Emanuel Dildy

We, we've seen the highlights.

And then coach, uh, Dildy, who was on, who was commentating this game, which I thought was a cool wrinkle, I don't remember if they did that last year, he said he was a little bit banged up in practice and so he wasn't, like, at 100%.

So what does he look like at 100%? Because he still [laughs] looked pretty explosive out there.

And with- With Rippy, and we're gonna get into this, there's a lot more to his game than just dunking.

Later on in the, the scrimmage, he did have a couple of turnovers.

The, the dunk that Wilkins had was, uh, off of a Dame Sarr, you know, turnover, so that's the thing.

Uh, Coach Dildy alluded to this, like there's things you're gonna be happy with, and then, uh, it's, because you're playing against your same team, those same things you're gonna be unhappy with.

It's just a matter of how you wanna slice up your perspective on this one.

But yeah, great pickup.

Yeah, for me, I mean, just shout out, I think it's Coach Dildy that's been the international scout there.

So, you know, this is our third Aussie, you know, Jack White, Tyrese, now this kid.

I love talking to these guys just because the accent just cracks me up.

I think one of them he scored over might have been Cam that he wanted a foul for it.

So, yeah, I mean, I think Blackwell's going to continue to do what he did at Wisconsin.

And I haven't checked, but I know Dildy was saying that he thought Blackwell would have been Wisconsin's all-time leading scorer had he stayed at Wisconsin.

So, yeah, the kid can put up numbers.

He does not have that, that championship just yet.

You have Dildy, um, who came over in, I think it was his first year, and then sh- and then Mike Strage, who's like the special assistant.

And those guys give Scheyer the experience because he keeps filling in the new guys with younger coaches.

And so I like the balance that he's been able to build and, and do it in his own way, right? Because, uh, Dildy, Conklin, Bradds, Lucas, they were not Duke guys.

And I think to your point earlier about Coach K saying he wants these guys to build things in their own voice and not imitate him, Scheyer's been able to do a really good job of that and, and build it in his own way, while taking pieces, uh, from Coach K and other Duke players and coaches in the past.

So this is Scheyer's fifth season?