WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:07.799 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez Sound Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:14.519 fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your Most Prized Possessions, KATZ 3 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:27.719 Our two SAG and iHeartRadio Station. Here we're on. Welcome everybody, What 4 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:33.799 did this happened? A couple of seconds ago? Welcome to You're only a 5 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:39.280 couple of seconds late. We're on, Henry, Henry, you're fired. 6 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:44.000 Oh you're looking at the No, no, no, it's waiting for you 7 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.960 to give me the cube. I guess Hey, everybody, good afternoon. 8 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:51.960 I'm Steve. I screwed up? Does Jay he can screw up? Henry? 9 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.960 You and I are gone from today show. Hey, you know what 10 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.880 I'm so, I'm just so excited. What a great show we have played 11 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:00.960 today. We kind of got lucky with all our gifts. Actually, Cell 12 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:06.760 Point right, Olympics, right, n B A, n BA got everything 13 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:10.480 coming. Yeah, you know, well, we'll get we'll get to the 14 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:14.439 we'll get we'll get to them all. But Tri Tricia tan who's the head 15 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:18.799 softball coach at South Point, Yeah, another state championship. They beat cd 16 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.359 O for the state championship this year. So she'll be joining US as we 17 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.280 always try to get state champs on our on our first, second or third 18 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:29.560 year. I think it's her third year in three in three her third year's 19 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.519 coach in third state champions Yeah, so our second time with her. Yeah, 20 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:34.959 yeah, we had her last year. And then uh Roman Bravo Young 21 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:41.200 one of Tucson's favorite sons. Uh an all time great high school wrestler here 22 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.879 in Arizona, not just in too, somebody in Arizona went to Penn State, 23 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:48.519 won a couple of n cua A championships there, and now he'll be 24 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:53.719 wrestling for representing Mexico in the Olympics. Uh, there's a story behind that. 25 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.560 People keeping well, why isn't he wrestling for the US. Well, 26 00:01:56.719 --> 00:02:01.040 because the Olympics changed their weight breakdowns and he didn't fit in a wait that 27 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:07.799 he thought he could he could compete for the US. So he's going to 28 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.560 be representing Mexico. But he'll be in the Olympics, which is very cool. 29 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:14.599 And then here at the last minute, we've been trying to get this 30 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.280 guy for a while. As you might imagine, he's a busy dude. 31 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.919 But we're gonna have Steve Kerr. He's gonna join us at four forty, 32 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.000 so he'll be in the last segment of the day. We want to again 33 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.039 in continuing to kind of go down memory lane about the PAC twelve also talked 34 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:30.919 to him about, you know, what he thinks of the Cats and where 35 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:34.680 they are now and what's going on with his warriors. So we're gonna try 36 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:37.960 and pack a whole bunch into about fifteen minutes with Steve Kerr. If you're 37 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:42.599 talking about Tucson's favorite son, he's probably up there. Yeah, well I 38 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:45.960 called him on social media. Everybody's favorite Wildcat for sure, right, I 39 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:50.400 mean, you know Mount Rushmore of Arizona Wildcats. Yeah, right. In 40 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.599 fact, we've gone through this before when everybody was kind of relevant. Who 41 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:59.439 would be on that Mountain Rushmore in terms of relevancy, Bob Baffort a few 42 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:02.319 years ago, the trouble cr Jenny Finch, Right, things going, Steve 43 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:06.159 Kirk because he's won so many titles and he's still in the still in the 44 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:12.120 right. And then uh, Sean Elliott, maybe you have like Mike Andre 45 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.960 Well a bunch of guys. Yeah, it varies time. Yeah, sometimes 46 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.599 it depends on what season you're in. But I think throughout you know, 47 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.080 I think you put Steve Kerr up there, you know, without questions, 48 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:29.599 always in any scenario. So Steve will be joining us, and uh again, 49 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:30.560 uh, you know, it was kind of a last minute. We've 50 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:34.360 been trying to get him and he's busy, and he finally got back to 51 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.400 us. It is today work and we said it absolutely works. If it 52 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:43.560 didn't work, we'd fix exactly. Yeah, so that'll be. And he's 53 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.199 always fun, he's always created. We talk some NBA playoffs with him. 54 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.479 We can play around with him as much as we can. One of the 55 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:53.120 smartest guys I've ever met. Yeah, for sure, always on the show. 56 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:57.599 You know, sometimes if you get a little too smart, it can 57 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.400 be you know, so we kind of bring him down just a little bit 58 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:01.560 to our level. You know. Well, I think it takes a hofford 59 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.520 to wear off to those players who did that. Yeah, he said the 60 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:10.599 coach. So we'll get to all that. There's a lot of stuff going 61 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.240 on otherwise, right, Uh, little bits of news right right, right 62 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.800 right. Baseball Baseball goes tonight, right. I got Washington tonight at no. 63 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.279 I think that seventh seven seven, yeah, seven seven. The women. 64 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:27.399 There's some news out about Arizona basketball. Uh, and there's in their 65 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:32.040 schedule. There's some news out about Arizona's football schedule, just a whole bunch 66 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.959 of little, any bitty things. We don't want to take them off from 67 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:39.439 from from Henry for breaking news, so we'll get to them when we get 68 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:43.120 to him. But there's interesting stuff going on if it's summer, but not 69 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.639 really summer. But it's not boring for sure, right, right, Okay, 70 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.319 Today's Wednesday. Right. I came on about two seconds too slow on 71 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:54.439 this today's show. But we're here now, what else is going on? 72 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.920 We've got a lot of things going on everyone. The kids are gone from 73 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:00.480 the u A. Henry's school. We're happy to have Henry with us. 74 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:04.000 Now, a good show today. We're not going to be here Friday, 75 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:08.800 right for a couple of different reasons. I'm headed out of town. You're 76 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.600 going to be without me, so what the hell? Yeah, we'll have 77 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.639 a show yep, and we're uh Monday, and then we're off on Monday 78 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.040 for Memorial Day. We'll have a show on Tuesday. We're trying to line 79 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:23.480 up another great guest for Tuesday. You know, we won't know that until 80 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.759 we come around to that. Then I'm off the rest of that week. 81 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:30.720 So Steve's gonna have to I'm gone for a week for our annual family trip 82 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:32.560 down to Rocky Point, and so we have a blast with it. It's 83 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:36.199 something we've been doing for thirty years. And we just go down there and 84 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:40.680 they said, what do you do down there? I said nothing. One 85 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.000 of these absolutely nothing. One of these days they're going to say, you're 86 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.800 going to stay on this side of the fence. They might, they could 87 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.839 keep me if they want to. Yeah, you know they could, But 88 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:54.920 for now, I'm you and you're broken mix, you're broken Spanish. You 89 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:57.839 know what? I could get myself out. Well, okay, I'll admit 90 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:00.240 I've been pulled over a couple of times and you know down there. Yeah, 91 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:04.920 and you had to open the wallet. Yep, it's happened twice. 92 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:09.759 How much did you have to pull once? I once it cost me like 93 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:14.879 fifty bucks and once it cost me like sixty five bucks. And you do 94 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.360 it speeding? Well I wasn't speeding, but they said I was. You 95 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:21.079 know the true story though, the first time, the first time it happened, 96 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:25.120 guy pulls me over with the radar and he's got and he shows me 97 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:29.639 his radar gun and one of the number is that's supposed to be your speed. 98 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.319 It was a sticker. I swear to god it was a sticker. 99 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:35.680 I could tell the sticker was peeling off, and he said, I was 100 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:41.120 going too fast, and I'm what I am I gonna I'm not, I'm 101 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.519 not gonna say he dude, that's a stick give you any money? How 102 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:45.480 did you get to the point and now we're gonna waste our time here, 103 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:48.000 but how did you get to the point of saying, okay, quento? 104 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.399 Well yeah, you say, you say how much? Get down to my 105 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:56.160 basket. How much you can charge me? And he said, sin quenta, 106 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:59.439 fifty dollars and I gave hi fifty bucks and we run away and then 107 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.240 he got the next guy. Yeah, yeah, it's funny. It was 108 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:05.040 literally the little the little number thing was. It wasn't the door of the 109 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:10.360 digital numbered lights up. It was a sticker. I want to fight this, 110 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:14.959 Okay, come on, you go to jail first, So there you 111 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:17.199 go. And then the other one speeding as well, Yes, speeding coming 112 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.720 in It must have been a higher tax bracket. Yeah, well that one 113 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.600 was good. That one was kind of funny because we had blown all our 114 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:26.639 cash. Okay, we had zero cash and we're coming to convoy. You 115 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.240 know, there's a whole bunch of so every you know, one gets pulled 116 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.439 over. Everybody pulls over. So I had to go back and you know, 117 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.439 put the hat out for everybody and collect like the sixty five bucks to 118 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.759 go back and give it to him. And so he'd let me go. 119 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.879 Said, no, you're on your own. Man, on your own. 120 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:45.040 You find a way. So hey, you do what you do, man, 121 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:46.519 you do what you do. The rules are a little different down there. 122 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.959 Yes, that's why I don't like going down. I do. I 123 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:53.160 love it. I love this. I love going down, you know, 124 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:57.920 uh for this trip and again we've been doing a little over thirty years. 125 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.000 My son Adam, who's been a guest host on the show, we went 126 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.040 down on over his first birthday and we've been doing it every year since we 127 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:09.360 missed the COVID year. We missed one other year, but we go down 128 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:15.279 pretty much every year. Okay, but anyways, but we digress, We 129 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.199 digress. Okay, last night's game, you have some NBA stuff. Wow, 130 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:22.160 come on that. We can't save that one for you, Henry, 131 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.519 I mean, what the hell, how do you blow that. How do 132 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:33.799 you blow that they blew by not calling the timeout advance right folling. I 133 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.360 mean, you couldn't have butchered that any worse than they did. You know, 134 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:41.120 I walked because I was I was doing some work and I and I 135 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:45.799 and I walked into the room because I knew that they had been down. 136 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:48.799 We had dinner, they caught up. I went and did some work and 137 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.120 I come back and I get there. They're inbounding the ball up five, 138 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:54.720 and I thought they're going to win this game, and then they didn't. 139 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:01.159 And I'm like, what the hell happened? I guess they don't understand how 140 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:07.240 you blow that in the NBA? How long have these guys been playing basketball? 141 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:13.159 And how you messed that up? It made it made zero sense to 142 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:15.919 me that they butchered that the way they did. Yeah, that could have 143 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.480 been all the chances they had to win those. Yeah, that was a 144 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.080 game I think they needed. Yeah, well, and look, they're not 145 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:24.200 gonna They're still not gonna win the serial right now. It's a matter of 146 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.200 are you going to get swept or you're gonna lose it in five? Right. 147 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.960 I think the ones that this hurt the most were the people who are 148 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:33.120 betting the over on this going over five and a half games, Those are 149 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:35.759 the ones that are going, what the hell, because you win this one 150 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.480 now, you just got to win one more and you and you know when 151 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:41.480 when one of those games at home and you got this now and I could 152 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:48.360 see I could see him losing by forty in the next game. Oh no, 153 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:50.320 well the spread is ten about nine and a half. Ten it was 154 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.799 I would I would give the points. I honestly would. Yeah, well, 155 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:58.960 Boston's gonna take them. Seriously, that's the first thing. That's what 156 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.120 tomorrow, right, because we have a game tonight. We have a game 157 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:05.159 tonight. Yeah, we'll see. That should be a good game too. 158 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.360 I'm not sure good how the Mavericks are, but we'll see, we'll see. 159 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.000 Okay, anything else that we need to kind of get through, oh 160 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.759 uh no, because you have the tennis thing too, right, Okay, 161 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.240 we'll get we'll get to that one that. Okay, softball is over. 162 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:24.600 I think what they were were they over yesterday when we're on the show. 163 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:26.720 It was done, you know, payment Yeah, they were done. They 164 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.480 got shut out twice. Good year, great year actually for them having not 165 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:35.919 gone that deep into into the tournament for a while. Yeah, but you 166 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.000 know, again, you can't argue about you know, what a great uh, 167 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.360 what a great season they had. You know, that twenty six game 168 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.759 winning streak, you know, uh, they needed that, they got it, 169 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:52.240 and congratulate them on on a great year. H on a great year. 170 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:58.799 So yeah, so they're out. Arizona Softball plays on Friday, baseball 171 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:03.120 again place tonight. They played tonight and tomorrow. Both games are at seven 172 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:09.320 o'clock. So we'll get that, all right. I think that's I think 173 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.519 that's it for Yeah, you know, you know there's all this stuff coming 174 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:15.480 out about this this settlement in this house lawsuit. Oh yeah, yeah, 175 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.480 we talked about a little bit about that, but I don't know where the 176 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.799 people are gonna get the money for it, don't. We're talking about that 177 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:22.720 at lunch today. I have no idea. And it's a it's it's not 178 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.320 a little it's a big deal because first of all, they're gonna have to 179 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:28.399 do this four years of back pay right that they got to come up with 180 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.759 a whole bunch of money, and all the schools are gonna have to pony 181 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:35.879 up for that. But then going forward, it's going forward part you know, 182 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:39.039 in in in Arizona's case, you know, in their quote unquote tax 183 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:43.519 bracket or whatever you want to call it for where they are as a Division 184 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.480 one power for program, twenty million dollars of their revenues, of their T 185 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.960 or you know, basically their TV and bowl revenue and all that stuff has 186 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.759 to go to athletes. So you got to replace that twenty million dollars in 187 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:01.440 a place where they're already desperately need for money, right, the dipate need 188 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.120 for money. Right. I just don't know where a program like Arizona gets. 189 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.440 You know, look, it's not gonna be a it's not gonna be 190 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:11.799 trouble for the Texas and Alabama and Ohio State, Michigan and in those LSU 191 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.720 and those programs, but for an Arizona and an ASU and a Utah and 192 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:24.759 UH Colorado and uh you know the kind of the mid level Power five schools 193 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:30.720 who kind of struggle with some of this and just to stay competitive. For 194 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.399 you, where do you all a sudden magically come up with twenty million? 195 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:35.440 Do so? I got an email, yes, straight from Richard, one 196 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:39.120 of our regular callers, and he talked about, well, this is the 197 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:43.399 time players will be paid good for the players. More power to them. 198 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.679 It's about time. Yeah, yeahda Richard, If I'm butcher, let me 199 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:52.519 know, but give us a call, because now the players are gonna get 200 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.240 the money, But now they're gonna be playing for like a house of cards 201 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.559 of a place, right, you know, house of a card for a 202 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.320 place u of a or anywhere, right, Because now how are you going 203 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.559 to get paid this money again? You know? And then if if they 204 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:05.480 got to raise this money where they raising, are they going to cut sports? 205 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:09.879 Are they going to be fewer athletes to pay now, few administrators to 206 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:16.240 you know. One thing they're talking about is reducing rosters for like football, 207 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:20.600 right, you know, eighty five saying because what they've been able to do 208 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.480 is they've had eighty five scholarship players and then you could have walk ons up 209 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.039 to anything. You can get have one hundred and five players, so you 210 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.240 can get another twenty walk ons or non scholarship players. And they're saying, 211 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.840 eliminate those, Eliminate those twenty because now you don't have cost travel costs, 212 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:41.320 uniform costs, UH, training training tables. Yeah, they were, they 213 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:46.279 weren't causing any any intuition money. They weren't didn't know, but they're but 214 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:50.679 there's there's an expense to that. There's an expense, but they're not traveling 215 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:54.120 either because there's a small Well, I don't disagree. Then you have title 216 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.000 line issues where if you if you have less teams, fewer teams, uh, 217 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.240 right, don't have to have as many participant. Yeah. But or 218 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.600 I think maybe they might have been talking about reducing scholarships and then reducing roster. 219 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:07.519 I see that if you do that, that's why. So let's say 220 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.240 reduce scholarships to sixty five, right, and then you can have up to 221 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:13.759 eighty five on your team. Yeah. Its just stuff like that. It's 222 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:16.399 I mean, it's good, and there's some not good things about it. 223 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:20.879 They're going to come out come out of this four athlete It's amazing. It's 224 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:24.360 amazing. It's not that I didn't think this would ever happen. I just 225 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.720 can't believe it's happening now. And and and I'm near the end of my 226 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.919 ropes, so I don't have to deal with this all the time. It's 227 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:37.200 just and it's the it's kind of just it's such a mess right now. 228 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.399 It's like, how do you put all this back? Together, so there's 229 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.240 some order to everything. I don't I don't know if you can. I 230 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:48.639 really don't think you can. Like like a Live of Good said yesterday and 231 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:52.399 one of his analogies, it's putting the toothpaste back into YouTube. There's got 232 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:56.000 to be a fix somewhere. Well, yeah, the question is who's smart 233 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:58.440 enough to figure it out? And part of it, Steve, is the 234 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:03.159 money rubbing of some of these conferences. Who don't who don't want to be 235 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:07.639 in it for the overall good of college athletics. They want to be in 236 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:11.679 it for the overall good of them or their conference and nobody else. So 237 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.399 you saying anybody specific, No, I'm saying everybody in the SEC and the 238 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.279 that specific enough. We've got to go. Let's go, all right, 239 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:22.720 let's get out of here. Tricia Tan the head softball coach at South Point 240 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.879 Catholic, coming off for third state championship. We'll have a chat with her 241 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:30.720 about her season and how things are going over there. 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See run Tucson dot net for all the details. 320 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:10.920 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox 321 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:15.400 Sports fourteen to fifteen. Subscribe now to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app just 322 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:19.119 Surgery. I on the Ball. Hey, welcome back to Eying the Ball 323 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.039 here on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. I'm Steve, He's Jay, and now 324 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:26.359 on the phone, we have Tricia ten from the South Point Kevic softball team, 325 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:30.039 the head coach. Tricia, how are you? I'm great, hard, 326 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:34.079 thank you today? Fine? Thank you number three? Right? Wow? 327 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:41.680 What are you doing over there? We are We are playing softball and 328 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:47.279 loving what we do. I guess you know each year, each year's the 329 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.319 new year. But you know you have some people who come back and stuff 330 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:52.920 like that. There has to be a time, and we ask this every 331 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:55.640 time. There has to be a time when you know or you have a 332 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:59.000 sense that okay, this can go really far. And then there's times where 333 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:02.160 you think you don't you have to get lucky or whatever. What did you 334 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:04.319 think about your team going in or when did you feel you know we can 335 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:11.000 win this all again. I think at the beginning of the year they set 336 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:14.799 their goals. Their first goal is always win state, and then we sit 337 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:19.599 down and talk about how do you win state? What works, why have 338 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:23.960 we been successful in the past, and what do we need to what do 339 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:27.160 we need to adjust in the future so we can, you know, continue 340 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:33.920 that goal. They're fantastic because they'll they work regardless of what the goal is. 341 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.839 In the end, I mean, they work knowing they may or may 342 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:40.759 not win the state championship. They come out and they give one hundred and 343 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:45.720 ten percent of practice, They get better, They really start to play for 344 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:49.880 each other. They really have that sense of team and it's just they really 345 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.920 dialed in here at the end of the last at the end of the season, 346 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:57.160 and they were able to they were able to win another state championship. 347 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:00.920 Well, we had you on last year at the to the day. In 348 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:04.519 fact, after you one number two you win one baby by accident. Two, 349 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:08.160 okay, it happens. Three You must have a secret sauce. What 350 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:14.480 is your secret sauce? I am. I am lucky that I get to 351 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:18.240 show up every day and coach South Point Softball. For sure. I've you 352 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:22.400 know, we've got we've got great coaches on the field. We've got Carly 353 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:26.279 Garrett in the weight room that start with Carlo starts with them in the fall 354 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:32.559 and you know, strengthens their body, strengthens their mind. And I think 355 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:37.599 that we really drive play for what's on front of your jersey, play for 356 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:41.039 each other, and and because of that, I think they're really successful. 357 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.519 So it was was there just tell us a little bit about some of the 358 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:49.400 players who you think, either as leaders or just as really good players kind 359 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:52.160 of stood out for you who were sort of key to what you did. 360 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:56.119 You know, pitchers, hitters, tell us a little bit about the team 361 00:23:56.200 --> 00:24:00.440 and how you got to where you got to. We we've had a very 362 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:04.799 strong team this year. We had twenty girls on our roster at the beginning 363 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:08.559 of the season and then we added too for the postseason. Each year, 364 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:15.039 I think we just have a really strong group of seniors. They're each group 365 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:18.799 is very different every year, so we really try to play on their strengths 366 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:22.400 and help them grow with leaders. And again, I think that starts back 367 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:27.920 in the fall in the weight room, and they also have They've also watched 368 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:33.359 other leaders of them, other groups of seniors. So I feel that senior 369 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:37.400 leadership is really important because at that point you've got a player led team, 370 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:41.640 and when you have a player led team, you have championship level team. 371 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:44.599 So I think you wouldn't do the game with CDEO. You had already lost 372 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:47.640 to them a time or two. Is that right? We had lost to 373 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:51.880 them three times? Three times? So how do you convince you your team 374 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:59.240 that this is going to change. I believe they just made it to believe 375 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:03.319 in themselves. It's easy for to get them fired up about CDO because it's 376 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:07.480 CDO and there's always that kind of rivalry between Top Point and CDO. For 377 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:11.799 gosh, as long as I can remember when I played back in the nineties 378 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:15.640 and still to this day, so it was it was, hey, girl, 379 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:18.559 you know, we need to adjust, we need we need to hit 380 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.599 the ball, we need to swing the bat. We put it in play, 381 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:22.559 and good things happen when they swing the bat and put it in play, 382 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:27.880 right, So I was really proud of them for just coming into that 383 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:33.799 game focused, relaxed, and ready to go. Yeah, so uh, 384 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:37.480 once you get interested. I mean, these tournaments seem to go forever, 385 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:41.160 right, they last a really long time. So you know from game to 386 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:45.559 game, uh, I mean, is it the old look one game at 387 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:48.519 a time kind of thing. How do you manage all that and you know 388 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:52.240 the time you have between games and that type of thing. Well, it 389 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.079 does get as we talk about at the beginning of the season, and you 390 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:59.640 going all the way to make may makes a very long season. So that 391 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:03.880 men toughness piece has to be there all the time because it does get it 392 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:07.640 does get a little monotonous after a while. But then we also we also 393 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:11.000 take a look at and say it's a privilege to be playing because we're at 394 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:15.880 that point. We were one of three Tucson teams still playing with CDEO US 395 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:22.920 and then Empire as well, so it was we always it's a privilege to 396 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:27.400 be playing right now, and and from game to it was a more game 397 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:32.599 to game attitude because you know, we came into each game. I mean, 398 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:34.640 we had the doubleheader with mikeel Mountain because Mike A Mountain in our semi 399 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:37.440 final came and beat us, so they needed to beat us again to advance. 400 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:44.920 To the championship game and we Mikeah Mountain came out hot and ready to 401 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:48.160 go and beat us four to two, and so we had to turn around 402 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:52.200 and play that second game. And and I think feel they really dialed in 403 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:56.200 at that point and said, Okay, they're going to take it away from 404 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.480 us if we don't take it away from them. And I was really proud 405 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:04.079 of would be mindset change the adjustment on the spot, and and obviously that 406 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:07.359 propelled us to the state championship and beyond. I know you've got to get 407 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:11.799 out of here for another meeting, but is there a good chance at a 408 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:17.799 number four? Well, that would be where you know, we had broken 409 00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:22.799 a we broke a state record. So we have six consecutive championships in a 410 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:27.720 row, three under our previous coach, three now under I've been lucky enough 411 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:32.440 to be the head coach of those the last three. So we we will 412 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:37.359 always in pursuit of the next state championship. And I'm really excited about, 413 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:40.680 you know, the next year's team. We're still we're still having a great 414 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:44.839 time living, you know, in our six state championship. So I'm really 415 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:48.279 proud of our St. Plink girls. Super Yeah, White talk about tomorrow 416 00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:52.759 when you can enjoy it. I get it. Hey, thanks, so 417 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:57.240 thanks for coming on, Thanks for coming on. Congratulations again. All right, 418 00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:00.920 thank you guys so much, Thank you for having me just be well, 419 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:03.119 be well. So six straight three for her, for her? Oh 420 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:07.240 that's saying a heck of a lot. Yeah, I mean to keep it 421 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.079 going, right, I mean, what's the hardest thing? Right? You 422 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:11.480 come in, you know, they've had three state champions and it flips over. 423 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:15.480 You got a new coach. Expectations are crazy, and then to come 424 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.920 up and meet those expectations. That's a hard thing to do, A really 425 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:22.599 hard thing to do, right. You know, people, people who played 426 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:26.359 ball like I did, you did. Winning one is a difficult thing, 427 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:30.640 right, Winning three your freshman, sophomore, junior years or whatever years is 428 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:33.480 girls on that team and won a state championship every year they've been there. 429 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:37.000 Yeah, it's like the Judge Pastner thing. Hey, look this was easy. 430 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:41.519 Do this every year? This was easy. Yeah, we could do 431 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:44.440 all right. Okay, should we take our break? Yeah, if you 432 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:48.440 want, if you want, because three twenty Steve's not coming on too the 433 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.799 the next hour, do that. We can have some calls. Yeah, 434 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:52.839 let's take a break. We're not going to take very many calls, right 435 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:56.079 this is probably about the last segment. You can give us a call five 436 00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.880 to two, zero, four, one, six, seventy forty. But 437 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.839 what do you want us to ask Steve Kerr, He's coming on at four. 438 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:04.240 We we'll throw it out there for you, but'd be nice. There's 439 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:08.079 somethings we can but stick around. We'll be right back. If you're an 440 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:11.559 Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful for nearly forty years. 441 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:15.759 Now take a look back at the Ludolsen era. 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Hey, welcome back to wying the ball 468 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:23.599 here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Riverta, You're Jagan Zalas, 469 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:26.960 and we've got a guy Henry in today. We have twenty one minutes, 470 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:30.039 a long time for us to get some calls talking about things. What do 471 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:33.960 you guys want to talk about? I think your question about or statement about? 472 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:36.799 Yeah, maybe calling in and say what do you want to seek Steve 473 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.400 Kerr. Yeah, maybe we'll get to it. Yeah, what if we 474 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:41.519 always want to ask him? Again? It has to be clean and we 475 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:45.839 within within within reason. But you know, Steve's an old friend. We 476 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:48.279 you know, we've both known him for a really long time. Steve with 477 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:52.359 all the the books and things that that that you've done, and I covered 478 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:56.799 his his his his teams at the at the U A. Yeah, Well, 479 00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:59.400 and we will talk about hims, reminiscing about some of them. Yeah, 480 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.920 the good old yeah a button sports. You know, he came in 481 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:05.200 at sort of at the sort of the beginning of it, right. His 482 00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:08.759 first year was the eighty four season. Yeah, eighty four, Yeah, 483 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:13.640 eighty three, eighty four season, his freshman year. So that was sort 484 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:16.039 of the infancy of Arizona in the in the uh, in the Pac ten 485 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:20.759 starting to make its way. By the time he left, they had won 486 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.200 a couple of packed pack ten championships. Then they'd gotten to the final four, 487 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:28.799 and he had that World championship thing in between, you know where he 488 00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:31.200 got hurt. I mean, had he not gotten hurt, the trajectory of 489 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:35.400 the Arizona basket could have been different. Could have been different, way different, 490 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:40.519 been way different. Because that eighty six team, eighty six eighty seveneen, 491 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:45.079 the year he sat out, it wasn't ready to do what the eighty 492 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:49.720 eighteen did, right. Tom Tolbert was here his first year. He was 493 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:53.680 a junior. He was a transfer Union College transfer. Sean Elliott was a 494 00:32:53.880 --> 00:33:00.960 kind of a very green sophomore who still had some seasoning and uh and uh, 495 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.359 you know, Kenny Lofton was, you know, was young and and 496 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:07.039 and that that whole group, Craig McMillan, that whole group was just they 497 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:10.480 were a year short, right, I remember remember because he made the book. 498 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:14.079 But I think Sean said it on the show when we had him on. 499 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:16.279 There was a time or two when he wanted to leave because Luke was 500 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:19.359 on his butt all the time and he got tired of it. And I 501 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.759 think that was one of the years. And Kevin, yeah, no question, 502 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:24.599 and Kevin, Kevin O'Neill says, if he if Luke didn't care, 503 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:28.279 he wouldn't talk to you at all. He wants you to be better, 504 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:30.079 You need you need you to be better. And then that's when they gave 505 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:34.279 Sean the ball. I mean, you know, it was during that year, 506 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:37.640 and I think it was I can't remember it was Kevin O'Neill or Ricky 507 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:42.279 bird songwrited the talk and this is when we could have these kinds of talks 508 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:47.319 with with coaches and stuff. It was complete off the record conversation and he 509 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:52.119 was and I think it was Kevin O'Neill. He was talking about how he 510 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:58.559 was really frustrated with Seawan Elliott because he thought Sean, I'll just say it 511 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:00.279 was a bit of a cry baby on the court. He complained about every 512 00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:07.320 foul day. He complained about every single foul that either either he complained about 513 00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:12.960 every father was called on him or he complained when Foles didn't get called where 514 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:15.760 he thought he got fouled. And he was just a guy that was always 515 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:19.159 complaining about stuff. And they said enough, yeah, and they and O'Neil 516 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:21.599 said, you know, he was working on him to tell me, you 517 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:23.280 got to stop doing that. He said, you know, reps are getting 518 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:27.079 sick of it. We're getting sick of it, you know not you got 519 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.840 to make you know, mature and and uh and and you know. In 520 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:34.840 that it was funny because in that that eighty eight team, while Seawan was 521 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:37.639 the best player on the team, Steve Kerr was still the leader, right, 522 00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:40.480 He was the leader of that team. And I think that was a 523 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:45.599 good thing for Sean to not have the pressure of not only being the best 524 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:47.360 player and the guy that you want to give the ball to, but to 525 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:51.960 not have to lead like in the locker room and stuff. He could come 526 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.559 along, you know. I mean, he was a leader in the sense 527 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:55.960 that because he was the best player, people, you know, followed him, 528 00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:00.400 pay attention to what he did, but he wasn't the emotional leader of 529 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:02.199 the team that Steve Kerr was. And I think that was a good thing 530 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:07.199 for Elliott to just be able to play, just play, you know, 531 00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.639 and every team needs something like that, where the best player on the team 532 00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:16.079 has another buffery or isn't that guy. I think in ninety seven Bibie Pat 533 00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:21.360 Miles. Miles was kind of the guy and he displayed and didn't say much, 534 00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:24.679 but displayed. Two thousand and one, God, they had so many 535 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:28.840 personalities. Richard was kind of like the guy he said, he talked and 536 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:30.920 he did. Luke was kind of like the guy that kind of held him 537 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:35.320 together. Well Gilbert, Yeah, And then I think another guy on that 538 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:37.599 eightio team was kind of undervalued because he was so quiet was Greig McMillan. 539 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.480 Because here's a guy who had every reason to say, wait a minute, 540 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:45.960 I'm the guy. I'm the first McDonald's all American who came here, but 541 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:47.760 he was he was never that guy. He's just a guy who said, 542 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:51.159 Okay, this is my role, this is what I'm gonna do, and 543 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.320 do it as good as I can. And he's still not that guy. 544 00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:55.400 He just kind of just plays. No. You know, when you go 545 00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:59.599 back and you throw this names. And I said in two thousand and one 546 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.159 team neighty eight teams, that eighty team was just so special. It's like, 547 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:06.119 I don't know. If you play favorites with your kids, you're first 548 00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:08.000 born, well I don't, but they say I do. Okay, you 549 00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:10.760 favor who your first born? They all say a favorite to one of these. 550 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:14.159 They'll say I don't favorite them when they tell me if that, you 551 00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:15.559 know, each one will say I'm not your favorite. But you know, 552 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:19.880 your firstborn is your firstborn, and that's just the way it is. Henry, 553 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:22.000 are you? Are you how many people? One brother? Okay? 554 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:24.320 So you know, are you first or second? Second? Okay, so 555 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:27.719 gonna shore the baby and you know all that stuff. But you know when 556 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:30.000 you have the firstborn, okay, you do all these things. You don't 557 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.519 do this, don't do this. Second one comes along, you wanna eat 558 00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:35.360 rocks, go right ahead, you're fine. Don't want the third one. 559 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:37.199 You want to play with knives? Knock yourself out. The little thing on 560 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.599 the outlet, go ahead and put it in there. You think a screwdriver 561 00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:44.039 in there. You're tired by that for that time. So you know what 562 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:46.079 it is you is kind of yeah, no, it is. And so 563 00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:51.800 you know again that that team just all the pieces, you know, came 564 00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:53.840 together for that team to be what it was, similar to what as you 565 00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:57.239 said with that two thousand and one team, you know, and a bit 566 00:36:57.519 --> 00:37:00.679 and really the ninety seven team too, but didn't happen until the tournament. 567 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:04.559 The tournament came around, and no other team has played like that since ever 568 00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:07.280 since. You know, I mean, those guys weren't beatable, you know, 569 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.679 and just the way they played. And again, you look at that, 570 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:13.079 you look at the players on that team. I mean, you know 571 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:16.480 don Al Harrison and Gen Anderson who were not the most skilled. Well you 572 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:20.639 don't stop there because you already have to app I know, but you but 573 00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:22.159 in terms of you know, guys who had to come in and and know 574 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:25.480 your role. You look at those guys, you say, how did you 575 00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:29.360 win a national championship? They're not They're not gonna scare you know, they're 576 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:32.400 not. They didn't scare you. Bennet Davidson never shot the ball. All 577 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:37.039 he did was rebound and played defense. Yet that was what they needed him. 578 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.639 You're exactly right. No, it's not. It's not a god. 579 00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:44.679 Pieces fit all and it fit very well for three weeks. I still say, 580 00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:46.800 and and I'll go to my death having covered all these teams, is 581 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:50.760 that they played well because no one believed in them or no one thought they 582 00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:54.639 would happen, and they play unbelievable. Just look historically as an underdog, 583 00:37:54.719 --> 00:38:00.480 Arizona is very, very tough to beat as a favorite money in, Hey, 584 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:05.920 Santa Clara, come on over Clemson, here we are, Miami, 585 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:08.719 Ohio right here, park your by, Prince Princeton, Hey Princeton over here. 586 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:14.199 Honestly, if if I were a senior or a grad student in terms 587 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.639 of sports, whatever, I would do. That's my thesis right there, 588 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:22.840 plenty of proof to write about. Yeah, it seems like it's like it's 589 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:27.199 just there. Yeah, there seems like Henry keep this in mind because it's 590 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:30.599 the football season. Every time they were underdogs, they want it right. 591 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:32.599 And then when they come out of a season, like you know, every 592 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:37.920 ten and ten win season they've had, they flopped the next year. There's 593 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.880 another thing that's the only that's the one thing that worries me about this coming 594 00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:45.599 season coming up is all this expectation that that Tam Mac and know off of 595 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:47.679 feed and all these guys are going to have the same kind of season, 596 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:52.559 same kind of success, and maybe they will. But in Arizona history, 597 00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:54.519 it's never been no, it's never been written a few times. And I 598 00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:58.639 know the fans and this who listen to the show, mister poop pooh, 599 00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:01.920 but they don't have a prosperity. Well, they just don't. And if 600 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:06.320 you want to look, just look at the butt the past. Yeah no, 601 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:09.159 I yeah, so that's what well you you tweeted about it. I 602 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:12.599 know you tweeted about it two days ago and got a lot of play on 603 00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:15.199 it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean we've got we've got our 604 00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:20.079 heart broke. Heart's broken so many times. You know, in ninety eight 605 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:23.320 basketball, two thousand and five basketball, uh, two thousand and three, 606 00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:28.519 one of the best teams ever here and you go, you go to Anaheim 607 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:34.599 with Luke and Andre Gudala and Hussan Adams and Salim and all them play Kansas 608 00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:38.320 and then they could beat there as a number one, right and then then 609 00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:42.760 you know the ninety nine season ended on the first at the first game when 610 00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:45.440 they got beat by in football, got they got beat by Penn State. 611 00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:49.880 You know the the I remember the ninety four season, which is after the 612 00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:53.679 ten and uh the ten and two festival team. The ninety four season. 613 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:58.039 You know, they lost this game to a bad Stanford team. I mean 614 00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:01.239 they just it's just all has been that way. It's been hard to take. 615 00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:06.079 Yeah. Well, I think the fans treat them the same way, 616 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:08.719 where you know, our stuff doesn't stink. Our stuff doesn't stink, or 617 00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:13.920 pound our chest or Arizona pounds our chests and then guess what, stop pounding 618 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:15.440 because you just got beat. Then it stinks. Yeah, then sinks. 619 00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:20.519 There's you know, then it stinks. I mean, you know, I 620 00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:22.559 don't. I'm telling you because you're believing I'm here, Steve. I mean, 621 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:25.880 you know again, I've lifted for you know, for sixty years, 622 00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:30.199 you know, with these with these teams. I remember and here was here 623 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:32.960 was a kind of a cocky thing. But remember what was the theme in 624 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:37.199 ninety eight after the basketball team won it. It's a marketing ploy? Dos 625 00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:43.679 oh dos? Yeah, not even France. I mean it was. It 626 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:45.119 was a nice little clever thing, but it didn't get there. Yeah, 627 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:49.719 I mean you got to be really old to remember this one. So Arizona. 628 00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:52.719 This is back to the whack days. Was a seventy five season, 629 00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:58.840 but football basket football. You know, they get to the SU game. 630 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:04.400 Arizona is nine and one, as is ten and zero, and they it's 631 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:07.599 a game up at a s U. And it's again that game that Arizona 632 00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:12.519 just never gets to win. And then there's that that catch by uh Jefferson, 633 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:15.440 by John Jefferson, and and a SU wins that game. They go 634 00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:19.639 on be undefeated. They go playing the festival and stuff, and Arizona it 635 00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:22.679 finishes nine to two and doesn't even go to a bull game, you know. 636 00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:27.559 And it's like that that it was set up Arizona to have its greatest 637 00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:31.800 moment ever in in football, and it just doesn't. It just didn't materialize 638 00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:36.840 over a fluky thing like Lucy pulls the football. Lucy pulled the football away, 639 00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:40.119 and and and Arizona's had the football pulled away so many times over the 640 00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:45.880 years, right over the years, and and and this is this coming football 641 00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:51.039 season is one more of those where you were you hope it doesn't happen, 642 00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:53.880 but you can't help but think it could happen. Well, that's when the 643 00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:58.480 kids are a good, smart coach. I'm not saying Brandan or somebody else 644 00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:00.719 who knows the history of the program. I'm saying, Look, we come 645 00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:05.599 in with our high hopes, with our chests out and all happy, but 646 00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:07.360 this is what's happened in the last few years or a few times, right, 647 00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:12.039 we need to not pay attention to this. Yeah, we're here to 648 00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:15.000 do the same things we've done throughout the whole time. And don't look all 649 00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:19.519 happy. I mean, I'm not gonna lie because of because of the fact 650 00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:24.239 that that Jedfish found a way to lose the NAU, you know, and 651 00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:30.559 Arizona opens with NAU and should demolish them. There's still this little sliver of 652 00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:35.119 thing in me that says, no, that that that can't happen, can 653 00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:37.760 it? Or can it? You're moving forward? You mean, yeah, 654 00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:40.480 and did this coming season, you know, Arizona's football openers against NAU. 655 00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:45.880 Like just a little bit little sliver of me thinks that, you know, 656 00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:47.639 you walk on the field, you throw your uniforms on there and expect to 657 00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:52.039 win, and maybe NAU is really good and we don't know it, and 658 00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:54.400 then the something stupid happen. Well, you you think that no matter what 659 00:42:54.639 --> 00:43:00.320 lineup Arizona had right roster. Wise they'd be able to beat the NAU right, 660 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:05.079 but but that roster was pretty dead. It was that very good and 661 00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:07.800 sorry, it's apologies to everybody who was on the roster, was on the 662 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:10.280 rush back then, and you're listening, you guys weren't very good. They 663 00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:16.960 weren't very good. Well they what was a losing streak sixteen seventeen twenty and 664 00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:22.239 who's there, Oh well, Jason Barcaid. I think thankfully cow came around. 665 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:27.039 They got COVID, they all got COVID, and and they lost. 666 00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:32.760 Yeah, and we right, and they rushed the field, well the thirteen 667 00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:37.400 people like rust, don't rust the field for beating. And then they rushed 668 00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:40.840 again. I mean they rushed again a couple of times right down the road 669 00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:44.679 where they was like, no, if you want a game, yeah. 670 00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:46.599 The next year, yeah yeah, the next season they did it like three 671 00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:51.639 times, like come on, guys, you can only have one way, 672 00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:58.199 you can only wear white to one way. Oh my god, yeah, 673 00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:00.320 but you know, do what you do. We'll see. Uh. And 674 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:04.239 that's we have some breaking news with some of the one of the games to 675 00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:07.800 right right right, I'm learning throw this out there because I don't think you've 676 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:13.519 got it for breaking news. But at the Pack twelve baseball tournament, Stanford, 677 00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:17.039 the eight seed has come out of nowhere. They beat the five seed 678 00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:22.119 A s U. Yesterday, they beat the two seeds Stanford two to one. 679 00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:25.119 Today Sanford beach, I mean Stanford Oregon State. They beat the two 680 00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:30.880 seed Oregon State. Today. Stanford is now Stanford is now in the in 681 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:35.360 the four team bracket. Now Oregon State can still get in. Okay, 682 00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:37.320 okay, So what happens is I want to look this up. There there's 683 00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:42.920 three pools, so the three pool winners get in, right, are in. 684 00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.719 So the three teams that go to and oh I'll get in. So 685 00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:49.280 Stanford is now in from from Pool B, which is there, which is 686 00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:54.239 their pool. So there's gonna be three likely three one and one teams, 687 00:44:54.280 --> 00:45:00.320 yeah or one, you know whatever, some teams that are one and one. 688 00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:06.920 The highest seeded team that's one and one is the last one to get 689 00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:09.960 into the four team bracket. So what Oregon State needs to have happened is 690 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:15.239 they need Arizona to win its pool because if air Zone doesn't win its pool, 691 00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:22.000 but they win one game, they're in. They're still in because of 692 00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:27.000 the highest seeded team with one win and and so, then Oregon State would 693 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:31.239 be out. But if Arizona wins its pool and and and Oregon State beats 694 00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:36.880 a SU tomorrow to win one game, then Oregon States still gets They need 695 00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:39.880 to beat s U. Uh. They as the five seed, a huge 696 00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:42.559 thing. And if that, if that, if they don't get in, 697 00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:45.239 you a could host. Right, you can see Oregon State not hosting in 698 00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:52.039 Arizona host right on this circumstances. Crazy crazy stuff against Steve Baseball is that 699 00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:58.159 sport, right? You know, you play one time, you literally literally 700 00:45:58.519 --> 00:46:00.679 anything can happen. It's a little less in football, a little less in 701 00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:06.039 basketball, you know, but in baseball, just on that day your picture 702 00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:07.719 might pitch. They beat him two to one, so I've seen their picture. 703 00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:10.920 The pitching came in and did a great job to hold down Oregon State, 704 00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:14.440 who we saw the way they hit the crap out of the ball in 705 00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:17.639 those first two games against Arizona. You'll put what was it, twenty three 706 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:22.079 runs on the board, uh in those first two games, and Stanford the 707 00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:28.320 eight seed holds them to one run and beats them. Crazy sports, that's 708 00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:30.000 why we love them. Yeah, crazy sports, say you admit that you 709 00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:35.039 love them though, No, I love sports. I just hate sports. 710 00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:38.519 I love sports, you know that. I just don't have a favorite team. 711 00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:42.920 I don't know any roster people. I don't say I don't care. 712 00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:45.920 I mean Tila Cruz. That's it. That's all I know. Yeah, 713 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:50.880 Ellie, Ellie, Tyla Cruz. H It's okay, there we look waxed 714 00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.760 philosophical. Did you see that play? There was a great play yesterday. 715 00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:59.440 Ali Dela Cruz hits the ball down the right field line against the Padres and 716 00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:04.920 and it's yeah, from now, Tatisa's the other fantastic, fantastic player like 717 00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.639 that goes and uh, you know, he's got to check it and he 718 00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:10.360 and he makes a great throw trying to get Dela Cruise at second, but 719 00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:14.639 he doesn't get them. But then they both kind of like pointed at each 720 00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:17.039 other like you know, like disrespect thing, like okay, you're really good. 721 00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:20.679 I'm really good. That was cool. That was fun, and it's 722 00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:22.679 a it's a great it's a great place. Almost gets him and uh but 723 00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:27.280 it was a great just at one of those moments in in baseball where you 724 00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:30.800 okay, here's two guys, two guys that are just stand out above everybody 725 00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:34.159 else, kind of going head to head on that. It's very cool. 726 00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:37.679 Yeah, I'll try to find that. Yeah, you don't see these guys. 727 00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:39.639 And he just doesn't look the part. He's six foot four, six 728 00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:45.159 foot five, like he runs like a gazelle, and I mean he takes 729 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:50.440 like four steps between bases. It's crazy. Yeah, and they're and they're 730 00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:53.280 fast, they're quick steps. Yeah, I see it right now, look 731 00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:55.960 at it. Yeah, as we move forward to anybody call want to call 732 00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:59.159 please? Do we have a couple of minutes for you guys to call in 733 00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:01.920 and let us know what we're doing or what we're saying. Uh, Steve 734 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:07.960 Kerr later in this second hour, right at four forty and then Roman Bravo, 735 00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:12.000 you know, right at about four twenty, we'll join us and uh, 736 00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:15.239 we'll talk about his his path to the Olympics, right, which I'm 737 00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:17.920 sure is something that he's been I mean, we'll ask him, you know, 738 00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:22.119 how long has he been dreaming about going to the Olympics, And sure, 739 00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:23.480 and it looked it looked bad for him for a while. We'll let 740 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:29.519 him we had him two years ago. I'll probably asked him again because I 741 00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:31.480 don't remember because he was undefeated, right, he was like, whatever, 742 00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:37.000 it was one hundred thousand and then and then you lose. How that feels? 743 00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:39.320 You don't asking how how it feels to lose? Yeah, just because 744 00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:44.320 it doesn't happen. He hangs up on us for that. People ask me, 745 00:48:44.360 --> 00:48:49.159 how does it feel the wind? I don't know. I have no 746 00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:52.440 idea how that feels the wind. Talking about so, I want to know 747 00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:57.599 what did it feel like to get stabbed in the side. I don't know, 748 00:48:58.199 --> 00:49:01.039 it hurt, But how does it feel to fall down? I know 749 00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:07.000 that I fell today. My Risks followed. Well, that's the reasons why 750 00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:08.800 they have those commercials. I know I followed it. I know I need 751 00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:13.280 to go get on And I'm laying there on the ground and my family's in 752 00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:15.440 the house, and none of them came over to hell. I'm like, 753 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:21.440 what are you doing? I fell? It made a racket too, so 754 00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:24.679 it was because I knocked something over. But anyways, that's a whole that's 755 00:49:24.679 --> 00:49:30.760 a story for another day. We'll get the other day. I just saw 756 00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:34.760 the play. Yeah, two guys to two finish, two great, two 757 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:38.280 great players showing some respect for each other. That was very cool, very 758 00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:43.559 cool. Okay, Uh, we have breaking news all kinds anything. Yeah, 759 00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:47.159 something's always creeping up here. Yeah. Just again, little spots are 760 00:49:47.199 --> 00:49:52.800 different things from all these different places and involving different sports and whatnot. There's 761 00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:58.119 another football commitment. There's stuff going on with basketball and football schedules. Tommy 762 00:49:58.199 --> 00:50:01.280 Lloyd's not even heat, not even around. He's at the USA coaching that's 763 00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:05.599 right, as he said, the summers, he's spinning with the team USA 764 00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:09.440 under eighteen. I think it is. Yeah, yeah, you know, 765 00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:14.880 high school coaches moving around. Yeah, just a whole bunch of stuff. 766 00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:17.440 You know, it's just just one of those days where just all these little 767 00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:22.119 things. Wow, there's they're coming there. I guess that looks like the 768 00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:27.800 NBA TV contract is done for T and T. So yeah, what's gonna 769 00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:31.519 happen with the three guys or four guys? So I just a get little 770 00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:37.440 bits of stuff all over the place. Let me ask one fifty both you 771 00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:42.119 guys. Do you watch the T and T Show? I do because because 772 00:50:42.119 --> 00:50:45.199 I think those guys are funny as hell? Do you watch it? I'll 773 00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:47.239 watch the clips? But but do you watch your food? Do you think 774 00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:51.079 they're funny? I do think they're funny, but their analysis is not. 775 00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:55.960 It's horrible, no good observation because I agree with you. They are kind 776 00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:59.760 of back and forth and give each other grief. But the but what they 777 00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:04.000 say it is not probably like the show. You know, sometimes we're funny 778 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:07.000 and sometimes we give information. But yeah, okay, maybe a fund is 779 00:51:07.039 --> 00:51:12.000 that they're entertaining. Entertaining. They're entertaining to me because there's these three guys 780 00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:15.880 who were really good at basketball and they're you know, they're punching each other 781 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:19.199 in the in the neck and all the time and having fun with that. 782 00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:23.199 I couldn't tell you if their analysis is good or not. So that's that's 783 00:51:23.239 --> 00:51:25.320 part of it. I don't know. The last thing you want to do 784 00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:28.920 is listen to Charles bark can tell you who to pick. I mean, 785 00:51:29.280 --> 00:51:31.239 the time they threw shack into the Christmas tree, you know, stuff like 786 00:51:31.320 --> 00:51:34.719 that. You know, I think that's you know, to me, that's 787 00:51:35.039 --> 00:51:39.079 that's entertaining. I love Charles Barkley because he just says stuff. Yeah, 788 00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:45.440 he he doesn't care what you think about what he says. But he never 789 00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:52.519 says anything horrible, right, but you know, he never says anything like 790 00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:54.880 you know, oh, I don't know the people, the girls in San 791 00:51:54.920 --> 00:52:00.000 Antonio party, Oh that one was that was a little offt people. I 792 00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:02.159 think he's full of it. You know. He does say something, he 793 00:52:02.199 --> 00:52:08.000 does say some things, but he's never horribly offensive, just slightly offensive, 794 00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:12.840 sometimes slightly okay, kind of like someone I know exactly. All right, 795 00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:15.480 let's take a break, we're going to come back. Henry's going to be 796 00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:16.039 here with breaking news. Let's stick around.