Players typically improve most from freshman to sophomore year. Armando Bacot discusses the value of last year's experience, as well as his offseason work, plus his acceptance into the business school.
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00:00 I mean, yeah, obviously, we didn't like how the season ended.
00:03 I mean, Coach, he's been turned up every day.
00:05 So and we've been bringing it every day, too,
00:07 not taking anything for granted.
00:08 And Coach, he's been on us about any little mistake.
00:11 And I mean, that's just the way it is.
00:12 We're trying to have a perfect season.
00:15 Yeah, I mean, that's what I've been working on
00:17 most this offseason, just like being more physical
00:20 around the rim and just finishing through contact,
00:22 but also just like extending my jump shot
00:24 out, making a little mirror inch, too.
00:27 I mean, it was something that was stressful.
00:29 Obviously, because, like, it's such a hard school
00:31 to get into and just the days leading up to it,
00:34 I was nervous. I'm in business.
00:36 That's something that I have a lot of passion.
00:38 And it's the other thing that I love.
00:40 And it's something that I'm always looking at.
00:41 I'm always looking at the stock market,
00:43 learning about real estate and things like that.
00:45 So it was something huge.
00:47 And it was definitely a big part of my decision to come in here.
00:49 So I'm just glad I got a chance to be accepted in the K-Nip.
00:54 I would just say just being more smart about the things I do,
00:57 like not getting easy touch fouls,
01:00 but also just, like I said, just finishing around the rim.
01:02 I feel like I'm a lot better at that.
01:03 I'm way more physical.
01:05 And I just know how to do, like, the little things,
01:07 like seal here and there or just slip out on the screen.
01:10 It just waves the heads, just making the game easier,
01:13 easier points and stops and stuff like that.
01:16 Yeah, I mean, it was a mix of both,
01:17 just being able to play through the season,
01:18 but also just this whole quarantine and stuff like that.
01:21 I had a chance to work out just about every day
01:24 and also just watch film on all of the mistakes I made.
01:26 And I got a chance to see what I did in the good games
01:29 versus what I did in my bad games last year.
01:31 And I got a chance to take away the good and the bad from both.
01:36 Well, yeah, like I said, just coach not letting us
01:38 take advantage of anything, just, like, the little things.
01:40 Like, even still to this day, we replayed at,
01:43 like, last three seconds,
01:45 like, let's say, I think it was versus Clemson.
01:48 Like, the last three seconds we lost,
01:49 we do that situation a lot.
01:51 And just the little things, like boxing out,
01:54 just not taking advantage of any of those things
01:56 because they make a huge difference when you lose by two or three points.