Fran McCaffery on Challenges of Preparing for the NCAA Tournament

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00:00The teams that combine young talent with experience and you supplement via the portal is always better than just going to

00:08Get the best guys. Let's get this year's tournament two-part question number one

00:13what team or teams have impressed you the most that you've seen and

00:18If you had a one-day prep you get through round one. You're going to round two

00:23Who were the toughest or who do you think now we're the toughest coaches to prepare for

00:28What only one day to prep from round one? Let's say round two

00:34Well, I think the hardest thing is

00:37the complexity of what they do whether it be

00:41they change defenses or

00:45They play a matchup or they they press you because not a lot of teams

00:49Play zone nor do a lot of teams press. All right now

00:54Obviously the obvious is do they have two or three guys that are elite elite?

00:59Because they're going to be a handful

01:02But how are they going to defend you?

01:06And how do you get your guys ready? Okay, they're going to switch everything

01:10they're gonna

01:11be

01:13ultra-physical, you know, they're that team that's going to value five times of possession and

01:18The game is going to be a bloodbath you just a fistfight

01:24Those are the hardest teams I think to prepare for its style of play

01:32Hopefully

01:34Your style whoever you are

01:36Stay true to who you are. Like we're a team that changes defenses. I've always been that way. We're a team that's going to run

01:42We're gonna run on makes and misses

01:44You know some teams

01:46You see it James

01:48One of the assistant coaches stands up. He holds up a sign

01:52They run a set play every time down so they don't inbound the ball quickly. You can get your defense back

01:57But they're going to carve you up

02:00With their set plays like if you're playing if you're playing Purdue

02:07All right

02:08Matt runs really good stuff

02:11There's not enough time in the day to have a walkthrough or run through to all the stuff he's going to do

02:18And there are other teams that run maybe more ball screen continuity

02:22Okay, those types of things so

02:26You know, it could manifest itself on both ends of the floor for example