WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:05.679 Streaming live. I mean I heard radio WAF. This is Eye on the 2 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:12.560 Ball with Steve Rivera and Jacob Salez on Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. Welcome back 3 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:15.800 to Vollking on Fox Sports fourteen to fifty on your host Jacob Zalas. Bye, 4 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:19.879 buddy. Sammy is in here running the show today. Woo. So 5 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.120 we're gonna turn her over to Samue right now for breaking news Eye on the 6 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:30.359 Ball, breaking news, yes, some literal breaking news. Georgetown head coach 7 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:36.799 ed Ed Cooley is stepping down after just one year at the program and had 8 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.759 some very interesting words to say, saying that this project, this rebuild, 9 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.320 will take a lot more, a lot longer than expected, in that some 10 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:49.079 of his personal relationships have been tarnished by it as well. So he's stepping 11 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:54.119 down after just one year after year, you know that says that that says 12 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:58.719 a lot about what a mess Patrick Ewing made of that job. Well, 13 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.320 I think it was already a mess before you and found here. And not 14 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:04.799 to say that Ewing made it worse, made it better this that the other, 15 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:08.879 but it says a lot that Ed Cooley from the job that he was 16 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.560 doing at Providence and the program that he had built, came over and had 17 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:19.760 these expectations and after one year one year was like, I can't do this. 18 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.640 It's gonna it's gonna take a lot more than just me, which is 19 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:27.200 really really interesting. So that just broke and then Washington State had basketball coach 20 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:30.000 Kyle Smith. I don't know if you guys talked about it. Yesterday He's 21 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.959 headed to Stanford, Yes, and he had a really his press conference was 22 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:38.640 really really cool. He was talking about his son with with autism and Stanford 23 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:42.239 having a lot of really really good resources for his son. So he got 24 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:46.719 a little emotional about that. It's a great yeah. And that was very 25 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:49.200 cool because because you know, when you think about these coaches, you think, 26 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:53.480 well, they're only about sure the basketball. You forget that they have 27 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.319 families. I remember, you know, people talked about you know, Chris 28 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:01.159 Peterson and you know, shit, he takes the the USC job. He 29 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.719 was up at Washington he said, should he take the USC job? When? 30 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.400 Uh, when the time came and he's got a special needs Yeah, 31 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:15.120 a special needs kid that uh he needed to be in Seattle. Yeah, 32 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:17.639 and people, why wouldn't you take the OC because I got a kid that 33 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:22.560 has stuff that he needs to be up here, right, and you forget 34 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:24.800 about that. Yeah. And Dan Lanning, the head football coach for Oorgon, 35 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:28.960 he was asked constantly when his name was being thrown in the hat for 36 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.879 Alabama, and I remember in an interview he was saying that his family and 37 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:37.439 his kids have like been grounded here in Oregon now and that they have this, 38 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.560 they've built this relationship with the schools and this, that and the other, 39 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.080 and to pick them up and move again would just be a lot. 40 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.960 And so I do I do respect a lot of those coaches that just can 41 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:51.319 can say no and comfortable where they're at and and and you know, and 42 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:53.919 they they have to. I mean, they've got they've got things, and 43 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.280 they've got you know, they got families, and they've got all this stuff, 44 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.960 and you just forget. Yeah. Switch Gears, the president of the 45 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:08.319 nc double A this past a couple of days, was asking states to ban 46 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:13.520 NCAA player prop bets, And that was something that we didn't include in the 47 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:17.240 Tommy Lloyd segment, but I find it really interesting. Obviously, sports betting 48 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:23.039 within the United States is is state based, so but it is college sports 49 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:28.159 and college players. And I think NIL has had some had some stuff to 50 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:32.479 do with this. But because before this you couldn't bet on player props with 51 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:37.639 now, and you can't do it in Arizona. They never they've never allowed 52 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:43.120 that, but other places have allowed that, And I that's a no brainer 53 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:49.199 rule because you got these are young kids that can be easily influenced into something. 54 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:51.919 Sure, and so you know, when you're talking about pros, they're 55 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.280 making a bunch of money. You know, the the the likelihood that they 56 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:58.280 and there's still some guys who are going to do that, but the likelihood 57 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.360 is it's not as easy to get to them as it is to get to 58 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:04.120 you know, a kid, a college student, you know who might need 59 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:09.080 a few extra bucks and whatever. So I have no problem with that. 60 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:14.080 I've stayed away from from college preps anyways, because it's just I mean, 61 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.120 I've been told a million times, what are you doing betting on eighteen to 62 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:18.920 twenty two year olds? To begin with? Sure, Now, if you're 63 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:25.240 betting on one individual eighteen year old, that's that's not good. I agree. 64 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.680 I think there's always lines that and there's lines in the sand, and 65 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:34.000 I think the NCAA and the even the people betting on this stuff should take 66 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.680 a look at themselves. Like you said, they're eighteen to twenty two year 67 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:42.639 olds that are playing a game that ninety eight percent of them won't play past 68 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.519 the college the college game, and so they're they're having a good time. 69 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:51.560 They're competing, and it's really really a lot when you're betting on someone to 70 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:56.439 have however many points, how many rebounds, right, and they're just trying 71 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:59.399 to win a game and for some go to class the next day, you 72 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.480 know. So that's really interesting. Now there's only sixteen teams left. Jay, 73 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:09.160 we talked obviously about a couple of them, but you're some honestly pretty 74 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:13.800 interesting stats storylines within you games. So Duke and Houston are playing in the 75 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.360 upper right corner. I think that's a great game breaking and they've never played 76 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:20.360 against each other, Wow, the history of ever Duke basketball Houston basketball, 77 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:24.079 first time ever. So that's a cool one. Should be should be a 78 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:27.600 really good game. Duke's been playing really well. Houston got an overtime scare, 79 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.240 so we'll see who comes out of that one. Uh. Top left, 80 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.759 you have yukon Stsu right the championship from last year rematch. That's right, 81 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:41.439 Holy cow, So you can't even think of that's why I'm here, 82 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.560 Why I'm here. Moving on to the Gonzaga Perdue game. So this is 83 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:49.800 Gonzaga's ninth straight Sweet sixteen. So a lot of times, especially the last 84 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:55.600 couple of years, it's been O Gonzaga was this or is this small conference? 85 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:59.079 Good story, but hasn't won a lot of big games mark few And 86 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:01.519 Gonzaga has been to nine straight fund their nine straight Sweet sixteens. Right, 87 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:05.399 really really good. Say what you want about what conference they playing and stuff. 88 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.720 When you do that, you've been pretty damn good. I agree, 89 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:13.040 And Perdue and Zach Edy, who is arguably the most dominant player in the 90 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:17.120 country, is the first player since Luell Cinder or crime Ol Dujebbar too in 91 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:23.240 his first two NC double A games have fifty points and thirty five rebounds through 92 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:27.279 the first team. Wow. So he's in and that that that that hits 93 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.480 me right here, because I you know, I saw Luel Cinder as a 94 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.240 kid and I loved watching him play for U c l A. And Zach 95 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.319 Edy and Purdue have a good thing going. He looks like that, I 96 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:40.519 mean, he you know, I'm trying not to give you a lot of 97 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.839 props here because I know you took Purdue, but he he was He's a 98 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.040 he's a beat, He's unstoppable. I don't I'm not saying I think if 99 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:48.959 Arizona had to play them, I don't know what we do. I don't 100 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:51.839 know that they could play him as well as they played him when they got 101 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:56.040 to beat the first time. And I do think if they do play Creighton 102 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:00.160 in the Elite eight, their their big man is is pretty good as well. 103 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:04.639 So that's those are my numbers there. You go to Clemson and Arizona 104 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.519 the game that we've been talking about. So Clemson is the best free throw 105 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:12.680 shooting team in the country. Wow, shooting at a team percent of seventy 106 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.839 nine percent. So that could be important if the game's close, they're more 107 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.879 than likely going to hit their free throws. And I don't know, I've 108 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:23.240 watched you with a lot we have good percentages, but sometimes it never feels 109 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:25.959 like, well, it always made like when you need the free throws that 110 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:29.199 it's Thumarbalo at the line. Yeah. Always, and you know, you 111 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.959 know when when he gets fouled under the basket, I'm like, crap, 112 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.519 this could be an empty possession, you know, when they got when they 113 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:36.360 made a good play to get him the ball under the basket, and and 114 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:40.480 that, you know, and not not not taking a shot at Umar about 115 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:43.680 that, but that that's what it is, you know. Of course, 116 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:49.319 the other night I had a game and I'm trying to hang on on the 117 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:53.319 line and the guy goes to the line and is a fifty percent free throw 118 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:55.720 shooter. Yeah, and he makes two free throws, and I'm like, 119 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:59.480 what the hell is this? Hey, that's how it goes sometimes, you 120 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:03.240 know. And the Arizona and little nugget that I like, Kylon Boswell has 121 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.399 dipped down under this at just nine point eight points per game, but before 122 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.199 we had had five starters double figures, which is the nation's best. So 123 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:16.439 something to look there. Illinois and Iowa State a lot of a clash of 124 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.800 two different styles. I think. I think that's a completely understated game. 125 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:22.000 Again, people were assuming that as good as Iowa State's been, that they're 126 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.399 just going to kick their asses. Illinois is a three seed. Yeah, 127 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:30.800 Illinois top four offense in the country, Iowa State top four defense in the 128 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:33.279 country. So that'll be that'll be fun. And we all saw what Iowa 129 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.639 State did to Houston. That was ugly. That was just ugly ugly. 130 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:43.440 Marquette and NC State so interesting. Nugget Shaka Smart has yet to be has 131 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.879 yet to go back to the Elite Eight since his Cinderella run pcuh So that's 132 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:52.200 been a while and NC State now has won seven seventh straight game straight game. 133 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:54.919 Every one of those games would have been their last game. Yep, 134 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:58.320 I agree and unbelievable. A lot of people look back to that shot against 135 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:01.519 Virginia. They don't make that shot, they don't win that game. The 136 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.519 bank the bank shot bank like half court. Yeah, exactly, And honestly, 137 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:09.960 I think that's gonna be my favorite game to watch this week. Tyler 138 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.399 cole X back. It seems seems virtually unguardable, but NC State is the 139 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.600 hottest team in the country aside from Yukon, and they have three really really 140 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:24.840 good players U n C and Bama. Bama is the oldest team remaining in 141 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:30.759 Oh no, no, sorry North Carolina. Their average age is older than 142 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.639 the Oklahoma City we had that yesterday. Okay, yeah, it's funny. 143 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:39.320 I'm like yeah. And an interesting thoking about this game is Alabama has yet 144 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:43.320 to be uh yet to play in a final four in program history. There's 145 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:48.320 four teams Bama, Clemson, Creighton, and Tennessee yet to play. I 146 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.759 thought they got beat early. That's they were one. They were the one 147 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.440 seedon Yeah, okay, you're And the last two teams that haven't been to 148 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.840 the Final four play against each other. Tennessee and Creighton UH to go to 149 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:05.960 to the Elite eight to then play for a Final four. And Tennessee has 150 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.440 Dalton Cannet, one of the best players in the country. If you haven't 151 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:13.080 seen him, he is fantastic. And Creighton under McDermott, it seems like 152 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:16.840 they've had a good enough teams to go to the Final four but have yet 153 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:20.480 to go to the final four. So that is the quick breaking news you 154 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:24.919 look at it. There's really not a lot of not a lot of other 155 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.919 stuff going on. The stuff is still really hanging out there. I know 156 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:33.799 he didn't do anything. I really hope he didn't, genuinely for the sport 157 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:39.000 of baseball. I pray exactly. We didn't cover this yesterday because I think 158 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:43.759 it happened even during the show. Then you kickoff rule and the hip drop 159 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.320 rule in the hip the hip drop, I don't even know what that is. 160 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.559 I don't either, So I'm you know, but did new kickoff thing 161 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.759 I have? I saw a bunch of tweets on it yesterday. It's like 162 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:56.200 it's like we're headed towards playing t ball. Just put the ball in the 163 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.320 twenty five yard line and let's go. But and I just feel like, 164 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.559 you know, I get, you know, with the with the bodies that 165 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.080 the way they are and stuff like that. But football is a game where 166 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:11.279 you get hurt. I I I agree with that, and to that level 167 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:16.320 of if they're going to get rid of it, stop beating it around the 168 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:18.240 bush and just get rid of it. And if you're going to want to 169 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.120 do an on side kick, you do a fourth and twenty play, right 170 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.480 something. That's what That's what you get rid of it all together exactly because 171 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.240 there's still going to be the people that are going to get hurt in this 172 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.320 new rule, new format. And yeah, I understand the protection rules. 173 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:35.039 Yeah I agree with you, Sammy, But I grew up playing football. 174 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:39.039 The first my first uh tagle football game, quarterback, I broke my arm. 175 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.600 It's it's how it goes. It is the only play I got to 176 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:46.120 play in and and freshman and JV football. I was on the kickoff team. 177 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:50.360 Yeah, because I was fast, and so they you know, I 178 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:52.399 was little, but I was fast. They thought I could go out there 179 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:54.639 and get into somebody's legs and tackle them. Yeah, and that's the only 180 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:58.600 time I got to play because I was little. I agree, and I 181 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:03.919 totally get it with the the all the information that comes out posts and all 182 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.240 this, that and the other. But then you it's it's a larger it's 183 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:09.240 a larger picture thing though. Yeah, it is. Then what are we 184 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:13.639 what are we doing? But all right, real quick, I want to 185 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.080 play this clip we got from we picked up off of off of a social 186 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.360 media of Steve Kerr. It was on the on the Final four twitter feed. 187 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:24.360 Just somebody did a little brief two minute interview with Steve talking about his 188 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:30.360 his Final Four experience. Here's what he had to say, thinking back thirty 189 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:33.879 five years nineteen eighty eight, Final four, what what kind of comes to 190 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:35.320 mind? What are the first memories that you think about? Well, the 191 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:41.279 good memories were advancing to the Final four. You know, I'll never forget 192 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:48.519 our game in Seattle Elite Aid we beat North Carolina and the feeling of just 193 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:54.240 pure joy and elation for our team, coach Olsen, for all of our 194 00:12:54.320 --> 00:13:01.000 fans. It was incredible. My second emotion is thinking back thirty five years 195 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:05.159 nineteen eighty eight finals. I'm not sure what happened there. We're gonna have 196 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.879 to fix that. We'll try and play it, play it back during the 197 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.440 during what maybe at the end of the show we didn't I didn't listen to 198 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:15.120 it before we put it on. We just threw it on there. So 199 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.159 I'll fix that and we'll come back to it. All right, let's go 200 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.159 and take our break. Sure, we're going to have John Court, who's 201 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.600 gonna be calling us from he's the Arizona gymnastics coach. UH. They're playing 202 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:33.000 in the they're participating. You don't play gymnastics. They're competing in the UH, 203 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.720 in the UH, in the NC Double A regional that Faydeville, Arkansas 204 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.879 next week. Nine times, nine teams get into each regional. UH. 205 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:45.039 They've got a shot at this. They're not one of the sixteen top seeds 206 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.639 in the in the in the competition, but they are. They're in and 207 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.360 it's like I think I believe his fifth in a row that they've reached NC 208 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:54.960 Double A. So he's really gotten the program going. 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Serving Tucson and Southern 275 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:40.839 Arizona since nineteen forty seven. Go to azpest dot com to schedule your free 276 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:48.000 evaluation today. Breaking down all the exes at alls, It's Steve Rivera and 277 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:53.440 Jacin Salvitz. This is I on the Park on Fox Sports fourteenth fifty. 278 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:57.359 Welcome back time the ball Here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm your host, 279 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:00.960 Jacob Zalas Steve on the road in La. We had a chat with 280 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:04.440 him a little bit ago. Now on the phone, we've got Arizona Gymnastics 281 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:10.839 coach John Court joining us to talk about the season. He's had another n 282 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:15.279 C Double A Championships appearance. Aheaded to Fayetteville, Arkansas next week. Coach, 283 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:18.519 thanks for joining us. We appreciate you being here. Thanks thanks for 284 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:22.319 having me. Jay really appreciate it. So tell us a little bit about 285 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:26.799 you had some an amazing year again, Uh, a lot of a lot 286 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:29.920 of records being set and and a and a and a team that, uh, 287 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:32.920 you know, just kind of was good all year long. Tell us 288 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:34.279 a little bit about your team, you know, throughout the year, and 289 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:37.200 then we'll talk about, uh, what you're expecting to see next week. 290 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:41.440 Sure, sure, Well, we have a we have a fabulous team. 291 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:47.599 We're very well balanced throughout all of our classes. And I'm fortunate enough to 292 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:52.079 work with two great coaches, a trainer, and academic counselors and sports psychologists. 293 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:56.160 It takes a village to have our success, and it's been a very 294 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.200 special year. We've we've changed us. We have changed our train of thought 295 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.200 from last year. We wanted to score higher. We want to go a 296 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:07.640 little bit deeper into the NC Double A tournament. We want to do better 297 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:15.400 in our conference and try to make this season very very very memorable and we 298 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:19.119 were We have absolutely been able to do that so far. We still have 299 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:22.960 a few more meats left, we hope, and we're going to keep the 300 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:26.640 magic going through NCY Double. Ash Well, when you talk about that, 301 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:30.839 what kind of you said you wanted to do these things? But what do 302 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:36.240 you as a coach see as the adjustments or the changes that you have to 303 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:38.079 make to get to where you want to get to. As far as that 304 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:44.839 goes, We've always really paid attention to the details in practice, and that's 305 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.720 something that we focused on a little bit more because our sport is subjective. 306 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:52.319 They're definitely get you get points for style, right, but some one is 307 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:57.799 also judging you against somebody else that's doing something very similar. So we dialed 308 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:03.519 into a lot more landing and handstands and always have been supportive of each other. 309 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:10.000 So they're a loud group that's here, really loud, which which is 310 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:14.200 nice. And we've also changed our schedule around a little bit to see a 311 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:18.640 different type of team. And okay, and so how did I mean, 312 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:21.920 how did it come out? Obviously you're you're back in the turn and in 313 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:25.519 the tournament, back in the in the n C Double. As you set 314 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:29.000 some scoring records and and things like that, both individually and as a team. 315 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:33.839 You did, did it come together as much as you had hoped or 316 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:37.559 better than you had hoped, or there's still some things that you're reaching for. 317 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.039 Well, I'm a coach, so there could always be more. There 318 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:44.680 could always be more when you're a coach. The first, the first really 319 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.640 stands out. ESPN hosted a competition we were fortunate enough to go through this 320 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:53.720 year. There was four teams up in Utah, there was Boise State, 321 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:59.079 Nebraska, North Carolina, and we really set our sites to go into that 322 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:03.079 competition and it it was going to be on live TV the ACC Network, 323 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:07.559 and we were able to do that. In the last rotation we were down 324 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:10.480 by five tens, we came back to win it and that really was a 325 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:14.680 springboard, one of the springboards for our success this year. So you tell 326 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.519 us a little bit about some of the individuals who maybe you know shined a 327 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:22.599 little you know, did more, maybe more or as much as you would 328 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:27.440 hoped for them in the different in the different events. Well, we have 329 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:32.680 some really great seniors leading up and Malia Harbor with your senior, A lot 330 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:40.359 of deeps is a senior as well as Caroline Harry Jess Jessic Castles. Our 331 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:45.119 seniors are doing nine of the twenty four routines that were doing every every single 332 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:51.559 night the freshman class came in. They're certainly ready to play. They've been 333 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:56.160 doing a bunch. I think that Emma Strom is one of our sophomores. 334 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:00.200 She's probably the most improved player from last year where she didn't play much, 335 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:04.799 and she has been a three event starter this this year. Four right, 336 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:10.720 right, and Ali fears in the all around, certainly carries a load at 337 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:15.920 every single meat and that that is our roster night in and night out, 338 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:21.160 from meat to meet. You know, do you set your sights on different 339 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.440 stuff? You know? I mean, good, look, we're football guys. 340 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:26.079 Basketball guys. You game plan for the other team and that kind of 341 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.039 stuff. With gymnastics, it's more about what you're doing right and and but 342 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:36.000 how do you you know what kinds of goals do you set for a specific 343 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.880 meat? Is it all about scoring? Is it you know, hitting certain 344 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:42.720 things? I mean, educate me a little bit on that. It's the 345 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:48.000 second thing that you said, it's about hitting certain things and controlling the controllables 346 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:52.000 and what I mean by that is that's our form, that's how well we 347 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:56.839 perform, you know, dance wise expressions. How many hand stands do we 348 00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:59.799 do? How many sticks do we have? You don't have to know anything 349 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.759 of out gymnastics, but you know what the stick is, you know, 350 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:06.759 and soone lands something they shouldn't move, all right, twenty four routines? 351 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:11.880 How many of those things did we accomplish? And hopefully our score is reflective 352 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:18.160 of what we accomplished. Right now, do you see a progression over the 353 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:21.960 course of the air. You like a team that's got to be getting, 354 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:26.680 you know, playing its best as the season goes on. And how much 355 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:29.079 can you you know, how much can you move as far as that goes 356 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:33.839 right, because the scoring and the and the performances are so you know, 357 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:37.119 detailed, and you know a tenth of a point where half of you or 358 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.680 one hundredth of a point can make a difference. How do you look at 359 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.480 that over the course of a season. Well, you want to peak towards 360 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:48.440 the end, but you also have to be ready to go the first the 361 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:53.039 first night of the year. Our consistency has been our strength all year long, 362 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:59.160 and we've been scoring that high high one ninety six area. We scored 363 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:04.880 a one ninety seven back in January. We are a team that makes routines. 364 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:07.680 We're we don't we don't miss a lot of routines. We have not 365 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:14.519 done that all year, and we have a good reputation for doing fundamental exciting 366 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:19.119 gymasters. Yeah, so what what what are your sites set on next week 367 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:22.880 in Arkansas? Uh? You know, do you have do you have the 368 00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:26.000 have the growth, look at some individual stuff that they need to get done. 369 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:30.119 What do you want to accomplish as a team? I know you you 370 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:33.200 know everybody wants to win it all right, but uh you know what what 371 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:37.240 do you what are some realistic thoughts about what what would make you happy next 372 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:40.480 week? Well, you want to play as long as you can. Obviously 373 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:44.119 every coach, well every coach will tell you that. So if you can't 374 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:47.480 make the national championships, make the sweet sixteen, If you can't make the 375 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:51.079 sweet sixteen, make all of your routines, because your national ranking is also 376 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:53.440 going to be based off of what you do and that need right, So 377 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:57.359 if you can't make the sweet sixteen, maybe you finished ranked seventeenth or eighteenth 378 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:03.799 in the nation. That's a yes, Okay, Okay, any issues with 379 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:06.519 you know, where you got to go, who you got to compete against, 380 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.680 uh, that type of thing, you know, going to this particular 381 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:15.039 regional. Well, are our session. We have Kentucky, Arkansas with a 382 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:21.200 three seed. Nebraska is behind us. So Nebraska we saw opening night. 383 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:26.160 Arkansas we competed against at a neutral site in Texas, and Kentucky we haven't 384 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:30.839 seen it. Yeah, so certainly we want to control what we can control, 385 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:33.559 but we have we have to be good. Okay, we have to 386 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:37.039 do our best gymnastics in that biggest moment on Thursday afternoon. All right, 387 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:41.960 and and what what will that be? You know, you know everybody getting 388 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:45.079 or you know some people, some of them girls getting you know, highest 389 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:49.119 scores for the season, those kinds of things. Or are you keeping an 390 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:52.559 eye on the other you know, on the other teams? How are you 391 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.960 looking at this when you're actually competing. Well, but coaches can watch the 392 00:26:56.039 --> 00:27:00.160 other team. We'll we'll take care of that because we know, we know 393 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:06.319 that there's some matchups that we need to win just score wise in order to 394 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:10.839 advance, right, So we're going to look at that for them. We 395 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:17.160 want them just to maximize their routines, don't give anything away and go big. 396 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:22.240 We have nothing to lose, right, right, everything to gain. 397 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.319 I would say Arkansas might have everything to lose because they're they're they're hosting. 398 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:30.559 It's a different type of pressure. Wow, okay, all right, you 399 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:34.359 mentioned that you know a bunch of seniors you have, I mean, how 400 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:37.960 how much do you relying on them to kind of you know, hold it, 401 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:41.960 you know, get the team confidence, hold them together, you know, 402 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:44.519 pep talk's in the huddles, those kinds of things. Do you rely 403 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:48.799 on that? Yes? Absolutely, I'm a I'm a player's coach. I 404 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:52.839 don't believe in over coaching. And it's so important. You know, they 405 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:56.359 trust each other, they feed off each other, and they can also motivate 406 00:27:56.359 --> 00:28:00.680 each other in certain circumstances. You know, if I were to sit down 407 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:04.839 and watch uh, your your meat, which I you know, I think 408 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:08.400 I will because I'm just interested in who am I looking for? What am 409 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:11.640 I? What am I looking for? In terms of, you know, 410 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:15.279 a specific athlete in a specific event, you know what's gonna what's gonna knock 411 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:19.559 my socks off? Well, if you're looking at vaulting, okay, you 412 00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:23.880 want to look look at Malia. Look at Ali. Those are two of 413 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:30.039 our best vaulters. Ali won our won our session at Pac Twelves on vaulting. 414 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:34.000 If you're looking over at bars, Sophie dur is one of our freshmen. 415 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:38.680 She's a fantastic bar swinger, and so is Ali. They both averaged 416 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:42.880 nine to nine. You want you want to look over there, balance in 417 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:48.559 looked at anybody, they're they're all awesome. And they also broke the school 418 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:52.519 beam record this year up in Washington, and we tied the bar record this 419 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:56.880 year. So both both those events very high scoring. You can look at 420 00:28:56.039 --> 00:29:00.480 really anybody and floor. We have three of the three six routines or seniors. 421 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.920 Okay, this year we start with Emma Strom Creushman lead sophomore lead up 422 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.880 does a fantastic job. We closed out with Emily Mueller Emily Harbough. So 423 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:17.759 there's plenty of entertainment over there. How does this compare to for instance, 424 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:22.039 like track right where you're track and field you you know you have you know, 425 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:26.960 you know about where you are performance wise you're hoping to meet you know, 426 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:29.160 go out and get a personal best or whatever like that is it's a 427 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:33.240 is it a similar kind of approach in terms of how they you know, 428 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.920 how they performed. They're looking at what they've done in the past and they're 429 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:38.400 just trying to do better than that. Right, You're really trying to beat 430 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:41.880 your own times, Right I was. I was selling my vaulters at the 431 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:49.039 speed of the sprinters. But yeah, so it's it's just it's fascinating to 432 00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:52.039 me. I was always a fan of, you know, watching the Olympic 433 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:56.240 gymnastics coming up and stuff like that, and it's just it's always fascinating to 434 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:59.359 me. You might I'm like, I don't even know how they do those 435 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:02.279 things, and like, how do you make that move the very first time 436 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:06.559 and not you know, and not be afraid of injuring yourself or something like 437 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.640 that. I'm that guy who thinks of it that way because I know I 438 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:12.759 would never want to do with what they do. Well, that's why we 439 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:15.599 got to get you to come in the gym one day and we'll give you 440 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:18.039 a little one on one on one. The team can help you out and 441 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.480 you'll feel good next time and you watch you watch me. I don't know, 442 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:26.480 man, I think I break the bars. I don't know. I 443 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:33.359 don't know, Well, John, I do appreciate the time. Uh, 444 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:37.480 good luck next week. We'll keep an eye on you and uh, you 445 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.160 know, go get it man, you know, as you said, you 446 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.960 know, get on to the next one, right. I just want to 447 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:45.240 keep survive in advance, and certainly good luck to the basketball team playing this 448 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:48.039 week out in l A. All right, well, good luck to you. 449 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.799 Thanks for your time. We do appreciate it, and we'll talk again. 450 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:53.079 I appreciate it. Jay bear Down, all right, John Court, 451 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:57.119 Arizona gymnaskis coach headed the Fake FAIV. I mean serious, I did you 452 00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:00.640 know. I mean I grew up in the you know, Olga Corbit and 453 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.440 you know, all those and I was fascinated by that. Yeah, you 454 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:07.519 know, and and it's really it really caught my in high school. This 455 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:10.039 is the weirdest thing. And I don't know why this happened. I was 456 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.559 at our high school. It might have been a senior. It would have 457 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:15.160 been seventh It was after the seventy six Olympics, so I would have been 458 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:19.640 my senior year high school. And Nadia Komenich had in the Olympics. She's 459 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:22.920 the first one to get a ten on her routine and stuff like that. 460 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:27.160 Some for some reason, the Romanian gymnastics team came to our high school. 461 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:32.880 Damn performed in our gym and they were here or they were I must have 462 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.319 been in for an exhibition or something like that, and we, you know, 463 00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:38.480 the whole school went went to the gym and there's Nadia Komenich, who 464 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:44.160 I had just seen in the Summer Olympics, and I I was always fascinated 465 00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:47.039 by that. And I don't even know why, but it's like when I 466 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.799 watch the Olympics, you know, a handful of sports. I always liked 467 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:52.119 the track and field obviously, but you know, I love the gymnastics, 468 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:56.319 swimming to a degree, you know, and stuff like that. And I 469 00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:01.759 just always done that. And now my sisters, I have two younger sisters, 470 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:05.000 neither one of them. They did some cheers and stuff, but not 471 00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:09.160 really serious gymnastics. But I I watch it and I go, who the 472 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:13.759 how the hell did you do that the very first time? Yeah, you 473 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:16.160 bring up a good point. How does your brain think to like, Okay, 474 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:19.640 I'm gonna be able to do this, but I need to do this 475 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:22.440 motion first, then this then Like it's a progression. I think, like 476 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:27.039 you do one thing one day and then in a month Awsen, You're able 477 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:30.759 to do this, Like the first time you do a flip a backflip on 478 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:37.880 a balance beam, it gives me the GB Like we're a couple of guys 479 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:39.240 who just you know. But you know, if you're an athlete like that 480 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:42.559 and you have the confidence in your ability to do that, you do it. 481 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.400 But I don't know how you learn to do that. No, yeah, 482 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:47.960 I it probably starts with I don't even want to speculate. You got 483 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:52.240 I can barely stand on a balance beam exactly right, right, exactly, 484 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:55.480 you know, walk a straight line. Yeah, I'm lucky that, you 485 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:59.559 know. Yeah, So all right, Okay, we're gonna be back in 486 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.519 a few minut Well, no, we better hang on here for a couple 487 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:05.920 minutes because Ryan Hansen, we're gonna get him for the next segment. Ryan's 488 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:08.480 in in l A. Obviously, he'll be doing the game tomorrow with UH 489 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:13.680 with Brian Jefferies. Get some of his thoughts. I know he preps, 490 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:15.920 you know, quite a bit. We'll get his thoughts on Clemson. Yeah, 491 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:19.000 he'll be able to give us a nice little deep dive. Yeah. 492 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:25.640 Yeah, because because I genuinely do think that people listening, people watching all 493 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:29.359 week long, ESPN, whatever it may be. Like, I genuinely don't 494 00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:36.160 think the Tucson people know who Clemson is exactly one hundred percent, And I 495 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.519 agree with you again, you know, you know, you know, one 496 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:39.920 of the guys at lunch said, well, yeah it's Clemson. I mean, 497 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:42.599 how good do we gotta be? And I'm like, you better be 498 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:45.359 pretty damn no. Like my I'm in my text chains with my buddies, 499 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:47.400 it's like, well, we should take care of Clemson, right, I 500 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:52.720 go, No, you can't. You can't. You can't just say oh, 501 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:54.559 we'll just take care of someone, because then you lose by fifteen. 502 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:58.359 They're there for a reason, exactly. They're absolutely there for a reason. 503 00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:02.599 Like everyone like you MEC crushed them. They were like, oh good, 504 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:07.280 good Baylor team. Yeah not even here, Yeah exactly. All right, 505 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:09.159 let's go and take our break. We're and come back. We're and have 506 00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:15.119 Ryan Hanson. We'll get to him. He's in LA and we'll get a 507 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:20.039 solid preview of Arizona Clemson tomorrow. So stick around. If you're an Arizona 508 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:22.679 men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful for nearly forty years. Now, 509 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:25.840 take a look back at the Loudolsen Era in my new book, Lessons 510 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:29.239 from Loot. It was a labor of love through the eyes of twenty five 511 00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:32.159 former players, coaches and friends to give insight to the coach and the man 512 00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:36.880 who led them, competed against them, and inspired them. 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Your host Steve is in LA. 553 00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:40.440 We had to chat with him a little bit ago, and we're gonna 554 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:46.159 get a little another perspective on this Arizona Clemsons Sweet sixteen game tomorrow from Ryan 555 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:51.400 Hansen now on the phone calling what we called him in La. Right. 556 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:53.519 Appreciate you joining us today. I know you've got a lot of stuff going 557 00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:59.679 on over there calling the game tomorrow with Brian Jeffries. Initial thoughts on this 558 00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:01.400 game tomorrow, I mean, you know, what do we think of Clemson? 559 00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:06.199 First of all, any team that you're going to face and the Sweet 560 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.920 sixteen is going to be very good. They're going to be very good at 561 00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:13.159 something or many things. And when you look at what Clemson does, they 562 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:16.760 are exceptionally efficient on both ends of the floor. All of their metrics suggest 563 00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:22.679 that their efficient offensively shoot a high percentage and on the defensive end, they 564 00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:27.400 do a great job of limiting their opponent from getting to their percentages. And 565 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:30.559 look no further than what they did in the NCAA Tournament. They limited high 566 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:37.679 powered offensive teams in New Mexico and Baylor to below their scoring averages and drastically 567 00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:40.800 below their three point shooting averages, especially the Baylor Bears. I mean, 568 00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:46.800 Clemson has only allowed nine made threes in two games in the nca Tournament. 569 00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:52.599 There is going to have to recognize that this is a solid Clemson defensive unit. 570 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:57.800 So you know, a game like this is a game of wills, 571 00:38:57.880 --> 00:39:01.400 right, if they're the styles are that different, It's kind of like, 572 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:07.320 okay, who imposes their will? How does Arizona do that? In light 573 00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:09.559 of all this, if Clems has been able to handle to other teams, 574 00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:14.920 you know, you know, up tempo teams like that, well, first 575 00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:17.480 of all, I think Arizona is much more disciplined offensively than Baylor, and 576 00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:22.239 that's something that Clemson will have to contend with. The Wildcats need to stay 577 00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:25.800 true to their DNA and what does that mean. It means offensively, it's 578 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:31.239 an inside out attack. Arizona needs to establish the paint as their place to 579 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:36.519 feast, and that means Zumar Ballo posting up early and often. It means 580 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:42.280 Arizona cutting and back cutting, utilizing ballstreen action to turn the corner and get 581 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:45.960 into the lane. Arizona does not need to settle for three point shots, 582 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:51.840 but they need to be confident in taking three point shots when that opportunity presents 583 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:57.320 themselves. I would add one more, maybe two more points here Jay to 584 00:39:57.480 --> 00:40:00.880 how Arizona for it faces this game. First of all, while Clemson does 585 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:06.679 play a slower tempo than Arizona, Wildcats don't need to be frenetic. They 586 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:12.119 need to push the tempo like they always would after missed shots and turnovers. 587 00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:17.119 And then lastly, expect a zone of sorts at some time or multiple times 588 00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:22.360 during the game. But watching Clemson, they do deploy a zone defense, 589 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:27.880 but I don't believe it is the zone that Arizona faced against Oregon or USC 590 00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:31.840 meaning a very good zone. I think we'll see a zone, but I 591 00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:37.079 don't think it's a zone that the Wildcats will see exceptional length and exceptional athleticism. 592 00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:44.559 But they have to be prepared because Arizona that's the tactic for most teams 593 00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:47.840 is to try to throw a zone just to see how Arizona responds. Well, 594 00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:51.760 time, I got asked today, you know you've got you know, 595 00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.320 how do you build a team that can win different ways? And it's like 596 00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:58.119 it's the team that has the ability to do that, especially in the nincy 597 00:40:58.159 --> 00:41:00.320 DOAA Tournament, when you're seeing teams that you haven't before, you got to 598 00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:04.960 be able to do that. And I mean they've shown that they can win 599 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.639 in a lot of different ways, but you know the consistency of it, 600 00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:10.599 you know, running in, you know, running into a team that is 601 00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:14.320 way different from what they've seen before. They you know, sometimes they're there, 602 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:19.039 sometimes they're not. How is that going to play into tomorrow? Well, 603 00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:22.280 as we have seen through the postseason, we have, uh, you 604 00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:24.559 know, we've seen a little up and down Kylon Boswell amazing in the Long 605 00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:30.039 Beach State game, not exactly his style and his game against Dayton. When 606 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:35.679 I when I see what Arizona's toolbox is, the guys that they can go 607 00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:42.360 to. The balance affords them the ability to play through different styles, play 608 00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:47.639 against different tempos, different defensive looks because they don't have to rely on one 609 00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:53.039 singular player to be the stalwart offensively for them. So that balance on the 610 00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:59.480 offensive end affords them the ability to withstand maybe an off night for one or 611 00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:02.840 two cats on the offensive. Vent. Now you and I both know, 612 00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:07.440 as you advance in the tournament, less and less players can have an off 613 00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:14.800 night, right and Arizona can't withstand multiple guys having bad days offensively, right, 614 00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:16.760 well, and we saw, you know, in the Saturday game. 615 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:21.599 You know, Caleb Love came out lights out in the first half and then 616 00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:23.679 all of a sudden he was kind of gone in the second half, or 617 00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:28.679 maybe it's something that the defense did, but nonetheless he had two very different 618 00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:31.840 halfs. So there was that inconsistency even within a game. And you know, 619 00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:37.159 he's they need him for forty minutes. You know, I agree and 620 00:42:37.280 --> 00:42:40.880 disagree. I don't think Arizona has to play lights out for forty minutes tomorrow 621 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:45.639 to win. I don't think they need Caleb Love to go for thirty for 622 00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:51.239 them to win. The game is an EBB and flow game every sporting event 623 00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:54.639 that you watch, even in football, it's not like, well, the 624 00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:59.760 New England Patriots with Tom Brady have to score every single time they touched the 625 00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:01.320 ball or they'll lose. You know, they have to be at tiptop. 626 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:07.079 You know, Tom Brady can't throw one incomplete pass. Caleb Love's gonna mince 627 00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:09.119 a shot, right humar Bilo is gonna give up a dunk to PJ. 628 00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:14.760 Hall. Clemson's gonna go on a run just like Dayton did. Why because 629 00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:19.119 that's sports. Tiger Woods is gonna miss a punt, It's gonna happen. 630 00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:23.880 I don't think Arizona has to play over their skis per se tomorrow to advance 631 00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:29.679 against Clemson. They just have to do their job defensively and not allow Clemson 632 00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:34.599 to have the lights out game and play as Arizona basketball should. But a 633 00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:37.239 lot of fans get hung up on what happened in the first half, Why 634 00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:40.119 didn't they blow them out? What happened in the second half, Why did 635 00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:44.800 Dayton go on a run? Because that's sports, it's gonna happen. You 636 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:51.360 just have to mitigate the big runs and withstand the rush of adrenaline from the 637 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:55.840 other team and make sure that you have more minutes of great basketball than your 638 00:43:55.880 --> 00:44:00.480 opponent. Well, in terms of what Arizona does and the things that the 639 00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:04.559 reasons that they win, whether it's you know, the the inside game with 640 00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:08.400 Balow, you know some some you know their guards, you know play extremely 641 00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:10.920 well. You know, what's the most important thing they've got to do in 642 00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:15.119 terms of what they do game in and game out, take care of the 643 00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:20.679 basketball, which if I were to say that in for tomorrow's game, Clemson 644 00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:24.239 does not turn you over a lot. So that means if Arizona's turning it 645 00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:30.960 over, that's problematic against a team that doesn't do that. In general terms, 646 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:35.480 Arizona needs to continue to dominate the glass. Number three team in the 647 00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:40.000 nation and rebounding margin. Clemson not a great rebounding team. They're plus three 648 00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:45.960 on the glass, but Arizona is plus ten and this is one of the 649 00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:50.840 best rebound margin team that Arizona has ever put on the floor. You have 650 00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:53.800 to be good at what you're good at, and that's what they're good at. 651 00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:58.719 They need to dominate the paint. I think Clemson is very good in 652 00:44:58.800 --> 00:45:01.280 the paint, so that's going to be good. Question good big men, 653 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:07.559 not elite level athletes, but crafty, smart big men that can face up, 654 00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:10.519 take you know, and take lamar Ballo away from the paint, take 655 00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:14.639 Mo creeb Is out to the three point line. I think the bigs you 656 00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:16.639 know, have to do their job. And Aaron almost got a knockdown shots 657 00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:23.159 THENCE tournament is about making shots. Uh, and the Wildcats cannot miss bunnies. 658 00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:27.480 They can't miss the layups that they missed against Long Beach State. UH. 659 00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:30.840 They need to They need to do what they would normally do from the 660 00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:35.480 field on a field goal percentage standpoint. Tommy talked a little bit about where 661 00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:37.920 he was asked about Keishad Johnson, and to me, I mean, look, 662 00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:44.400 you they're all playing pretty well. Everybody's contributed, and I thought way 663 00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:46.280 at the beginning of the year key Shot was going to be a key from 664 00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:51.719 the standpoint of he's the guy who brings a physicality, an attitude you know 665 00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:54.760 of uh, you know, don't mess with me kind of attitude. And 666 00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:59.360 now he's added a three point shot, which has been he's shot some He's 667 00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:02.639 made some crit shots in these first couple of games. To me, I 668 00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:07.519 feel like Pela's going to do what Pella does and as long as he doesn't 669 00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:09.400 have a really bad game, turns the ball over a bunch of times, 670 00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:13.719 you know, same with Kylon. I didn't think Colan played horrible last week. 671 00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:17.679 He just didn't score on Saturday. He didn't do anything horrible. Keyshot's 672 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:22.679 got to be a menace out there in my mind against a team like Clemson. 673 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:28.079 You recruited Key Shot from San Diego State for tomorrow, right, for 674 00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:35.880 the next four games, hopefully, and his contributions are immeasurable because you said 675 00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:38.159 it. He can be a score for Arizona inside and out. He can 676 00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:43.000 be a rim runner for the Wildcats to put pressure defensively on the opponents. 677 00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:46.320 He can be a versatile defender and guard the point guard from the other team, 678 00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:51.599 or guard their five man and every player in between. He's an energy 679 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:55.440 guy, he's a rebounder, He's an elite level defender. He can knock 680 00:46:55.519 --> 00:47:00.440 the three down. He just has to be assertive of offensively. I don't 681 00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:07.039 want to put so much onus on key Shod, but he is Arizona's capital 682 00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:10.920 X factor. I don't know if there's a lot of teams that can account 683 00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:15.159 for a key show Johnson. I don't know if Clemson has somebody like a 684 00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:20.199 Keyshaw Johnson. As Arizona advances in the tournament, there will be players that 685 00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:22.880 are like him, and you'll have to kind of play above your norm as 686 00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:29.119 they get closer and closer to a championship opportunity. But I agree with you 687 00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:34.039 Jay that the time is now. Keyshod was brought to Arizona to fill a 688 00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:37.960 hole exactly for tomorrow's game. That's a great way to put that, because 689 00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:42.000 you're right, I mean when. I mean, I remember when they when 690 00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:45.199 they signed him up, when it was you know, certain that he was 691 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:49.280 coming here. I thought, that's the missing piece, that that that's kind 692 00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:53.719 of the missing piece of even the last two tournaments. Yeah, and you 693 00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:55.800 know, not again, I don't want to put pressure and not that. 694 00:47:57.480 --> 00:48:00.639 Listening to this broadcast, I wish he would. He should be listening to 695 00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:05.480 you and Steve Rivera every day. But you know, as you said, 696 00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:09.320 everybody needs to be prepared to play well. I just think if key Shod 697 00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:15.960 plays well, that's a difference maker for Arizona. Yeah. Yeah, what 698 00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:17.800 you've been around the team? What do they seem like? They lose, 699 00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:22.960 they ready go? You know, what what's it been like over there at 700 00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:27.920 practice and all that stuff? If you could say they're loose with an edge, 701 00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:31.039 if that's possible. I was in the locker room with them, interviewing 702 00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:35.400 some of them, and of course they're they're loose, they're laughing. But 703 00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:38.159 then when we walked out onto the court and we were able to see them 704 00:48:38.199 --> 00:48:42.960 on the practice floor just a bit ago at Crypto dot com, Uh, 705 00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:46.400 there was an edge though to them. I thought, Tommy is the one 706 00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:52.639 that's setting that loose but edge nature, and Tommy, I would say, 707 00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:57.320 in his first three years has more often been loose than has an edge. 708 00:48:57.519 --> 00:49:01.920 And I feel like he's developed a chain since we started the nca Tournament. 709 00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:07.320 I think that's cascaded down to the team members. So that's right where I 710 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:10.199 love to see Arizona basketball. I think there's some school, some teams that 711 00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:15.280 need to be more edgy than loose. I think Arizona needs to be both. 712 00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:17.760 Yeah, well, you know, Tommy took that loss to Princeton as 713 00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:21.320 well, you know, and so maybe he's a little still a little pissed 714 00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:24.599 off about last year. By the way, Jay, just FYI, I'm 715 00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:30.639 ready to bury the ghosts of the Princeton Tigers. I'm kind of done talking 716 00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:34.880 about that. But I understand from it because that question was asked in the 717 00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:37.920 press conference, and I can understand Tommy's going to get that question until he 718 00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:45.039 exercises the demons and gets probably needs to get to a final four for the 719 00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:50.599 press to stop asking that question. And we know this from a historical perspective 720 00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:55.199 because Luke could not exercise the East Tennessee State and Santa Clara demons until Arizona 721 00:49:55.280 --> 00:50:00.239 got to the Final four. In ninety four. Yeah, and it was 722 00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:05.159 asked every press junket the entire year leading up to the Final four and ninety 723 00:50:05.199 --> 00:50:08.480 four and probably rightfully so. No, absolutely absolutely, and he'll, you 724 00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:12.599 know, he'll, he'll, it'll, it'll happen for him. And people 725 00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:15.920 forget he's year three as a head coach. It's not like he's year three 726 00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:20.599 at Arizona and he was the head coach somewhere else for a bunch of years. 727 00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:22.920 This is his third year as a head coach, and I think that's 728 00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:28.079 lost on some people because of how good he's been these first couple of people 729 00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:34.400 don't realize he's brand new at this He's brand new. The cupboard wasn't there. 730 00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:37.360 Let's not say that it was empty. Ben Mattherin, Dayale Terry, 731 00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:43.719 and Christian Holoco all went to the NBA after Tommy's first year, so there 732 00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:49.599 were horses in the stables that could run for Arizona. But putting it in 733 00:50:49.760 --> 00:50:53.199 perspective, Jay, and you know this, if Arizona wins tomorrow, Tommy 734 00:50:53.280 --> 00:51:00.800 Lloyd will tie two really good coaches, Brad Stevens and Brad Under for the 735 00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:05.480 most wins in the first three games as a head coach in the history of 736 00:51:05.559 --> 00:51:08.159 college basketball. So we know Tommy has that record for most wins in the 737 00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:13.519 first two years. He needs one more win to tie those two guys, 738 00:51:13.599 --> 00:51:16.039 Brad Underwood doing it at steven f Austin, Brad Stevens doing it at Butler. 739 00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:21.679 So I love it. A Final four, berth So, a clinch 740 00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:28.000 tomorrow and Saturday would make Tommy the winning his head coach in the history of 741 00:51:28.079 --> 00:51:31.360 college basketball in his first three years as a head coach. That's not easy. 742 00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:36.599 It's a huge accomplishment. Getting to a final four in his third year 743 00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:40.559 as the head coach would be rarefied air. We're eighty minutes away from that. 744 00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:47.519 That's a long way, basketball. But appreciate the journey that Tommy Lloyd 745 00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:52.360 has brought all of us on in the first three years. All right, 746 00:51:52.960 --> 00:51:55.920 Rhino, appreciate the time. Go get it tomorrow, play a good game. 747 00:51:57.559 --> 00:52:00.880 Give Brian our best for that as well, and we'll see if we're 748 00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:02.960 talking about a win on Friday. You got appreciate it, boy, all 749 00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:07.159 right, thanks a bunch. All right, that's Ryan Hanson in LA. 750 00:52:07.239 --> 00:52:09.519 He'll be coming. He'll be on the call on twelve ninety with with Brian 751 00:52:09.559 --> 00:52:15.159 Jeffries. I'm I'm excited, man, I'm excited. Ready, I'm ready 752 00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:17.400 to go. Let's play this game. Let's I agree, what do you 753 00:52:17.480 --> 00:52:21.400 think let's get I think I think they win. I think they win, 754 00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:27.199 and I don't think it's I think it's comfortable, right, and by that 755 00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:30.639 I mean an eight ten point win. You're not you know, you're not 756 00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:32.159 up a similar to the day. Yeah, similar to the game. You're 757 00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:37.239 not up against it in the last couple of minutes. I think Arizona's their 758 00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:40.480 talent is just it'll just show. And I think they got the pieces. 759 00:52:40.599 --> 00:52:44.400 I think convincing will be the word. I think they I think they'll be 760 00:52:45.079 --> 00:52:46.519 ready to roll. Tommy, like you said, has that chip on the 761 00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:51.519 shoulder to big game for him. I think they get it done for me. 762 00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:54.480 I think this team's proved when it's focused, it's really damn good. 763 00:52:54.519 --> 00:52:58.719 I agree. All right, we'll be back on Friday. No show tomorrow. 764 00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:01.840 We'll give the day off to watch to watch a game Arizona's on at 765 00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:06.400 fourrow night and we'll be back on Friday. So we hope to see you 766 00:53:06.440 --> 00:53:07.599 then. Thanks a much for being here.