WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.080 Jen Hatfield with the next Kaitlin for you, you know, 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:06.839 just what do you think the biggest areas are that 3 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:09.560 you've grown as a player during your season with Yukon 4 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:11.960 And how do you feel like Princeton prepared you for 5 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.199 all that you've gone through this season and for this moment. 6 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:19.519 I feel like Princeton has prepared me really well as 7 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:23.519 a leader. I feel like that's where I got comfortable 8 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:25.239 using my voice, and I feel like that's sort of 9 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.320 translated over here and then being here at Yukonage just 10 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:31.559 a matter of getting comfortable playing within our system and 11 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:35.240 finding the best places for me to succeed. 12 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.719 We won't go to our left coach Tredy from SB 13 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:42.399 Nation this for you page right now. You're on a 14 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.119 tear like you're going wild right now in your mind. 15 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.079 Do you already feel like you're a pro going against 16 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:47.759 college kids? 17 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:49.479 Uh? 18 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.560 No, not at all. Just being present here. I'm still 19 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:59.000 in college and being my fifth year. Obviously, I want 20 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:02.799 to use my experience as an advantage and use that 21 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.799 to help myself and to help the team. But definitely 22 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:08.640 not just staying in president here in college. 23 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.560 We're going to stay too, all right, Kareem if you 24 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:13.120 can raise your hand. I see you will put you 25 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:13.879 on a list. 26 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.280 Hey pitched Kareem Copland, Washington Post. 27 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:19.599 How did you you know? 28 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.079 Obviously the championship is the goal, but how did you 29 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:27.760 kind of want to approach this one more run in 30 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:29.920 this tournament? And you know, like you've just said, you know, 31 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:31.719 you've kind of really turned it up these last three. 32 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.920 So personally, how did you want to approach this tournament? 33 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.200 Just approaching it as one game at a time, one 34 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:42.040 practice at a time, one weight room session at a time, 35 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:45.920 and not looking too forward into the future, and going 36 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.920 forty minutes by forty minutes and playing it by possession. 37 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.640 I think focusing on the possession that you're in will 38 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:56.079 help you not worry about mishots or mistakes in the past, 39 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.560 or worry about being anxious for the future. But the 40 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:01.760 possession that you're in is the most important possession of 41 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:04.400 the season, and if you approach every possession like that, 42 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.040 you'll have a sense of urgency to get everything right 43 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.599 and just enjoying it, embracing it. Obviously, it's it's my 44 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:13.719 last year, it's all of our last years here, so 45 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:16.719 just to be able to enjoy being here together and 46 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:22.400 enjoy the little things like hanging out, sonaing together, cold 47 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:26.080 tubbing together, eating together, like all the little things that 48 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:30.000 you sometimes take for granted. Don't take them for granted 49 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.080 and just enjoy them as much as you can. 50 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:34.280 We'll stay to our right. 51 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.759 Please, je Doug Farrenberg, the Associated Press for all three 52 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.240 of you. What challenges does you silly present for you guys? 53 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:43.159 Sorry? 54 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:44.080 Yes, please? 55 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:52.719 Obviously, Lauren Betts decide what she does offensively defensively protecting 56 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:56.639 the paint and being a force on offense, really carving 57 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:58.879 out space for herself, but also what she does to 58 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:01.360 get her teammates open looks with all the attention that 59 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:05.039 she draws, and it's not just her. There's shooters sprayed 60 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:07.759 around the outside, so you can't focus on too much 61 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:08.360 on one thing. 62 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:10.240 So they're really versatile. 63 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:14.319 And what they do offensively defensively got good size, good length, 64 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:16.759 so they got great pieces. 65 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:22.719 I agree they have great pieces, especially Lauren Betts and 66 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:25.400 the inside. And I think if we do a good 67 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:29.319 job of just well, we we gotta like play both 68 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.159 and play their inside and outside. They have some great 69 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:36.680 shooters too, so I think they're very riskative. 70 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:41.199 Yeah, everything, the two of them already said. 71 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.120 We're going to the center of. 72 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.560 The room high Paige Kirk Sandoval from maybe C seven 73 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:53.479 when you stepped into this program, it's a legendary women's program. 74 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:56.800 Can you speak to a the pressure then, and did 75 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:00.159 it ever diminish, how did it become or has it 76 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:01.400 ever become just normal? 77 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.439 Well, I think before you even get here, you kind 78 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.360 of know the pressures that exist by committing to Yukon, 79 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:12.080 So by making that decision to want to come here 80 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:13.680 and try to live up to that and be a 81 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:17.360 part of a legendary program. It's a decision you have 82 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:19.639 to make before you even step on a campus. And 83 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.839 then once you walk inside the practice facility, you see 84 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:25.519 all the history, all the names, all the banners. 85 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:27.120 It's just motivation. 86 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:32.279 And obviously there's expectations here and anything less than a 87 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:36.639 national championship is really a disappointment. And as players, that's 88 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:38.360 what you play for and what you want to live 89 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:42.399 up to, and the expectations and the pressure. It's a privilege, 90 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:44.720 and so we all look at it, look at it 91 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:47.879 as such, and we're just extremely grateful to play here 92 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.199 under the best coaching staff in the world, in the 93 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.040 best program in the world. And we just wear the 94 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.240 jersey with pride and want to live up to everything 95 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.560 that the alums have done and that the coaching staff 96 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:57.920 is done. 97 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:02.600 Take our next question, Cassandra, then we'll come to mil. 98 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.560 Cassandra Neglie with Yahoo Sports page. When you were talking 99 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:10.279 about not taking anything for granted, the saunas, the food, 100 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.600 everything like that, how different is that from your first 101 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.959 Final four? Do you feel like you did take those 102 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.040 final moments with some of those teammates for granted. 103 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:20.839 I wouldn't say that, it's just that you don't even 104 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:29.240 recognize how important they are to life and how you're 105 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:32.439 not ever guaranteed to get back there again, and having 106 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:34.759 experience being at the Final four, how hard it is 107 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:38.839 to get there and how hard it is to maintain 108 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:43.639 consistency throughout a long, entire season. So not that you 109 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:45.959 take those things for granted, but you don't have the 110 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:48.560 experience on how hard it is to get there, and 111 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.199 so just learning throughout the whole journey of the of 112 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.439 the seasons, the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows, 113 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.199 just taking none of that for granted because it's all 114 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.920 a part of that season's journey. So I would just 115 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.759 say I'm more appreciation of it. 116 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:13.639 Mil Mel Greenberg for Caitlin. When most people are transferring 117 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.199 out the door right now, it's contentious. The IVYS is 118 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.199 the other way they tell you you're done. 119 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:19.720 Good luck. 120 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:24.800 So it's going to be a more friendly departure given 121 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:29.600 who your coach is. And also we found it interesting 122 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.639 the other night that you did the same role that 123 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.240 she did in ninety five. It's sort of a lifesaver 124 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:36.800 and a key spot. But in leaving did she kind 125 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.720 of granted he's an older guy. Now give you the 126 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:42.480 Book of Yukon or whatever you know, whatever you can 127 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:46.600 share on that When you were making your decision, she. 128 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:51.319 Was definitely a very helpful resource as someone who played 129 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:56.439 here and knows the coaches very well. But I just 130 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.319 know that she is my best or she had my 131 00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:02.240 best interests in mind, and I shoose someone who I 132 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:07.920 trust tremendously and someone who helped me make this decision. 133 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:08.600 For sure. 134 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:12.600 Going to go to our left in the gray BU 135 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:14.680 could raise your hand in the YEP Dead Center. 136 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.079 I'm Mike Anthony from Herston, Connecticut for Paige Page. I 137 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:22.360 know that this sport is an easy on one's body, 138 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:25.360 and you are five years at Yukon, what have you 139 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.560 learned about taking care of your body? Wondering if you 140 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:33.439 could just speak to how any body transformation you've seen 141 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:35.600 in five years. I know you take more seriously strength 142 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.600 and contraditioning and nutrition and just a lot goes into 143 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:39.279 that I understand. 144 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:43.879 Yeah, I would say the importance of eating, getting all 145 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:48.560 three meals, of course, but also stuff in between, sleeping 146 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:50.480 how important that is for the body, and rest and 147 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.959 recovery and making sure you're replenishing yourself with a good, 148 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.040 nice rest. Pilates has been a game changer for me 149 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:00.160 in terms of getting all of my body parts to 150 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.399 work together as one. Everything surrounded by the core, so 151 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:06.600 making sure my core is engaged, and even just activation. 152 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:08.399 I was a person who just loved to tie their 153 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:10.839 shoes and get on the core and play, but activating 154 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.560 my muscles before participation. So I mean a lot of 155 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:16.600 things going to taking care of your body, and obviously 156 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:20.240 strength and conditioning is one is the main ingredient, but 157 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.240 there's a lot of other things that are important. 158 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:25.920 Going to stay middle to the back. If you could 159 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:28.040 raise your hand in the green so the student athletes can. 160 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:28.319 See you. 161 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.960 Domin Marie Hartford, current Pegia Gino alluded to this the 162 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:39.399 other day. Obviously, Lauren Betts has talked about it, the 163 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.799 scrutiny and the pressure that comes with what you do 164 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:45.440 and where you do it. How did you learn to 165 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:47.759 kind of deal with that? I imagine there were times when 166 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.600 it was even more than you thought it was going 167 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:52.080 to be. How did you learn to handle all of 168 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:55.000 that that goes around being a basketball player at Yukon? 169 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.000 Yeah, I means still a learning process, learning to care 170 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:04.000 less about the opinions of others and trying to please everyone. 171 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.080 For every five hundred people that love you, there's gonna 172 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:11.120 be five that hate you. So it's just focusing on 173 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:16.279 the people that are important. And obviously there's a saying 174 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.440 like you don't take criticism from people you can take 175 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:21.600 advice from, So just making sure you're listening to the 176 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.559 right voices. Deleting social media is a great word of 177 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:29.399 advice as well, so just not paying attention to it, 178 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:33.759 not letting anything outside of this locker room, the program 179 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:36.480 that we have infiltrate what we have, so. 180 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:38.879 Well, stay So I left in the blue. If you 181 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.200 can raise your hands so we can get the microphone. 182 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:46.279 Tea Chelsea shrod S and y Aubrey and Caitlin dis 183 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.879 questions for you. Paige has talked about a sense of 184 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.480 urgency that she's playing with right now, and I think 185 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:53.799 we've been seeing that over the past few games. I 186 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:57.200 wonder what that urgency looks like for the two of 187 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:58.840 you and kind of how that shows up in your 188 00:09:58.879 --> 00:09:59.879 approach to the games. 189 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:01.120 We can start with Orber. 190 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.159 I think her sense of urgency rubs off on everyone. 191 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:08.679 Just how hard working she is and you can tell 192 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:11.840 she's really determined and the traits that she brings to 193 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:15.440 the games. It rubs off on everyone. Her leadership is 194 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:19.559 something that we all look up to her for and 195 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:23.120 she's done a great job of just being that leader 196 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:26.679 this year and it's overall been great. 197 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:30.480 Yeah, And I feel like when we see her sort 198 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:34.240 of take it into like that next level, like turn 199 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:38.639 the switch during games, it's pretty infectious, like it's something 200 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:40.200 you want to be a part of, and you see 201 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:42.360 her giving her all into like you want to give 202 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:43.080 her all as well. 203 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:47.080 We are at time for our student athletes. At this time, 204 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:49.120 student athletes will move over to the mixed zone. The 205 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:51.720 locker room for Yukon is now open and we will 206 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:53.759 be joined on the daist by a coach. 207 00:10:54.519 --> 00:11:11.679 Thank you, thank you, welcome coach. 208 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:27.480 All right, coach, we are going to begin on our 209 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:30.879 right hand side. Joe will go to you. I see you, Doug, 210 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:31.639 and I see you as. 211 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:39.399 Well, Joe Gino Joey Johnston from the Tampa Bayed Sports Commission. 212 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.440 Your friend Jose Fernandez is about to become the president. 213 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:44.080 Of the WBCA. 214 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:47.200 Could you speak about your relationship with him, what you 215 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:49.440 think he can bring to this role, and what you 216 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.799 think the WBCA's priorities are for the coming year. 217 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:00.679 Well, yeah, I've known Jose for thirty years now almost, 218 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:08.639 and I think he's a tremendous coach obviously as everybody knows, 219 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:16.480 but he cares deeply about the game itself. He's been 220 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:22.440 involved in various committees. Uh, you know, so he puts 221 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:26.120 the time and and and the effort that it takes. 222 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.519 I was in that role and so I know it's 223 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:35.360 it's a thankless role because you're trying to bring a 224 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:42.000 lot of different agendas to the table and try to 225 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:43.720 make them all go in the same direction. 226 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:45.399 Not always easy. 227 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:47.480 Uh. 228 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:53.759 Hopefully he can get the right people in the room too. 229 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:05.679 Be be okay, with thinking outside the norm. 230 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:09.840 Asking the right people for advice. You know, there's. 231 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.320 A lot of administrators, there's a lot of coaches, there's 232 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:19.320 a lot of ads that they've been to multiple, multiple 233 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:22.720 final fours with the men and the women. And I 234 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:25.240 think a lot of times we say, well, just because 235 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:27.080 the guys do it, that doesn't mean we should do it. 236 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:28.080 That's absolutely true. 237 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.600 We do something that they don't do, which is, you know, 238 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:38.080 we have quarters. They're the only people that bounce the 239 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:41.399 basketball to play halfs. We advanced the ball so the 240 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:44.519 game lasts longer, so you have longer, more opportunities to 241 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:47.039 win the game. You know, we did away with the 242 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:49.399 one on one and all that. We've come up with 243 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:52.360 some great ideas that have helped our game. But I 244 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:55.080 also think we're sometimes afraid to look at what they 245 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:58.159 do that enhances their tournament and see whether or not 246 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.960 that fits what we want to do and not be 247 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:07.360 married to tradition. I guess what I'm saying, and bring 248 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:09.519 the game, as I've been a big proponent is and 249 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:12.200 I'm going to talk to jose about this, bring the 250 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:16.720 game to more people. By going to two regionals, we've 251 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:19.559 taken the game away from the people, and I think 252 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:21.879 we need to bring it back to where more people 253 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:27.639 can be in the stands. And lastly, we need to 254 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:31.480 change the schedule. We need to finish way earlier than 255 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:34.720 we finish now, so that we don't come here Tuesday night, 256 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:40.159 three thousand miles and then practice Wednesday and Thursday and 257 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:41.919 play the biggest game of the year on Friday night 258 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:46.399 at nine thirty, you know. And we were the last 259 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:50.200 team to play on Monday, and the team we played 260 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:56.279 was home Sunday afternoon. So and that that just goes 261 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.360 for whoever played in that game. I just happened to 262 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:02.159 be that person today. So we need to change the 263 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:05.759 schedule so that we have more time. And maybe we 264 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:08.639 need to finish on a different weekend than the menu finish. 265 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:12.519 Maybe we need to finish a week earlier. We do 266 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:14.559 it for the conference tournaments, right, So there's a lot 267 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:18.759 of things I want to talk to him about. He 268 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:20.679 might be the one guy that will ask me. So 269 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.559 that's not a bad thing. 270 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.960 We're going to do a little bit of a zigzag. 271 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.120 We'll go Doug, then we'll go domb and then we'll 272 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.799 work our way back. 273 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:34.159 Hey, Gina, Doug Farnberg AP Corey was saying before, I 274 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.240 guess thirteen years ago she came to watch you guys 275 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:38.200 practice in the n SEE a tournament. I think you 276 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:40.720 said sweet sixteen round and then came back to the 277 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:43.120 staff a year later. Just keep talking about her relationship 278 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:44.840 with her and just the fact you're willing to open 279 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:46.919 up the biggest time of the year to let a 280 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.240 coach who was new so to speak at a school 281 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.200 coming and learn from you guys. And now you're playing 282 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.919 her on the stage. 283 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:58.960 Yeah. If I to know, and I wouldn't let her in. Yeah. 284 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.120 I I just remember when I was a young coach, 285 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.759 especially in high school. When I was a young coach 286 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:11.960 in high school, I always admired the coaches that were 287 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:21.120 open and willing to share ideas, their ideas. I've never 288 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:25.200 been one to want to hide anything or oh my god, 289 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:28.080 their competitors. And one of the funniest things that ever 290 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:33.159 happened was three kids, you know, from Tennessee showed up 291 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:35.600 for practice for like two or three days and they thought, 292 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:37.679 you know, they called the head. Obviously they didn't just 293 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:40.840 walk in, but everybody thought at that time, you know, 294 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:43.639 oh my god, this is like you know, the Cold War. 295 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.279 You know, the Russians are coming right, and it was 296 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:50.080 so much fun for us for them. Basketball is basketball, 297 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:53.399 you know, and it's our job to share it if 298 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.840 we have anything that's worth it, and if they think 299 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:58.840 we have something that's worth it, and you can't worry about, 300 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.840 you know, anything else. 301 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:03.080 And our relationship, you know. 302 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.799 And through USA Basketball, Courty and I got to know 303 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:08.960 each other a little bit and we both share, you know, 304 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:14.440 passion for Wines and you know so her you know, her, 305 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.759 her energy and all that that she has that she 306 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:23.200 brings is just infectious, I think, And and I'm glad 307 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:27.680 when coaches have success, and that's what we're here for. 308 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:33.359 Going to our that's all left Domamory Hart for current. 309 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:36.480 You know, you've coached a couple of Hall of famers 310 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:39.359 that Yukon and that number could double, yeah, in the 311 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:40.079 next couple of days. 312 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.680 I wonder if you can. 313 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:43.759 Give us your thoughts on on the possibility of a 314 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:45.640 couple of more of your players going into the Hall 315 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.000 of Fame. 316 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:53.720 You know, it's it's so unbelievable that when you think 317 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:57.519 of a seventeen year old that you're sitting there talking 318 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:05.160 to and you're projecting them as freshman sophomores in college 319 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:08.000 and juniors in college and where do I think they 320 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.960 can be and how much impact could they have on 321 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:16.200 our program and all those great things, And when they're there, 322 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:22.799 you realize there's something special about them and fast forward 323 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:33.599 and then to look up and realize that their wilder 324 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.839 dreams have come true. I mean, what kid doesn't shoot 325 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:40.640 a basket when they're ten and think about winning a 326 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.640 national championship, winning you know, gold medal, and then somebody goes, 327 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.359 you know, you're the best player in the country. 328 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.720 But I don't. 329 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:50.640 I don't know that any one of those kids ever 330 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:53.680 came to Yukon saying, you know, I came here to 331 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:55.440 make the Hall of Fame, to be inducted into the 332 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:58.319 Hall of Fame. I don't think anybody said that. Maybe 333 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:04.960 Diana did, because you know, but for me to see, 334 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:10.799 you know, what's happened out there with Rebecca and Swim 335 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:13.599 and now Maya and Sue obviously being in the mix, 336 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:21.920 that that pretty much is bigger than when you look 337 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.960 back then all the national championships. 338 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.440 Hamers who. 339 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.720 They're hall of famers for me, they're Hall of famers 340 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:35.799 for their family, they're Hall of famers for everybody. They're 341 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:39.839 even Hall of famers for the Yukon haters. That's one 342 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:44.160 thing they can all agree on. You know, they're they're 343 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:47.680 Olympian Hall of Fame famers, they're w NBA Hall of famers, 344 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.279 they're college Hall of famers, they're Hall of famers as people, 345 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:53.319 most of them. 346 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.640 I'm going to our right, Ben, if you could raise 347 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.799 your Handsel coach can see. 348 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:58.599 You're been picking with the athletic. You know, Don was 349 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:01.799 in here earlier and she met that she wants or 350 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:04.000 she hopes that college basketball would have its own TV 351 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:07.319 deal to determine its worth. I guess where do you 352 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:11.599 stand on? Who said that down about the meteorites deal? 353 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:16.240 Oh, the women's basketball should have their own Yeah, yeah, 354 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.960 I thought they were. I thought they were doing stuff 355 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.319 like that. I thought they were trying to spin it off. 356 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:24.160 I don't know where that got, and it probably didn't 357 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.839 get as far as maybe it could have. But we 358 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:32.519 talk about that all the time, and we also, Uh, 359 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:36.400 it's funny because we talk about it in in in 360 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:38.880 our league. You know, we talk about it as as 361 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:41.480 you can. You know, how do we how do we 362 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:43.880 get more value for our brand? Is it worth more 363 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:46.759 than if you put it into collectively a bunch of 364 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:51.119 other stuff. So it's worth it, It's worth exploring. 365 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.640 I think. 366 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.480 When you put it out there, you're gonna have to 367 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.799 be ready for it. Maybe smaller than you think, and 368 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:03.880 it may be three times larger than you think. So 369 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:11.039 it's best to find out right instead of just keep wondering. So, yeah, 370 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:14.559 I would think that would be fantastic in the States. 371 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:16.680 To the center of the room, coach, Hey, you know, 372 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:19.559 Matt Baker with the athletic another kind of big picture question, 373 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:22.480 but revenue sharing probably going to be finalized and signed 374 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:24.440 off on here in the next couple of days or weeks. 375 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:26.480 What sort of impact do you expect that to have 376 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:28.720 on your game and the types of programs that are 377 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:31.000 able to compete From women's final. 378 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:37.920 Fours, well, it all ruin parody, that's number one. 379 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:43.279 I mean, I'm for revenue sharing. There will be. 380 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:51.519 Less parody in the game of basketball. If you look 381 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:55.799 at right now, there's less parody happening every year in 382 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:59.720 men's basketball. People talk about the football twelve schools, it's 383 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:02.480 the same four in the final four, seems like every year. 384 00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:07.400 And as the money now drives it, there's gonna be 385 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:10.640 less people that have that kind of money. There's gonna 386 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:12.279 be less of them. They're gonna want to give it 387 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:18.759 to women's basketball. So if the number of teams that 388 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.079 could win the national championship when it was US in 389 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:25.359 Tennessee and everybody wanted anybody to win other than Yukon 390 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:28.160 and Tennessee, and then it kind of stretched to kind 391 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.839 of stretch. The kind of stretch. Now you look at 392 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:35.680 the landscape today and it still a lot of the 393 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:39.400 same teams, but there's a lot more vying for that 394 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:42.799 spot in the final four. Well, now that's all gonna 395 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:47.559 go away. Now it'll become like college football where in 396 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:51.079 every conference and it's the conference to get bigger, think 397 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:53.640 about it, it's eighteen teams in it in the Big 398 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:57.880 Ten for now. Okay, I would venture to say eight 399 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.799 of those teams will never get to championship game in 400 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:05.960 any sport that I'm talking about, basketball, football, men's basketball. 401 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.359