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00:00 - [inaudible]
00:02 - Kenny said that he saw some strides this week at practice,
00:14 but that there was a lack of focus when it came to, like,
00:16 the little details.
00:17 Um, after you guys gave up on more than 10 threes, um,
00:22 in game one, how do you explain, um,
00:25 giving up even more in this game after, you know,
00:28 having some time to practice and just to run over things like that?
00:31 - You said giving up 10 threes in the first game?
00:33 - Yes. - And we gave up more?
00:34 - Yeah.
00:34 - Um, I just feel like we gave up a lot of second chance--
00:39 a lot of threes were, like, second chance threes.
00:42 So I think if we grabbed those rebounds and they don't have
00:46 those kickouts, especially to, uh, who was Huff,
00:49 they had a lot of, like, all-board kickouts to him,
00:52 and those threes were coming from that.
00:54 So I think if we grabbed those boards,
00:56 we could have taken away a lot of that,
00:58 but we just gotta run those off the line.
01:00 - That's a good team and everything,
01:05 but most people don't expect Louisville to be down 21 to them
01:09 the way you were and then boost by 10.
01:12 What's your explanation for how this went down?
01:16 - Just got outplayed, got out-hustled.
01:20 Um, just gotta bring better energy,
01:24 especially on the defensive end.
01:26 Uh, be more assertive on the offensive end.
01:29 Uh, just give better effort.
01:31 I feel like, um, we take care of a lot of those old boards,
01:35 just energy play and stuff like that.
01:37 Be better on that stuff.
01:38 Uh, be a--be a closer game.
01:40 Shouldn't be down 17, uh, of Tattanoo.
01:44 Tattanoo's a good team, but shouldn't be down 21 at home.
01:47 So we gotta get better at that.
01:49 - For both of you, you know,
01:51 Kandace said you guys were making progress
01:52 throughout the week, but something changes
01:53 when the lights go on, and he says that kind of in a bad way.
01:56 Um, how would you guys describe--
01:58 what does that mean, that something changes
01:59 when the lights go on with you guys?
02:01 - Oh, okay.
02:02 - Um, I wouldn't say--
02:07 that's a hard question.
02:09 That's a hard question to answer,
02:10 but I'll just say this, that something's gotta change.
02:14 You know what I'm saying?
02:15 Like, something's definitely gotta change.
02:17 Uh, between us, we gotta come together as a group,
02:20 get better in practice, attack in practice,
02:22 and then come out and give a better effort
02:24 in the next game for sure.
02:26 [clears throat]
02:28 - When you talk about effort,
02:32 are you talking about hustle
02:33 or understanding your assignments,
02:35 or what--what-- where does the effort have to get better?
02:38 - Uh, everything.
02:40 Understanding your assignments, energy, hustle, all of that.
02:43 Like, just having a whole total lock--
02:48 being locked into the game,
02:49 you guys gotta get better overall.
02:51 - Mike, um, as someone that's been tasked
02:55 to be a leader on this team,
02:57 how do you feel like you did as a leader
02:59 in the days that followed the first game up to today?
03:03 - Uh, I felt like I was-- I was leading the guys, um,
03:07 could do some things better,
03:09 just having guys more locked in,
03:10 but I feel like we were doing a good job in practice.
03:12 We just gotta bring what we do in practice to the game,
03:14 so, um, always looking for ways
03:16 to get better as a leader for sure.
03:19 - Anything else? - Yeah.
03:21 - Thanks.
03:23 - And then finally, um,
03:25 could you just talk us through, um,
03:29 talk us through, um, the mood in the locker room,
03:32 um, after the game, things said,
03:33 or just, you know, how do you guys--
03:36 I mean, after the first game, we asked, um,
03:38 how can you keep this win, you know,
03:40 going into positive things, and now,
03:42 the same question except with a loss,
03:44 and, um, how do you keep that from, you know,
03:46 from entering into more?
03:48 - Just talk about things that we did wrong,
03:50 uh, things we gotta get better at,
03:52 and attack it the next day in practice.
03:54 - All right, thank you.