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00:00 Well, it's obvious that I'm not thrilled about the start of our Big Ten season, but I can't
00:14 worry about it now because the opportunity we have this week and against maybe one of
00:18 the best teams we've played in Baylor is right around the corner.
00:23 We have shot the ball better in the last couple of games, believe it or not.
00:30 At the same time, that wouldn't be saying a lot because we're shooting it so poorly.
00:35 It was nice to shoot well against Nebraska.
00:39 And in the last two games, our defensive three-point field goal percentage has gone down.
00:45 I think some of it is, and I was going to show you after practice if some of you are
00:50 here to interview our guys.
00:51 I was going to take you up here and give you a little view on what we see, maybe on video.
00:57 So that's for later.
01:00 As I said on Sunday, I wasn't pleased with our performance inside.
01:05 I think because we were helping a lot with our centers on rolls and things.
01:11 We left some perimeter guys open, so we've challenged those guys, challenged Booker.
01:16 We're trying to get a little better.
01:18 All three guys have played a little better in that area in the last three days, so that
01:22 was encouraging.
01:23 I also love getting the chance to play against a team in Detroit.
01:28 I think being at Little Caesars is great for us, great for our fans.
01:32 And it's going to be, I think, a great scene.
01:37 In Baylor, six guys in double figures, talented physically.
01:43 They're a very talented team, among the top ten teams in the country in shooting and scoring.
01:49 They're shooting 52 percent, they're averaging 91 points.
01:53 They played a different schedule than us, a lot different.
01:58 But still, you've got to make shots.
02:00 Freshman guard Jacoby Walters leads the team with 15 points.
02:04 They've got a lot of guys between 10 and 15.
02:07 The transfer from Toledo, Ray John Dennis, is second with 14 and is one of the better
02:13 passing guards I've seen.
02:15 He has turned it over a little bit more.
02:17 They're a very good offensive rebounding team.
02:21 And I think a team that would be a big time win if we could find a way to get a win.
02:30 They've got very, very good players, and they've got, I think, a six man off the bench that
02:37 might be better than one of their starters.
02:39 So it's a fairly deep team.
02:43 It's a team that has a four man who can shoot it, and that always creates some problems.
02:51 But if you're wondering, you know, on the other side of it, am I happy with our performance?
02:56 I'm not.
02:57 I told you why.
02:58 I'm not panicking because I think there's some things that are good that we've done.
03:03 I think we've gotten our turnovers down.
03:06 You know, free throw shooting is an interesting thing.
03:09 We're shooting 66.
03:10 Our opponents are shooting 76.
03:14 So as far as our rebounding, which we're not been great at, but it's not as distorted as
03:18 you'd think because when you miss a free throw, and we've missed more than somebody's there
03:23 to get the rebound, you get 95% of your missed free throws go to the defense.
03:29 And so they're picking up some rebounds there.
03:31 We're not getting them because teams are shooting so good from the line against us.
03:35 Utah Law, Wisconsin going 14 for 14.
03:42 There were none.
03:46 And Nebraska shot well too.
03:49 So we're looking at the things we can control.
03:53 And I think we listen to ourselves too much.
03:57 We listen to people.
03:58 You know, everybody worried about our offense.
04:01 The other thing you got to put in perspective is we started out the year 1 for 20 from the
04:06 three and 23 for 40 from the free throw line against James Madison.
04:13 And when you do that, if you added 0 for 5, 0 for 4, the next game we were 1 for 11 from
04:18 the three.
04:19 So that's 2 of 30, 1 from the three.
04:22 So when you come out of that, you just take those 0 for 5s, 0 for 6s of our four key scorers
04:30 and all of a sudden you got Walker shooting 44% from the three.
04:37 You got AJ shooting 33 or 4% from the three.
04:42 You got Aitken shooting 35 or 6 from the three.
04:45 You got Malik shooting 36 from the three.
04:48 All of a sudden it looks a little differently.
04:50 I know that's all part of the deal.
04:52 And I'm not trying to make excuses.
04:54 I'm just trying to live in the reality that I have to live in right now.
04:57 I think the biggest problem is by doing that as a staff, we said we got to get our offense
05:03 better.
05:04 The last two games our defense has not been as good.
05:08 And you got to have, I think somebody asked me the question, what's your identity?
05:14 Our identity for 28, 29 years has been we defend, we rebound, we run.
05:19 Another encouraging thing against a team that has pretty good guards too, we scored 26 points.
05:27 Off our transition against Nebraska.
05:30 So the running game, that's what we got to get back.
05:33 If we defend, rebound and run, we're going to shoot better.
05:37 We're not going to shoot what we shot in that game.
05:41 Those first couple of games that distorted everything, we said some of that would come
05:45 back.
05:46 We have shot better from the three.
05:48 We got to quit worrying about that and get back to who we are, what our staples are,
05:52 what our identity has been over, what most good teams' identity has been over years.
05:58 And that's to defend and rebound.
05:59 And for us, it's to run.
06:01 So I'll open it up for some questions.
06:02 What a year this campus has had.
06:03 So we can put things in perspective, but from a, I say this with complete compassion, mental
06:04 health wise, how are you doing?
06:05 How's the team doing?
06:06 Have you had a chance to even reflect on that?
06:17 Well, coming from you, that's a good question because you're an expert at it.
06:21 I'm not an expert at it, but I will say this, I'm good.
06:26 I mean, I really am.
06:28 I've been through some things in the last couple of years that make this look like a
06:31 walk in the park.
06:33 And I mean that.
06:34 So I'm not happy, but I don't have any ladders up to the roof that I'm planning on leaping
06:42 off of.
06:43 I've been in it long enough, you know what's going on.
06:46 And I think for players, I think every player is trying to adjust to the last three, four
06:52 years of COVID and everything.
06:55 That's why, again, last night you see Northwestern and you see those things.
06:59 You see Creighton go to Vegas and get killed.
07:02 I mean, it's just been, I talked to the guy at Gonzaga yesterday, they go to Washington,
07:07 not a very good team and get beat good.
07:10 And so I think we're all dealing with some things.
07:15 I think we all are.
07:16 I think it's a product of some things that have happened, but I was critical of myself
07:23 and I still am critical of myself for letting that affect maybe how I coach my team.
07:29 So I got to do a better job.
07:30 I got to still be as demanding as I've always been and maybe spend more time helping kids
07:36 get through that.
07:38 They're all going through it.
07:40 I mean, they're going through it in the NBA, they're going through it in college, they're
07:43 going through it in high school.
07:45 So it's a good question.
07:46 But me personally, I'm more disappointed and mad at myself than I am mentally concerned
07:53 with how I feel.
07:54 And maybe I'm not reading the tea leaves, but that's how I feel.
07:57 What do you do with Carson?
07:59 He's had some games where he's had an exceptional rebound.
08:02 I know he had his at zero, but he's going to get pushed around in certain matchups a
08:05 little bit.
08:06 What do you do to over-stimulate him?
08:07 Yeah, I don't think he should get pushed around.
08:09 I mean, he's 6'10", 240.
08:11 He's gotten stronger than he was.
08:14 You know, that's why I challenged him.
08:16 That's why I challenged him.
08:18 I mean, it's gotten to the point where it's almost illegal to challenge anybody anymore,
08:22 you know?
08:23 And that falls on me.
08:25 That's why when I...
08:28 I'll do things in a sarcastic way.
08:30 I'll do things to cover my players' tails.
08:34 But I'll also do things that I'm speaking from my heart.
08:37 When I say that some of that is my fault, that is 100% my fault.
08:41 That's not to take the pressure off the players.
08:45 I've got to do a better job, okay?
08:48 And one of them is, you're right, Carson was playing very good.
08:51 That's why we moved him into the starting lineup.
08:54 Maybe he didn't handle that very well.
08:56 You know, I don't know.
08:59 I know yesterday was his best practice in two weeks.
09:02 And we went after those two guys pretty good, you know?
09:06 We're trying to get Booker some more minutes.
09:09 And some of you have asked me off the record, some on the record.
09:14 But I thought one guy said it best.
09:17 I bend the practice.
09:18 I see what the issues are.
09:20 The problem is all these people that are emailing you and texting you.
09:24 I mean, Book has been great.
09:26 He's been great.
09:28 He's just got a ways to go.
09:30 He's got to get the motor going.
09:31 He's got to get his strength going.
09:32 He's got to learn what it's like to play at this level.
09:36 And Book's been no problem.
09:40 I mean, I asked him the other day why he was kind of seemed down in the dumps.
09:44 He said, I'm just mad at myself.
09:46 I haven't done enough, you know?
09:48 And you know what?
09:49 I don't hold Book off of anybody.
09:51 You want to go to Book today and talk to him, you go write the book.
09:55 But I just-- it does frustrate me with people that have never been out of practice, never
10:01 seen him, and they got all their opinions.
10:05 And that affects the kids, too.
10:07 So I'd say they all got to play better.
10:13 But I think they're capable of playing better.
10:15 Ahmadi had a terrific practice yesterday.
10:18 And yet I think we got to realize what they are and use them for what they are and try
10:23 to keep improving the offense and this and that.
10:25 But you're right.
10:26 If those two can defend and rebound, they've done a lot for us.
10:29 What we look for more of them is because some of the guys that are shooters have not shot
10:34 as well.
10:35 So then we look for more out of people that really don't have those skills.
10:39 So that's where I got to do a better job.
10:43 [INAUDIBLE]
10:44 Yeah, and then you got to realize that some of these teams are top 10 teams because they're
10:57 good, too.
10:58 You know, like there's a couple of you guys were down at Nebraska.
11:03 So they hit three out of orbit threes, right?
11:10 I mean, three of them.
11:11 Now, there were a couple others that I'm going to show you later that were very well contested.
11:16 They don't hit those three.
11:17 They shoot 30% instead of 43%.
11:19 And we probably win the game.
11:22 You know, so there's other good teams out there.
11:24 I mean, I talked to Matt Painter this morning.
11:26 You know, he's playing Arizona this weekend.
11:28 I had talked to Greg Gard right after our game the next day.
11:33 I talked to him.
11:34 I said, man, I thought they were going to go down and beat Arizona the way they played
11:38 against us.
11:39 He called me the day after.
11:41 And I mean, they weren't even in the game ever.
11:44 You know, I mean, that is what's happening right now.
11:48 There's other good teams.
11:49 And there's a lot of bodies that are like this.
11:53 That's what I'm trying to manage.
11:54 But your point is a good one, that we have to get some quality wins.
12:02 But you know, you look at the schedule, some of these teams have played.
12:07 And you know, there's so many things that are questioned.
12:12 I'll just give you this for a preview.
12:14 I got a call from a friend of mine, Bruce Weber, that did a game with Indiana State.
12:20 And his comments are, are you crazy?
12:23 I mean, they're shooting like, I mean, they're an unbelievable team.
12:29 So I think KP's got a conspiracy out against me or something.
12:33 So we've always wanted to play a tough schedule.
12:34 But we haven't gotten many breaks to get the bookers in there like some of these teams
12:40 have to get more out of some of those guys.
12:43 That too, really, in the end of the day is my fault.
12:46 But I haven't adjusted maybe everything to knowing that some of these smaller teams are
12:50 going to get players that transfer from the bigger schools, and they're damn good.
12:56 So it is interesting, guys.
12:58 It's an interesting dilemma.
12:59 But the bottom line to us right now, we have not shot the ball good enough to win those
13:04 big games.
13:06 Three of those five games, we're up with three minutes and 30 seconds left.
13:11 Three of the five.
13:13 And the Duke game, you know, I'd like to play them again.
13:19 The Wisconsin game, you know, I mean, if you look at the film and some of the issues Malik
13:27 had, it really hurt us in that game.
13:29 They made some shots, 21% shooters.
13:32 So that'd be AJ hits four out of six threes.
13:39 Some of that's our fault.
13:40 Some of that's the way it goes.
13:43 And don't think teams don't get up for us when we're a little wounded.
13:47 So, you know, yeah, our guys understand it.
13:51 It's a valid, good question.
13:53 Our guys understand that.
13:55 I just wish the other guys would understand it.
13:57 Meaning, I wish that team would understand that Michigan State's pretty good too, and
14:01 you can be a little nervous coming in and don't shoot 45% from the three.
14:05 Well, you got to put them in a different position, you know, you just have to, I mean, I hear
14:24 what you're saying.
14:25 We're not missing as many if you take out that first game, but because we lost that
14:33 first game, that magnifies it even more.
14:36 You know, if we would have lost to Duke, nobody would have said a word.
14:40 Even though, if I look at the five teams, and maybe off the record later on, I'm going
14:44 to ask you guys, and we sit in here, if you want to come back up, what you thought of
14:49 the five teams, who you thought was the best, who you thought was the worst.
14:53 It'll be interesting to see your take on it.
14:55 But I look at the Duke game, and I look at the Nebraska game, and you know, if we would
15:03 have lost to Wisconsin at home under the circumstances, I mean, Wisconsin's very good.
15:09 They got a lot of players back, just like we do.
15:11 They're a very good team.
15:13 And on that night, they shot the living daylights out of it.
15:16 They were shooting 30% from the three going into the game.
15:20 So how do I blame me?
15:22 I got to figure out a different way to win.
15:24 If we can't shoot it, let me tell you something.
15:27 My career started with Jud Heathcote telling me that we have the best offense in the world.
15:35 You know what it was?
15:37 The missed shot.
15:39 Because we just went and got it.
15:42 We're not doing that.
15:43 I blame me for that.
15:45 You know, we got to do a better job of that.
15:46 If we're not shooting it well, we got to find a different way to win.
15:49 We got to defend even better.
15:51 Can't give up 45 in two games from the three.
15:55 I mean, I got to do a better job.
15:58 So again, if you think I'm taking the pressure off, I publicly called out my centers.
16:04 I ain't taking any pressure off.
16:05 I've said we're not shooting the ball worth a damn.
16:08 I'm not hiding behind that.
16:09 I'm not trying to take it all myself.
16:12 But coach's job is to put people in position to win games.
16:16 Coach's job is to win games.
16:17 The great part about coaching is it's like big businesses.
16:21 You know, there is a bottom line.
16:25 And the bottom line is results.
16:29 And you got to get results.
16:31 And have I honestly in the last two, three years, maybe I'm the one should be talking
16:36 to you, in the last two, three years look at players differently because of what players
16:41 have gone through and people.
16:43 And you can say, well, some schools haven't.
16:45 Who hasn't?
16:46 There's been more ups and downs this year than any year in college basketball.
16:49 We're only nine games in.
16:52 So I got to adjust to that.
16:54 That's coach's job.
16:56 So put it on me because I put it on myself.
17:01 And I don't read what you write.
17:04 And I don't go on Twitter.
17:05 So it doesn't affect me except my good friend Jim Heals who always tells me don't ever read
17:10 Twitter.
17:11 And then he calls me and reiterates everything that was on Twitter.
17:15 And I tell him thanks.
17:16 And then tell him to go to hell and then leave.
17:18 But that's my deal.
17:19 I'm wondering about that because that was something that I've been trying to think about
17:20 this year.
17:21 We had Isaac Haas.
17:22 Yeah.
17:23 But you've also gone through the point guard situation that one year.
17:24 When you're trying to navigate that changing structure of how to make it work, is there
17:25 a difference between going with the bigs and making it work?
17:26 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:27 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:28 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:29 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:30 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:31 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:32 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:33 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:34 I mean, I think it's a different thing.
17:51 Yeah, well, I went with the two bigs in the Wisconsin game.
17:53 Remember, I started both of them.
17:56 How's your theory on that?
17:59 You know what I mean?
18:03 I'm not saying good or bad.
18:05 I'm just saying from a coaching aspect of it, trying to figure that out.
18:11 Yeah, this team's got a Bridges kid who's 6'6" as a four man.
18:16 I think more people are playing with smaller.
18:19 That's why we're playing Cohen Carson at the four now.
18:23 It is an adjustment.
18:25 I think the biggest adjustment that I got to figure out is do I want to play freshman
18:28 against 23-year-olds sometimes?
18:31 That's what I chose to do.
18:34 The NCAA just came out with an incredible ruling yesterday in their infinite wisdom
18:39 and power to make things even more screwed up.
18:44 I think we're right around the corner from if the kids want it and the lawyers want it,
18:48 we'll probably play at Michigan first semester and Michigan State second.
18:52 I think that's right around the corner.
18:54 I got a lot of different things to concern myself with than I did three, four years ago.
19:05 Guards got a rebound better.
19:07 Why does Jayden have a 10 rebound game and then a two or none?
19:12 Guards got a rebound better.
19:14 We know we're not real big.
19:16 Malik's got to be healthy.
19:17 He missed five months.
19:18 He's got to be healthy.
19:20 He's better.
19:21 He's shooting better.
19:23 But against Wisconsin, he ain't going to play good with 101 temperature and another coaching
19:28 decision.
19:29 That was my decision.
19:30 He said he could play.
19:31 I just felt like we needed him against an experienced team and a guy like Wall.
19:36 Looking back, it was probably a bad decision on my part, not his.
19:40 He gave me what he could give me.
19:42 That's my decision.
19:44 You're right, Fred.
19:46 Coaches get blamed for a lot.
19:49 But I think you're a little wrong that everybody thinks I'm just protecting my players.
19:54 I do protect my players more than probably most people know.
19:58 But I also -- I'm pretty much an open book as far as most things I do.
20:05 One of the -- with Cohen is he starts to understand what you're doing defensively more.
20:11 How much does that change him allowing him to sort of show his athletic ability and give
20:16 you advantages there and do more with it?
20:18 Yeah.
20:19 You know, like here's one of the problems with him.
20:21 We're playing him at the three and at the four because we don't know.
20:25 We don't know.
20:26 Like even when -- remember, now, Malik came back in August.
20:32 And we started practicing in September.
20:34 And we said, is Malik going to be okay?
20:36 Is the foot going to be okay?
20:37 We play Cohen at the four.
20:38 And then we said, we got to play him some at the three.
20:40 We need more size.
20:41 The hardest thing to do for a freshman is try to play two positions.
20:46 I did it because I thought that's what I had to do.
20:49 Now we're trying to play him at the four a little bit more.
20:52 And I think he has gotten better.
20:54 He's playing 20 minutes a game.
20:56 Somebody sent me a thing yesterday where the number of freshmen in the country that are
21:02 playing 20 minutes, you probably count in this room.
21:06 It's just amazing.
21:08 And so, Cohen is making great progress, you know.
21:15 He's doing a little hard.
21:16 You know, we got to get a rotation in there for fears.
21:20 But he still does some good things.
21:22 And Book is a work in progress.
21:24 And, you know, he's -- you can't believe all the rankings and everything.
21:31 But he's a damn good player.
21:32 He's probably not the fifth player in the country or whatever.
21:35 He's a damn good player.
21:36 He's got very good skills.
21:40 He's got great hands.
21:42 He's got a 42-inch vertical.
21:45 And he has trouble getting a rebound.
21:48 Because sooner or later physicalness -- I think you were the one that said it to me.
21:52 You watch practice.
21:54 You know, again, we'll talk about it later off the air.
21:58 But it's one of the things we're working through.
22:03 And it's just going to take some time.
22:05 Time for one or two more.
22:07 From a distance, you appeared to Draymond.
22:12 Did you reach out to him?
22:13 Or did you guys Draymond of the Warriors?
22:15 No, no, no, no.
22:17 I mean, of course I reached out to him.
22:19 And I didn't talk to him last night.
22:21 I talked to Travis, who was with him, and talked to his coach.
22:26 And, you know, trying to get all the information.
22:29 I did not see the incident.
22:31 I still haven't seen it if I was to tell you the truth.
22:34 I heard about it.
22:35 Brian Gregory was there.
22:36 He called me about it.
22:38 And, you know, some say that it was a little crazier than others,
22:43 that he didn't just turn around and punch a guy.
22:45 But I don't know.
22:48 The worst part is last week I had a 30-minute talk with Draymond.
22:53 It was probably the best talk I've had with him in eight years.
22:56 30 minutes, that's a long time to talk to Draymond.
22:59 I mean, you know.
23:00 But he was great.
23:03 He's shooting like 40-some percent from the three, shooting the ball better.
23:07 BG said he looks great.
23:09 He's in great shape.
23:11 You know, everything was heading in the right direction.
23:14 I don't know what happened.
23:17 I'm going to find out.
23:19 I'm supposed to talk to his coach after practice today.
23:22 Hopefully I'll talk to Draymond today.
23:26 I mean, he's 33 years old.
23:27 He's going to be his own man.
23:29 I still have deep love for him, and I still care about him.
23:34 And, yeah, sometimes I worry.
23:36 But I, you know, it was funny.
23:40 I was talking to Jawan Howard two nights ago at a game we were at,
23:44 and we were talking about the difference in 10 years ago, even in the league.
23:49 Those things would have been between the Celtics and the Lakers,
23:53 those would have been love taps.
23:55 You know, it's just changed.
23:57 And you know what?
23:58 Coach has got to change with the times.
24:00 Players have got to change with the times.
24:02 I can't say I know what happened because I didn't see it.
24:04 I've just heard about it and disappointed for him.
24:10 But, you know, like I said, his coach and I shared texts last night.
24:16 We're supposed to talk today.
24:18 Maybe I'll know more after practice if you're here.
24:21 Last one.
24:23 One more.
24:24 How do you think, like, lessons in Joey Houser's impact on the Lakers
24:29 are going to obviously help the community?
24:31 Do you think it helped, like, Mottie?
24:33 Well, you know, that's a good question because Joey called the other day,
24:38 you know, and Joey averaged 2.2 makes a game, you know,
24:43 everybody talks about, and he shot pretty well from the line.
24:46 But remember, you know, it was the year before that and the year before that
24:49 when people wanted to hang him from the White House, you know.
24:54 I mean, it was those same people, those same educated people on the internet,
25:00 you know, nobody understands.
25:02 Well, one guy in here might understand what these guys go through.
25:06 And Joey was a kid that wasn't very confident and wasn't this and wasn't that.
25:10 We stuck with him and through some injuries, through everything,
25:14 and he made a difference on a team, you know.
25:16 But how much difference, I don't think he made a difference in Jaden
25:20 making a shot or guarding somebody.
25:22 I don't think he made a difference in Tyson, you know.
25:25 I know why Tyson wasn't as good that two weeks.
25:27 I know exactly why he wasn't as good.
25:31 But one thing Joey could do is stretch the court a little bit more.
25:34 Hopefully Malik, as he's getting more and more confident, will help that.
25:38 I thought we wouldn't be quite as good a shooting team.
25:40 I thought we'd be a better defensive team in there.
25:44 But Malik's got to get his sea legs too after five months.
25:48 So all those things are part of what we're working through.
25:52 And I couldn't agree with you more.
25:56 Everybody's looking for reasons.
25:59 One of the reasons is we played some really good teams.
26:02 I mean, whoever thought James Madison would be ranked 17th in the country?
26:06 And on that given night, you go one for 20, it wasn't all because of their defense.
26:12 You go Tyson Walker scores 35 points and goes 11 for 20 from the free throw line.
26:19 I mean, you're probably not going to win those games against good teams.
26:25 So I'm trying to keep things in perspective.
26:29 Don't let that be I'm blowing it off as it doesn't bother me.
26:32 But I try not to think about that either because Joey's not coming back and playing.
26:39 Magic says he's just--NCA has passed the time.
26:43 They won't let him have his two years back.
26:45 You know, I got what I have, and what I have is good enough to be damn good.
26:50 I'm going to tell you all that.
26:52 It's good enough to be damn good.
26:53 Your best player's got to play well.
26:56 I talked to Tyson and Jaden--I mean, Tyson and AJ yesterday.
27:05 The magazines came out.
27:07 They were the number one backcourt in America.
27:10 Well, that wasn't given.
27:12 That was earned.
27:14 And yet best players got to play their best.
27:16 Best coaches got to coach their best.
27:19 So I said, "You guys haven't done a great job, and I haven't done a great job."
27:22 So together we got to get together and do a great job and get this thing rolling again.
27:27 But, you know, you come off of Wisconsin with Malik like he was.
27:33 They played well.
27:35 They made threes.
27:36 They beat us.
27:37 We go to Nebraska, who's--it's a pretty good team.
27:43 We don't play our best.
27:44 They make some shots.
27:45 They beat us.
27:47 Now the good news is we got Baylor, and we're looking at it like you said.
27:53 We're trying to make sure that we need a quality win.
27:57 This is a more than quality team.
27:59 Some would argue it's the best team we've played.
28:01 Some think Arizona was.
28:03 Who knows?
28:04 I don't know.
28:05 You know, I thought Arizona was, and then I thought Wisconsin might be,
28:11 and then I saw what Arizona did to Wisconsin.
28:14 That thing was 30-some points at one time.
28:17 I'm as confused as you are, so maybe if you've got a free 20 minutes,
28:23 you should plug me in.
28:25 But I'm not making light of anything, guys, gals.
28:29 I'm working on it every day.
28:32 We're going to get this thing turned around, hopefully sooner rather than later.
28:37 But as much as everybody--don't let everybody talk about our offense.
28:42 It hasn't been great.
28:44 If our defense would have been as good as it should be,
28:47 we'd have two more wins anyway.
28:49 And free throw shooting is unexcusable.
28:52 I know how good we are at that.
28:54 It's unexcusable.
28:55 Is it in their heads?
28:56 I don't know.
28:58 I don't get in their heads.
29:00 You know, I know what we work on.
29:03 I know what they do night before games.
29:04 I know how they shoot.
29:06 I feel good about it.
29:08 That's going to come.
29:09 And if it does, we've got two more wins if we just shoot 70%,
29:14 which last year we shot 78%.
29:18 So, Channel 6, you're in trouble.
29:22 This thing's--I'm out.
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