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Will Tschetter and Aday Mara react to win over Villanova

Will Tschetter and Aday MaraAfter the gameMichigan 89, Villanova 61Game page →

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Key quotes

  1. “We get to go against that second team going against the number one defense in the country every day.”Will Tschetter · Q8 ↓
  2. “He's done a really good job of setting the table for other guys.”Will Tschetter · on Elliot Cadeau · Q4 ↓
  3. “Well, I think it's great for everyone to not be playing more than 30 minutes.”Aday Mara · Q7 ↓

Transcript

Q4 Elliot Cadeau setting the tone

Can you talk about how Elliot Cadeau has kind of set the tone in the last several games with his play early?

Will Tschetter

No, yeah, he's done a really, really good job of— no, yeah, you're good. He's done a really good job of setting the table for other guys. Obviously tonight coming out, hitting some big shots right away, really sets the tone, bringing that energy so that us guys coming off the bench have that same spark, that same sense of attention to detail, him getting up and defending with a passion, you know, it just gets guys going.

Q7 Staying fresh with limited minutes

Aday Mara, nobody on this team has to play a lot of minutes. Everybody's under 30. You guys can stay fresh. Talk about the benefit of that at this point in the season and what it's going to mean for you over the long haul of a season.

Aday Mara

Well, I think it's great for everyone to not be playing more than 30 minutes. That means that we, like in every game, everyone is playing a lot. Everyone is getting minutes. We all can improve every game.

Also, like, when you're not playing that much, every time you get to the court, you can just be playing at your 100% and try to, like, go as hard as you can to everything. So that, I think that's really, really good for us because every time we sub or every time we change players, we just bring more energy because we are more, like, tired.

Q8 Practicing against the top defense

And if both of you could talk about what practice is But when you're going against each other, talk about that and how it enables you to—

Will Tschetter

Yeah, I mean, we always talk about our practices are ridiculously intense. We get to go against that second team going against the number one defense in the country every day. When we get out there and we're playing against other teams, it's a little bit easier to go against those guys instead of having to drive in and, you know, you have him contesting you every time.

So, you know, obviously, like, we've been taking practice really, really seriously, really iron sharpens iron, taking that approach. And it's definitely showed like the last couple of weeks.

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