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I'm Brian Haydad and I'm joined now by the coach of the reigning national champion.

I say that every day on Super Talk,

on Sports Talk, to Erk Richard Cross.

But today we got Chris Lamones on the line with us.

I know the question you've probably gotten the most since that has happened is has it sunk in yet

So I'll jump on board has it sunk in yet

It has sunk in it. It was great a lot of fun. We're celebrating this upcoming weekend against Kentucky

that whole team's coming back, but it's kind of a you know sunk in and now we're in a you know move on to the next year's stage I mean it was obviously a lot of fun

but everybody in the country is ready to place now so we got to get ready to go

and that's sort of it leads into my next question.

Is there a change in mentality?

Is there a change maybe in the way that you coach

now that you're the hunted and not the hunter?

No, I think we've been the hunted even, you know, ever since we've been here, we've been a top-10 program, so I just think we have to get our guys prepared to play to their highest level, and that's really all we can control.

And, you know, we've heard a lot of defend the

national championship and the reality is this team that I have now did not win a

national championship some of them did but this is a new team, new challenges,

and we're looking forward to attacking the next year and just getting into the season and

building this ball club and its identity.

When you look at the fans who came to Omaha and set record crowds there and then you look at the

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