"I feel great about it" Self on Melvin Council and Tre White returning
Oct 16, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe speaker discusses the return of two high-performing players to the team and reflects on the decision to return to college basketball. Driven by a desire to overcome last year's losses and a realization of the intense competition in the professional world, the speaker aims to improve as a leader and athlete to ultimately win a national championship.
We've got two guys back
that I don't know you guys know better than me, Gary,
but averaged 13-7 and 13-2 last year, something like that.
One of them was a Big 12 Newcomer of the Year,
and the other one was one of the best 10 newcomers in our league.
So I feel great about it.
During the summer league process, I was talking to my agents.
We were trying to get a lawyer to figure out,
and that's when NCAA was saying these rules,
and my agents and my lawyers thought we had a good shot.
Just the opportunity to do it again, to learn over.
For one, I didn't like the way that we lost last year.
That saddled me all summer.
But to be able to learn, come back,
be a better leader, a better player,
a better defender, a better athlete, a better student,
just everything to do it the right way and win even more,
I feel like it was a no-brainer for me.
I think sometimes we forget how good we have it in college
until we get out in the real world and the nature in which we're going
into the real world and seeing how competitive
that is and seeing how doing really well you
think in the real world doesn't translate
to a roster spot i think there's some things about
that that that bring uh an eye-opening maturity
that if i'm going to get to where i want to go
there's still some things i gotta i gotta
do and get better at and i think both those guys have
that which is great which is great
for us get another year what do you want to do with it
win a chip for sure definitely win
a national championship come with that energy i feel like
have the pieces to do it and show my improvements as well personally
so i feel like we can mix both
of those together it'll be super nice i went
to Wagner we only had like one side of crowds
hey bottom of the troop one side allen you have two baskets
with fans like that just
excite me the whole arena just it's just it's crazy
and then fans start barking and
that that that that's a dope moment right
there i can't wait for that moment again

