North Carolina
Black: The man was right there in front of us, so we were all starstruck
UNC senior Leaky Black spoke about playing in front of MJ and the message he had for the Tar Heels in the locker room after the game
go go ahead. Hey leaky as um as a defensive guy what does it mean to you that this team held zebra in one of the best scores in the A. C. C. To just two points. Uh it means a lot. It means we uh we're paying attention to detail. We're locking in on the scouting report and yeah it just means we're really paying attention. It was like thank you Isaac leaky. You've made a three pointer now in three straight games. Have you have you found something new with your shot? You just you in a new rhythm? What's going on there? And that's just a confidence thing man you know um That's pretty much all it is. Everyone keeps telling me to keep shooting keep shooting. Then the day you see one go in you're gonna keep shooting and that's just what it is awesome thank you. Andrew thank you And you guys had that road trip that you had you come home with three games and like six days I guess it was other than winning the way you guys had to battle for the first two games and had fun and had everything clicking today. Is this exactly what you were hoping to get out of these three games being tested some and then today having the kind of fun that you guys did Of course of course like I said just uh just shows that we're paying attention to detail. You know we're locked in. Um you know last week was a really rough rough week and it just shows that um the perseverance man. This team was just the way that we fought, you know, this week is, was huge. You know, hopefully that'll give us a little boost going down the road. I can ask quick follow up is this, which is how much fun was today was? This may be the most fun you guys have had this season? Absolutely, absolutely. You know, just seeing the fans have fun too, you know, um, everyone getting up smiling and after every shot goes in, you know, that's that's what, that's what we're here for man. Thank you. Isaiah Linky. Could you just detail the game plan going in on how the defensive rock? Yeah, Okay, pretty much just um, yeah, I'll get back to that question. We play them again. I'll get back to that question after that mike mike too. Hey, like I want to ask you a little more about defense as a team specifically in the first half. You guys had seven blocks your contestant shots at the rim. Um, what went so well for you defensively? And what was your impression coming out of that? The fact that you guys did play so well there in the first half. Yeah, I'm just playing with the energy, you know, coming up on defense is playing with the energy. Um, you know, we start getting uh, like the easy rebounds loose balls and you see the shots go in and so I just keep trying to preach to the team that everything starts on defense and once we take that confidence early, you know, obviously it's gonna be a long game for him. See you wiki, uh you predicted so at least said you didn't want to stink, said that you guys weren't going to shoot as bad as you did on boston college, you got the prediction going forward on, on how you guys can uh kind of harness what you did today and take it on the road Tuesday? What was the question? I said, do you, do you have any any uh any predictions on how you guys can harness what you did today and take it on the road and play with the same, you know, focus and execution on Tuesday, right? Just uh, this is not get fat and happy, you know, it's one of the things that, you know, Michael Jordan was just telling us that um we gotta play with passion, you know, and it's just when we play with passion and energy, you know, everything else, pretty much will take care of itself, you know? Um but the coaches just preaching is not to get fat and happy, you know, because previously when we win a game, we play good will come out leg and it's, you know, it feels like the end of the world, so we just got to use this momentum and keep building on this. Can you tell us what else Jordan told you, Gregory Nikki uh you've obviously been on teams that have seen Kobe white go off in three cole Anthony and just teams that have been successful shooting the three ball. Was there anything anything feel different about today's game? I mean 15 threes third most and it's missing there in UFC history. Mm hmm. Um no, I didn't feel different than me because you know when I was getting recruited here, I used to come watch the games with you know Marcus paige joe barry and then obviously playing with Kobe and then coal, you know, you get used to stuff like that and that's just I don't wanna say that's what that's what Carolina basketball is. You know that that fun game where guys hitting tough shots like that. You know, it's we'd love to see it. All right, adam, last one for leaks looking for the record, I had my hand raised about Jordan in the postgame locker room before. You mentioned him? So just can you take us inside there and just give us a peek at what that was like, like who spoke? And what did they tell you? What was the vibe like? Just like what was that whole scene like? Must have been pretty incredible, right? Yeah, it was the man was right there in front of us. So we were all just starstruck. But um, I can't dive in too much, but I'm going to tell you, he was just basically saying you obviously know how emotional coach Davis's and he was emotional in the locker room and Coach Davis walked in. He spoke first and then he, you know, set the floor for mike. And pretty much he was just telling us when our coach has more passion than we do when we're out there playing with, you know, that's that's a recipe for disaster. So he was just telling us, just to feed off this energy and basically played with emotion, have fun. And that's pretty much it, appreciate it. Thank you leaky. Everybody sit tight. I think we have Coach Davis and Caleb coming up shortly.