WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:07.480 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez Son Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:14.240 fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your Most Prized Possessions kat z 3 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:18.920 R two sad in iHeartRadio Station. Y. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome 4 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:22.239 to I on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, 5 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:25.920 He's Jay Gonzalaz. We will talk about who we have in the studio 6 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.280 with us a little bit. But how about them Wildcats? Wow, Steve, 7 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.560 I mean, how good are these guys that we keep saying that to 8 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.320 each other? How good are they? That's the whole thing. I think 9 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.640 that people are gonna overreact by that, although they have every reason to be 10 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:44.799 overreacted to it. But but I'm gonna sorry, I'm gonna sound a little. 11 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:47.759 They pay per due. We don't know what's gonna happen. It's on 12 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:51.840 the road pretty much on a neutral, semi neutral court. Then the next 13 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:56.079 few games, but everyone's gonna start. I saw today people are they gonna 14 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:00.640 go and defeated YadA YadA, okay, okay already and they get these high 15 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:07.200 hopes and then March comes. It's different. It is it's just different it 16 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:11.599 is. And and also remember in the in the Pac ten era, from 17 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:15.079 Pac ten to Pack twelve, nobody's ever gotten undefeated in conference play, no 18 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:19.480 matter how bad or good you've been, without question, nobody's ever gotten undefeated. 19 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.840 So yeah, on that guy, I knew that people are gonna start 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.680 saying, God, they seem could go and defeated. Right, Relax, 21 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.959 yeah, relax, enjoy it, Enjoy it because it's gonna be a fun, 22 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:36.439 very fun ride. Uh, there's a few holes, but there are 23 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:41.280 probably holes, and who knows what they are. And I turned to Shear 24 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:44.599 at some point it says, what are the couple of things? And I 25 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:47.560 said my piece and he got he knew exactly where I was gonna go, 26 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:49.599 right, And so there's a few things that I have. I have, 27 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.200 But what's not to like about this team? I mean, how good are 28 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.239 they? Even? And we just keep I know I just said a minute 29 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:00.159 ago, but we just keep repeating that. We look at these guys and 30 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:01.280 you know, it was a you know, they were it looked like they 31 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:05.200 were going to be in a dogfight all day. The game was twenty three 32 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.120 all and the next thing you know, they're up eighteen points, right, 33 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:13.360 right, No, and the coach guard, I think in his guard says 34 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.919 exactly what a couple of other people have said. They're deep, they're fast, 35 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:22.680 and they're deep well, and they're and they're tall, they're they're gonna 36 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:27.599 deep, they're and they're physical and now they're physically so what don't what do 37 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.000 they lack? And we won't know what happens? Yeah, right, and 38 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:34.080 we're not gonna find out until it shows itself. Right, it hasn't showed 39 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.919 itself right, Uh, my whole thing. And I didn't ask the question 40 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.680 because he already talked about it a couple of times. How good are they 41 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.680 when the guy that isn't as consistent as he probably should be? When Pele 42 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:51.400 has the game he acting right because he hadn't done that, right, he 43 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:53.159 hadn't done that, and so how good are they when he does that? 44 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.159 Well, that's how Bad's how good, that's how good they can be. 45 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.400 And that's how good they were on Saturday, right when you know, when 46 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.360 else we were making fun of him though, guy was six for six, 47 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.400 you know with the four three pointers and he was like four for nine from 48 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:09.479 the freezom right, like what are you doing? Right? It's like your 49 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:12.599 ballo to you. But he's pretty good for the breathing, like, oh, 50 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:15.240 you can't shoot him, Oh he should shoot the jumper from the gus 51 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:19.840 the jumper. But uh, you know, you know, I think a 52 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:22.520 lot of people looked at this game because, look, it's turned out Duke 53 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:24.280 maybe isn't as good as you know, people thought, you know, when 54 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.560 Arizona went in there beat him, same thing with same thing with Michigan State. 55 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:30.919 Maybe they're not you know, they're not so good. But everybody thought, 56 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:34.879 Okay, Wisconsin's really good. They're on winning streak. They beat Marquette, 57 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.919 they beat Michigan State on the road. Here they come, they're physical. 58 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:42.000 Everybody hates them because of what they did ten years ago here and Aarzonas 59 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.000 still handled them just the way they've handled everybody else. I mean, they 60 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:47.520 didn't look any different to me than they did than Duke did, than Michigan 61 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:52.000 State did, then Colgate did, and anybody else. They just they just 62 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:55.240 whooped up on him really bad. Yeah. Yeah, So so here we 63 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.639 are. Now we have another few days to wait for Purdue, and who 64 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.360 knows what gonna happen there, but I think there'll be another test obviously to 65 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.599 Bollow and to Creebus. Look, you make no bones about it. This 66 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:12.280 is not this is not a road game or a neutral court came for Purdue. 67 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.159 This is in Indianapolis, which is just you know, right around the 68 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:18.079 corner from where West Lafayette for Purdue is. You know, their their crowd 69 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:21.639 is going to be there. I don't know how many Arizona fans will travel 70 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:25.319 to that, but you know they're going to be outnumbered. But it's a 71 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:30.040 it's a great test. I was reading a uh. Uh, Tommy Lloyd 72 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:34.680 talked to Seth Davis and uh he had to call him the thing. Talked 73 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:39.480 to him yesterday because he had to call him this morning and talked about how 74 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:45.680 you know, Tommy took this game without knowing before he knew what his roster 75 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:47.680 was going to look like, for which can come when coming out the Purdue 76 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:50.920 game. You know, he took the Purdue game and he hadn't he hadn't 77 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:55.560 yet signed you know, really the three guys were making the huge difference. 78 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:59.720 He hadn't signed Keisha Johnson, he had signed Jade Bradley, and he hadn't 79 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.680 signed of Caleb Love and but he went ahead and took the game anyways, 80 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:05.720 just because he said we need to play these games from sure sure who we 81 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:09.879 are? Sure no? Which is great for him. And now he has 82 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:14.000 a pretty pretty good team, this team, this team, and not that 83 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:17.399 the national people don't fall in love with Arizona at some point. Now they're 84 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:20.800 going to be jumping on the scene and and you know, talking them up, 85 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:24.959 which they do all the time. They've been doing it for thirty years. 86 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.240 Well, sixty three of sixty four first place votes in the apple of 87 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.000 the day, I thought it was sixty two sixty three, but whatever it 88 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:34.560 was, but one one, one person voted for Houston. It had to 89 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:39.040 be somebody in Texas. No, it just came up. Tell me somebody 90 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:43.360 from Purdue. Somebody do they who's who got? Oh it's Houston got the 91 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.600 other one used to go the other vote? Oh really? But if somebody 92 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:47.959 who covers Purdue, that's funny, Yeah, very funny. That's very funny. 93 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:50.399 You think if you're voting, you know, you're like, okay, 94 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:56.120 is going to play them? You know, voters on the number what would 95 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.920 you do with just number one? Right? And and you know what, 96 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.160 why did you vote for him? Yeah? Don't it doesn't. It doesn't 97 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.560 matter, It doesn't matter. I'm sitting here. You know who that who 98 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:06.879 that is? You get you get to vote for whoever you want, because 99 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:10.800 I know most of those guys. Let's see, I just kind of said 100 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:12.560 a second ago, we were getting ready to go on. It was on 101 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:18.279 Twitter somebody place, somebody put it up on Twitter, and and it said 102 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:24.360 that that was that was the one. The one vote for for Houston came 103 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:28.000 from a reporter who covers for Dude. Yeah, no, that's fine. 104 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:30.959 I mean, come on, we all have our opinions and and pick who 105 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:31.720 we think is the best. Yeah. You know, I you know, 106 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.639 I voted for the Heisman Trophy and yeah I didn't. I didn't vote for 107 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:36.879 the winner. Yeah, we'll get to that. We'll get to that. 108 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.160 Yeah, but Arizona is what it is. It's not doesn't need all sixty 109 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:45.399 three votes obviously. Uh. But but they're good. I mean they're good. 110 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:49.680 Yeah. I'm gonna reserve judgment on how overall good they are because of 111 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:54.360 the four or five teams I've covered over the thirty some years i've covered. 112 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:58.480 They're the top four, the top five or six right now. Yeah, 113 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:02.240 but but you're not measured by going no, right, You're not measured by 114 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.240 going twenty you know, right, yeah, you're measured by you could go 115 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.680 thirty three, you know, and you won't be measured by thirty three. 116 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:14.120 And though do people at Kentucky three go ahead, do people at Kentucky talk 117 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.560 about that thirty team that went undefeated before the lots in Wisconsin? Exactly? 118 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:21.199 Think about it, Steve, To this day, we still think there's about 119 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:27.959 five or six Arizona teams on the court who could beat the national championship team. 120 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.319 Oh yeah, right, right. They weren't the best team. It 121 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:31.959 might not even be top ten. And now you don't even talk about ninety 122 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.519 eight, which was better than all of them. Right, they might not 123 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:36.879 it might not be one of the top one of Blue's top ten teams, 124 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.199 right, but they won the national team, right, and they're beloved. 125 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:46.720 Their people are wearing their uniforms again, step some people are still wearing the 126 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:48.839 still still wearing enough. So you know, we'll get to that point at 127 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:51.519 some point, you know when as we get closer, but it should be 128 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:55.560 another week. That first half on Saturday, it was fun. It was 129 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.519 loud. It was loud. Oh yeah, well, you and I were 130 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.680 texting or the group was texting. Then it had that feel again. Had 131 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:05.279 the field had the feeling into the students were there. It was to the 132 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.720 roof. It was fun. It was loud, people were early, you 133 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.040 know, people were walked into you know, I park park up by Gettings 134 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.959 Long up on the by the tennis. Okay, so how was it then 135 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:20.639 when you just get well, I couldn't park there, it was it was 136 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.160 full. So they said, I got. They sent me to the Makaleon. 137 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.000 Oh really nice because I was the last guy to parked there because I 138 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:30.759 DK got in there and then I could. I drove around and then I 139 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.600 finally found one up on the hill right there. It was one and so 140 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.279 you must have gone right I got there, must have been right after you. 141 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.039 Okay, I got. I ended up getting there about forty five minutes. 142 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.120 Okay, I got to get there an hour. Yeah, yeah, 143 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.840 yeah, after about forty five was packed. It was jammed. They went 144 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:46.519 and they said, you know, go to the makalon I went to park 145 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.039 so you got close park yeah right? So no, no, it was 146 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:54.240 packed. A lot of people, you know, walking in you could feel 147 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:56.320 it. There were just a lot of people you know, on the walkways 148 00:08:56.320 --> 00:09:01.000 headed towards towards the entrances and stuff, and then you know, you know 149 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:03.279 the way we come in, you go down the ramp and the court opens 150 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.759 up to you, and it just you felt it like like I was hoping 151 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:11.240 you you would feel it right the way you like to feel it on games 152 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:15.360 like that. Right, right, I was a little I wondered if it 153 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.720 was going to have that because it is Wisconsin. It's not Duke, it's 154 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:22.080 not North Carolina, it's not Michigan. But people were they were ready for 155 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:24.759 for Wisconsin, right, and then remember that they're not gonna be here for 156 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.639 a while because they go to Purdue. They go to Phoenix and then Vegas 157 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:33.080 and then then yeah for me a while. Yeah, but enjoy it, 158 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:39.360 man, enjoy it. It's funny because I watched I watch Who's the Coach? 159 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.200 Timmy comes out, you know, the dude, the dude you can 160 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.639 tell you's young, and he's having fun with it and he says, I'm 161 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:48.799 glad we're doing this. But you know, it comes out raised his hands. 162 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:52.120 They scream for him, YadA YadA, but he's he's eating this up 163 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.879 too, as you should. I mean, Sean kind of was a reluctant 164 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.919 guy who just kind of, you know, went about his business. He 165 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:01.879 walked on the court and it was like vision. He's looking around, he's 166 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.879 checking things out. He still comes by every game. It's a knuckle he 167 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.639 doesn't you know, he doesn't miss it. And you know, you can 168 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.080 tell there was a little extra bounce in his step. He came by just 169 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:15.200 a little faster than Yeah, yeah, yeah, I noticed that he was 170 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.279 coming. He hugged the other coach, and you can tell there's a lot 171 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:24.200 of respect for him after being It's like it would be like Ross becoming a 172 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:26.759 head coach. You're this long time guy, uh and you make Paige your 173 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:31.159 dues long overdue probably, and people like him because he's likable. And then 174 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:35.120 the game, I mean, and then he's not likable after the getaway because 175 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.960 he beats the crap. But but but the game, I mean, you 176 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.720 know, just what Arizona did you know? And again, you're looking for 177 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:45.919 holes, you're looking for something, and there hasn't been. There weren't any 178 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.320 there was nothing that walked away from that game Saturday and said, okay, 179 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:52.879 but they didn't do this, yeah yeah, yeah, no, right, 180 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.399 yeah, no, you'll guess what you'll you'll see it. Once they lose, 181 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.000 it'll happen. You'll see it, and it may happen this Saturday. 182 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.519 Purdue. Yeah, I love, I love his quotes with you. And 183 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:03.559 then you didn't have anything up. But it didn't matter how he talks about 184 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.360 just go kick their asses, you know, blah blah blah. You don't 185 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:11.320 hear that. You don't hear that. No, I'm glad you're hearing that 186 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:15.120 exactly. You know. It's funny too, because as when it's press conference 187 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.440 ended, you guys, you guys stayed there because yeah, well, as 188 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:22.480 I'm walking out, the Wisconsin coaches walking in and they stopped and they talked 189 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.600 to each other. Yeah, and then I just heard told me, well, 190 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:28.240 well, yeah, but we've got we've got Purdue, Alabama and FAU 191 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.399 coming up. Yeah. It's kind of like you tell the coaches. I'm 192 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:33.039 like, man, you guys are really damn good, and you kind of 193 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:35.559 said, yeah, but we got this is that He basically said, let's 194 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:39.600 see what that looks like. Sure, sure, but in order to be 195 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:43.000 the top team and to get all the boats, guess what you have to 196 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:46.759 do. You got to play those games. If you don't, I bet 197 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:50.519 that they do, because the Alabama game is going to be not a neutral 198 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.480 place, right, FA usually be a neutral place in Vegas. But I 199 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:56.240 don't know how good the FAU. Maybe they go on one of those final 200 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:00.399 four things. You know, I'm going to be interested to see how those 201 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:03.879 guys saying handle handle Zechy. I mean, he's so damn good. But 202 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:09.200 you know, maybe you know, Arizona's got a bunch of guys they can 203 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.919 do it. And I'm sure you think this too. Barbos played very well, 204 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.879 but Crevis looked you could see little straw, little steps, so baby 205 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.639 steps up improved it. He's just all that, all that experience, he's 206 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:24.720 getting this fantastic more physical, he's getting better, is getting getting his shot 207 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:31.279 inside. He's guarding really well. I mean, a couple of guys tried 208 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:33.840 to take some stuff inside, and it was like everybody wanted a piece of 209 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.159 something, right, And then that happened a whole bunch as well too. 210 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.840 I mean, you know, the Wisconsin leading score didn't you know, didn't 211 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.279 score very much because he you know, he kept trying to challenge those guys 212 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.679 inside, and there was always somebody in there, right, there's always a 213 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:50.840 rim protector in there. It's not like you're gonna you know, one of 214 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.279 those guys is out in the in the rim is wide open. It's not. 215 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:58.000 And that's it again, that's what Arizona has been doing. So it 216 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.320 was you know, it was a fun weekend to see. You know, 217 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.639 you see that game. You kind of at the end you just kind of 218 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.519 shook your head and said, damn. Yeah. Well yeah, you're damning 219 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.600 a good way. You're doing a good way. Okay, so cool. 220 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:13.960 So football is gonna be pretty quiet with that today because it's you know, 221 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:20.559 like it's still the ways away, but obviously everyone's you have breaking news. 222 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.240 Yeah, okay, so I won't talk about football for now. And the 223 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:28.399 Cowboys played ball yesterday. You know how it is, how it feels to 224 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:33.120 be Jake, It sucks. It sucks. Feel my pain, dude, 225 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.639 feel my pain. Said you know, when I posted the picks, I 226 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.200 said, it's either a bad thing for Steve or a good thing for me 227 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.039 that we had three of the same picks. Bad thing even pretty from the 228 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.679 jump. From the jump, all my teams were started losing right away. 229 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:50.000 Oh god, this is gonna be a bad that's my weekend every weekend. 230 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.200 But I I hit the Army game and I almost and you almost didn't. 231 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:56.240 Yeah, and then I hit it. I didn't hit another game time. 232 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.000 We hit the Cowboys last night, so that's my only game and then I 233 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:01.559 had one tonight with Miami and that's so many points. I don't know. 234 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:03.799 I just need another win. Yeah, No, Jacob, it's it sucks 235 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:07.840 being you. How do I know? Because I was you this weekend, 236 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:13.399 you yesterday only everything else. If your mama says she love you, check 237 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.320 it out. I don't have to check that out. My mom's dad. 238 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:20.080 But it's no. But I just my base. You say, I gotta 239 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:24.080 check it out. Hold of gaba. She loves me too. But uh 240 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.559 no, it it's it's it has been. It has been tough being me 241 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:31.480 picking games this uh this year, and it continues to be bad at it. 242 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:33.639 You got a feel part? All right, let's take a break. 243 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.000 We're gonna be back. Bruce Pascal from there, don't Daily Star is going 244 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:39.240 to join us. 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I was with the with you for 328 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:48.759 a number of those. Uh does this one feel different? Wow? You 329 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:52.079 know, I don't know, Steve. I mean, you're probably a better 330 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:59.799 authority on that than me, but I don't I think maybe a little bit 331 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:03.400 and sense that you didn't really expect them to get into this spot. I 332 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:07.559 thought it was possible based on the fact that that Tommy Lloyd's teams have come 333 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:11.640 out of the gate so strong the first two years, and now he had 334 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:15.279 some talent, but we all weren't sure how it was going to come together, 335 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:18.279 and obviously it has as good as anybody could have expected. So it's 336 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.880 a little bit a little bit surprising, I guess is the main thing, 337 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.519 and then maybe maybe somewhat and that they're so balance and diverse, but that 338 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:29.799 was also, as you know, you know, a key trade of a 339 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:33.519 lot of Ludelson's great teams too, So that isn't that And I think maybe 340 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:37.559 the only other thing that strikes me is it's still, you know, December 341 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:41.920 eleventh, and adversity hasn't hit this team yet, so you know, is 342 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.079 it going to be number one? Really? After that happens? And inevitably 343 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:48.200 every team runs into something at some point during the season. You know, 344 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:52.240 Bruce, Steve and I were talking that, you know, we a weakness 345 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:56.680 hasn't showed itself. We know there's something there somewhere, but so far, 346 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:00.559 yeah, in all a games, it's like there's nothing that you could pick 347 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.519 at that says that's you know, that's a team weakness. And again not 348 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.119 to say that they don't have one. They've got to have one somewhere because 349 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:11.799 everybody does. But it hasn't showed itself, and it will at some point 350 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:17.559 any thoughts, any guesses on what that might be. You know, it's 351 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.599 funny because I think I think Greg Guardy kind of hinted at it a little 352 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:23.720 bit when he said, you know, when Larson hits those threes, that 353 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:30.079 really changes what you can do defensively because and they're not. They're still I'm 354 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:33.680 looking here now, there's still a thirty nine point one percent three point shooting 355 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.119 relatively. I guess you could say that's a weakness, but like it's still 356 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:41.640 pretty darn't good. And but I think that that uh, you know, 357 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:45.519 a lot of that courses Kylin Boswell, but they're they're they're not they don't 358 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:52.079 rely on the three as much, and so it hasn't been that big of 359 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:55.240 an issue. But I think, you know, and they had some times 360 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.400 where maybe they haven't gotten that much support from the three point mine, but 361 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:00.240 obviously they've been okay because they can do and many other things. And I 362 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:04.440 think I think maybe that that little piece there or something, and you know, 363 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:10.880 maybe there's some other things, you know, maybe I mean, the 364 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.920 defense. It's really hard to point to any weakness there. But I mean, 365 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.200 you know, again, when they had something like they had the other 366 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:18.640 night or the other day when Marsion hits those three, then all of a 367 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:22.039 sudden, you know, they don't know what to do and they have to 368 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:26.359 have to go out on the perimeter more and that gets do more baller, 369 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:30.279 more space and creevous and even Keisha Johnson. I mean, it's just that, 370 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:33.240 Yeah, they're they're they're tough that way. So I don't know, 371 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:37.359 that's a great question, Jay. I think maybe something will develop we'll see 372 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:41.200 more of, but so far it's it's hard to point to really any one 373 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.920 thing. So listen to both of you. Let me tell you a scenario 374 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:52.039 in ninety seven ninety eight when they had Bybe Dickerson and jt uh and those 375 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:55.880 three guards in addition to just time am I and Miles. How can I 376 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.960 forget about Moscow? Yeah, so four guys and you're thinking, okay, 377 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:02.599 it's like a three card, right. If one guy does not on the 378 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.799 next goal, step up, if the next guy doesn't step up, the 379 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.359 next gu step up, it's hard to see all three or all four going 380 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:11.880 boom. Well, guess what happened in that one game with book right, 381 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:15.400 all right, And not to say that that could happen here, but like 382 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:19.880 to your point of the three pointers. The percentage is pretty good right now, 383 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:26.440 but it's not good with their main three point shooter, right that. 384 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:29.759 That's probably thing he's certainly individually you can say that. But yeah, you 385 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:33.920 know, you look at a guy like you know, like like Caleb Love, 386 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:37.400 and he's the guy you think, he's certainly the most prolific shooter, 387 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:40.920 and he's the only hit and run about thirty percent right now. That's not 388 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:44.440 good. But he's doing so many other things that nobody really expected. And 389 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:49.079 he's been pretty selfless and pretty pretty good assist guy and a and a really 390 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:53.240 good defender, and so overall, like you know, if you're Arizona, 391 00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:56.039 what you you know, you'd like to see him hit more. But he 392 00:24:56.079 --> 00:25:00.440 also seems like you know, and Johnson two both clutch kind of guys that 393 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:04.519 seem like they they like they lift those big moments. So you know, 394 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:10.200 maybe statistically they're they're better than they look statistically, I guess, is what 395 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:14.440 I'm saying. And you know, but there are some things like that. 396 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:18.559 I certainly did like to have a you know, a knockdown three point guy, 397 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.519 and you know, maybe they don't really have that. Bos Will certainly 398 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.319 been a very high percentage shooter, but he's careful of the ones he's taken. 399 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.680 Yeah, and that's he's got other things. Yeah, you still don't 400 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:32.240 see, you know, the saline Stodmyer kind of shooter. Not not not 401 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.480 that said, but you know what I'm saying, the guy who's he's a 402 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.640 three point shooter. You don't see that in any of those guys. They 403 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.440 all can and they make them, you know, at a good percentage, 404 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:45.559 but none of them is the guy. So that that that's probably because there's 405 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:51.079 some point you're gonna need somebody to make for you at a critical time, 406 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:53.200 and who do you go to? Uh, you know, and maybe that's 407 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:56.599 a good thing, and that nobody knows who to cover. I don't know, 408 00:25:56.640 --> 00:26:00.039 but so you know, yeah, no, I agree with you to 409 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.960 I mean, I think maybe that guy, you know, but Boswell, 410 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:07.880 he could be that guy with the ball of hands already. And then you 411 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.319 know, and then I think if Ariz, I mean, maybe you're hopeing 412 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:14.799 Love efficiency he proves a little bit there because he certainly has a mentality to 413 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:18.599 be that guy. There's a lot of discussions about how Caleb Love is really 414 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:22.960 and we talked about this some last week. Has really developed into you know, 415 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:26.519 more of an all around players. I didn't think anybody expected him to 416 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:29.880 be. When Tommy signed it, everybody thought, oh, guy, here 417 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:32.640 comes the guy who's gonna want the ball. We've been saying that all season. 418 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:37.119 Maybe he keeps doing all these things. A couple of key steals, 419 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:40.880 a couple of key passes, he fed Ballow on that dunk. I mean, 420 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:45.960 he's just done so much. And I don't know, I mean how 421 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:49.799 unexpected that was. Yeah, you know, I mean I think, you 422 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:55.400 know, it's funny because I remember talking to Chris georch is a respected basketball 423 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:57.119 writer in Tennessee who runs the Blue Ribbon year Book, and he was like 424 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:02.359 the man, you know, he just got He just was like he was 425 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:06.240 he just took the fall for like North Carolina having such a disappointing season, 426 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:10.160 and he was the top scorer, not an efficient top score and the team 427 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:14.240 totally underachieved. And so I think, you know this, people heaped on 428 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.960 him, and he came here, you know, needing a new reputation, 429 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:21.359 and you know, I think it's a combination. And maybe he wasn't you 430 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:23.440 know, maybe he was a better player than he showed. Because of that 431 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:27.279 that situation. But also he's definitely grown and I think, you know, 432 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:30.960 to what you said, Jay, he needs, you know, if he 433 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:33.960 wants to be in the NBA, and he's got the skills to be that, 434 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:37.880 you know, a big time prospect that way, but he needed to 435 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:41.920 round his out and get more efficient and round his game out. And that's 436 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.119 that's exactly what he's doing. So it shows kind of a maturity that he 437 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:48.519 knows I don't need just you know, I don't I don't need X amount 438 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:52.000 of points, but I can do this and this and this and and uh 439 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:56.079 and help myself that way. And you know, he's definitely he definitely is 440 00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:59.480 helping himself. So it's for Arizona. It's the perfect combination where a guy 441 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:03.160 is helping his own resume but also really helping the team. And and you 442 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:06.039 know, if you're Arizona, you just hope that continues because that that can 443 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:10.400 always be you know, that can always be a dice equation when guys are 444 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:12.279 trying to get to the pros and you know, how does that intersect with 445 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:15.759 what the team wants, et cetera. No question, I thought that this 446 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:18.240 weekend too when I was seeing the play. But I think that Tommy has 447 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:23.480 some some of that some of that reasoning too, because I think he's the 448 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:26.920 one that saying you got to go rebound, You've got to be the more 449 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:30.119 complete player. There's some assists, go after the rebounds and things like that. 450 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:33.240 Here's a silly question for you. So you've been covering this team a 451 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:37.480 long time obviously, Uh, this is probably you're covering the number one team, 452 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:41.880 a boring team in as much as this is not a shoan team, 453 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.240 like every week you wonder what the heck's going on here? It's pretty smooth. 454 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.920 Oh you mean yeah? You mean, just like as far as this 455 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:55.359 happening and then guys getting in trouble or whatever, no, no drama, 456 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:57.400 no drama. Yeah, I mean that that's the thing as a writer, 457 00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:00.839 like as a as a beat, Right, that's what I look at. 458 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:03.599 I mean, not what I look at, but like that's what I feel 459 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:07.720 like. Like this is the first season, I think since twenty fifteen that 460 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:11.519 it's literally been just about basketball for the most part. There's been a little 461 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:15.759 little tiny stuff here and there, things with rumors or whatever. But you 462 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:19.000 know, he had you know, Alonzo Trier and that whole deal. They 463 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:22.680 wouldn't say what he was doing, and you know, blah blah blah, 464 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.039 why was he sitting out? Nobody would say, Elliot Pitt's same deal, 465 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:30.160 you know, and then you have in the FBI thing and and all kinds 466 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:33.119 of avalanche after that, and you know how it is, you guys, 467 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:37.680 I mean, you'd have to go to the games early, like super early, 468 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:40.640 to see who was there and who was warming up in case anybody was 469 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:45.720 suspended or something happened. And this year it's been yeah, I mean ninety 470 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:49.400 eight percent of times, just pure basketball we're talking about, and so it's 471 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:52.680 it's different that way. I mean that that's kind of what more strikes me 472 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:56.359 than the fact that you know they're really good, because you know they're always 473 00:29:56.359 --> 00:30:00.839 they're always gonna be pretty good and just a really good and off the court, 474 00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:03.920 it seems like it's pretty smooth. Yeah, yeah, okay, so 475 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:07.559 what do you what do you think about? Now? You got Purdue coming 476 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.319 up? Zach Eedy. I mean, he's really damn good, but there's 477 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.759 one's got some guys to throw at him. That's gonna be the matchup that 478 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:18.640 everybody's gonna be talking about this week. Yeah, I mean absolutely, I 479 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:22.680 think it's gonna be just you know, and and also produce pretty veteran. 480 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.880 They've got a lot of a lot of guys who've been through it, a 481 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.359 lot of high profile games. I was a little surprised to see the way 482 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:33.559 they kind of broke down against Northwestern and threw the ball away frankly sometimes, 483 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:37.720 and they seem like they're not a team that usually does that kind of stuff. 484 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:41.079 So so it'll be, you know, it'd be interesting to see. 485 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:45.400 It is obviously gonna be a it's pretty much a home court environment for them, 486 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.039 you know, if they if they can produce and in Arizona's I mean, 487 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:52.200 obviously this is the biggest test as they could ask for. And you 488 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.759 know, but either way, it's gonna be it's gonna be good for him 489 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:57.640 to to learn from from what they can do, no question about that. 490 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:00.599 And and uh, you know, for Ballow, it's a chance to you 491 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:04.400 know, if Ballo wants to be if you're talking about individual Zumarbala, if 492 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:07.640 you will you know, if he you know, there's been some kind of 493 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:11.559 concerns. I sense that he hasn't been the player he was early last year 494 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.359 or a lot of last year, and certainly this is his chance to really 495 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:19.000 really put him stilf on the stage and show that he's a guy as well. 496 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:23.079 And if he's not, Crevous has done fairly well, showed himself pretty 497 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:27.200 well so far, So we'll see what happens with that. Yeah, you 498 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:30.119 know, and in Crevious, this is a little known saying that he actually 499 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:33.440 played against me. He was a young guy in that Lithuania New nineteen team, 500 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:38.200 but he actually played against Zach Edie in Canada in twenty twenty one. 501 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:42.759 And there's a picture in the Feeble website where Crevious is actually I don't know 502 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.000 if he blocked it. It wasn't clear, but he had his hand up 503 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:48.599 on the shot as he was about five feet from the basket and it was 504 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:53.880 just pretty cool to see that. And so he's I'm sure he's looking forward 505 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:57.279 to that matchup as well, so he games into It's not a big litmus 506 00:31:57.319 --> 00:32:00.319 test. But we had a little poll over we talked about it on the 507 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:04.640 Area or less Bright I think it was, and then Javier put a little 508 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:08.359 poll after hearing us talk about it about m vps to this point and not 509 00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:12.599 a big deal, just kind of curiosity. Uh, he used three people, 510 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:15.960 we use three people is it going to be Caleb Love, is it? 511 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:22.440 Uh? Uh? Of Johnson or Boswell? In other words, who's 512 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:25.640 been their best players so far? Yeah? Boy, I mean you can 513 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:30.759 slip a coin there. I mean, you know the first couple. I 514 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:37.200 mean, I probably would say Johnson just because he's come through those two, 515 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:39.640 those two big games, those two clutch games, Michigan State and Duke. 516 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:44.759 He really came through and just and in a lot of intangible ways. And 517 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:47.440 but Love too, you got to give him credit. He also came through 518 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:50.799 in the clutch in both of those games as well. You e didn't even 519 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:52.640 have a good game at Duke, and he's still when when they needed stuff 520 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:57.000 to get done, he got it done. And then Boswell has just been, 521 00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.799 uh, you know, he's been just like super fishing the game and 522 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:05.440 his growth has been, you know, predictably astronomical. You know that he's 523 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.240 he's you know, he was projected to be that kind of guy. But 524 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.160 man, if you had to pick one, you know, it's a toss 525 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:13.519 up. I mean, maybe I'd give it to Johnson a little bit of 526 00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.039 edge, but it could be any one of those three guys and the season 527 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:19.359 goes on or others. I mean, you know, we talked about Larson 528 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.519 the way he broke out. I mean, he does a lot of stuff 529 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:24.720 that doesn't even go on the box score, and you know, and then 530 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:29.880 Ballow if he becomes the player that he has shown at times, and he 531 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:32.039 did the other day he had another good game. I mean, you know 532 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:37.039 any one of those five guys really, yeah, no question, Okay, 533 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:40.920 I can remember. We know you're busy. Thanks so much for joining us. 534 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:46.960 Yeah, thanks for having traveling. Thanks Bruce Pascal from The Daily Star. 535 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:54.279 Thanks cool cool. I'm trying to find that post. So much stuff 536 00:33:55.359 --> 00:34:01.119 I'm scrolling down. I had pizza yesterday. These Twotler people. I hate 537 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:06.559 these two people. I drove across the street. Okay, I just got 538 00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:08.559 to your picture of the of this at the start of the game, so 539 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:13.760 they're gaining on it. There it is final results. How many votes? 540 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:17.239 One hundred and fifteen votes, okay, t Shad Johnson forty one point seven 541 00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:21.880 percent. So yeah, Kylin Bobs about thirty two point two on Caleb Love 542 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:24.239 twenty three. Wow, because it was it was thirty. It was thirty 543 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:27.800 three. It was very even, very evil the last we checked. But 544 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:30.800 I don't have any problem with that. I don't have any problem with that. 545 00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:34.840 And again any one of those three. Yeah, fine, but and 546 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:38.639 Keishot Really when you think about the overall impact, the more physical play, 547 00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:44.320 and that's an attitude you're a you attribute that to Johnson. Yeah, that's 548 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:46.320 why I think people are saying that he's sure. He's been so good. 549 00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:50.719 All right, Thank you, Bruce, appreciate appreciate you. Coming on, 550 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:53.559 take take this break, well, take your calls. 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It's Tucson's own 599 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:29.559 end of beer party that doesn't stop until the Taco touchdown at the Taco Belt 600 00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:35.039 New Year's Eve Downtown Bowl Bash featuring fireworks presented by O'Reilly Chevrolet. Start your 601 00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:40.440 Putshanga journey and get your tickets today at the Arizona Bowl dot com. This 602 00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:45.400 is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez. Sound Fox Sports 603 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:51.840 fourteen to fifteen. Subscribe now to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app just Surgeon 604 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:54.679 I on the Ball. Hey, welcome back to I on the Ball. 605 00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:58.559 You know, Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, you're jingos Aus. 606 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:01.519 We have a potent we intern here with us today. Yeah, he 607 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:10.719 Leon Eleon. Let's your last name again? Yes, okay, we'll just 608 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:15.280 call you, and we might even just call you. Some of my friends 609 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:22.639 call me Ian or Eli uh in whatever roles, or my grandparents actually call 610 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:28.039 me by my middle name, which is well Steve and I we forget thinks, 611 00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:34.199 so we might even call you Jeff. We had a Delina we just 612 00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:38.159 called D. Yeah, D, so you might be E. Yeah. 613 00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:42.159 We'll get to the about the alphabet at some point throughout this whole thing. 614 00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:45.760 Yeah. Yeah, we haven't had an E before, so my work. 615 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:50.760 Welcome. I hope you're enjoying watching how this thing works. Yeah, yeah, 616 00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:52.559 do you have so many tears? I EN's out of Pueblo High School 617 00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:57.159 right now, Yes, the journalist apartment. Yes. I graduated Pueblo from 618 00:39:57.400 --> 00:40:01.039 the class of twenty twenty and then I graduated Pima in twenty twenty two and 619 00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:06.119 right now. I'm hoping to graduate the Yomi in twenty twenty four. You 620 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:12.079 have an interest in radio, interest in radio and in general everything that's journalism, 621 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:15.159 but mostly mostly radio. Maybe far in love with it? All right? 622 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:19.960 Man? Cool, Well don't don't. We hope you don't fall out 623 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:24.559 of love. We'll try not to ruin that for it. All right, 624 00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:29.800 we have a collar. Hi. You're in the air and I on the 625 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:32.960 ball. Hey you guys, Hey, gab Gabriel. How are you guys 626 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:36.559 doing? We're good? How are you? You must be doing good? 627 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:40.199 Right yeah, yeah, yeah, so far, so good. Just taking 628 00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:46.119 names and kicking asss so personal, So Gabe going good? So Gabriel quick. 629 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:52.159 So I'm out with some people on yesterday or Saturdays. This Gabriel kid, 630 00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:53.960 how old are you? Because they love you as a caller. Don't 631 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:57.639 get your head, you know, to twisted, but they love you. 632 00:40:57.800 --> 00:41:02.400 They love music. That game kid who said that one of my buddies because 633 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:06.599 they listened to the show and they said, get Gabriel. It's pretty cool. 634 00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:12.480 How old are you? I'm about twenty eight years old, and I 635 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:19.280 am in my career wise, I am trying to pursue a career in a 636 00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:22.000 reptile conservation. Well, okay, I thought you were like twenty two twenty 637 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:24.519 three because he said you saunded older and I said, no, I think 638 00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:30.000 you're a student at UVA. Uh yeah, yeah. Well, so next 639 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:36.000 year I'm going to go to u of A. I'm just finishing finishing my 640 00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:42.480 general education at Feesle City College and I'm just getting everything in line for me 641 00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:47.119 to transfer. So okay, So by I've been to Tuson this year for 642 00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:54.800 two of the Arizona's football games Oregon Oregon State and UCLA, and I really 643 00:41:54.840 --> 00:42:00.559 want to go to one of the men's basketball games at McHale, so that's 644 00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:06.599 on my bucket list. So anyway, obviously I watched the game on Saturday 645 00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:14.280 and Arizona basically kicked the crap out with Scanton. And let me ask you 646 00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:16.960 this question. In the past twelve, I mean, in the last year 647 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:25.360 of the past twelve, which teams scare you? None so far? Yeah, 648 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:34.679 yeah, exactly exactly. USC is just basically trash. The son of 649 00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:42.480 Lebron James is basically overrated. U c l A is straight up pathetic in 650 00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:47.639 regards to the team North Bobby Curley always drinks, always drinks a cups of 651 00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:58.760 coffee and acting like a de arranged lunatic arguing is if so, So they're 652 00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:04.719 inconsistent to be honest with you. And no, no, no teams in 653 00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:08.599 the patch twelve. Once Arizona plays in the Raguar Conference, none of them 654 00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:14.719 scare me. But the important thing is they need to dominate in conference and 655 00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:21.519 they should not take any team lightly. They need to just basically kick their 656 00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:28.320 crab out everyone and win this conference because it's the last year of this pathetic 657 00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:36.079 conference for Tramford. Wow, Gay, that's a little bit of a rant. 658 00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:37.719 So that was good though, But no, you know, I mean 659 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:40.320 the pack Paul is shaping up to just not be very good, right, 660 00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:44.760 you know u LA and USC. He both got beat by what you would 661 00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:47.800 think are lesser teams over the weekend, and even though USC had a Brownie 662 00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:52.000 James, So I don't know, you know, it's kind of like Arizona 663 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.000 and then everybody else is like way down the street right now. But we'll 664 00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:59.599 see, we'll see how it developed over the course of the season. Tells 665 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:05.159 the Fish and uh Arizona doing, I mean, before they played Oklahoma Health 666 00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:09.039 just in general house, how's everything going? Well, they were recruiting all 667 00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:14.400 week right, Steve, Right, and you know about the kid who's transferring, 668 00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:19.039 he's not gonna he's not gonna see you to sit out Morgan, Jordan 669 00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:22.239 Morgan. So they lost something there, but I like their chances. The 670 00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:25.519 line's gone from one and a half to three I think now right its three 671 00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:30.360 and a half of I think, so yeah, and uh and Dylan Gabriel 672 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:34.679 actually signed with Oregon, so I'm guessing he's not playing, so yeah, 673 00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:37.480 yeah, well yeah, why would Dylan Gabriel play for Oklahoma? Why would 674 00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:43.119 they let him if it's gonna be a cracker right right, So anyway, 675 00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.079 so you know, look, I think they really I think they start practicing, 676 00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:50.400 maybe even today, to start getting ready today or tomorrow because they were 677 00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:53.440 doing some recruiting over the weekend. And so we'll see, okay, all 678 00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:58.039 right, anyways, thank you for answering my questions. You guys are take 679 00:44:58.119 --> 00:45:00.199 it easy and be safe, all right. Thank you Gabriel, thanks for 680 00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:06.440 calling. Thank you. It's fun. He cracks me up, man, 681 00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:09.480 he cracks me up. He's always always got you know. He's certainly a 682 00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:14.719 fan, that's for sure, for sure. But now there's there were you 683 00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:15.559 know, there was, but there was a bunch of a bunch of movement. 684 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:20.800 We saw that Dylan Gabriel did did announces he's going to Oregon, so 685 00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:23.440 the Oregon will have another you know, step in guy to step in and 686 00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:29.480 be quarterback. I was listening to a conversation about how all that's really affecting 687 00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:35.280 recruiting, that how it's becomes you know where you know, the pot of 688 00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:38.920 gold, you know, for for high school, for recruiters, at college 689 00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:44.320 recruiters recruiting high school was to get that five star quarterback. Yeah, that's 690 00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:49.880 become so devalue with all these quarterbacks moving around. Very true, because you 691 00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:52.400 can even get a great quarterback, very true. Sure, sure, and 692 00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:58.159 then the five star quarterback that old say assume Oregon or or or USC had 693 00:45:58.320 --> 00:46:01.519 that was sitting in the wings. Now transfers go somewhere else. Right, 694 00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:07.159 So it's a big domino effect because you already wont an established quarterback. Right, 695 00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:10.280 So Oklahoma's movie too there. I mean, the three quarterbacks for Heisman 696 00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:16.360 finalists over the weekend, we're all transfers transfer right Dayden Daniels from ASU, 697 00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:22.000 Panics from from Indiana, and Bonnicks from Auburn. They all transferred from somewhere 698 00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:24.000 else. Now, they all played a couple of years, so they didn't 699 00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:28.159 come in for just that one year like some of these guys are doing. 700 00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:37.199 But even go back Kyler Murray was a transfer. What's the name Baker Mayfield 701 00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:40.039 was a transfer? Yeah, yeah, you know all those guys, you 702 00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:44.760 know, Jalen Hurts was a trans All those guys are transferring, and and 703 00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:47.920 that's where that's where you know coaches are going to get their quarterbacks. Of 704 00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:51.800 course they're paying them big price for them. Who was it? It was 705 00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:57.039 a Matt Rule at Nebraska said a really good quarterback in the transfer portals a 706 00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:59.480 million and a half to two million. He said that. He said that. 707 00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:02.960 I didn't see that. He said it. He said, a good 708 00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:07.719 quarterback, a top line quarterback coming out of the transfer portal is a million 709 00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:09.360 and a half to do. I'm sure that the n C double a and 710 00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:15.920 there and they're thinking, didn't think about that. And if it's not paid 711 00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:19.360 for play, I don't know what is. Of course, it's paid for 712 00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:22.119 play. Exactly what it is. You can call it what you want to 713 00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:25.360 call it, but that's why it's called which which which you know makes you 714 00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:30.159 as an Arizona fan, you go, you just hope the NORF of FDA 715 00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:32.079 is the exception to the rule, right, I mean, yes, he's 716 00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:36.559 gonna have to get his his n I L you know, to scare. 717 00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:39.280 But you know, here's a freshman. You know that they hope to be 718 00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:43.599 able to develop and that they hope he able to keep for the duration or 719 00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:47.800 at least until he becomes an NFL draft prospect, which is that two years? 720 00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:51.960 Is it three more years? Is it one more year? You know, 721 00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:55.360 who knows what it's going to be if at all considering his size, 722 00:47:55.760 --> 00:48:00.039 But but I know that it was. It was really interesting discussion just about 723 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:04.280 the fact that you know, you don't have to you know, which means 724 00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:07.719 that if you're gonna go in high school players, you can go get alignment, 725 00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:10.440 sure, or a linebacker, or you can focus on other positions and 726 00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:15.159 you can go get your quarterback from the portal. Because there's been some really 727 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:17.559 successful teams sure with quarterbacks have come out of the portal. Well, sure, 728 00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:22.119 look at look at the quarterback to Washington State, right, he shows 729 00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:24.679 up, he's a senior. Well, so Jayden left the grant. So 730 00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:28.880 Jayden left because of him right now, the guy's gone. Now the guy's 731 00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:32.599 gone, and Jayden's probably about to lead because well his situation and now someone's 732 00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:36.679 gonna move into there, and he's going somewhere else. I mean, it's 733 00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:39.039 just some musical chairs of quarterbacks. Well you know U C l A, 734 00:48:39.199 --> 00:48:43.639 you know d Day Moore, Dodaymore. He's going, He's going somewhere else. 735 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:50.159 So and even Washington's backup, Michael Pennix is leaving, and Washington's current 736 00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:53.760 backup is also leaving. Yeah, because he must know they've got somebody that 737 00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:57.360 they're about ready to bring in that he's not gonna be able to play it. 738 00:48:57.480 --> 00:49:00.079 Right, that's what these guys are looking for, paying right, you 739 00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:01.840 know, quarterback, you gotta you gotta get on the field. Sure, 740 00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:06.440 sure, No, it's just the way it is. It's it's unbelievable, 741 00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:08.719 right, And why did Jade Delora leave Washington State because they had a new 742 00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:15.039 offensive coordinator who is coming with a quarterback camp Ward, Washington State isn't everybody 743 00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:20.519 happy anymore? What's happy anymore? It's kind of like you know, you 744 00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:22.599 got a nice car, but there's always a nice one on the street. 745 00:49:22.679 --> 00:49:27.400 I use that in an analogy, you're going to say something from something I 746 00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:29.440 know, I know where you're. I didn't want to. I didn't want 747 00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:31.199 to do that. I didn't want to do that. I know where you're 748 00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:36.599 That's what I won't say here. Okay, my mom likes my analogy, 749 00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:43.719 like Steve. It's just it's just it's just making for for some really interesting 750 00:49:43.760 --> 00:49:46.519 stuff. I mean, like Arizona's got you know, another quarterback after you 751 00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:49.960 know, if of sure a top of the line quarterback, the kid from 752 00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:52.679 Colorado, you know, are they getting another one for you know, in 753 00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:57.559 this class and you need back You need backups, backups, right, look 754 00:49:57.559 --> 00:50:00.840 at there was one who needed a backup this year? Yep. I mean 755 00:50:00.199 --> 00:50:07.679 what would it season have been if for three games your quarterback wasn't that ankle 756 00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:12.199 healed faster? Right? And then if Jaden's the quarterback rest of the game. 757 00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:14.559 You know, are you talking five and seven? Are you talking six 758 00:50:14.599 --> 00:50:19.559 and six? Or you're still talking nine? Sure? Sure, Destiny, 759 00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:23.599 baby, Destiny, it all figures out, It all comes up anyways. 760 00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:27.639 How big of a how big of a I saw today? I don't know 761 00:50:27.639 --> 00:50:30.119 who said it? A big prestigious bowl. I can't remember the word. 762 00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:37.039 How big is the bowl game in relative terms, it's it's a it's the 763 00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:43.039 middle of the Road bowl. Okay, well I heard prestigious that it's the 764 00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:45.440 middle of the Road Bowl. So that's why that. The New York six 765 00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:49.440 Balls are the other prestigious. Those are ones you get into. Those are 766 00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:52.119 the blue bloods. Right now, you're somebody right Arizona playing in both of 767 00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:55.199 years ago, more than a few years ago. But you get into those 768 00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:59.719 at night. You know, your your promode on, you know, every 769 00:50:59.800 --> 00:51:04.760 day on ESPN or sure whatever network is covering your game. But you know, 770 00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:07.960 the Alimble Bowl, it's a good bowl. It's the best of the 771 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:12.320 next bowls after the New Year's six bowls. Okay, yeah, for the 772 00:51:12.360 --> 00:51:16.320 Pac twelve, it's the top non New year six Pack twelve bowl. But 773 00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:20.639 as a bowl game, you go, oh wow, we're in the alim 774 00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:24.079 This is like you know, man, No, you know, part of 775 00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:27.559 it depends on who you're playing. It's a great bowl because they're playing on 776 00:51:28.639 --> 00:51:30.679 right so it will get a lot of attention. You know, Tommy and 777 00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:35.480 Tommy Jed Fish and his boys, we'll get a lot of attention because they're 778 00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:37.440 playing Oklahoma. Sure, they're on a roll. You know Ifafita has gotten 779 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:40.880 a lot of national attention as well, mention team are in a minute. 780 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:45.599 Sure he's getting some attention. So yeah, and then we continue, Are 781 00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:51.239 you gonna have some transfer issues on your transfer? You're bricking news yet because 782 00:51:51.360 --> 00:51:55.360 they continue to be people decommitting or yea or leaving. Yeah, and that's 783 00:51:55.480 --> 00:51:59.880 not exclusive to Arizona. No, it's everywhere. It's everywhere. It's all 784 00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:01.679 to the place. There will be some stuff I've been gathering, but there's 785 00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:05.559 a lot of other stuff going on. Okay, okay, cool, I 786 00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:07.280 guess I should turn on the volume. There we go with the first hour. 787 00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:12.920 All right, that's our first hour. Eleon is here hanging with us, 788 00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:15.480 so we'll see. Uh we have a little more chat with him a 789 00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:17.360 little later, but we'll be back breaking news coming up top of the hour. 790 00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:22.800 Stick around better, chick around. H