Smith opening statement

This one will sting

Transcript

00:00 Yeah, sorry I'm out of breath. I ran up here. I told the team this is one that is

00:07 gonna sting a bit. Obviously, we had opportunities. We just kind of had some

00:16 crucial moments or crucial mistakes and crucial moments but just gotta get ready

00:22 to bounce back.

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00:40 Um, I don't know. I think we had a 14 point lead. I don't think it should have been a tight game.

00:48 I think, you know, we just made too many mistakes and like a really crucial

00:54 moment. Like I said, I think was it started the fourth into the third. We

01:00 just unraveled a little bit and we can't do that in this conference. You know, they

01:07 stayed the course. They stayed steady. They weathered our spurt, our run. They

01:11 weathered our momentum and then they came back with a run of their own and we

01:15 didn't weather it. You know, that's basketball and I think we'll learn from

01:22 it. I think, you know, we are a much better team. I think we've demonstrated

01:28 that and that's why this one hurts. That's why this one is frustrating

01:33 because, you know, we've gotten over the hump against Washington State. You know,

01:39 we put ourselves in a situation where we expect to win these games. I don't know

01:44 that I would say that we expected to do that in the past. We expected to win this

01:48 game and that's why it's frustrating.

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