John Calipari, Aaron and Andrew Harrison Press Conference Transcripts before Mississippi State Bulldogs
By Paul Jordan
Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
#2, Aaron Harrison, G, Fr.
On the importance of Camp Cal …
“It has definitely been really important. We all got to know each other going out to eat every night and spending a lot more time together. It definitely helped us off the court.”
On what the team got out of the past two weeks on the court …
“We definitely became a better team offensively and defensively. We just learned how to come together more as a team.”
On how much of that togetherness started at the end of the Louisville game …
“The Louisville game definitely opened our eyes to show us that we all need to play hard and everyone has to play together and buy in to win. That really helped our team confidence and helped us all around.”
On if the team got closer during Camp Cal …
“We definitely got closer.”
On him telling the players when they have the ball think pass first but when they don’t have it think
shot …
“Actually, that makes a lot of sense. It helps everyone be prepared to shoot and be prepared to play and score.”
On if he had heard that before …
“I hadn’t, but after he said it and explained it, it made a lot of sense.”
On how important the end of the Louisville game was to the team’s confidence winning it without Julius Randle …
“I mean, it was great for the team. We just played together really and it showed us that if we play together we can do a lot of things.”
On if that taught them something about playing together with Julius Randle as well …
“Yeah, it is really about the defensive end really. That is where we really have to play together helping each other out and talking a lot. That is the main part, I think.”
On the importance of having the break before conference play …
“It was really good for us to come together and we got to spend a lot of time together. It was really good for us as a team on the court and off the court to learn about each other and spend more time together.”
On his thoughts on SEC play starting …
“I am excited to get league play started. SEC is great basketball. So I am ready to get everything going.”
On his reflections of the past 10 days …
“Just getting myself in shape and better shape than I was and just becoming a better teammate.”
On any mental improvements …
“Nah, not really.”
On what he means by being a better teammate …
“Just making sure I am playing hard and making sure I am bringing energy to the team and definitely making sure I am not bringing down the energy level.”
On his brother’s play …
“He is definitely coming along. He had a little slow start at the beginning of the year, but he is definitely coming along. You saw him in the past couple games playing very well. He created a lot of big shots against Louisville. He is playing well.”
On if he felt he was seeing the guy he had played with all these years watching Andrew play
against Louisville …
“Yeah, I was happy for him and excited just for him to get that confidence that he always had back. I was happy for him.”