Season preview: HoopsHD interviews CSUN assistant coach Jim Harrick

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Jon Teitel

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We continue our season preview coverage with new CSUN assistant coach Jim Harrick. When Mark Gottfried was hired in March to lead the Matadors he decided to have his former Bruins boss join his coaching staff. If there was an NCAA tourney from 1982-2002 there is a good chance that Harrick was there: 4 tourneys as head coach at Pepperdine, 8 in a row as head coach at UCLA (including a national title in 1995), 2 during his 2 years as head coach at Rhode Island, then 2 more as head coach at Georgia. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel got to chat with Coach Harrick about working with John Wooden and winning a title.

John Wooden made you the director of his basketball camp while you were a high school coach in Los Angeles: what role did Wooden play in your life, and what was your reaction when he passed away in 2010? He played a tremendous role in my life including mentor, leader, and teacher. I think his system of basketball was the best of all-time. We used to have meals together at his camp and he would hold court for me and a bunch of other coaches. My wife and I once took him to a UCLA football game and got to spend the entire day with him. It was a thrill when he came out to join us for the Final 4 in 1995. I view his passing as a terrible loss: he was 1 of the greatest human beings I have ever known.

In the 1983 NCAA tourney as head coach at Pepperdine you had a 2-PT 2-OT loss to eventual champion NC State: how were they able to overcome a 6-PT deficit with 24 seconds left in the 1st OT? It was a knockdown drag-out game. Coach Jimmy Valvano started having his players foul us at the end of the 1st OT and we missed some FT down the stretch.

What are your memories of the 1986 NCAA tourney (Len Bias scored 26 PTS in a 5-PT win by Maryland, the last win of Bias’ career before he died a few months later)? We had a chance to win the game at the end but we were called for traveling. Bias was absolutely a monster: he made a dunk that brought OUR team off the bench!

Take me through the 1990 NCAA tourney as head coach at UCLA:
Freshman Tracy Murray made 2 FT with 9 seconds left to clinch a 1-PT win over Kansas: did you think that Coach Roy Williams’ decision to call back-to-back timeouts was going to freeze Murray, and where do those FTs rank among the most clutch that you have ever seen? Tracy was only 6 months out of high school yet he was pretty clutch. As he was just a freshman, it was a smart move by Roy to call the timeouts.

Christian Laettner had 24 PTS/14 REB in a 9-PT win by Duke: where does Laettner rank among the best college basketball players you have ever seen? He is probably 1 of the top 10 college players ever. We kept it close in the final minute but just could not get it done.

What are your memories of the 1992 NCAA tourney (Calbert Cheaney scored 23 PTS in a 27-PT win by Indiana, the most lopsided loss by a top-seeded team since the selection committee started seeding teams in 1979)? We had beaten them in the Hall of Fame Game earlier that season but they beat us really good the 2nd time.

In the 1993 NCAA tourney Jimmy King made a controversial put-back with 1.5 seconds left in a 2-PT OT win by #1-seed Michigan: did you think his shot should have counted? King pushed Tyus Edney right out of bounds…with 2 hands. The Loch Ness Monster (Chris Webber) helped the Wolverines come back.

You started the 1994 season 6-0 before a 10-PT loss on the road at Oregon, then won 26 games in a row over the next 3 months: how were the Ducks able to beat you, and did you say anything special after the game that got the team refocused on winning? That is not totally accurate: Cal beat us by 7 PTS in late January in a game that they later forfeited. We were a really good team and ranked very high.  After a tough 5-games-in-10-days stretch in February (the 2 Arizona schools, a road trip to the 2 Bay Area schools, and a game against Duke) we won all 5 and became #1.

Take me through the 1995 NCAA tourney:
Tyus Edney scored 15 PTS and dashed the length of the court in 5 seconds to make a layup at the buzzer in a 1-PT win over Missouri: how did you draw up the play, and where does that rank among the biggest wins of your career? We used to work on a play that I got from the NBA…but nobody could ever make it all the way down the court in 5 seconds! We would work on that play once a week and Tyus was fast enough to get it done. I would say that was the defining moment of my coaching career.

Tourney MOP Ed O’Bannon had 30 PTS/17 REB in a win over defending champ Arkansas to win the title: what did it mean to you to win the title, and what was the reaction like when you got back to campus? I had spent the prior 2 decades as a coach so it was a true honor to finally reach the pinnacle of the profession. We spent the summer partying: we were on the Jay Leno Show and even went to Disneyland.

You finished that season by going 32-1 and being named Naismith COY: what did it mean to you to win such an outstanding honor? It comes from your peers voting on you so I was humbled by that tremendous honor.

In the 1996 NCAA tourney Steve Goodrich made a bounce pass on a backdoor play to Gabe Lewullis for a layup in a 2-PT upset by #13-seed Princeton: where does that rank among the most devastating losses of your career? Being in the college game for 33 years I thought that I had seen it all. We had 9000 chances to win that game but just missed some layups/FTs. How did the San Francisco Giants win the 2010 World Series after barely making the playoffs?  They were just meant to win it.

UCLA fired you shortly before the start of the 1996 season after you were accused of falsifying receipts at a student-athlete recruiting dinner (the NCAA later exonerated you): do you think that you did anything wrong, and do you have any regrets about the situation? Nobody is perfect, including me, but I did not do anything to get fired. It is a very political thing and being a coach is a very volatile position: you have to take the good with the bad.

Take me through the 1998 NCAA tourney when you were head coach at Rhode Island:
Cuttino Mobley scored 27 PTS in a 5-PT upset of #1-seed Kansas: how were you able to beat a team featuring a pair of All-Americans in Paul Pierce and Raef LaFrentz? The Jayhawks came into the game with a record of 35-3 but Cuttino was such a confident guy that he felt nobody could play better than him. We shot the ball very well that night.

Antonio Reynolds-Dean had 16 PTS/11 REB in a 6-PT win over Valparaiso: was it weird to coach against the Crusaders with your son Jim Jr. as 1 of their assistant coaches? Valpo had hit the home run play with Bryce Drew in the 1st round: it was so exciting to watch that I had to go home and take a nap afterward! Homer Drew and I are great friends…but when the game starts you forget about everything except the game.

Tyson Wheeler scored 24 PTS but missed 3 FTs with 5 seconds left in a 2-PT win by Stanford: how devastating was that loss (you were up by 6 PTS with 1 minute to play), and did you expect Wheeler to make all of his FTs? That is the worst tourney loss that I have ever had. It is hard to make FTs when you are down and we had lost our momentum by that point.

What are your memories of the 2001 NCAA tourney as head coach at Georgia (Clarence Gilbert made a baseline jumper with 0.9 seconds left in a 2-PT win by Missouri)? We had the #1 schedule in the nation that year, which is what the committee tells you to do, but we somehow ended up with a #8 seed. The Tigers held the ball for the last shot and we were 1 second away from winning.

In the 2002 NCAA tourney you had a 2-PT loss to SIU: do you think that Jonas Hayes was correctly called for an intentional foul with 14 seconds left? We were up by 19 PTS, and in retrospect I should have rested my PG. Hayes just grabbed the guy, which they had not been calling all year, but that play did not cost us the game.

After resigning in 2003 you worked as a scout for the Nuggets and helped develop basketball in China: how did you like being a scout? I had a wonderful time in Denver with some great guys on the staff: Scott Brooks, Adrian Dantley, etc.

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Season preview: HoopsHD interviews Memphis assistant coach Sam Mitchell

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Jon Teitel

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We continue our season preview coverage with new Memphis assistant coach Sam Mitchell. He 1st gained notoriety as a player at Mercer, where he was named the 1985 conference POY. After joining the NBA in 1989 he spent over a decade with Minnesota/Indiana and even made it to Game 7 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals. Since retiring as a player in 2002 he got into coaching and was named 2007 NBA Coach of the Year with Toronto. This season he will be returning to the college ranks as an assistant to new Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel got to chat with Coach Mitchell about facing Mark Price in the NCAA tourney and having a 13-year NBA career.

In 1985 you were named conference POY and graduated as the leading scorer in Mercer history: did you realize at the time how prolific a player you were? I never thought about it at the time. After my junior year my coach called me into his office and asked me if I wanted to turn pro: I said, “what are you talking about?!” The big schools that I looked at out of high school wanted me to redshirt but I chose Mercer because I wanted to get a good education.

What are your memories of the 1985 NCAA tourney, the last time that Mercer made it to the tourney until 2014 (you scored 17 PTS in a 7-PT loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta, who was led by Mark Price with 14 PTS)? We were down by 2 PTS with a minute left but missed a pair of FT and had to foul Price. We lost by 7 but the game was much closer than that. If we had a shot clock and a 3-PT line back then we might have won the game. If you have 1 great player today you can upset a big school.

In the summer of 1985 after being named MVP of the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament pre-draft camp, you were selected in the 3rd round by Houston (12 spots ahead of Michael Adams): were you thrilled to realize your dream of making it to the NBA, or disappointed that you did not get picked earlier despite your performance in Portsmouth, or something in between? My 1st night at Portsmouth we had to introduce ourselves and a lot of the ACC/SEC guys started laughing because they did not think a guy from Mercer could play that well. I had to force my coach to play me because everyone was supposed to get an equal amount of playing time: I scored 20 PTS in 20 minutes and we went on to win the tourney. I had to fight for every little thing every single day. I was not highly recruited coming out of high school and played in a small conference so just getting drafted meant a lot to me. I was at basic training at Fort Bragg when they called me in and told me I had been drafted. I thanked them for letting me know and asked them I could go to bed: we had only been getting about 2 hours of sleep that week!

Instead of going straight to the NBA you spent several years playing professionally in the CBA (where you won a title) and in France: what did you learn from these experiences, and how did they compare to college basketball? I was the last man cut by Houston. The day before they had told me that they were making a trade that would allow me to make the team but the trade fell through and they ended up cutting me. I showed up in Oshkosh and was competing with 50 guys for 10 spots in the CBA. Playing in college was fun but all the pro guys took basketball so seriously because that check was their livelihood. I had to take my concentration to a whole other level. The CBA taught me how to survive: it is hard to live on $300/week…before taxes. I was sleeping on a sofa and decided that instead of giving up I would just keep trying to make it as a pro.

In 1989 you signed your 1st NBA contract on player personnel director Billy McKinney’s back prior to a summer league game and join the expansion Minnesota Timberwolves for their inaugural season: what was it like to finally make it to the NBA, and what was it like to play for an expansion team? I played great in our 1st summer league game. Billy asked me if I wanted to sign after game #2 but I ran right off the court and signed a 2-year deal for about $125,000. We won more games than any expansion team had up to that point and could have even won a few more. I loved playing for Coach Bill Musselman: it was a great experience even though we did not play for a championship.

What are your memories of the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals with Indiana (after losing 3 games to Orlando by a total of 11 PTS, you won Game 6 by 27 points, then scored 5 PTS in 6 minutes off the bench in a Game 7 loss)? That was the year Houston won their 2nd straight NBA title. We were disappointed because we had beaten Houston earlier that season. Our team was loaded (Reggie Miller/Rik Smits/etc.) but we just could not get over that hump. I felt disappointed because I thought that we were the better team. If you are not close-knit as a team then you will have no chance at all.

You averaged 8.7 PPG and 3.7 RPG during your 13-year NBA career: how satisfied are you with your pro career? I honestly feel that I left the game with nothing else to give. I was not the most talented player but I competed hard and played until I was 38 years old. As I always tell young people it is not about being the most talented but about being the most persistent.

After retiring as a player you became coach of the Toronto Raptors, where you led them to their 1st division title in franchise history and were named 2007 NBA Coach of the Year: what was it like to coach an NBA team in Canada, and how proud were you of your team’s success? Toronto is a great city even though we were a little off the NBA radar. Coaching is so stressful that it is hard to appreciate any accolades until after you get fired. Being named Coach of the Year taught me to slow down and smell the roses.

In 2007 you surpassed Hall of Fame coach Lenny Wilkens for the most wins in Toronto history, but in 2008 you were fired after starting the season with a record of 8-9: how did it feel to go from Coach of the Year to fired within such a short time span? It left a sour taste in my mouth but made me realize that life is not fair. I can forgive…but it took me a couple of years to get over it because it was not based on how we were doing as a team. We rolled the dice on signing Jermaine O’Neal and trying to work him into the rotation, and then he ended up missing half the season due to injury. I would love to get back into coaching 1 day. It is not like I forgot how to coach but we were starting 4 European players and a young Chris Bosh.

When people look back on your career, how do you want to be remembered the most? Just as someone who gave the most he could and took care of his players. Coaches get too much credit for the wins and too much blame for the losses: players win games for you. The job of a coach is just to put his players in a position to succeed.

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Season preview: HoopsHD interviews Saint Joseph coach Jim Calhoun

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Jon Teitel

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Labor Day weekend signals the start of college basketball preview season: we will spend the next 2+ months interviewing the players/coaches whose teams hope to win a championship next spring. There are only 6 coaches who won at least 3 titles during their career: Mike Krzyzewski/John Wooden/Roy Williams/Adolph Rupp/Bob Knight/Jim Calhoun. 3 are retired, 2 are still battling it out in the ACC, and 1 is still going strong at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT. It has been more than a decade since Coach Calhoun was inducted into the Hall of Fame but he shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel got to chat with Coach Calhoun about the Tate George shot, the 6-OT Big East tourney game, and all 3 of those national championships.

You went 9-19 in your 1st year at UConn but in year #2 you made the 1988 NIT title game and had a 5-PT win over Ohio State: how were you able to turn things around so quickly? We had Cliff Robinson who was a 19-year NBA veteran and Tate George/Steve Pikiell who were freshmen the year before. Cliff became a terrific player but the biggest thing we did was change our culture.

Take me through the 1990 NCAA tourney:
Scott Burrell threw a pass the length of the court to Tate George, who made a turnaround jumper at the buzzer in a 1-PT win over Clemson: how often did you practice that play, and did you think the shot was going in? We practiced it every day with 5 different versions based on how many seconds we had left in the game. It was a major league pitcher throwing to a future NBA player: it only worked 5% of the time in practice but it worked 100% that night!

Christian Laettner scored 23 PTS including a jumper at the buzzer in a 1-PT OT win by Duke: where does that rank among the most devastating losses of your career? Pretty close: I thought that we were good enough to make the Final 4. We had a great year but I do not like seeing Laettner any more.

In the 1998 NCAA tourney Rip Hamilton scored 22 PTS including a fadeaway jumper at that buzzer in a 1-PT win over Washington, and in the 1999 NCAA tourney title game Hamilton scored 27 PTS in a 3-PT win over Duke to snap their 32-game win streak: how on earth were you a 9½-PT underdog to the Blue Devils despite your 33-2 record, and how was Hamilton able to play his best when it mattered the most? He practiced the same way: he always wanted the ball when it counted and never worried. He had a 16-year NBA career and won an NBA championship because he just went out and played. We always got the ball in the hands of the guys who could make plays, be it Donyell Marshall/Ray Allen/etc. It was special because I knew that we were good enough to beat Duke but I was not sure how well we would play. People automatically assumed Duke was better due to their talent but we had a better team.

Take me through the 2004 Final 4:
In the semifinals Emeka Okafor had 24 PTS/15 REB in a 1-PT win over Duke: how were you able to overcome an 8-PT deficit in the final 3 minutes? It was a foul-filled game. Emeka picked up 2 quick fouls and I sat him for the rest of the half. He was dying to get back in and was certainly 1 of the best players I ever coached.

Tourney MOP Okafor had 24 PTS/15 REB in a 9-PT win over Georgia Tech to clinch the title: how did the 2nd title compare to the 1st? It is like asking which kid you love more: you love them all! That was the best team we had: Okafor/Ben Gordon/Charlie Villanueva/Hilton Armstrong/etc. That was the only team that I felt could answer all problems in all games.

In 2005 you were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2006 you were inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of its founding class: where do those moments rank among the highlights of your career? Dean Smith was a great mentor to me in many ways: he told me that the Hall is a reflection of what your players do. When you stand there with your family and reflect back on what you did, it conjures up special moments. My dad said that you are known by the company you keep, and to be in the company of legends like Wilt/Oscar/Havlicek/West was very humbling.

In the 2006 NCAA tourney George Mason had all 5 starters score in double figures during a 2-PT OT win over your team: what is the biggest factor to pulling off an upset in March (confidence/destiny/officiating/other)? People forget that they were on an incredible roll after beating Michigan State/North Carolina/Wichita State. They beat us fair and square but we only had about 100 people rooting for us in DC. We were Goliath and they were definitely David.

In the 2009 Big East tourney quarterfinals you had a 10-PT 6-OT loss to Syracuse: how exhausted were you by the end of the 2nd-longest game in college basketball history? I went back to the hotel with my wife and I just could not fall asleep. I kept trying to find more players to substitute in but they took advantage of us down the stretch. Both programs were great and would not give in.

Take me through the 2011 postseason:
You entered the Big East tourney as the #9 seed but won 5 games in 5 days (including each of the last 4 over ranked teams): was it just a case of Kemba Walker (who scored 130 PTS en route to being named tourney MVP) putting the entire team on his back for the week? We were an awfully young team but were as healthy as we had been all season. Our backcourt had 3 future NBA players in Kemba/Jeremy Lamb/Shabazz Napier. It was the best individual effort I have ever seen. We had won the Maui Invitational earlier that season so we knew that we had great potential and we just came together at the right time. That ride was magical as I got to watch the young kids like Kemba, who is 1 of my favorite players/people of all time.

In the NCAA tourney title game you had a 53-41 win over Butler: was it a case of amazing defense (your team set a title game record with 10 BLK) or an ice-cold shooting performance (the Bulldogs set a title-game record with 18.8 FG%) or a little bit of both? Someone did a survey after the game and found that almost every shot Butler took that night was blocked/contested. The only way they could come back was to drive to the rim, which is when our size/athleticism took over. Jeremy got us some space but our defense was textbook. We caused the frozen shooting part.

In 1990 you were named national COY and you are 1 of only 6 coaches in D-1 history to win 3 NCAA titles: what makes you such a great coach? Good players! I have always had a competitive spirit and I try to pass that along to my players. It was about 2 main things: we would compete harder than anyone else and grasp all of the fundamentals, which gave us some separation.

In 2012 you retired with 873 wins (becoming the 1st coach in NCAA history to win at least 240 games at 2 different D-1 schools), which remains #13 all-time, but last year you came out of retirement to become head coach at D-3 Saint Joseph: how is it going so far, and how long do you plan to stick around? I love coaching and missed it greatly. It was wonderful to work at ESPN but I always had an empty feeling that I was not truly part of the game. It did not fulfill the need I had to be involved as I had been my whole life, and I want to get this program going in the right direction.

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Hoops HD Podcast with Special Guest Andy Schwarz

Posted on August 21, 2018 by David Griggs

Anti-trust economist, Sports economics expert, HBL Basketball Leadership Team member, fierce critic of the NCAA, and all around genius Andy Schwarz joins Chad and David.  We talk about the HBL, which will a new basketball league starting in the summer of 2020 that intends to have universities field teams (predominantly HBCU’s) where they play their games in the summer and pay players between $50,000 and $100,000.  We also discuss, and heavily criticize, the idea of amateurism being essential to the sustainment of college athletics, and how the HBL will attempt to challenge that school of thought.

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Welcome to the Palestra: HoopsHD interviews incoming Penn freshman Griffin Ryan

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Jon Teitel

What a difference a year makes: the Quakers had 5 straight losing seasons from 2013-2017, then flipped the switch last season by winning 24 games (their most since 2002), including a 3-PT win over Harvard to clinch their 1st-ever Ivy tourney title, and even had a double-digit lead over Kansas in the NCAA tourney before eventually falling to the Jayhawks. Coach Steve Donahue lost 2 key seniors from last year (Caleb Wood/Darnell Foreman) but has a strong group of veterans who are preparing to defend their crown. As for the freshmen-to-be, only time will tell but on paper they look even stronger than last year’s class. HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel recently got to chat with incoming Penn freshman Griffin Ryan about why he chose the Quakers and where he ranks within his very athletic family.

At New Trier High School you lettered in basketball/baseball/football: how much of an advantage is your athleticism on the court? It has really helped me with unfamiliar movements that I might have to pull out during a game. It helps me get into good position a lot quicker.

You won conference titles in all 3 sports: what did it mean to you to win all of those titles? It really meant a lot. We had a rough season in basketball during my junior year but it was great to come back and work as hard as we could going into our senior year. There was 1 football team that won its conference 12 years in a row so it was a really special moment when we were finally able to beat them. We had some alumni on the sideline during that game and some of them were shedding tears that we finally won that game. Continuing our proud baseball tradition of success was also special.

Last March in the sectional semifinal you scored 16 PTS in a 5-PT 2-OT win over Niles North: how one earth were you able to overcome a 22-PT deficit in the 3rd quarter? That is probably going to be 1 of my favorite basketball memories ever. We just agreed to do whatever it would take to claw back into the game. We forced 9 turnovers on defense in the 4th quarter, which really helped us get back into it.

You grew up in Illinois: what made you choose Penn? Academics 1st and foremost: it is a great school. I absolutely love Philadelphia: I took a trip to a bunch of colleges last year and just fell in love with the city/campus. I have some cousins who live in the area so it has been an awesome experience to go to Penn.

What do you know about Coach Steve Donahue, and have you talked to any members of the defending Ivy champs? Coach Donahue is used to recruiting the Chicago area so he knows what type of kids come out of here. He has obviously had a successful coaching run at Penn. I got to talk to some of his players during the summer before my senior year and they were all great guys. I asked them a bunch of questions and they were open/honest with me about how they balance everything going on in their lives.

Former Penn PG Darnell Foreman graduated but the other 4 starters are returning: how did that affect your decision? It will be great to learn from those guys as they pass down their leadership lessons and show us the way to win.

The Quakers were 1 of the worst FT shooting teams in the nation last year at 65.9 FT%: what is your own key to making FTs? My biggest thing is just sticking with my routine. I do not let any situation get into my head and just imagine I am shooting them in the gym by myself, which relieves any pressure.

Have you had a chance to meet any of your fellow incoming freshmen (Alex Imegwu/Michael Wang/Bryce Washington) and which of them has impressed you the most? I got to meet Alex at an elite camp and we even ended up playing on the same 5-on-5 team, which was a total coincidence. He is super-athletic and commanded everyone’s respect on the court: I thought he was a very good player. I have seen highlights of Michael/Bryce and I think that we can all become part of something really special.

You are 6’5”: what position did you play in high school, and what position are you most comfortable at on the court? My 1st 2 years I was actually a center but by my junior year we had a 6’8” guy and a 6’9” guy who might both end up playing in the Ivy League as well (Spencer Boehm/Ciaran Brayboy). Their presence down low really allowed me to work on my outside game, which was huge for my development as a player. It was great to go against them every day in practice.

Your father played football at Princeton, your brother James played club volleyball at Wake Forest, and your sister Taite plays basketball/volleyball: who is the best athlete in the family? That is a GIGANTIC debate within my family. My brother will claim that it is him but it just might be my sister: she is a freak of nature on the volleyball court and recently got into Dartmouth. I will claim that I am the best…but my siblings will kill me for saying that!

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The Hoops HD Report: July Session (July 33rd)

Posted on August 2, 2018 by David Griggs

Chad and the panel are back for the July 33rd podcast!!

On this podcast we look at the TBT and discuss whether or not college players should be permitted to play in it.  We also discuss the Elam’s Ending that the tournament uses and talk about whether or not we’d like to see that in the NCAA.  We also reflect on last year’s charity exhibition games and discuss how we’d like to see those continue.  We also touch on the growing issue of sexual assault and domestic violence in college sports and talk about what we think the role and responsibilities of the head coaches should be.

 

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