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good afternoon, Welcome down the ball here

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on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm
jagon Zalez, your host in studio for

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the next couple of days as Steve
is on the road and at the Sweet

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sixteen in LA. I've got Sammy
here to work with me. Run the

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board in line, make sure that
I don't say anything bad, right.

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Oh yeah, of course. That's
the main job. That's the main job,

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and the toughest job. Oh,
and the toughest job. But even

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though Steve's not here in the studio
with us, We've got a loaded show

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today, a lot of stuff to
talk about, going in a lot of

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different directions. In a couple of
minutes, we're gonna play Jed shit man,

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where's your head at? Good?
You're not doing your job? Okay,

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you didn't keep me from saying that. Oh you got a Sweet sixteen

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Tommy Lloyd's press conference in La from
the from the Sweet Sixteen, We're gonna

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play that pretty much in its entirely. We edited out a couple of non

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essential questions, and then at three
twenty Francisco Romero, he's the Spanish play

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by play announcer for the Houston Astros. Baseball get started in earnest tomorrow,

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even though there were a couple of
regular season games between the Dodgers and Padres.

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Next week, we'll talk to Francisco
about I think his like seventeenth season

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or something like that, a whole
bunch of seasons he's been doing this,

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but he's still a young guy,
so I don't know, it's been a

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while, but anyways, Then at
at three point thirty five, we're gonna

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get Steve on the phone from La
We'll talk about what's going on over there

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and what he's been seeing. The
Arizona's practicing in the last hour, so

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we'll get thoughts from Steve. Then
our usual breaking news at the top of

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the four o'clock hour. At four
to twenty, we're bringing in John Court,

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the Arizona gymnastics coach. They're going
to the regional next week in Fayetteville.

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They've had a great season, broken
a bunch of records. We'll talk

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John Cord about his team this year. I'm sure he's very happy with where

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where he is and that program's really
really come a long way. And then

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finally, uh, at four thirty
five, Ryan Hansen calling in from LA.

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He'll be doing the game tour with
Brian Jeffers. But let's go ahead

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and go straight to the uh,
the Tommy Lloyd press conference, which is

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can play played in its entirety,
and then we'll go to break and we'll

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uh, we'll bring in Francisco Oman. But here's Tommy in La at the

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press conference today. Hey, Tommy, Jeff Eisenberg with Yeah, who's sports

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Believe it or not. There were
some former Arizona players who weren't that excited

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when you were hired three years ago. Can you just kind of describe what

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your reaction was back then to some
of the stuff that was said and how

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you won some of those guys over
Well, you know, they had a

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right to feel that way. I
mean, you know, this is a

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it's an amazing program, and it's
an amazing legacy and amazing tradition, and

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you know, I probably, you
know, did I not know myself so

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well? I probably would have wondered
what the heck are they doing when hiring

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an assistant from the WCC. And
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think that's all justified. And and
I knew that, you know, me

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just talking or whatever wasn't going to
earn people's respect. We needed to come

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and do a great job on a
day to day basis and and run run

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the program in a way that our
former players will be proud of our Our

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former players are a huge part of
you know what is put our program in

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such a great position, you know
nationally. I mean, these guys are

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they're you know, the passion they
have for Arizona and the talent they have

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for basketball players. The great coaches
that we've had, you know, from

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Fred Snowden to Loodles and to Sean
Miller, you know what I mean,

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those guys have all made my job
better and and and the former players are

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the ones you know that's the blood, sweat and tears. So those guys

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had a right to feel that way, you know. I I wasn't an

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Arizona guy at that time, but
I tell you what I am now.

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Brian Peterson with Asy Desert Swarm going
into the NCAA tournament, you mentioned a

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lot about having the extra rest from
coming home from the PAC twelve and being

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able to kind of reset. You
were the first game of the second round

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and you were home before most of
the games were even played. Can that

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same rest factor be a benefit to
you again, Well, you hope,

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So, you know, I mean, I think, you know, anytime

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you can try to find an advantage, you try to wrap your arms around

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it. I feel like, you
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where we're pretty healthy, we're pretty
rested, which is a little bit of

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a luxury. But you know,
just because you had an extra day or

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a few extra hours, that doesn't
mean you have a significant advantage this time

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of year because the other team's really
good. I mean they're they're really really

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good and uh and you know they're
playing for something as well, so you

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know, it's good to get back
catch our breath a little bit and uh

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and you know, have kind of
a normal week of preparation for us,

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you know, because we're used to
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we do in our conference. So
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I feel we feel like we're in
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fourth row over here. Yeah,
Tommy, Steve Riverolsports two sound dot com.

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Was there a point in maybe January
February where you said to the guys,

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Okay, guys, we can be
better to show it well for sure.

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You know, I think you think
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you know that that that I felt
like that. But but you're right

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and that I also know that these
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to be trending in a positive direction
the entire time. Part of growing over

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the course of a season is struggling
and dealing with adversity and staring it straight

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down and acknowledging, hey, we
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get better or or we're not doing
a good enough job, whether it's as

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a coaching staff or as players.
So we took some of those, you

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know, maybe some of those tough
stretch because we were we were on the

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road for basically a month. We
didn't play a game in McHale, So

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I think that just kind of threw
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We got a little tired, and
you know, we played some teams that

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played really well. But I think
that adversity has helped make us a better

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team today. You know, you're
here, Jordan knows the essay Today's Sports,

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you know, trying to get over
that hump of getting this team in

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its first final four and over twenty
years and you have guys that have been

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to the final four or four have
has the team kind of just look to

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shot and it's Caleb just about you
know, hey, like what do we

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need to do this weekend to make
sure that we end up going back to

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Arizona. I mean, first off, I don't see a hump. I

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mean, I don't see a hump. I mean, I'm just a basketball

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coach at Arizona in my third year. I see opportunity. So you know,

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we look at opportunities, you know, as a privilege, and we

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want to take advantage of them.
With that being said, one hundred percent,

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we understand that every opportunity doesn't ensure
you're going to be successful or you're

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going to be able to take that
next steps is going to be really challenging.

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So uh and and to be honest
with you, we're we're I know

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it's boring, but we're a one
day at a time, one game at

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a time, you know, cliche
coach, cliche team, and and so

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we're one hundred percent focused on Clemson
and we haven't looked anything beyond that.

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Coach Luke Glynten here with twelve Sports
out of Phoenix. I believe deep runs

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in the Big Dance always require teams
to win in different ways. It seems

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you have done that this team has
done on the first two games of the

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tournament. And how would you assess
this team's ability to win in different ways,

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whether it be on the defensive end
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we look at these first two games
of the tournament. When when when we

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build a team, I mean as
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the first thing we always think about
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many chances to win games as possible. So you know, I mean,

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whether that's the defensive end, the
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a secondary lineup you might use,
you know. I mean, we're

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trying to think of everything we can
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So I mean, I think with
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you're not afraid to play different styles. And because you understand I understand,

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Hey, these other coaches are really
good and and and they're they're going to

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come out with game plans, and
you know, we're not always going to

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be able to to play you know, one hundred percent, you know,

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in our comfort zone. So you
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to be comfortable, you know,
being uncomfortable. So I think our guys

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have done a really good job these
first two games, and even even down

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the stretch of the season, we
were seeing I mean, every game it

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seems like we were seeing a new
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You know that maybe the team hadn't
even done that much, you know,

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so we were getting the kitchen sink, and you know that's not easy to

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play against on a nightly basis.
But I think our guys have handled it

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pretty well. Hi, Tommy Addison
colback here with Arizona PBS just kind of

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I don't know I got here.
I don't know if you're right asked this,

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but kind of looking at Clemson,
their slower paced team. I likes

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to shoot the mid range, shoot
the three ball a lot, and your

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team has kind of struggled with that
in your past life in Princeton. How

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do you guys kind of plant how
do you guys plan to speed them up

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and play Arizona basketball well? I
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What I see when I see Clemson
and I see an incredibly physical team

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that has a conviction to assert their
physical will on you. And you know,

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I mean I don't really you know, And I'll sit there when I

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watch them on film and it's like, Wow, these guys are playing extraordinarily

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slow. I see they have I
have a couple, you know, elite

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perimeter players. I see they have, you know, two really good big

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guys. I see they have good
size at the other positions, and they

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play with effort and toughness, you
know, possession by possession. I mean,

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that's what I see when I watch
Clemson. Tommy, I know you

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mentioned it before, but Matt Painter
mentioned in their win over you toss the

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benefit of having an international trip before
the season, and you've said the same

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thing as well, and I could
you just go in depth about like what,

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like what helps get with that trip
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you know, it's the first time
and I've traveled a lot. I

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mean, obviously, if you guys
know my coaching background, I've in recruited

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internationally for years and I love traveling, and I've taken my family on you

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know, around the world trips.
You know, we really valued my wife

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and I, you know, traveling
with our kids and making that part of

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our life. But to be able
to take our teams the first time I've

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done a foreign trip and uh and
I didn't want to just do one of

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these foreign trips where you go play
a couple you know, RinkyDink select teams.

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We wanted to go play national teams. We wanted to go to places

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of substance where our guys could learn. So, you know, we got

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the opportunity to go to Israel and
and Abu Dhabi and it was an awesome

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trip and an amazing way to you
know, get everybody in our group.

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We had a group of like fifty
people, I mean, to get them

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connected, get them out of their
comfort zone. And we fully participated and

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everything Israel had to offer, and
it was an amazing trip and in an

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amazing way to kind of kick off
our journey, you know, and especially

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you know, in light of what's
happening and over in that part of the

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country or part of the world right
now. You know, it's a it

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was a really impactful trip for us
and I'm hopeful you know, you can

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do those trips every four years.
I'm hopeful in four years, you know,

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I'm optimistic that the world's going to
be in a better place. That

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region of the world's going to be
in a much better place. And I'm

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hopeful that Arizona can make a return
trip over there because I think that would

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be really really cool on a lot
of levels. Jason sheer wad kind of

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authority really every game and especially in
this one. How important to this team

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overall this season? Has Kishaw Johnson
been defensively especially? I mean Key's been

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tremendous. I mean, his his
toughness and versatility and effort he gives on

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the defensive end are are are almost
second to none, you know, And

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and I don't you know, we're
a team with a lot of good players,

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you know, who scores a lot
of points, and I think a

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lot of attention gets focused on that
and and maybe you know, his impact

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on the defensive end just gets lost
in the shuffle. But but not on

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me. I mean that dude is
a bad boy, and and he gives

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it everything. He's got, every
possession and uh and and so you know,

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he's really really helped us at that
end of the floor. He's helped,

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you know, kind of grow our
identity there. And uh and you

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know, and I don't even know. I don't think he was even first

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team All Conference defense, you know, which is crazy, you know,

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I mean, like, I mean, wow, in trusts me. Any

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coach in our conference or any coach
in the country that had Keishaw Johnson on

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their team would value what he brings
in the defensive end. And he's he's

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I mean to me, he might
not be All Packed twelve first team defense,

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but he's he's definitely all first team
All American All Defense in my opinion.

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Coach, I'm curious, how would
you describe this team's poise? We

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know March madness can be crazy,
never fully know what to expect. How

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would you describe from your perspective,
the team's pois? I mean, I

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love our poise. It's something we
talk about all the time, you know,

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you know, I mean, poise
is built from confidence and belief and

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and I think we have those two
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this tournament tested, This tournament tested
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know, the the crazy things about
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the response is going to be.
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idea and I trust our poise,
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you know that doesn't mean that it's
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you need it to. And and
that's that's what makes these games, I

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guess, such a spectacle. It
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Kishaw's defense. Bradley in the last
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came out and did some pretty right
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you can turn too off the bench, that can bring that same sort of

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defensive intensity, how important is that? I mean, you know, Jaden

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was spectacular, you know, all
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you know, he made some awesome
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plays and has a knack for,
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but also having the courage to to
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impactful decisions on the defensive end.
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go down the list of our guys
individually's defenders. You know, Bradley's exceptional,

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Kylon Boswell is great, Caleb is
much improved. Umar you know,

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we rely on him so much to
to clog up the paint and protect the

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rim and and and kJ Lewis is
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dynamo defensively. I mean he so
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that mix, who you know is
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the best things he does is at
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mean, I think you're you have
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That was Tommy Lloyd at the Sweet
sixteen press conference. We'll talk to Steve

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Rivera about the press conference what he
thought of all of that. Steve's gonna

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be calling in at three thirty five. Actually when we come out of break,

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it'll be more like three forty,
and so we'll break that down when

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we get Steve on the line in
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got from Cisco Merrow from the Houston
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I'm a Dodger guy. So we
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have a little fun with that.
But everybody starts their season tomorrow, I

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think, yeah, opening right,
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Steve Ravia and Jacob Solids they have
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Sports Stay Chat Fox Sports fourteen fifties. Welcome back time to the ball here

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on Fox Sports fourteen fifty I'm Jacob
Zalez. You're in studio. Host Steve

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is on the road in UH Los
Angeles. We'll be talking to him in

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a few minutes from there and on
the phone. Now, we've got Francisco

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Merrow from the Houston Astros UH.
Francisco play by play announcer for Houston Spanish

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language play by play guy over there, entering his seventeenth season doing this job,

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which is impressive that alone for Francisco. So welcome to the show,

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and we appreciate you being here.
Thank you, thank you so much.

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I know I heard you, but
yeah, World Few Champions twenty seventeen,

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in twenty two, Yeah, we
know all about those. Francisco. Now,

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I'm sure you're very proud, and
I know you grew up a Dodger

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fan like me. You can't help
it. You got you know, you

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got a good job with these guys. I'll I'll let you pass again at

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some point, but you know,
we somehow we got to get you back

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over to the Dodgers or something like
that. But just tell us about your

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preparation for this season, and then
we'll get to talking about the team itself.

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But what you know, how do
you start preparing, What do you

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start preparing, what do you have, what do you prepare for? What

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do you do well? First of
all, I'm going to tell you something,

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Jay, in two thousand and when
the new owner bought the team really

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got us how excited about uh the
minor leaguers and all the stats that they

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did, how they work. So
every since then, I've been really following

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the minor leaguers and the development teams. So that's how I start preparing.

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And so a year after years,
during the off season, you know,

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we take a look at who's coming
up, who's who's there. But with

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the actros in in this era in
the last few years, it's uh maybe

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one or two that that that get
to break into into the team because of

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how good they've been. And so
it all feeds out from behind, uh,

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from way from the years past in
what the team has done and how

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they have all the players. So
that's how we start preparing. And once

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it gets to spring training, then
you know, we take a look at

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other teams our own league. The
schedule has changed, a little bit.

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Now we play everybody, all the
National League teams and all the American League

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teams, so that that's very exciting
to get to play everybody. We don't

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visit every team, but we still
play everybody. So that's how the preparation

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is. In terms of me of
my own I do a few podcasts and

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a little bit of videos and interviews. So I like to pre produce everything

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that I do, and so season
that starts everything that I produce. It's

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ready to go. Just go do
the interviews and plug in and all that

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stuff. But it's always exciting.
It's always like the first day of school,

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but tomorrow. And you know this, it never gets old. It

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will never get all. Working in
Major League Baseball. It's a blessing.

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It's not a job, it's a
life. And so my family comes along

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with me, and so we all
get ready. The whole family gets ready.

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Even my dad and two sons already
called me, a, you got

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to get that league ready for me
with the passwork. I don't want to

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miss the game. It's the family. Yeah, So you guys are starting

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at home. You got the Yankees
coming in, you know, to the

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two top teams in the American League
that are going to be going at it

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right away. That's got to be
fun to just jump right into it.

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It is, it is fun.
I mean, you know what happened in

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twenty two when the Yankees fans started
yelling, we want Houston and then they

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got Houston. So it's answered into
a rivalry, a very fun rivalry which

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we also broadcasters enjoy it a lot. And so, I mean, Houston

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fans are very nice. They're very
good fans. They're a nice kind of

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fans. But we have a lot
of fun with that. And especially you

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know when we have to be the
team like the Yankees that are good,

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very good teams here. It makes
so tell us a little bit about what

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what kind of things you might be
expecting from the team. Maybe some new

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guys that to that we should keep
an eye on over here. And uh,

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you know, your your favorite,
I think your favorite to win at

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least from a betting standpoint, your
favorite to win the most games in in

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in the American League. You're going
to be very good. What what do

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you what are you looking forward to? Who are you looking forward to seeing?

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Look, first of all, Hew, they have to be healthy,

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and second of all, the lineup
had to change much. I'm looking forward

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to watching Hater Uh you know,
close games. He's exciting. And also

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we got newcatcher, Keratini comes from
the Brewers. He caught a lot of

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good UH pitchers, so he should
be good with our rotation. And also

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our new manager, Joey Spotta,
former Dodger and Lute Baker, got us

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a championship ring and now he's with
the Giants, I believe, but as

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an advice role. But so Hater
is definitely one that I would like to

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see. There's a few young people
there and also a former wildcata Uh Caesar

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Sala Star may make a trip to
the major leagues. Again. Always good

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to see a former Wildcat in the
majors, whether it's with the Astros or

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with somebody else. But the team, like you said, it's a very

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good team, hasn't changed much.
This era of the Astros have has been

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very good to the city, to
the team. So there isn't a lot

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of opportunities for for a lot of
young kids because all the positions are mostly

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taken. And I hope to see
Uh in a break at first base start

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off better than he did last year, So it'll be a good team and

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you can never count out a two
and and you're done about the heck of

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behater. You just enjoy every that
that Alberts has. So it's an exciting

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team. It's an exciting time for
the Astros and hopefully, you know,

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we get to go far further and
in the playoffs and I'm not a world

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serious run wouldn't be bad. Yeah, another one absolutely. So you know

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you've been around the Astros for a
long time, you know, they you

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know, like everybody else, you
know, they go through a tough time

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and all of sudden they build up
yet good when win a couple of World

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series. But the hard thing is
to stay good. What what do you

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think has been the key to the
fact that you know, not only have

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did they get good, they've stayed
up there? They haven't you know,

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you know, you know, done
well, then gone backwards and come back,

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you know, because so many teams
do that. You know, teams

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come and go. I mean the
Rangers came out of nowhere, you know

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to win a World Series. I
mean, you know, what do you

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how how do you think that the
organization has been able to stay where it

408
00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.839
is the way the way it has
the last several years. You know what,

409
00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:40.039
it's the development side that you know, the answers. You know,

410
00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:44.079
they lost a couple of first round
picks because of some things that they were

411
00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:48.079
accused of and and so, but
they developed players. They have a great

412
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system. And like I said,
they even got us broadcast us interested in

413
00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.319
how they developed players in two thousand
and eleven. There's so many things we

414
00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:59.680
could talk about this all day,
like, for instance, the piggyback system

415
00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:03.039
and their pitching system. Uh,
how they go about the health, how

416
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they go about housing all those little
things behind uh you know that are the

417
00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:11.599
are they're the that are not on
the field don't make a difference. And

418
00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:17.519
the assets have developed the players in
a way that makes them winners. And

419
00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:22.200
you know, we have lost the
springer Correa High and the team is still

420
00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:26.920
winning. They developed the players and
they make them winners, and and these

421
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guys want to play. And so
I think that's there's no secret, juice.

422
00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:37.279
But the thing is the secret.
I think the way they develop the

423
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players, the way they bring them
up, the way they make them,

424
00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.119
you know, their mindset, their
mindset into championship mindset. So I think

425
00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.119
that's how they do it. And
you know what, I've had front road

426
00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:53.240
with that, and I talked to
the guys who do the stats and and

427
00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:56.640
all that moneyballs out. It's exciting. I mean, I believe in that

428
00:27:56.640 --> 00:28:00.720
one hundred percent. So you get
to make this side with Doctor Baker.

429
00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:03.359
You mixed that with old school,
and man, you get a great team.

430
00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:07.680
Yeah. Yeah, No. Look, as much as I hate to

431
00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:11.119
say, it has been a great
organization for for a number of years now.

432
00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:14.720
I know we had that thing that
happened, but you know, you

433
00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:18.559
kept coming back and winning, so
you know, you got to be very

434
00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:21.640
proud of that. So going into
this year, you've talked about some of

435
00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.799
the young guys that you know the
need to develop. As you said,

436
00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:26.200
you got a new manager. Tell
us a little bit about him. Okay,

437
00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.480
Joey Spottery. Actually he comes from
the Yankees. He was drafted by

438
00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:34.279
the aukland A's out of Puerto Rico, and so he paid his dues as

439
00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:40.559
a bench coach, and uh,
he's there with the system. He was

440
00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:45.079
the bench coach to Doctor Baker.
He was under a J. Hinch Uh

441
00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:51.440
so great uh schooling from two Green
managers and so he I think he's ready

442
00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.640
to do it. And actually took. One of the things is that he

443
00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:59.599
was the one running UH spring training
for the last few years, so he

444
00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:03.160
knows is and out. But most
importantly, he has the respect of all

445
00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:08.519
the players. And so I think
and I think that that has a lot

446
00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:14.759
to do with what he was retained
as manager and given that position. Because

447
00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:18.200
he's a young guy. He gets
along with everybody, and he speaks two

448
00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:23.119
languages, and so he gets along
with everybody, and he knows the system,

449
00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:26.799
he knows his baseball and I think
he's ready for us. What you

450
00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:30.720
know, we always ask because you
know, what kind of a manager will

451
00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:33.200
he be? You know, Dusty
Baker, you said, you just said

452
00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.359
the words a minute go old school, right, guy had been around a

453
00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:37.920
long time. Now you've got a
young guy. Is there an adjustment that

454
00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:41.599
the players need to make with that? Or you know, how do how

455
00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:45.640
do the players, you know,
handle a change like that. Well,

456
00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:49.759
you know, when you bring somebody
from the outside, maybe there are changes

457
00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:52.519
you need to make. But as
I also mention, he's been with the

458
00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:57.759
organ station in twenty eighteen and he's
the one who was running a spring training.

459
00:29:57.880 --> 00:30:02.359
You know, how you run training, you have to divide the squad,

460
00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:07.000
you have to do diffending. He
was the m per se for spring

461
00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:10.720
creaking for the answers, so the
players are very, very familiar with him.

462
00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:15.240
And so I think you have a
huge advantage there that that you just

463
00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:18.960
follow the line that you've been,
that you've had for a long time.

464
00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:23.359
So I think that's the biggest advantage
the actuals have with with Jeorge Spotah.

465
00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.720
Yeah, I got a question.
So for Jay's Dodgers this year, it

466
00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:30.799
seems like year in and you're out, the expectation is to win World SERIESES

467
00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:36.839
or whether it's the Los Angeles Lakers
to an NBA Championships, And it's seemed

468
00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:40.240
as though the Astros have put themselves
in a position year and and you're out

469
00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:45.039
to win World serieses? Is that
the expectation when it comes to the clubhouse

470
00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.640
and the fans, is it's World
Series, World Series or bust year and

471
00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.720
and you're out? Yes it is, it is And it's World Series or

472
00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.240
bust. In Houston, people are
excited. And I'll tell you a little

473
00:30:56.279 --> 00:31:00.319
story. Uh, you know before
I used to go back and forth Sustan

474
00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.359
in Houston because I used to go
back in colliors on a football basketball and

475
00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:07.759
my daughter will go to schollin Sarita. In her first year here in Houston.

476
00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:11.680
Uh, she went to school.
The first day she came back home

477
00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:17.880
was she said, Dad, everybody
loves the Astros here. Of course everybody

478
00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:22.640
we're in Houston. And so he
was so excited and and and and that

479
00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:27.200
tells you. I mean, you
say Astros and I wear my rings proud

480
00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:30.880
here. I mean not not not
to bully or nothing, but but it's

481
00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:34.680
people love that. People like to
see that, people are excited. It's

482
00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:38.200
it. It's a heck of a
of an era to be an Astra fan

483
00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:41.799
and to work for the Astros and
to be an actress player because this town

484
00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:48.519
just you know, the buses I'll
say go Astros, and the billings let

485
00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:52.599
up and say Astro. The Mayor's
office as the lights with the orange and

486
00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:56.599
blue. So it's a very exciting
time. And uh, you know,

487
00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:00.799
as a fan, I hope everything
every fan in the world, whatever sports,

488
00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:04.440
you will get to experience something like
that. I mean, being in

489
00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:10.799
the parade twice, it's unbelievable and
undescribable. And so it's it's something very

490
00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:16.680
exciting. And as I said,
Astros are are are eight in Houston in

491
00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:22.599
the area, so we'll talking to
Francisco Metto the play by play voice for

492
00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:25.720
the Houston Astros Spanish language play by
play voices. I don't know how much

493
00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:29.359
of a purist you are. I'm
you know, I'm sixty four years old,

494
00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:31.480
so I'm you know, very purest
you. I remember, the first

495
00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:35.880
game of the year was always the
Cincinnati Reds on the first Monday in April,

496
00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:38.519
you know, at ten o'clock in
the morning, two some time.

497
00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:42.839
The Dodgers and the poject started their
season last week in Korea, and then

498
00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:45.119
now they came back played some more
spring training games. Did you like that?

499
00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:50.519
You know what, I'm like you, I'm a purist. I really

500
00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:53.039
liked when when the Reds would have
started the season. But again, at

501
00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:58.839
the same time, it's my industry
and I really, I really liked that

502
00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:05.240
is globally advertising marketing. Because we're
going to Mexico City here, we're going

503
00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:07.359
to play against the Rockets in Mexico
City. So as much as I am

504
00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:13.839
a purist, as much as I
uh that I don't like when the catchers

505
00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:19.480
get fined or for blocking the play. Yeah, as much as I like

506
00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:25.039
people going into second base sliding.
I really also like the global aspects of

507
00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:30.039
the marketing and Major League Baseball is
doing, because I mean, I grew

508
00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.920
up in Mexico till I was twelve
years old, and I would have loved

509
00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:37.599
to have seen a Major League game
in Sonora and a Merci or whatever.

510
00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:40.759
So I like that aspect of it
too. And it's also, you know,

511
00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:46.079
us being under the umbrella of the
game. I think it benefits all

512
00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:49.920
of us. Yeah, no,
it doesn't, and I agree with that

513
00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:53.319
part. I just have trouble that
there were two regular season games last week.

514
00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:57.240
I know, I think I'd be
back to Australia a few years ago.

515
00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:01.200
Also that is that where they were
in where I think I think you're

516
00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:05.440
right. So anyways, well just
just a point because I you know,

517
00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:09.159
Greg Hanson was in here yesterday and
we talked about but we both hated that,

518
00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:13.159
but it is what it is.
So well, Francisco, thanks so

519
00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:15.400
much. Good luck on your season
this year up until you play the Dodgers

520
00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:19.599
in the playoffs or in the world. It would be the world, you

521
00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:24.840
know, that would be a World
Series. But I hope you have a

522
00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:29.960
great time, and I said good
luck to you. And it's It's always

523
00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.440
fun having you on the show.
Maybe I'll try and get you around the

524
00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:35.000
All Star break or something like that, if we can catch you at a

525
00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:37.880
break. Yeah, of course,
of course. And one thing before I

526
00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.559
leave it, I like for you
guys to help me out with our Spanish

527
00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:45.280
Arizona Spanish social media. I'm only
twenty short followers of a thousand on our

528
00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:52.280
Instagram, okay, so it's easy
Athletics esp follow it. I just interviewed

529
00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:55.840
our head football coach. It's a
by name will Interview, so it would

530
00:34:55.840 --> 00:35:00.519
be fun for you guys to watch
it and Twitter, Instagram and Facebook,

531
00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:05.440
so you know, just give me
the one thousand followers on Instagram is asy

532
00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:09.000
Athletics EESP. And then yeah,
so we'll see about the African Dodgers.

533
00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:12.559
Hopefully we'll get Hi out of the
world. All right, sounds great,

534
00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.480
Francisco, best of luck, safe
travels to you, Thank you, thanks

535
00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:19.039
for inviting me. Thank you guys. We'll see you all right. That's

536
00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:22.840
Francisco to Meto the Spanish language,
a play by play announcer for the Astros

537
00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.559
going into a seventeenth year. I
had the number right, Yeah, that

538
00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:28.840
isn't that cool. I don't remember
anything, but I remember that. But

539
00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.800
he's a great guy. He does
a lot of stuff for the U of

540
00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:35.719
A. He doesn't play by play
STU for the U of A football especially,

541
00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:38.159
But we'll well, we'll get back
with him a little later down the

542
00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:40.639
road. So, okay, coming
up in about five minutes, we're gonna

543
00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:45.400
have Steve Rivera here reporting in from
Los Angeles. We'll get some of his

544
00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.719
thoughts on the Tommy Lloyd press conference
that we played for you, just a

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584
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Tucson and on the phone out of
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585
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Sweet sixteen attending the press conferences today. I'm guessing Stevie, you're at the

586
00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:52.840
Tommy Lloyd press conference, because if
you're not, we have a problem.

587
00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:58.079
Right, I was there. I
had a question. You should have played

588
00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:04.960
that question when they talked about My
question was whether he he had a talk

589
00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:08.119
with the guys in somewhere in January
and February, Uh, see if they

590
00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:12.000
should be playing better. Yeah,
and that's kind of my story for the

591
00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:14.239
moment. Yeah, that's what we
did. We did play the We played

592
00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:19.400
the We played the press conference,
and it's entired except for those two questions

593
00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:22.320
where you got asked about proposition bets, Uh, there'll be a breaking news

594
00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:27.000
item. But then he didn't really
have an answer for those. But yeah,

595
00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:29.400
but we you know, we did
play the rest of it. You

596
00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.400
know, I thought the question coming
right out of the box was funny.

597
00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:35.880
I thought that guy should have waited
at least one question in before he asked,

598
00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:38.480
Tommy, nobody thought you should have
been hired in Arizona. What do

599
00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:44.280
you think? I thought that was
that was a little crazy, But I

600
00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.519
missed I missed that one because I
was still looms. That is funny.

601
00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:51.679
I can read that, you know
the Yeah, the question basically was a

602
00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:53.719
lot of people thought you should not
have been hired at Arizona. You know,

603
00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:57.519
what do you think? And he
said, well, he said,

604
00:39:57.719 --> 00:40:00.119
you know, I was. I
was an assistant coach in the w you

605
00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.480
see. See I could see why
people would think that. But in the

606
00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:05.159
end he said, I'm an Arizona
guy. Now maybe I wasn't an Arizona

607
00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.960
guy then, but I am now. So it was I wonder if that

608
00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:12.960
question it was this was. I
have to ask who asked that question?

609
00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:15.960
But you know what, you know
what I've learned over the years day as

610
00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:20.800
the sports writers, we're a bunch
of dummies and we're out of shape.

611
00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.079
Okay, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll go with you on

612
00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:28.000
that. It was. It was
an interesting, interesting talk. But let's

613
00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:30.119
talk about the you know, the
one that you asked, because you're talking

614
00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:34.400
about and we've talked about it.
Steve A. Bunch of times that at

615
00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:37.639
some point they've got to make up
their minds that they're going to be better

616
00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:43.440
and play that way every game.
And and you know, and and whether

617
00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:45.559
and we we went into this tournament
doubting whether they could do it six times

618
00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:49.679
in a row. Right, No, you're right, that's that's one of

619
00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:52.280
the reasons why I asked the questions. Although what gave me the idea was

620
00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:55.880
the coach from Clempston who said that
exactly that in his opening statement. They

621
00:40:55.920 --> 00:41:00.719
were ten and one going into the
ACCUS season and they thought they were full

622
00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.320
of it, right they're you know, got thinking they're they're the stuff,

623
00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:07.239
and they got beat three three in
a row against good teams and they got

624
00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:12.000
bad team, and then you wonder
just how good are we? So Arizona

625
00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:15.239
and Clemson are kind of similar in
that because we don't know which Fundson or

626
00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:17.599
which Arizona team will show up and
and that kind of is the doubt that

627
00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:22.880
everybody has about these two teams.
Right No, absolutely, So what you

628
00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:25.039
talk to some of the guys in
the locker room, what what are we

629
00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:29.000
going to hear? What? How
where are their brains on all this?

630
00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:32.199
Because if we think that they got
to think that. Yeah, no,

631
00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:36.000
that wasn't really the topic. It's
going to be a very good game.

632
00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:38.360
Conson is better than we know because
guess what we don't know. I mean,

633
00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:42.119
how many comes you see comes in
this year? I bet you know

634
00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:46.440
more than once zero zero exactly,
So who knows about them? They said

635
00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:51.440
they've seen Arizona a few times because
of the time zones and and things like

636
00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:54.559
that. A couple of guys said
they saw Arizona because they have friends in

637
00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:59.320
the Pac Pac twelve. It's all
the game, but there's a lot to

638
00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:05.559
know about it. We'll see what
happens. The most popular guy today was

639
00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:09.800
Caleb Love. Obviously you know why
North Carolina presses here, and they had

640
00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:14.000
a lot of questions for Caleb.
I'll probably do that story for Friday or

641
00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:17.800
Saturday, uh if they win,
but we'll see. I think the game

642
00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:22.039
tomorrow and my story is is who
are who is this team? And and

643
00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:27.800
the centers with with with Ballo and
Crebas are going to play a big role

644
00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:30.119
because they're going to have to defend
on the perimeter. Yeah no, and

645
00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:34.280
that and that and that's the deal
is that? And uh you know we

646
00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:37.679
saw that. Uh you know Umar
had enough trouble with it last week that

647
00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:40.719
they went they went small to be
able to cover Dayton's guy out on the

648
00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:45.320
perimeter a little bit right right.
No, No, In fact I asked

649
00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:47.079
him about that. He said,
yeah, he at homes. He had

650
00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:52.000
to go get homes and he did
an okay job sometimes and that okay job

651
00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:54.679
sometimes. So we'll see how he
handles the number four. And I think

652
00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:59.000
it's uh, I forget the other
guy's name. Who's who's avaging nineteen points

653
00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:02.800
a game? Right now? They'll
been saying, what's the what's the thought

654
00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:07.480
among you know, because we're look, we know you're Brian Peterson, Jason

655
00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:10.199
Share, all those guys are there
the other media, what are their impressions

656
00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:16.800
of Arizona that they're that they're good
at times and not so good in others,

657
00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:21.480
or not so good not the right
word, that they're mediocre or whatever.

658
00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:24.840
They're not the Arizona team. You're
kind of suspect U. But they're

659
00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:29.199
very capable. I mean, someone
said earlier that if Arizona can get through

660
00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.800
this next game or two, they
have a very good chance to win the

661
00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:37.360
national title. And I don't disagree
with that, but but are you gonna

662
00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:38.800
trust them? I mean, that's
been my word all you're right, right,

663
00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:42.639
right, No, that has been
all year. And that's a very

664
00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:45.440
big if. You know, if
they play like that, you know,

665
00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:49.480
every game, and you know,
I know last against you know, against

666
00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:53.199
Dayton, they played like that for
thirty five minutes right right, and they

667
00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:55.480
had that stretch for Dayton, you
know, you know, cut into the

668
00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:59.320
lead, and I know some fans
thought it was a little dicey, but

669
00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:02.559
uh, you know, you think
that that this team has to show up

670
00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:07.639
in you know, for for the
full forty minutes. I was with my

671
00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:10.119
My My Wednesday gang at lunch and
one of the guys said, you know,

672
00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:13.559
they don't really have to play their
best to beat Clemson, and I

673
00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:16.920
said, don't even think that,
don't even say that, you that,

674
00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:22.360
But again, how many times have
you see Clemson right right? And that's

675
00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:25.079
the thing, it's you think of
Clemson, you don't think of North Carolina.

676
00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:29.079
You don't think of Cambries. If
they were ten and one at one

677
00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:31.760
point, they're pretty damn good.
And they beat North Carolina, they beat

678
00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:36.159
us some pretty good, they beat
Alabama, they beat South Carolina, so

679
00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:38.199
they're capable of The funny thing about
it. This is all about reputation,

680
00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:44.440
right then has this reputation? Well
what rotas well? They're good Clemson?

681
00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:47.320
Okay, we don't really know North
Carolina. Who's up killing well North Carolina.

682
00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:52.679
No one has this knowledge of Clemson. And how do you know about

683
00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:54.840
a team when you've never seen them? Yeah? Yeah, now, well

684
00:44:54.880 --> 00:45:00.440
you saw Alabama and they're there.
Talk a little bit about the the other

685
00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:04.320
game where we know what's being said
about that game. Yeah, well there's

686
00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:06.440
a lot of talk. It should
be it should be a fun game.

687
00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:10.320
North Carolina is the blue blood here. I wouldn't be surprised to shoot if

688
00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:15.280
Alabama beats them. Yeah, Alabama's
playing very well. They shoot the ball

689
00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:17.400
extremely well, and it takes just
one good game from the three point line,

690
00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:22.960
which they do, uh to get
to get through this because we've seen

691
00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:25.559
it before. Those things are put
to are fatal or not fatal, but

692
00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:30.400
deadly when they fall, right.
And obviously you know Jayden Bradley was at

693
00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:35.000
Alabama last year. Is he getting
a lot of those questions like Caleb Love

694
00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:37.800
is getting about North Carolina? Yeah, he had a lot of people around

695
00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:40.679
him too. Yeah, I think
again, if they Win. That's another

696
00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:45.719
story for me on Friday Saturday.
Because no, there's true. There's a

697
00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:49.719
lot of storylines here, a lot
of them. Yeah, you're you're you're

698
00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:53.400
at the well, it's the crypto
arena, right, what dot com?

699
00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:57.840
Crypto dot com arena. I have
no idea what the hell crypto is.

700
00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:01.079
I can't afford it. Guessing it
looks the same, right, it's still

701
00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:05.480
you know, purple all around and
all that kind of stuff. Yeah,

702
00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:08.719
you know, uh, let me
say something that editorially though, because we're

703
00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:13.079
downtown, you know, Peterson,
everybody's downtown. We're all staying downtown.

704
00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:15.920
Man, La, I would never
live here, and if anybody seems that

705
00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:21.320
there's a problem with the homelessness in
Tucson, come to downtown La. Yeah.

706
00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:22.519
No, I hear you, I
hear you. What you just see.

707
00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:27.559
You can just see the pictures on
on online and of of what's going

708
00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:30.559
on down there, and there's a
lot of discussion of that. So absolutely,

709
00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:35.920
Yeah, it sounds sounds like but
you know, is the Because we

710
00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:38.559
were talking again at lunch and Arizona
is one of the favorites there as even

711
00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:43.159
though there's gonna be a lot of
Arizona fans in the house. There's gonna

712
00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:45.599
be a lot of fans rooting against
them because their favored to be Clemson.

713
00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:49.000
So you know, you want to
talk about it. Is this kind of

714
00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:50.760
a home game for a Zona.
No, it's not, it's not.

715
00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:52.960
It's not gonna be I think you
know, we talked about this earlier this

716
00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:55.159
week, Jay, and we've been
there. I mean, I've been here

717
00:46:55.199 --> 00:47:00.159
for thirty some years watching the crowd
turn on turn on a favor. If

718
00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:02.679
you're an underdog, good for you
because you have a lot of people and

719
00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:07.880
we've seen Arizona fans storm the arena
and it means nothing, right right,

720
00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:12.719
No, well didn't mean anything in
uh in Las Vegas a couple of weeks

721
00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:16.800
ago, for sure. Yeah.
Yeah, so, uh you we haven't

722
00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:20.280
had chance much to talk about the
rest of the tournament. There's some good

723
00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:23.679
games other places. We had had
Greg Hanson in here and we were talking

724
00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:27.840
about some of the great games that
are going on. Purdue looks unbeatable.

725
00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:30.280
All of a sudden, when we
were all thinking they're going to be out

726
00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:35.400
early. Whoa, whoa, I
picked them to the national championship. Jay,

727
00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:38.360
Let's let's yeah, I know they
did. I know you did Sammy,

728
00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:43.840
And I'm I'm trying to give you
props without giving your problems. I'm

729
00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:47.159
trying not to acknowledge that you did
that and still alive. Yeah, you

730
00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:51.039
know. And then then there's Yukon
doing what Yukon is doing. Uh.

731
00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:52.519
Hey, we had Josh Passner on
yesterday, well a couple of things.

732
00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:55.159
I don't know if you'd heard,
but we had him on first and he

733
00:47:55.239 --> 00:48:00.760
talked about he thinks Iowa State,
Uh it will beat Yukon before you get

734
00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:04.000
to the final four. Well,
I do like them as an underdog.

735
00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:05.880
I would say, I'm not sure
if they can meet you come, but

736
00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:08.159
oh, I like if you're playing
very well in the Big twelve. You're

737
00:48:08.199 --> 00:48:12.440
doing very well. Yeah, but
you know, Jay, whatever you do,

738
00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:19.079
don't touch you, don't don't be
my ko. D wait, Steve,

739
00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:22.719
do you have Duke? Do I
have Duke? Yeah, he's got

740
00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:28.320
used to he ad. He's asked
me to stay away from his boys.

741
00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:34.800
Don't again. I make no promises
on that. I knew it. I

742
00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:38.079
knew it took Josh passwords convince you. Yeah, exactly, why did you

743
00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:42.719
have to call him? Well,
call Josh and say you screwed me.

744
00:48:42.760 --> 00:48:45.800
But it is what it is.
That's not your Friday though. You know,

745
00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:47.199
if I don't have a good day
on Saturday, maybe I'll just No,

746
00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:50.840
I'm not you know, I'm taking
something on Friday, so I'm after

747
00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:59.039
But all right, So I wanted
to talk to you a little bit about,

748
00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:02.679
you know, the overall sense of
of what what's gonna happen over there?

749
00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:07.480
You said you do you think Alabama
could beat North Carolina? You know

750
00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:12.039
Arizona game. I do you even
know what the number is on that one?

751
00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:15.599
But if it should be a fun
game, I mean, just like

752
00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:19.079
the Clemson games. It's funny that
your group that your group a Clemson.

753
00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:25.039
It's only Clemson. Well, I
don't sense the nervousness about this game that

754
00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:29.639
I sensed all of last week.
Oh there's a nervousness you think, so,

755
00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:34.360
at least from me. No,
Jay, I agree with you,

756
00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:37.400
because no one knows about Compton.
You liking this For two years ago member

757
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:42.199
Arizona was storming, doing very,
very well, and then Houston came up

758
00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:46.159
and slapped the crap out of them. Yeah, it's it's similarly because you

759
00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:52.079
mentioned Houston because in the first round
Clemson everyone was on New Mexico. Right,

760
00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:54.239
they were the darling of the tournament
already and they hadn't even played a

761
00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:59.719
game, and then Cleansing rolls them. And then they go against the Baylor

762
00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:01.800
team. Everyone's like, oh,
Baylor could be a sleeper final four team.

763
00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:06.960
Uh. Coach Drew's a great coach. And Clemson again beats him by

764
00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:10.760
I think nine or ten, and
still nobody talks about him. You're doing

765
00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:15.440
more than studying that you of ade
is good? Yeah, you're right right

766
00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:21.320
when it comes March, Steve,
I lock in, Well, okay,

767
00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:23.719
no, but you're right. Everyone
everyone thinks that they're not good enough,

768
00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:28.079
and then they're not good enough and
then they win again. I'm sure they

769
00:50:28.079 --> 00:50:30.280
think they're not good enough. Now
let's see what happens. Well, you

770
00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:34.239
know who thinks they're good enough is
the team that is playing uh in l

771
00:50:34.280 --> 00:50:37.079
A too, Carolina. Yeah,
because they've seen them all year, they've

772
00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:40.880
same conference. They're probably them and
Duke are probably looking at all Arizona fans

773
00:50:40.880 --> 00:50:45.880
and like, you guys, you
guys better take them seriously. And that's

774
00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:49.639
I'm not worried about that because it's
a sweet sixteen game. But I am

775
00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:52.199
a little worried in the fact that
they just might be good enough. Yeah,

776
00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:54.760
they just might be good Okay,
let's let's a super sickond that they

777
00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:59.800
are good enough and Arizona lose it, is it a disappointment? Yes?

778
00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:04.480
Yeah, I think it is at
this point because we've we've won the game,

779
00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:07.679
right one because it wasn't Baylor,
right or somebody liked it that they

780
00:51:07.719 --> 00:51:10.840
lost me because it was Clemson team
that everybody, as we said, everybody

781
00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:15.360
thinks it's it's just Clemson. So
if they lose to Clemson, I think

782
00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:19.920
it's gonna be worse than losing to
Houston a couple of years ago. Yeah.

783
00:51:20.119 --> 00:51:22.079
No, I think because just on
reputation alone. Yeah. And I

784
00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:28.400
think too from a non avid fan
like Jay myself or even Steve you cover

785
00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:31.039
the team. They see Clemson as
a football school, as a as a

786
00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:35.360
team, as a as a school
that isn't known for their basketball. And

787
00:51:35.800 --> 00:51:37.440
again, they haven't watched them,
they haven't done any research on them.

788
00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:40.920
And if Uve goes and loses,
even by one, if it's a good

789
00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:45.800
game, it's automatically a disappointment to
the I agree, regular fan. I

790
00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:49.719
agree more more fans need to be
like Sammy and March exactly, exactly,

791
00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:52.079
all right, Steve, we got
to hit the road top of the hour,

792
00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:55.599
so appreciate play a good game tomorrow
and we'll talk to you again probably

793
00:51:55.679 --> 00:52:00.199
on Friday. All right, thanks
a much. All right, that keep

794
00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:01.079
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the heck out of here. We're gonna

795
00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:06.320
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Saturday as an embedding system, bringing
widespread rain looks to move through Easter Sunday

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through Monday, with temps diving back
down to the sixties. A metrologist Cory

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Kohtz with your thirteen News Weather forecast. Haco Bell's new Cravings Value menu is

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a big deal, or rather,
it's ten big deals, from new items

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like the loaded nachos to familiar favorites
like the spicy Potato soft taco. Check

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it out at a participating Taco Bell
today, available for a limited time only.

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