It means the world to me.

這對我來說意味著世界。

Honestly, I think the last memory I have the tournament with not having one last year was us losing in overtime to Tennessee to go to the sweet 16 that's been burned in my head since leaving that floor.

說實話，我覺得我對去年沒有的比賽最後的記憶是我們在加時賽輸給田納西州進入甜蜜16強，自從離開那個樓層後就一直烙在我的腦海裡。

So it's something that means the world to me.

所以這對我來說，是一件意義重大的事情。

I've worked extremely hard to try to, you know, push this team.

我非常努力地嘗試，你知道，推動這個團隊。

And we've all worked so hard to get back to this this moment.

而我們都這麼努力，就是為了回到這一刻。

Um, so we're very excited about our opportunity.

嗯，所以我們非常興奮 我們的機會。

Look, you're gonna be national Player of the Year, man.

你看，你會成為國家年度最佳球員的，夥計。

I I know that from one to another.

我我知道，從一個到另一個。

I'm gonna congratulate you early on that.

我要提前祝賀你。

Yes, I will project it.

是的，我會投射它。

I wanted to ask you about how you dealt with something throughout the year.

我想問問你這一年來是怎麼處理一些事情的。

You got your jersey retired, man.

你的球衣退役了，夥計。

Uh, you know, most times, players like I left college and then came back to get my jersey retired at Duke.

呃，你知道，大多數時候，像我這樣的球員離開了大學，然後回來在杜克大學讓我的球衣退役。

But years happened throughout your season.

但在你的季節裡發生了年。

Um, how was that experience?

嗯，那是怎樣的體驗？

Ultimately.

最終。

And how do you feel?

你感覺如何？

Like you guys are ready for the tournament right now.

就像你們現在準備好參加比賽一樣。

Well, first of all, thank you.

嗯，首先，謝謝你。

But second of all, you know, it was really It was surreal.

但其次，你知道，這真的是... ...它是超現實的。

Um, you know, I didn't expect it.

嗯，你知道，我沒有想到。

It was happened on senior Day, too.

這也是發生在高三節。

And I was already kind of an emotional mess on senior Day as well.

而我在聯考那天也已經算是情緒混亂了。

So, you know, just kind of all hit me at once, and and I've just been so thankful.

所以，你知道，只是那種所有打我一次， 我只是一直很感激。

Um, that coastal Catholic gave me an opportunity to come here to the University of Iowa.

嗯，那個沿海的天主教徒給了我一個機會，讓我來到這裡的愛荷華大學。

You know, there were a lot of coaches who didn't really see it in me.

你知道，有很多教練並沒有真正看到我的實力。

I didn't think I had the foot speed at the athleticism and be able to compete at this level.

我不認為自己的腳步速度在運動能力上，能夠在這個級別上競爭。

And he saw right through that and gave me a chance.

他看穿了這一點，給了我一個機會。

And, you know, I've just been really lucky and blessed to play with some of the guards that I played with because, you know, a big man is nothing without his guards.

而且，你知道，我真的很幸運，很有福氣和一些後衛一起打球，因為，你知道，一個大個子沒有後衛就什麼都不是。

I hear you, man.

我聽到了，夥計。

You guys in your region in the west, you're the two seed.

你們在西部的地區，你們是二號種子。

Gonzaga is one.

岡薩加是一個。

So you guys met earlier this year.

所以你們今年早些時候見過面。

Uh, I'm not putting the cart before the horse.

呃，我沒有本末倒置。

Obviously.

很明顯

You know, there's a lot of games in between those games.

你知道，在這些遊戲之間有很多遊戲。

But, you know, how do you guys look at your your region and how you guys preparing for Indianapolis?

但是，你知道，你們如何看待你們的地區，你們如何準備印第安納波利斯？

You know, I think the way we prepare is just so we're focused on grand.

你知道，我認為我們準備的方式只是讓我們專注於盛大。

Can we know they're a great team?

我們可以知道他們是一個偉大的團隊？

They won the whack regular season and postseason, which is very impressive.

他們贏得了捶打常規賽和季後賽，這是非常令人印象深刻的。

Um, you know, we know they're a dangerous team and you know it's happened before, so we're really locked into making sure that we take it one game at a time.

嗯，你知道，我們知道他們是一個危險的團隊，你知道它以前發生過，所以我們真的鎖定為確保我們把它在一個時間的比賽。

And especially as coach McCaffrey, who's coached as a 13 14 15 seed, he understands that mindset.

而尤其是作為13 14 15號種子的麥卡弗裡教練，他明白這種心態。

So we know that, you know, our main focus can be on who we're playing the Sweet 16 who were playing around the 32.

所以我們知道，你知道，我們的主要關注點可以放在我們要打甜蜜16強的人身上，他們在32強附近打球。

It's gotta be just on Grand Canyon right now, and that's what we're locked into.

它得是隻是在大峽谷現在， 這就是我們鎖定到。

The Big 10 has nine teams in the N.

大十區有9支球隊在N。

C.

C.

A.

A.

A tournament.

一場比賽。

How has that house playing in that conference prepared you guys for the next steps?

那次大會上的那場比賽，你們為下一步的比賽做了怎樣的準備？

You know, it's been awesome.

你知道嗎，它是真棒。

Truly as a competitor, you want to play against the best, so it's been a lot of fun, but you know, when you talk about how good the league is on both sides during the Big 10 tournament semifinals were once he versus the two seed.

真正作為一個競爭者，你想和最好的人打比賽，所以它一直很有趣，但你知道，當你談論聯盟有多好，在10大聯賽半決賽期間雙方都是曾經他對兩個種子。

So that's just the type of level of competition.

所以，這只是競爭水準的類型。

Um, you know, in in our league that's going to prepare us to play anybody else because we've seen it all.

嗯，你知道，在我們的聯賽中，這將使我們準備好打其他任何人，因為我們已經看到了這一切。

You got to take care of business, obviously, in the tournament.

很明顯，在比賽中，你得處理好事務。

But if you win a national championship, you've had a lot of accomplishments in your young career.

但如果你贏得了全國冠軍，你在年輕的職業生涯中已經取得了很多成就。

If you win that national title, where does that rank up with those accomplishments?

如果你獲得了那個全國冠軍，那與那些成績相比，又能排在哪裡呢？

That would be, you know, the best thing I've ever done in my life.

這將是，你知道，最好的事情 我曾經做過我的生活。

You know, that would be my favorite.

你知道，這將是我的最愛。

Um, you know, everything you can list about me.

嗯，你知道，你可以列出關於我的一切。

Um, you know, I'm always a guy who wants to win.

嗯，你知道，我總是一個人誰想要贏。

And, you know, obviously you know, I I didn't come back to school for the individual accomplishments.

而且，你知道，很明顯，你知道，我... ...我不是為了個人成就而回到學校的。

I came back to win as a team and the win in March, So I'm very excited about this opportunity to go out there with my brothers and win and win the championship.

我回來了，作為一個團隊，3月份的勝利，所以我非常興奮，有機會和我的兄弟們一起去贏得和贏得冠軍。

I gotta say guys and I've watched Luca play and I've thought this, but now that we see him up close and personal here in the interview.

我得說，夥計們，我看了盧卡的比賽，我一直在想這個問題，但現在我們看到他近距離和個人在這裡的採訪。

Look, have you ever heard anyone say to you?

你看，你有沒有聽別人對你說過？

You look like Wally Szczerbiak?

你看起來像Wally Szczerbiak?

Yes, I especially I think the first time really was.

是的，我特別我覺得第一次真的是。

You know, when I wasn't actually in the tournament myself from here, and I checked my phone after the game and it was like, People are comparing me to different people because of my eyebrows.

你知道嗎，當我還沒有真正從這裡參加比賽的時候，我在比賽結束後查看我的手機，它就像，人們因為我的眉毛而把我和不同的人進行比較。

And I don't want to say it.

我也不想說。

I didn't want to say while he's a friend of mine.

我不想說，而他是我的朋友。

So while while he was one of those people, there were a lot, you know, some people on Sesame Street, you know, it's a ton of people, so I don't know.

所以，雖然他是其中的一個人，有很多，你知道，有些人在芝麻街，你知道，這是一個噸的人，所以我不知道。

But with that, with that in mind, um, as well, he had himself a run all those years ago in the n C.

但是，考慮到這一點，嗯，也是，他自己多年前在n C的時候也有過一次跑動。

Double A tournament.

雙A賽事。

You're somebody the whole country already knows about.

你是一個全國人民都知道的人。

He was somebody that was, you know, became a national phenomenon.

他是一個人，你知道， 成為一個全國性的現象。

You already are.

你已經是了。

But your when your senior year, your eligibility is up.

但你的當你高三的時候，你的資格就到了。

A lot of players will say I'll worry about this when I get there, but I'm just curious because this is my first chance to talk to you.

很多玩家會說我到了那裡會擔心這個問題，但我只是好奇，因為這是我第一次和你說話的機會。

Do you pay attention at all to NBA mock drafts?

你完全不關注NBA模擬選秀嗎？

Do you pay attention to what they're saying about you and the NBA, someone that has dominated the college game the way you have and not really in a conversation as far as lottery pick or even in the first round?

你會注意他們對你和NBA的評價嗎，一個像你這樣在大學賽場上稱霸的人，就樂透區選秀甚至是首輪選秀而言，還真不在話下？

Is that stuff bother you?

那東西困擾你嗎？

Is that a bit of a chip on your shoulder at all?

你的肩膀上是不是有一點籌碼？

You know, honestly, you know, I've kind of been used to that my entire career.

你知道，說實話，你知道，我已經有點習慣了，我的整個職業生涯。

It's been the same way as I have moved on to every single level.

一直以來，我都是這樣，因為我已經進入了每一個層次。

Um, and it was the same thing going to college that people didn't really see me as a high measure.

嗯，上大學也是一樣，大家並沒有把我看成一個高大上的措施。

High measure got, um so, you know, it's really, um it's not new for me.

高措施得到了，嗯，所以，你知道， 這真的，嗯，這不是新的我。

I know that.

我知道這一點。

You know, once I get there, I feel like I'm hard enough worker that I'm gonna do whatever it takes to be able to get on the floor and produce.

你知道，一旦我到了那裡，我覺得我是足夠努力的工作，我會做任何事情，能夠在地板上和生產。

And, you know, I think that's gonna be valuable to some team down the road.

而且，你知道，我想這對以後的一些球隊會很有價值。

But for right now, my main focus is just on winning in college and and I think I'll figure the rest out later.

但現在，我的主要精力只是在大學裡贏得比賽，而且我想其他的事情以後再想辦法。

But no, that's something that you know.

但不，那是你知道的事情。

Obviously, it's gonna motivate me, but it's not something that's going to bother me or get in my head.

很明顯，它會激勵我，但它不是什麼東西，會打擾我或讓我的頭。

Look at Do you guys feel like you guys have a chip on your shoulder, that you're underrated?

看看你們是不是覺得你們的肩膀上有個籌碼，覺得自己被低估了？

That maybe, you know, people haven't kind of been sleeping on you guys as it relates to going into this tournament?

也許，你知道，人們並沒有睡過你們的覺，因為這與進入這場比賽有關？

I definitely think so.

我肯定是這麼認為的。

I think people, you know have counted us out at different points in the year.

我想人們，你知道在這一年的不同時間點，已經把我們算計了。

You know, obviously, we had a rough stretcher in the middle, Uh, when we lost one of our starting guards and and I think ever since then people have kind of been, God knows.

你知道，很明顯，我們有一個粗略的擔架 在中間，呃，當我們失去了我們的一個首發後衛，我認為 從那時起，人們已經種，上帝知道。

But towards the end of the season, you know, we were the number one defense in the Big 10, and that's what's been.

但到了賽季末，你知道，我們是10大聯盟的第一防守，這就是一直以來的情況。

You know, everybody's problem with us with us on the defensive end, and and that's what we improved to a very high level.

你知道，每個人的問題我們與我們在防守端，和，這就是我們提高到一個非常高的水準。

So we're excited to continue to go out there and and show how much we've improved on the defensive end and obviously continue display.

是以，我們很高興能夠繼續走出去，並展示我們在防守端有多大的進步，顯然繼續展示。

Why were you know, the best offense in the country, Luca.

為什麼你知道，全國最好的進攻，盧卡。

So my my junior year.

所以我的我的初三。

I laughed.

我笑了。

Well, actually, my sophomore year when we win the whole thing.

其實，我大二的時候，我們就贏了。

We met with Maryland four times, met with them two times in the regular season, then a C C championship, and then we met them in the Final Four.

我們與馬里蘭相遇了四次，在常規賽中與他們相遇了兩次，然後是一個丙級冠軍，然後我們在四強中與他們相遇。

If you were to meet Illinois again, how would this time be different?

如果讓你再去見伊利諾伊，這次會有什麼不同？

I'm just curious, because I know that has to be sitting.

我只是好奇，因為我知道那必須是坐著的。

And it has to be sitting in the back of your mind somewhere.

而它一定是坐在你腦海中的某個地方。

Yeah.

是啊。

I mean, you obviously don't like losing, especially when you lose to arrival.

我的意思是，你顯然不喜歡輸，尤其是當你輸給到達。

So it's something that is, you know, like I said, burned into all of our heads.

所以，這是什麼，你知道，就像我說的，烙在我們所有人的頭上。

So we know, you know, we we know what that team does and their credit to them.

所以，我們知道，你知道，我們我們知道那個團隊做什麼，他們的功勞。

They are a tremendous team and, you know, they add additions they had since last year helped them so much.

他們是一個巨大的團隊，你知道，他們從去年開始增加的人員對他們幫助很大。

You know, you talk about Andre Capello Curbelo that comes off the bench and other guys who are we've just helped them so much that they're really dynamic team and we know we know we have to do to beat them.

你知道，你談論安德烈-卡佩羅-庫貝羅，從板凳上走下來，其他的人是我們只是幫助他們這麼多，他們真的是充滿活力的團隊，我們知道我們知道我們必須做的事情來擊敗他們。

Um, and unfortunately, the two times we got this year, we weren't able to do that.

嗯，很不幸，今年的兩次，我們都沒能做到。

Um, and and and we're excited.

嗯，和和和我們很興奮。

You know, if we do match up again, we're hoping for that matchup.

你知道，如果我們真的再次相遇，我們希望能有這樣的對決。

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