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That's a great win for the Aggies

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San Diego State obviously [br]is a very good team

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and they've had some marquee wins [br]this year.

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And so they're a veteran team.

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They're excellent

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defensively like you like everybody saw[br]it was a bit of a rock fight out there.

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It was hard for anyone to get scores and[br]that's what we said coming into the game.

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When you get opportunities[br]and clean opportunities,

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you got to take advantage[br]of that situation.

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I thought we defended[br]at a very high level, as did they,

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but to be able to hold a team like [br]that to 45 points

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and in that kind of shooting percentage,

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I thought our guys did an excellent job[br]of really communicating and-

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and being on point, there's a lot[br]that goes into this with our scouts

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and they run a lot of different things and[br]I thought our guys handled it very well.

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But guys, they're good.[br]I mean, it was just so hard to score

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on them.

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And, you know,

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they know every play that we have[br]and we know every play that they have.

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And y'all saw even the new stats[br]that we've that they haven't seen,

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you know, they have a[br]or that we've hardly ever run.

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So anytime you can beat San Diego State

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that's a- it's a very good win.

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We have a lot of great production.

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I thought our bench was very, very good.

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I thought Alphonso Anderson

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that that stretch late in the first half.

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He had a couple of big threes[br]for us on the right wing

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where our guys found him[br]and he rhythmed into them

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I thought Sean Bair-,[br]you know, Bairstow hit a big three for us.

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Ashworth had- had great pace and [br]Trevin does what Trevin does,

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so I thought our bench was very good.

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Brock Miller I thought, [br]brought a great spark to us.

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You know, he ends up with what, 16,

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you know, four for ten from the three[br]and just had a great look too.

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He had a great look to him all week

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where you felt like[br]he was going to have a good game.

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And then Queta, I thought was- [br]was very, very good.

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I mean, 16 rebounds, 14 points.

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So got to get better, though.

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Too many turnovers,[br]too much sloppy play on the offensive end.

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And part- a big part of that is that them[br]that is how they defend.

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But we've got to be better[br]with that stuff.

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We got to be sharper in some of our sets[br]because

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we're going to need it here[br]in about 36 hours or so.

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Well,[br]you know, watching the film, you know,

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because they're just so good defensively,[br]we need to be more connected on offense.

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Like I said, I mean, 15 assists[br]a pretty good number against a team

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like this and a low possession game,[br]but too many, way too many turnovers.

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But, you know,[br]I felt like we were a good defensive team

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and, you know, I know some of our scores[br]have been a little bit lopsided, but

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I guess the thing[br]I don't know if I learned it,

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but I was able to see it[br]against a really good team.

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Just the grittiness that we have,[br]you know,

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our ability to play connected

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with some of our inexperienced guys.

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You don't always know[br]we're starting to get a feel for what

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to expect on a night to night basis[br]cause we see it.

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We're starting[br]to see consistency in practice

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and that's carrying over into the games.

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So we're starting to have a lot better[br]feel for what

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we're going to get out of each guy[br]and still kind of mixing up some

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some lineups to see what is successful,[br]you know,

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but not for the team,[br]but also for chemistry for each other. So

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So anyway,[br]I don't know if I have an exact answer.

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Hopefully I'll have more for ya

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watching film,[br]but we were able to finish the deal,

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you know, against a high level opponent.

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And of course it helps being at home[br]and, you know, our fans, I thought

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even though it's a limited number,[br]that certainly helps and brings

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a lot of energy to your team.

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So that was exciting to see.

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Yeah.

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And not only is it in 36 hours[br]and the same team, it's a-

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it's a- really it's[br]two really good teams going at it and

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you know, it's it's gonna be it's gonna[br]every time we play each other.

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It's a physical game, you know, it doesn't[br]matter who the officials are. It's

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it's we we have a little bit of it's[br]big boy basketball, you know what I mean?

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And so you just kind of figure it out.

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You know,[br]we only shot two free throws

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tonight and[br]we're a team that gets to the line a lot.

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And that's not[br]every game has its own entity.

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You know,

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when you have good defensive players,[br]how many times do we get to the rim?

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And the Mensah is there,[br]you know, erasing it.

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And we did the same, Queta does[br]the same thing,

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you know, and Doris[br]does as well on our end.

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So, you know,[br]there are only two free throws.

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Were off of technical, the technical. So

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it's difficult, but it is what it is.

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I think, you know,[br]there's you start learning.

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It's our fourth time going through it now,

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so our guys have some experience with it,[br]although not the 7:00 game

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that at night or whatever time it is.

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And then you play at 11:30 in the morning.

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So pregames at, pregame meals at 7:30 a.m.

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You know, I'm not sure- [br]our guys are on Christmas break.

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I'm not sure they've seen 7:30 a.m.

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for the last three to four weeks.

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You just get to know your guys, right?

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And when you spend as much time[br]as we do as a coaching staff with, you're

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with your guys and they spend as much time

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with each other[br]and they know and, you know, coaches,

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you know, I don't want to say mood or[br]what kind of vibe, but he just had a look.

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And I would say that especially about our[br]our veteran guys this week

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just had a really good[br]look to him and Brock

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I don't, I don't know how to explain it,[br]but I know it when I see it with him.

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He just the way he carries

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himself, the way his eyes look, the way[br]he just he had vigor again, you know,

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I don't mean again, like he hasn't had it,[br]but he's been playing very determined.

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And he just had a really good look to him.

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And he's been shooting it well in practice[br]and been practicing really well.

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It's not an accident,[br]when guys practice well, they play well.

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And I know it's common sense and I know [br]coaches say that all the time,

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but it's the facts.

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What you do in practice carries[br]over to games, and it's also

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how you build trust in a coaching staff[br]and within your teammates.

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So he just had a great look to him.

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I thought he played really-

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played really well on the offensive end,[br]but he might even been better defensively.

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Yeah, that's a great question.[br]Those two are really good.

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Those guys are good players and you know,[br]they're they're true freshmen and,

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you know, you throw them out there[br]at the point guard spot and

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but we trust them and that's[br]a hard thing to find for true freshmen

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and they're both manning it,[br]you know, they're both so their

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but what I like[br]is they're just two different players

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and they both bring incredible traits[br]to the table.

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And it starts[br]just with a winner's mentality.

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They don't care about their stat line,[br]they don't care about any of that.

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They just want to win.

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And we played them together tonight.

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We played them together some as well.

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And we typically do[br]maybe need to do it more to be honest.

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But they both

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really what's the right word?

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They both play off

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each other's strengths, so to speak,[br]and they have a different change of pace.

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So, you know, Raleigh does this now.

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You got Stephen in.

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He brings a different kind of pace[br]to the game and then you take Stephen out

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and Raleigh brings[br]a different kind of pace.

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So we try to do some different things,[br]kind of a different team depending on

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who's on the floor.

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And I think that's what good teams have.

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They're able to have not just one,[br]the same player all the way around

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and so and then you throw in [br]the third, you know,

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Marco Anthony plays some point as well.

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And we feel confident with him[br]bringing the ball up.

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Certainly it's more Rollie and Steven,[br]but they have

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Marco as a guy[br]that can be kind of a secondary

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secondary primary ball handler,[br]if that makes sense, really helps us.

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And that's been a great addition,

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certainly, and a great strength,[br]I think, of our team.

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[Offscreen Male][br]and respect

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I mean, that's a pretty neat deal.

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I haven't thought about it a lot.

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But listen, when you have CBS Sports[br]coming into the spectrum

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for a nationally televised[br]game on a Saturday after-

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you know, on a Saturday morning, late[br]late morning, early afternoon,

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you know, right before the NFL playoffs[br]start, like that is prime time.

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And I think that speaks wonders to

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certainly our opponent, San Diego[br]State, is nationally recognized.

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And what we've been able to do here[br]the last two years,

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that's quite an accomplishment.

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You got Clark Kellogg coming in here[br]and who does the Final four

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and in the whole thing.

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And, you know, does it impact winning? No.

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Is that great promotion[br]for our program?

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Absolutely. And it helps in every walk.

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I mean, whether it's recruiting,[br]whether it's for your fan base,

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certainly, you know, everybody is.

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Well, that's an Aggie.

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It's a big time

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deal. So we're excited about it.

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It's great exposure for our program.

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Now we've got to find a way to[br]to somehow beat these guys again.

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You know, they had the nation's longest

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winning streak, road[br]winning streak coming into the game.

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So it is difficult to beat these guys.

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And you saw that tonight.

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And now we got to try to find[br]a way to play well again here in 36 hours.

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