Michigan State Spartans Basketball F Jaxon Kohler Post-Oregon 2-8-25

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00:00Keep the same bad habits that we had in the leg, and then go back to it.

00:04Especially what it was on the line today.

00:07And every single person in this basketball program, the staff,

00:12the coaches, the players, everyone had an amazing basketball game going into

00:17the second half, and we just had to keep that energy, we had to keep that

00:21aggression, that hey, we have to pick ourselves back up in the fall.

00:27I appreciate this.

00:30Jackson, I'm sorry if you're gonna ask this already, but-

00:33Okay.

00:34Chase Richardson, you know, looks familiar.

00:36But seriously, important it wasn't for him, you know, for you guys today,

00:40for a freshman to have that type of moment.

00:42Obviously he's got a lot of personal connections, but just today, I guess.

00:45Yeah.

00:46What do you do for your guys?

00:49I've sat here, I think, for about three minutes, and I'm still speechless.

00:54He...

00:55I was just so happy I got to be on the court with him, honestly.

00:58I mean, just to see him go to work.

01:00Man, there are some times that happen to basketball players,

01:05where you're on the same team, and you just see them go to work,

01:09and they're in their zone, and you just want to just watch it happen.

01:14You want the best seat in the house on the court, and just watch them go to work.

01:19And when he was just getting bucket after bucket after bucket,

01:21not only in the second half, but in the first half,

01:23you're just like, man, this is special.

01:26Chase Richardson, he's a special player, man.

01:30And watching him go to work, it was just like, I don't even know what to say.

01:35It was just incredible.

01:36And honestly, I hope he, you know, he realizes how, you know,

01:42how much we mean to him in this game.

01:45And I hope he really takes time to enjoy what he did.

01:48And also, at the same time, you know, just to keep working,

01:50because, you know, we're going to need him in these next couple games,

01:54because it's going to be a hard schedule.

01:56But today, I couldn't help but just love to enjoy watching it.

02:02And there was one move he had at the top of the key.

02:04And actually, there was a whole bunch of moves,

02:06but it was the one move at the time that gave me the hesitation to go in

02:09and finish the two guys.

02:10And I remember, I was like, I don't need to go to the rebound.

02:12But when it happened, I ran back with my two hands on my head,

02:15being like, what the hell?

02:16That was the one down by your bench?

02:18Yeah.

02:19Yeah, yeah, yeah.

02:20Because in the first half, he was just knocking down shots.

02:22And I was just like, man, we really needed that.

02:24And then the second half, he just put some incredible moves on.

02:27I'm just like, wow.

02:31And, yes, I even needed to put my hands on my head,

02:34because I didn't even know what just happened.

02:37He just made it look so easy.

02:38And honestly, as a freshman, you know, like that's something really special.

02:42And I hope he really enjoys his career.

02:45I hope he enjoys his career,

02:46because today was a really special day, and he deserves all the credit.

02:49And, you know, we're going to need him to keep working,

02:52because we're going to need him in these next coming games.

02:54Two more.

02:55Do you have to remind yourself that he's a freshman sometimes?

02:59Yes.

03:01He certainly doesn't play like a frontrunner.

03:04I was about to say, he don't play like a frontrunner.

03:06He don't play like a frontrunner.

03:07Sometimes off the court, we'll tease him like a frontrunner,

03:09because he's a freshman.

03:10But today, he did not play like a frontrunner.

03:12He played like a man today.

03:13And, yeah, no, he flied out.

03:18He just played like a man today.

03:20I was just talking to Coop about it.

03:22What do you think changed at halftime in terms of rebound,

03:25besides the fact that they, you know, started missing finally from D?

03:30Yeah, no, obviously at halftime, it was a really big self-reflection moment.

03:36You know, kind of self-evaluate, just like, you know, what, you know,

03:39we kind of realized that we weren't doing, you know,

03:41a great job on the boards, and that was something that Coach, you know,

03:44was very verbal about, you know, like, hey, we need to get more on the boards

03:47and we need to be more active,

03:49and they can't have too many more offensive rebounds.

03:52And it was the players that kind of, you know, told each other that, too,

03:58and that kind of ignited a spark, you know,

04:00because we couldn't have a forced lose game.

04:02Like, at halftime, we also realized, like, we can't lose at home,

04:08because before we went to L.A., you know, we were on a roll,

04:12and unfortunately what happened in L.A. happened in L.A.,

04:14but we can't bring that L.A. play back home to the Breslin.

04:20And so that was our kind of our snap out of it moment,

04:24and I'm really happy with the people who responded.

04:27Thanks, guys.

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