Oregon Ducks center N'Faly Dante discusses facing the South Carolina Gamecocks in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
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00:00 What was your reaction seeing Oregon come across the screen you said been waiting to play in this tournament for a long time
00:07 What was it like seeing your name on the board?
00:09 Good, you know, that's something that I want to do since I step in here. I came to Oregon and
00:15 We did a couple of time
00:18 There's a couple of time I was hurt. So I'm glad I'm happy at this time to be able to experience it
00:23 Played with a lot of guys that played in it
00:29 Have you heard from any of the former Ducks? No
00:32 After three games in three days three big games three days, you know, how are you how's everybody feeling physically?
00:40 Yeah, good. You know, I think
00:44 better than
00:46 Know that you're gonna go compete in the NCAA tournament
00:50 Everybody who came to here does everybody go to go there so
00:58 We're good. Everybody's good. Yeah bones good
01:00 It's alright
01:03 Yeah, baby. All right, I'll be fine
01:05 Nothing when the goal was to get there and it took what it took to get there
01:11 Now that you're there. How do you shift your mindset to alright like it's not just goal achieved
01:17 But now it's now it's the next thing now. It's about winning the games now that you are there
01:24 When the goal was to get to the tournament, yeah, and it just took winning three games in three days to do it. Yeah, like
01:30 Some people might be just satisfied with having done that but now it's about winning in the now that you're there
01:36 So, how do you kind of shift mentally to?
01:38 All right. It's not just about getting there now now we're here now and how do you achieve and shift the mindset to?
01:44 Performing now that you are there
01:50 It's getting there it's about getting there and go do what we want to do we all have a goal we want to go there to
01:56 Win it, you know, it's not just getting there. So I think everybody's over that
02:01 We're just gonna focus on the next game and then after that focus in just focus on the South Carolina right now. So
02:09 When it one at a time
02:12 Does Jermaine have any thoughts on playing South Carolina just getting ready like you said, let's get it tomorrow you're waiting for
02:21 Let's get a good practice tomorrow. And then
02:23 Yeah, let's get ready for it. I'm excited
02:26 Yeah, you saved your best for the end
02:31 You saved your best for the end of the season here. It's gotta make you feel pretty good. Oh, yeah
02:38 We're good.