WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:06.599 Steve Rivera and Jaken Salez. They have their eye on the ball on Tucson's 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:12.599 Sports Bag Jack Fox Sports fourteen fifteen streaming live. I mean iHeart radio wapp 3 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:16.519 Hey, welcome back to Wing the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. 4 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.640 I'm Steve Rivera, He's jacins Aus. Now we have Henry who's breaking news. 5 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:32.920 We'll just go straight into this then. So Arizona will be playing Washington 6 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:37.799 in the Pac twelve tournament tonight at seven pm in Scottsdale. Washington had lost 7 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.399 the COW twelve nothing yesterday. Who Arizona plays tomorrow and Arizona has to win 8 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.560 one of the next two games to advance out of the pool play to the 9 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:51.880 semifinal rounds. Right, So I didn't realize that Washington got beze so bad 10 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:58.960 last night by cal So. Yeah, we were explaining that the how the 11 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.640 bracket works. So aarri Zona wins both its games and Oregon State can beat 12 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.680 as they can still be in the in the fourteen bracket. If aar Zone 13 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:14.120 loses a game, but it wins one and loses one, they still get 14 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:17.719 in the bracket. It's just but that could kick Oregon State to the curb, 15 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:23.480 so we'll see what happens. Colton Smith of Arizona Tennis won his third 16 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:26.920 round game today and is now in the Elite eight of men's singles, where 17 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:32.680 tomorrow he will take on Murphy Cossona of Arizona State. What he's what? 18 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:37.040 What see does he? He was the twenty second there was there's a guy. 19 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.840 Yeah, and the issue guy is he's done unbelievably. Yeah. Well 20 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:48.120 the guy he beat today was sixteen sixteen, so he's knocked off two. 21 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:49.920 Yeah, she's ahead of it right, right, and you know he's planning 22 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:53.319 to be, you know, an individual national champion, which will be a 23 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.359 huge deal. You know, Arizona's other guy that got into that into the 24 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.920 individual bracket got beat in the his first match. But Colton Smith is there 25 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:07.480 and it was cool too. They because the Arizona So this tournament's being played 26 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:13.360 in Stillwater and that's where the softball team is. So the whole softball team 27 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:15.719 went to chair Mint at his match, which is very cool. Cool. 28 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.159 Yeah, I saw I saw that. I was running what he was talking 29 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.680 about. It was a meme or yeah thing from you yeah, yeah, 30 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.360 So the whole softball team was there rooting him on and he said he really 31 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:29.039 felt like it helped him, you know, to have people cheering for him 32 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:30.400 in the crowd. So that's very cool. Yeah to ask you guys number 33 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:36.280 eleven. Okay, so maybe another upset. Yeah, that's great. The 34 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:40.719 Arizona versus Kansas State game time was announced for five pm Mountain Time on Friday, 35 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.039 September thirteenth, and this does count as a non conference game for Arizona 36 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:50.360 Central Clutch. When's the first game the Labor Day weekend? It's the thirty 37 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.719 first against? Is it the week zero? Is it the week that's week 38 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:58.240 one? Week one? Week zero will be the week before first? Yeh, 39 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:01.199 it's Labor Day weekend day week. The thirty first is a Saturday, 40 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:05.360 and then the Kansas State game is a week later, weeks two weeks. 41 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.400 It's the third game of the season. Who's the second game? Au no 42 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:10.919 NAU then New Mexico? Oh, I thought it was in New Mexico, 43 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:15.800 and then I think they opened with NAU right. Oh wait they opened with 44 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.360 New Mexico. My bad, So New Mexico, that's what thirty first Labor 45 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.080 Day weekend? Uh? Then they get then they got an AU here. 46 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.400 Then they go to Kansas State does should be a good game with New Mexico. 47 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:29.159 But here's what I'm already liking in the game times. What five o'clock, 48 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.280 Well, just that you know it's gonna be This would have been an 49 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.759 eight o'clock game or seven o'clock game or something. You know, you getna. 50 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.080 I want to remember Henry Shustill with us. Remember to talk to him 51 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:43.599 five o'clock about these games when it's one hundred and two on the field. 52 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.719 I don't I have no problem with you know why because I sit on the 53 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:52.080 side of the field where you're in the shade at five o'clock. Selfish fish, 54 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:54.520 you know what I mean. All about me, Steve. It's all 55 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:58.560 about me and the fam. You know, we're on. We're on. 56 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:00.520 We sit on the west side for a reason. And that's one of the 57 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:02.879 reasons. Well, no question, because the times are going to be better, 58 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.039 yeah, but in the first month it's still going to be. People 59 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:08.840 are just gonna still say, oh, it's too hot, too good the 60 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.000 game, Steve. They always do. It's either too hot or it's too 61 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:15.360 cold, or it's too early or it's too late. It's never right on 62 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:19.279 the money. Goldilocks A bunch of people, a bunch of wienies. Hey, 63 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:23.839 I'm on your side. I complained about these fans. Who I mean, 64 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:28.000 I've sat there at a at a day game because they people bitch and 65 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.519 bitch and bitch and bitch a bitch. Game's too late. Seven thirty is 66 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:32.120 too late. Seven o'clocks too late, eight o'clock too late. Then you 67 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:35.879 got a day game. It's a beautiful day, and now it's too hot 68 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:39.079 too. I'm in the sun. I don't want to be I don't want 69 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:41.560 to go to this game. I'm in the sun, Like, shut up 70 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.160 and go. You can't have it. Yeah, I can't have it everyone. 71 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:47.879 No, I've tweeted at a game saying, where the hell is everybody? 72 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:53.519 Because you beg for this game, you got it and now it's still 73 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:56.959 you know, now you're not here? Yeah, all right. I hate 74 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:00.480 that UCLA and Arizona have final Line. It's an agreement to begin a multi 75 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.360 year series for basketball. And next year they're gonna play at foot Print Center. 76 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:08.560 Twenty twenty five, they're gonna play at Las Vegas. They're not gonna 77 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:11.600 play twenty twenty six and twenty twenty seven. They're also going to play a 78 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.120 last fagas well. Jay, all I have to say is I hate going 79 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.199 to Vegas, but I know I have to go. You're already looking at 80 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:26.920 flights six and a half hours. Okay, I this came up in my 81 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.560 list today with that my group, right, my group of fans, basketball 82 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:35.319 fans, football fans. The complaint now about this is, yeah, there's 83 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:40.680 a complaint of course. Why can't they play these games at the school sites? 84 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.319 Why won't they play at Michale and Polly. Why do they have to 85 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:46.600 play it in Phoenix? Why do we have to go to Phoenix? Why 86 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:49.680 do we have to go to Vegas for this game? Isn't the answer obvious? 87 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:55.240 It's a it's a neutral court game and they get to play each other 88 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:00.439 normally. I mean it's I like it. I'll go to Vegas. Yeah, 89 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.160 Phoenix, so Vegas, and the third one would probably be back in 90 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.680 Vegas, or so thought. I thought the third one was in l A 91 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.240 somewhere, like maybe it's Staples or something like that. Well, and that's 92 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:14.839 fair. I saw to Vegas to Phoenix. Okay, so even better. 93 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:19.600 But I get the question, but no, it's a special game. Put 94 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:23.279 them on a true course. But that's what they're saying, they're special games 95 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:27.360 to play. It's a rivalry game. Whatever you say, it's still a 96 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:31.480 rivalry game. Play these at the campuses. Don't play them a neutral car 97 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:35.319 was the question from more than one person. A couple. Yeah, and 98 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:38.800 the reason, well until until we said one of them is in Vegas. 99 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:42.519 The like, okay, that's fine, I'm good with that. Yeah, 100 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:46.519 I understand. That's it's perfect. They're not there. It's not a home 101 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:48.600 and a home situation. You know, if it's a set, you know, 102 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:54.199 if it's a Saturday afternoon game on you know in Vegas up on Friday, 103 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.120 spend the night. Yeah, go to a buffet, gamble little, 104 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:00.439 go to the game on Saturday, come home Sunday morning. A nice, 105 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:03.319 cool, fun weekend. Yeah, it's like going to the Indiana game back 106 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.120 in the a couple of years ago. Yeah, yeah, I think it'd 107 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.279 be fun. I don't know. Your friend, you're old guys, your 108 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:12.879 friends they are they are. Actually, this was promon of the younger guys 109 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.839 though, just saying I wish they were playing these amachale because he'd want to 110 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.920 go Yeah right, right, no, just right. For you know, 111 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:23.800 it's the atmosphere, it's a home game for each team, and it's like, 112 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.079 keep keep it like it's been. I'd rather go there than go to 113 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:30.399 UCI because you may not get a ticket to go watch that game. Yeah, 114 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:32.120 you will, because they don't. Therefore, well, in Arizona they 115 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:35.480 actually said that's the one game, that's the one game. Yeah, but 116 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:39.199 you know, I think I think we heard didn't didn't Ben Bolts do a 117 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.279 story or tell us that, you know the only times right that Mitt Cronin's 118 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.759 not coming back to Tucson Like ever, Oh, that's right that I heard 119 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:48.680 maybe the line you know what, that could be? Right? I have 120 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:54.079 some kind of that they're that they're I think Ben told us that because of 121 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:58.079 the spitting incident and then the situation that happened at this last game and the 122 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.839 Justin spears, Uh yeah, that they just that they're just not gonna want 123 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.839 to come here. That I think he predicted that if they continued this series, 124 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:07.920 it will be on the neutral. Yeah, and that makes sense. 125 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.800 That that makes even more sense because now you know, you know, the 126 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:16.439 the degenerates that do cause problems, that probably aren't gonna spend the money. 127 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.879 And it's funny you say that because when sales Crown is a baby. Well, 128 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.519 remember that you didn't go back to New Mexico for a reason, right, 129 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.879 same kind of reason. It's hard to win there. Well without saying 130 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.079 that, right, right, I mean there's really he didn't play Indiana all 131 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:31.679 those years, and Bobby Knights, he just look, I don't have to 132 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.200 play those games, So I'm not gonna have why should I? Right? 133 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.320 And you say it's going to have enough issues of its own. Moving over 134 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.919 to the Big ten. Last thing Next year will be the last year of 135 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.519 NBA on tn T, as the NBA is forming contracts with ESPN, NBC, 136 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.440 and Amazon for rights that would start the twenty twenty five twenty twenty six 137 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:58.120 season. Yeah, out of here, those three guys are one of those 138 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:03.519 guys that again, I like that show. I just do. I make 139 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:05.919 my plans to sit around and watch it. No, but you know, 140 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:11.399 if I'm watching an NBA game, particular playoff game, you know the halftime 141 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:15.759 show comes on, I'll watch it. You know, I'll watch ten minutes 142 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:20.320 of the postgame show because I think those guys are entertaining. So I think 143 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:26.720 they'll be a that show gets moved. Okay, Well we'll see if all 144 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.360 of them come back together too. Yeah. I think there's reports that Ernie's 145 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.480 definitely saying on TNT. But the other three micro yeah, yeah, they're 146 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.320 kind of free agents anyways. All Right, So here we go with some 147 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:48.039 of the we're going to start to see the Big twelve media, all right, 148 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.559 just kind of the whole I'm going to say, the whole media bias 149 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.279 thing is going to exist for a while. That, Okay, Arizona and 150 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.080 these schools are coming over to the Big twelve. Well, we still think 151 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.679 we're all better than you guys. So a two four seven sports, a 152 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:11.840 guy named Isaac Trotter put out a a too early packed a Big twelve football, 153 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:16.240 basketball, Basketball, okanky, okay, where do you think well twenty 154 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:18.440 four seven? Okay, yeah, where do you think you put Arizona? 155 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:26.559 Third? No, seventh, fifth, fifth? Who'd he's got? Kansas 156 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.000 Okay, okay, which that's legit. Houston, Houston, Okay, Kansas 157 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:39.200 Houston, Iowa State they're good. And Baylor okay, and then Airs. 158 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.519 They won't finish fifth, They're not gonna they won't finish fifth. They may 159 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:45.120 finish third, but they won't finish in the top If they fish in the 160 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:48.559 top two, that'd be fantastic. It's gonna be that kind of kind of 161 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:50.799 thing you hope for that. I don't know if you hope for that. 162 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:54.480 But it's gonna be competitive and it's gonna get you better for the for March 163 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:58.279 until you don't show up in March and then you lose and you say, 164 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:03.320 what the hell are you doing here? Yeah? So fifth, you can 165 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.399 live with that. It's gonna be it's gonna be like the It's like the 166 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:11.240 sec of the of the I think you gotta put them at least third. 167 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:16.759 I said there, I did. But those teams that they're there, they're 168 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.360 very good teams. But yes, because Arizona was gonna face stuff they had 169 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:26.440 never seen before in the back twelve packed crowds, crazy crowds, obnoxious crowds. 170 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:31.039 Uh and and and and Arizona's gonna have its mark. People are gonna 171 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:39.600 say, Arizona will show you you come from from uh uh not so good. 172 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:41.799 PAC twelve. I'm trying to find the word for it. But you 173 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:46.559 know the the soft PAC twelve Welcome to our building. Yeah. So anyways, 174 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.080 but to me, this reeks of you know, we don't know you 175 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:54.679 well enough. So that's true. And that's true. You know, we 176 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.120 don't know you well enough, so that's true. But you but you know, 177 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.759 going in because we've with a lot of people, it's gonna be tough 178 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:05.480 and it's gonna be hard. I know, how many teams eighteen, how 179 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:15.159 many teams there's sixteen, sixteen, eighteen, eighteen, but fifteen and eighteen 180 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.799 in a tough conference. If they win it, more power to them. 181 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:26.159 Got them. I don't have the number a seconds, still looking, but 182 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:31.919 I don't know. Sixteen six sixteen, they've got Colorado sixteenth. Uh, 183 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:41.039 they've got U toh fifteen, Oklahoma State fourteen, ASU thirteen, So three 184 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:45.120 of the four teams coming over they got him from thirteen to sixteen in the 185 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:50.080 league. It's like, you know, we we always thought the Pac twelve 186 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.679 sucks and we think the Pack Dove still sucks. So here you go. 187 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.320 You know, we'll see, well, I think it's fair, but it's 188 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:01.200 you know, we'll see Arizona can easily prove that otherwise finished top three and 189 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:05.759 maybe win it. Who knows. Again, they'll be underdogs, so they'll 190 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:11.759 play well until they don't. An if you get else lest minute, No, 191 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.679 you know, I was gonna look, you know, who do we 192 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:20.600 have on Roman Bravo Young. Okay, so let's let's go. 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Roman, 278 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.559 how are you very Hey you guys doing Thanks for having me on. Yeah, 279 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:22.519 No, great to have you on. You're what just a few months 280 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:29.200 away? Where are you at in preparation. Yeah, I just picked up 281 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:33.359 prep uh pretty heavy. Now I'll be competing here in about three weeks in 282 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:37.079 Poland. We'll go up there to get some reps and competition in in the 283 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:41.839 Warsaw Poland. I think I head out in June nineteenth and then we'll come 284 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:45.839 back finish out training camp, and then we'll fly out to Mexico maybe like 285 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:48.480 a sendoff, and then we'll head to Paris and kind of just the opening 286 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:53.039 ceremonies and training camp, and then I think wrestlings were the last events in 287 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:59.240 for Suth August. So some of this international traveler. Have you traveled much 288 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:02.920 as a you know, certainly you know as an as a college athlete around 289 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:06.920 the United States, But have you had much experience with international travel and how 290 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:08.640 is that going to be for you? Yeah, you know, this is 291 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:14.480 my first year on the international scenes. So I went to Grands back in 292 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:19.559 January of rust in Mexico a couple of times, and I qualified in Uncle 293 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:22.680 Poco. So you know, it's an international competition of day thing. It's 294 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.640 a lot better you travel, You get to see all these new class and 295 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.640 you know, at the end of the day, I'm doing what I love 296 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:32.720 and I'm wrestling to get against the best in the world, so it's definitely 297 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:36.920 exciting against fun Romant. You must be about twenty three years old something like 298 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.680 that. I'm twenty five. Yeah, twenty five. Okay, what would 299 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:48.799 fifteen year old Roman be thinking? How did you make it this far right? 300 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.440 I mean, come on, you must think he must think there there's 301 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:53.400 no way, or maybe there is a way. What would he be saying, 302 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:57.720 I can't believe this might happen. Yeah, it's crazy. I kind 303 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:02.119 of I don't get my credit some time. I really enjoy the things that 304 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.400 I've done, so I look back at it and now I'm just trying to 305 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:08.400 just enjoy everything day by day and just be present. You know, my 306 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:11.000 Grandpa's always been hard to me growing up. Just keep your hand down to 307 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:14.640 work and you're not doing enough. So I kind of have that mindset. 308 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:17.920 But as I'm being don I'm sarting to realize that I have done some cool 309 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:21.519 things and just to make sure that I'm enjoying it and still having fun with 310 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:23.400 it. So yeah, where I'm at right now, Like I tell everyone, 311 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:27.920 I'm living my dream and I get paid to strain my butt off every 312 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:32.559 day and I'm grateful for it. But when did that dream start roman to 313 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.279 be, you know, in the Olympics as a restaurant. I mean, 314 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:37.960 was it, you know, in middle school? Is it at Sunnyside? 315 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:42.400 Was it a pencil? When did that become maybe even real for you? 316 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:48.839 I think it really some came and when I got to Penn State and I 317 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:52.319 was in the starting lineup. I mean, obviously I did well and twos 318 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:56.599 on Arizona at Sunnyside, but you know, I feel like a lot of 319 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:59.240 kids in Arizona is something that I'm trying to be a role model. And 320 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:03.559 I go back and how when the times ride, it's just these people the 321 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:07.799 doorway that there's more than this high school state championships and stuff like that. 322 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:12.400 Let's use when the spot we use to get to callers to get to make 323 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:18.640 world teams, national teams, because it's it's doable. But it's hard for 324 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:22.119 kids in Touson. I feel like to buy any because they don't have someone 325 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.920 leading them who's done there and been there. And that's why it's so easy 326 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:27.519 to be successful and here at Penn State. Because I can look back in 327 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:30.720 my corner, I know that I got Klee Sanderson who's been there, done 328 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:33.920 at all, and I can buy into him and trust him as a leader. 329 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:36.839 If he tells me to run offa run through a brick wall, you 330 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:38.279 know I'm gonna do it, even if even if I know I shouldn't. 331 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:41.240 So I think this comes down to the leadership. And I think it all 332 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.000 really started obviously in Sunday Stop, but I really got to Penn State. 333 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:51.079 That's when everything just teems and yeah, it's the mindset everything, just because 334 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:55.160 even this moment, the whole new person. Well, I would have thought 335 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:57.240 you would have said when you were really young, what did you still remember 336 00:22:57.319 --> 00:23:02.319 your first match and how that was and how maybe you thought maybe I can 337 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:06.960 continue to do this. Yeah, I don't really think as much as I 338 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:10.519 kid. I justmet my grandpa taking me to the Saturday tournament, and I 339 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:14.440 think nowadays it's kind of you don't know why we're doing it, and uh, 340 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:18.200 for me to find my why wasn't really tough. I got to college 341 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:21.799 and it was like, Okay, this is why I was working so hard 342 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.759 because the me in the moment, I really to undershot why we're going to 343 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:27.440 practice this. Boy, it's not fun and it's hard to be my community. 344 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:32.839 But you know, we started getting the disclosure. You know, thinks 345 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:36.920 of the line the winning is winning, the more winning, more matches, 346 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:40.240 and and people are starting to look up to you and stuff like that. 347 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:44.359 I feel like, now I know why, but you know, it's kind 348 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.720 of the way I see it. Now, what was your record in high 349 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:51.000 school? I think I was undefeated, but I don't really talking about it. 350 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:56.599 You know, origin I asked, you could say one hundred thousands of 351 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:59.279 zero, but I'm thinking, you mean to tell me you didn't know where 352 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:06.039 your wing you can. Everybody's asked I do I do it? Go to 353 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:08.400 be a four time stage champ? But my grandpa always wanted me and that 354 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:12.480 was it for me, Like he didn't expect to expect me to do any 355 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:17.359 of this stuff. We always just said he wanted a four time state champion 356 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.599 and that was the cosed mind he has. And now everything that I'm doing 357 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:22.559 is kind of for him. And he's one of my wives, and now 358 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:26.079 that I'm doing this stuff, it's super easy for me to both be motivated 359 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:30.680 and I just like to make him happy. So okay, so, so 360 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:33.839 as we as we mentioned, you're you're representing Mexico, there were some issues 361 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:37.559 with I think the weights and stuff like that. It got changed for the 362 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.759 Olympics, and it really kind of put you in a in a tough spot. 363 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:44.400 So tell us a little bit about how that, how that happened, 364 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:48.599 and and and and what your situation was as it relates to, uh, 365 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:52.319 you know, the the Olympic competition. Yeah. So, I mean, 366 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:57.640 obviously I could stick around here and trying to make the US world team, 367 00:24:57.799 --> 00:25:00.440 or I can go rest for Mexic. Go and you know, it's one 368 00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:03.720 of the things where I can just sit down in the mirror and think about 369 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.960 what you want to do for your life and the goals and how you want 370 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.839 to set yourself up. So you know, I took that leap of faith 371 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:11.119 and I went to go wrestle from Mexico. And now I switched this. 372 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:15.440 I got dual Ciniship and then I switched and I can't never wrestle with us 373 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.759 again. But when Olympic year comes around every four years, is only six 374 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:21.720 weight classes and then call it. I wrestled with one hundred and thirty three 375 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:26.119 pounds and now the Olympic weight is one hundred and twenty five point eight pounds. 376 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.960 So as you can say that's eight pounds liar than what I've wrestled for 377 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:34.680 about five years in college, and I'm only growing. So I really had 378 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:38.039 to do really how to get with the right people, get super disciplined to 379 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:41.599 make this weight and do everything right. There's no taking shortcuts, there's strict 380 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:45.000 diet, there's a lot of work being put in, and you know, 381 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:47.680 I think that's one of the biggest things I've proud about myself, is just 382 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:51.599 how discipline has to be to get down that way, because people don't understand 383 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:55.880 how hard it is to shrink your body down to weight that you never competed 384 00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.240 after college when you're still growing right near maturing. Yeah, you know it's 385 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:04.039 hard, but you know life parts. So I don't do what I gotta 386 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:07.319 do and that week. Now I can say I'm Olympian for the rest of 387 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:10.799 my life, but that's the job's not done, and that's not what I 388 00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:15.200 want to want move So now, so now comes a task of your family, 389 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:19.119 family members trying to go see you out in Paris. Did they see 390 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:22.559 you a lot in college and and what are you trying to do and how 391 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:26.920 can we help get people out there? Yeah, I don't go back home 392 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:29.720 to Tucson much more than I want to. I'm just so busy walked in. 393 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.960 You know, we had to plant it out and I've been I've competed 394 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.480 like every two months and mean that small injury I got to take care. 395 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:37.079 But yeah, when I want to get it back to Tucson, I want 396 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:38.200 to get my family out of Paris. So yeah, I started to go 397 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:41.599 fund me just to help get my get my family because people don't It's like 398 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:45.519 me from Tucson. It's not all the easiest, and you know that's why 399 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:48.839 I work. I work my butt off because when I go back home, 400 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:52.279 there's not much there for me. So this is what this is why I'm 401 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.960 so motivated. But yeah, if anyone wants to help, you know, 402 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:59.279 greatly appreciated. To get my family there. Obviously, this is the once 403 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:03.559 in a lifetime opportunity, but my goal is not. This is not gonna 404 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.079 be my last Olympics. Obviously want to make it to twenty twenty eight too, 405 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.319 but uh, you know, this would be a cool experience for them. 406 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:12.160 And I'm just gonna go out there and appreciate all all the support so 407 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:18.319 far. And I've had just my whole career and then I'm just gonna keep 408 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:21.720 doing, keep doing my best, and that's all I could do. But 409 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.720 yeah, you know, I appreciate the support. And eventually, when I'm 410 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:29.200 done wrestling, I'm definitely gonna help out the community and Tucson and get some 411 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:33.400 wrestling fitness going out there. But just waiting for that, for that movement 412 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:37.640 I want to be. Uh, I'm gonna be a light there at Tucson 413 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:40.960 for young athletes. Yeah, I just got to wait for my time. 414 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:44.000 But I'm still competing before we get back to the go fund me. There's 415 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:47.400 another reason why you don't come back to Tucson. You have burritos. You 416 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:52.279 know why you're gonna make wait here. I'm pretty I'm pretty disciplined now, 417 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:56.359 but I do this though. So after I'll go after August, I'll go 418 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:59.680 back for a couple of weeks. Hopefully I go back with the metal run 419 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:02.960 mind. So right, yeah, you can eat whatever you want. So 420 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:06.960 okay, So how do people find the go fundme? They'll go fundme page. 421 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:10.599 I think it's on my Facebook. I'm not really too sure how to 422 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:12.480 work it too much. I posted it, but I really haven't posted it 423 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:15.640 too much because I'm not really I don't really like to ask people for but 424 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:18.359 you know, if it's for my family or do whatever I need to. 425 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.920 But I'm not too sure that. But I know if you look up on 426 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:25.279 my Facebook, it should be on there. All right, we're looking at 427 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.799 that right now. I think we might have an all sports twosun dot com. 428 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:32.160 I think I of your shared it as well. But anybody who's listening 429 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:36.279 to us, you can go to your to your your Facebook, right yeah, 430 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.319 yeah, okay, yeah, I just found it. It's right at 431 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:41.519 the top of your Facebook. And if you go on to the go fundme 432 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.400 page, I think if you just search Roman Bravo, you'll find you'll find 433 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:52.640 the page trying to get your family to pair. So goal of fifteen thousand 434 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:56.440 dollars, you're about it a little over a third of the way there. 435 00:28:56.519 --> 00:29:00.480 So let's get going. So sometime, let's get going. Yeah, you've 436 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:03.640 been a great you know, you've been a great representative Tucson, so you 437 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.799 really deserve this, right right, let me ask you a dumb question because 438 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:10.799 Jay were wondering why I'm asking you this. I mean, I asked you 439 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.480 when you were here last time with us. You you're one thousand and zero 440 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:18.279 as a as a as a high school guy, you did very well in 441 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:22.839 at Penn State. How did it feel when you lost for the first time. 442 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:27.720 Yeah, I think that's a good question and no questions. But I 443 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:32.039 feel like losing is good at the same time. Obviously it sucks, but 444 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:34.279 you know, now looking back it up, maybe I had to lose to 445 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:38.440 make the Olympic teams. You'll never really know what if a loss is a 446 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:42.200 blessing at the same time, because obviously I was just lagging a really long 447 00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:47.400 winning streak going for my third title and I end up losing in the finals, 448 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.440 and you know, hurt, and it sucked, and I questioned myself 449 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:52.480 if I even wanted to wrestle, and then you know, something happened and 450 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:55.359 it clicked at me and I was like, you know, I'm gonna wrestle, 451 00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.759 and I'm gonna take this leap at sayth to Mexico and look where we're 452 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:00.640 at NATS. Now we're going to the Olympics. So like I can you 453 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:03.400 can do all in the past, or you can kind of just put your 454 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:07.079 head down your work and double down yourself and now look where we're going. 455 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:11.440 So I feel like losing, obviously, no one likes to lose. But 456 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:15.240 in the big picture, the big eternal picture of life, like, it's 457 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:17.599 not that big of a but it's just a repping match. So I think 458 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:21.359 as they're going up and get you have kid in Marizona and then you don't 459 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:26.400 get the same video all like you think, like the Olympics, people make 460 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.640 it a big deal, but at the end of day, it's just it's 461 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:30.920 just more repping matches and that's it, and then it's be common. It 462 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:36.000 can go thing. Losing is good. It definitely helped me get me to 463 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.480 where I'm at. I could, I could be excuse of it. Yeah, 464 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:41.839 tell us a little bit about the qualifying process. You know, how 465 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:45.240 do how do you make the team? You know, what did you have 466 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:48.799 to do all the way from how do you just sign up? Right? 467 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.680 And then you mentioned you had to go you had to get dual citizenship, 468 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:53.599 so you had to go through a process and then you had to go through 469 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:56.759 the qualifying Walk us through that a little bit because I'd be interested to see 470 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:03.039 how this happens. Yeah, so just getting builds. So people who don't 471 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:06.759 know what wrestling is. Obviously it's international and there's a lot of the just 472 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.799 don't be good rushing in the world. There's Russians to wrestle with Belarus and 473 00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:14.599 things like that. So like the the world champ at my weight last year 474 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:17.920 named Stefan Michik. He lives in the US trains here, but he wrestles 475 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:22.559 for Serbia, so it's known everywhere. But so how to get dual citizenship. 476 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:26.279 Our grandparents are born there, so they got a bug certificate. My 477 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:30.680 mom's for her birth certificate. I got mine done, and then you get 478 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:34.880 that, you get a Mexican passport and then once you're once you have that 479 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:38.759 in your citizenship, then you go to the United World Wrestling and tell them 480 00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:41.799 that you want to switch nationalities, so that I just have to like pay 481 00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:47.799 a fine to leave the US right switch national aladies, And then now I'm 482 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.200 competing for Mexico. So now I got to get in contact with the Mexican 483 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:52.960 Federation. Okay, what's the process? This is my goal. He's like, 484 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:56.119 you're this because of your resume, Like, doesn't mean crap. I 485 00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:00.319 don't want nothing given to me, So I gotta make weight scratch, I'm 486 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.680 gonna earn everything. So I showed up to two tournaments. One of the 487 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:07.599 tournams I needed to. Then there was a qualifier in Alca, Polco in 488 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:10.200 February. They get into the top two to qualify the weight for Paris. 489 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:15.920 So I went there, made the weight, qualified, got top I mean 490 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:17.480 you make the finals. They don't wrestle the finals match because top two go. 491 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:21.440 So I made that and then once you qualify the weight, then you're 492 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:24.079 good to go. They take sixteen countries to the Olympics. Well, have 493 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:30.799 you faced any of the other ones yet? Before I faced one of the 494 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:34.480 Egyptian guy, I wrestled them in France. So I wrestled him, I 495 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:37.720 beat him, and that there was like four or five Yews in the US 496 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:40.599 that I've just known. I wrestled for different countries, but the US citizens 497 00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:45.559 that I know who they are. But yeah, you haven't wrestled anything. 498 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:49.599 The world champions, the multiple worlds, not a winnings, World Champions, 499 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.200 the limit champions, the weight. It's gonna be fun, and you know 500 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:54.720 all you can do is show up and hope for the best. But I 501 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:58.400 know that I'm prepared and I'm gonna be putting in the work and leave no 502 00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:01.319 sounds don't turn. So I'll be at piece. What's whatever happens. But 503 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:05.279 I'm excited to go out there and get my hands on the best guys in 504 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:08.119 the world because this is something that I've been chasing for a while. Do 505 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:12.240 you let yourself think about being on the podium, you know, with any 506 00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:15.880 kind of a metal deed, Do you let your mind go there or would 507 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:20.440 that be kind of distracting for you? Yeah, I mean, I mean 508 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:24.119 it's always good to matifest I think it's good to write down your goals of 509 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:28.240 stuff. I really just like to keep my goals to myself and don't really 510 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:30.160 put it out there too much for everyone, because that's when it starts losing 511 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:34.960 value. But but yeah, I mean, like I said, that's obviously 512 00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:38.720 the goal of everyone going there. So I got pulling first though, So 513 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:43.160 we're gonna take that one at time, and then my next goal for me 514 00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:46.400 is just we win a world medal and I'll be done wrestling. So however 515 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:51.359 long it takes you, very nice, very nice role, Roman, We 516 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:55.400 appreciate your time. Good luck again. Go to his Facebook young looking him 517 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:58.799 up. Look him up on Facebook. There's a link to it. But 518 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.720 if you go straight to the fund me page, I think if you search 519 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:04.960 Roman bravo, young you'll find a Roman. Bravo, You'll find it. 520 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:08.719 So and you get to the golf trying to raise fifteen grand you get your 521 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:12.639 family over there, so good luck with it, Roman and all the best. 522 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:16.519 Thank you so much on come bless be well, thank you. That's 523 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:20.199 cool. That's cool, dude, to be that tough. And let me 524 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:22.519 tell you the wrestlers of the tough dudes in the world. Ud you know 525 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.360 right right, watching these guys in high school, right, you thought those 526 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:30.199 are the badasses of the school, right, Football players, yeah, whatever, 527 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.360 But wrestlers, you just go. They make fantastic football players to angles, 528 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:37.119 big leverage, all right, stuff, Okay, we gotta go. 529 00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.320 We have luck, We have a g take a break. We're gonna come 530 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:43.440 back in about six minutes. We'll have Steve Kerr on, so come back 531 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:46.159 and uh we'll be chatting with him. Stick around. If you're an Arizona 532 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:50.760 men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful for nearly forty years. Now 533 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:53.119 take a look back at the Ludolsen era in my new book, Lessons from 534 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:55.679 Loot. It was a labor of love through the eyes of twenty five former 535 00:34:55.719 --> 00:35:00.320 players, coaches and friends to give insight to the coach and and the men 536 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:04.000 who led them, competed against them, and inspired them. Twenty five chapters 537 00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:07.159 for his twenty five years as Arizona's beloved coach. Lessons from Loot is an 538 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:12.920 insight to how he built the program into a national powerhouse. 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This is I on the Ball on Fox Sports fourteenth Theory. Hey, 574 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:02.840 welcome back to Eying the ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm 575 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:06.599 Steve Rivera. He's Jenkins Owes Snow on the phone. We had one of 576 00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:10.760 Tusson's favorite sons, Steve Kerr. Steve. How are you? I'm good? 577 00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:14.039 Thanks? How are you guys? We're doing well? Thank you very 578 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.320 much for joining us. How the heck you doing? And now that the 579 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:25.519 season is no longer the season. Well, definitely feeling rested. Not that 580 00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:29.679 I want to feel rested. I'd much prefer to be playing still, but 581 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:32.440 that's the way it goes. So you got to take advantage of the time. 582 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.320 Do you sit down and watch the NBA playoffs or how much attention do 583 00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:39.280 you pay to them? I think I'm a bitter guy, so I think 584 00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:43.760 if I was out, I would just get not even care about him anymore. 585 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:47.519 You know, when we lost the Sacramento in the playing game, I 586 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:52.360 went home and I swore I wasn't gonna watch anything, And two days later 587 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:55.119 I had every game off. I can't can't stay away. Yeah, I'm 588 00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:59.920 sure, I'm sure. Sure, that's pretty funny. Do you how do 589 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:02.039 you look at the games? Because we always ask ex players, how do 590 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:07.440 you look at the games? Yeah? I think it depends on the time. 591 00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:09.800 There are some nights I just have the game on in the background and 592 00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:15.400 I'm not really paying close attention, and maybe if the game really grabs me, 593 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:22.599 like last night's game, which was incredible, I really pay attention to 594 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:25.440 what. You know, what each team is doing down the stretch, plays 595 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:30.440 they run, what what what they're doing defensively? And you know, there 596 00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:35.480 are times where you pick something up and you file it away and you go, 597 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.239 yeah, I think I'd like our team to do that. Okay, 598 00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:40.760 So like you know that Rick Carlisle is not going to have his guy foul 599 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:44.760 when there's three, you know, when they're down, when they're up three 600 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:50.320 at the end. You know, it's funny they mentioned that on the on 601 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:53.800 the broadcast, but it's h It's actually one of the hardest things to do. 602 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:58.360 At the end. It seems like it's an easy one, you know, 603 00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:01.760 to have that lot of fouling, but there's so many variables and we've 604 00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:07.159 been on both sides of that. You know, sometimes you foul and they 605 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:12.400 you know, they determined that it was in the act of shooting. So 606 00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:15.599 you're worried. You know, the next time you're worried about fouling. And 607 00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:20.280 you know, like I thought that play last night. You know, see 608 00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:24.400 hackem was clearly nervous about fouling in the corner because he didn't want to give 609 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:30.639 up retreat throws. So's it's always a hot button topic, but it's more 610 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:34.719 difficult than people realize. Over the years you had you guys have had a 611 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:37.440 great run since you started back in what fifteen sixteen, whatever it was. 612 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:40.280 Do you kind of look back and say, you know, it's been pretty 613 00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:45.000 good to us, to me, oh every day? Are you kidding me? 614 00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:51.280 You know, the ability to to or the opportunity I should say to 615 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:55.840 coach Steph Curry and Draymond and Clay and Andrea Gadala you meet these guys are 616 00:40:57.039 --> 00:41:01.719 are legends and for them to all be on the same team, you know, 617 00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:08.239 at various times of their careers, it's it's just been, uh, 618 00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:14.440 you know, it's complete honored to coach them. Have you ever given Steph 619 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:17.320 Curry your shooting tip? You know your your elbow is out or you're you 620 00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:22.480 know, anything like that. Yeah, if you're old enough, you remember 621 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:28.639 the the advertisement TV for the may Tag repair Man. Yeah, much, 622 00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:31.679 you're your younger listeners are like, what the hell are those guys talking about? 623 00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:37.519 But yeah, the may Tag repair Man was was basically never busy because 624 00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:43.119 may Tags were perfect like being steps shooting, you're the may Tag repair Man. 625 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:45.840 It's funny because you know obviously follow you and follow you from all time 626 00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:50.639 and as a I'm a Golden State Warrior fan. When I'm thinking, you 627 00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:52.239 know what I wish I could be Steve Kirk for a weekend. And then 628 00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:54.800 I realized you put up with a lot of crap, and I just never 629 00:41:54.920 --> 00:42:01.400 mind. Uh no, you know, I think that's uh, that's part 630 00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:06.719 of it. The job is you just have to understand you're going to take 631 00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:10.159 a lot of crap and the fans are never happy. Uh you know, 632 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:15.880 I I'm I'm well aware that there are lots of fans who would love to 633 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:19.280 see me get fired and all that stuff. But that's that's the life of 634 00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:22.280 the coach in professional sports, you know. And and the sooner you get 635 00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:25.360 used to that, the better, and you just you just don't worry about 636 00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:30.280 it, and you just do your job and enjoy all the the great parts 637 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.599 of the of the job and ignore the rest. Okay, So now you're 638 00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:36.760 you're you're you got yourself into the Olympics. You're going to go do this 639 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:42.039 this summer. When when does all that start for you? You know? 640 00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:45.920 In earnest and have you ever thought what the hell did I get myself into? 641 00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:50.960 Or is it you know you're looking forward to this? Oh I can't 642 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:54.159 wait. It's that We start in July July third, we go to Vegas, 643 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:59.719 players arrived the fifth and we practice for a week or so, we 644 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:06.320 get right into exhibition games and and and then to Paris, so it's all 645 00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:10.920 in all, it's only about a five or six week journey and I can't 646 00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:15.239 wait. I mean, it's gonna be so exciting. We have great players, 647 00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:19.559 great talent, hell of a coaching staff, and obviously going to Paris, 648 00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:22.119 one of the most beautiful cities in the world. So it's it's gonna 649 00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:25.320 be really exciting, but very difficult, you know, even though we have 650 00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:31.719 the best players in the NBA on our team, so do other teams in 651 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:36.800 the Olympics, by the way. Yeah, uh, there's some really really 652 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:42.440 talented teams out there. And PIBA is a different game than the NBA, 653 00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:45.280 and our guys have to make a big adjustment. And you know, these 654 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:51.000 teams now are very capable of beating us, and we know that very well. 655 00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:55.320 Yeah, the European game with the international teams. Are you are you 656 00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:59.480 nervous at all about this because you know what they you know they hearing this 657 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:05.559 expect gold medal. Does that make you nervous at all? Of course it 658 00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:08.559 does, you know, But that's the nature of competition. And I love 659 00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:14.320 the competition. I love being in the auction and having something on the line, 660 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:19.800 having a challenge. You don't get that juice, You don't get those 661 00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:25.039 feelings unless there's a downside, and there's definitely a downside here. We I 662 00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:30.960 coached the World Cup team last summer. We lost to Germany in the semi 663 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:35.079 finals and uh, and then lost to Canada and in the in the bronze 664 00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:38.400 medal game, and uh. It's hugely disappointing. But at the same time, 665 00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:44.199 it was an incredible experience. And I think all of this. When 666 00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:51.280 you're coaching at this level, you really learn to appreciate everything and and understand 667 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:55.519 that these are the best athletes in the world, best coaches in the world, 668 00:44:55.920 --> 00:45:00.119 and you know, winning and losing is all part of it. That. 669 00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:04.239 Yeah, when you're the coach of USA men's basketball, you're supposed to 670 00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:06.800 win, for sure. Those are the times I didn't want to be Steve 671 00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:08.679 Kirk. Well, yeah, I mean, what if you have to what 672 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:12.159 if you have to yell at one of those guys, right, or you 673 00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:14.199 know, go sit on the bed, go sit down. You know, 674 00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:19.480 how's that going to fly? Yeah? Well, you know, it's it's 675 00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:23.519 an interesting experience for these guys because they're also used to being the stars on 676 00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:29.800 their team, and all of a sudden, they're looking across the locker room 677 00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:32.480 at eleven other Hall of famers, you know. And I think it's one 678 00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:37.599 of the appeals to the experience for the players is that they really get to 679 00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:44.079 play together and be together, you know, when they're used to competing against 680 00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:47.880 one another, and in my experience, they really do just kind of got 681 00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:54.280 their egos aside and enjoy the idea of being being one. Let's talk a 682 00:45:54.280 --> 00:45:58.920 little about Arizona. We talked yesterday, J and I about those guys that 683 00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:05.679 have come through the the Mikhale Doores historically and guys you needed on their team. 684 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:07.719 I think you were one of them. I don't think. I know 685 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:10.519 you were one of them back in the mid eighties because people played for you. 686 00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:15.840 And in fact, Harvey Mason in the book talks about he was he 687 00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:19.360 played hard because he went he didn't want to disappoint Loot and he didn't want 688 00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:22.119 to disappoint Steve Kerr. Did you no, No, And I'm not I'm 689 00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:25.320 not joking, I'm being serious, because you had that presence about you. 690 00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:30.719 I think even Pete Williams talked about it a little yesterday. Did you sense 691 00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:37.480 that when you were on the team with them? Definitely not. I mean, 692 00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:40.800 you know, especially with Pete. Pete was a junior when I was 693 00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:45.920 a freshman, and my freshman year, I was just trying to you know, 694 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:52.119 survive. And I think my sophomore year it was a different vibe and 695 00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:58.960 I had a lot of more confidence and became a starter. But I think, 696 00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:01.360 you know, my experience that U of A was special because it was 697 00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:08.800 five years and I really did feel like I just grew from this, you 698 00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:13.760 know, a young kid or didn't know anything to you know, a fifth 699 00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:16.840 year senior and you know, playing on a final four team. It was 700 00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:22.840 just an incredible experience the whole run. And to be there for Luke's first 701 00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:27.760 year and to see him build it from the ground up was just amazing. 702 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:31.719 Well, we talked about when you got hurt that summer. We don't think 703 00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:36.639 that the history of the program would have been the same had you not and 704 00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:39.719 gotten hurt, because it seemed like everything fell into place in eighty eight where 705 00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:45.360 they needed you, you needed them, You helped tremendously with the team. 706 00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:47.800 Does that make any sense? It does it does. I think if I 707 00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:53.639 hadn't gotten hurt before that my senior year, my fourth year, we would 708 00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:58.639 not have been a final four team. I think the rest of the guys 709 00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:01.920 that year that I sat out, they all made such huge strides and we 710 00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:07.559 brought everybody back and we were just loaded that that that last year for me, 711 00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:14.679 and I think that final fortrait really kind of validated the program, validated 712 00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:20.320 each of us individually, and and I think it helped set the course for, 713 00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:23.880 you know, the next twenty years where Coach Olsen just built this this 714 00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:28.039 amazing program. Well you know, yeah, I mean you'll always be thought 715 00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:30.719 of as one of the as we call Pete, you know, Pete Williams, 716 00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:35.480 you know, the cornerstones of what Arizona basketball is today. You know, 717 00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:39.840 through Sean Miller now now with with Tommy Lloyd, that you'll always be 718 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:45.440 thought of as the guy who helped build what is even happening today. Is 719 00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:46.800 that I don't know, do you put your hand on the pillow at night 720 00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:51.920 and ever think about that? Where do you think your place is there? 721 00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:57.639 Well, it's a great source of pride for sure. And that was one 722 00:48:57.719 --> 00:49:02.440 of Loot's messages to you know, his first year or two was you know, 723 00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:07.840 we're building something special and and you know you're you're going to be you 724 00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:13.679 know, one of the you know, one of the groups that really got 725 00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:16.199 it started. And I think we all said a lot of pride in that. 726 00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:21.000 You know, that's that's a pretty unique thing to be able to do. 727 00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:25.920 And obviously the way my career turned out and the way the fans you 728 00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:30.760 know, took to me and took care of me and cheered for me, 729 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:35.599 it became something that I never could have even imagined. But when you were 730 00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:38.800 here and Sean was going through his his stuff here and being becoming Sean Sean 731 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:43.639 Elliott right. Uh. In the book he admitted that he wanted to leave 732 00:49:43.679 --> 00:49:45.960 a time or two because was on him. He was on him a lot. 733 00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:51.639 I'm sure you saw that. And did you know that, Oh yeah, 734 00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:55.719 oh yeah, yeah, Sean was you know, he was so good 735 00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:02.119 but so so raw and coach also and coached him hard. And I think 736 00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:07.840 if that happened today, he probably would have tried. Yeah. But but 737 00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:10.760 but but back then, it didn't work that way, and it was a 738 00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:15.920 much healthier environment, to be honest with you, And in terms of player 739 00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:21.079 development, especially with with a coach like lude Olsen who would coach you hard 740 00:50:21.159 --> 00:50:27.199 but had total respect were you and and treated you like like a grown up. 741 00:50:27.320 --> 00:50:30.480 You know. He was never demeaning, he was never insulting. He 742 00:50:30.719 --> 00:50:37.039 was just very demanding and most young players need that. They don't always know 743 00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:40.559 it though. Yeah, well, well Steve, thanks for your time. 744 00:50:40.719 --> 00:50:44.840 Good stuff, Steve. We appreciate your time always, we know it's valuable. 745 00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:47.239 And best of luck at the Olympics this summer. We have some fun 746 00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:52.119 with that, I will. I will appreciate you guys having me on. 747 00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:55.719 Yeah, well, Steve Kerr, thanks so much. Yeah, great to 748 00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:58.800 have one on the show. We always get him like, you know, 749 00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:01.599 it's kind of like we've got to He's one of those guys. I mean. 750 00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:05.639 One of the best things I've ever written read from him. Remember he 751 00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:08.320 was a student and he went to cal and he wrote a column about about 752 00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:15.000 their band. Everything was a funny joke about everything, fantastic view of other 753 00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:17.880 teams. He's never look, he's a serious guy on a lot of things. 754 00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:22.039 He's very good at what he does, but he's never taken himself so 755 00:51:22.199 --> 00:51:25.039 seriously that you think, you know he's so I mean, he's just he's 756 00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:30.119 he's a he's an average guy who happens to be incredibly successful and that and 757 00:51:30.199 --> 00:51:34.360 that's I think that that's the cool thing about say this, without any regrets. 758 00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:37.880 He is the smartest dude I've ever met. Yeah, because he goes 759 00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:40.360 a lot of different directions he does, and he handles a lot of different 760 00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:45.199 things. Whether you agree with his politics or not or whatever, it's just 761 00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:47.559 sense. I mean again, a guy who came here, as he said, 762 00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:50.599 just that, you know, a young guy just trying to find his 763 00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:53.199 way. And when you think about what he's built in his you know, 764 00:51:53.280 --> 00:51:58.719 in his life is as a college basketball player, a professional basketball player, 765 00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:01.599 an NBA CO she was a general manager. I mean, you want to 766 00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:06.400 talk about a guy who's pushed every button, and it seemed to seemed to 767 00:52:06.440 --> 00:52:12.800 have pushed the right buttons. But you're right, though you think it's harder 768 00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:16.719 than anybody think I want to do. It's very harder than anythings. All 769 00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:21.039 right, Thanks so much to Steve Kirk for joining us. That was very 770 00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:23.119 cool. So all right, I think that's it. Have fun. Show 771 00:52:23.239 --> 00:52:29.599 went fast, went fast. We'll be back tomorrow, but we're gone Friday. 772 00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:32.480 We'll be off on Friday and Monday for Memorial Day, so catch us 773 00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:36.239 tomorrow. Would love to take your calls five to zero, four one, 774 00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:38.599 six seventy four forty. If you're just catching the end of that or missed 775 00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:43.599 it, it'll be up on the podcast today so tonight, so so be 776 00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:45.719 sure to check that out. So thanks for being here and we'll see tomorrow.