November 2, 2023 • 7 mins
Coach Hurley and Mike Crispino talk UConn MBB LIVE
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(00:00):
Yeah, we're back live at theiHeart Dunkin Music Lounge. We could do
this all night, but we onlygot an hour with coach. I gotta
tell you about cam Stewart. Bythe way, Spencer, I'm sorry,
I can play golf. Funny,I know you were trying to pick the
game up a little bit. Youmight want to speak with him for some
off time about it, because hecan play. We played in this event
(00:21):
at Lake of Isles a few amonth or two ago, and he was
killing it. He was in ourgroup, thank god, because he was
killing the ball down down the fairway. But the point of it is you
talked about this before. He isa competitive guy. Wow. I mean
if he didn't make a putt,you know, you play those scrambles,
you get four chances to make thesame putt, and he putted last a
lot, and if he didn't makethat putt, he was genuinely upset.
(00:44):
I mean, he was mad ashell that he didn't help the team in
a golf tournament, at a charitygolf tournament. So I really liked his
personality. He's a good guy.No, he's like a anger management And
I'm saying that quit a minute that'show shot. He is just perfect.
I mean, just the way thateverything broke Andre going down to the last
(01:07):
minute, it was not you know, with the specter of Steph, Tristan
and Andre, we didn't really havea starting spot on the perimeter, so
we kind of got stuck in theportal, just guys going off the board,
and it was not ideal. Andthen there's a lot of good fortune
there where Andre goes in and nowit enters the draft, stays in and
(01:32):
now a two way player that canmake big shots and it is a really
good shooter and or a high levelshooter. And he's got the he's got
the mental makeup to play well atYukon. Like when he's struggling, then
the external noise gets loud, hewill be able to bounce back from that,
which is like something that you startreally looking for here because you do
(01:57):
have to be mentally strong to playhere or coach here. So I think
it'll be all the Yeah, onething I noticed in the in the Blue
White Night, he just seems likea natural player. He just flows in
the game and he makes the rightplay. If it's not a pass,
it's a shot. You don't haveto worry about him, like not taking
the shot he's supposed to take ornot making the pass. I mean,
there's a lot of things about him. He's just a pure basketball player.
(02:19):
Yeah, he's like you know,guys like him in a caravan, really
the whole group. I mean,these guys are just they're not complicated.
They don't have a big circle offriends and mentors and advisors, so like
small circle. They love the game, they're about winning. He fits right
(02:39):
in. Yeah, Tristan Newton cameback and I was happy about it.
I'm sure you were. He hadto play the point a lot last year,
and he's not a natural point guardreally, and there'd be some nights
where, you know, get eightand please I'd say that because he's gonna
he does not listen, miss himoff. Maybe that's good, No,
but he really I think that's areal boost because the guy's got experience.
(03:04):
I mean, what he did inthat championship game against San Diego State was
lights out. I mean basketball hasgot positionless nowadays. You know, the
old school point guard, you knowthat that's like kind of like a dying
breed in a lot of ways,and just really our system of how we're
trying to play basketball now is whatwe We're not ballscreen reliant like a lot
(03:24):
of programs are where it's like ifthe ball screen game is not working,
like you you know what at aluck on offense. That's part of what
we do offensively, But we runa lot of off the ball screens.
We we try to attack you fromeverywhere on the court, try to really
(03:46):
open up the court and and doa lot of creative things that keep you
guessing and and you know, keepone player from overhandling, which you know
allows you know that, and youknow that was an issue with us in
prior years. So we're trying torecruit guards and aren't going to be Paul
dominant and uh and not have torely on just one player offensively to create
(04:09):
it like it's created off a movementpass deception. Yeah, that's the beauty
of that Portland tournament back in November. Uh, I mean it was just
just a clinic and team basketball.You talk about centerless, but wait a
minute, you got a guy thatis a legit center. Donovan Klingon won
a championship as a freshman, andhe looks to me like he's getting better.
(04:29):
I like his range he's been shootingthrees in practice. I know that,
coach, Come on hurting me,Come on now. Ben Darnell,
resident basketball college college analyst says,how many is he shooting in a game
this year? How many you're gonnalet him shoot? Me? And Paul
talked about this on the way overright, and Mike is hurting us now
right, Paul, Oh, heshouldn't be thinking about shooting three. He
(04:54):
should only think about shooting a threeif his guy is in like a drop
coverage, like a culk breader,like dominate the game, like dominate defensively
at the rim, dominate offensively atthe rim. The greatness of adamison Ogo
is you had to beg him toshoot threes. Really, I don't know
that. Wow, you've been aroundnow for years. That's a great That's
(05:17):
that's counterintuitive only and that's what great. And like so like you want to
coach players that aren't trying to showto the next level what their abilities are
that they're all about, like whatis the best way to help my team
win? And I think Donovan's bestgift away from the basket, the best
thing he does is is pass andsee and his his feel and his anticipation
(05:43):
as a passer and as a rollerin the ball screen game. And you
know, and there's gonna be certaingames where it may dictate for him for
it to be worth it for usversus a Caul Renner who is just like
in the paint protecting the rim whereit may make sense. But you know,
he's we're asking him to double hisproduction. Then some he needs to
(06:05):
just concentrate on dominating a rund thepaint. We'll send him this piece of
tape that we just record. Hedon't need a tape. He knows.
He doesn't listen to you people.He listens to me. I don't expect
him to. He's listening to youthough. We know. Yeah, he's
a great kids. We got aboutthirty seconds going to this break. We
haven't mentioned Caravan yet. That guyis like a savant to me. Talk
(06:28):
to him. I watch him play. He does what is needed. What
is it we need rebounds? Allright, get some rebounds. We need
to make a shot into the half. He'd done that three or four times.
He just seems to do what's needed. And that is a quality that
is valuable. Great player got achance to go down before his career is
over as one of the greatest players, and if he takes care of his
(06:49):
business this year and the team doeswhat it's capable of, one of the
biggest winners to ever play in aplace that's won a lot, he'll be
an NBA draft pick. Just aboutall the right things. Sets a tone
in the program where he's just likeabout basketball in school and he's like a
quadruple major. The guy's super brilliant. Hard for our staff to coach because
(07:14):
he's so much smarter than us,but like doesn't get enough credit. It
doesn't get enough credit. I agreewith it all right, Dan Hurley with
us. We'll be back after thistime out. The Yukon Men's Basketball Coaches
Show from Learfield
Yeah, we're back live at theiHeart Dunkin Music Lounge. We could do
this all night, but we onlygot an hour with coach. I gotta
tell you about cam Stewart. Bythe way, Spencer, I'm sorry,
I can play golf. Funny,I know you were trying to pick the
game up a little bit. Youmight want to speak with him for some
off time about it, because hecan play. We played in this event
(00:21):
at Lake of Isles a few amonth or two ago, and he was
killing it. He was in ourgroup, thank god, because he was
killing the ball down down the fairway. But the point of it is you
talked about this before. He isa competitive guy. Wow. I mean
if he didn't make a putt,you know, you play those scrambles,
you get four chances to make thesame putt, and he putted last a
lot, and if he didn't makethat putt, he was genuinely upset.
(00:44):
I mean, he was mad ashell that he didn't help the team in
a golf tournament, at a charitygolf tournament. So I really liked his
personality. He's a good guy.No, he's like a anger management And
I'm saying that quit a minute that'show shot. He is just perfect.
I mean, just the way thateverything broke Andre going down to the last
(01:07):
minute, it was not you know, with the specter of Steph, Tristan
and Andre, we didn't really havea starting spot on the perimeter, so
we kind of got stuck in theportal, just guys going off the board,
and it was not ideal. Andthen there's a lot of good fortune
there where Andre goes in and nowit enters the draft, stays in and
(01:32):
now a two way player that canmake big shots and it is a really
good shooter and or a high levelshooter. And he's got the he's got
the mental makeup to play well atYukon. Like when he's struggling, then
the external noise gets loud, hewill be able to bounce back from that,
which is like something that you startreally looking for here because you do
(01:57):
have to be mentally strong to playhere or coach here. So I think
it'll be all the Yeah, onething I noticed in the in the Blue
White Night, he just seems likea natural player. He just flows in
the game and he makes the rightplay. If it's not a pass,
it's a shot. You don't haveto worry about him, like not taking
the shot he's supposed to take ornot making the pass. I mean,
there's a lot of things about him. He's just a pure basketball player.
(02:19):
Yeah, he's like you know,guys like him in a caravan, really
the whole group. I mean,these guys are just they're not complicated.
They don't have a big circle offriends and mentors and advisors, so like
small circle. They love the game, they're about winning. He fits right
(02:39):
in. Yeah, Tristan Newton cameback and I was happy about it.
I'm sure you were. He hadto play the point a lot last year,
and he's not a natural point guardreally, and there'd be some nights
where, you know, get eightand please I'd say that because he's gonna
he does not listen, miss himoff. Maybe that's good, No,
but he really I think that's areal boost because the guy's got experience.
(03:04):
I mean, what he did inthat championship game against San Diego State was
lights out. I mean basketball hasgot positionless nowadays. You know, the
old school point guard, you knowthat that's like kind of like a dying
breed in a lot of ways,and just really our system of how we're
trying to play basketball now is whatwe We're not ballscreen reliant like a lot
(03:24):
of programs are where it's like ifthe ball screen game is not working,
like you you know what at aluck on offense. That's part of what
we do offensively, But we runa lot of off the ball screens.
We we try to attack you fromeverywhere on the court, try to really
(03:46):
open up the court and and doa lot of creative things that keep you
guessing and and you know, keepone player from overhandling, which you know
allows you know that, and youknow that was an issue with us in
prior years. So we're trying torecruit guards and aren't going to be Paul
dominant and uh and not have torely on just one player offensively to create
(04:09):
it like it's created off a movementpass deception. Yeah, that's the beauty
of that Portland tournament back in November. Uh, I mean it was just
just a clinic and team basketball.You talk about centerless, but wait a
minute, you got a guy thatis a legit center. Donovan Klingon won
a championship as a freshman, andhe looks to me like he's getting better.
(04:29):
I like his range he's been shootingthrees in practice. I know that,
coach, Come on hurting me,Come on now. Ben Darnell,
resident basketball college college analyst says,how many is he shooting in a game
this year? How many you're gonnalet him shoot? Me? And Paul
talked about this on the way overright, and Mike is hurting us now
right, Paul, Oh, heshouldn't be thinking about shooting three. He
(04:54):
should only think about shooting a threeif his guy is in like a drop
coverage, like a culk breader,like dominate the game, like dominate defensively
at the rim, dominate offensively atthe rim. The greatness of adamison Ogo
is you had to beg him toshoot threes. Really, I don't know
that. Wow, you've been aroundnow for years. That's a great That's
(05:17):
that's counterintuitive only and that's what great. And like so like you want to
coach players that aren't trying to showto the next level what their abilities are
that they're all about, like whatis the best way to help my team
win? And I think Donovan's bestgift away from the basket, the best
thing he does is is pass andsee and his his feel and his anticipation
(05:43):
as a passer and as a rollerin the ball screen game. And you
know, and there's gonna be certaingames where it may dictate for him for
it to be worth it for usversus a Caul Renner who is just like
in the paint protecting the rim whereit may make sense. But you know,
he's we're asking him to double hisproduction. Then some he needs to
(06:05):
just concentrate on dominating a rund thepaint. We'll send him this piece of
tape that we just record. Hedon't need a tape. He knows.
He doesn't listen to you people.He listens to me. I don't expect
him to. He's listening to youthough. We know. Yeah, he's
a great kids. We got aboutthirty seconds going to this break. We
haven't mentioned Caravan yet. That guyis like a savant to me. Talk
(06:28):
to him. I watch him play. He does what is needed. What
is it we need rebounds? Allright, get some rebounds. We need
to make a shot into the half. He'd done that three or four times.
He just seems to do what's needed. And that is a quality that
is valuable. Great player got achance to go down before his career is
over as one of the greatest players, and if he takes care of his
(06:49):
business this year and the team doeswhat it's capable of, one of the
biggest winners to ever play in aplace that's won a lot, he'll be
an NBA draft pick. Just aboutall the right things. Sets a tone
in the program where he's just likeabout basketball in school and he's like a
quadruple major. The guy's super brilliant. Hard for our staff to coach because
(07:14):
he's so much smarter than us,but like doesn't get enough credit. It
doesn't get enough credit. I agreewith it all right, Dan Hurley with
us. We'll be back after thistime out. The Yukon Men's Basketball Coaches
Show from Learfield
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