Cam Boozer & Jon Scheyer Talk Loss vs. UConn - Press Conference

[0:00] I'll let you guys ask questions. [0:03] Our first question will be for Cam. [0:05] If you have a question for Cam, please raise your hand. [0:08] We'll send the microphone to you. [0:10] Josh is here and Sarah with the questions and your answers. [0:15] They have the microphones right now. [0:17] We're waiting for reporters to make their way down here. [0:21] I'll ask Cam. [0:22] I'll just say this. [0:23] Go ahead, Coach. [0:24] And then if there's not questions, let Cam, you know, he'll answer and go. [0:29] So it could not be more disappointed and feeling for our guys at the same time of, you know, [0:43] just trying to process what happened. [0:44] I don't have the words. [0:46] I don't have the words. [0:48] What I do know is literally this team, what each individual player went through just to play the game. [0:57] I've never seen anything like it. [0:59] What these guys did, have to get ready, their foot injuries. [1:03] He's got a black eye. [1:05] He's playing the whole game. [1:06] And I'm incredibly sorry for these guys that they got to go through this. [1:13] This is on us. [1:17] We're going to be in this together. [1:19] And the year that this guy's had has been absolutely incredible. [1:24] Absolutely incredible. [1:26] And I don't have words other than just how proud I am of these guys [1:31] and how disappointed we are. [1:34] If you have a question for Cam at this time, please raise your hand. [1:37] We'll send a microphone in your direction. [1:38] We're looking for questions for Cam. [1:40] Right now, if there is one, let's go to the center of the room. [1:43] Josh, let's get over to him. [1:45] This will be the right side microphone. [1:47] Actually, left side microphone with Sarah. [1:50] Cam, Bilibili China, French Bilibili China. [1:54] Looking at tonight's game, it's a tough loss. [1:57] So I want to know what do you think you did well tonight [2:03] and where do you feel you could be better tonight for tonight's game? [2:10] I mean, I think we fought hard. [2:13] We gave a lot. [2:16] But I think as a whole, [2:17] we could have gave a lot more in the second half. [2:19] We came out a little flat, gave them a little bit of life. [2:23] And when you're playing a team as good as UConn, [2:25] that's all they really need. [2:26] So, yeah. [2:31] Continuing with questions for Cam, if you have any. [2:36] We're going to take one from Zoom. [2:43] Go ahead, Dan. [2:46] Dan Tortora, WakeUpCallDT.com. [2:48] Cam, you heard your coach talk about how you're going to go through this together. [2:51] What has it meant to be led by John Shire [2:53] and just what you can say to his leadership [2:55] and maybe what he said after the game? [3:01] Honestly, this whole year has been a huge blessing. [3:05] I mean, I came here and I learned so much from our players, [3:11] not even just from the coaches, you know, our whole players. [3:15] Man, we're such a connected group, man. [3:16] I love those guys. [3:17] We worked so hard all year. [3:21] And then just the coaches, you know. [3:23] You know, we had a group of, they had five guys leave. [3:27] We had five freshmen come in. [3:29] We had five guys return. [3:32] And just, you know, the way they coached us, they brought us together, [3:35] taught us to fight, taught us to play together. [3:38] Man, I learned so much this year. [3:40] I'm never going to take it for granted, man. [3:45] But, yeah, I'm just super thankful for it all. [3:47] I'm hurting right now. [3:49] We're all hurting. [3:51] I wish I could have gave more for those guys. [3:54] You know, Caleb, Pat, Malik, you know, everyone's hurting. [3:58] Dealing with injuries, coming and playing. [4:01] You know, it took a lot of heart. [4:02] It took a lot of balls to do that, you know. [4:04] So I'm just proud of them, proud of our team. [4:08] Yeah. [4:08] Any additional questions for Cam at this time? [4:13] We'd like to thank Cam, congratulate him on an outstanding season, [4:17] and run to the Elite Eight. [4:20] Cam Boozer is going to head back to the locker room [4:22] and join the rest of his teammates there for more availability. [4:25] Questions for Coach Shire. [4:26] If you have one, please raise your hand. [4:28] Sarah or Josh will bring the microphone to you. [4:30] First question for Coach Shire. [4:34] On the right side. [4:37] Brian Murphy with WRAL. [4:39] John, can you walk us through the final possession, [4:41] what you saw, if you consider calling timeout, [4:44] if you wanted them to hold it. [4:45] What was going through your mind on that last possession? [4:48] Well, yeah, we just have to secure it, right? [4:51] I mean, we got it. [4:52] They had a foul. [4:54] I was ready for a timeout, and we just got to hold on. [4:57] And, you know, it's easy to look at that play. [5:01] You know, I look at every play that happened, [5:03] especially in that second half. [5:04] This is not about one play. [5:05] It's about every play to put us in that position, [5:07] and that's what you don't want to do. [5:10] Where one play, something can happen. [5:12] And so, for me, look, it's going to be tough, [5:19] but it's not going to be on one play. [5:22] Continuing with questions for Coach Shire. [5:24] If you have a question, [5:25] please raise your hand, kind of half-hand up, half-hand down. [5:34] We'll go back to the right side. [5:38] You mentioned the second half. [5:40] I think eight turnovers in the second half, [5:41] including, you know, I think Isaiah slipped on one. [5:45] Cam had one. [5:46] A couple of live ball turnovers. [5:47] How much of a difference was that in kind of fueling their comeback? [5:50] Of course. [5:51] I mean, we just gave them easy baskets, [5:53] and we just had to secure the ball better, [5:56] and that's a recipe to put yourself in that position. [5:59] And, you know, that was, [6:04] that was a big difference in the game, obviously. [6:07] Any further questions for Coach Shire at this time? [6:10] Let's get down front in the third row. [6:13] Left-hand microphone, red mic. [6:16] Hi, my name is with Pro Edge Sports. [6:19] Coach, do you think there was anything positive [6:23] that you could have done in the second half? [6:26] Because I know you had, I believe, [6:28] a 15-point lead going into the second half. [6:31] Is there anything that you think you could have done differently? [6:35] There's not a person in this room, including me, that doesn't replay. [6:39] Everything that you could do and how you can help, I mean, obviously. [6:42] And that's, that's part of being in this seat. [6:48] That's part of being in this spot. [6:49] That's what, that's what, of course, end of the day, [6:57] we got to finish it off, end of the day. [7:01] And, you know, we'll reflect, we'll learn, do all that. [7:05] But, yeah, of course. [7:09] We'd like to thank Coach Shire for joining us.