Aday Mara and Morez JohnsonBefore the gameMichigan 91, Arizona 73NCAA Final FourGame page →
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Q1 Pride in this season's success
Aday Mara, I was just curious about back to the success you guys have had this season. You said you're aware of it. How proud are you to be part of this team, to have accomplished what you have? But again, knowing that, you know, it's all kind of led to this and there's still work to do.
Aday Mara
I'm super proud of everyone in this team, from players to coaches, because I know, I mean, you're there every day.
Morez Johnson
You see, you can see the work that we all put in.
Aday Mara
To be here now. So I'm just super happy for, for, for the team. And I'm grateful, super grateful that I'm here and I had the chance to play in this group. You know, so—
Q2 Adjusting defense to their physicality
Both you guys, they're obviously a very physical team in the post, the way they get to the free throw line after the Tennessee game. Are you guys adjusting how you defend or is it just trying to stick to what you have done before?
Morez Johnson
I feel like it's too late in the year to change how we defend. But I mean, the Big Ten pretty much prepared us for like all the physical teams because the Big Ten is very physical. So I think we'd be fine going into the game.
Aday Mara
Right here.
Q6 Familiarity with their big men
You guys both have experience playing with or against their bigs. You would call Aday Mara, you played against Krivac. How much does that help you preparing for a matchup like this?
Morez Johnson
I think it helps a lot being familiar with the player, kind of know what their strengths are, you know, where their spots are, trying to stop them, you know, getting to their spots and disrupting.
Aday Mara
Definitely does. Like, playing against Krivac before helps me to to know like what he wants to do. But also it's going to be easier, I guess, easier for him because he knows me too. So I don't know, we all can change a lot in one year, but it helps. That's it.
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