Freshmen show off skills at debut for media

One common mantra all the freshmen spoke of was the importance of defense. Richardson realizes that to accomplish his goal of starting, he must focus on defense.

"I know Coach Weber loves a player who can play defense," Richardson said.

Paul had similar thoughts.

"Defense is the first thing we got to do when we get down here," Paul said. "If you don't get it done on defense, you're not going to play. It's definitely one of the things we work on the most."

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