Heading into feast week for ODU hoops, we sit down with ODU Men’s Basketball head coach Jeff Jones and senior guard Jason Wade. We discuss their upcoming games against Princeton and Drexel, the zone defense, visits from some familiar faces and a lot more.

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I am B emo s.

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And now you're tuned in

to the OAR Monarchy show.

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Aaron: I'm Aaron

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Mike: And I'm Mike.

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Aaron: and you're listening to

the Monarchist Basketball Show.

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Coach Jeff Jones, star of the

show, he's here as he always is

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because otherwise it wouldn't be

the Monarchist Basketball Show.

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Good to see you coach.

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Jeff Jones: Going to see you guys,

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Mike: Great to talk with you again.

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Obviously this week we got two home games

and tomorrow we start with Princeton,

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at four o'clock at Chartway Arena.

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What can you tell us

about this Princeton team?

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Because everything I hear about them

is it's going to be a very tough game.

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Jeff Jones: They are very good.

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They could be, and clearly they're not as

talented as say, Arkansas is, they, they

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could be the best team right now, right?

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Arkansas has the high

ceiling and all that.

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But Princeton they don't beat themselves.

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They're really smart.

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They play together.

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They shoot the three, you know,

defensively, they're just real solid.

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You know, they'll play eight

guys, but pretty much it's, you

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know, five guys that get it done.

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They're very versatile.

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You know, they're not running the

Princeton offense, but it's a, you

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know, five men out kind of motion.

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They they make you guard

a lot of different things,

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present a lot of problems.

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They're four and oh right now.

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Mitch Henderson their

coach does a heck of a job.

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He actually, he played at Princeton for

for Pete Carrill back back in the day.

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And obviously they had a terrific year

last year ending up in the sweet 16.

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They lost some key players.

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But you know, with this group they've

bounced back and you know, they, they

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beat Rutgers, they beat Duquesne at

Duquesne they beat Hofstra and then

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they beat Monmouth of those teams,

you know, Monmouth's not great, but

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Duquesne and Hofstra are, you know,

two teams that are picked to do well

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in their respective conferences.

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So it's going to be,

you know, a great test.

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And a big opportunity for us.

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I think our guys are just excited to to

get to play and to go out and compete

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against another really good team.

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Aaron: All right so there's a lot of

young guys on the squad and you know with

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that can come you know some inconsistency

and sometimes with practices.

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How is this week practices gone for y'all?

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Jeff Jones: You know, it wasn't

perfect, but overall, I think pretty

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good, you know, after traveling all

day Tuesday, we came back on Wednesday

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and, you know, practice was okay

and we were, you know, working on

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some things, working on ourselves.

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You know, third Thursday again, was.

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Was okay.

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It had some good moments.

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Friday was awful.

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I mean, it was a really bad practice.

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And you know, I try to

communicate to the guys.

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You know, I just don't understand.

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You know, not coming in locked

in, you know, ready to go.

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And then they responded and

Saturday was one of our best

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practices that you guys were there.

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When it was one of our best practices

overall you know, this year, and then

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today's practice was outstanding one,

one we termed not long, but strong.

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So, you know, day before game we want

to go hard, but we don't want to, you

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know, we don't want to wear them out.

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And do too much you know, we'll

if we can be locked in like that

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you know, for practices you know,

we'll definitely get better.

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And if we're locked in like that for

games, you know, we'll certainly have

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a chance to be competitive in pretty

much anything any game that we play.

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Mike: All right, so you mentioned it,

the Saturday practice, obviously Frank

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Cassell and Ben Stanley, two ODU alums,

came back to, play on the scout team.

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As fans, it was really cool to

watch, , Danny and Dorico go up head

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to head with Frank and, they won

some of their fair battles in that.

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And it was cool to see them be

tested by a veteran like Frank.

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Jeff Jones: There's a, an NCAA rule

that allows, you know, a former

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player to come back and I think the

word is occasional and you know,

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Frank had just gotten back from from

overseas and is kind of in between.

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And since you saw him on

Saturday, he signed a contract.

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To go back to, uh, oh God, you're,

I was going to say Paraguay,

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but I think it's Uruguay.

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Who, and by the way he played back

there, there last year and Malik Curry.

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Our former point guard is in Uruguay

doing really well right, right now.

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So Frank's going to be going back

there right after Thanksgiving.

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So, you know, he came in and as you all

said, he was a physical presence and you

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know, it was good to go up against him.

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And Ben is just trying to get some runs

in and he's you know, rehabbing that

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knee and you know, he's you know, asked

me if he could come back and practice

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and he's, I think those were his, what,

second or third practices that, that

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he, that he's come out there with us.

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So, you know, gives our guys

some older, more physically

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mature guys to, to play against.

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And you know, we did have a really

spirited practice on Saturday.

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Mike: So a follow up, how long

has that rule been in place?

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And , how long have you been

welcoming alums back to campus

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Jeff Jones: Well, it's been forever.

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I mean, I can remember being at American

university and John was in town.

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He was in between NBA gigs and he came and

practiced with our guys for a day or two.

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It's really rare.

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I mean, it's not anything

where we reach out.

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You know, frank actually ask if he, you

know, he could come in and you know,

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work out because he is, you know, he's

in between jobs, uh, you know, just

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got back and getting ready to go and

he wanted to stay in shape and Ben Rick

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made the request because he is rehabbing

that knee and he's working really hard,

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but he hadn't had an opportunity to.

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To get out there on the court.

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So, it's not something that we would be,

you know, doing on a regular basis you

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know, we can help them out and it, you

know, it can be beneficial for us as well.

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Aaron: Yeah, it was great.

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Great talking with Frank.

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The same smile and infectious

attitude was out there.

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I love seeing him, you know, you know,

gas up the guys when someone made a

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good play, you know, a couple of times

he seemed really surprised and someone

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making something you can see his face

just kind of light up and make some fun.

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Positive encouragement there, and

I know that means a lot to the guys

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because, you know, they've seen

his success and what he's done.

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Mike and I are pretty excited

because Frank is going to come

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on the podcast at some point once

he gets settled in at Uruguay.

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So, as, hopefully we you know, when

he's back in the States we see him

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from time to time around the Ted.

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Jeff Jones: It's always

fun when he's back.

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I mean, usually it's during the the

summer months and he'll come in and

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you know, work out with Chris Kavinsky.

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But you know, just a terrific human being.

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Obviously he's you know, had a a very good

career here at Old Dominion as a player.

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And he's parlayed that into a very

successful professional career.

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But you know, somebody that You

know, hadn't had a chance to meet him

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until after he had left old dominion.

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You know, I just he's just a, as I

said he's a terrific person fun to

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be around, you know, got a big smile

and always got a you know, a kind,

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positive word for everybody, you know,

including these young guys that he.

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He doesn't know from Adam, but

you know, they're at his school

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and he wants to see them do well.

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And then he, you know, he's

trying to you know, help those

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that, that have come after him.

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Mike: All right, so you touched on

it on Princeton's offense and I'm

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interested in how tough it is when you

go against a team like Ball State and

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then Arkansas and then now Princeton

who are all doing very different things.

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How does that impact how you

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Jeff Jones: It, you know, it's great.

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It's fun in a lot of ways but

it's a great learning opportunity.

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So, you know, guys, Uh, you know, guys

that are on the scout team whether,

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you know, whether a former player is

playing or it's just the current guys

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on the team you know, they're learning.

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You know, every three or four

days, kind of, you know, new

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ways to play new offenses and

they're learning how to learn.

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And then for our the guys that are in

the regular rotation you know, this

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gives them a look, you know, a taste of

what the opponent is going to be doing.

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And, you know, it might not.

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Always be you know, exactly the

way, but you know, you're probably

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guarding guys that might not be as

big or as athletic sometimes you

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know, our white team, which is what we

call the scout team actually execute

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stuff better than the opponent does.

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And, you know, each of the

assistants, you know, they all

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kind of, break down, you know, the

different guys have different scouts.

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And so that gives them a chance to

organize that scout team and coach them.

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It's great experience for them.

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And like I said, you know, those

our white team by and large,

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you know, does a terrific job.

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I think they're just coming

into their own this year.

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You know, there's some, you know, you

got your Mari, you got Jalen Who else?

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You know, Jay Wade, Lee Leroy you

know, you got a lot of those guys that

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are younger guys and they're Cooper.

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Jones is like night

and day from last year.

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You know, he's physically stronger,

but you know, he went the whole

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month of October, I think in

practice and didn't miss a shot.

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He really creates some problems

from an offensive standpoint.

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But, you know, getting a good look

for Princeton and, you know, trying to

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recreate the Arkansas stuff and again,

it's not the actual athleticism, but

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you get the movements in the particular

basketball, the offensive actions so

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that we can you know, anticipate and be

prepared when we go live in game action,

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Aaron: Yeah, speaking of Cooper, he hit

a couple of big threes right in front

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of us on Saturday during practice.

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You know, Mike and I are like, okay.

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That's good to

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see.

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Jeff Jones: It's always so much,

it's always so much fun to see

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the guys, you know, grow that way.

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And, you know, you, you want to see.

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Yeah.

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You know, freshmen that, that are

playing, you know, you're watching last

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year, watching Bryce Baker, you know,

throughout the course of the year and

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come in this year but even a guy like

coop that didn't, you know, didn't play.

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Hardly any minutes at all in, in games

last year just through practice, you

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know, practice and lifting weights.

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And like I say it's night and day.

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I mean, he's taking a big step up.

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I would guess Billy Barnes, who was

his coach at Walsingham Academy, Billy

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was a very good player at, at William

and Mary when I was at UVA playing, we

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played head to head against one another.

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Billy was his coach.

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And I bet if Billy saw him now in

one of our practices, you know, he'd

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shake his head and say, wow, you

know, he's coop's gotten better.

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Aaron: Alright, coach.

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So, I know you take things one, one game

at a time, but at a very high level and

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you got Drexel on Sunday, probably have

the best player in the CAA on that squad.

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Can you let Monarch Nation just,

you know, know a little bit

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of what they're expecting when

they come out Sunday, that team?

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Jeff Jones: You know,

they're a veteran team.

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They've got Amir Williams's,

a six 10 six 11 Postman.

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You know, he does a great job

and, you know, forces they

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utilize him in a way that forces.

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yoU know, their their opponents, us to,

you know, to take him into account and

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then when you do by doubling or helping

you know, then the other guys compliment

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him very well, they will run a lot of

Princeton type actions off offensively

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last year I don't know if it was our first

game, it was one of our first games you

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know, we went up there, up And you know,

they just were physically tougher than us.

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We lost a game that, you know, came down

to the end, but they just, you know, they

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were the tougher team and that was you

know, a good measure for us to know that

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we, you know, if we were going to have

any success, we need to, we needed to,

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you know, fight a little bit harder, be

a little bit more physically competitive.

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It was also probably the most poorly

officiated game that we had all of

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last year and I haven't forgotten that.

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But you know, that,

that'll be a tough one too.

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But as you said we got to devote

our attention to Princeton first.

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Mike: All right, so one thing I picked

up at practice is you had a bunch

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of plays named after other schools.

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Are those plays that you picked up

while watching those teams or are

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those names just kind of random?

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Jeff Jones: no They're pretty much you

know, they're pretty much authentic.

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And it's something that over the years and

I'm trying to think, you know, Vandy that,

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that's an action you know, it's that they

didn't, Van, Vanderbilt didn't run that

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play, but it's an action with a backscreen

ball screen that, that will run gosh, I'm

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trying to think what other play do you,

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Mike: I heard Lehigh at

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Jeff Jones: Lehigh is a, an

out of bounds play that we run.

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That was what when we were at American

university and had to defend CJ McCollum

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they, they put CJ in the spot where we put

Chauncey and we had to have special rules.

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Cause you know nobody in in the

Patriot league could, you know,

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could guard him straight up.

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So, Yeah.

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So we took that you know, from from

Lehigh when CJ McCollum was there.

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Aaron: So, coach, last week when

we talked you gave us an update

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on Sam and Emo with the shoulder.

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I know that we saw a couple

things come out today with

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regards to the health of the team.

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Can you let Monarch Nation kind of

know what the latest and greatest is?

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Jeff Jones: Sure.

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I tell you what, Emo's been great.

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You know, Emo had been

playing really well.

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And then for whatever reason,

he just tailed off a little bit.

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But he's bounced back the last three

or four days and has been outstanding.

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So he's got no physical ailments.

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You know, Sam we did announce today,

he's going to be having a season ending.

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Knee surgery coming up here soon.

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You know, he had the surgery in the

summer, rehabbed, came back and, you

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know, immediately reinjured the knee.

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So we're just going to go ahead and

pull the plug and you know, have

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him get the surgery to, to work on

his kneecap actually which will be

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a long you know, re rehab process.

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So, so he's out the other one that

you know, was a little bit scary, but.

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Or at least it sounds scarier

than maybe it is you know, Ty

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yesterday was uncomfortable.

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He had a what he felt like was a you

know, a rapid heartbeat and he went to

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student health and then they, you know,

they sent him to the emergency room and

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Ty and and Jordan we're both there pretty

much all afternoon and into the evening.

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They, you know, they were able to

kind of settle him down a little bit.

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He ended up spending the

night in the hospital.

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And you know, it was a, I'm going

to say a heart issue, but he.

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Was released today.

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The heart rate, you know, went

back to what it was supposed to be.

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And you know, what I've been told is,

uh, you know, he's kind of good to go.

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It's day to day we're, he's not going

to play against Princeton tomorrow.

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It's just, to me, that just seems.

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That just seems fast.

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So we'll, you know, just

observe and keep an eye on him.

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And again as Jason Mitchell was told,

you know, his return will be day to day.

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And, you know, we'll see what that

means beyond you know, beyond tomorrow.

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Mike: All right.

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So I think it was last week or

the week before you talked about

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the zone and how it needed work.

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How is that coming along?

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Jeff Jones: You know, I think our three,

two zone is you know, has looked, you

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know, pretty solid when our guys are,

you know, really active and locked

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in, you know, I, I think we can we can

go to that part of it is personnel.

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There's a lineup and it's basically

comprised of veteran players.

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You know, if we've got Imo, Chauncey,

Bryce, Dorico and either RJ or Wade out

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there, I feel a lot more confident in it.

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Than I do with some of the younger

perimeter guys that, that just

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haven't gotten the knack with it.

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So chances are if we go to go to that you

know, it'll be with probably that, you

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know, that lineup or very similar to that.

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Our 13 to three, which is kind of a

one, three, one that falls into When

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the ball goes to the baseline, you

know, that's something we've been

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able to use effectively for the last,

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So what's that five, five years or so.

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It's been a really good change up for us.

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We're still figuring that one out.

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That one has taken a couple

guys, you know, longer.

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to really get a feel for it.

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We'll continue working on it, but it's

probably more down, down the road.

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You know, to be able to use

something like that, unless we just

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kind of throw it out there for one

possession and see what happens.

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And, you know, if a team's not

prepared for it, you know, maybe we

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could throw them off a little bit.

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We did go to the zone, one possession

one possession against Arkansas

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and we talked about it cause

you know, they're a team that.

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Really likes to shoot the three.

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They shoot it well.

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And we talked to them and I

said, yeah, let's just do it.

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We're going to, we're going to do it

one time, you know, let's make sure we,

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you know, take, you know, we, we get

our coverage, we're disciplined and,

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you know, get out to shooters, you know,

and the personnel part is they kind of.

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Made a little bit of penetration, but they

held Leo in there and they skipped it to

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his Leroy in there and they skipped it to

his corner and he couldn't get out there.

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So we got out of that one really

quick in the Arkansas game.

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Aaron: Alright, so on Saturday,

we saw Dorico battling.

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You know, big smile on his face, you know.

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A couple of 10 15 ft.

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Jump shots.

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Obviously wasn't with you guys

on the road trip last week.

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Kind of.

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Can you update us on what

his status is right now?

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Jeff Jones: hE's back.

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You know, we came back from the came

back from the road trip and you know, I

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had outlined for for Rico what his path

would would need to be if he was were

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to rejoin the team and, you know, he was

remorseful and you know, knew that he had

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made a mistake and wanted to you know,

make sure that his teammates understood

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that you know, that he under that, that

he got the fact that he, you know, he'd

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messed up a little bit and you know, the

big thing is that, you know, he's come

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back and you know, he hasn't, you know,

he's not back in the starting lineup.

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Yup.

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You know, he'll still have

to work his way back there.

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You know, that's Danny's spot for now.

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But you know, Rico has been great

since he came back and you know,

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he's working hard and has been real

positive and encouraging and you know,

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his made it known to everybody that

he, you know, he really does value

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and want to be you know, back on the

team and doing all the right things.

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Mike: I had an interesting conversation

with Kieran about Dorico and his set shot.

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Kieran is a fan of his set shot

and thinks he can shoot threes,

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but he also said Dorico refuses to.

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Jeff Jones: Yeah.

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I mean, He, I think, you know, his

thing is a he's much uh, much more

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comfortable right at 15 or 16 feet.

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And it's not really a set shot.

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I mean, he's not, you know, maybe it's

not a jump shot, but it's not a set shot.

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It's a hop shot, maybe.

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But you know, he's worked on

it and you know, he's got a

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really nice mid range shot.

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He can stretch it out to three.

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I don't think he's worked on it as much

and I don't think that he has as much

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confidence in the three, but we've been,

and, you know, in certain situations,

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we've been really encouraging him to shoot

that on a ball screen situation with a

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short roll which is a role, not all the

way to the basket you know, a pick and pop

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into a soft area on the on the baseline.

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You know, I think that can be a

real you know, a real help for us.

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We are.

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Looking at some situations, let's say,

for instance, you know, in a late game

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situation you know, and you're coming

down, you know, full court we've talked

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about putting Rico out there in the

right or the left baseline, you know,

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16 feet, if you need a three, it could

be a three pointer you know, what's

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the big guy going to do, you know, you

got Chauncey Jenkins coming at you full

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speed, is he going to be in there to

try to protect the rim or is he going

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to be out more often than not, I think.

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He's probably going to be in and try to

get, you know, down there and try to help

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on Chauncey, which means that, you know,

in, in that soft area in there you know,

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Rico can You know, can catch and have

time and space down there to shoot it.

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So, you know, those are things

that we'll continue working on

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through the course of the year.

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But you know, he's, he, meaning Dorico,

has worked really hard at developing that.

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I don't think he had it.

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He certainly didn't have it to the

degree he does now when he came to us.

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But he's worked really hard and you

know, we want to take advantage of that.

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I think that's something that

you know, could be a positive.

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Aaron: There was one specific play that I

know Mike and I saw where to Rico passed

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up a shot, one that you're talking about.

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You know, in on one of the baselines

and you stopped everything and you

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told Dorico's like, I want you to

shoot that and you ran it again and he

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shot it without hesitation and it was

beautiful and he lit up his face lit up.

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So I can totally see that and

hopefully we'll see more of it.

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Jeff Jones: Yeah.

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I mean, you know, that's something

sometimes, you know, you, you've

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got to, you know, players get in their

minds, you know, I should shoot that.

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I shouldn't shoot that or whatever.

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And I think they've got to know, you

know, from me from, you know, the team,

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you know, that's a good shot for you.

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You've worked hard to

make that a good shot.

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And so that they understand that, you

know, in, in that situation, you know,

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that's something that you know, not only

can you shoot it, we want you to shoot it.

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You know, similar

situations we're trying to.

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Make sure Chauncey knows, you know, he,

he doesn't have to turn everything into a.

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You know, a foray to the rim, you know,

if he catches it with his feet set

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and he's got, you know, some time and

space, we want him to shoot the three

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another one like that, that you know,

we want our guys to be shot ready.

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And, you know, we've talked about

right, a number of times, you

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know, the volume increasing the

volume of the three point shots,

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Mike: Alright, so I know it's

early in the season, but balancing

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personalities is a big part of your job

and your whole coaching staff's job.

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How is that going this season?

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Where do you, what part of the season

do you finally feel comfortable with all

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the personalities on the team and how

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to deal with them?

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Jeff Jones: every team is different.

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And we're coming along and, you

know, there's still things, you

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know, so when you think about it

certainly anybody that, that comes

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from high school to college, right.

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They were the star in

their high school team.

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They're used to playing all the time

and they probably don't get subbed out

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unless they're either tired, really tired.

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oR they've got fouls.

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tHat's not the case.

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And so, you know, playing in a rotation.

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Is different.

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And again, you know, competitive

people, they want to play all the time.

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And it's not going to happen, you

know, and you know, the Sean sometimes,

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you know, how come you took me out?

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Well, okay.

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It might be fatigue.

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It might be, you know, a correction, but

it might be, it's just time for Emo to

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get a chance to go into the game, you

know, other than Chauncey, I don't see,

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I'm not sure I see anybody on, on, on a

regular basis playing 30 plus minutes.

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thAt's an advantage we have as a team

you know, and if, you know, one game,

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Vashon plays 25 and Emo plays 15

then fine you know, against Arkansas.

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Dev came into the game, we were

looking for him to give us a spark

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and he came in and he played great

and he got it going a little bit.

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So he was, Dev was actually the guy

that took a bunch of emos minutes in,

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in that particular game, you know,

but it's, and Dev and I have had the

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conversation a couple of times you

know, for him, his role in the team,

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he plays behind our best player.

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There's not much debate about whether

Chauncey is our best player or not.

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He is, and Dev is the guy behind him.

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So, you know, there's only so

many minutes that are going to

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be there for Dev behind him.

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Now, if he can come in and you know,

in a reserve role and, you know,

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have a hot hand like he did against

Arkansas, then what we did is we moved.

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Right.

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We moved Chauncey over to the

point guard spot, you know,

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playing Dev and emo together you

know, Dev and Vashon together.

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That's not a very big back court.

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yoU know, but if you've got Dev and

Chauncey you know, Chauncey's a bigger

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point guard and Dev is just a lightning

fast two guard but he is smaller.

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So, you know, learning all of those

things and learning that you know, there,

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that there is a rotation and there's.

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You know, there's going to be times

when you play and times when you

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don't, sometimes it may, you know,

that, that may be dictated by how

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you're playing, it might be dictated

by how someone else's is playing.

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But you know, with, without a doubt,

I think you know, we have more

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depth particularly on the, you know,

in the back court this year and

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you know, different combinations.

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And, you know, depending on what

happens on any given night you know,

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you'll see different guys out there

playing more minutes or some less.

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Aaron: Okay, Coach, so I was listening

to you on Scott Jackson, and y'all

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talked about Thanksgiving a little bit.

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I know you were having a bunch

of the guys over there, the ones

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that aren't able to travel home.

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What I want to know is, if Mike and I were

coming over for Thanksgiving, what's the

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one item that's gonna be there we have

to, if we can only choose one, which one

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are you telling us that we should eat?

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Jeff Jones: See, everybody's always asking

about that, but I think that, you know,

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the from the food, the cuisine standpoint

it's the mixture of everything, right.

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It, that, that makes the Thanksgiving,

the traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

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So good.

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You know, you got some mashed potatoes

and gravy and green bean casserole

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or you know, a sweet potato casserole

or you know, obviously the dressing.

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And by the way, right, it's not stuffing

if it's not in the turkey, right?

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I mean, it's very literal.

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It's dressing, right?

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If it's in the turkey,

it's stuffing, right?

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I want to make sure you got to make

some, you got to make some good gravy.

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It doesn't work with, without the gravy.

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You know, it's always worked well

for me because I love dark meat.

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Right.

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And most people, you

know, are the other way.

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If you were going to, you know, poll,

I think more people would, you know, go

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for the white meat the turkey breast, but

you know, I'm dark and that, that's good.

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You know, that, that works out well.

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But you know, so that, that's

my theory on on, on that.

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You know, you've definitely got

to have you know, leftovers.

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And, you know, make sure that everybody

that comes, well, you know, all the

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guys tomorrow when they leave, they'll

be loaded down with to go containers,

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you know, and you gotta have you

know, I guess white bread isn't

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healthy, but, you know, whatever kind

of bread for the turkey sandwiches,

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you know, a little mayo, a little.

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You know, sandwich bread, something,

you know, in the turkey, that's

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you got it, you know, at least for

a day or two after Thanksgiving.

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Mike: Yeah, the leftovers are maybe

my favorite part of Thanksgiving.

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Can't wait to see you guys tomorrow

afternoon at four o'clock at Charway.

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And again, on Sunday at two o'clock

against Drexel, looking real forward to

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watching this team play this week and hope

Ty continues to improve from last night.

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Thanks so much and happy Thanksgiving

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Jeff Jones: Happy

Thanksgiving to you guys.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all

the listeners out there.

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And if if people are so inclined

if, you know, like, like you said,

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Mike if they can say a prayer for

Ty you know, hopefully we'll get

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him back basketball wise, but that's

a kind of a secondary concern.

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It was a scare.

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He's doing great.

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He's back in the dorm.

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But you know, we just want to

make sure that he's you know, he's

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healthy and he's all squared away.

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Mike: 100%.

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All right.

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Thanks again, Coach.

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Go Monarchs.

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Aaron: Go Monarchs.

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And Monarch nation, we're going to.

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Take a quick break and

then we'll be back with.

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Chase away.

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Uh, wait.

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Stay.

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They tuned.

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Aaron: Welcome back, Monarch Nation!

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We're thrilled to have one of our

favorite monarchs back on the show.

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We're joined by number one in

your program, and number one

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in your hearts, Jason Wade.

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Welcome to the show, Jason.

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Jason Wade: Appreciate it.

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That was a good intro.

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I like that.

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How you guys doing?

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Glad to be here.

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Chop it up a little bit with you guys.

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Aaron: Man, we're so happy to have you on.

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Mike: Yeah, absolutely.

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We're stoked to talk with you today.

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We've talked with coach Jones

a lot about the 4 1 offense and

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the transition to it this season.

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on how

it's coming along and how you feel in it.

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Jason Wade: I think the

transition was a good transition.

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It's not as smooth as it probably

needs to be going forward.

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But I think since we've transferred to the

1 4 offense, it's gotten better and better

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each time we went out and practiced it.

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So, that's the goal, just trying to

get better and better at what we're

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doing and trying to perfect the craft.

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But with the group of guys we got and

the amount of athleticism we have,

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I think this fits our team a lot

better than any other set possible.

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So just a matter of getting

comfortable with it.

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Aaron: Alright, so last season when

we talked with you, Jason, we talked

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a lot about your perseverance and,

you know, overcoming, and lots of

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stuff to get back on the court.

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And it was right at the beginning

of the season, so, you hadn't

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had, you know, much of being back.

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You'd worked through practice

and gone through summer stuff.

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Folks who've been able to be out the

games and they take a look at you.

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It's kind of they can see,

you know, night and day.

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So what did you learn last year

throughout the season after coming back?

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But even more so this summer

after playing for a whole season?

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What reflection do you have like moving

forward is what did you learn about your

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game and how are you different this year?

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Jason Wade: I mean, as far as being

different this year, I mean, the physical

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physique of my body has changed a lot.

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I think I lost close around like 65

pounds since the beginning of last season.

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So, with that was just consistency, you

know, just dieting well and working out.

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And.

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You know, staying in the gym as far

as what I learned about my game, you

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know, the athleticism isn't hasn't come

back as much as I thought it was, but

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I'm still happy for what I got and I'm

just trying to work with what I got and

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try to make the best of my situation.

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Mike: so we've already seen it

this year, and we saw it a lot last

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year, but you're playing guard, and

sometimes you're asked to play in

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the paint at like the 5 position.

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hOw do you feel about having

to go into the paint and battle

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against those giants down there?

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Jason Wade: I mean, I

don't feel any type of way.

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I know, you definitely have

to be in a kind of a different

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mental space Leading up to it.

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You know, I feel like going into the game

knowing that you're gonna be down in the

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paint a lot you got to know that you're

gonna bang you're gonna be banging around,

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you know down there with the big guys And

you just got to have that mental toughness

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as far as well as that physical toughness

so just knowing that you're gonna have

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some aches and pains after the game, but

Also knowing that you're helping your

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team out in any way that you can, you

know, whether that is your position or

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not just being out there is a blessing.

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So, I would say the biggest part is

the mental piece, just knowing, like,

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you got to think bigger than what you

are and play bigger than what you are.

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So,

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Aaron: Speaking of aches and pains.

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I know we're on video so we can

see we're talking with you right

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now But looks like you got a little

injury there over your left eyebrow

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what's

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going on

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Jason Wade: yeah, I'll go ahead

and get close so y'all can see it.

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Aaron: Oh, we may have to

do A video cut on this.

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Jason Wade: yeah, no, it

looks a lot better today.

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Yeah, yesterday in practice, me

and for Sean, we bumped heads.

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And I think I got the worst end of

it, you know, I cut me pretty good

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and my face was bleeding pretty good,

but I did end up with the basketball.

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So I feel like it was a win on my part.

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So, and he was good.

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He wasn't hurt either.

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So it was it was a win.

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Mike: Alright, so, I'm gonna skip

ahead here and ask you for an update

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on Ares, cause obviously I love dogs,

and I wanna hear about Ares, so.

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Jason Wade: Yeah.

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Yeah, you know, areas.

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That's my guy.

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I'm actually, we yeah.

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He's at the apartment.

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Me and my girlfriend, we just

broke up not too long ago.

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So we're going, we're

splitting him back and forth.

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So he's currently not with me right now.

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But you know, that's my guy.

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I love him.

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I love waking up to his energy.

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He just gives me like a boost of

energy just seeing him in the morning.

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Like waking up and he's right

next to you smiling at you.

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Just waiting for him to take you out.

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So, that's definitely my guy.

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Much love for him.

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He got love for me.

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So anything I could do for him, I will.

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And I'm glad y'all brought him up

because I do remember last year he

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was all over the place in the camera.

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So, yeah, that's definitely my guy.

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Aaron: Hey, so, Coach Jones

we've talked with him about it.

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He talked on the radio the other

day on Scott Jackson's show

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about finishing through contact.

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So, this series, last series on

the road, you guys didn't get to

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the line as much as you would have

wanted to despite Getting to the rim.

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But one of the discussions was just

Not finishing through contact kind of

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avoiding the contact and getting the

shots up He said hey, sometimes you just

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got to finish through contact your shot

might get blocked But that's what you

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got to do and as you guys are working

on it Can you talk to us a little bit

612

about finishing through contact and you

know how you guys are working on that?

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Jason Wade: Yeah, absolutely.

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So I think the biggest thing with

this group of guy, like a group

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of guys, like I mentioned earlier

we're a very athletic group.

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So when guys are driving to the cup,

they're trying to make an acrobatic play.

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Just trying to put too much on

it that doesn't need to be there.

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I feel like it's the biggest thing.

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So I think just simplifying your

move when you're going to the cup

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and just taking it strong and hard,

whether it does get blocked or not.

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I just feel like you just got

to simplify the movement of

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when you're going to the basket.

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So I think that's the biggest thing.

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And we've been in the gym a lot

getting hit with the pads, trying to

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finish through contact, finish through

different, taking off different feet foot.

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Dang.

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I'm all over the place.

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Trying to use both feet, whether it's

one foot jumping, two foot jumping.

629

You get what I'm trying to say, but yeah.

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So just practicing finishing

through context, using the mat.

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Just simplifying the movements

and just going strong.

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Mike: So last weekend we had

a couple of former Monarchs

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in the building for practice.

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Ben Stanley and Frank Cassell, two

guys that know how to finish their

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contact and play some tough defense.

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What's it like to have those guys

back in the building and getting to

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play against them to test your game?

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Jason Wade: It's great.

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You know, whenever we can get alumni in

the building, I think that's a special

640

thing that people one, are comfortable

enough to come back and, you know,

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realize that this is their home too.

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And two, for the coaching staff

to allow that, you know, I

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think that's a special thing.

644

I don't know if many other programs

have that, but I think that's very cool.

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And then just the type of people that

Frank and Ben are like, they're so

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inspirational and so encouraging.

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So it's just, it's a good energy

when they're in the building.

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They're great matchups, you know,

been a very good low post score

649

and can shoot the ball as well.

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We're not going to play too many

people this year that are stronger

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than him down, down in the paint.

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So I think that gives our guys good looks

to really get a feel of how physical

653

you have to be down in the paint.

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And the same goes with Frank, you know.

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Frank has been there, done

that, he's a vet, he knows all

656

the little tricks in the book.

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So just trying to pass his knowledge on

down to the younger guys is just a great

658

thing, and then, you know, and we've been

talking about it all through the locker

659

room since Frank left, like, Frank is

strong as I don't know what, like, that's

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a different type of strong right there.

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So, just going through that, playing

against that, I think it's helping the

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guys, and it's making their game stronger.

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Aaron: Frank earned that call sign,

you know, Frank the Tank for a reason.

664

And it was interesting to watch

him over the years when he played

665

and how he transformed his body.

666

Frank didn't look like he did,

does now, when he came in.

667

And then each year, kind of how he

not only transformed physically,

668

but transformed his actual game.

669

And I know one thing that Mike and

I were talking about and we see it.

670

With you, is, and we saw in practice

on Saturday, is Frank might not be in

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the best position to get a ball, but

somehow he comes up with the loose ball.

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Good hands, kind of knows where,

he can kind of project where it's

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going, and then he's got that

motor that like, just doesn't quit.

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You don't, necessarily, may not be

as athletic as someone else, but it's

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almost like you're one step ahead,

you know, to compromise for that.

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Jason Wade: right, yeah, exactly, yeah,

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Aaron: So, got a big game on Wednesday.

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That's actually, that's tomorrow, right?

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Yeah.

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Jason Wade: yeah.

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Aaron: you know, against Princeton,

we've talked to the coaches.

682

We've heard that they're tremendously,

you know, tremendously good squad.

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You know, we're not going to ask

you to give any trade secrets

684

away on, you know, how you guys

are going to try to beat them.

685

But what are you looking most

forward to in playing Princeton?

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Jason Wade: Most forward to, I would say

just one, just another opportunity to step

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on the court in front of our fans at home.

688

As far as Princeton themselves,

they're a really well coached team.

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And I think when you play teams

like that we, as monarchs, we

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have to be all on the same page.

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You know, we have to talk, we have

to know what we're doing defensively.

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So I think this is going to test.

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Our defensive mindset a lot this game.

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And I think we need that, you

know, it's early in the season.

695

So the as many hard games we

can get in now that's going

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to benefit us down the road.

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So I'm excited to play Princeton.

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They're a really good team.

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I've heard a lot of good things about

them, but I'm interested to see how

700

we're going to match up with them.

701

You know, they got a good pace.

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They play with good pace.

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They got a lot of shooters.

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They play, they're really tough.

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So I think it's, I think

it's going to be a good game.

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Mike: So speaking of teams, last week

you had a road trip where you played

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Ball State and Arkansas, two teams that

play very different styles of basketball.

708

Ball State like to play tough

in the paint, and guard tough,

709

and Arkansas wanted to run.

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But they weren't too keen on

defense from what the coaches said.

711

I'd love to hear what your thoughts

were on last week and how the team

712

is feeling after Obviously, a great

performance against Arkansas that

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you guys fell short in, but are

you guys feeling more optimistic

714

and know that this is working or?

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Jason Wade: I would say, yes,

I think everybody left last

716

week with a positive mindset.

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Of course it's not good to lose,

but I think if you do lose, you

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have to learn lessons and losing.

719

So I think that was the biggest

thing with last week, you

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know, is our first road game.

721

We got a lot of young dudes on the team

first time facing adversity on the road.

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And you know, we had to have people step

up with the absence of other people.

723

So I think that was a big piece as well.

724

And I think the people that had

to step up did a good job for the

725

circumstances that they were under.

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So I'm looking forward to

where this team is headed.

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I think it's a lot of good stuff

that we showed this past week.

728

Well, there's also a lot of things

that we do have to work on as

729

well, but I'm looking forward to

what this season has to bring.

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Aaron: One of the things that you

guys did show was against Arkansas,

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explosion of three point shooting that

we haven't seen a lot and certainly not

732

consistently over the last few years.

733

We've noticed some great ball

movement, but more importantly and

734

what coaches talked about is driving

the ball, getting to good spots.

735

Getting defenses to move collapse

and then get getting shooters good

736

opportunities and then knocking them

down So, how are you guys feeling

737

when those shots were going down?

738

It just seemed like the momentum started

to build and Yeah, how are you guys

739

feeling once that started to roll?

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Jason Wade: You know, it's

definitely a good feeling, you

741

know, when you're hitting shots

and everybody's hitting and it was

742

literally like everybody was hitting

shots, you know, they were falling.

743

So that's always a good feeling.

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Because, you know, you have those

games where shots don't fall.

745

So, you you definitely, um,

what's the word I'm looking for?

746

You know, are grateful for

when shots are falling.

747

And it gives you an idea of

how good your team can be when

748

you're clicking on all cylinders.

749

But I think guys need to understand that

some games, shots aren't going to fall.

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And that's where we have

to mentally lock in.

751

We have to come up with stops on the

other end and get out in transition.

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And not just rely on outside shooting.

753

I think Coach Jones is going to do a

good job of reminding us to do that.

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But like you guys said, the shots

were falling and it's always a good

755

feeling when shots are falling.

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Mike: All right, so we

touched on it earlier.

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A lot of new guys in

the building this year.

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What's the biggest change in not off

the court from last year to this year?

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Jason Wade: oFf the court?

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Mike: Yeah, like chemistry wise, do

you feel a different energy in the

761

building or how are guys getting better?

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Come on.

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Jason Wade: definitely.

764

I would say um, you know, we had

a bunch of older dudes last year.

765

So I would say the maturity

level is different.

766

I'm not knocking one over the other.

767

I just think it's different.

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Like we had a lot of older guys this year.

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We have a lot of younger guys.

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So it's good.

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It gives guys the opportunity to grow up.

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You know, I came in the, my freshman

year, we came in a group of young

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guys and just followed the older

guys and followed their lead.

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So I'm hoping that, um, these younger

guys could do the same thing and hopefully

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translate onto the court as well.

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Mike: All right.

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So as one of the upperclassmen,

you're taking on kind of a

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leadership role this year.

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What does that mean to you to be a

leader and how do you prefer to lead?

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Jason Wade: You know,

it's changed over time.

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You know, I've always been wanting to

kind of lead by example, you know, try to

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be the hardest playing guy on the court,

whether that's running the fastest or

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jumping the highest or making the most

shots or locking somebody up on defense.

784

With my situation, not being

able to physically like move

785

as well as I want to be.

786

The best the best athlete on the court.

787

I have to be more verbal in my approach

to try to motivate guys to do better.

788

I think that's my biggest thing, just

trying to figure out the right things

789

to say to people and how to relate a

message without, you know, necessarily

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putting the person down, but getting

the point across in a positive way.

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So I would say that's the biggest thing.

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Everybody's different.

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Everybody takes things differently.

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So just learning the different teammates,

my different teammates and how they

795

interact to, you know, that type

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of stuff.

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Aaron: So, you know, being a

leader, you've obviously gone

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through you know, a number of things

in your career at Old Dominion.

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You've overcome a, you know, a

couple major injuries and really

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fought through to get where you are.

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One guy that we haven't had the

opportunity to see on the court, Sam

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Hood, you know, Sam's had some setbacks,

so Mike just asked you about being

803

in that leadership role, you know,

is that an example of a thing that,

804

you know, where you can really relate

to a guy to try to help them from a

805

player's perspective to kind of stay

in the right frame of mind and, you

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know, do what Mitchell's having them do

and those sorts of things to get back.

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Jason Wade: Yeah, most definitely.

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And you know, it's a fine

balance with that too.

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You know, when you have an injury,

you kind of want to hear other

810

people's story, but you kind of

want to write your own story.

811

And, you know, Do you do it?

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How you want to do it?

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So my biggest thing has just

been being there for him.

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I think when he first did it, you

know, just send him a text like like

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you bro, you'll get through this and

just kind of let him come to me with

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questions that are like approaching him.

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So I think that's the biggest thing.

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Just try to find an intermediate of, you

know, applying pressure to teammates and

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letting them reach out to you for help.

820

But that's definitely a big thing.

821

You know, seeing someone

get hurt and Help them.

822

Going through the mental things that it

does to you and not just the physical.

823

It's tough to watch one of

your teammates go through that.

824

And I just wanted to let them

know that I was here for them.

825

And that goes for any of my

teammates, you know, that is

826

going through something like that.

827

I'll always have their back and

if they got, need someone to

828

talk to, I'll always be there.

829

Mike: All right.

830

So coach has talked to us about

the zone and how it needs work.

831

But I'd love to hear your opinion

on what defense you prefer to play.

832

Jason Wade: Man, that's a good question.

833

I Guess it depends on

the team we're playing.

834

I guess would have to be my answer.

835

I feel like it varies

between the teams we play.

836

I would say my favorite is man to man

because that's when you really just are

837

able to get out and run in transition run.

838

You could create steals and I feel

like that gets the crowd going when

839

you kind of sit back in the zone.

840

You got to kind of wait for the

people you're playing to make a

841

mistake, maybe throw a bad pass

or, you know, take a bad shot.

842

I feel like when you're a man to man,

especially full court, like you can set

843

the tempo and get them playing in a way

that they're not used to playing and get

844

out in transition and get some dunks.

845

So I have to say, I have to

say full court man to man.

846

Aaron: All right.

847

In about a month, we'll fast forward

just a little bit going to be

848

going to Honolulu for a tournament.

849

Have you ever been to Hawaii?

850

And what are you looking

forward to with regards to that?

851

The whole experience.

852

Jason Wade: I feel like I wouldn't

be a basketball player if I

853

didn't say, you know, playing

basketball and getting some wins.

854

But I feel like I have to be honest,

the beautiful sunsets, the beaches,

855

it's a little bit of everything.

856

It's a combination of everything.

857

Like I said, I haven't been

I'm looking forward to it.

858

And years past, we have not

done a good job of playing in

859

these invitational tournaments.

860

So I'm making it personal

that we need to go home.

861

With at least two wins this year.

862

So, I feel like that's the goal.

863

I think since I've been here,

you know, we went to the Virgin

864

Islands my freshman year.

865

We won one game.

866

Cayman Islands my sophomore

year, I think we won one game.

867

So, just try to get out there on the

positive positive spectrum with wins.

868

I think that's the biggest goal for me.

869

But I am looking forward to the

beautiful sunsets and the beach.

870

Mike: I grew up there.

871

You're going to love it.

872

It's just the perfect

weather all the time.

873

But I know all Dominion fans will be very

happy to hear that your goal is two wins

874

minimum with how that's a tough field too.

875

It's going

876

to be, it's going to be a big challenge.

877

And I hope you guys obviously

kick ass, but uh, all right.

878

I wanted to ask this question last

year and I just kept forgetting.

879

So obviously you played

basketball your whole life, at

880

what age could you first dunk?

881

Jason Wade: I think I was 12

or 13, but I didn't get it.

882

I didn't get an in game dunk until

my sophomore year because that's

883

when I finally got the courage

enough to actually try it in game

884

and it was a wide open fast break.

885

So I was like let me go ahead and try it.

886

So it's my sophomore year.

887

I got my first dunk.

888

And then in that same game, I

ended up getting three more.

889

So it was just, they were

just rolling in that game.

890

But I say, I think I was 12 or

13 when I got my first dunk.

891

Aaron: All right.

892

I got a

893

quick

894

follow up on that.

895

I want to know what was going through

your mind So when you got was it?

896

Well, first off tell us was it a steal

had and you just had a breakaway pass?

897

And then once once you knew that

you you had that that runway there

898

What's going through your head?

899

And then at the last question,

what was your coach like?

900

And what were you thinking?

901

If I miss this dunk, what's

going to happen to me?

902

Jason Wade: tHat's, those

are great questions.

903

It was a steal.

904

I had stole it.

905

We were actually in the zone.

906

I was at the top of the zone.

907

He tried to throw it over the zone.

908

So I stole it.

909

I jumped the passing lane and went down.

910

And you know, in that moment, you're

not really thinking much, you know,

911

you just, the adrenaline takes over.

912

You're going fast and you're just

like, man, I'm gonna, I'm gonna

913

just try to dunk it like just try.

914

So went up, dunked it.

915

Everybody knew on my team

knew that was my first dunk.

916

So they were cheering.

917

It was my mom.

918

She actually got a picture

of it on her Instagram.

919

I don't know if it's still on

there, I know it was on her

920

Instagram at some point, but it

was a scrimmage verse Monica.

921

So yeah, that was that was

a big moment of my career.

922

And then I follow with two

more dunks that same game.

923

So, I think I just needed that,

that icebreaker to get me going.

924

Mike: I mean, the first one's the best.

925

It's,

926

Jason Wade: Absolutely.

927

Absolutely.

928

Mike: Alright.

929

So we asked you last year,

favorite court you've played on?

930

WOndering if that's changed

at all in this last year.

931

Jason Wade: I don't think it has.

932

Yeah.

933

Mike: All right, Aaron,

it's time for the fun stuff.

934

Aaron: Sweet.

935

Now we don't have any of these

scripted, so these are just going to

936

be flying off the shelf if we come up.

937

Jason Wade: All right,

938

Aaron: you know, last

year you told us your

939

favorite restaurant in Norfolk.

940

What you know, what, right

now, and it could be anywhere,

941

Norfolk, Virginia Beach, wherever.

942

If you're going out with a couple of

your buddies on the squad, where's your

943

favorite place to go to get something?

944

Jason Wade: For me, it's

Sushi King right now.

945

I've found that I love sushi.

946

I've been trying to get my

teammates to come with me.

947

I got Emo to come with me a couple times.

948

I've got an RJ to come with me this year.

949

So those are the two.

950

I got Faison last year to come with me.

951

But I'd say right now it's

definitely Sushi King.

952

Mike: Great college restaurant,

because that all you can eat

953

deal is pretty hard to beat.

954

Jason Wade: Absolutely.

955

Absolutely.

956

Mike: All right, so, obviously

music and basketball kind

957

of go hand in hand together.

958

I want to know what is your favorite

thing to listen to pregame, and

959

then If you're trusting anyone with

the aux on the team, who is it?

960

Jason Wade: For me.

961

bEfore I play, I like to listen to like

a more low key vibe music to try to like

962

settle my emotions and my adrenaline.

963

So I've always liked listening

to like more Chris Brown or

964

even like old school R and B.

965

But on aux, I think Mo is probably

the most trusted guy with the aux.

966

We don't really let the younger

dudes get on hogs much cause I don't

967

want to listen to the new crap.

968

So we let Mo, Mo is normally

who's the guy on hogs.

969

And I think he does a pretty good job.

970

I think he diverses the

music and he loves future.

971

So we know a couple of future songs are

coming, but I think he does a good job

972

of getting everybody's favorite artists.

973

Aaron: Mike and I hear that the playlist

for the weight room is quite the thing.

974

What's your what's your favorite

tune that's on that playlist?

975

Jason Wade: I'd have to say,

976

I think Gunna, he's had a good

year as far as the music industry.

977

So I would say anything with off

Gunna's last album, probably back at it.

978

I would say that's my favorite one.

979

Mike: Alright I think

we're close to wrapping up.

980

Alright, since we're on the music

thing, we'll just, we'll close with

981

your favorite artist at the moment.

982

Is it Gunna, or...

983

Jason Wade: It's probably, it's

a tie between Gunna and Lil Baby.

984

I was a big Travis Scott fan.

985

He dropped Astroworld a couple years ago.

986

I really like that album, but his last

album, Utopia, I wasn't a big fan of it,

987

so Trav kind of dropped down a little bit

for me, so it's either Lil Baby or Travis

988

Scott, I mean Lil Baby or Gunna right now.

989

Mike: I get it.

990

I feel the same exact

way about Astroworld.

991

Jason Wade: Yeah.

992

Aaron: And I, I always have to talk

to Mike to try to stay up on, you

993

know, pop culture and what's going on.

994

Because my playlist is

more like the, like.

995

The Ricky Ronnie playlist, you know,

music Seattle from the nineties.

996

So it's always good to come on

these and hear these things.

997

And believe it or not, I go on and I check

out all these artists after the podcast.

998

And, you know, sometimes I put them in

my mix cause I'm like, Hey, this is good.

999

I would have never known about it.

00:53:29,667 --> 00:53:32,767

Jason Wade: Did you did you get

one that you liked in particular?

00:53:32,949 --> 00:53:35,519

Aaron: That would require me actually

really remembering it, but the next

00:53:35,519 --> 00:53:39,169

time we talk I'll let you know,

but I'm gonna Is now really going

00:53:39,169 --> 00:53:41,079

to show my age is gonna g u n a.

00:53:41,109 --> 00:53:41,769

How do you spell it?

00:53:41,809 --> 00:53:42,619

Because I'm going to look that up.

00:53:43,359 --> 00:53:43,689

All right.

00:53:44,057 --> 00:53:44,457

Jason Wade: Yes, sir.

00:53:44,597 --> 00:53:44,887

Yes, sir,

00:53:44,927 --> 00:53:45,477

just how you spell it?

00:53:45,677 --> 00:53:46,117

Yes, sir.

00:53:46,117 --> 00:53:46,692

Ha, Ha.

00:53:47,587 --> 00:53:49,847

Mike: I'm really interested

to see Aaron listen to Gunna.

00:53:49,897 --> 00:53:50,427

It's gonna be

00:53:50,457 --> 00:53:50,667

pretty

00:53:50,784 --> 00:53:52,664

Aaron: gonna rock it at

the tailgate this weekend.

00:53:52,784 --> 00:53:56,164

All right, we're gonna just have to

throw it in there Gary might be a little

00:53:56,222 --> 00:53:57,012

Jason Wade: you had a most.

00:53:57,304 --> 00:53:58,874

Aaron: you know, I'm gonna

listen to it tonight.

00:53:58,884 --> 00:53:59,354

My son.

00:53:59,354 --> 00:54:04,064

He's 15 He's probably gonna look at me

like what are you doing dad, but I'm game.

00:54:04,482 --> 00:54:06,622

Jason Wade: You gonna have the

most lit, you gonna have the

00:54:06,622 --> 00:54:08,272

most lit tent at the tailgate.

00:54:08,982 --> 00:54:10,342

Everybody gonna be over there.

00:54:10,694 --> 00:54:12,394

Aaron: So just like can't wait.

00:54:12,394 --> 00:54:15,454

We can't wait to see you guys

play on Wednesday, which is

00:54:15,454 --> 00:54:18,454

tomorrow Hopefully you guys are

listening to this podcast tomorrow.

00:54:18,754 --> 00:54:19,154

Jason.

00:54:19,154 --> 00:54:21,654

Do you have a message for Monarch

Nation that you want to put out?

00:54:22,392 --> 00:54:23,262

Jason Wade: Yeah, absolutely.

00:54:23,262 --> 00:54:25,452

You know, Monarch Nation, we love y'all.

00:54:25,472 --> 00:54:29,602

You know, late in attendance in both

conferences since I've been here.

00:54:29,812 --> 00:54:31,112

That's not easy to do.

00:54:31,572 --> 00:54:33,552

We appreciate y'all from

the bottom of my heart.

00:54:33,562 --> 00:54:35,402

Staying behind me and my story.

00:54:35,732 --> 00:54:39,482

And just bringing the energy every

game we're in Chartwell Arena.

00:54:39,482 --> 00:54:41,372

So love y'all and keep supporting us.

00:54:42,162 --> 00:54:44,862

We'll try to win as many

games as we can this year.

00:54:45,205 --> 00:54:46,005

Mike: We'll be there.

00:54:46,005 --> 00:54:48,945

We can't wait to watch you guys

play tomorrow and on Sunday.

00:54:49,345 --> 00:54:52,775

Thank you so much for joining us today

and best of luck this season, Jason.

00:54:53,125 --> 00:54:53,555

Jason Wade: Appreciate it.

00:54:53,565 --> 00:54:53,995

Appreciate it.

00:54:54,005 --> 00:54:54,855

Happy Thanksgiving.

00:54:54,865 --> 00:54:56,275

Happy Holidays, everybody.

00:54:56,565 --> 00:54:56,845

Much

00:54:57,185 --> 00:54:58,495

Mike: All right, go Monarchs!

00:54:58,548 --> 00:54:59,278

Aaron: Monarchs!

00:54:59,415 --> 00:54:59,915

Jason Wade: Go Monarchs!

00:55:08,704 --> 00:55:09,304

Before we let you.

00:55:09,544 --> 00:55:10,174

Monarchs.

00:55:10,384 --> 00:55:11,344

Just one more thing.

00:55:11,434 --> 00:55:12,364

Coach Jones.

00:55:12,754 --> 00:55:15,844

He's asked us To let you know

about their current auction

00:55:15,844 --> 00:55:17,554

benefited coaches versus cancer.

00:55:18,214 --> 00:55:19,984

You can find details on the ultimate in.

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Men's basketball, Twitter account.

00:55:22,257 --> 00:55:26,397

the auction is for four tickets behind

the bench to an upcoming basketball game.

00:55:27,027 --> 00:55:29,967

With that you also get to

attend game day, shoot around.

00:55:30,667 --> 00:55:34,117

a Behind the scenes tour

and autograph basketball.

00:55:34,507 --> 00:55:36,217

And he said there might be some hidden.

00:55:36,437 --> 00:55:37,127

Gifs in there.

00:55:37,157 --> 00:55:37,577

So.

00:55:38,387 --> 00:55:40,010

Take a look again on ultimate is.

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Men's basketball's Twitter account.

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And that's it.

00:55:43,190 --> 00:55:43,970

Happy Thanksgiving.

00:55:43,970 --> 00:55:44,240

Y'all.