Dan Hurley

I think I'm going to celebrate tomorrow.

I think I'm going to celebrate tomorrow.

I'm going to take all of Monday because I didn't really think about it until the weekend where it's like, yeah, it's about to expire. And when you get eliminated from the tournament, I mean, obviously it's over. You're not going to win it again, but there is still time.

I'm going to take all of Monday because I didn't really think about it until the weekend where it's like, yeah, it's about to expire. And when you get eliminated from the tournament, I mean, obviously it's over. You're not going to win it again, but there is still time.

Left.

Left.

Some of the stuff is my wife's office. So she's got some stuff with the kids, you know, some like flag football and some little league mixed in with like a final four net. Yeah. So it's like, it's just like random stuff from the kids. CYO. Yeah. third place trophies, all that type of stuff.

Some of the stuff is my wife's office. So she's got some stuff with the kids, you know, some like flag football and some little league mixed in with like a final four net. Yeah. So it's like, it's just like random stuff from the kids. CYO. Yeah. third place trophies, all that type of stuff.

I thought TV could have did a better job, just like, you know, right as the coaches were getting angry at the officials that, you know, normally, you know, with me, the camera stays a little longer and gets the full interaction. And I just thought that maybe they just, I thought they pulled the camera a little early when we could have saw something good.

I thought TV could have did a better job, just like, you know, right as the coaches were getting angry at the officials that, you know, normally, you know, with me, the camera stays a little longer and gets the full interaction. And I just thought that maybe they just, I thought they pulled the camera a little early when we could have saw something good.

No, and I don't think Coach – I mean, I don't think Coach Sampson is going to be very intense at all. I mean, I don't think that he's a hard-coaching guy that sometimes – you know, has questions about a call. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Yeah. I think he, him and Todd are, they're, they're gonna, I mean, that's a steel cage. I mean, I shared the court with Todd. I mean, Todd is an intense coach.

No, and I don't think Coach – I mean, I don't think Coach Sampson is going to be very intense at all. I mean, I don't think that he's a hard-coaching guy that sometimes – you know, has questions about a call. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Yeah. I think he, him and Todd are, they're, they're gonna, I mean, that's a steel cage. I mean, I shared the court with Todd. I mean, Todd is an intense coach.

Most of the coaches are, I mean, you look at the big East, I mean, you know, there's some intense coaches and Todd's an intense coach. And yeah, I mean, it feels weird not to be playing, you know, it does. It's yeah. you know, something that you, you, we just got, uh, just got accustomed to it the last two years, man. Really the last couple of years, uh, has felt like one long year. So.

Most of the coaches are, I mean, you look at the big East, I mean, you know, there's some intense coaches and Todd's an intense coach. And yeah, I mean, it feels weird not to be playing, you know, it does. It's yeah. you know, something that you, you, we just got, uh, just got accustomed to it the last two years, man. Really the last couple of years, uh, has felt like one long year. So.

No. In 22, when we got bounced, like, uh, you know, in a very unceremonious way, uh, you know, by New Mexico state, uh, and Teddy Allen, um, as, as a five to a 12, I couldn't watch it. I mean, it was, uh, you know, just unbearable. But no, this, I watched, I watched the game straight away this time.

No. In 22, when we got bounced, like, uh, you know, in a very unceremonious way, uh, you know, by New Mexico state, uh, and Teddy Allen, um, as, as a five to a 12, I couldn't watch it. I mean, it was, uh, you know, just unbearable. But no, this, I watched, I watched the game straight away this time.

It was, you know, it was like disappointing we couldn't go on, but like, I also, I wanted to kind of see what the teams that were still playing were doing and like why they were still playing and why we weren't, you know, like how, you know, what did they get right that we didn't get right with the squad, you know?

It was, you know, it was like disappointing we couldn't go on, but like, I also, I wanted to kind of see what the teams that were still playing were doing and like why they were still playing and why we weren't, you know, like how, you know, what did they get right that we didn't get right with the squad, you know?

Can you offer me another option?

Can you offer me another option?

I think when you've experienced championship glory, you don't get the petty moral victories that way. I think you're just like... I mean, you do notice and you say to yourself, like, we had opportunities in that round of 32 game, you know, up three with the ball, you know, in transition, three and a half minutes to go with the chance maybe to get a three in transition to take a six-point lead.

I think when you've experienced championship glory, you don't get the petty moral victories that way. I think you're just like... I mean, you do notice and you say to yourself, like, we had opportunities in that round of 32 game, you know, up three with the ball, you know, in transition, three and a half minutes to go with the chance maybe to get a three in transition to take a six-point lead.

But we turned the ball over. It then goes to the immediate timeout. And, you know, from there, Clayton, you know, Clayton took over and did a little bit of like a – a Kemba Walker, Shabazz Napier thing. And he's kept doing it.

But we turned the ball over. It then goes to the immediate timeout. And, you know, from there, Clayton, you know, Clayton took over and did a little bit of like a – a Kemba Walker, Shabazz Napier thing. And he's kept doing it.

You know what? I mean, I respect how, you know, Todd, I mean, he put, I think, you know, both, you know, listen, Houston is amazing. They're doing it on culture and will and, and,

You know what? I mean, I respect how, you know, Todd, I mean, he put, I think, you know, both, you know, listen, Houston is amazing. They're doing it on culture and will and, and,

um you know and and just a program mentality um you know obviously with florida uh and i think with duke they put together like incredible rosters man like their roster construction is like top top notch um you know high level stuff and same thing with auburn but you know florida um I take no solace in having had a shot in that one to keep it going.

um you know and and just a program mentality um you know obviously with florida uh and i think with duke they put together like incredible rosters man like their roster construction is like top top notch um you know high level stuff and same thing with auburn but you know florida um I take no solace in having had a shot in that one to keep it going.

Yeah, so, you know, you've got one of your coaches on staff that's obviously, you know, doing all of the advanced work on, you know, those other teams, right? Whether it was – if you're Florida, they're already – you know, they've got, you know, a fully detailed scouting report on – on, you know, on Duke, you know, or Houston.

Yeah, so, you know, you've got one of your coaches on staff that's obviously, you know, doing all of the advanced work on, you know, those other teams, right? Whether it was – if you're Florida, they're already – you know, they've got, you know, a fully detailed scouting report on – on, you know, on Duke, you know, or Houston.

And, you know, but you go and you play that semifinal game for us, like we just focused on in the 14 tournaments, just that first game only. We did not... whether it was superstitions or just not wanting to get ahead of ourselves. We focused on just that one opponent, that first game. And then what happens is you get back so late on the bus ride back to the hotel after the semifinal game.

And, you know, but you go and you play that semifinal game for us, like we just focused on in the 14 tournaments, just that first game only. We did not... whether it was superstitions or just not wanting to get ahead of ourselves. We focused on just that one opponent, that first game. And then what happens is you get back so late on the bus ride back to the hotel after the semifinal game.

Last year, I probably watched one of Purdue's games, just the NC State game on the way back to the hotel and then at the hotel the night of the semis.

Last year, I probably watched one of Purdue's games, just the NC State game on the way back to the hotel and then at the hotel the night of the semis.

And then you're literally that next day you're doing so much media and you've got such a short practice time that you just walk around a tablet, you know, trying to get three or four of the Purdue games in that day on Sunday just to have as much knowledge and feel for them as you can as a head coach. And obviously you're going to put a lot of trust into your assistant coach.

And then you're literally that next day you're doing so much media and you've got such a short practice time that you just walk around a tablet, you know, trying to get three or four of the Purdue games in that day on Sunday just to have as much knowledge and feel for them as you can as a head coach. And obviously you're going to put a lot of trust into your assistant coach.

you know, which with us, it was Luke Murray, get ready for that Purdue game, you know, and really letting him, you know, come up with a defensive game plan and trust in your staff that way. But like the game is on top of you so quickly and your, your part, like obviously you're really tired, long ass season. And yeah, But everything is pretty automatic by this time of year, man.

you know, which with us, it was Luke Murray, get ready for that Purdue game, you know, and really letting him, you know, come up with a defensive game plan and trust in your staff that way. But like the game is on top of you so quickly and your, your part, like obviously you're really tired, long ass season. And yeah, But everything is pretty automatic by this time of year, man.

You know the plays that you're calling versus man versus zone. You know your substitution pattern. I mean, everything is pretty automated at this time of year because you've played so many games. You've played like 40 games.

You know the plays that you're calling versus man versus zone. You know your substitution pattern. I mean, everything is pretty automated at this time of year because you've played so many games. You've played like 40 games.

You had a – going into the semifinal game, you could do some real things, you know, with those days. I mean, if you played on a Saturday and then you don't play again until that next Saturday in the Final Four, I mean, you could really throw some wrinkles in on offense, some wrinkles in on defense. But basically, all you're going to get with your team, you're probably going to get –

You had a – going into the semifinal game, you could do some real things, you know, with those days. I mean, if you played on a Saturday and then you don't play again until that next Saturday in the Final Four, I mean, you could really throw some wrinkles in on offense, some wrinkles in on defense. But basically, all you're going to get with your team, you're probably going to get –

know two video sessions two maybe two maybe three video sessions before uh you know the national championship game going over tendencies going over personnel i think it's mostly going to be heavy personnel um driven trying to take

know two video sessions two maybe two maybe three video sessions before uh you know the national championship game going over tendencies going over personnel i think it's mostly going to be heavy personnel um driven trying to take

things away individually uh from the other team like you know trying to chase three-point shooters off the three-point line try you know if there's a dominant post score are we trapping the post are we playing that single coverage are we trying to send them to one shoulder or the other uh is this a team we should try to pressure more or or sit in gaps and make them shoot threes i mean there's not a whole lot of adjustments or wrinkles you could do because

things away individually uh from the other team like you know trying to chase three-point shooters off the three-point line try you know if there's a dominant post score are we trapping the post are we playing that single coverage are we trying to send them to one shoulder or the other uh is this a team we should try to pressure more or or sit in gaps and make them shoot threes i mean there's not a whole lot of adjustments or wrinkles you could do because

So you're going to basically get maybe an hour and 15 minutes a day before the game on the court to walk through some things. Some coaches shoot around the day of the national championship game. Some don't. They try to save the legs and some just want to get on the court and do the walkthrough. I mean, we would always go out there and do the walkthrough because you can't.

So you're going to basically get maybe an hour and 15 minutes a day before the game on the court to walk through some things. Some coaches shoot around the day of the national championship game. Some don't. They try to save the legs and some just want to get on the court and do the walkthrough. I mean, we would always go out there and do the walkthrough because you can't.

Put a person like me just in the hotel all day the day of a game. You got to turn. You got to let me out of the cage for a little while.

Put a person like me just in the hotel all day the day of a game. You got to turn. You got to let me out of the cage for a little while.

So a lot of what the coaches that have the scout do, I mean, they're handling a lot of the other team's offense.

So a lot of what the coaches that have the scout do, I mean, they're handling a lot of the other team's offense.

So, you know, you'll see those guys like, you know, when an opponent is taking the ball out in an out-under and they see the formation, they'll be standing up and yelling to our team, hey, you know, it's screen-to-screen or, you know, or if they hear a play call or something that they recognize, you know, they'll stand up if it's a half-court,

So, you know, you'll see those guys like, you know, when an opponent is taking the ball out in an out-under and they see the formation, they'll be standing up and yelling to our team, hey, you know, it's screen-to-screen or, you know, or if they hear a play call or something that they recognize, you know, they'll stand up if it's a half-court,

Set play that they're running, they'll stand up and yell, stagger, flare screen, back screen, and try to let them know what's coming. More so, I think, from a defensive standpoint. But they deal with them a lot in the TV timeouts or really long in the NCAA tournaments. So you're in those huddles. It feels like halftime in a regular huddle. So they're giving them a lot of information.

Set play that they're running, they'll stand up and yell, stagger, flare screen, back screen, and try to let them know what's coming. More so, I think, from a defensive standpoint. But they deal with them a lot in the TV timeouts or really long in the NCAA tournaments. So you're in those huddles. It feels like halftime in a regular huddle. So they're giving them a lot of information.

You know, before I get into the huddle after yelling at the ref or talking to Tracy Wolfson, you know, then I'll come into that huddle and they'll have gone through a lot of like the stuff that they wanted to think about for us defensively.

You know, before I get into the huddle after yelling at the ref or talking to Tracy Wolfson, you know, then I'll come into that huddle and they'll have gone through a lot of like the stuff that they wanted to think about for us defensively.

Well, I mean, my S.I.D., Bobby Mullen, you may have heard of him. He'll tell me before the game, hey, you know, you've got TV at the under 12. But, I mean, once the anthem hits, I'm like – all that has gone out the window and all I could see is red. So I'll have no idea that that camera's coming my way.

Well, I mean, my S.I.D., Bobby Mullen, you may have heard of him. He'll tell me before the game, hey, you know, you've got TV at the under 12. But, I mean, once the anthem hits, I'm like – all that has gone out the window and all I could see is red. So I'll have no idea that that camera's coming my way.

And I mostly just check to make sure I don't have like any white stuff on the side of my mouth. Cause your mouth gets real dry and you're just yelling at people and, and, and feeling the pressure of the moment. So I just mostly, I never know what she's going to ask and I just don't want to have any white stuff on the side of my mouth.

And I mostly just check to make sure I don't have like any white stuff on the side of my mouth. Cause your mouth gets real dry and you're just yelling at people and, and, and feeling the pressure of the moment. So I just mostly, I never know what she's going to ask and I just don't want to have any white stuff on the side of my mouth.

Yeah, which I could not have in the actual piss bottle, so I know people were upset. But you have to use the March Madness cups.

Yeah, which I could not have in the actual piss bottle, so I know people were upset. But you have to use the March Madness cups.

It's piss from a redheaded person. Or, you know, a ginger.

It's piss from a redheaded person. Or, you know, a ginger.

When I saw the clip, just how casually I said, yeah, just shut up.

When I saw the clip, just how casually I said, yeah, just shut up.

But the thing though, I mean, Luke's been with me since Wagner. Yeah. I mean, since the Wagner days, since I did a second tour of duty at Rhodey and now back with me a third time. So obviously, you know, we've got a great relationship. give and take relationship that way. But I just, I was making, there was something I wanted to do on the court.

But the thing though, I mean, Luke's been with me since Wagner. Yeah. I mean, since the Wagner days, since I did a second tour of duty at Rhodey and now back with me a third time. So obviously, you know, we've got a great relationship. give and take relationship that way. But I just, I was making, there was something I wanted to do on the court.

And then Luke was just telling me either something that he saw or wanted to do, but I was so focused on what I wanted us to do that I just quickly wanted to tell him to shut up.

And then Luke was just telling me either something that he saw or wanted to do, but I was so focused on what I wanted us to do that I just quickly wanted to tell him to shut up.

Yeah. Yeah. Listen, it definitely, it's, I mean, it's, it's the winning. I mean, there's so much there. I mean, yeah. I mean, I was like, I was, I'm an asshole at times. I mean, that's, you know, it's just who I am. I mean, I'm from, I'm from Jersey, you know, like when you're from like North Jersey, like New York, you know, New York city area.

Yeah. Yeah. Listen, it definitely, it's, I mean, it's, it's the winning. I mean, there's so much there. I mean, yeah. I mean, I was like, I was, I'm an asshole at times. I mean, that's, you know, it's just who I am. I mean, I'm from, I'm from Jersey, you know, like when you're from like North Jersey, like New York, you know, New York city area.

I don't think it's as like offensive to people like outside of that area. Like people in the Northeast, I think they, they, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I don't think it's as like offensive to people like outside of that area. Like people in the Northeast, I think they, they, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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But, you know, we still have a shot at the dynasty. If you get three and four years, it's still a dynasty. That's fast.

But, you know, we still have a shot at the dynasty. If you get three and four years, it's still a dynasty. That's fast.

Yeah. Ace can play. Ace is like stretch. You know, I think he's going to Maine. I mean, you know, Ace is going to light up some high majors in these bye games. Okay. Yeah, I would have done like this. Ace is a good player.

Yeah. Ace can play. Ace is like stretch. You know, I think he's going to Maine. I mean, you know, Ace is going to light up some high majors in these bye games. Okay. Yeah, I would have done like this. Ace is a good player.

What is Florida doing? I mean, nothing prepares you for it. I mean, we were, you know, we competed against those guys in, you know, back when we were in the AAC and then just watching it, you know, and my brother played against it in the Big 12 this year. I mean, it is, you really feel like you're under siege.

What is Florida doing? I mean, nothing prepares you for it. I mean, we were, you know, we competed against those guys in, you know, back when we were in the AAC and then just watching it, you know, and my brother played against it in the Big 12 this year. I mean, it is, you really feel like you're under siege.

I mean, it is, it is just wave after wave of, and the life or death, relentless pursuit of the basketball. I mean, you can't, You can't go do two-on-two rebounding drills the week of that game and try to get these guys ready for it because the way they get after it, you can't prepare for it.

I mean, it is, it is just wave after wave of, and the life or death, relentless pursuit of the basketball. I mean, you can't, You can't go do two-on-two rebounding drills the week of that game and try to get these guys ready for it because the way they get after it, you can't prepare for it.

It's like a pass rush that just the quarterback is going to be rattled, and it kills your transition offensive game because it's hard for you to even run on them because getting a defensive rebound feels like survival. Some of the things I think that they have going for them is – Their ball screen defense is really aggressive, so they're going to get the ball out of Clayton's hands.

It's like a pass rush that just the quarterback is going to be rattled, and it kills your transition offensive game because it's hard for you to even run on them because getting a defensive rebound feels like survival. Some of the things I think that they have going for them is – Their ball screen defense is really aggressive, so they're going to get the ball out of Clayton's hands.

They're going to blitz him in ball screens. But will they make those fatal mistakes the last five minutes that teams like ours made?

They're going to blitz him in ball screens. But will they make those fatal mistakes the last five minutes that teams like ours made?

Texas Tech made, Auburn made late in games where Clayton has gotten those threes off the dribble, where your hedge guy is a little late getting up to the level of that ball screen, and Clayton has got these crazy threes that he is hitting off the dribble, like these incredibly high degree of difficulty shots, where if you just make one mistake in ball screen defense and your big does not get up there and hedge it or blow it up or blitz him,

Texas Tech made, Auburn made late in games where Clayton has gotten those threes off the dribble, where your hedge guy is a little late getting up to the level of that ball screen, and Clayton has got these crazy threes that he is hitting off the dribble, like these incredibly high degree of difficulty shots, where if you just make one mistake in ball screen defense and your big does not get up there and hedge it or blow it up or blitz him,

that's where he's just burying people and ending people's seasons.

that's where he's just burying people and ending people's seasons.

You know, I just don't want to show up and make more enemies. I mean, I've got enemies all over the place. I've added the Lakers this offseason.

You know, I just don't want to show up and make more enemies. I mean, I've got enemies all over the place. I've added the Lakers this offseason.

So I just – well, no. I mean, Florida's fans already hate me because I blamed it on the refs. Yep. So I didn't give their proper respect on having beaten us fair and square, which they did beat us fair and square. I'd like to get that out there. But, man, it's a tough one, man. I – Houston, to me – and listen, they both played games they could have lost in this tournament.

So I just – well, no. I mean, Florida's fans already hate me because I blamed it on the refs. Yep. So I didn't give their proper respect on having beaten us fair and square, which they did beat us fair and square. I'd like to get that out there. But, man, it's a tough one, man. I – Houston, to me – and listen, they both played games they could have lost in this tournament.

So they're both battle-tested. I think Florida had the game versus us in the Texas Tech game that both could have gone the other way. Houston had the Purdue game and the Duke game that could have gone the – could have gone the other way.

So they're both battle-tested. I think Florida had the game versus us in the Texas Tech game that both could have gone the other way. Houston had the Purdue game and the Duke game that could have gone the – could have gone the other way.

I mean, it's basically the heater that Clayton has been on, plus their front court, versus like Houston has been knocking on the door of this for the last couple of years. So I guess I would take Houston.

I mean, it's basically the heater that Clayton has been on, plus their front court, versus like Houston has been knocking on the door of this for the last couple of years. So I guess I would take Houston.

I mean, you're like a shark, right? If a shark stops, it dies. Yeah. Or at least I've read that.

I mean, you're like a shark, right? If a shark stops, it dies. Yeah. Or at least I've read that.

And then, I mean, listen. I mean, some of the stuff that I've been doing, should I stop? I mean. I mean, maybe. I've got a lot of things to consider this offseason. And I am, you know, listen, I didn't go to San Antonio and parade myself around there.

And then, I mean, listen. I mean, some of the stuff that I've been doing, should I stop? I mean. I mean, maybe. I've got a lot of things to consider this offseason. And I am, you know, listen, I didn't go to San Antonio and parade myself around there.

I have self-awareness and situational awareness where I felt like the best thing to do was to lie low and not head to San Antonio and parade myself around. You know, because I do think that people needed a little break from me. The run we've been on, the way this year's gone, you probably won't be seeing a whole lot of me until it's time to then go and talk about the book.

I have self-awareness and situational awareness where I felt like the best thing to do was to lie low and not head to San Antonio and parade myself around. You know, because I do think that people needed a little break from me. The run we've been on, the way this year's gone, you probably won't be seeing a whole lot of me until it's time to then go and talk about the book.

Obviously, I've got to get out and plug the book when the book comes out.

Obviously, I've got to get out and plug the book when the book comes out.

That stuff was all shot in the summer. Majority of that stuff was shot. A long time ago. Okay.

That stuff was all shot in the summer. Majority of that stuff was shot. A long time ago. Okay.

Don't touch my piss. I did get worried with 60 Minutes because there was some concern in my camp that based on the way the year was going, that that could turn into a hit piece. Oh. Just there was, you know, I had obviously –

Don't touch my piss. I did get worried with 60 Minutes because there was some concern in my camp that based on the way the year was going, that that could turn into a hit piece. Oh. Just there was, you know, I had obviously –

know the meltdown in maui where i tore my lululemon pants when i when i was you know what there was an over-the-back call there that you know that that got that that obviously set a lot of things in motion but there wasn't as much anger with that over-the-back call as the one last night yeah and you know where were all of the slow-mos of my over-the-back call that set me off It's a good point.

know the meltdown in maui where i tore my lululemon pants when i when i was you know what there was an over-the-back call there that you know that that got that that obviously set a lot of things in motion but there wasn't as much anger with that over-the-back call as the one last night yeah and you know where were all of the slow-mos of my over-the-back call that set me off It's a good point.

It's a good point. Yeah. Not the same stage of game, I would say. A quarterfinal game in Maui around Thanksgiving and the national semis.

It's a good point. Yeah. Not the same stage of game, I would say. A quarterfinal game in Maui around Thanksgiving and the national semis.

Guilty as charged, it makes the sports, I think it makes it better. I mean, it makes the crowds better. When we go and play some of these games, the environments that I bring my team into, it's like the intensity gets ratcheted up just because of our presence and how much people wanna beat us because They hate us, and they hate me.

Guilty as charged, it makes the sports, I think it makes it better. I mean, it makes the crowds better. When we go and play some of these games, the environments that I bring my team into, it's like the intensity gets ratcheted up just because of our presence and how much people wanna beat us because They hate us, and they hate me.

I think the thing that most of these fans of a lot of these other schools, they hate the fact that we're able to do something that is obviously so hard to do, and we did it twice, and we did it twice, we did it two times in a row, and we did it with historical margins that will probably never be done again.

I think the thing that most of these fans of a lot of these other schools, they hate the fact that we're able to do something that is obviously so hard to do, and we did it twice, and we did it twice, we did it two times in a row, and we did it with historical margins that will probably never be done again.

Yeah, kept that streak alive. Well, I noticed that – so I think Bobby – I think Bobby Mullen, again, I'm going to – I think he might have mentioned to me, like I get trolled a lot, I guess, by the gambling sites. Like they took some shots at me this year. And I guess that's why. You know, I guess I cost them a lot of money.

Yeah, kept that streak alive. Well, I noticed that – so I think Bobby – I think Bobby Mullen, again, I'm going to – I think he might have mentioned to me, like I get trolled a lot, I guess, by the gambling sites. Like they took some shots at me this year. And I guess that's why. You know, I guess I cost them a lot of money.

I think just a 20 minute, a 20 minute session.

I think just a 20 minute, a 20 minute session.

Yeah. Make us 20. Yeah. We'll drink piss. Like defense condition. Drink piss before you start. With just like offense, like skill work, to like some defensive fundamentals, to some cardio, and then to some game situational live play. Yeah. Like a real hard 30-minute workout. Yeah.

Yeah. Make us 20. Yeah. We'll drink piss. Like defense condition. Drink piss before you start. With just like offense, like skill work, to like some defensive fundamentals, to some cardio, and then to some game situational live play. Yeah. Like a real hard 30-minute workout. Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I think I'm going to celebrate tomorrow.

I'm going to take all of Monday because I didn't really think about it until the weekend where it's like, yeah, it's about to expire. And when you get eliminated from the tournament, I mean, obviously it's over. You're not going to win it again, but there is still time.

Left.

Some of the stuff is my wife's office. So she's got some stuff with the kids, you know, some like flag football and some little league mixed in with like a final four net. Yeah. So it's like, it's just like random stuff from the kids. CYO. Yeah. third place trophies, all that type of stuff.

I thought TV could have did a better job, just like, you know, right as the coaches were getting angry at the officials that, you know, normally, you know, with me, the camera stays a little longer and gets the full interaction. And I just thought that maybe they just, I thought they pulled the camera a little early when we could have saw something good.

No, and I don't think Coach – I mean, I don't think Coach Sampson is going to be very intense at all. I mean, I don't think that he's a hard-coaching guy that sometimes – you know, has questions about a call. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Yeah. I think he, him and Todd are, they're, they're gonna, I mean, that's a steel cage. I mean, I shared the court with Todd. I mean, Todd is an intense coach.

Most of the coaches are, I mean, you look at the big East, I mean, you know, there's some intense coaches and Todd's an intense coach. And yeah, I mean, it feels weird not to be playing, you know, it does. It's yeah. you know, something that you, you, we just got, uh, just got accustomed to it the last two years, man. Really the last couple of years, uh, has felt like one long year. So.

No. In 22, when we got bounced, like, uh, you know, in a very unceremonious way, uh, you know, by New Mexico state, uh, and Teddy Allen, um, as, as a five to a 12, I couldn't watch it. I mean, it was, uh, you know, just unbearable. But no, this, I watched, I watched the game straight away this time.

It was, you know, it was like disappointing we couldn't go on, but like, I also, I wanted to kind of see what the teams that were still playing were doing and like why they were still playing and why we weren't, you know, like how, you know, what did they get right that we didn't get right with the squad, you know?

Can you offer me another option?

I think when you've experienced championship glory, you don't get the petty moral victories that way. I think you're just like... I mean, you do notice and you say to yourself, like, we had opportunities in that round of 32 game, you know, up three with the ball, you know, in transition, three and a half minutes to go with the chance maybe to get a three in transition to take a six-point lead.

But we turned the ball over. It then goes to the immediate timeout. And, you know, from there, Clayton, you know, Clayton took over and did a little bit of like a – a Kemba Walker, Shabazz Napier thing. And he's kept doing it.

You know what? I mean, I respect how, you know, Todd, I mean, he put, I think, you know, both, you know, listen, Houston is amazing. They're doing it on culture and will and, and,

um you know and and just a program mentality um you know obviously with florida uh and i think with duke they put together like incredible rosters man like their roster construction is like top top notch um you know high level stuff and same thing with auburn but you know florida um I take no solace in having had a shot in that one to keep it going.

Yeah, so, you know, you've got one of your coaches on staff that's obviously, you know, doing all of the advanced work on, you know, those other teams, right? Whether it was – if you're Florida, they're already – you know, they've got, you know, a fully detailed scouting report on – on, you know, on Duke, you know, or Houston.

And, you know, but you go and you play that semifinal game for us, like we just focused on in the 14 tournaments, just that first game only. We did not... whether it was superstitions or just not wanting to get ahead of ourselves. We focused on just that one opponent, that first game. And then what happens is you get back so late on the bus ride back to the hotel after the semifinal game.

Last year, I probably watched one of Purdue's games, just the NC State game on the way back to the hotel and then at the hotel the night of the semis.

And then you're literally that next day you're doing so much media and you've got such a short practice time that you just walk around a tablet, you know, trying to get three or four of the Purdue games in that day on Sunday just to have as much knowledge and feel for them as you can as a head coach. And obviously you're going to put a lot of trust into your assistant coach.

you know, which with us, it was Luke Murray, get ready for that Purdue game, you know, and really letting him, you know, come up with a defensive game plan and trust in your staff that way. But like the game is on top of you so quickly and your, your part, like obviously you're really tired, long ass season. And yeah, But everything is pretty automatic by this time of year, man.

You know the plays that you're calling versus man versus zone. You know your substitution pattern. I mean, everything is pretty automated at this time of year because you've played so many games. You've played like 40 games.

You had a – going into the semifinal game, you could do some real things, you know, with those days. I mean, if you played on a Saturday and then you don't play again until that next Saturday in the Final Four, I mean, you could really throw some wrinkles in on offense, some wrinkles in on defense. But basically, all you're going to get with your team, you're probably going to get –

know two video sessions two maybe two maybe three video sessions before uh you know the national championship game going over tendencies going over personnel i think it's mostly going to be heavy personnel um driven trying to take

things away individually uh from the other team like you know trying to chase three-point shooters off the three-point line try you know if there's a dominant post score are we trapping the post are we playing that single coverage are we trying to send them to one shoulder or the other uh is this a team we should try to pressure more or or sit in gaps and make them shoot threes i mean there's not a whole lot of adjustments or wrinkles you could do because

So you're going to basically get maybe an hour and 15 minutes a day before the game on the court to walk through some things. Some coaches shoot around the day of the national championship game. Some don't. They try to save the legs and some just want to get on the court and do the walkthrough. I mean, we would always go out there and do the walkthrough because you can't.

Put a person like me just in the hotel all day the day of a game. You got to turn. You got to let me out of the cage for a little while.

So a lot of what the coaches that have the scout do, I mean, they're handling a lot of the other team's offense.

So, you know, you'll see those guys like, you know, when an opponent is taking the ball out in an out-under and they see the formation, they'll be standing up and yelling to our team, hey, you know, it's screen-to-screen or, you know, or if they hear a play call or something that they recognize, you know, they'll stand up if it's a half-court,

Set play that they're running, they'll stand up and yell, stagger, flare screen, back screen, and try to let them know what's coming. More so, I think, from a defensive standpoint. But they deal with them a lot in the TV timeouts or really long in the NCAA tournaments. So you're in those huddles. It feels like halftime in a regular huddle. So they're giving them a lot of information.

You know, before I get into the huddle after yelling at the ref or talking to Tracy Wolfson, you know, then I'll come into that huddle and they'll have gone through a lot of like the stuff that they wanted to think about for us defensively.

Well, I mean, my S.I.D., Bobby Mullen, you may have heard of him. He'll tell me before the game, hey, you know, you've got TV at the under 12. But, I mean, once the anthem hits, I'm like – all that has gone out the window and all I could see is red. So I'll have no idea that that camera's coming my way.

And I mostly just check to make sure I don't have like any white stuff on the side of my mouth. Cause your mouth gets real dry and you're just yelling at people and, and, and feeling the pressure of the moment. So I just mostly, I never know what she's going to ask and I just don't want to have any white stuff on the side of my mouth.

Yeah, which I could not have in the actual piss bottle, so I know people were upset. But you have to use the March Madness cups.

It's piss from a redheaded person. Or, you know, a ginger.

When I saw the clip, just how casually I said, yeah, just shut up.

But the thing though, I mean, Luke's been with me since Wagner. Yeah. I mean, since the Wagner days, since I did a second tour of duty at Rhodey and now back with me a third time. So obviously, you know, we've got a great relationship. give and take relationship that way. But I just, I was making, there was something I wanted to do on the court.

And then Luke was just telling me either something that he saw or wanted to do, but I was so focused on what I wanted us to do that I just quickly wanted to tell him to shut up.

Yeah. Yeah. Listen, it definitely, it's, I mean, it's, it's the winning. I mean, there's so much there. I mean, yeah. I mean, I was like, I was, I'm an asshole at times. I mean, that's, you know, it's just who I am. I mean, I'm from, I'm from Jersey, you know, like when you're from like North Jersey, like New York, you know, New York city area.

I don't think it's as like offensive to people like outside of that area. Like people in the Northeast, I think they, they, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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But, you know, we still have a shot at the dynasty. If you get three and four years, it's still a dynasty. That's fast.

Yeah. Ace can play. Ace is like stretch. You know, I think he's going to Maine. I mean, you know, Ace is going to light up some high majors in these bye games. Okay. Yeah, I would have done like this. Ace is a good player.

What is Florida doing? I mean, nothing prepares you for it. I mean, we were, you know, we competed against those guys in, you know, back when we were in the AAC and then just watching it, you know, and my brother played against it in the Big 12 this year. I mean, it is, you really feel like you're under siege.

I mean, it is, it is just wave after wave of, and the life or death, relentless pursuit of the basketball. I mean, you can't, You can't go do two-on-two rebounding drills the week of that game and try to get these guys ready for it because the way they get after it, you can't prepare for it.

It's like a pass rush that just the quarterback is going to be rattled, and it kills your transition offensive game because it's hard for you to even run on them because getting a defensive rebound feels like survival. Some of the things I think that they have going for them is – Their ball screen defense is really aggressive, so they're going to get the ball out of Clayton's hands.

They're going to blitz him in ball screens. But will they make those fatal mistakes the last five minutes that teams like ours made?

Texas Tech made, Auburn made late in games where Clayton has gotten those threes off the dribble, where your hedge guy is a little late getting up to the level of that ball screen, and Clayton has got these crazy threes that he is hitting off the dribble, like these incredibly high degree of difficulty shots, where if you just make one mistake in ball screen defense and your big does not get up there and hedge it or blow it up or blitz him,

that's where he's just burying people and ending people's seasons.

You know, I just don't want to show up and make more enemies. I mean, I've got enemies all over the place. I've added the Lakers this offseason.

So I just – well, no. I mean, Florida's fans already hate me because I blamed it on the refs. Yep. So I didn't give their proper respect on having beaten us fair and square, which they did beat us fair and square. I'd like to get that out there. But, man, it's a tough one, man. I – Houston, to me – and listen, they both played games they could have lost in this tournament.

So they're both battle-tested. I think Florida had the game versus us in the Texas Tech game that both could have gone the other way. Houston had the Purdue game and the Duke game that could have gone the – could have gone the other way.

I mean, it's basically the heater that Clayton has been on, plus their front court, versus like Houston has been knocking on the door of this for the last couple of years. So I guess I would take Houston.

I mean, you're like a shark, right? If a shark stops, it dies. Yeah. Or at least I've read that.

And then, I mean, listen. I mean, some of the stuff that I've been doing, should I stop? I mean. I mean, maybe. I've got a lot of things to consider this offseason. And I am, you know, listen, I didn't go to San Antonio and parade myself around there.

I have self-awareness and situational awareness where I felt like the best thing to do was to lie low and not head to San Antonio and parade myself around. You know, because I do think that people needed a little break from me. The run we've been on, the way this year's gone, you probably won't be seeing a whole lot of me until it's time to then go and talk about the book.

Obviously, I've got to get out and plug the book when the book comes out.

That stuff was all shot in the summer. Majority of that stuff was shot. A long time ago. Okay.

Don't touch my piss. I did get worried with 60 Minutes because there was some concern in my camp that based on the way the year was going, that that could turn into a hit piece. Oh. Just there was, you know, I had obviously –

know the meltdown in maui where i tore my lululemon pants when i when i was you know what there was an over-the-back call there that you know that that got that that obviously set a lot of things in motion but there wasn't as much anger with that over-the-back call as the one last night yeah and you know where were all of the slow-mos of my over-the-back call that set me off It's a good point.

It's a good point. Yeah. Not the same stage of game, I would say. A quarterfinal game in Maui around Thanksgiving and the national semis.

Guilty as charged, it makes the sports, I think it makes it better. I mean, it makes the crowds better. When we go and play some of these games, the environments that I bring my team into, it's like the intensity gets ratcheted up just because of our presence and how much people wanna beat us because They hate us, and they hate me.

I think the thing that most of these fans of a lot of these other schools, they hate the fact that we're able to do something that is obviously so hard to do, and we did it twice, and we did it twice, we did it two times in a row, and we did it with historical margins that will probably never be done again.

Yeah, kept that streak alive. Well, I noticed that – so I think Bobby – I think Bobby Mullen, again, I'm going to – I think he might have mentioned to me, like I get trolled a lot, I guess, by the gambling sites. Like they took some shots at me this year. And I guess that's why. You know, I guess I cost them a lot of money.

I think just a 20 minute, a 20 minute session.

Yeah. Make us 20. Yeah. We'll drink piss. Like defense condition. Drink piss before you start. With just like offense, like skill work, to like some defensive fundamentals, to some cardio, and then to some game situational live play. Yeah. Like a real hard 30-minute workout. Yeah.

Thank you.