Aday Mara and Roddy GayleBefore the gameMichigan 69, UConn 63NCAA ChampionshipGame page →
Key quotes
- “I think it means everything, especially everything that we've been through, adversity that we've been able to overcome throughout the course of the season.”Roddy Gayle · Q2 ↓
- “Well, that was one of the keys for me coming here to Michigan, just watching him use Vlad and Dani the way he was using them.”Aday Mara · on Yaxel Lendeborg · Q1 ↓
- “Well, I was talking with DC just ways that we can play the pick-and-roll.”Aday Mara · Q2 ↓
Transcript
Q1 Playing a smaller lineup
Fourth row. So yesterday, because of foul trouble and because of, you know, Yaxel Lendeborg's injury, we saw you guys do a smaller lineup that we honestly haven't seen that much this year, given how talented and big you guys generally are. You know, what is it like when you realize, okay, in a game this big against a team states that have done rim protection or something like that, and how much of an adjustment is it?
Aday Mara
Well, that was one of the keys for me coming here to Michigan, just watching him use Vlad and Dani the way he was using them. I thought it made me think about like the way I think my style of game is similar to Vlad's, I would say. So it was easier to make the decision with with them playing this.
Roddy Gayle
Nancy.
Q2 Playing off Elliot Cadeau's shooting
Dusty was saying that because of Arizona's size, that Elliot Cadeau was actually missing shots as a way to get you the ball. And he was talking about how difficult it was for him in terms of like getting the ankle right. What was it like for you being on that end of that kind of offensive?
Aday Mara
Well, I was talking with DC just ways that we can play the pick-and-roll. We were talking, uh, now we were saying like, like, to, to attack the paint, to attack the big, uh, and try to go like him going to the paint. He doesn't have anything, he's gonna jump, like the big man is gonna jump. So I will be ready for, for rebound.
If not, just like, I would say just let him play, you know, he's, uh, so good as a point guard. He sees everything. So I think he did a great job when he had to attack the paint and when he had to pass the ball. So it's just easier to play with him.
Roddy Gayle
Roddy Gayle on the front. Roddy Gayle, last night, Ray Jackson on the podcast said he's tired of getting disappointed in losing. He wants this group to take care of that and win it all.
Roddy Gayle
I think it means everything, especially everything that we've been through, adversity that we've been able to overcome throughout the course of the season. I feel like it was just yesterday we were just all going in Northern Michigan and being able to kind of really understand each other from a broad perspective and being able to learn each other's backgrounds, I think was very important.
And looking back at that moment, I'm very appreciative to be able to kind of deep down, dig deep and learn learn our teammates, and I think that's what really kind of built our chemistry as far. We've just been able to kind of build off that and really enjoy each other's success. In the back. Yes, uh, how
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