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Podcast: NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS NETWORK
Episode: COURTVISION: The ACC Tournament: From the Player's Perspective
Description: Host Mike Waddell talks with Ven-Allen Lubin about handling the heightened pressure of March tournament “win-or-go-home" basketball as NC State heads to Charlotte for the ACC Tournament. Lubin says managing pressure starts with the mind through faith, prayer, meditation, and rest, paired with emotional and physical preparation, recovery, nutrition, and supplements. Ven-Allen describes using team resources such as hot/cold tubs, Normatec boots, massages, and vitamins to stay healthy during the late-winter illness season, and shares his pregame routine of Christian rap or gospel music and reading a courtside devotion. Lubin reflects on missing the NCAA Tournament at Notre Da...