both of those guys is they're
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willing and and really good passers.
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Squeeze one last question in for Shelby
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Swanson.
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Yeah, thanks again for taking the time.
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Um, just curious. I mean, again, you've
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gotten a lot of questions just about the
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the travel um involved. Seems like more
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of um I guess your concern is just the
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Stanford team and the challenges they
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pose. What are some of the unique
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challenges that this team poses that
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maybe you have stood out so far with
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Scout? Well, I mean, obviously they've
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got a big- time score, one of the
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better, you know, scorers um in the
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country and um they play extremely well
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at home. Um they play hard. They're very
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physical. They play hard. Um they're
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always in the right spots. They've got
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guys that can get hot from three, but
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also finish around the basket.
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Defensively, their pressure on the ball
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is real and that's how they cause a lot
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of steals and deflections and that's
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something that's going to be huge for us
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for us to for the most part we've done a
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really good job this year taking care of
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the basketball as a you know outside of
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you know the 14 turnovers we had against
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Wake Forest but um taking care of the
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basketball is going to be huge for us
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defensively giving them one shot every
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possession and also they do a really
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good job of getting to the free throw
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line and making their free throws. And
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so those are things that we're talking
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about and addressing before practice
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today before we head up to uh California
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a little bit later today.
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Hubert, thank you for the time today. We
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appreciate it. Safe travels today.
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All right. Thanks a
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