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#UNC postgame press conference with Hubert Davis, Henri Veesaar and Seth Trimble
Mar 20, 2026
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your name and media affiliation each
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time you ask a question dur is that
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>> make sure you state your name and media
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affiliation if you're joining us on Zoom
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please raise your hand cut please
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>> please raise your hand
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for questions
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we will address all questions in the
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room first and get to Zoom if time
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allows and recording of press conference
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on cell phones or cameras is not allowed
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We're going to start with questions for
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the student athletes right up here up
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front. Only student athletes at first.
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>> Andrew Jones, Tar Hill 24/7. This is for
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both of you guys. Did you guys sense
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that maybe you were wearing down about
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the last eight minutes of the game?
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>> I did not feel like it. I feel like
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especially at this time of the year,
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like the adrenaline is at one level
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10,000. So, you don't really feel or
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thinking about that. It just trying to
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make a play, just trying to help the
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team win. I think that's what you really
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think about. So, I feel like in March it
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doesn't really matter if you play 40
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minutes or 25 minutes, you feel the same
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way cuz just the level of energy and
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adrenaline and the effort you have, it
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does makes no difference.
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>> Yeah. I mean, going off what he said, uh
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you get tired during the game. Simple as
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that. You get tired. Uh but we we've
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been in that position uh many many times
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this year. So, it wasn't anything new
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for us.
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>> Quick follow up. Is there a singular
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thing or two things that maybe slipped
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it for you guys? Because it looked like
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they had more bounce than you did during
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that stretch. What What would you uh say
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was the issue there?
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>> I mean, they did a really good job at
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the end of the game. Just I I think I
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heard a stat that they made like 15 of
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their last 19 shots or something like
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that. So, I mean, obviously they did a
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really good job. They stretched us out.
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They were five out. They kind of just we
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didn't have anybody in the paint because
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they were able to knock down threes and
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they just were able to drive us and kind
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of get the rim or be physical in the
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drives and we weren't as physical as
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them so they were able to bump us and
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get shots that they should not get
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>> right here in the middle.
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>> Scott Fowler from the Charlotte
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Observer. Uh for both guys, what do you
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think went wrong with your own offense
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over the past couple of minutes in
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regulation and overtime?
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Well, I mean, overtime we were getting
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great looks. Uh, shots just weren't
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falling. So, I think overtime was as
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simple as that. Uh, I think in the
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second half, uh, we just, you know,
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slowed down too much, got a little tense
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and weren't playing as loose as we were
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playing the whole game. And, uh, you
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know, that makes a difference.
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>> Yeah, I feel like they did a good job of
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packing the paint. Then we're just
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kicking out and we're obviously eight
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for 29 and threes. So, we were not able
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to really hit at the end of the game.
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So, we were settling for those shots cuz
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they did a good job of pushing us out.
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And yeah, I feel like we kind of were
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getting a little bit
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little bit slower and rather than the
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first half, we're more fluent. And I
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think that's something we can control.
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>> Got time for a couple more for student
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athletes.
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>> All right, moving on. Only questions for
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coach. Coach, questions are available.
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Questions?
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right here.
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>> Andrew Jones, Tar Hill 247. Hub, I'll
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ask you the same thing. Asked them, did
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you sense that your team got a little
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bit tired there?
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>> I did not. I didn't.
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>> Right here,
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>> Dennis Cox 999 on the Phantom Rally.
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Cubert, why did you go to just a six-man
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rotation in the second half?
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>> Because that was my decision.
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in the back.
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>> Uh, Coach Davis, um, what is it that we
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can take that you can take from this
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game, this experience to help build on,
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uh, going forward in the future?
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>> Not really thinking about that right
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now. Just thinking about, uh, obviously
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right in front of me, Seth and Henry.
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Um, specifically our seniors, Seth and
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Elijah. Just thinking about them right
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now. for Scott in the middle.
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>> Coach, what did you generally what do
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you think went wrong?
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>> What do you mean
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>> just why you couldn't score in the last
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four or five minutes of the game? Well,
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I mean to to go back um
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what Seth said, I mean you
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just because you miss a shot doesn't
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mean something's wrong.
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We had open looks. We had shots at the
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basket. We had executed plays and
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we missed eight free throws
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and and
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sometimes the ball doesn't go in. We
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also made you know in order and you
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really want to compliment VCU
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u their resiliency that in down 19 to
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keep trying to find a way
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I also felt like
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just the small details in order for a
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team to come back they have to be good
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enough and resilient enough to do that
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and VCU was but also believe that
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there were mistakes made that
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helped them come back
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that
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um at times we've we've done that all
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year.
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>> Got a question on Zoom. Dan Dan, go
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ahead.
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>> Dan Torto, wake up calltdt.com.
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Coach, you were talking about the
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seniors being on your mind. Just what
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the leadership has been to you on this
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team veteran wise.
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>> No, it is. I mean, just to have Seth
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uh to be able to coach him the last four
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years. I I I can't, you know, think of a
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more accomplished player that
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and a great kid to be around and to
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coach to be at one institution. his
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devotion to this team, to this program,
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and to this university
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um should be celebrated for what he's
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done and the impact that he's made on
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this this program and this team and this
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university forever and um you know the
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leadership of Elijah being here the last
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two years and his uh never ending
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energy, effort, enthusiasm
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that he brings to the team whether it's
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in the locker room on the bench in
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practice. Shoot around is something
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that's been a huge benefit uh to me and
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and and to our program
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>> right here.
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>> Anthony Pgnata, Sports Radio WFNZ in
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Charlotte. Hubert, uh the free throws
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again, as you mentioned, a little bit of
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an issue tonight. Um why do you think
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that was such an issue for your team
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throughout the season?
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>> That's a great question. I mean, we work
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on them
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and
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but you're right at throughout the
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season, it's
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and there have been times where we've
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gotten away, you know,
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it didn't hurt us
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and
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um tonight was one of the ways that
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that it did hurt us.
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>> Final question on David Hill. David H
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with ESPN. Hubert. Um it's obviously two
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straight years of going out in the round
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of 64 which is not where Carolina
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expects to be. Do you do you think that
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there is something inherently missing an
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ingredient or is it just fluky things
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that happen in March and and it doesn't
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necessarily speak to anything larger
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than that?
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>> Yeah, I mean I that that's a big think
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thinking question and I apologize. I'm
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just not there right now. Um
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just really sad that we're not
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continuing to play and move forward cuz
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I have loved and enjoyed this team. I
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enjoy and love all of them, but I've
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just really enjoyed coaching this team
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and
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um I really wanted
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this group and these kids to experience
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more. himself. Um,
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but other than that, it's I'm just
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thinking about these guys and the rest
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of the guys that are in the locker room.
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>> Thanks, guys. Congratulations on a great
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season.
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>> Okay. Thank you.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Thank you. Thank you.
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>> Yeah. Thank you.
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As always, Hammond Communication will
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post a recording of this press
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conference in the NCAA digital media hub
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