Right now, let's bring in Dante D. Vincenzo with teammate, the All-Villanova back court,

28.6 boards, five assists. So we had two games here in Charlotte, 28, 25.

Dante, anything particular in this city that inspires you?

No, not in particular. Just go out there and try to make open shots and just be aggressive. That's off.

What was you thinking prior to the game with you found out OG wasn't going tonight?

I mean I didn't find out really until the meeting.

So, I mean, first and foremost, you want him to get healthy.

But then we knew, you know, they're big, they're long,

so it was gonna be a collective effort.

I think Precious, you know, he was great for us tonight.

Really was, you know, on the perimeter a lot,

rebound and he was just doing everything for us.

So we knew that he could step up

and, you know, we just did what we needed to do

You seem so much more comfortable now obviously you know it takes a while to get to that real high comfort level that you have

But the overall team there's a connection with with the players now that that it's so noticeable to even the fans and certainly to us

Tell us about the development of that how that that happened, and what's going on.

You know, it takes time when I think it starts off the court.

Communication, little things, playing music together, talking on the plane,

just little things to, you know, build that chemistry.

So when you're on the court, you can get on one another when you make mistakes,

but also you celebrate each other and you really push each other and challenge each other every

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