Nate Oats previews the NCAA Tournament
Nate Oats previews the NCAA Tournament
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00:00 We're excited to be in the tournament.
00:03 And we told our guys, not everybody gets to do this.
00:06 You look at the quality of teams
00:08 that were left out of the tournament.
00:09 A lot of good players not playing anymore.
00:11 There's a lot of good teams not playing.
00:14 So regardless of where we get sent,
00:16 we're excited to go there.
00:17 Spokane, we've had good runs out west.
00:22 Personally, we've got a long flight out to Spokane.
00:27 Charleston's got a longer flight.
00:28 So don't know a ton about Charleston.
00:31 Coach Kelsey's one of the better up
00:34 and coming young head coaches.
00:37 They'll play a pretty modern style basketball.
00:40 Pretty similar to us, to be honest with you.
00:42 I mean, their offense is top 60 in the country.
00:46 Their pace of play is top 50.
00:49 Their three-point rate's top 20.
00:52 Like, they're playing fast, spreading it out,
00:55 taking a lot of threes.
00:57 You know, I'm gonna have to see exactly how they get it,
00:59 but I'm about to see my staff's already working
01:02 on Charleston, and then obviously playing,
01:05 you know, if we're fortunate enough to get past Charleston,
01:08 and playing a winner in St. Mary's and Grand Canyon.
01:12 Those are two teams out west.
01:13 So we've played semi-neutral, you know,
01:18 Arizona and Phoenix, played Purdue and Toronto,
01:23 where Zach Eady had plenty of fans.
01:25 So we played neutrals that weren't very neutral.
01:27 So if St. Mary's has a lot of fans,
01:29 so be it.
01:30 We gotta beat two good teams to get to LA,
01:34 and make it to the Sweet 16.
01:36 So I do like the fact we don't have play 'til Friday.
01:39 I think we get our legs up under us a little bit more.
01:42 You know, obviously we're trying to win the SEC tournament,
01:44 but it might've been a blessing in disguise
01:47 for an NCAA tournament run
01:48 to get our legs a little more rested,
01:51 and not playing 'til Friday gets us there even more,
01:53 'cause we haven't had our full allotment of guys
01:57 on no-minute restrictions since that Texas A&M game,
02:02 when we were playing pretty good basketball.
02:04 So I think this Friday will be the first time
02:07 we've got everybody healthy, ready to go,
02:11 since that A&M game.
02:12 So we're excited for it.
02:14 Gotta get done with the Zoom,
02:18 so I can get to work figuring out how to beat a...
02:21 (upbeat music)