EVEN CRAZIES MAY NOT KNOW Duke is 157-26 in the month of December under
Coach K, including a 49-4 since the 1999-00 season.
BLUE DEVIL INTERVIEW
MILES: “We should be a go-to team”
KYLE & CASEY introduce the S&P 1253 Official Blog!
There has been talk in the media about the
team’s athleticism. What are your thoughts?
UPDATE
If playing the game hard and playing smart
makes us unathletic, then I guess we are. We
have guys that can jump and run. Nolan’s ath-
letic, Kyle and Jon have athleticism that people
don’t talk about. They have great body control.
There’s a reason why every day they are going
out on the court and killing people who are con-
sidered more athletic by those standards. Our
team is definitely very athletic.
How about you in particular. You had the high-
est vertical jump on the team?
My standing vertical was 36 inches and my run-
ning jump we couldn’t measure any higher than
45 inches. We put the thing up as high as it
could go (and I exceeded it). I am a few inches
from the top of the backboard. That’s my goal!
What has been the key to your improved shot
blocking this year?
One thing is realizing I have the tools to shot
block. Being aggressive and aware of when I
can do it is really paying off. I can still definitely
get a lot better. I have the potential to block a
lot of shots if I keep working at it.
What has made the team’s defense so success-
ful so far?
The biggest thing I’ve noticed is we stay con-
nected and we really talk. It’s not like you are
playing your man individually. When I am out
there I feel like all five of us are together. That
starts with the guys in the back – Zoubs, LT –
We are all talking to the guards. It’s a machine
on defense.
The team doesn’t seem to have one single guy
it relies on for the key bucket down the stretch
but has several guys who can score. Does that
make the team more dangerous?
We definitely have guys that can step up and
do that – Jon, Kyle, Nolan. We have a lot of
guys who can be go-to guys. But if we all hold
up our own end of the bargain, we shouldn’t
have to have a go-to guy. We should be a go-to
team.
How valuable is Jon’s leadership to the team in
tough games and tough environments?
We look to Jon a lot for leadership. I think it
comes from a lot of different guys at differ-
ent times, but you can always look to Jon. He
always has his cool and it helps the team stay
calm under pressure. That’s huge for us.
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