November 19, 2024 • 17 mins
Texas Longhorns Basketball coach Rodney Terry spoke at a media availability to discuss the Longhorns upcoming trip to Brooklyn as they play in the Legends Classic.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'll tell you who's focused on Syracuse. That's Rodney Terry,
the Long Warn men's basketball course. This is from his
media zoom earlier today, in fact, just a little while ago,
a couple of hours ago. So let's hear some of
coach Rodney Terry talking about getting ready to take his
team to New York to play at the Barkley Center
in Brooklyn in the Legends Classic, to play Syracuse Thursday
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unit at six, and then either a Texas Tech or
Saint Joe's on Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Coach, good afternoon. I don't know if you if you
if you call this stretch of games fun coming up,
but it's fun for us and fun for the fans. Look, Syracuse,
NC State, you know, Yukon in a couple of weeks,
What do you learn about playing these these teams? Kind
of with that, you know, championship DNA, especially Yukon here
in a couple of weeks and they literally are the champs.
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What do you learn from playing those guys?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Well? I think for us again, I mean we've always
taken the one game at a time approach. Obviously, we
got a will coached Syracuse team that we have a
lot of respect for. Uh, that we get a chance
to face in our next contest. But I think when
you put a putting together a schedule tumers overall, I
think you're trying to put together one that you know
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lends itself an opportunity for you to get a chance
to competing against a number of different style of plays
to prepare you for conference play. They Chris argued and
Matts and Bolt did a great job of constructing our schedule.
I think that that really uh simplifies that that uh,
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that format there. I mean, we have a lot of
different teams that we're playing in the non conference that
that play different styles of play that that are very
relevant to the title of play that we'll will have
to go up against an SEC play. Uh. And so
you know, with that being said, I think you know
that's that's how you used to go about trying to
put together really a really good schedule, you know. And
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uh uh I know for us, we're excited about competing
in the Legends Classic. We we've been on slate to
play in that over the last three years that we
got here. You pushed it back a couple of years,
but we love going to the East Coast, having an
opportunity to play the different part of the country, the
different part of the country, get a chance to see
our guys and our team up close in person as
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always great, So we'll be excited about this contest again.
A very well coached and a really good team in Syracuse.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Athlete Rtie forgiving for going back towards out's house with
football over the weekend. So I didn't get a chance
to catch your game at versus MSIPEP Valley State, but
I didn't want to ask you whether it's the Mississippi
Valley State or Chicago State or Houston Christian Artie, how
do you kind of assess the value of those games
and what you're seeing from your team in those games
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compared to what you may see in practice considering you know,
no disrespect to those programs, but the players and actions
are getting in practice are better players than what they'd
face against some of those programs.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
You know, Eric, great question. I think this day in time,
we respect all of our opponents. I mean, there's a
lot of parody in college basketball. There's no such thing
as young teams anymore. So you know, major teams they
have older players as well that have played at power fives,
So there's no intimidation factor with them coming in playing
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in a power fire situation, and if your team's not
ready to play on that given night, you may come
up on the wrong end of that, you know. So
with that being said, I think every night you got
to bring your a game. You gotta come play at
an incredible level. I know, for us in November, it's
about identity. We're trying to establish an identity of work.
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We're consistent every night. We know we can sit down
and guard really hard, try to have a really good
defense of effort with energy and activity, you know, try
to play fast on offense, you know, trying to get
up the floor as well, and have an identity if
from an office standpoint as well, try to play inside out.
But early on, you know, not just to us, I think,
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you know, for a better part of a lot of
teams in the country. There's not a lot of continuity
in college basketball anymore. So you know, you're constantly, you know,
bringing in you guys that you're having to mess with.
Maybe you know a few guys that you had to
you know that you were able to retain in your program.
So every minute that you play in non conference is
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very valuable chemistry, Guys getting more and more familiar with
the way you want to play scheme wise, defensively, officily,
So there's never a minute you can just take off anymore.
You could be up, you know, and it's eight minutes
to go, and you still need your guys out there
on the floor because they still got to get used
to playing with each other in game situations. We can
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practice all day down here, it's not the same in
the game situation in front of a crowd, and so
in game situations, so this day and time, it's a
premium on chemistry. Guys can famil with each other, playing
different combinations, trying to figure out your team. Uh So
you're working through all of that in non conference slates.
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So hopefully when you get the conference play, you know
you've established a rotation, You kind of established some guys
that that that are ready to go and can play
the way you want to play on both ends of
the floor. So that's still kind of the way we
approach it every game we play at the NCAA tournament
game o case. So it really doesn't matter who you play,
and we don't ever get too high. We don't ever
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get too low the next game of the big Game,
because it's the next game for us on our schedule.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
Coach as usual, thank you for spending some time with us.
So going to New York, Brooklyn, New York at the
Barclays and a lot of history, a lot of culture there.
What do you have on slate for the players maybe
before and after the game? And do you expect a
lot of NBA scouts to be at that game? Of
those games?
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Erry good, you know, Terry, good to see you. Thank you,
good question. You know what I think I think for us,
You know, we're not getting there early as as we
have kind of in the past, Uh, when we were
able to get there and do something with the guys.
You know, we're not in the city. Actually we've got it.
You know, it's still a little trick to get into
the city being in Brooklyn right now and everything. But
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we're gonna try to make our way over there a
little bit, guys, get a little taste of the city.
Uh as well, make our way over to maybe the
Nike store or something. Take them around around that area.
You get a chance to take them by by the
World Trade Center a little bit and take it a
little bit of that. Some of my guys has never
seen that part of the country. Uh, so just give
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them a little little taste of that as well. Uh.
In terms of the venue and and opportunity. Uh, with
the event we're playing in. Uh, it's one of the
one of the better events in college basketball, the Legends Classic,
and hasn't been over the years. That's great. Uh, you know,
teams and participants over the years. Uh there you know
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for us, I mean, you know, we have NBA scouting
practice every day, we have NBA scouts, you know, you
know home games. You know, I would like to think
that there would definitely be a lot of personnel there.
Uh in terms of watching that event, because you got
four really good teams and and on those teams you
have potential guys that can play at the next level.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Hey, coach one of the ass A two part question.
Number one, you talked about working from the inside out.
What can you make of what Kedrick excuse me, kayten
Cedric has done so far? And then it looked like
it took a little while for Trey Johnson. He finished
with eighteen, but it looks like it took him a
little bit to get going. The other night, what do
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you attest that to And obviously he can score at anytime.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
You know, Mike too, good old question, kayten Cedric. You know,
I think he's still again just stratching the surface on
on the type of year. I think he's gonna be
capable having forced you know, he's a guy who was
a mobile, agile, big that can on the floor. He
can switch out and guard some all the guys he
he's shown, you know that they can score a little
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bit face in the basket. He can score a little
bit face uh, you know with his back to the
basket as well. And uh, you know, we need him
to give us a paint presence, a paint presence in
terms of scoring the ball, you know, being a guy
that can assist out of the post as well, and
being a guy that can rebound for us, you know.
And they're gonna be nights where he may not have
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as many rebounds because he's having to block out his
guy quite a bit, two in guards having to come
down and rebound, uh and everything. But but case's one
of those guys that you know, and we watched him
on tape at Virginia, you know, one of the elite
you know, ball stream covers, guys can really get out
and hard. Heade on the ball screen and get back
with the guy. Uh. A guy that should be one
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of the elite rim protectors in all the college basketball
UH as well.
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
But but again, I think he's just scratching the surface.
You know. He's a guy that can step out and
stretch the floor forwards as well. Look for him to
try to make at least one three a game for US. UH.
And then and then when you talk about Trey Johnson,
Trey Johnson is one of those guys. Again, Mike, I
think that he took two shots in the first half.
I mean he could have taken five, seven, eight shots.
(09:17):
He could have. But Trey's always been one of those guys,
even when in the recruiting process and watching him play
all the games we watched him play AU or with
this high school team, He's always been a guy that's
always played the right way. You know, he makes the
simple play, lets the game come to him. Didn't really
force it, you know what I mean, he didn't really
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press I think he's the guy that puts a lot
of work in in the gym, and he trusts the
process and when it's time for him to step up.
He stepped up and has no problem making shots and
taking shots and everything, but he's never been a guy
to force it. I think he's always I think one
thing that he hasn't been given enough credit for over
the years is that he's a better passer than what
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people think. He's got a good vision of the floor,
becoming a really good decision maker. Then maybe times we
have him even just play, you know, play point guard
or position boards and initiate office. But he has some
versatility to him. He's just not just a shot maker.
Speaker 7 (10:16):
Sweet yeah, Hey, coach Austin Barrick for w ER Sports
in Syracuse, you talked a lot about how your faith
and your coaching staff you leaned on those things when
you took over the job, or rather when you took
over as the acting head coach December of twenty twenty two.
And now it's been nearly two full years since that happened.
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Because of you, you now time to reflect on that time.
Now that you have this perspective, how do you compare
the challenges of that time frame with the challenges that
you now experience as a coach today.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Well, great question in Austin, Thank you. I think by myself.
You know, I'm I'm always always kind of been a
faith led guy in terms of you know, really obviously
everyone wants an opportunity in life, of course, is all
you prepared for that opportunity. I think for me, I
got a chance to work for some great bosses over
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the years that are still great mentors to me in
my life, and you know, had me more than prepared
to become a head coach out at Presno State. I
was at President State for seven years in the Mount West,
very competitive Mount West from top to bottom, great coaches,
great venues, and really good teams. And got a chance
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to really kind of cut my teeth quite a bit
and grew in to be a head coach. Spent three
years at UTAP, so really had ten years as a
head coach when I came back here. I've been here
nine years previously working for Rick Barnes, a Hall of
Fame coach. So the landscape of Texas in terms of
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being here, I mean, we had a really good run
when I was here. In the nine years I was here,
we did everything except win a national championship. You guys,
beat us in a national championship, you know, and and
O three. But but no, I think you know, the
one thing I learned and working with Rick Barnes, Jerre,
Wayne Wright, Harry Miller, you know, you're only gonna be
as the people you have around you. You know, when
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I was able to take over the rains here, Chris
had put together a really good staff and uh, we
had a great group of guys that had no egos,
and it was all about, you know, what can we
do every day to make this program relevantly in at
the level that we that we know that that we're
more than capable being being at in college basketball. And
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I think we've had that approach from day once since
we've been back here. And I've been lucky enough to
be able to have other head coaches on my staff
that have tremendous experiences. They've had some minute sussess themselves
as head coaches, but a yain no egos. It's all
about how do we move this program and get our
guys better every single day collectively, you know, as as
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a group. And uh, you know, for myself, you know,
they really helped me and I think we've really grown into,
uh developing a really good culture a culture here. You know,
your people say all the time. Culture. You know, we've
developed obviously an atmosphere in an environment. Well, we feel
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like our guys, you know, from the time they get
her to the time they lead not only better players,
but the better people as well, because we hold those
guys accountable, uh to try to do the right thing
and be about the right things every single day on
and off the court, excelling the classroom, selling the you
know on the court, and uh, you know, carry themselves
at a at a very high level, just like we
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try to carry our brand at a very high level.
But you know, I'm living a dream every day being
a head coach at the University of Texas. I'm a
Texas boy, and uh, you know, I love being here.
I love working with our guys every day. We've got
a great administration and uh leadership on this campus. So
it's a great time to be on the forty acres
man and be a longhorn.
Speaker 8 (14:06):
Yeah, I coach. I'm Zach wilfrom with The Daily Orange,
the student run newspaper on campus at Syracuse. JJ Syracuse
guard JJ Starling scored thirty eight points in the syrcu's
most recent game. I was wondering what you've seen from
him so far, and what you planned to do you
try and contain him Thursday, And what are some other
things that you've seen from Syracuse that kind of stand
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out on film to you?
Speaker 3 (14:28):
Coach Audering the staff, they put together a really good
group of guys. I think, just like all of us
right now, we're all trying to get out guys to
kind of mission. Have really good chemistry on the floor,
but extremely talented roster, you know, and you talk about Snorting,
He's he's playing as well as any guard in the
country right now. He's coming off a game with thirty
eight points and he's doing at every level. He's a
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three level score. You can get downhill mitt range, he's
making three. He's a confident player right now, playing at
a very high level. You know, when you talk about
a guy like bail No ball's premier shooters in the A, C.
C and all of the country. And so you know,
you got two guys out there, primal guys that can
really put the ball in the basket. And then when
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you talk about a low post threat, a guy that's
a really good passer and and and really competes at
a high level with Lampkin and that that that ass
that ask to the firepower there with those with those
dynamic guards. You know, Uh, Carlos, you know, he's a
you know, defensive stopper there. You know, player of the year,
defensive player of the year in his league. Can't play
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with the ball with him. He's an elite defender. Donnie Freeman,
you know, we all try to recruit Dunny. Dunnie's a
has an extremely high ceiling, you know. So you know,
again playing that stretch for position, he had the chance
to be an elite player, uh, in all of college basketball.
So you you talk about those five players, and then
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you have guys coming off the bench that that compliment
those guys as well. You talk about Davis coming in
from Delaware, capable score, big time rebounder, you know, Taylor,
you know, another guy who's been around the block, wait
for us, been over Georgia State, kind of do it
all guard, you know, could defend, could score. And then
the young kid comeing in, could really scored the basketball.
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Young rushman hay on the wing there and stuff. Man,
he uh, he's he's a he got a chance to
be really really good in terms of shooting the basketball.
And scoring the ball. So you know you talking about
the eight nine rotation. Uh tho. The young big that
comes in that can shoot the basketball and play with toughness.
They put together a really good roster, you know, and
so a lot of respect, a lot of kudos to
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to coach Arthur and his staff. It's gonna make make
a lot of challenges, a lot of challenges for us.
Shoot a defense, they're playing fast. You gotta get back
with your transition defense. You have to have some kind
of physicality there. They've been on the glass big time,
offensive rebounding, second chance opportunities. So they pose a lot
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of problems for us in a lot of different areas.
And uh, they've got a really good making of a really.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Good team that's long oorntead basketball coach Rodney Terry up next,
a little more from Vic Schaffer, the Texas women's head coach,
when we continue on sports Radio AM thirteen under the
zone of the iHeartRadio app
I'll tell you who's focused on Syracuse. That's Rodney Terry,
the Long Warn men's basketball course. This is from his
media zoom earlier today, in fact, just a little while ago,
a couple of hours ago. So let's hear some of
coach Rodney Terry talking about getting ready to take his
team to New York to play at the Barkley Center
in Brooklyn in the Legends Classic, to play Syracuse Thursday
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unit at six, and then either a Texas Tech or
Saint Joe's on Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Coach, good afternoon. I don't know if you if you
if you call this stretch of games fun coming up,
but it's fun for us and fun for the fans. Look, Syracuse,
NC State, you know, Yukon in a couple of weeks,
What do you learn about playing these these teams? Kind
of with that, you know, championship DNA, especially Yukon here
in a couple of weeks and they literally are the champs.
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What do you learn from playing those guys?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Well? I think for us again, I mean we've always
taken the one game at a time approach. Obviously, we
got a will coached Syracuse team that we have a
lot of respect for. Uh, that we get a chance
to face in our next contest. But I think when
you put a putting together a schedule tumers overall, I
think you're trying to put together one that you know
(01:11):
lends itself an opportunity for you to get a chance
to competing against a number of different style of plays
to prepare you for conference play. They Chris argued and
Matts and Bolt did a great job of constructing our schedule.
I think that that really uh simplifies that that uh,
(01:31):
that format there. I mean, we have a lot of
different teams that we're playing in the non conference that
that play different styles of play that that are very
relevant to the title of play that we'll will have
to go up against an SEC play. Uh. And so
you know, with that being said, I think you know
that's that's how you used to go about trying to
put together really a really good schedule, you know. And
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uh uh I know for us, we're excited about competing
in the Legends Classic. We we've been on slate to
play in that over the last three years that we
got here. You pushed it back a couple of years,
but we love going to the East Coast, having an
opportunity to play the different part of the country, the
different part of the country, get a chance to see
our guys and our team up close in person as
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always great, So we'll be excited about this contest again.
A very well coached and a really good team in Syracuse.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Athlete Rtie forgiving for going back towards out's house with
football over the weekend. So I didn't get a chance
to catch your game at versus MSIPEP Valley State, but
I didn't want to ask you whether it's the Mississippi
Valley State or Chicago State or Houston Christian Artie, how
do you kind of assess the value of those games
and what you're seeing from your team in those games
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compared to what you may see in practice considering you know,
no disrespect to those programs, but the players and actions
are getting in practice are better players than what they'd
face against some of those programs.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
You know, Eric, great question. I think this day in time,
we respect all of our opponents. I mean, there's a
lot of parody in college basketball. There's no such thing
as young teams anymore. So you know, major teams they
have older players as well that have played at power fives,
So there's no intimidation factor with them coming in playing
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in a power fire situation, and if your team's not
ready to play on that given night, you may come
up on the wrong end of that, you know. So
with that being said, I think every night you got
to bring your a game. You gotta come play at
an incredible level. I know, for us in November, it's
about identity. We're trying to establish an identity of work.
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We're consistent every night. We know we can sit down
and guard really hard, try to have a really good
defense of effort with energy and activity, you know, try
to play fast on offense, you know, trying to get
up the floor as well, and have an identity if
from an office standpoint as well, try to play inside out.
But early on, you know, not just to us, I think,
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you know, for a better part of a lot of
teams in the country. There's not a lot of continuity
in college basketball anymore. So you know, you're constantly, you know,
bringing in you guys that you're having to mess with.
Maybe you know a few guys that you had to
you know that you were able to retain in your program.
So every minute that you play in non conference is
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very valuable chemistry, Guys getting more and more familiar with
the way you want to play scheme wise, defensively, officily,
So there's never a minute you can just take off anymore.
You could be up, you know, and it's eight minutes
to go, and you still need your guys out there
on the floor because they still got to get used
to playing with each other in game situations. We can
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practice all day down here, it's not the same in
the game situation in front of a crowd, and so
in game situations, so this day and time, it's a
premium on chemistry. Guys can famil with each other, playing
different combinations, trying to figure out your team. Uh So
you're working through all of that in non conference slates.
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So hopefully when you get the conference play, you know
you've established a rotation, You kind of established some guys
that that that are ready to go and can play
the way you want to play on both ends of
the floor. So that's still kind of the way we
approach it every game we play at the NCAA tournament
game o case. So it really doesn't matter who you play,
and we don't ever get too high. We don't ever
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get too low the next game of the big Game,
because it's the next game for us on our schedule.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
Coach as usual, thank you for spending some time with us.
So going to New York, Brooklyn, New York at the
Barclays and a lot of history, a lot of culture there.
What do you have on slate for the players maybe
before and after the game? And do you expect a
lot of NBA scouts to be at that game? Of
those games?
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Erry good, you know, Terry, good to see you. Thank you,
good question. You know what I think I think for us,
You know, we're not getting there early as as we
have kind of in the past, Uh, when we were
able to get there and do something with the guys.
You know, we're not in the city. Actually we've got it.
You know, it's still a little trick to get into
the city being in Brooklyn right now and everything. But
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we're gonna try to make our way over there a
little bit, guys, get a little taste of the city.
Uh as well, make our way over to maybe the
Nike store or something. Take them around around that area.
You get a chance to take them by by the
World Trade Center a little bit and take it a
little bit of that. Some of my guys has never
seen that part of the country. Uh, so just give
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them a little little taste of that as well. Uh.
In terms of the venue and and opportunity. Uh, with
the event we're playing in. Uh, it's one of the
one of the better events in college basketball, the Legends Classic,
and hasn't been over the years. That's great. Uh, you know,
teams and participants over the years. Uh there you know
(06:57):
for us, I mean, you know, we have NBA scouting
practice every day, we have NBA scouts, you know, you
know home games. You know, I would like to think
that there would definitely be a lot of personnel there.
Uh in terms of watching that event, because you got
four really good teams and and on those teams you
have potential guys that can play at the next level.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
Hey, coach one of the ass A two part question.
Number one, you talked about working from the inside out.
What can you make of what Kedrick excuse me, kayten
Cedric has done so far? And then it looked like
it took a little while for Trey Johnson. He finished
with eighteen, but it looks like it took him a
little bit to get going. The other night, what do
(07:41):
you attest that to And obviously he can score at anytime.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
You know, Mike too, good old question, kayten Cedric. You know,
I think he's still again just stratching the surface on
on the type of year. I think he's gonna be
capable having forced you know, he's a guy who was
a mobile, agile, big that can on the floor. He
can switch out and guard some all the guys he
he's shown, you know that they can score a little
(08:07):
bit face in the basket. He can score a little
bit face uh, you know with his back to the
basket as well. And uh, you know, we need him
to give us a paint presence, a paint presence in
terms of scoring the ball, you know, being a guy
that can assist out of the post as well, and
being a guy that can rebound for us, you know.
And they're gonna be nights where he may not have
(08:27):
as many rebounds because he's having to block out his
guy quite a bit, two in guards having to come
down and rebound, uh and everything. But but case's one
of those guys that you know, and we watched him
on tape at Virginia, you know, one of the elite
you know, ball stream covers, guys can really get out
and hard. Heade on the ball screen and get back
with the guy. Uh. A guy that should be one
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of the elite rim protectors in all the college basketball
UH as well.
Speaker 6 (08:54):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
But but again, I think he's just scratching the surface.
You know. He's a guy that can step out and
stretch the floor forwards as well. Look for him to
try to make at least one three a game for US. UH.
And then and then when you talk about Trey Johnson,
Trey Johnson is one of those guys. Again, Mike, I
think that he took two shots in the first half.
I mean he could have taken five, seven, eight shots.
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He could have. But Trey's always been one of those guys,
even when in the recruiting process and watching him play
all the games we watched him play AU or with
this high school team, He's always been a guy that's
always played the right way. You know, he makes the
simple play, lets the game come to him. Didn't really
force it, you know what I mean, he didn't really
(09:38):
press I think he's the guy that puts a lot
of work in in the gym, and he trusts the
process and when it's time for him to step up.
He stepped up and has no problem making shots and
taking shots and everything, but he's never been a guy
to force it. I think he's always I think one
thing that he hasn't been given enough credit for over
the years is that he's a better passer than what
(10:00):
people think. He's got a good vision of the floor,
becoming a really good decision maker. Then maybe times we
have him even just play, you know, play point guard
or position boards and initiate office. But he has some
versatility to him. He's just not just a shot maker.
Speaker 7 (10:16):
Sweet yeah, Hey, coach Austin Barrick for w ER Sports
in Syracuse, you talked a lot about how your faith
and your coaching staff you leaned on those things when
you took over the job, or rather when you took
over as the acting head coach December of twenty twenty two.
And now it's been nearly two full years since that happened.
(10:38):
Because of you, you now time to reflect on that time.
Now that you have this perspective, how do you compare
the challenges of that time frame with the challenges that
you now experience as a coach today.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Well, great question in Austin, Thank you. I think by myself.
You know, I'm I'm always always kind of been a
faith led guy in terms of you know, really obviously
everyone wants an opportunity in life, of course, is all
you prepared for that opportunity. I think for me, I
got a chance to work for some great bosses over
(11:12):
the years that are still great mentors to me in
my life, and you know, had me more than prepared
to become a head coach out at Presno State. I
was at President State for seven years in the Mount West,
very competitive Mount West from top to bottom, great coaches,
great venues, and really good teams. And got a chance
(11:34):
to really kind of cut my teeth quite a bit
and grew in to be a head coach. Spent three
years at UTAP, so really had ten years as a
head coach when I came back here. I've been here
nine years previously working for Rick Barnes, a Hall of
Fame coach. So the landscape of Texas in terms of
(11:56):
being here, I mean, we had a really good run
when I was here. In the nine years I was here,
we did everything except win a national championship. You guys,
beat us in a national championship, you know, and and
O three. But but no, I think you know, the
one thing I learned and working with Rick Barnes, Jerre,
Wayne Wright, Harry Miller, you know, you're only gonna be
as the people you have around you. You know, when
(12:19):
I was able to take over the rains here, Chris
had put together a really good staff and uh, we
had a great group of guys that had no egos,
and it was all about, you know, what can we
do every day to make this program relevantly in at
the level that we that we know that that we're
more than capable being being at in college basketball. And
(12:41):
I think we've had that approach from day once since
we've been back here. And I've been lucky enough to
be able to have other head coaches on my staff
that have tremendous experiences. They've had some minute sussess themselves
as head coaches, but a yain no egos. It's all
about how do we move this program and get our
guys better every single day collectively, you know, as as
(13:03):
a group. And uh, you know, for myself, you know,
they really helped me and I think we've really grown into,
uh developing a really good culture a culture here. You know,
your people say all the time. Culture. You know, we've
developed obviously an atmosphere in an environment. Well, we feel
(13:24):
like our guys, you know, from the time they get
her to the time they lead not only better players,
but the better people as well, because we hold those
guys accountable, uh to try to do the right thing
and be about the right things every single day on
and off the court, excelling the classroom, selling the you
know on the court, and uh, you know, carry themselves
at a at a very high level, just like we
(13:45):
try to carry our brand at a very high level.
But you know, I'm living a dream every day being
a head coach at the University of Texas. I'm a
Texas boy, and uh, you know, I love being here.
I love working with our guys every day. We've got
a great administration and uh leadership on this campus. So
it's a great time to be on the forty acres
man and be a longhorn.
Speaker 8 (14:06):
Yeah, I coach. I'm Zach wilfrom with The Daily Orange,
the student run newspaper on campus at Syracuse. JJ Syracuse
guard JJ Starling scored thirty eight points in the syrcu's
most recent game. I was wondering what you've seen from
him so far, and what you planned to do you
try and contain him Thursday, And what are some other
things that you've seen from Syracuse that kind of stand
(14:26):
out on film to you?
Speaker 3 (14:28):
Coach Audering the staff, they put together a really good
group of guys. I think, just like all of us
right now, we're all trying to get out guys to
kind of mission. Have really good chemistry on the floor,
but extremely talented roster, you know, and you talk about Snorting,
He's he's playing as well as any guard in the
country right now. He's coming off a game with thirty
eight points and he's doing at every level. He's a
(14:48):
three level score. You can get downhill mitt range, he's
making three. He's a confident player right now, playing at
a very high level. You know, when you talk about
a guy like bail No ball's premier shooters in the A, C.
C and all of the country. And so you know,
you got two guys out there, primal guys that can
really put the ball in the basket. And then when
(15:09):
you talk about a low post threat, a guy that's
a really good passer and and and really competes at
a high level with Lampkin and that that that ass
that ask to the firepower there with those with those
dynamic guards. You know, Uh, Carlos, you know, he's a
you know, defensive stopper there. You know, player of the year,
defensive player of the year in his league. Can't play
(15:30):
with the ball with him. He's an elite defender. Donnie Freeman,
you know, we all try to recruit Dunny. Dunnie's a
has an extremely high ceiling, you know. So you know,
again playing that stretch for position, he had the chance
to be an elite player, uh, in all of college basketball.
So you you talk about those five players, and then
(15:53):
you have guys coming off the bench that that compliment
those guys as well. You talk about Davis coming in
from Delaware, capable score, big time rebounder, you know, Taylor,
you know, another guy who's been around the block, wait
for us, been over Georgia State, kind of do it
all guard, you know, could defend, could score. And then
the young kid comeing in, could really scored the basketball.
(16:14):
Young rushman hay on the wing there and stuff. Man,
he uh, he's he's a he got a chance to
be really really good in terms of shooting the basketball.
And scoring the ball. So you know you talking about
the eight nine rotation. Uh tho. The young big that
comes in that can shoot the basketball and play with toughness.
They put together a really good roster, you know, and
so a lot of respect, a lot of kudos to
(16:37):
to coach Arthur and his staff. It's gonna make make
a lot of challenges, a lot of challenges for us.
Shoot a defense, they're playing fast. You gotta get back
with your transition defense. You have to have some kind
of physicality there. They've been on the glass big time,
offensive rebounding, second chance opportunities. So they pose a lot
(16:59):
of problems for us in a lot of different areas.
And uh, they've got a really good making of a really.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
Good team that's long oorntead basketball coach Rodney Terry up next,
a little more from Vic Schaffer, the Texas women's head coach,
when we continue on sports Radio AM thirteen under the
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