 Hello, and welcome to the Gary Stewart show presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Roy, showing here with Stevenson Men's basketball head coach, Gary Stewart. And coach, you've played five games so far over the first couple weeks of season. Pretty strong start, four and one overall, just kind of take us through the first couple weeks and how you guys have played so far. Well, it's flown by. You know, we just got underway, it seems like a half hour ago, and all of a sudden we're five games in. But we've had some good outings. We've improved, I think, in certain areas, game by game. And I hope that trend continues. Yeah. Obviously the one game I was able to, you know, watch was the Elizabeth Town game season opener at home in a great crowd that day. 987 overtime victory. It looks like you're trying to play in a much faster tempo this year than you have in the past. Yeah, we are. And our personnel dictates that we've got some guys that can get out and transition. And it's aesthetically more pleasing to our fans. A little bit more nerve-wracking for the coach at times. But it's a fun style to play. And again, I think it fits our personnel. Yeah. Speaking of personnel, a couple of the newcomers that really kind of stepped up over the first few games. Dan's all right. Senior is averaging about 22, 23 points a game. And Jalen Johnson is going to be done, not just offensively, but also on the rebound and inside of things as well. And then guys like Kyle Wildridge come back. He's kind of, he struggled the first couple of games. He's kind of heated up. So just kind of talk about those guys and what they've meant so far. Well, all the new guys, Keith Moody and Marcus, are two guys that are starting lineup as well that are new to us. And they bring a different dimension to our team. Obviously, we wanted to be more up-tempo and we recruited guys that we felt like to get out and play in the open court. But they're adept at working in the half court as well. And so we love that versatility. All of them have the ability to step out on the perimeter and hurt you there. So it's really helped our spacing offensively. And then defensively, we can switch things. We can get through some lanes. So the combination of all of them have really elevated our program. Yeah. And I know one guy, another returner that really, especially now, Elizabeth down at the game, is Johnny Rose. He just seems to come in and give you guys a shot at energy at times. Yeah, Johnny's a hard guy to keep off of the floor. If you go back and do a statistical analysis of our play, Johnny is on the floor when we're playing our best. And he's a guy that's disruptive defensively, probably our most instinctive defender in terms of getting through lanes. And then he can get into the interior defense. He's a hard guard. Yeah. Yeah. So switching gears, even though it's kind of flown by, conference play starts tonight. So you start off, you travel up to Albright this evening. And then Saturday, you host Winder at home, 3 o'clock at Owensville Schimnasium. So you excited to see with conference play starting kind of where you stack up? Yeah, it always seems like it comes too early. You know, we were talking about the last week in November and having to play a meaningful contest in conference play. But it's like that for everybody. We know that we've got stiff competition every Wednesday and every Saturday in this league. And obviously that starts tonight at Albright, a place that has been tough to play at. And they're coming off of a season that saw them play in the conference championship last year. They've got a lot of returners. Well, coach, so we'll certainly have our hands full. All right. Well, coach, best of luck this week. We'll see you on Saturday right here against Winder. And, you know, like I said, just best of luck and safe travels. Thank you, Greg. All right. For Gary Stewart, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Gary Stewart show.