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Q1 Pivot point in shooting confidence
Was there a pivot point for your confidence? Because there's— it's one thing to make threes in practice, it's another thing to translate it and shoot at the volume you have this year. Where was the pivot?
I would say the Players' Era tournament. Honestly, I think I shot the best I've ever shot in my life in that tournament, um, and it definitely helped me, you know, gained the confidence that I needed to shoot the ball more. And I started shooting a lot more contested threes, maybe, which I shouldn't have done. But still, it was still fun to get those shots up and enjoy myself in the process.
Q4 Transfer to Michigan opportunity
When you transferred to Michigan, is this what you envisioned for your opportunity?
Yeah, I didn't think it would be as outstanding as it's gotten. But man, I definitely thought I would be better as a player, as a person, and I've gotten a lot better in both. So it's been great.
Q7 Big Ten and Final Four chances
There's a chance that 3 out of the 4 teams in the Final Four hail from the Big Ten. What does that mean about what you did in this regular season and how good this conference is?
Man, it means that we're pretty much ready for any war that gets thrown at us, man. It was a dogfight every single game in the Big Ten. At the end of the season, I definitely felt worn out. So I mean, just being able to show how legendary we were this year and how much put together we were, honestly, it definitely shows the type of team that we have and the type of love that we all have for each other.
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