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 It's time for UNA Basketball Night at Lost Pizza Company, featuring Coach Candy Whitaker and Coach Tony Pujol.

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 UNA Basketball Night is brought to you by Lost Pizza, Bank Independent, Burnley Spine and Sport, Renaissance Eye Care, The Carriage Wine and Market, Alabama Health Guidance, and Singing River Brewery.

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 Now live from Lost Pizza Company in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the UNA Lions, Benjamin Ray.

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 Good evening and hello, welcome down to Lost Pizza here in downtown Florence, Alabama.

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 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel back with you for week two, episode two of UNA Basketball Night.

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 We're off and running in Atlantic Sun play and Mike, what was it the opening weekend?

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 In either program wanted, I think somebody told me today, we got ten more weekends of basketball left, so no need to panic yet.

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 There's still a lot of basketball to be played this season.

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 That's right, Ben.

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 There's 18 games and that's just two of them, so you got 16 to go.

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 You got eight weeks where you got to buckle in, learn some lessons from week one.

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 And how you play in January isn't necessarily how you're going to play in February or March, whether you're playing good or bad right now.

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 So, a lot of opportunity ahead for North Alabama to really get a couple back now and hopefully look forward to improving and getting some wins.

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 Both teams really kind of mirrored one another where they lost Thursday night openers in tight fashion.

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 The women down in Florida, Fort Myers, Florida Gulf Coast, the men at home against Stetson.

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 And then it kind of flipped.

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 The women were in Deland, Florida, taking on Stetson.

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 The men were at home taking on Florida Gulf Coast.

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 And those games kind of got away late, right?

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 Tight early on.

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 So, both teams will look to bounce back this week on the road.

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 Mike, let's talk about what's coming up.

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 The men, Kentucky swing.

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 Eastern Kentucky Thursday, Bellarmine on Saturday.

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 You talk about two of the most contrasting styles for travel partners probably in all of college basketball.

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 That's right.

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 I mean, if you've seen Bellarmine and the way they play, it's a lot different from the way EKU is going to play on Thursday.

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 And EKU is a team that's motivated.

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 They haven't won a lot of games in non-conference play.

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 And, of course, they dropped both of theirs.

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 Bellarmine also dropped theirs on the road for the men.

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 It's going to be a challenge playing teams that are motivated because they're back in their home gyms.

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 And, again, you're preparing for one team on Wednesday that's completely different from the team you're going to be preparing for on Friday.

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 So, that will be interesting to see how this team does in Kentucky.

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 Then the women open up for the first time at home in 2026 on Thursday.

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 Eastern Kentucky, 6 o'clock tip.

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 On Saturday, it's Bellarmine, a 1 o'clock tip?

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 1 or 2.

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 Let me look.

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 I hadn't looked that far ahead.

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 I should have looked.

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 Grant's confirmed.

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 Grant knows it all.

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 It is a 2 o'clock tip on Saturday.

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 But what you need to know, on Thursday, it's a wide out.

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 On Saturday, it's a gold rush.

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 Dress accordingly.

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 Wide on Thursday.

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 Gold on Saturday.

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 Cannot wait.

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 6 o'clock on Thursday night.

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 It's going to be a good one.

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 It's been a long time since we've seen this team at home.

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 I know they're ready.

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 It's been 6 on the road.

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 December 1st was the last time they were in CB&S Bank Arena.

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 These women are ready to show out in front of the home crowd.

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 And then, of course, Saturday, gold rush, 2 o'clock.

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 Wear gold.

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 I wore my gold hoodie today.

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 I'm going to wash it and have it ready for Saturday.

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 We're off and running here at UNA Basketball Night from Los Beats of Shoals.

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 Tonight, we've got a jam-packed lineup.

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 Next up, we'll hear from Candy Whitaker.

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 We've got Sophia Cipollati and Gabby Jackson in the house as well.

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 A little while later, Tony Pujol will be here.

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 We'll also hear from his sophomore breakout,

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 Starkon King and Kevin Dukovic.

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 We'll take our first time out.

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 Coming up next, we'll chat with North Alabama head coach Candy Whitaker.

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 Welcome back down to the Lost Feats of Shoals here in historic downtown Florence.

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 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel, and we welcome in Head Coach Candy Wade,

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 a crew who talks some North Alabama women's basketball.

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 And, Coach, I know a tough road swing down to Florida,

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 dropped two to Florida Gulf Coast and Stetson.

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 And before we dive into those games, just your overall thoughts from the openers in ASUN play.

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 I think, you know, fairly wide open.

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 I think you're going to have a lot of people beat a lot of people.

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 And every opportunity is huge, and we've got to be ready to go.

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 We're quite a bit, you know, we have a lot of injuries right now,

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 But we've got to have people, you know, compete and step up where we have deficiencies.

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 Coach Ben just talked about it being a road swing, but even before that, it was a road stretch.

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 I mean, six in a row to close a non-conference play and to start conference play,

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 you're finally back at home after over a month.

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 How does it feel to know that, hey, this week we're sleeping in our own beds and playing in our gym?

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 We're happy to be home.

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 You know, it was a long stretch, and it's just how the schedule fell,

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 and you've got to play half of your non-con on the road.

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 And December is a great time to do that, but definitely have dealt with some adversity,

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 but happy to be home and be able to practice at home and stay and sleep in our own beds.

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 All those things matter.

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 You guys have been blowing and going everywhere.

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 Almost time to just pop home, grab some Swiss cheese.

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 The next thing you know, you're back on the road, and what was this opening road trip like?

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 No classes, and you really just kind of got to lock in together.

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 I think, you know, fly down to Fort Myers, you know, I thought competed hard, you know,

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 but got to score the basketball, and then, you know, travel up to Stetson.

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 Pretty easy travel to get two games down.

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 Beautiful weather in Florida.

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 and they got to see her play two games and, you know,

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 and continue to learn a lot about our team.

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 and continue to battle and learn a lot and kind of grow up in real time.

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 Did they bring the Italian flag with them this time?

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 They're very, very, very Italian, and her brother came, and he is very Italian.

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 to experience something different.

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 I just remember last year seeing that flag hanging up on the banner there.

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 It was really cool to see.

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 So, really cool.

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 Coach, speaking of Sophia, you also got Gabby Jackson here today.

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 Those are two players just growing like a flower pot, you know,

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 just really developing and growing in their roles as young players.

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 because I expect so much from her now that she's really taken on this role

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 of scoring it for us, rebounding for us, doing so many things for us,

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 that she's really a freshman in so many ways, you know,

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 saw very limited action last year, and now we can't keep her on the floor.

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 We can't take her off.

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 but she's someone who wants coaching, wants feedback,

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 and wants to continue to get better.

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 Gabby played huge minutes for us in opening ASUN play,

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 and I think is someone who has potential to be a really great player for us.

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 But, you know, there's just so much to learn as a freshman,

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 and that they continue to show up.

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 Let's talk about the Florida Gulf Coast game just a little bit, Coach,

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 and obviously FGCU has been the cream of the crop

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 at the top of the Atlantic Sun, right?

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 Everybody's chasing them.

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 It's been a regime change, but until somebody knocks them off,

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 that's still who everybody is chasing right now.

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 You guys led them by two at the end of the first quarter.

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 You mentioned the defensive effort.

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 They finished that game shooting 36% from the field,

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 and I know it's a tough loss, but you still do have a lot of young players,

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 first-time players in the ASUN.

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 What can they take away from that?

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 Well, I think they had every opportunity to win that game.

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 just didn't finish around the rim, didn't make free throws,

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 didn't get to the line enough, but we're right there.

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 who then goes and beats Central Arkansas, which surprised me a little bit.

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 who's tough enough to come out with a win.

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 notice you also won the turnover battle in that game,

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 and as you really watch the game flow there, you know, who stood out in that game to you?

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 God, it feels like a month ago.

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 Right, because you had one after that.

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 Yeah, that's right.

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 It's like raising children, coaching us.

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 The days are long, and the years are fast.

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 It really is very much like raising children, but, you know, I thought, you know,

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 I thought we just, I thought Allie made some great plays offensively,

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 but I just thought, you know, our margin error is small right now, right?

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 We're not deep.

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 We're struggling to score the basketball, so your margin error is very small defensively.

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 So even though we gave up 51, there was a ton of errors that we felt like, you know,

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 we caused a lot of offense for them at times.

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 We've just got to have people step up and make plays on the offensive end.

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 We've got to get to the foul line more.

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 You know, we've got to continue to fight and be aggressive and find ways to get there.

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 I thought Alyssa, before she went down, played extremely hard.

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 And Alyssa always does, but there was a difference about her, I thought, in that game.

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 Just a little bit more confidence that maybe she had been playing with, and, you know,

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 to see her go down was heartbreaking.

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 And even Gulf Coast, you know, we got texts from them later on, you know, how terrible they felt.

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 It was a little bit of an offensive foul, not major, nothing dirty, but just really unfortunate

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 because I thought she was really trying to get back to where we typically see Alyssa.

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 The Stetson game, Coach, a little bit closer in time, right?

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 You don't have to go back as far in the memory, right, for that one.

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 But just looking back at it, it felt almost like a seesaw kind of game from the team.

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 Our first quarter was not good.

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 And obviously in the score, I mean, the three quarters were fairly even.

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 It was the first quarter we, you know, grew a huge deficit.

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 It started at the tip.

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 We got beat to a loose ball.

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 We start the ball game with three turnovers from seniors that just didn't – were unnecessary.

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 giving ourselves the best shot offensively, and then got to do a better job.

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 It's about scout-specific at guarding in that first quarter.

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 I want to talk about Gabby's performance in that game,

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 and kind of a breakout game for her as a true freshman.

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 35 minutes, I believe that's the most she's played all season, scored 11.6 rebounds.

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 What was her impact in that game?

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 I just thought she was competing, you know, really hard.

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 And Gabby's someone who wants to make plays, has the courage to go make plays,

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 will get in there and rebound, you know, and just thought she did a lot of good things.

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 letting a young player get those minutes and get that experience is huge.

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 So, I think valuable minutes for her and hopefully some confidence leading into this next week.

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 All right, back home, Eastern Kentucky on Thursday.

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 Saturday, it's Bellarmine.

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 And we've already talked about just returning home.

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 But what's the difference in styles that you're going to see this weekend?

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 Well, Eastern Kentucky, I think, is the best A-Sun team I've seen in the two years I've been here.

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 I think they are really, really, really good, really talented.

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 They look like they're in a track race every single possession.

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 Their transition offense is fantastic.

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 One through five, they five out.

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 Everyone can shoot it.

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 Everyone can pass it.

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 Everyone can shoot it.

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 Their five player can play the point.

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 She brings it.

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 She initiates offense.

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 She breaks people down.

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 She shoots the three.

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 They went into the portal.

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 I think they only have three returners.

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 So, they were really good last year.

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 But their portal action and their portal recruiting has been tremendous in the pieces they've added.

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 They don't necessarily play a lot of kids.

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 But the ones they play are super talented and very aggressive and can score the ball really, really well.

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 So, that's kind of how they play.

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 Five out, difficult to guard, very positionless basketball.

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 And then Bellarmine is going to be a little bit more traditional as far as inside players, outside players.

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 So, two very different styles.

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 It seems like every time you and Apley is Bellarmine.

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 I'm jumping ahead a little bit.

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 It seems like it's always a close game.

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 Comes out of the buzzer.

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 You know, that'll be a great game.

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 And EKU as well.

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 Talk about the positionless basketball.

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 That's really interesting to me.

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 How do you prepare for that defensively, knowing that it's probably different from a lot of what you get to see?

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 Yeah, I mean, there's a couple of teams in this league.

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 Lipscomb last year that played five out.

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 You know, if you can sign a post player that can play like that on the perimeter but still enough size to guard inside, I think you are very difficult to guard.

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 They're hard to find.

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 You know, they signed a kid out of Colorado State that has come in and been really good for them at EKU that has provided that positionless play.

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 You know, so it's a tough matchup, and that's the goal, right, when you have a five player that can step out and do that.

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 So we've got to work on getting down and guarding.

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 You know, we teach that all year.

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 But it's a matter of being able to do it and to match with it.

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 I think a lot of teams probably think they probably have to go smaller because of the open floor concepts that EKU plays with.

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 And then, yeah, Bellarmine's always, you know, last year was a super close game, I think double overtime at their place.

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 And they graduated some key players but certainly have some nice pieces back and a style that, you know, if you don't show up, right, they can compete with anybody.

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 Coach, week at home, Thursday, 6 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m., women back at home, Eastern Kentucky and Bellarmine.

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 Coach, we appreciate you breaking it down with us.

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 All right, who do you want to send over?

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 Who do you want to send down over there to come next?

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 Sophia.

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 We'll start with Sophia and then finish with Gabarella is what I call her.

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 All right, we'll do it.

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 Coming up next, Sophia Cipollati stops by.

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 Coach, thank you very much.

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 Best of luck this week.

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 Thank you.

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 We're excited to welcome in the super sophomore sensation from Italy, Sofia Cipollati.

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 and she's our next guest here at UNA Basketball Night from Lost Pizza Shoals.

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 Sofia, we're so excited to have you.

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 First of all, how refreshing was it to see your family down in Florida this weekend?

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 It was amazing.

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 I could not wait to see them, so it was really nice seeing them after five months.

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 They had a nice vacation.

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 They'd been to the beach.

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 They'd been in Miami, and then they came to see both games.

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 So that was awesome, and I love for them to see me play, actually.

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 Now, did they bring you anything from Italy?

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 Any surprises or anything?

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 They brought me some food and some Christmas gifts.

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 Did you get any socks?

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 No, not really.

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 No socks?

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 What kind of food did they bring you?

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 Well, we have this dessert that we eat on Christmas, and it's called Pandoro.

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 It's similar to Panettone, if you know what it is.

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 And I just love it so bad.

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 But here, I cannot really find it, so my mom literally put it in the suitcase, and she bought it for me.

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 Nice.

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 And I remember last year when they came to Florence for that game, the Italian flag hanging there.

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 We were talking to Coach Whittaker about that.

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 I was wondering, did they do it again for the Florida trip?

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 I thought so.

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 I thought my dad would have done it, but I guess he didn't.

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 But maybe they're coming back in February here.

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 So it's going to do it again if it comes.

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 I was going to say, the weather might have been a little too cold.

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 I didn't know if they brought their floaties, maybe tried to swim a little bit at the beach.

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 But you also live pretty close to the beach in Italy.

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 Yeah.

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 No, they were so relaxed.

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 They've been to the beach.

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 They were literally so tanned, and I was very jealous.

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 I am very jealous.

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 But they had a great time, and I'm really happy for them.

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 Take us home to Italy.

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 Where is home, and what is so special about it?

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 So I'm actually from a really small town in the countryside.

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 It comes literally not even 1,000 people.

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 So for me, I don't know, you know it's nice because you get to know everybody there,

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 and everybody knows you.

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 And now that I'm here, whenever I go home, everybody's stopping me and saying,

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 oh, my God, we're so proud of you, and blah, blah, blah.

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 And I'm really grateful for that.

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 When we wrote that story back, I guess it was September, October, you came to the office.

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 We talked for a while about just being an international student, how great it was for you,

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 for Greta, to come now.

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 We got two Italians on the team, and she's here tonight supporting you.

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 39 international student athletes, and you're all very close and connected.

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 How important is that for you, being so far away from home,

458
00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:05,060
 but having kind of your new family here with all the international students on campus?

459
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:05,900
 You said it right.

460
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:14,060
 I think we have a great international company, whatever, and I love it.

461
00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:17,360
 I'm mentioning the tennis team since the coaches are here.

462
00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:21,160
 They're all internationals, and I love them.

463
00:26:21,260 --> 00:26:28,720
 I think just having somebody that thinks the way that you do is great, especially when you're so far from home.

464
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,700
 So, like, hanging out with them, spending time with them, doing stuff together.

465
00:26:33,700 --> 00:26:43,380
 Even, like, talking about difficulties and, like, problems that we're facing, it's just nice, and you actually feel like you're being understudies.

466
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,020
 I think that's everything.

467
00:26:45,380 --> 00:26:45,640
 That's great.

468
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:53,880
 All right, now, so from talking about being home and everything you love there, we're talking about how I can't roll my R's to say the hometown that you're from.

469
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,520
 What's been your welcome to Alabama moment?

470
00:26:56,700 --> 00:27:00,380
 What is something that has shocked you about, maybe not even just Alabama, the United States?

471
00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:07,040
 So, I've got to be honest, since the moment that I came here, I thought that everybody was just so nice.

472
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:12,920
 Like, just going around, even, like, outside the campus, I was like, everybody was, like, saying hi to me.

473
00:27:13,260 --> 00:27:14,680
 I was like, oh, my God, that's so nice.

474
00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:17,740
 That doesn't happen in Italy, and I love that.

475
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,460
 I want to talk about basketball a little bit and how it differs.

476
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,160
 You play a lot of international basketball.

477
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:30,380
 You represent your country doing so, and how does that brand of basketball that you play in the summer differ for what you're doing right now with UNA?

478
00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:40,860
 So, I think the main difference between the two ways of playing basketball is that back in Europe, the game, the pace is very slow.

479
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:47,020
 Like, definitely slower than here, and you get to play by reading the defense and making the right decisions.

480
00:27:47,420 --> 00:27:49,080
 While here, it's just, like, running.

481
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:50,480
 We run all the time.

482
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:58,520
 In fact, I thought that was the main difference that I found when I first came here because I was like, okay, like, we're running a lot, and I'm not used to that.

483
00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:00,180
 But I kind of like it.

484
00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:04,000
 What was the biggest adjustment for you freshman to sophomore year?

485
00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:13,880
 I think I needed to put a lot of work in on the basketball side, but also, like, my body.

486
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:15,340
 I needed to be in shape.

487
00:28:15,540 --> 00:28:19,480
 I needed to go to the training room and the weight room and actually work.

488
00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:26,840
 So, I think when I got in shape, I finally saw the results even on the court.

489
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:33,400
 You know, it probably meant a lot to you hearing Coach Whitaker talk a second ago about how you're being trusted to do a lot of things.

490
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:41,460
 Obviously, by necessity sometimes, but, you know, being able to be that person that can be trusted offensively, defensively to do a lot of things.

491
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,900
 What does it mean to have that vote of confidence from your head coach?

492
00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:51,540
 It means a lot to me, especially, like, coming from last season where I didn't get to play a lot.

493
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,680
 But it means a lot.

494
00:28:53,780 --> 00:28:57,920
 It's just nice knowing that you have your coaches' trust.

495
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:06,040
 And, you know, when you step on the court, you just feel calm and relaxed because you know that they have trust in you and what you do.

496
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,480
 Tell us about your recruitment to North Alabama.

497
00:29:08,620 --> 00:29:11,740
 How do you go from that small town in Italy to Florence, Alabama?

498
00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:19,740
 So, it actually started because I was playing for a team where a girl was, like, kind of working there.

499
00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:23,360
 And she actually plays basketball, like, pro basketball in Italy.

500
00:29:23,580 --> 00:29:24,620
 And she came here.

501
00:29:24,780 --> 00:29:27,600
 Like, she went to college in Georgia.

502
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:34,140
 So, it happens that she knew Coach A, Sandra Epstein.

503
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,780
 And so, we started talking.

504
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,000
 And I don't know.

505
00:29:39,140 --> 00:29:41,440
 And then I talked with Coach Whitaker.

506
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,280
 And my family talked to them.

507
00:29:43,620 --> 00:29:45,120
 And everything seemed nice.

508
00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:45,860
 So, I was like, okay.

509
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:47,720
 I think that's for me.

510
00:29:48,180 --> 00:29:51,840
 Well, it's certain to me that you fit in with this team very well.

511
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:52,940
 You fit in this program.

512
00:29:53,140 --> 00:29:54,200
 And you fit in this community.

513
00:29:54,940 --> 00:29:57,380
 I want to talk about your role with the team right now.

514
00:29:57,540 --> 00:30:01,080
 And just over the last few games, I'm looking at the amount of minutes you played.

515
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,860
 Going back to Sanford, that overtime game, 43 minutes.

516
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,460
 Played nearly the whole game.

517
00:30:05,860 --> 00:30:07,380
 38 minutes A&M.

518
00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:10,020
 And then the last two games, 37 in both of those.

519
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:11,900
 You're playing a lot of minutes right now.

520
00:30:12,140 --> 00:30:12,920
 Do you ever get tired?

521
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,840
 And how does that feel when you have to play that many minutes?

522
00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:18,420
 So, I actually really like that.

523
00:30:18,660 --> 00:30:19,640
 I got to be honest.

524
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:27,840
 After I got injured and I was out for a moment, after I came back, I was like, you know,

525
00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:30,120
 I'm never going to give anything for granted again.

526
00:30:30,340 --> 00:30:34,160
 So, like, every minute that I'm playing, it's just like I'm really grateful for that.

527
00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:40,080
 So, whatever the minutes that I'm playing is, it's just fine to me.

528
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,340
 And I'm grateful for that.

529
00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:45,600
 Well, Sophia, UNA fans can come watch you Thursday and Saturday.

530
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,080
 How excited are you to be back?

531
00:30:47,740 --> 00:30:50,380
 You're home away from home inside of CBNS Bank Arena.

532
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:52,840
 I'm so excited to finally play home.

533
00:30:52,980 --> 00:30:56,400
 I feel like playing in front of your people is just nice.

534
00:30:56,500 --> 00:31:00,360
 The energy and all of your friends just coming to support you.

535
00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:05,420
 So, you want to play great, you want to win, and it's just amazing to me.

536
00:31:05,660 --> 00:31:06,800
 We've enjoyed chatting with you.

537
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,280
 Thanks for taking us to Italy, and thanks for you coming here to Florence, Alabama.

538
00:31:10,420 --> 00:31:15,660
 I know UNA fans love watching the super sophomore sensation, Sophia Cipollati.

539
00:31:15,780 --> 00:31:17,240
 Thank you so much, guys, for having me.

540
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,820
 Hey, coming up next, true freshman Gabby Jackson swings by.

541
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564
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565
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 Yeah, this isn't that.

566
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567
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568
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569
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570
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577
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578
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580
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600
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:12,120
 Next up here from Las Beets of Shoals in downtown Florence on UNA Basketball Night,

601
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:16,960
 we welcome in true freshman Gabby Jackson from Kansas City, Missouri.

602
00:35:17,540 --> 00:35:20,840
 Comes to North Alabama from Schwannee Mission Northwest High School.

603
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,680
 Her first year here in Florence, Alabama.

604
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,680
 First-time appearance, long-time listener, first-time caller.

605
00:35:25,780 --> 00:35:28,020
 We appreciate you stopping by, Gabby.

606
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,360
 Gabby, you're the oldest of five siblings, right?

607
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:32,280
 I am the oldest.

608
00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:36,180
 So, big sister, how are you enjoying your first year here in Florence, Alabama at UNA?

609
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,500
 I'm enjoying it a lot.

610
00:35:38,260 --> 00:35:42,800
 It's definitely what I came for when I said I wanted to get a family feel and the welcoming,

611
00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:45,400
 and that's what I got, and I appreciate it so much.

612
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,700
 Yeah, I understand Coach Whittaker's a Chiefs fan.

613
00:35:47,820 --> 00:35:48,980
 You're also a Chiefs fan.

614
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,600
 What's that like for you, winning Super Bowls?

615
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:52,960
 Yeah, I freaking love it.

616
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:58,880
 Like, being a winner is big to me, and the Chiefs, a rough year, but the past three years

617
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,320
 were really good for us, and every time we went over to their house, they always had football

618
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,020
 on, so it was good.

619
00:36:04,020 --> 00:36:06,440
 Career-high 11 points against Stetson.

620
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:11,340
 You had 13 rebounds or career-high this year against Tennessee State, averaging about five

621
00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:13,160
 points, nearly six rebounds per game.

622
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,080
 How would you kind of evaluate your first year at the collegiate level so far?

623
00:36:17,780 --> 00:36:23,080
 It's definitely a process for me, just getting out there and getting out of my head, because

624
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:29,180
 that's hard as a freshman, and I feel like I'm doing, I just need to keep trying harder

625
00:36:29,180 --> 00:36:33,600
 and giving my best effort when I get out there and get those minutes, and that's the best I

626
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:34,920
 can do for my coach and my team.

627
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:40,120
 Yeah, gradually just continuing to get more and more minutes, and now we're in conference

628
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:40,380
 play.

629
00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:42,040
 The Stetson game, you played 35 minutes.

630
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:46,800
 That's the most you've played all season, and being able to be trusted in that role, 11.6

631
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:51,120
 rebounds, to play that many minutes as a true freshman, and to help your team, what does

632
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,640
 it mean to you to know that you have the trust to play that much?

633
00:36:54,060 --> 00:36:54,820
 It means a lot.

634
00:36:54,960 --> 00:37:00,740
 I appreciate it so much, especially from her, because she is a businesswoman, and she wants

635
00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:05,320
 to win, and that's big on me, too, because I love winning, and we're in a little bit of a

636
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,760
 slump, but I know we can get out of it, because we work hard.

637
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,460
 What was your welcome to college basketball moment?

638
00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:14,900
 My welcome to college basketball.

639
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,640
 I think just UT Martin getting out there.

640
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:21,520
 I was a little like, whoa, but it was really cool when you just get out there and you start

641
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:21,840
 going.

642
00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:23,880
 You feel like it's slowed down for you now?

643
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:25,440
 Yeah, most definitely.

644
00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:27,280
 It slows down as you go.

645
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,080
 So you alluded to UT Martin.

646
00:37:29,140 --> 00:37:31,480
 That was your first appearance, 16 minutes in that game.

647
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,400
 The very next game, kind of a legendary moment.

648
00:37:34,580 --> 00:37:36,500
 You played against Fisk, 14 minutes there.

649
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:38,300
 You got your first collegiate points.

650
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:39,740
 You go to the free throw line.

651
00:37:39,860 --> 00:37:41,360
 The score is 65 to something.

652
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:41,920
 We're winning.

653
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,540
 There are a bunch of kids in attendance for elementary day.

654
00:37:45,820 --> 00:37:47,000
 You go to the free throw line.

655
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:51,680
 You have a very important job to make two free throws so that the kids can get that special

656
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,760
 number 67, and everybody can go crazy.

657
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,720
 You hit both free throws, and then you were the most popular person on campus signing autographs

658
00:37:59,720 --> 00:38:01,540
 for everybody in attendance.

659
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,500
 What was that moment like for you?

660
00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:07,120
 Yeah, after I was asked, like, was it pressuring?

661
00:38:07,420 --> 00:38:12,480
 And working with Coach A every day to get free throws, like, put them in, it just wasn't

662
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:13,760
 as pressureful.

663
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:19,580
 But getting that 6'7 was big, and I really, I was so excited to hear the joy.

664
00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:22,020
 It reminded me of my house, like, and the kids.

665
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:23,000
 It just felt good.

666
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:26,000
 Like, I was like, this is what it's supposed to feel like, and it's supposed to feel fun

667
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,000
 and bring smiles to people.

668
00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:28,740
 So, it felt good, and to get a win.

669
00:38:29,180 --> 00:38:30,660
 Take us home to Kansas City, Missouri.

670
00:38:30,980 --> 00:38:33,700
 What is your favorite thing about being from Kansas City?

671
00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,000
 Kansas City, I love being a Chiefs fan.

672
00:38:38,660 --> 00:38:41,300
 Kansas City, it's a good place, honestly.

673
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:42,780
 I just love my home.

674
00:38:42,860 --> 00:38:43,460
 I love my family.

675
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:44,660
 I'm around them a lot.

676
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,580
 Like, I'm not really a go-out type person, but I do love being home.

677
00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:50,600
 And my family's big, as y'all know.

678
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:55,080
 So, it's just good being home, and I got to do that over and went to break and come back.

679
00:38:55,220 --> 00:38:56,600
 So, yeah, feel good.

680
00:38:56,740 --> 00:38:58,180
 What's the age range of the siblings?

681
00:38:58,660 --> 00:39:04,400
 My age range, so I'm 19, and then my sister is 12, and my brother is 11, and they're both

682
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,340
 a year and a day apart.

683
00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:12,400
 And then it goes Elle, who is 8, Milani, who just turned 8, and then Savian, who is 5.

684
00:39:13,060 --> 00:39:13,460
 Wow.

685
00:39:13,580 --> 00:39:13,880
 Wow.

686
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:18,420
 So, what has your role become on a holiday like Christmas when you're the older sister?

687
00:39:18,540 --> 00:39:20,920
 What are you doing to try to help give them a good experience?

688
00:39:21,900 --> 00:39:25,600
 Definitely brought home some gifts that I thought were great, and I just love spending

689
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,480
 time with them and just leading them in the way, because they still had a little bit of

690
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:35,040
 practices that I got to go and be a part of, and then just showing them, like, it's all

691
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:35,540
 a process.

692
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,280
 Like, it's not when you're young.

693
00:39:37,380 --> 00:39:39,980
 It's the bigger picture, like, and this is where it starts.

694
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:45,960
 So, they all play sports, even the 5-year-old, and he's a freaking butt, but I love that

695
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,800
 dude, so they're awesome, yeah.

696
00:39:48,540 --> 00:39:51,000
 All right, your path to North Alabama, what sold you on UNA?

697
00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:52,060
 What was the journey like?

698
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,500
 What definitely sold me is the family vibe.

699
00:39:56,180 --> 00:40:03,080
 I'm big on family and feeling like you can, like, fit in with people, and everybody was

700
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:06,880
 cool, even like Sophia said, like, people around here were just nice.

701
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,400
 Like, people wave, they tell you their name, hey, how you doing?

702
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,540
 Like, it's a very good feeling, and the coaches were great.

703
00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:17,800
 I mean, Coach Whitaker was awesome, and her husband was very welcoming, brought me and my

704
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:22,680
 dad to their home, and it was awesome, and Coach A and Coach Petrie were great, too, so.

705
00:40:23,380 --> 00:40:28,060
 You've obviously got a lot of years to figure this out of college basketball ahead of you.

706
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,900
 Obviously, you probably have your goals on the court, but as you go through your academic

707
00:40:31,900 --> 00:40:35,040
 career, get your degree, what's kind of your goal once you graduate college?

708
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:36,320
 What do you want to do as a career?

709
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,520
 Yes, I want to be a doctor.

710
00:40:38,740 --> 00:40:39,980
 I want to be an emergency room doctor.

711
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:41,920
 I've always wanted to kind of help people.

712
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:46,540
 My mom is an emergency room nurse, so she kind of led that path for me, and I just always

713
00:40:46,540 --> 00:40:49,380
 found it cool to learn about the body and stuff.

714
00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:55,480
 And I think about, we had Alyssa Clutter on, Emma Kate Tittle, they all have plans to pursue

715
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,660
 some sort of a medical degree next, right?

716
00:40:58,060 --> 00:41:02,000
 What's it like for you, being the freshman, you want to follow that path, and they've done

717
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,400
 that now, or they're still working towards it, but they kind of have those mentors on the

718
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:05,640
 team.

719
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,340
 Yeah, they're just really helpful.

720
00:41:08,340 --> 00:41:12,340
 They do tell you, like, it's going to be hard, but they're real with you, and they do

721
00:41:12,340 --> 00:41:12,740
 help you.

722
00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:17,900
 Like, there's things you can do, you know, apps you can use to help you out, get through

723
00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:20,980
 that path, and you can do it if you really put your mind towards it.

724
00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:26,460
 Yeah, in your first year of college, balancing academics, how has that been for you while

725
00:41:26,460 --> 00:41:29,420
 trying to, you know, play basketball and do all of that?

726
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:30,060
 It's not easy.

727
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:30,940
 Yeah, it's not.

728
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,960
 I told my coach, I was like, this is not like high school.

729
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,120
 And I was like, she was like, yeah, no, it's not.

730
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,640
 And I was like, 100% correct.

731
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,320
 And I did well.

732
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:46,560
 Like, I passed, and I want to do better this year, well, this year, 2026, of getting a

733
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,460
 little bit better grades of where I know I can.

734
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,480
 All right, back home Thursday and Saturday.

735
00:41:51,620 --> 00:41:52,280
 It's been a long time.

736
00:41:52,340 --> 00:41:54,080
 Do you remember what it's like to play in the bank?

737
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,340
 I know, we had practice today, and I was like, oh, this place.

738
00:41:57,980 --> 00:42:00,280
 So it's been a minute, but I'm excited.

739
00:42:00,420 --> 00:42:02,080
 How much have you enjoyed playing at home this year?

740
00:42:02,340 --> 00:42:03,140
 I love playing at home.

741
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,860
 I feel like it's a good amount of people around us, and it's a good atmosphere.

742
00:42:07,100 --> 00:42:10,520
 Like, it's exciting, and it's a purple arena, and I love purple, and it's great.

743
00:42:10,620 --> 00:42:11,260
 I love playing at home.

744
00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:12,000
 Yeah.

745
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,460
 Well, Gabby, we can't wait to see you back at home this Thursday, this Saturday.

746
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:20,300
 I got to let everybody know, if you know Mike and I and Brian East, we like to play a

747
00:42:20,300 --> 00:42:22,280
 little word challenge sometimes during broadcast.

748
00:42:22,420 --> 00:42:26,200
 Gabby is tonight's winner, we challenged Coach Whitaker, we challenged Sophia.

749
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:27,540
 They didn't get it in.

750
00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:30,200
 Gabby got her word in, so Gabby, congratulations.

751
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:31,900
 You are the word challenge winner.

752
00:42:32,020 --> 00:42:35,200
 How does that feel to know that you're walking away as the word challenge champ?

753
00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:36,640
 It feels really good, actually.

754
00:42:36,940 --> 00:42:39,080
 I'm very competitive, and I got a win.

755
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:40,380
 It's been a long time.

756
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:42,480
 Congratulations.

757
00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:44,960
 We'll be rooting you in for a win on Thursday.

758
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,320
 Yeah, I hope we get a dub Thursday and Saturday.

759
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:47,900
 That's great.

760
00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:50,540
 That's Gabby Jackson, the true freshman from Kansas City.

761
00:42:50,620 --> 00:42:51,440
 Thanks for stopping by.

762
00:42:51,460 --> 00:42:52,080
 We'll take a timeout.

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811
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 Here we go.

812
00:46:41,060 --> 00:46:47,460
 We welcome in North Alabama head coach Tony Pujol down here at UNA Basketball Night from Lost Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

813
00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:52,300
 We're Benjamin Ray, Mikey Ezekiel, and Tony Pujol back for week two, episode two.

814
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,160
 And coach, I know a tough open to A-Sun play.

815
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,000
 Two losses to Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast.

816
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,900
 But the best news of all, we still got, what did you say, Mike?

817
00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:02,680
 16 more games to play?

818
00:47:04,060 --> 00:47:10,140
 Yeah, we've got 16 more games to play, but my hat's off to Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast.

819
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,380
 The way they came in and played here on the road.

820
00:47:14,380 --> 00:47:17,340
 You know, Donnie Jones does an unbelievable job at Stetson.

821
00:47:17,940 --> 00:47:19,600
 His team was definitely prepared.

822
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:27,340
 And they played with just, we had them down 13, and they just never quit.

823
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:28,280
 They kept battling.

824
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:30,420
 So my hat's off to them.

825
00:47:30,940 --> 00:47:38,460
 You know, I thought our guys did a really decent job of, you know, just kind of staying within what we're trying to do.

826
00:47:38,620 --> 00:47:44,040
 But, you know, again, had a 13-point lead and just didn't close the game.

827
00:47:44,580 --> 00:47:50,500
 And it's something that, you know, we have been talking to our players about, talking to, you know, our staff about,

828
00:47:50,580 --> 00:47:55,100
 that it's an area that we have been dealing with since the beginning of the year,

829
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:59,320
 and that we've got to continue to work on closing those gaps, right?

830
00:48:00,380 --> 00:48:06,160
 So, for me, right now, our focus is to continue to coach our guys,

831
00:48:07,060 --> 00:48:14,480
 continue to show them the things that really gives them, allows them to have success on the court,

832
00:48:14,980 --> 00:48:20,600
 and at the same time, show them the things that we've got to definitely get better at,

833
00:48:20,860 --> 00:48:23,060
 so we can shorten, you know, just close those gaps.

834
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:27,000
 Yeah, I think a big lesson, Coach, that we learned last year, we're learning this year,

835
00:48:27,020 --> 00:48:30,560
 and I'm sure you've learned over eight years, is that there's no easy weeks in the A-Sun.

836
00:48:30,660 --> 00:48:34,840
 There's no give-me games, and this week included, go to EKU and then Bellarmine.

837
00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:39,960
 Those are two teams that can win on any given day, and, I mean, that league, this league is just so competitive.

838
00:48:40,740 --> 00:48:43,680
 Yeah, it is, and you've got to be prepared every week, right?

839
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:50,760
 You know, that's the one thing about this league, is that it's going to constantly challenge you,

840
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:55,660
 and you can't ask for two different types of style of play, right?

841
00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:02,280
 EKU plays a up-tempo, you know, 40 minutes of whatever they call their game,

842
00:49:02,860 --> 00:49:08,140
 and then you've got Bellarmine, who's a ball control, you're going to have to guard them for 30 seconds,

843
00:49:08,140 --> 00:49:16,120
 you know, you're going to have to, and you can't let up because they're just so patient and so efficient on the offensive end.

844
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:18,600
 Road trip to Kentucky.

845
00:49:18,860 --> 00:49:21,840
 Coach, let's talk about some of these games just a little bit, starting with Stetson,

846
00:49:21,940 --> 00:49:27,020
 and you kind of already touched on this, but such a wave of a game, a slow start for your team.

847
00:49:27,260 --> 00:49:32,220
 Came back, took a one-point lead, built up that 13-point advantage, then Stetson came crawling back,

848
00:49:32,220 --> 00:49:37,960
 but then, despite that momentum Stetson had, your team still had a couple of shots at the end of the ball game.

849
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:43,020
 So, the wave of emotions of this game, how does this team kind of learn from that?

850
00:49:43,180 --> 00:49:44,860
 Yeah, I think it's like I was telling you.

851
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:50,940
 I think for us, what's most important right now is when we're playing in a game,

852
00:49:52,340 --> 00:49:56,520
 there's going to be games, they're going to make runs just like we make runs, right?

853
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,600
 You don't get a 13-point lead without making a run.

854
00:49:59,340 --> 00:50:03,040
 So, we made runs, but their team stuck with it, right?

855
00:50:03,140 --> 00:50:09,900
 So, now, when teams do that to us, our guys have to have the maturity to continue to play the game

856
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:12,420
 and not get out of character, right?

857
00:50:12,580 --> 00:50:19,200
 And I think that's what happens to our guys at times is that they just, they, and again, it's not a bad thing, right?

858
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:25,320
 Because they're trying to make something happen, but what happens is we get away from what we're trying to do

859
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:28,240
 and they're trying to create something on their own.

860
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:36,260
 So, my thing is I think this is something that's good because for us, we always utilize film to show them.

861
00:50:36,780 --> 00:50:38,720
 We put it in front of them, you know?

862
00:50:38,860 --> 00:50:43,180
 That's one thing that we're always going to do is we're going to be completely transparent with our guys.

863
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,440
 This is what we see, okay?

864
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:49,900
 And if we can correct this, it could change aspects of games.

865
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,020
 So, that's going to be our deal.

866
00:50:52,560 --> 00:51:00,380
 You know, we're going to continue to kind of squirrel in all those little, you know, plays that we know

867
00:51:00,380 --> 00:51:07,600
 are going to improve the opportunity for our guys to play, right, to have success on the court.

868
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:17,620
 And then we're going to also throw in there all the things that are shortcomings that we have to just make sure

869
00:51:17,620 --> 00:51:21,100
 that we're cutting out of what we're doing so that we don't have lulls.

870
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:25,600
 Yeah, you definitely don't want those lulls, you know, snailing around a little bit.

871
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:32,420
 Coach, going back to Stetson a little bit, and we'll kind of dive ahead into the FGCU game as well.

872
00:51:32,500 --> 00:51:36,000
 I want to highlight a couple of individuals that will be on the show tonight coming to COVID sheets.

873
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:39,860
 But Darkon King, kind of a breakout weekend for him in some ways.

874
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:44,840
 You know, the 11 rebound game at Stetson had a couple big three-pointers in the FGCU game.

875
00:51:44,940 --> 00:51:49,700
 Now that he's kind of emerging as the sixth man, how does that help this team moving forward into A-7 play?

876
00:51:49,820 --> 00:51:52,580
 Yeah, I think, you know, let me be honest with you.

877
00:51:52,580 --> 00:51:59,440
 Darkon last year as a freshman really showed a lot to our team and what he can potentially do.

878
00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:05,340
 What set him back was a little bit of a knee injury that kind of kept him out of the rotation for a little bit.

879
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:10,640
 But by the time the end of the year rolled around, he was playing quality minutes for our team last year.

880
00:52:10,780 --> 00:52:20,020
 So I'm glad to see that he's continuing to work at his game and continue to build his craft because obviously this team needs him to do that, right?

881
00:52:20,220 --> 00:52:28,180
 And I can tell you this, if he continues to rebound the ball like he's doing, if he continues to share the basketball and value it,

882
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:35,760
 and if he continues to stretch the defense with the way he shot the three ball against Florida Gulf Coast, it's hard for me to keep him off the floor.

883
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,600
 So I expect him to be playing a whole lot more, for sure.

884
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,880
 And, Coach, he's a classic example.

885
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:45,700
 You just look at what this program's had the last three, four, five, I guess all eight years you've been here.

886
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:46,920
 He's been in the program.

887
00:52:47,020 --> 00:52:47,700
 He's been balled in.

888
00:52:47,980 --> 00:52:50,380
 I don't want to say he waited his turn, but he's earned this, right?

889
00:52:50,460 --> 00:52:52,560
 Like he worked really hard to get to this point.

890
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:53,760
 Darkon, of course.

891
00:52:53,940 --> 00:52:55,240
 Yeah, I mean, absolutely.

892
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:58,620
 I mean, that's the one thing you can count on with him.

893
00:52:58,780 --> 00:53:03,420
 First of all, he comes from a lineage of basketball players in his family, right?

894
00:53:03,420 --> 00:53:10,340
 You have Stacey King, his uncle, his dad played at Kansas State, played overseas for a little bit.

895
00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:17,560
 So Stacey King obviously played at Oklahoma and later on with the Chicago Bulls.

896
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:29,740
 So he's got those folks around him, especially his dad, from a basketball standpoint in what it takes to play at this level.

897
00:53:31,260 --> 00:53:34,740
 And he's one guy I don't ever have to worry about getting in the gym.

898
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:35,840
 He gets in the gym.

899
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:44,000
 And that's an area with him that I know if he keeps doing what he's doing, his trajectory is obviously going to be going up.

900
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:52,820
 Coach, moving on to FGCU and looking back at that game on Saturday, one of those games where I got behind a little bit early

901
00:53:52,820 --> 00:53:58,480
 and then really worked back into it with an impressive stretch there at the midway point and just got away there towards the end.

902
00:53:58,740 --> 00:54:03,060
 What did you see in that game and what's some lessons you can take away for next week?

903
00:54:03,380 --> 00:54:05,220
 Yeah, I think like anything else, right?

904
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:11,460
 Well, you know, FGCU obviously considered one of the top favorite teams in our league.

905
00:54:12,420 --> 00:54:14,660
 You know, Coach Chambers does a great job with that team.

906
00:54:14,740 --> 00:54:20,600
 He's been there for a few years now and he's put together a really good – he's assembled a really good team, right?

907
00:54:20,940 --> 00:54:24,060
 So for us, I thought – I knew it was going to be a challenge.

908
00:54:25,020 --> 00:54:32,660
 Obviously, you know, had some guys playing some minutes that were normally would be given to others.

909
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:39,540
 But, you know, they came in and I thought for the first 35 minutes of the game, I was really impressed.

910
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:47,840
 Even with the challenges that they had, I was really impressed with the way our guys competed, especially on the defensive end of the floor.

911
00:54:48,100 --> 00:55:03,240
 You know, to hold a team like that to 33 and a half and then, you know, to come in within – I want to say it was four with nine minutes to go and we were down, I think, six with about five – between 5.40 or something like that on the clock.

912
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:07,880
 You know, it told me a lot about our guys' resiliency, right, to just keep playing.

913
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:18,780
 But, again, like anything else, like I told you about the lead that we had against Stetson, I thought the last four and a half minutes we left stuff on the table.

914
00:55:19,540 --> 00:55:27,540
 And, again, this is an area that our team has to understand that we have to – we have to definitely get a hold of that.

915
00:55:27,660 --> 00:55:35,160
 We have to correct those errors and we have to make sure that we're learning with every game that we play.

916
00:55:36,020 --> 00:55:42,000
 On the road, Kentucky, Bellarmine, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky on Thursday, Bellarmine on Saturday, Coach.

917
00:55:42,100 --> 00:55:49,860
 And I know it's tough having the losses to open up, but sometimes is it nice to kind of get away on the road where you can escape the noise

918
00:55:49,860 --> 00:55:52,940
 and kind of come together as a llama herd almost?

919
00:55:53,140 --> 00:55:55,460
 Yeah, I mean, listen, the noise is the noise, right?

920
00:55:55,700 --> 00:55:57,880
 We're not – we embrace the noise.

921
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:03,720
 We know the people that are working every day in our organization, right?

922
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:06,020
 And we know the time that they put in.

923
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,980
 Sometimes the results don't match that.

924
00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:17,240
 And our thing is we understand that every game is going to be a valuable lesson for our team.

925
00:56:17,720 --> 00:56:25,120
 And the thing that I always tell our guys is we've got to have a no-quit mentality and we've got to learn after every lesson.

926
00:56:25,700 --> 00:56:32,340
 And if you can do that consistently, just have a no-quit mentality and keep learning, you're going to be hard to stop.

927
00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:38,820
 And I think our guys right now, what they've got to do is they've got to focus their attention right now on Eastern Kentucky.

928
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:45,800
 But more importantly, it's their attention tomorrow when we go to practice and get ready for Eastern Kentucky on Thursday.

929
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:50,780
 Coach, obviously the focus all on EKU right now, but Ben and I talked about this earlier.

930
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:55,580
 Kind of a tough stretch here where you're playing two teams on the road with very contrasting styles.

931
00:56:55,740 --> 00:56:57,300
 You've got the up-tempo EKU.

932
00:56:57,740 --> 00:57:04,280
 As a coaching staffer, you, Coach Smith, what do you guys have to do to kind of shift from one style like that to the other

933
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:05,600
 in such a short amount of time?

934
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,700
 Yeah, I wish they would have changed the games for us.

935
00:57:09,780 --> 00:57:16,840
 I wish we would have been playing Bellarmine on Thursday in EKU because EKU is for all, you know,

936
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:24,120
 to prepare for that type of offense that Bellarmine runs, it's a totally different style of defensive preparation for us.

937
00:57:24,820 --> 00:57:28,200
 So not that it's more complex, it's just different.

938
00:57:28,740 --> 00:57:39,300
 And whenever you do that, I always like the more, their offense, I always kind of like to give our guys a couple of days to see it.

939
00:57:39,420 --> 00:57:47,620
 But with this scenario being EKU first, what we'll do is we'll probably, right after the EKU game,

940
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:55,140
 prepare our guys that evening after the game, after we kind of flush that game and prepare them that evening

941
00:57:55,140 --> 00:57:59,980
 and that next early morning on what to expect for Bellarmine.

942
00:58:00,500 --> 00:58:03,240
 But for right now, our focus is strictly EKU.

943
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:10,800
 We're going to be locking in on them because obviously, you know, Coach A.W. Hamilton over there does a phenomenal job.

944
00:58:11,620 --> 00:58:14,500
 You know, they've been knocking on the door.

945
00:58:14,660 --> 00:58:17,340
 They won the regular season championship a couple of years ago.

946
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:21,420
 You know, it's a great, it's a storied organization.

947
00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:26,460
 And they present plenty of challenges for us this upcoming Thursday.

948
00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:29,280
 And we're running out of time in this segment, Coach, but a great connection.

949
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:33,660
 You and A.W. go all the way back to, he was playing in high school in, what, 1998?

950
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:35,300
 You were coaching against him, right?

951
00:58:35,340 --> 00:58:35,860
 Yeah, Scott County.

952
00:58:35,860 --> 00:58:38,460
 He played at Scott County High School in Kentucky.

953
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:41,780
 And he looks, that guy has an age.

954
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,320
 That's exactly how he looked when he played in high school.

955
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:45,380
 He had no hair.

956
00:58:46,140 --> 00:58:47,860
 You know, he shaved his head.

957
00:58:48,460 --> 00:58:49,900
 And he was a heck of a baller now.

958
00:58:50,740 --> 00:58:53,700
 If you followed his career in high school, and I think he ended up going,

959
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:57,340
 I think he signed with a power five, a power four, and then he went to Marshall

960
00:58:57,340 --> 00:58:59,440
 and had an unbelievable career at Marshall.

961
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:02,800
 But, man, he's one of my favorite coaches in this league.

962
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:04,260
 He's a close friend of mine.

963
00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:07,100
 So we're, I'm excited to see him here on Thursday.

964
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:10,400
 And fun things always happen when UNA and EKU get in the gym together.

965
00:59:10,580 --> 00:59:11,200
 Oh, no doubt about it.

966
00:59:11,220 --> 00:59:12,680
 Best of luck on the road in Kentucky, Coach.

967
00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:13,320
 I appreciate it.

968
00:59:13,340 --> 00:59:13,660
 Thank you.

969
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:14,420
 We'll take a time out.

970
00:59:14,500 --> 00:59:17,140
 We got Darkon King and Kevin Dukovicic in the house.

971
00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:19,260
 During this break, we'll find out who wants to go next.

972
00:59:19,380 --> 00:59:20,260
 We'll be back after this.

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 And next up, we welcome in a sophomore, Darkon King.

1039
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 They call him cool.

1040
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 He's taking over the steering wheel here, driving the bus here on UNA Basketball Night.

1041
01:03:29,020 --> 01:03:31,060
 Darkon, you had a big weekend this week.

1042
01:03:31,140 --> 01:03:33,060
 You're number two at the University of North Alabama.

1043
01:03:33,420 --> 01:03:36,100
 How can you just sum up how your sophomore year's been going?

1044
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:37,020
 Yes, sir.

1045
01:03:37,020 --> 01:03:43,760
 You know, sophomore year, it started off smooth so far, getting into the rotation,

1046
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:45,980
 really getting a feel for it this year.

1047
01:03:46,140 --> 01:03:50,100
 Last year, missed a lot due to injury, and really a bigger role this year

1048
01:03:50,100 --> 01:03:51,220
 and a different change.

1049
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:55,360
 And I feel like it's coming along together nicely, fitting in with my teammates

1050
01:03:55,360 --> 01:04:00,880
 as the usage goes up, production goes up, and my teammates trusting me

1051
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:03,540
 and finding me in the right spots have been real help.

1052
01:04:04,820 --> 01:04:08,240
 Cool to hear Coach come up here and talk about your development,

1053
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:10,700
 especially in the last two games, what you've been able to do,

1054
01:04:11,180 --> 01:04:15,420
 how you're viewed in your role just as an emerging player

1055
01:04:15,420 --> 01:04:17,820
 that could really impact the game and change things for us.

1056
01:04:17,880 --> 01:04:21,680
 How does it feel to have that vote of confidence after going through last year,

1057
01:04:22,080 --> 01:04:23,400
 making it to the point you're at now?

1058
01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:25,140
 Yeah, it means a lot, man.

1059
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:28,340
 You know, all glory to God being able to bounce back from that situation

1060
01:04:28,340 --> 01:04:32,940
 and having just an excellent group around me and a support cast from our coaches

1061
01:04:32,940 --> 01:04:35,940
 to our trainers, to my teammates, to the fan base.

1062
01:04:36,420 --> 01:04:40,380
 It means so much when it comes to just giving you that extra push

1063
01:04:40,380 --> 01:04:43,640
 and that little bit of confidence you need coming back from an injury,

1064
01:04:43,780 --> 01:04:45,040
 getting back into the groove of things.

1065
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:46,480
 And, yeah, it's helped a lot.

1066
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:50,100
 I know freshman year you come in, you want to make a big impact, right?

1067
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:53,280
 And it's a team with a lot of expectations, a lot of veterans in front of you.

1068
01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:54,780
 You have the little setback.

1069
01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:55,980
 You've got to work your way back.

1070
01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:58,640
 What was that like for you, being a part of that team

1071
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:01,320
 and having to work so hard to kind of get back into the rotation

1072
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:02,820
 while coming back from the injuries?

1073
01:05:03,220 --> 01:05:03,560
 Yeah, sir.

1074
01:05:03,780 --> 01:05:06,720
 So, you know, we had a lot of – we had an excellent group last year,

1075
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:08,680
 a lot of older guys, a lot of veterans.

1076
01:05:09,420 --> 01:05:12,900
 And with the setback coming in, had a really strong summer,

1077
01:05:13,540 --> 01:05:15,480
 had a little bump in the road with a knee incident.

1078
01:05:15,940 --> 01:05:19,260
 But those guys really just showing me the ropes even when I'm out,

1079
01:05:19,660 --> 01:05:22,640
 just really seeing the game of basketball from a college perspective

1080
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:26,460
 rather than a high school, from preparation to just the way they carried

1081
01:05:26,460 --> 01:05:28,700
 themselves, it just showed me a lot.

1082
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:32,100
 You know, I know one thing that's going to be more important to you

1083
01:05:32,100 --> 01:05:35,760
 and the rest of the team is just team performance and supporting each other.

1084
01:05:35,840 --> 01:05:38,780
 But I want to highlight just the couple games you had,

1085
01:05:38,860 --> 01:05:40,740
 the 11 rebounds in that Stetson game,

1086
01:05:40,820 --> 01:05:43,080
 and then really giving us a chance there in the second half,

1087
01:05:43,400 --> 01:05:46,480
 back-to-back three-pointers, really big moment in that FGCU game.

1088
01:05:46,980 --> 01:05:49,980
 Just knowing that you are capable of putting us in that position

1089
01:05:49,980 --> 01:05:53,560
 and making those three-pointers, getting us in that game like you did.

1090
01:05:53,660 --> 01:05:56,280
 I mean, how do you take that and hopefully build on that

1091
01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:58,100
 as we start getting in the win column again?

1092
01:05:58,360 --> 01:05:58,820
 Yes, sir.

1093
01:05:59,060 --> 01:06:02,300
 I'm just staying ready for when my number's called, you know,

1094
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:06,040
 controlling the controllables, coming in every day, being prepared.

1095
01:06:06,360 --> 01:06:09,440
 Like our coaching staff preaches, every day is a new sheet of paper,

1096
01:06:09,940 --> 01:06:12,040
 and it's about what you put on it for that day.

1097
01:06:12,700 --> 01:06:13,800
 Yesterday is behind us.

1098
01:06:14,120 --> 01:06:15,320
 Today is where we have the present.

1099
01:06:15,740 --> 01:06:17,860
 So just working hard, being prepared for those moments,

1100
01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:18,920
 and ready when my number's called.

1101
01:06:19,660 --> 01:06:22,100
 Let's talk about Darkon King a little more.

1102
01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:23,460
 Nickname, cool.

1103
01:06:23,780 --> 01:06:24,200
 Yes, sir.

1104
01:06:24,220 --> 01:06:25,060
 Where's that come from?

1105
01:06:25,100 --> 01:06:26,300
 And it's a very fitting nickname.

1106
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 Yeah, it might sound crazy, actually, but when I was born,

1107
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 you know, when the doctors take all the babies

1108
01:06:33,180 --> 01:06:37,020
 and they put them next to each other, and I forgot the word,

1109
01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:38,860
 but everybody's crying, and I wasn't crying.

1110
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 Like in a nursery.

1111
01:06:39,840 --> 01:06:40,480
 Yeah, in a nursery.

1112
01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:43,100
 And my dad, he genuinely thought, he asked the doctor,

1113
01:06:43,200 --> 01:06:44,280
 like, is there something wrong with him?

1114
01:06:44,300 --> 01:06:45,080
 Why is he not crying?

1115
01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:45,640
 He's not crying.

1116
01:06:45,740 --> 01:06:46,980
 The doctor said, you've got a good baby.

1117
01:06:47,380 --> 01:06:48,860
 So I got the name cool from there.

1118
01:06:49,020 --> 01:06:49,620
 That's great.

1119
01:06:50,020 --> 01:06:51,100
 Yeah, that's awesome.

1120
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:52,920
 And you're cool with a K, right?

1121
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:53,500
 Yes, sir.

1122
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:54,360
 Yeah, that's awesome.

1123
01:06:54,460 --> 01:06:55,080
 That's very good.

1124
01:06:55,660 --> 01:06:57,680
 We talked a little bit off air about, you know,

1125
01:06:57,740 --> 01:06:59,500
 obviously your dad played at Kansas State,

1126
01:06:59,700 --> 01:07:02,540
 and you have a lot of connections in basketball.

1127
01:07:02,700 --> 01:07:04,100
 You also said you have some siblings.

1128
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:05,860
 You've got one playing in high school right now.

1129
01:07:06,080 --> 01:07:07,820
 What's it like coming from a basketball family,

1130
01:07:07,940 --> 01:07:10,500
 having that, you know, kind of passed down from your dad,

1131
01:07:10,560 --> 01:07:12,960
 knowing what he's done, and kind of passing that on to you,

1132
01:07:12,980 --> 01:07:16,380
 and now you've got a younger brother also kind of in that role.

1133
01:07:16,620 --> 01:07:19,020
 You know, man, just with that comes,

1134
01:07:19,180 --> 01:07:21,100
 the ball being put in your hands early.

1135
01:07:21,640 --> 01:07:23,980
 So really my whole life I've grown up around the game,

1136
01:07:24,260 --> 01:07:27,180
 from my dad's side of the family to my mom played basketball.

1137
01:07:27,860 --> 01:07:30,940
 But really just my pops, he put the ball in my head.

1138
01:07:30,940 --> 01:07:33,340
 He didn't force it on me, but he just showed me,

1139
01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:36,000
 and I grew a love for it, and he just helped nourish

1140
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:37,080
 and grow that love for the game.

1141
01:07:38,020 --> 01:07:39,580
 What's it like growing up with a dad

1142
01:07:39,580 --> 01:07:41,480
 who had a highly decorated college career,

1143
01:07:41,560 --> 01:07:43,080
 and an uncle who got to play in the NBA

1144
01:07:43,080 --> 01:07:45,480
 with one of the greatest of all time, right,

1145
01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:46,640
 with the Chicago Bulls?

1146
01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:49,080
 I mean, what's that like growing up in that kind of legacy?

1147
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:51,780
 You know, it's excellent.

1148
01:07:52,180 --> 01:07:54,260
 You have so many different angles of basketball

1149
01:07:54,260 --> 01:07:56,500
 to get knowledge from and just pick their brain.

1150
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,160
 And you have my pops who went to Kansas State,

1151
01:08:00,260 --> 01:08:01,160
 played at a high level,

1152
01:08:01,560 --> 01:08:02,980
 my uncle who played with the Bulls,

1153
01:08:03,340 --> 01:08:04,620
 really just calling them

1154
01:08:04,620 --> 01:08:08,460
 and seeing how they view my performances

1155
01:08:08,460 --> 01:08:09,460
 and things I can grow on.

1156
01:08:09,700 --> 01:08:10,480
 That's helped a lot.

1157
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:13,040
 Yeah, and now you get to build your own legacy

1158
01:08:13,040 --> 01:08:15,400
 and add to the King legacy,

1159
01:08:15,720 --> 01:08:17,400
 your chapter of it.

1160
01:08:18,540 --> 01:08:20,180
 Obviously, you get to be on the show with us tonight.

1161
01:08:20,280 --> 01:08:21,440
 Your roommate's here as well.

1162
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:23,500
 Talk about what it's like having Kevin on the team

1163
01:08:23,500 --> 01:08:24,880
 and living with him

1164
01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:26,600
 and having him be close to you.

1165
01:08:26,600 --> 01:08:28,680
 You know, man, Kevin, we came in together

1166
01:08:28,680 --> 01:08:30,680
 from two totally different parts of the world,

1167
01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:32,560
 one from Canada and one from Dallas, Texas.

1168
01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:35,540
 And we've been roommates since we got here.

1169
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:37,300
 And that's my brother.

1170
01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:37,740
 We grew.

1171
01:08:38,180 --> 01:08:39,340
 Yeah, that's like my brother.

1172
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:41,200
 We've been here since day one together.

1173
01:08:41,460 --> 01:08:43,600
 And it's been excellent just seeing our growth

1174
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:46,160
 from our freshman year to where we are now,

1175
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:47,980
 the huge leap we've taken,

1176
01:08:48,340 --> 01:08:49,880
 and to see where it can go

1177
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:53,020
 and us grow as leaders within the season.

1178
01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:54,760
 I feel like it should be special.

1179
01:08:55,340 --> 01:08:57,580
 Seeing you two really break out as sophomores,

1180
01:08:57,720 --> 01:08:59,120
 it excites everybody.

1181
01:08:59,360 --> 01:09:01,320
 It excites Mike and I as we sit back and watch.

1182
01:09:01,380 --> 01:09:03,840
 We've always felt like you two were next in line, right?

1183
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:05,860
 Do you feel like as freshmen to sophomore,

1184
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:07,300
 you guys have kind of embraced that?

1185
01:09:07,460 --> 01:09:09,120
 Like, hey, we're going to be the next ones

1186
01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:10,360
 to take this program forward?

1187
01:09:10,780 --> 01:09:11,260
 Yes, sir.

1188
01:09:11,300 --> 01:09:11,760
 Of course.

1189
01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:15,660
 You know, last year seeing that we just had to wait our turn.

1190
01:09:15,840 --> 01:09:17,140
 The guys in front of us, they've been,

1191
01:09:17,240 --> 01:09:18,040
 they've paid their dues,

1192
01:09:18,180 --> 01:09:19,400
 and they set an excellent example

1193
01:09:19,400 --> 01:09:21,760
 and an excellent culture for us to step in and follow suit.

1194
01:09:22,220 --> 01:09:23,640
 So we just sat back last year

1195
01:09:23,640 --> 01:09:26,100
 and seeing, like, the do's and the don'ts

1196
01:09:26,100 --> 01:09:27,480
 and what helps you excel

1197
01:09:27,480 --> 01:09:29,920
 when it comes to college basketball in the ASUN.

1198
01:09:30,540 --> 01:09:33,900
 And I feel like we've done an excellent job so far

1199
01:09:33,900 --> 01:09:36,060
 of the growth and the steps we've taken

1200
01:09:36,060 --> 01:09:37,400
 coming into the sophomore year.

1201
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:39,940
 Yeah, and two games down in ASUN play,

1202
01:09:40,020 --> 01:09:41,720
 a lot of basketball left in the windshield

1203
01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:43,280
 as you look out and see.

1204
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:45,680
 What are you going to do to kind of stay focused?

1205
01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:49,120
 What's the message after these two tough games

1206
01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:50,980
 and how do you turn these into wins now?

1207
01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:54,040
 You know, we've had a rough start

1208
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:55,540
 to the beginning of the conference,

1209
01:09:56,160 --> 01:09:58,060
 but, like, we preach every day,

1210
01:09:58,580 --> 01:09:59,700
 jobs got to get done.

1211
01:10:00,420 --> 01:10:01,380
 Yesterday's behind us.

1212
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:02,220
 Today is the present.

1213
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:04,820
 So coming in every day, working hard,

1214
01:10:05,180 --> 01:10:06,640
 and just really trusting each other

1215
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:10,260
 and knowing that we focus on the next thing at hand.

1216
01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:12,640
 Like, we know we dropped the ball,

1217
01:10:13,940 --> 01:10:14,940
 but EKU's next,

1218
01:10:15,060 --> 01:10:16,460
 and that's where we put most of our focus,

1219
01:10:16,620 --> 01:10:18,940
 really just growing and trying to take steps forward.

1220
01:10:19,060 --> 01:10:20,620
 Because you don't want to be the best team in January.

1221
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:22,100
 Going to be the best team in March.

1222
01:10:22,760 --> 01:10:24,380
 Back to your game specifically,

1223
01:10:24,480 --> 01:10:25,420
 we've seen the rebounding,

1224
01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:26,560
 we've seen the scoring.

1225
01:10:27,120 --> 01:10:29,300
 How would you describe your game to somebody?

1226
01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:30,600
 Who would you compare it to?

1227
01:10:31,320 --> 01:10:33,700
 If I would describe my game to somebody,

1228
01:10:34,180 --> 01:10:36,280
 I would say inside-out score

1229
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:39,580
 and really just going to do what I need to do

1230
01:10:39,580 --> 01:10:41,400
 to help the team win, really.

1231
01:10:41,700 --> 01:10:43,300
 And you're pretty comfortable playing with your back

1232
01:10:43,300 --> 01:10:44,580
 to the basket, it looks like?

1233
01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:45,100
 Yes, sir.

1234
01:10:45,100 --> 01:10:47,360
 Does that come from kind of the old school,

1235
01:10:47,540 --> 01:10:48,920
 from your father and uncle?

1236
01:10:49,220 --> 01:10:49,720
 Yes, sir.

1237
01:10:49,840 --> 01:10:52,660
 Growing up, my father always wanted to make sure

1238
01:10:52,660 --> 01:10:54,060
 I was a match-up problem.

1239
01:10:54,140 --> 01:10:54,980
 If I have somebody small,

1240
01:10:55,060 --> 01:10:56,460
 I have the back-to-the-basket game

1241
01:10:56,460 --> 01:10:57,940
 to be able to use my size,

1242
01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:00,320
 and I also have the step-out jumper

1243
01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:01,320
 to be able to stretch the floor.

1244
01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:02,820
 You know, one thing,

1245
01:11:02,920 --> 01:11:04,020
 I didn't really notice it

1246
01:11:04,020 --> 01:11:05,600
 until just thinking about it recently,

1247
01:11:05,780 --> 01:11:07,580
 but you had four steals in that Stetson game.

1248
01:11:07,820 --> 01:11:09,240
 Did you realize you had that many steals?

1249
01:11:09,460 --> 01:11:11,180
 I actually didn't until the end of the game.

1250
01:11:12,140 --> 01:11:15,060
 Yeah, really just active hands,

1251
01:11:15,300 --> 01:11:16,400
 and one thing we preach,

1252
01:11:16,980 --> 01:11:18,480
 deflections and being on our rope

1253
01:11:18,480 --> 01:11:20,140
 and our white line and our side defense,

1254
01:11:20,260 --> 01:11:21,060
 that helped a lot with that.

1255
01:11:22,180 --> 01:11:23,820
 Set up our next guest, Kevin Dukovicic.

1256
01:11:23,940 --> 01:11:25,200
 What do we need to know about Kev?

1257
01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:27,380
 Kevin Dukovic, man,

1258
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:29,320
 real dependable guy,

1259
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:30,700
 day in, day out.

1260
01:11:30,700 --> 01:11:31,660
 He's going to bring energy.

1261
01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:32,440
 He's going to lead,

1262
01:11:33,040 --> 01:11:35,600
 and one of the best guards in the A-zone.

1263
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:37,760
 And last thing for you,

1264
01:11:38,120 --> 01:11:39,740
 where's your championship ring at right now?

1265
01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:41,420
 Sitting on my dresser,

1266
01:11:41,500 --> 01:11:43,220
 propped up right next to my game system.

1267
01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:44,180
 What was that like,

1268
01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:46,260
 that night of champions getting that ring?

1269
01:11:46,480 --> 01:11:48,660
 Man, no feeling like it in the world,

1270
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:50,120
 nothing I've ever experienced before.

1271
01:11:50,440 --> 01:11:51,620
 Let's go get another one, right?

1272
01:11:51,780 --> 01:11:52,580
 Let's do it.

1273
01:11:52,780 --> 01:11:54,860
 Darkon King, thank you so much for swinging by.

1274
01:11:55,020 --> 01:11:55,620
 Y'all have a pleasure.

1275
01:11:55,860 --> 01:11:57,320
 We'll take a time out when we come back.

1276
01:11:57,400 --> 01:11:58,980
 Kevin Dukovicic is up next.

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 Then Saturday night,

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01:15:17,780 --> 01:15:18,980
 the city comes alive

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 with the Florence Wine Fest

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 free block party

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01:15:21,700 --> 01:15:22,900
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01:15:22,900 --> 01:15:24,380
 great grand finale band.

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01:15:25,560 --> 01:15:26,760
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 proudly presented

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01:15:29,800 --> 01:15:30,920
 by Visit the Shoals

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01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:31,860
 with support from

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01:15:31,860 --> 01:15:32,860
 CB&S Bank,

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01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:34,540
 Clearview Cancer Institute,

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01:15:34,740 --> 01:15:36,240
 and the Hotels of Florence.

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01:15:45,400 --> 01:15:46,220
 Got a little

1441
01:15:46,220 --> 01:15:47,600
 international flavor here.

1442
01:15:47,700 --> 01:15:49,020
 We had Sofia Cipollati

1443
01:15:49,020 --> 01:15:49,800
 from Italy.

1444
01:15:49,900 --> 01:15:50,380
 Next up,

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01:15:50,460 --> 01:15:51,100
 from Montreal,

1446
01:15:51,260 --> 01:15:52,000
 Quebec, Canada,

1447
01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:53,280
 Kevin Dukovicic

1448
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:53,900
 joins us.

1449
01:15:54,280 --> 01:15:55,060
 Second year here

1450
01:15:55,060 --> 01:15:55,620
 at the University

1451
01:15:55,620 --> 01:15:56,360
 of North Alabama,

1452
01:15:56,460 --> 01:15:57,460
 one of the top scorers

1453
01:15:57,460 --> 01:15:58,620
 in the Atlantic Sun

1454
01:15:58,620 --> 01:16:00,260
 and on this UNA basketball team.

1455
01:16:00,360 --> 01:16:01,460
 Kev, year number two,

1456
01:16:01,560 --> 01:16:02,220
 man, we're excited

1457
01:16:02,220 --> 01:16:03,300
 to have you on.

1458
01:16:03,400 --> 01:16:04,060
 What's the jump

1459
01:16:04,060 --> 01:16:05,240
 been like for you

1460
01:16:05,240 --> 01:16:06,040
 from your freshman

1461
01:16:06,040 --> 01:16:07,400
 to sophomore season?

1462
01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:09,560
 The jump has been crazy.

1463
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:12,340
 Just coming from

1464
01:16:12,340 --> 01:16:13,760
 fresh out of high school,

1465
01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:14,620
 just trying to learn

1466
01:16:14,620 --> 01:16:15,160
 every day,

1467
01:16:15,680 --> 01:16:16,620
 just trying to get better,

1468
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:18,260
 learn from the older guys,

1469
01:16:18,820 --> 01:16:19,440
 the Jucaris,

1470
01:16:19,680 --> 01:16:20,140
 the DJ,

1471
01:16:20,440 --> 01:16:21,360
 the Tay Fields,

1472
01:16:22,040 --> 01:16:22,820
 Will Susie,

1473
01:16:22,900 --> 01:16:23,520
 all those guys

1474
01:16:23,520 --> 01:16:25,240
 just taught me so much

1475
01:16:25,240 --> 01:16:26,180
 throughout the year

1476
01:16:26,180 --> 01:16:26,680
 last year.

1477
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:27,900
 So, like you said,

1478
01:16:27,980 --> 01:16:29,320
 it's just the next man

1479
01:16:29,320 --> 01:16:30,000
 up for this year

1480
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:31,800
 just took everything

1481
01:16:31,800 --> 01:16:32,680
 they gave me,

1482
01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:33,340
 all the tools,

1483
01:16:33,480 --> 01:16:34,100
 all the advice,

1484
01:16:34,420 --> 01:16:35,280
 and just ran with it.

1485
01:16:36,180 --> 01:16:37,020
 You know, Kev,

1486
01:16:37,160 --> 01:16:38,400
 really good moment

1487
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:39,380
 walking back

1488
01:16:39,380 --> 01:16:39,980
 with Coach Pujol

1489
01:16:39,980 --> 01:16:40,760
 after an interview

1490
01:16:40,760 --> 01:16:41,880
 at the Clemson game

1491
01:16:41,880 --> 01:16:42,660
 and you'd had

1492
01:16:42,660 --> 01:16:43,280
 a really good game

1493
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:43,680
 that night

1494
01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:44,040
 and he said,

1495
01:16:44,100 --> 01:16:45,160
 Kevin's going to be a guy.

1496
01:16:45,460 --> 01:16:47,080
 And we'd already

1497
01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:47,920
 kind of talked about that,

1498
01:16:47,980 --> 01:16:48,620
 but that was kind of

1499
01:16:48,620 --> 01:16:49,560
 a turning point,

1500
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:50,120
 you know,

1501
01:16:50,160 --> 01:16:50,460
 for me,

1502
01:16:50,660 --> 01:16:50,780
 like,

1503
01:16:50,840 --> 01:16:51,160
 wow,

1504
01:16:51,300 --> 01:16:52,360
 Kevin's really

1505
01:16:52,360 --> 01:16:53,140
 coming into his own

1506
01:16:53,140 --> 01:16:53,620
 right now.

1507
01:16:53,780 --> 01:16:54,580
 And how special

1508
01:16:54,580 --> 01:16:55,180
 has it been for you

1509
01:16:55,180 --> 01:16:55,940
 to have that November

1510
01:16:55,940 --> 01:16:56,880
 stretch like you did

1511
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:58,300
 and to now know

1512
01:16:58,300 --> 01:16:59,180
 that the keys

1513
01:16:59,180 --> 01:16:59,620
 have kind of been

1514
01:16:59,620 --> 01:17:00,140
 given to you

1515
01:17:00,140 --> 01:17:00,880
 after those guys

1516
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:01,640
 you just talked about?

1517
01:17:02,580 --> 01:17:03,580
 It's a great feeling.

1518
01:17:03,780 --> 01:17:03,780
 Like,

1519
01:17:04,020 --> 01:17:05,440
 my coach is

1520
01:17:05,440 --> 01:17:06,560
 putting trust in me.

1521
01:17:06,620 --> 01:17:07,480
 That just means a lot.

1522
01:17:07,620 --> 01:17:07,760
 Like,

1523
01:17:08,060 --> 01:17:08,780
 I know my coach

1524
01:17:08,780 --> 01:17:09,420
 is trusting me,

1525
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:09,660
 so,

1526
01:17:10,220 --> 01:17:10,500
 like,

1527
01:17:10,540 --> 01:17:11,440
 I got to go out there

1528
01:17:11,440 --> 01:17:12,140
 and put in the work

1529
01:17:12,140 --> 01:17:13,460
 and help my team win

1530
01:17:13,460 --> 01:17:14,720
 every time I get a chance to.

1531
01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:17,680
 Freshman to sophomore year,

1532
01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:18,240
 you mentioned

1533
01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:18,860
 you backed up

1534
01:17:18,860 --> 01:17:19,580
 some of the greats,

1535
01:17:19,640 --> 01:17:20,300
 Jakari Lane,

1536
01:17:20,420 --> 01:17:21,080
 Daniel Ortiz,

1537
01:17:21,140 --> 01:17:21,940
 really had to wait

1538
01:17:21,940 --> 01:17:22,380
 your turn.

1539
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:23,900
 How challenging was that

1540
01:17:23,900 --> 01:17:24,820
 and what did you learn

1541
01:17:24,820 --> 01:17:25,300
 from that?

1542
01:17:26,020 --> 01:17:26,780
 I was challenging

1543
01:17:26,780 --> 01:17:27,360
 for sure.

1544
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:29,400
 My coaches know,

1545
01:17:29,520 --> 01:17:29,720
 like,

1546
01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:30,840
 it was hard for sure

1547
01:17:30,840 --> 01:17:31,900
 to wait my turn,

1548
01:17:32,020 --> 01:17:32,740
 being patient,

1549
01:17:33,160 --> 01:17:34,100
 trusting the process.

1550
01:17:34,600 --> 01:17:35,660
 It was all worth it.

1551
01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:36,820
 What I took away

1552
01:17:36,820 --> 01:17:37,160
 from that

1553
01:17:37,160 --> 01:17:38,100
 is really just

1554
01:17:38,100 --> 01:17:39,400
 waiting your turn

1555
01:17:39,400 --> 01:17:40,620
 and everybody

1556
01:17:40,620 --> 01:17:40,640
 and everybody

1557
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:41,180
 had to pay

1558
01:17:41,180 --> 01:17:41,800
 their dues

1559
01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:44,440
 and it all worked

1560
01:17:44,440 --> 01:17:45,020
 out at the end.

1561
01:17:45,880 --> 01:17:46,560
 You had to pay

1562
01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:47,280
 a lot of dues

1563
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:48,940
 over your life

1564
01:17:48,940 --> 01:17:49,920
 and you kind of

1565
01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:50,620
 told us a little bit

1566
01:17:50,620 --> 01:17:51,200
 about your story

1567
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:52,100
 about being in Canada,

1568
01:17:52,840 --> 01:17:54,160
 just working up the ranks

1569
01:17:54,160 --> 01:17:55,020
 in basketball,

1570
01:17:55,160 --> 01:17:55,680
 doing that

1571
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:56,860
 and your career.

1572
01:17:57,800 --> 01:17:58,640
 You talked about

1573
01:17:58,640 --> 01:17:59,840
 one challenge

1574
01:17:59,840 --> 01:18:00,440
 that you had

1575
01:18:00,440 --> 01:18:01,240
 was the English

1576
01:18:01,240 --> 01:18:01,620
 language.

1577
01:18:01,820 --> 01:18:02,360
 It wasn't your

1578
01:18:02,360 --> 01:18:02,860
 first language,

1579
01:18:02,940 --> 01:18:03,100
 right?

1580
01:18:03,220 --> 01:18:03,960
 It was French.

1581
01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:04,520
 Yes, sir.

1582
01:18:05,000 --> 01:18:05,660
 I'm going to try

1583
01:18:05,660 --> 01:18:06,120
 something.

1584
01:18:06,540 --> 01:18:06,900
 Ales,

1585
01:18:07,020 --> 01:18:08,260
 North Alabama.

1586
01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:09,580
 Yeah.

1587
01:18:10,160 --> 01:18:10,600
 Close.

1588
01:18:11,080 --> 01:18:11,280
 Yeah,

1589
01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:11,940
 it's close enough.

1590
01:18:12,060 --> 01:18:12,940
 Trying a little French.

1591
01:18:13,340 --> 01:18:14,060
 What was it like

1592
01:18:14,060 --> 01:18:14,840
 for you to learn

1593
01:18:14,840 --> 01:18:15,760
 a whole other language

1594
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:16,680
 and to come here?

1595
01:18:17,420 --> 01:18:18,740
 It was definitely hard.

1596
01:18:19,620 --> 01:18:20,280
 My mom really

1597
01:18:20,280 --> 01:18:21,020
 helped me a lot

1598
01:18:21,020 --> 01:18:21,400
 with it,

1599
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:22,640
 watching movies

1600
01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:23,300
 in English,

1601
01:18:23,780 --> 01:18:24,900
 listening to music,

1602
01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:27,060
 just staying up

1603
01:18:27,060 --> 01:18:27,700
 extra,

1604
01:18:28,180 --> 01:18:28,780
 just trying to

1605
01:18:28,780 --> 01:18:29,260
 learn English

1606
01:18:29,260 --> 01:18:29,760
 because I knew

1607
01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:30,440
 I wanted to

1608
01:18:30,440 --> 01:18:31,720
 come to the United

1609
01:18:31,720 --> 01:18:32,480
 States to play

1610
01:18:32,480 --> 01:18:33,200
 the game.

1611
01:18:33,660 --> 01:18:34,380
 So it was going

1612
01:18:34,380 --> 01:18:35,740
 to have to happen

1613
01:18:35,740 --> 01:18:36,520
 at some point.

1614
01:18:36,820 --> 01:18:38,140
 So it was tough

1615
01:18:38,140 --> 01:18:38,500
 for sure.

1616
01:18:40,440 --> 01:18:41,300
 Speaking of Mama,

1617
01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:42,680
 she surprised you

1618
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:43,420
 earlier this year

1619
01:18:43,420 --> 01:18:44,080
 at a game.

1620
01:18:44,600 --> 01:18:45,480
 So if you don't know,

1621
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:46,800
 Kevin's in America.

1622
01:18:46,920 --> 01:18:47,200
 It's been a while

1623
01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:47,920
 since you've been home.

1624
01:18:48,020 --> 01:18:49,840
 She drove 24 hours,

1625
01:18:49,900 --> 01:18:50,140
 right,

1626
01:18:50,280 --> 01:18:51,040
 to get here.

1627
01:18:51,500 --> 01:18:52,160
 For you,

1628
01:18:52,280 --> 01:18:53,220
 you come down the stairs

1629
01:18:53,220 --> 01:18:53,940
 from your apartment,

1630
01:18:54,140 --> 01:18:54,980
 don't know she's

1631
01:18:54,980 --> 01:18:55,700
 in the country,

1632
01:18:55,780 --> 01:18:56,300
 don't know she's

1633
01:18:56,300 --> 01:18:56,940
 waiting for you

1634
01:18:56,940 --> 01:18:57,640
 outside your apartment.

1635
01:18:57,700 --> 01:18:58,220
 What was it like

1636
01:18:58,220 --> 01:18:58,940
 when you saw Mom

1637
01:18:58,940 --> 01:18:59,400
 that morning

1638
01:18:59,400 --> 01:19:00,360
 before you went to class?

1639
01:19:00,520 --> 01:19:01,340
 It was unreal.

1640
01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:03,000
 Just seeing her,

1641
01:19:03,100 --> 01:19:03,960
 I was confused,

1642
01:19:03,960 --> 01:19:04,600
 happy,

1643
01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:05,980
 just had all

1644
01:19:05,980 --> 01:19:06,620
 the emotions.

1645
01:19:07,540 --> 01:19:08,540
 And that was

1646
01:19:08,540 --> 01:19:09,620
 the rings for morning

1647
01:19:09,620 --> 01:19:09,920
 night.

1648
01:19:10,580 --> 01:19:11,120
 She came,

1649
01:19:11,180 --> 01:19:11,600
 she came,

1650
01:19:11,720 --> 01:19:12,360
 drove all the way

1651
01:19:12,360 --> 01:19:13,100
 down to see

1652
01:19:13,100 --> 01:19:14,100
 that event,

1653
01:19:14,220 --> 01:19:14,900
 see me play,

1654
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:15,540
 and it just meant

1655
01:19:15,540 --> 01:19:17,440
 a lot for her

1656
01:19:17,440 --> 01:19:18,380
 to just do all

1657
01:19:18,380 --> 01:19:18,840
 that for me.

1658
01:19:19,620 --> 01:19:20,360
 The part that

1659
01:19:20,360 --> 01:19:21,080
 blew me away

1660
01:19:21,080 --> 01:19:21,880
 was when we met

1661
01:19:21,880 --> 01:19:22,320
 your mom.

1662
01:19:22,540 --> 01:19:23,180
 She said she

1663
01:19:23,180 --> 01:19:23,740
 didn't fly,

1664
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:24,960
 it wasn't an easy

1665
01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:25,240
 travel.

1666
01:19:25,340 --> 01:19:25,980
 She drove,

1667
01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:26,600
 and I mean,

1668
01:19:26,720 --> 01:19:28,120
 pretty much non-stop

1669
01:19:28,120 --> 01:19:28,680
 to get here.

1670
01:19:28,780 --> 01:19:28,960
 I mean,

1671
01:19:29,420 --> 01:19:30,020
 that's got to mean

1672
01:19:30,020 --> 01:19:30,480
 a lot to you

1673
01:19:30,480 --> 01:19:31,080
 to know that she

1674
01:19:31,080 --> 01:19:31,960
 did all of that

1675
01:19:31,960 --> 01:19:32,720
 just to see her boy

1676
01:19:32,720 --> 01:19:33,340
 play basketball.

1677
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:33,960
 For sure.

1678
01:19:35,240 --> 01:19:36,420
 You grew up in Canada,

1679
01:19:36,780 --> 01:19:37,800
 and you got some

1680
01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:38,460
 fun things.

1681
01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:39,580
 You also played

1682
01:19:39,580 --> 01:19:40,980
 football in high school.

1683
01:19:41,060 --> 01:19:41,460
 I did.

1684
01:19:41,640 --> 01:19:42,500
 And you guys played

1685
01:19:42,500 --> 01:19:44,000
 Canadian Football League

1686
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:44,580
 rules, right,

1687
01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:45,100
 up in Canada?

1688
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:46,560
 Tell us about football

1689
01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:47,280
 and the role it played

1690
01:19:47,280 --> 01:19:48,120
 in your early life.

1691
01:19:48,800 --> 01:19:49,380
 It was fun.

1692
01:19:49,380 --> 01:19:49,700
 It was fun,

1693
01:19:49,820 --> 01:19:50,060
 like,

1694
01:19:50,540 --> 01:19:51,620
 coming into high school.

1695
01:19:51,800 --> 01:19:52,500
 I was just playing

1696
01:19:52,500 --> 01:19:53,000
 for fun,

1697
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:54,080
 playing quarterback,

1698
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:54,740
 receiver,

1699
01:19:55,020 --> 01:19:55,340
 safety,

1700
01:19:55,500 --> 01:19:56,320
 just trying every

1701
01:19:56,320 --> 01:19:57,640
 position I could try,

1702
01:19:58,120 --> 01:19:58,920
 just having fun.

1703
01:19:59,620 --> 01:20:00,180
 What was your

1704
01:20:00,180 --> 01:20:01,000
 best position?

1705
01:20:01,740 --> 01:20:03,000
 My best position,

1706
01:20:03,740 --> 01:20:04,920
 I would say,

1707
01:20:05,660 --> 01:20:06,160
 safety,

1708
01:20:06,860 --> 01:20:07,600
 because I just like

1709
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:09,060
 to run through guys.

1710
01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:09,720
 Like the hit.

1711
01:20:09,780 --> 01:20:09,960
 Yeah.

1712
01:20:10,020 --> 01:20:10,640
 Like the contact.

1713
01:20:10,880 --> 01:20:11,820
 So then why did you

1714
01:20:11,820 --> 01:20:12,740
 ultimately choose

1715
01:20:12,740 --> 01:20:13,920
 basketball over football

1716
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:14,580
 at the end of the day?

1717
01:20:16,140 --> 01:20:16,580
 Honestly,

1718
01:20:16,660 --> 01:20:17,580
 I was just better at it.

1719
01:20:18,060 --> 01:20:18,880
 I was just football.

1720
01:20:19,140 --> 01:20:19,660
 It was fun,

1721
01:20:19,780 --> 01:20:21,520
 but I wasn't the best

1722
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:21,840
 at it,

1723
01:20:21,880 --> 01:20:22,440
 to be honest.

1724
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:23,900
 But basketball

1725
01:20:23,900 --> 01:20:24,540
 was just really

1726
01:20:24,540 --> 01:20:25,280
 more my thing.

1727
01:20:26,240 --> 01:20:26,880
 You know,

1728
01:20:26,980 --> 01:20:27,660
 playing quarterback,

1729
01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:28,560
 very mental.

1730
01:20:28,980 --> 01:20:29,140
 You know,

1731
01:20:29,300 --> 01:20:30,000
 mentally,

1732
01:20:30,280 --> 01:20:30,540
 you know,

1733
01:20:30,560 --> 01:20:32,320
 you have to be so involved.

1734
01:20:32,440 --> 01:20:32,780
 You got to know

1735
01:20:32,780 --> 01:20:33,700
 where everybody is.

1736
01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:34,460
 Almost like being

1737
01:20:34,460 --> 01:20:35,040
 a point guard.

1738
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:35,400
 Yeah.

1739
01:20:35,540 --> 01:20:36,600
 Do you see that

1740
01:20:36,600 --> 01:20:37,240
 kind of translate

1741
01:20:37,240 --> 01:20:38,280
 sometimes being a quarterback

1742
01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:38,780
 to basketball?

1743
01:20:38,780 --> 01:20:39,180
 For sure.

1744
01:20:39,180 --> 01:20:40,300
 I feel like those

1745
01:20:40,300 --> 01:20:40,940
 two positions,

1746
01:20:41,100 --> 01:20:41,580
 the closest,

1747
01:20:42,220 --> 01:20:42,880
 like they both

1748
01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:44,400
 got to kind of control

1749
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:45,140
 what's going on

1750
01:20:45,140 --> 01:20:45,760
 on the field,

1751
01:20:45,820 --> 01:20:46,260
 court,

1752
01:20:46,760 --> 01:20:47,020
 and everybody

1753
01:20:47,020 --> 01:20:47,640
 be the voice

1754
01:20:47,640 --> 01:20:47,960
 on the court

1755
01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:48,580
 and be the leaders

1756
01:20:48,580 --> 01:20:49,020
 on the court.

1757
01:20:49,660 --> 01:20:50,920
 We see the shooting

1758
01:20:50,920 --> 01:20:51,420
 from you,

1759
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:52,520
 but what stands out

1760
01:20:52,520 --> 01:20:53,940
 to me is the shiftiness,

1761
01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:54,280
 right,

1762
01:20:54,380 --> 01:20:55,380
 with the basketball,

1763
01:20:55,520 --> 01:20:56,300
 the spin moves

1764
01:20:56,300 --> 01:20:57,240
 as you get inside.

1765
01:20:57,380 --> 01:20:57,820
 Where does some

1766
01:20:57,820 --> 01:20:58,640
 of that creativity

1767
01:20:58,640 --> 01:20:59,380
 come from?

1768
01:21:00,460 --> 01:21:01,760
 Just watching basketball,

1769
01:21:02,020 --> 01:21:02,680
 just growing up,

1770
01:21:02,740 --> 01:21:03,420
 always watching.

1771
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:04,540
 I was looking

1772
01:21:04,540 --> 01:21:05,120
 to learn,

1773
01:21:05,300 --> 01:21:06,560
 looking to learn

1774
01:21:06,560 --> 01:21:07,400
 new moves,

1775
01:21:07,820 --> 01:21:09,480
 try different stuff out.

1776
01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:10,440
 I felt just

1777
01:21:10,440 --> 01:21:11,440
 trying new stuff.

1778
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:12,440
 I just came up

1779
01:21:12,440 --> 01:21:13,440
 with different moves

1780
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:14,460
 and just trying it,

1781
01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:15,480
 honestly.

1782
01:21:15,500 --> 01:21:16,300
 Who are some

1783
01:21:16,300 --> 01:21:16,820
 of your favorites

1784
01:21:16,820 --> 01:21:17,840
 to try to mimic

1785
01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:18,300
 out there?

1786
01:21:21,100 --> 01:21:22,060
 I would say

1787
01:21:22,060 --> 01:21:22,720
 one of them,

1788
01:21:22,860 --> 01:21:23,860
 one play I used

1789
01:21:23,860 --> 01:21:24,640
 to watch growing up

1790
01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:25,020
 would be

1791
01:21:25,020 --> 01:21:25,800
 Sharif Cooper.

1792
01:21:28,100 --> 01:21:28,540
 Yeah,

1793
01:21:28,540 --> 01:21:28,880
 that's really

1794
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:29,340
 the main one

1795
01:21:29,340 --> 01:21:30,220
 I used to watch

1796
01:21:30,220 --> 01:21:31,240
 as a kid

1797
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:32,180
 growing up.

1798
01:21:32,960 --> 01:21:33,660
 It's really fun

1799
01:21:33,660 --> 01:21:34,200
 to watch you

1800
01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:34,980
 drive the lane.

1801
01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:35,960
 Something I really

1802
01:21:35,960 --> 01:21:36,460
 enjoy though

1803
01:21:36,460 --> 01:21:37,120
 is your defense

1804
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:38,440
 and the last

1805
01:21:38,440 --> 01:21:39,260
 four games.

1806
01:21:40,120 --> 01:21:40,740
 Let's see,

1807
01:21:40,820 --> 01:21:41,280
 you have

1808
01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:42,680
 eight steals

1809
01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:43,320
 over the last

1810
01:21:43,320 --> 01:21:44,040
 four games

1811
01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:45,120
 and you're good

1812
01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:45,640
 for at least

1813
01:21:45,640 --> 01:21:46,140
 one steal

1814
01:21:46,140 --> 01:21:46,680
 every game,

1815
01:21:46,760 --> 01:21:47,580
 maybe two or three.

1816
01:21:47,980 --> 01:21:48,640
 How important

1817
01:21:48,640 --> 01:21:49,100
 is defense

1818
01:21:49,100 --> 01:21:49,580
 to you

1819
01:21:49,580 --> 01:21:50,360
 as part of your game?

1820
01:21:50,920 --> 01:21:52,100
 We all preach

1821
01:21:52,100 --> 01:21:52,600
 defense.

1822
01:21:52,740 --> 01:21:53,580
 Defense is one

1823
01:21:53,580 --> 01:21:53,820
 thing.

1824
01:21:53,940 --> 01:21:55,020
 We all put

1825
01:21:55,020 --> 01:21:55,740
 our effort in.

1826
01:21:55,980 --> 01:21:56,640
 We all,

1827
01:21:57,260 --> 01:21:57,820
 defense is just

1828
01:21:57,820 --> 01:21:59,240
 our identity,

1829
01:21:59,400 --> 01:21:59,880
 I would say.

1830
01:22:00,380 --> 01:22:01,200
 Just keeping a man

1831
01:22:01,200 --> 01:22:01,800
 in front of you,

1832
01:22:01,940 --> 01:22:02,800
 just having pride

1833
01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:04,060
 to not get beat.

1834
01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:05,280
 That's just

1835
01:22:05,280 --> 01:22:06,260
 what we do.

1836
01:22:06,980 --> 01:22:07,360
 Let me ask you

1837
01:22:07,360 --> 01:22:08,020
 a couple questions.

1838
01:22:08,220 --> 01:22:09,020
 I got to ask

1839
01:22:09,020 --> 01:22:09,600
 Darkhan,

1840
01:22:09,720 --> 01:22:10,780
 first and foremost,

1841
01:22:11,080 --> 01:22:11,380
 where's your

1842
01:22:11,380 --> 01:22:12,060
 championship ring

1843
01:22:12,060 --> 01:22:12,660
 at right now?

1844
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:13,660
 The same spot

1845
01:22:13,660 --> 01:22:14,880
 on my dresser.

1846
01:22:16,140 --> 01:22:17,060
 And what was that?

1847
01:22:17,140 --> 01:22:17,780
 I know your mom

1848
01:22:17,780 --> 01:22:18,660
 was here for it too,

1849
01:22:18,720 --> 01:22:19,240
 but when you got

1850
01:22:19,240 --> 01:22:19,960
 presented that ring,

1851
01:22:20,020 --> 01:22:20,660
 what was the feeling?

1852
01:22:21,320 --> 01:22:21,760
 Unreal.

1853
01:22:22,120 --> 01:22:23,660
 Just like a dream

1854
01:22:23,660 --> 01:22:24,260
 come true.

1855
01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:26,400
 Like some of the

1856
01:22:26,400 --> 01:22:26,900
 old guys,

1857
01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:28,140
 Will Susie came back

1858
01:22:28,140 --> 01:22:29,480
 to grab his ring,

1859
01:22:29,600 --> 01:22:30,400
 like just having

1860
01:22:30,400 --> 01:22:31,160
 some old guys

1861
01:22:31,160 --> 01:22:31,640
 with us.

1862
01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:33,020
 Just some old

1863
01:22:33,020 --> 01:22:33,980
 memories came back.

1864
01:22:34,020 --> 01:22:34,300
 It was just

1865
01:22:34,300 --> 01:22:34,980
 great moments.

1866
01:22:35,700 --> 01:22:36,280
 And then tell us

1867
01:22:36,280 --> 01:22:38,120
 about Darkhan

1868
01:22:38,120 --> 01:22:38,420
 over there.

1869
01:22:38,480 --> 01:22:38,920
 What's it like?

1870
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:39,920
 Not only rooming

1871
01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:40,300
 with him,

1872
01:22:40,340 --> 01:22:41,160
 but playing with him

1873
01:22:41,160 --> 01:22:41,840
 and being a part

1874
01:22:41,840 --> 01:22:42,520
 of this program.

1875
01:22:42,760 --> 01:22:43,200
 It's great.

1876
01:22:43,300 --> 01:22:43,840
 Like he said,

1877
01:22:43,940 --> 01:22:44,920
 we came in

1878
01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:45,880
 as freshmen together,

1879
01:22:46,380 --> 01:22:47,060
 been grown,

1880
01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:48,640
 like grown in college

1881
01:22:48,640 --> 01:22:49,140
 together,

1882
01:22:49,560 --> 01:22:50,780
 experienced new things.

1883
01:22:51,260 --> 01:22:51,840
 It's just great.

1884
01:22:51,920 --> 01:22:53,340
 He's a great young man.

1885
01:22:53,880 --> 01:22:54,600
 Just great seeing him

1886
01:22:54,600 --> 01:22:55,400
 grow up every day

1887
01:22:55,400 --> 01:22:55,940
 and getting better

1888
01:22:55,940 --> 01:22:56,380
 on the court.

1889
01:22:56,940 --> 01:22:57,960
 It's got to feel good

1890
01:22:57,960 --> 01:22:59,420
 standing over there

1891
01:22:59,420 --> 01:23:00,180
 where he is now,

1892
01:23:00,260 --> 01:23:00,900
 hearing him say

1893
01:23:00,900 --> 01:23:01,620
 those same things

1894
01:23:01,620 --> 01:23:02,240
 about you,

1895
01:23:02,540 --> 01:23:03,360
 having that mutual

1896
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:04,500
 respect has to feel

1897
01:23:04,500 --> 01:23:04,980
 really good.

1898
01:23:04,980 --> 01:23:05,840
 Yes, sir, for sure.

1899
01:23:05,980 --> 01:23:06,460
 It's my brother,

1900
01:23:06,500 --> 01:23:07,020
 like he said.

1901
01:23:08,240 --> 01:23:09,540
 And then Cannon

1902
01:23:09,540 --> 01:23:10,060
 Jefferson,

1903
01:23:10,260 --> 01:23:10,820
 some of the other

1904
01:23:10,820 --> 01:23:11,600
 guards on this team.

1905
01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:12,360
 How much have you

1906
01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:12,840
 enjoyed playing

1907
01:23:12,840 --> 01:23:13,480
 with them as well?

1908
01:23:13,580 --> 01:23:14,280
 I enjoy playing

1909
01:23:14,280 --> 01:23:14,580
 with him.

1910
01:23:14,680 --> 01:23:15,360
 It's my brother too.

1911
01:23:15,480 --> 01:23:16,280
 We always talk

1912
01:23:16,280 --> 01:23:16,940
 off the court.

1913
01:23:17,500 --> 01:23:18,340
 I go in his apartment.

1914
01:23:18,500 --> 01:23:19,220
 He come to our

1915
01:23:19,220 --> 01:23:20,780
 apartment just kicking

1916
01:23:20,780 --> 01:23:21,780
 it, watching basketball,

1917
01:23:22,140 --> 01:23:22,780
 playing the game,

1918
01:23:22,860 --> 01:23:23,120
 whatever.

1919
01:23:23,320 --> 01:23:24,680
 But we all close

1920
01:23:24,680 --> 01:23:25,600
 and we all enjoy

1921
01:23:25,600 --> 01:23:26,080
 spending time

1922
01:23:26,080 --> 01:23:26,540
 with each other.

1923
01:23:26,940 --> 01:23:27,320
 And then when you

1924
01:23:27,320 --> 01:23:28,040
 got a big like

1925
01:23:28,040 --> 01:23:28,960
 Cornelius Williams,

1926
01:23:29,100 --> 01:23:29,860
 Dante Bacchus,

1927
01:23:29,900 --> 01:23:30,500
 who really finishes

1928
01:23:30,500 --> 01:23:30,920
 inside,

1929
01:23:30,980 --> 01:23:31,680
 how much confidence

1930
01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:32,520
 does it give you

1931
01:23:32,520 --> 01:23:33,240
 knowing you've got

1932
01:23:33,240 --> 01:23:33,740
 two of the best

1933
01:23:33,740 --> 01:23:34,800
 post players in the league?

1934
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:35,300
 For sure.

1935
01:23:35,860 --> 01:23:36,700
 All the confidence

1936
01:23:36,700 --> 01:23:37,220
 in the world,

1937
01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:38,380
 I feel like every time

1938
01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:39,380
 the ball goes to them,

1939
01:23:39,620 --> 01:23:40,300
 it's going in.

1940
01:23:40,440 --> 01:23:40,600
 So,

1941
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:42,480
 really can't complain.

1942
01:23:43,260 --> 01:23:44,540
 We asked Cannon this

1943
01:23:44,540 --> 01:23:45,520
 last week on the show.

1944
01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:45,780
 You know,

1945
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:46,620
 he's a junior now,

1946
01:23:46,680 --> 01:23:47,140
 so it's a different

1947
01:23:47,140 --> 01:23:47,860
 role for him.

1948
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:49,180
 He was the young guy

1949
01:23:49,180 --> 01:23:49,760
 at one point.

1950
01:23:49,840 --> 01:23:50,520
 Now he's kind of

1951
01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:51,140
 the veteran.

1952
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:52,320
 It's almost a little

1953
01:23:52,320 --> 01:23:53,380
 bit like that for you too.

1954
01:23:53,480 --> 01:23:53,980
 You were a true

1955
01:23:53,980 --> 01:23:54,840
 freshman last year,

1956
01:23:54,920 --> 01:23:55,820
 first year of basketball.

1957
01:23:56,020 --> 01:23:56,460
 You're just trying

1958
01:23:56,460 --> 01:23:57,100
 to get adjusted.

1959
01:23:57,600 --> 01:23:58,420
 Now it's almost like,

1960
01:23:58,480 --> 01:23:59,420
 hey, I'm a full-time

1961
01:23:59,420 --> 01:24:00,380
 starter now and you're

1962
01:24:00,380 --> 01:24:00,800
 a sophomore,

1963
01:24:01,380 --> 01:24:02,160
 but you've also got

1964
01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:02,820
 guys under you

1965
01:24:02,820 --> 01:24:03,680
 like Braylon Patton

1966
01:24:03,680 --> 01:24:04,260
 and some others,

1967
01:24:04,480 --> 01:24:05,080
 Cortez,

1968
01:24:05,120 --> 01:24:05,500
 that you're trying

1969
01:24:05,500 --> 01:24:06,340
 to bring along too

1970
01:24:06,340 --> 01:24:07,200
 that are a year

1971
01:24:07,200 --> 01:24:07,840
 behind you.

1972
01:24:07,980 --> 01:24:08,100
 So,

1973
01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:09,300
 how have you adjusted

1974
01:24:09,300 --> 01:24:10,300
 to that new

1975
01:24:10,300 --> 01:24:10,980
 leadership role

1976
01:24:10,980 --> 01:24:11,480
 that you have

1977
01:24:11,480 --> 01:24:12,700
 as one of the guys

1978
01:24:12,700 --> 01:24:13,300
 that have been here?

1979
01:24:13,540 --> 01:24:13,720
 Yeah,

1980
01:24:13,800 --> 01:24:15,080
 definitely just making

1981
01:24:15,080 --> 01:24:16,000
 sure they stay ready.

1982
01:24:16,380 --> 01:24:17,060
 They make the most

1983
01:24:17,060 --> 01:24:18,040
 out of every opportunity

1984
01:24:18,040 --> 01:24:20,120
 they get ready,

1985
01:24:20,260 --> 01:24:20,900
 they stay ready,

1986
01:24:21,020 --> 01:24:22,780
 they put the work

1987
01:24:22,780 --> 01:24:23,400
 in and practice.

1988
01:24:24,280 --> 01:24:25,100
 But they're both

1989
01:24:25,100 --> 01:24:26,260
 great freshmen.

1990
01:24:26,540 --> 01:24:27,700
 I see a lot of myself

1991
01:24:27,700 --> 01:24:28,580
 in them,

1992
01:24:28,580 --> 01:24:29,380
 so it's just great

1993
01:24:29,380 --> 01:24:30,360
 watching them grow up.

1994
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:31,420
 And like you said,

1995
01:24:31,540 --> 01:24:32,840
 it's early in the season,

1996
01:24:32,960 --> 01:24:33,840
 so there's a lot of room

1997
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:34,540
 to grow still.

1998
01:24:34,820 --> 01:24:34,820
 So,

1999
01:24:35,140 --> 01:24:36,160
 I'm just excited

2000
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:36,740
 and I'm looking

2001
01:24:36,740 --> 01:24:37,820
 forward to seeing

2002
01:24:37,820 --> 01:24:38,720
 what they do

2003
01:24:38,720 --> 01:24:39,180
 in the future.

2004
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:40,220
 I have a couple

2005
01:24:40,220 --> 01:24:40,800
 of things for you

2006
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:41,540
 before we wrap up

2007
01:24:41,540 --> 01:24:42,060
 here tonight.

2008
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:43,500
 I didn't think

2009
01:24:43,500 --> 01:24:44,300
 to ask Darkon this,

2010
01:24:44,380 --> 01:24:45,220
 but we like to talk

2011
01:24:45,220 --> 01:24:45,760
 about journeys

2012
01:24:45,760 --> 01:24:46,280
 and we touched

2013
01:24:46,280 --> 01:24:47,140
 on yours just a little bit.

2014
01:24:47,160 --> 01:24:47,420
 Ultimately,

2015
01:24:47,500 --> 01:24:48,180
 why did you choose

2016
01:24:48,180 --> 01:24:48,440
 UNA?

2017
01:24:49,520 --> 01:24:50,540
 The coaching staff,

2018
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:51,280
 that was the main

2019
01:24:51,280 --> 01:24:52,060
 reason why I chose

2020
01:24:52,060 --> 01:24:52,300
 UNA.

2021
01:24:52,500 --> 01:24:53,400
 Coach TP always

2022
01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:54,420
 been truthful,

2023
01:24:54,900 --> 01:24:55,800
 always been honest

2024
01:24:55,800 --> 01:24:56,180
 with me,

2025
01:24:56,480 --> 01:24:57,260
 and that was the main

2026
01:24:57,260 --> 01:24:57,940
 reason why I chose

2027
01:24:57,940 --> 01:24:58,180
 UNA.

2028
01:24:59,100 --> 01:24:59,920
 One of my favorite

2029
01:24:59,920 --> 01:25:01,580
 things to watch

2030
01:25:01,580 --> 01:25:02,380
 this program do

2031
01:25:02,380 --> 01:25:03,020
 after a game,

2032
01:25:03,100 --> 01:25:03,840
 win or lose,

2033
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:04,600
 you guys shake

2034
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:05,120
 the hands of the

2035
01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:05,680
 other team,

2036
01:25:05,980 --> 01:25:06,620
 you go around

2037
01:25:06,620 --> 01:25:07,480
 the entire gym,

2038
01:25:07,620 --> 01:25:08,600
 you're shaking hands,

2039
01:25:09,160 --> 01:25:09,940
 greeting everybody,

2040
01:25:10,140 --> 01:25:10,680
 thanking them for

2041
01:25:10,680 --> 01:25:11,440
 coming to the game,

2042
01:25:11,480 --> 01:25:12,160
 and usually it's a

2043
01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:12,840
 sellout crowd,

2044
01:25:12,980 --> 01:25:13,860
 it's thousands

2045
01:25:13,860 --> 01:25:14,700
 of people there.

2046
01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:15,240
 What does it mean

2047
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:15,740
 to you to know

2048
01:25:15,740 --> 01:25:16,960
 that the community

2049
01:25:16,960 --> 01:25:17,700
 is so bought in

2050
01:25:17,700 --> 01:25:18,220
 that they want

2051
01:25:18,220 --> 01:25:18,860
 to talk to you

2052
01:25:18,860 --> 01:25:19,600
 no matter what

2053
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:20,320
 happens in the game,

2054
01:25:20,380 --> 01:25:20,760
 they just want

2055
01:25:20,760 --> 01:25:21,420
 to be there for you,

2056
01:25:21,540 --> 01:25:22,240
 congratulate you,

2057
01:25:22,300 --> 01:25:23,100
 be there for you,

2058
01:25:23,100 --> 01:25:24,220
 and support you?

2059
01:25:24,980 --> 01:25:26,040
 It feels great,

2060
01:25:26,300 --> 01:25:27,340
 knowing that the

2061
01:25:27,340 --> 01:25:28,180
 community is behind

2062
01:25:28,180 --> 01:25:28,820
 us regardless,

2063
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:29,780
 no matter the

2064
01:25:29,780 --> 01:25:30,180
 outcome,

2065
01:25:30,300 --> 01:25:30,900
 it's just a great

2066
01:25:30,900 --> 01:25:31,240
 feeling.

2067
01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:33,380
 We always going

2068
01:25:33,380 --> 01:25:34,320
 to shake hands

2069
01:25:34,320 --> 01:25:34,860
 of the fans

2070
01:25:34,860 --> 01:25:35,960
 that come out

2071
01:25:35,960 --> 01:25:36,480
 and support,

2072
01:25:36,980 --> 01:25:37,840
 that's just what

2073
01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:38,660
 we do after we

2074
01:25:38,660 --> 01:25:39,080
 shake hands

2075
01:25:39,080 --> 01:25:39,420
 of the other

2076
01:25:39,420 --> 01:25:39,760
 team,

2077
01:25:39,900 --> 01:25:40,540
 we just go

2078
01:25:40,540 --> 01:25:40,780
 around,

2079
01:25:40,840 --> 01:25:41,320
 make a circle

2080
01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:41,740
 around the

2081
01:25:41,740 --> 01:25:41,960
 gym,

2082
01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:42,820
 and just thank

2083
01:25:42,820 --> 01:25:43,440
 everybody for

2084
01:25:43,440 --> 01:25:44,100
 coming out,

2085
01:25:44,440 --> 01:25:45,160
 showing support,

2086
01:25:45,740 --> 01:25:46,360
 that's just the

2087
01:25:46,360 --> 01:25:46,740
 least we could

2088
01:25:46,740 --> 01:25:46,980
 do.

2089
01:25:47,980 --> 01:25:48,420
 Kev,

2090
01:25:48,460 --> 01:25:48,660
 what's it

2091
01:25:48,660 --> 01:25:48,940
 going to take

2092
01:25:48,940 --> 01:25:49,480
 for this team

2093
01:25:49,480 --> 01:25:50,260
 to go on the

2094
01:25:50,260 --> 01:25:50,860
 road and kind

2095
01:25:50,860 --> 01:25:51,460
 of reverse the

2096
01:25:51,460 --> 01:25:52,100
 results from this

2097
01:25:52,100 --> 01:25:52,740
 last weekend?

2098
01:25:53,160 --> 01:25:53,560
 Yes, sir,

2099
01:25:53,620 --> 01:25:54,280
 I'm looking forward

2100
01:25:54,280 --> 01:25:54,800
 to getting on

2101
01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:55,080
 the road.

2102
01:25:55,280 --> 01:25:58,100
 Last week was

2103
01:25:58,100 --> 01:25:58,400
 rough,

2104
01:25:58,660 --> 01:25:59,860
 but like Darkon

2105
01:25:59,860 --> 01:26:00,200
 said,

2106
01:26:00,620 --> 01:26:01,520
 we watch film,

2107
01:26:01,820 --> 01:26:02,140
 we're going to

2108
01:26:02,140 --> 01:26:02,940
 reflect on it,

2109
01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:03,720
 but that's in the

2110
01:26:03,720 --> 01:26:03,980
 past,

2111
01:26:04,060 --> 01:26:04,560
 not all,

2112
01:26:04,740 --> 01:26:05,740
 our main focus

2113
01:26:05,740 --> 01:26:06,260
 right now is

2114
01:26:06,260 --> 01:26:07,260
 EKU and just

2115
01:26:07,260 --> 01:26:07,700
 making sure we

2116
01:26:07,700 --> 01:26:08,160
 get that job

2117
01:26:08,160 --> 01:26:08,420
 done.

2118
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:08,720
 Hey,

2119
01:26:08,780 --> 01:26:09,460
 who's the life

2120
01:26:09,460 --> 01:26:10,000
 of the team

2121
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:10,760
 on the road?

2122
01:26:10,900 --> 01:26:11,860
 Who keeps it

2123
01:26:11,860 --> 01:26:12,620
 loose and fun

2124
01:26:12,620 --> 01:26:13,340
 when you guys

2125
01:26:13,340 --> 01:26:13,880
 are in the hotel

2126
01:26:13,880 --> 01:26:14,620
 rooms trying

2127
01:26:14,620 --> 01:26:15,520
 to kill time?

2128
01:26:16,700 --> 01:26:17,440
 I'd have to

2129
01:26:17,440 --> 01:26:18,940
 say Braylon,

2130
01:26:19,360 --> 01:26:20,060
 Braylon's funny.

2131
01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:20,760
 The freshman

2132
01:26:20,760 --> 01:26:21,340
 Braylon pal?

2133
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:22,280
 He always got

2134
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:22,740
 jokes.

2135
01:26:23,180 --> 01:26:23,820
 Or Israel,

2136
01:26:24,780 --> 01:26:25,500
 they both get

2137
01:26:25,500 --> 01:26:25,820
 jokes,

2138
01:26:25,900 --> 01:26:26,460
 they all joke

2139
01:26:26,460 --> 01:26:26,800
 around,

2140
01:26:27,320 --> 01:26:27,860
 but it's always

2141
01:26:27,860 --> 01:26:28,580
 fun on the road,

2142
01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:29,420
 everybody just

2143
01:26:29,420 --> 01:26:30,180
 joke around,

2144
01:26:30,300 --> 01:26:30,800
 stay together,

2145
01:26:31,220 --> 01:26:31,760
 so it's always

2146
01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:32,020
 fun.

2147
01:26:32,140 --> 01:26:32,580
 I know you

2148
01:26:32,580 --> 01:26:32,900
 guys are

2149
01:26:32,900 --> 01:26:33,340
 looking forward

2150
01:26:33,340 --> 01:26:33,560
 to it.

2151
01:26:33,620 --> 01:26:33,680
 Well,

2152
01:26:33,700 --> 01:26:33,880
 Kev,

2153
01:26:33,900 --> 01:26:34,280
 we appreciate

2154
01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:34,860
 you stopping

2155
01:26:34,860 --> 01:26:35,200
 by.

2156
01:26:35,340 --> 01:26:35,720
 Thank you,

2157
01:26:35,800 --> 01:26:35,820
 guys.

2158
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:36,120
 Good luck

2159
01:26:36,120 --> 01:26:36,720
 this weekend.

2160
01:26:37,660 --> 01:26:38,040
 That's going

2161
01:26:38,040 --> 01:26:38,460
 to do it for

2162
01:26:38,460 --> 01:26:38,980
 this week's

2163
01:26:38,980 --> 01:26:39,480
 episode.

2164
01:26:39,780 --> 01:26:40,180
 And Micah,

2165
01:26:40,240 --> 01:26:40,760
 as we wrap

2166
01:26:40,760 --> 01:26:41,000
 up,

2167
01:26:41,240 --> 01:26:41,520
 the men

2168
01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:41,800
 are on the

2169
01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:42,180
 road in

2170
01:26:42,180 --> 01:26:42,600
 Kentucky,

2171
01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:43,460
 two big wins

2172
01:26:43,460 --> 01:26:44,000
 against Eastern

2173
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:44,560
 Kentucky and

2174
01:26:44,560 --> 01:26:44,920
 Bellarmine.

2175
01:26:45,040 --> 01:26:45,500
 That's right,

2176
01:26:45,640 --> 01:26:46,100
 and like

2177
01:26:46,100 --> 01:26:46,700
 Coach said,

2178
01:26:46,820 --> 01:26:47,480
 two teams

2179
01:26:47,480 --> 01:26:48,360
 with contrasting

2180
01:26:48,360 --> 01:26:48,720
 styles.

2181
01:26:48,880 --> 01:26:49,280
 It's going to

2182
01:26:49,280 --> 01:26:50,400
 be a challenge

2183
01:26:50,400 --> 01:26:51,540
 in that road

2184
01:26:51,540 --> 01:26:51,900
 stretch,

2185
01:26:51,980 --> 01:26:52,360
 but starting

2186
01:26:52,360 --> 01:26:53,120
 with EKU,

2187
01:26:53,320 --> 01:26:53,880
 all the eggs

2188
01:26:53,880 --> 01:26:54,440
 in that basket

2189
01:26:54,440 --> 01:26:54,900
 right now,

2190
01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:55,500
 huge game.

2191
01:26:55,720 --> 01:26:56,080
 It's always

2192
01:26:56,080 --> 01:26:56,640
 fun to watch

2193
01:26:56,640 --> 01:26:57,020
 those two

2194
01:26:57,020 --> 01:26:57,500
 teams play.

2195
01:26:57,600 --> 01:26:57,900
 It's never

2196
01:26:57,900 --> 01:26:58,220
 a dull

2197
01:26:58,220 --> 01:26:58,620
 moment.

2198
01:26:59,000 --> 01:26:59,180
 And then

2199
01:26:59,180 --> 01:26:59,720
 Bellarmine on

2200
01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:00,080
 Saturday,

2201
01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:00,520
 of course,

2202
01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:01,300
 big road swing

2203
01:27:01,300 --> 01:27:01,760
 here for the

2204
01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:01,940
 men.

2205
01:27:02,280 --> 01:27:02,580
 And then the

2206
01:27:02,580 --> 01:27:02,960
 women will

2207
01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:03,360
 be on the

2208
01:27:03,360 --> 01:27:03,600
 road,

2209
01:27:03,700 --> 01:27:04,020
 Sophia,

2210
01:27:04,160 --> 01:27:04,380
 Greta,

2211
01:27:04,460 --> 01:27:04,940
 and Gabby.

2212
01:27:05,460 --> 01:27:05,920
 They'll be

2213
01:27:05,920 --> 01:27:06,300
 leading the

2214
01:27:06,300 --> 01:27:06,480
 line.

2215
01:27:06,580 --> 01:27:06,860
 I'm sorry,

2216
01:27:06,920 --> 01:27:07,160
 they're at

2217
01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:07,440
 home.

2218
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:07,880
 I was looking

2219
01:27:07,880 --> 01:27:08,220
 earlier and

2220
01:27:08,220 --> 01:27:08,480
 trying to

2221
01:27:08,480 --> 01:27:08,840
 rattle them

2222
01:27:08,840 --> 01:27:09,240
 off as I'm

2223
01:27:09,240 --> 01:27:09,420
 talking.

2224
01:27:09,520 --> 01:27:09,760
 They'll be

2225
01:27:09,760 --> 01:27:10,320
 at home

2226
01:27:10,320 --> 01:27:10,840
 Thursday.

2227
01:27:11,120 --> 01:27:11,460
 It's the

2228
01:27:11,460 --> 01:27:11,920
 white out.

2229
01:27:12,300 --> 01:27:12,660
 Saturday,

2230
01:27:12,900 --> 01:27:13,240
 it's the

2231
01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:13,780
 gold rush

2232
01:27:13,780 --> 01:27:14,160
 where your

2233
01:27:14,160 --> 01:27:14,840
 white clothing

2234
01:27:14,840 --> 01:27:16,000
 on Thursday.

2235
01:27:16,520 --> 01:27:16,960
 The gold

2236
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:17,260
 rush,

2237
01:27:17,400 --> 01:27:17,900
 gold gear

2238
01:27:17,900 --> 01:27:18,760
 on Saturday.

2239
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:19,240
 One thing's

2240
01:27:19,240 --> 01:27:19,540
 for sure,

2241
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:19,740
 Mike,

2242
01:27:19,820 --> 01:27:20,140
 UNA has

2243
01:27:20,140 --> 01:27:20,400
 one of the

2244
01:27:20,400 --> 01:27:20,800
 best home

2245
01:27:20,800 --> 01:27:21,000
 court

2246
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:21,460
 advantages.

2247
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:22,180
 No doubt

2248
01:27:22,180 --> 01:27:22,660
 about it.

2249
01:27:22,700 --> 01:27:23,100
 The fans

2250
01:27:23,100 --> 01:27:23,540
 just come

2251
01:27:23,540 --> 01:27:23,860
 out in

2252
01:27:23,860 --> 01:27:24,380
 droves.

2253
01:27:24,380 --> 01:27:25,140
 They support

2254
01:27:32,280 --> 01:27:32,740
 A-Sun,

2255
01:27:33,100 --> 01:27:33,700
 probably one

2256
01:27:33,700 --> 01:27:34,040
 of the best

2257
01:27:34,040 --> 01:27:34,520
 in mid-major

2258
01:27:34,520 --> 01:27:35,020
 basketball.

2259
01:27:35,160 --> 01:27:35,420
 We look

2260
01:27:35,420 --> 01:27:35,720
 forward to

2261
01:27:35,720 --> 01:27:36,020
 seeing you

2262
01:27:36,020 --> 01:27:36,300
 there.

2263
01:27:36,640 --> 01:27:37,040
 White out

2264
01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:37,500
 Thursday,

2265
01:27:37,760 --> 01:27:38,380
 6 o'clock.

2266
01:27:38,940 --> 01:27:39,540
 Gold out

2267
01:27:39,540 --> 01:27:40,520
 Saturday,

2268
01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:41,440
 2?

2269
01:27:41,640 --> 01:27:42,120
 2 is what

2270
01:27:42,120 --> 01:27:42,540
 we settled

2271
01:27:42,540 --> 01:27:42,700
 on.

2272
01:27:42,780 --> 01:27:43,420
 We're gold.

2273
01:27:43,720 --> 01:27:44,120
 You'd think

2274
01:27:44,120 --> 01:27:44,440
 we'd have

2275
01:27:44,440 --> 01:27:44,720
 it down

2276
01:27:44,720 --> 01:27:45,100
 by now,

2277
01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:45,320
 but we

2278
01:27:45,320 --> 01:27:45,760
 always have

2279
01:27:45,760 --> 01:27:46,000
 to look.

2280
01:27:46,240 --> 01:27:46,520
 It's been

2281
01:27:46,520 --> 01:27:46,960
 a long

2282
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:47,260
 day.

2283
01:27:47,680 --> 01:27:48,200
 We'll be

2284
01:27:48,200 --> 01:27:48,740
 here every

2285
01:27:48,740 --> 01:27:49,340
 Monday night

2286
01:27:49,340 --> 01:27:49,940
 from here

2287
01:27:49,940 --> 01:27:50,440
 on out

2288
01:27:50,440 --> 01:27:50,800
 the rest

2289
01:27:50,800 --> 01:27:51,100
 of this

2290
01:27:51,100 --> 01:27:51,400
 season.

2291
01:27:51,540 --> 01:27:51,880
 We'll

2292
01:27:51,880 --> 01:27:52,280
 start at

2293
01:27:52,280 --> 01:27:52,880
 7 o'clock

2294
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:53,180
 each and

2295
01:27:53,180 --> 01:27:53,600
 every week.

2296
01:27:53,700 --> 01:27:54,060
 Thanks to

2297
01:27:54,060 --> 01:27:54,260
 everybody

2298
01:27:54,260 --> 01:27:54,660
 that came

2299
01:27:54,660 --> 01:27:54,820
 out.

2300
01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:55,020
 Bring

2301
01:27:55,020 --> 01:27:55,220
 some

2302
01:27:55,220 --> 01:27:55,600
 friends.

2303
01:27:55,920 --> 01:27:56,040
 We'll

2304
01:27:56,040 --> 01:28:22,280
 be

2305
01:28:22,280 --> 01:28:23,360
 back

2306
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:23,520
 with

2307
01:28:23,520 --> 01:28:23,620
 you

2308
01:28:23,620 --> 01:28:23,880
 next

2309
01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:24,140
 week

2310
01:28:24,140 --> 01:28:24,340
 right

2311
01:28:24,340 --> 01:28:24,480
 here

2312
01:28:24,480 --> 01:28:24,560
 at

2313
01:28:24,560 --> 01:28:24,740
 Lost

2314
01:28:24,740 --> 01:28:25,040
 Pizza

2315
01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:25,440
 Shoals

2316
01:28:25,440 --> 01:28:25,720
 UNA

2317
01:28:25,720 --> 01:28:26,200
 Basketball

2318
01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:26,320
 Night

2319
01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:26,480
 for

2320
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:26,680
 Mike

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01:28:26,680 --> 01:28:27,120
 Ezekiel.

2322
01:28:27,500 --> 01:28:27,640
 I'm

2323
01:28:27,640 --> 01:28:27,840
 Benjamin

2324
01:28:27,840 --> 01:28:28,040
 Ray

2325
01:28:28,040 --> 01:28:28,180
 for

2326
01:28:28,180 --> 01:28:28,400
 Blair

2327
01:28:28,400 --> 01:28:28,640
 back

2328
01:28:28,640 --> 01:28:28,760
 at

2329
01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:28,860
 the

2330
01:28:28,860 --> 01:28:29,200
 station.

2331
01:28:29,340 --> 01:28:29,420
 I'm

2332
01:28:29,420 --> 01:28:29,620
 Benjamin

2333
01:28:29,620 --> 01:28:29,900
 Ray

2334
01:28:29,900 --> 01:28:30,220
 saying

2335
01:28:30,220 --> 01:28:30,520
 Roar

2336
01:28:30,520 --> 01:28:31,060
 Lions.

2337
01:28:34,340 --> 01:28:34,940
 You've

2338
01:28:34,940 --> 01:28:35,060
 been

2339
01:28:35,060 --> 01:28:35,740
 listening to

2340
01:28:35,740 --> 01:28:36,200
 UNA

2341
01:28:36,200 --> 01:28:36,860
 Basketball

2342
01:28:36,860 --> 01:28:37,100
 Night

2343
01:28:37,100 --> 01:28:37,280
 at

2344
01:28:37,280 --> 01:28:37,520
 Lost

2345
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:37,880
 Pizza

2346
01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:38,340
 Company

2347
01:28:38,340 --> 01:28:38,840
 featuring

2348
01:28:38,840 --> 01:28:39,200
 Coach

2349
01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:39,520
 Candy

2350
01:28:39,520 --> 01:28:39,880
 Whitaker

2351
01:28:39,880 --> 01:28:40,120
 and

2352
01:28:40,120 --> 01:28:40,380
 Coach

2353
01:28:40,380 --> 01:28:40,660
 Tony

2354
01:28:40,660 --> 01:28:41,180
 Pujol.

2355
01:28:41,640 --> 01:28:42,000
 UNA

2356
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:42,620
 Basketball

2357
01:28:42,620 --> 01:28:42,820
 Night

2358
01:28:42,820 --> 01:28:42,980
 has

2359
01:28:42,980 --> 01:28:43,120
 been

2360
01:28:43,120 --> 01:28:43,380
 brought

2361
01:28:43,380 --> 01:28:43,540
 to

2362
01:28:43,540 --> 01:28:43,680
 you

2363
01:28:55,720 --> 01:28:55,900
 and

2364
01:28:55,900 --> 01:28:56,160
 Singing

2365
01:28:56,160 --> 01:28:56,460
 River

2366
01:28:56,460 --> 01:28:57,120
 Brewery.

2367
01:28:57,560 --> 01:28:57,840
 Thanks

2368
01:28:57,840 --> 01:28:58,020
 for

2369
01:28:58,020 --> 01:28:58,520
 listening

2370
01:28:58,520 --> 01:28:59,100
 and

2371
01:28:59,100 --> 01:28:59,500
 Roar

2372
01:28:59,500 --> 01:29:00,080
 Lions!