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I'm Steve Rivera, He's Jay Gonzalez. We've got our guys sit in with
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Yep, big win, big win a center just a win. Well,
well, everyone's a big win because they've got to they've got to win
them, all right. So yes, it was a big win. I
mean, was it a big win because it was a su No, it
was a big win because they got to win the rest of their game.
So true to form, at least in the Gonzales form formula I thought they
would cover. In fact, I said eighteen just because that was my life.
But I want to review the tape because I'm not sure whether to believe
you or not. But tell me what you thought about it before the game.
Look, and I know you're you're gonna come in here and say,
as you made it close, and it looked like they could lose, and
they look unpredictable and all that crap, okay, and it's crap because because
they were it was predictable. They were never in danger of losing that game.
Ever, I thought, even when it got down to five in the
second half, you know, as you never had the ball, okay,
when they could cut it to one possession, not one time. So you
know, and I said on the show after you, after you deserted us
uh, that I thought Arizona would get out to a lead, be in
the double digits most of the time, as you would make a run,
probably cut it into into single digits at some point, and then Arizona would
pull away at the end. That's exactly what I said. If you want
to review the tape, I will cut the tape for you and play it
for your first line of duty is writing today's date down or yesterday. I
was right one time the time. Ever, I was right one time,
and say that will frame it and that that's where that's really what I thought
was gonna happen. I lo it was sorry. I wasn't sure whether the
twelve you know, the twelve and a half point line was give it or
take it, and it was it was, and it was around twelve fourteen
point most of the you know, with fourteen points at the half. A
SU came out in the second half cut into it. As I said,
I think I want to look back at the play by play, and at
seven minutes it was a five point game, but they don't have the ball,
and so a Su did not have the ball at any point that it
was a five point game where they could cut it to a one possession game.
I would have wis showed about the Bucks score, because you know,
I as as skeptical as I am with Caleb Love. And then we'll talk
about this too if you want. I thought he had a fantastic game.
He didn't overshoot right, he was under control, He hit some big threes,
he went five for twelve. I like him shooting twelve to fourteen shots
in game, not eighteen to twenty. Yeah. Look, there wasn't anything
that they did last night that I didn't like. I know, you sent
me a text about about jayde and Bradley just not giving up the ball on
you know he needs to. But he played a great game so well that
he stayed in the game after after Colin Boswell got his fourth and that's when
they pulled away. So but do you notice do you notice how he plays?
Yeah? How does he play? Jayden? Jayden? He's very fast
and it can be good, but it can also hurt you at the time.
I wish you would give up the ball. Sometimes, yeah, sometimes
not all the time, because he does get to the basket, gets in
the middle and screw well say, and that's the thing he's got. He's
got incredible confidence that he can get to the basket against anybody, and he
often does. Well, Now you have two dudes like that, You've always
had two dudes like that, Yeah, with love, with love, and
Boswell can do it too, he just doesn't do it near as much.
Well, he's more. He tends to he tends to pass the ball around
the perimeter and fine, guys, But there wasn't anything that was going on
in that game last night that I thought, Oh, they need to fix
that, Oh they need to fix that. They need to teams are going
to make runs against them, and Tommy said that they have to be comfortable
being in the situation that they were in last night. And I never ever
ever thought Ace he's got a chance to win this game. Okay, So
then and he said that, I guess Brian talked about this before he asked
the question. Said, earlier in the week, you talked about being in
close games and having just revived blah blah blah. Okay, let's go back
and review Princeton. And I'm going to a game that we all know.
They didn't have to be close. They could have just eventually put their feet
on the on the ground, on the pedal and then beat them by double
digits and on. And they didn't. And they didn't because sometimes the other
team, as you say, yes, the other team does things. Sure,
sure, but now but now you've changed the narrative because it wasn't about
them doing things. It was about Arizona collapsing pretty much. Yea. So
sometimes and he talked about this, and I wish I knew the term he
used. He didn't say, wiggle woo. We need to make the spread
big so we have the room to maneuver. Yeah, right, And and
he doesn't. I guess last night they did that. Last night's exactly what
they do. Remember who they played j issues. I get it is not
a tournament team, aget it, but let's remember a sub Washington State on
Saturday night. So they're capable, Okay, sure they and they want some.
You know, they were at one point and we talked when we talked
to Holder being at one point in the in the in the pack well season,
we thought they might be good. I even said it on your radio
when it would burn my eyes to say that Mark this down on the side
of good. Jay he was on the other thing. It hurt. It
hurt my It hurt my heart to say that. And they turned out to
not be. But but the point being that Steve Princeton's perfect a perfect example.
Any team on any night can be pretty damn good because if you're playing
college basketball, you're good. And if all five or eight of you are
really good on the same night, that's how b YU goes and beats Kansas
at Kansas. I'm really cheering up because he's finally listening to me. You
finally on any given day, YadA, YadA, which is good. I
mean, they look good last night. I liked them, how they played.
They played well enough to beat them by eighteen. Oregon's gonna're gonna paraty
beat the crap out of Oregon two Uh, next week is gonna be some
tests. It's gonna be hard and squad after today, what's tomorrow March,
yeah, and here's the rest of the seasons. But I certainly you know,
you know, based on how they played. They were just methodical last
night. They went out, grabbed a big lead early, they were getting
down here, you know, made some shots, played some defense. I
mean, a SU had twelve points at the under seven. They couldn't at
the under eight time out. And why was that? Because you gotta you
gotta say, there's because there's almost playing some pretty decent defense. Now they
but but Arizona, you know, but if Arizona was playing bad, We've
seen bad teams right hit shots against Arizona. Their defense is crappy. They're
just so they but they they harassed as U all night long. They were
there. You know. The the key play of the night, uh Arizona,
Arizona turns it over whoever it is is going down to for a layup.
Jayden Bradley chases them down, knocks the ball out so he so they
don't get the back, then goes the other side and gets an end one.
That was it A SU was a c was gonna was was, you
know, on a run right there, and you know they go get an
and one and they're back up ten. You know, so they did things
that made a su look bad, were worse than they already are, right
right, No, they there's a lot of key games. I remember that
one Boswell's rebound underneath the basket and the kind of the reverse lay up underneath
that was huge. That was the rebound that was a loose ball, that
was a pass whatever that went into Bellow and I think it either got tipped
or it went past him. And then jay Kyla was there to catch it
and he laid it in and when he was under the basket and he light
club and then then I thought, Caleb blows three pointers. He hit those
two back to back three pointers that were just when the lead, the lead
had gotten cut to five, all of a sudden, it's eleven again,
right, So so you know, more power to them. They played really
well. That's great, uh, and now they move on, so we'll
see what happens. Look cliche coming up one game at a time, evere
games of the season, right game season. I'm not gonna say that because
you say that, I'm saying one game of the time. That is cliche,
but it is. But you know, now they got Oregon coming into
town. Uh, you haven't been looking great. They're unlikely to get into
the tournament. Yeah. Uh and and and Arizona's got him at home.
Take care of this business and then go take your shot in l A and
see what happens, you know, with a with a chance to h to
be still be a number one. I mean, they can't miss step because
other teams. Last night, Tennessee was on the ropes and they came back
and won. There are another on one seed on that four line or whatever
it is, the number fourth place with North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona,
that's what's gonna get it, you know. And and then again it's going
to depend on matchups again, right you get to the back off tournament.
They posted on the on the thing, they posted what the bracket would be,
you know today, based on you know where where they were in the
standings last night. And Arizona's first round game would be against either Utah Stanford.
I'm sure Arizona fan doesn't like either of those games. Yeah, yeah,
no, it's the true on a neutral court card Utah and Stanford and
again Stanford two years in early I think in the packed off tournament has has
made a dicey for you know, for Arizona fans. So we'll see what
happens. That's that's the good thing is not today, it's in three weeks,
two weeks, two weeks, two weeks, two weeks from today,
the Arizona Arizona first game in the packed off tournament, right, and then
the butchery the rest of the weekend. Not that anybody else needs. Where
where do you eat and hang it? So you just hit the media BA
phase and the no, there's no media but face there's no. Oh you
mean at the games? I don't yeah, because no, it's they have
chips and salsa. I mean it's not a burgers and stuff. No,
I don't remember having food there. I don't know. No, so we
just have to go to the restaurants. No, not that I remember.
No, it's it's those yellow fish things and the consodas and the vitamin drink.
Really, so that's the staff that gets it. Well, I know
that's tournament. I can't remember the media. No, there's a media buffet.
I'm asked about it and the team. Oh, then I go to
outside. You're right, it's yeah, yeah, it's that's the one shot
deal. Yeah no, yeah no, because we're at staying in UK.
Where do you like over there? Oh, I'm in New York, New
York or just in that anywhere little No, this is on my dime.
You don't go to Gallagher's in New York, New York by stay get the
seventy dollars steak. No, you're crazy. I'm not Gonnet, I'm not
lead. They can't even afford They can't afford it either. It's funny.
Okay, okay, what else is going on? We have a game tonight.
There is a game tonight Arizona women's basketball taking on number seven usc U
Ideas trying to pack the house. If you can get ten thousands, are
you gonna go? No? No, no, but I wouldn't mind seeing
the seeing them, this team and they are scrappy, and I mean now
now they don't even have I mean just there's only seven people are gonna be
in uniform. In the past at least had some people in uniform and who
didn't play. But now it's like seven people in uniform when they when they
line up tomorrow or tonight, and you know, if you saw the first
game, which I strangely did just to see, uh Juju Watkins had a
fantastic game, but Arizona stayed with them three three three, go with them
for three quarters and then and then and then it got away from them over
there. So I think they're gonna go and feel like they can do this,
you know, at least have a shot at doing this. They're gonna
have to get off to a good start, you know, kind of let
us know that they're that they're there, uh, and see what happens.
But I think it should be fun, it should be interesting, and I
would think that the crowd will be there to get behind them, right so
that they with everything. You know, the fans here love this team,
they have since that. But this and this is also the toughest part of
their schedule, right, don't they have four straight? No? This is
it. This is the last tew these two games. Okay, So the
regular, their packed up tournament starts next week to back to back top ten
teams. Yeah seven and eight. USC is seven, u c l A
is eight, and then we'll obviously the term the stretch here is going to
be very important. Today if they pull one off. Maybe they get in
yeah yeah, and maybe win the game in the tournament, in the packed
toal tournament, yep, maybe they get it, yep. So it should
be to be fun. But it's a it's a big game for them tonight.
So we'll see, all right, coming up tonight, coming up to
I didn't write the names on the board, Anthony Leone. We're finally getting
the Sunnyside wrestling coach on to talk about their thirty seventh straight championship, talk
about the experience that he as a coach is having with Audrey Himanez, who's
a potential Olympian in women's wrestling, and talking about how many thirty seven through
thirty seven in a row. And so we'll talk to coach Leone from Sunnyside
here in a few minutes. He'll be coming up at about three twenty.
And then in the second hour, we've got who do we have Steve Josh
Yeah, I hope he's not listening anything. I forgot his name. Josh
Passner, who is doing that. He's gonna be doing color for the game
Saturday again with on ESPN with Arizona. That's gonna be a nice have you
seen that if he's done that. No, he's been in studio. Yeah,
he's been in studio. Right, I wonder if this is his first
game or how many? If you're maybe maybe, I think he's made for
it. I really no question. In fact, Josh, stop coaching.
Just do this, Just do this. It's more fun. Yeah, it's
probably a lot less lucrative. Well, he doesn't need lucrative anymore. Oh,
okay, he may want lucrative, he may that, but he probably
doesn't need you tell him that. Well, okay, you know what Josh
toned down, you know, tone down the monthly expenses. Okay, Jay
stopped making ten dollars part. I hope he made some good investments. I'm
sure he's very he's okay. So it's great to talk to him. We'll
talk to him, and then we'll let's take the break. Now we're already
in the right we'll take our break. We're going come back. Anthony Leone
the thirty the wrestling coach for Sunnyside. So they said high school who they
won their thirty seven state wrestling championship just a few weeks ago. So stick
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Park on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Hey, welcome back to I'm the Ball
here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve, He's Jay. Now in
fun, we have coach Anthony Leone from Sunnyside High School wrestling coach, how
are you. I'm doing well. Good to hear from you guys. Again,
what a heck of a run you guys, I could have been saying
this left tip. We just say it year this. We have this show
every year. So another state championship for Sunnyside. You get tired. I'm
sure you don't get tired of it. No, it always feels good,
feels good onto the next though. So wait, okay, so you say
that, but really, come on, I'm you got to take a little
time to enjoy another championship. Even though they come up kind of regularly for
you, how do you take them? Take them each year? Yeah,
I mean it is like kind of a culmination, and I think that it's
always tough when you get talk them with the season and you got to give
the kids a little bit of time to rest their bodies. You know,
sometimes they're a little banged up. But I mean it almost immediately as a
coach, you're going into like, you know, you're looking at rosters,
you're you're thinking about raising money, and it's just onto the next So how
you know how coaches give it twenty four hours forty eight hours. How much
enjoyment can you get out of it? I would assume all the way through
the next beginning of the next year. Yeah, I mean, I yeah,
I mean it always feels good. I mean I I feel better for
the kids that accomplished their goals, you know. And I just think the
moment you start really you know, feeling good about things, is it kind
of it can mess with the next season. Yep. So I should have
paid attention to this, but I didn't. So first of all, how
many state champions did you have? And how many of those are multi year
state champions? We had eight state champions, which tied the record that we
broke a couple of years ago, so that was a great accomplishment. And
we had two three time state champions and they'll be coming back to attempt their
fourth state title. We had a senior that went out on top of the
state champion, we had. We had another two time state champion he won
his second, and we had we one time state champions. First, first
of the state champions, we had two seniors that went out on top.
That was great, awesome. So and then you know, you had Audrey
Humanez who won, who came in and won a boys state championship. We'll
and we'll talk about her in just a second, because there's lots of us
to talk about there, But you know, let's just talk about your season
and and how you things were going, How things were going for you.
Were you pretty confident going into state that you had the team to do this
again? Uh? And what made you where was your you know, where
was your head at kind of with your team headed into into the state?
Yeah, I mean it was a it was an interesting year. Early early
in the season, we we lost two seniors to injury, to season ending
injuries, one with the with the a c L another one with a shoulder
injury, and and both of them were you know, almost shoeings to be
state champions, and one of them was a two time defending state champion.
So it created a little bit of adversity for us. But we we had
a freshman that we inserted into the lineup and and we just some kids stepped
up and they kind of, you know, they finished really well, and
really where my head was at, you know, late in the season was
just about taking all the pressure off the kids and getting them to understand that
it's just high school wrestling and used to go have fun and score a bunch
of points and you take it all in and not take it too seriously.
And we did that and we we went out there, it's scored a lot
of points. Well it seems so simple, but I'm sure there's more to
it. So but you you you've start with thirty seven years is that correct?
So this doesn't so this doesn't happen by accident, coach, So,
uh, these kids must start at what age and are determined to see it
all the way through high school? Yeah? I mean they started all different
ages, but you know, there's one ingredient, and which is you know,
which is great, great hard work and you know, and taking the
sport seriously but not maybe not too seriously, having fun with it and learning,
learning as much as they can and not continuing to learn and not never
never being content with not knowing. You know, I would think that that
would kind of be maybe one of the biggest challenges you have as a coach,
you know, when you've won this many championships, it's such a tradition,
you know, it's it's a tradition for you know, the school for
the neighborhoods around there, for the families too, you know, not to
not expect this right that you still got to work hard for it. How
do you find that being difficult? Is everybody pretty well on board with you
know, the right the right approach that type of thing. You know,
how does how does that go with you guys? Well? Yeah, Nick
Saban calls it the rat poison. Yes, a great speech a few years
ago about the rat poison. And so you know it starts at the top.
And you know, my job is to make sure that we focus daily
on on our habits and you know, practicing hard, being on time,
just doing the little things. But you know, ultimately the big things can
care of themselves when you're just doing the little things. You're just doing them
and all the little things that just seem to add up for whatever reason.
Okay, we'll talk about Well it's Audrey Humaniz. Let's talk about that history,
right made. She became one of the I think she's the first a
female to win a boys state championship, one a very few to have even
qualified for state in the in the boys division. Just talks a little bit
about that journey, how she handled it, how you handled it, and
then and how the team handled it. Yeah, I mean, Audrey Hemanez
is just just unbelievable for more than one reason. You know, it's awesome
being talented at wrestling or you know, being very skilled, and she's just
a total package. She's a great teammate. You know, she's she's very
humble and she just does it the right way. And you just I struggle
even talking about not having her a round because it was just it took it.
You know, she was like a coach on the on the practice,
uh, and on the mat. But yeah, I mean, what a
great heat she she She went out there, she set her mind to it
a year ago that she wanted to go and win the boys state championship,
and a boy did she do it. But it didn't. It didn't happen
without some adversity. She was in the world semi finals in uh and she
she she had an injury, and uh, she had the battle back from
the injury. In fact, going into the state tournament she was only seven
and oh you know, so she had a very abbreviated season and you know,
she just she just stepped to what she's done, which is to put
her head down and believing herself and score a bunch of points and have fun
with it, and she did, because look, we're guys and we you
know, Uh, I mean, was there any any situation or any point
where you know the fact that there was a girl competing against the guys that
you saw either from your own team, from teams that you know that she
she matched up against them, And I have to ask you just did she
face anything that was you know, maybe uncomfortable because she was a girl wrestling
in the boys division and you know, potentially going to make a couple of
guys look bad. Yeah, I mean, nothing that I noticed, But
you know, certainly in the practice room, she's she's an equal, and
she's proven, she's proven that day in and day out, she's an equal.
And uh, look, I think that when you step on the mat
and it's just two people out there, there's no sour grapes, you're a
headitor and you get beat. It just it is what it is. It
happens, and it just happened to be that Audrey was the best hundred and
six pounder in Arizona this year. So let's talk real quick about her.
Two. When did you first meet her and did you see potential in her
or did she or did you? Was she kind of already started on her
route to this point before you met her? Yeah? I met her a
few years before high school, maybe sixth grade, and you could tell maybe
maybe the level of talent wasn't there, but definitely the work ethic was,
you know, and she she's basically built herself with hard work and a lot
of intelligence. She's very open to being coached and she's very very smart.
But ultimately, I mean, really it's just her work ethic, her infatiable
hunger to get better and never you know, she always works like she's she
always works like there's somebody trying to catch her. Is really what It is
interesting because you know, I mean, wrestling is the sport your kids come
in. They want to be stay champion, maybe go to go to college,
those kinds of things. When did when did it occur to you or
occur to her that there was potential beyond that? You know, because as
we've talked about, you know, she's trying to you know, become an
Olympian. How did that develop? When did that develop? And and and
what what's the road going to look like from here on out for her?
Yeah, it's a process for any young wrestlers. Like I was telling somebody
the other day, it's like, you've got to be the best on your
team, and then you got to be the best in the city, and
then you got to be the best in the state, and then then you
go to the nationals and then once you win a few national titles, and
what's next. And it's just naturally she's she's matured quite a bit. And
again, her habits are in mind with like the highest level competitor any sport,
you know. So if you have those those those strong habits and you're
a competitor and you want to do it at the highest level, I mean,
go and winn an Olympic gold and then I think that's where she at
right now. So tell us you were down in Mexico last week, tell
us what that was, and then what the process for her to, you
know, go through that she's got to go through to get a chance at
being in the Olympics. Sure, yeah, yeah. So so just a
few hours after the state championships, Audrey and Ivy we flew down to the
Pan American Games in Acapulco, Mexico, and it was basically an Olympic qualifier.
Now, the United States has already qualified at her weight class because the
United States representative at the World Championships medled. So the path moving forward is
April seventeen through the twentieth the Olympic Trials in State College, Pennsylvania, and
if Audrey's blessed enough to be the representative, then you know it's Paris in
late July. So is it just one there's not like a couple in each
division, it's just she's got to win one hundred and whatever weight she is.
Yeah, so she's so she's qualified for the Olympic Trials. There will
be brackets of eight to eight to twelve competitors and you have to there's a
there's a very strict qualification as to how you can qualify. Audrey's qualification.
What was by virtue of her World medals at age group. She was World
silver U twenty three. She was World silver U twenty So she's qualified.
And so essentially she's just got to win the bracket and you wrestle the final
match, the final final competitor. You wrestled best two out of three for
the spot. And yeah, that's that's kind of where she got. So
beyond what you just talked, talked about with the Olympics. What's her future?
Is she going to school or what's your situation? Yeah, I think
she's she's she's in the process of getting ready to announce which which university she's
going to go through. I mean, she's the number one pounds per pound
girl wrestler in the country and highly sought after. But not only that,
she's an incredible student, you know, and the schools that were recruiting her
and coveting her her wrestling, it's just unbelievable. And so she she could
pick pretty much anywhere she wanted to go, and I think she's narrowed down
and getting ready to you know what within the next few weeks and nouns where
she's going. So Slemanski in terms of, you know, she's coming out
of high school. The competition that she's going to face at the Olympics,
are those are those mostly college wrestlers? Is she you know, is she
a little young for this? Where does she sit as far as that goes,
because that, you know, obviously makes a difference. Yeah, most
most of the wrestlers are you know, at that at that level, are
you know, they're women, They're not they're not girls. They're twenty five
years old, they're thirty years old. And but I think she's ready for
it. She's kind of I think she's always she's always taken the approach of
being the underdog, even if even if she's not, And so I think
that she issues in that, and she she embraces the idea that they're older
and more mature, maybe a little stronger and more experienced. And I think
that just teach her. Okay, coach, we appreciate your time. Yeah,
the best, Like you'll be on everywhere she goes. You're going with
her. That'll be her decision around. Hopefully I'll be hanging around. I
call myself the best, the best, bad carrier. Yeah, I'll be
around. Hopefully she takes me all right. Okay, Well, good luck,
good luck coach. Congrets again, absolutely, thank you, Thanks you
guys, thank you. Coach leone from a Sunnyside you says, wrestling against
twenty five year old thirty year old? I mean, like what seventeen maybe
eighteen to I was gonna tell him this one. He knows this in my
mind, and I could be wrong. Wrestlers are the toughest people in the
Wow, Yeah, come on, you're not busting your asses. We're doing
stuff in your body to waste your time. Yeah, yeah, no,
absolutely not. I mean they're and as he said, you know, somebody
to succeed at that, you've got to have incredible work at because one,
it's all you, sure right. You don't have you know, a receiver
that you're throwing to or you know, you're you're not a you know,
a catcher that's calling your pitches or whatever. This is. It's all you
and you got it's all you, and it ain't golf and it ain't tennis.
Well no, you're right, no exactly. And it's funny because we
have the m M A guys, member of time or two and what's the
question, why are you doing this? What are you doing this? Why
would you want to get punched in the face? So well, good luck
to good luck to add you here man is uh uh he the Olympic trials
in April, yeah, April, so we'll see, uh, we'll see
how that goes for her. Good luck to her. All right, let's
take our next break. We'll be back. Give us a call five two
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Fox Sports fourteenth fifty. Hey, welcome back to you. I on the
Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve, He's Jay. There's
Sid Mary behind him listening in watching. We have fifteen minutes. If anybody
wants to call, please do kind of marriage, just kind of deciding do
I really really want to be a part of this. She's been here before.
I know she's back back. Maybe I have to anybody want to call?
Five two zero four one forty. What do you think about tonight last
night's game? Tonight's game? Maybe the interview with coach the olm one color
called maybe two years ago we don't talk to Sunnyside people. We talked to
him all the time. We do all the time, and yeah, and
we had you know, somebody on on Twitter said, you know, don't
forget about Sunnyside Wrestling. We've never forgot about Sunnyside. It's like they got
to make time for us, right because we're so busy winning championships. Let's
take this call. You're on the air and I on the ball. Hey,
Vic, you're what are you on the freeway with the windows down?
I am No, it's not the windows I hope. Can you hear me,
We can hear you. I'm on the way, on the way to
go support a D and the girls. Man, all right, okay,
what do you think it's gonna be tough? You know he sounded kind of
like, oh no, you know what the good thing about Vicky, he
doesn't text me during the Women's Games. Only last night last night, you
know, he texted me a couple of times. It's gonna be okay,
Nick, were you nervous last night? Yeah? I was? I really
was. You know that uh that a s U team. I was scared
they were gonna put together a run and we were gonna we were gonna relax.
Uh huh so we came through. But uh so I actually called to
give Steve Greece because he's always talking crap about I take pictures with all my
athlete friends, and of course he had a take one with superstar Mike Gibb.
Me. Okay, but I actually called to tell you guys what a
great interview that was with with Ada. But this Sunnyside one was pretty darn
good. You guys did a great job that. I got to take a
picture with Audrey a couple of weeks ago with the Flowing Wealth Tournament. So
I'm gonna have to send that to you, Steve. You know vic I
mean you you lived here for a thousand years. I mean she's like historic.
I mean she's like an athlete, an athlete that this we'll talk about
for a long time. Don't you think I'm one of those you know,
like a like a like a fat lever like uh Shawn Elliott. Uh you
know somebody at that level, don't you think about her? Man? Because
uh And that's why I appreciate you guys, because that was awesome. Yeah.
So so let me tell you, with all those pictures, you could
be a mister owns and have all those pictures at your house. The first
one I'm going to put up with you and Mike though, Okay, thank
you, Okay, so you say, okay, So I asked you what
you think to know you good? It's going to be really hard. I
mean, what do you think? I mean, what what do they have
to do? She's a generational player? Yeah, you kind of that.
She gets hurt thirty and you slow everybody out there right. Well, they
hung with them up up at us. See. I know I got away
from in the fourth quarter, but they hung with them for a while.
If they're at home and they've got the crowd behind them, and so I'm
hoping once again, like I'm told Steve one hundred times that it scared me
shoot her do some things up. But if we can make a few shots,
anything can happen to night. These girls play hard. I really really
respect those what are we calling the magnificent Yeah, that's where they are,
ye okay, and they are playing hard, So anything can happen, okay
or okay, drive safe man, thanks man, my Gabriel gay like Gabriel
ins every call, Bear down, go cat, good luck tonight. Yeah,
that was funny. It's gonna be hard, yeah, okay, but
and it will be. Vick is one of those fans. He texted me
a couple of times last night. I'm thinking, breath, that's gonna be
okay, yeah, and then he tells me it was never in Dow.
Ye. See, I believe it was never in dow I really do.
You didn't text me that? Well? You know what, I don't text
you during most games, and I text you if well, I'll text you
if I'm losing a bet or something like that. Team, you know,
I just you know, during the games, I've just gotten to whether it's
a football game or a or a basketball game, I just kind of try
and just stay off of it. You know. I silenced my brother Rick
during football games. I don't want to hear from him because and and and
uh, there's a couple other people, but you know, and there'll be
some times some people texting me and stuff and I read them. I generally
don't respond during games, which is because because by the time you text something,
it can all be it can all be different. And it was last
night they got They got it to five Killer Love Hits, The three Goes
It Hits, another three. It's like, whatever you were worried about when
it was five, stop worrying about it. I enjoyed the game because one
I didn't have. The Internet was really sketchy up there and the stuff,
so I didn't see any Facebook boats. Oh these guys are horrible. Wait,
they're okay. You know the world's gonna end. Wait, the sky
cleared up, you know it's I didn't pay attention to that, thank god.
But I did see the one that you said you noticed, I didn't
respond, which the ball needs to pass the ball something like that. I
wonder will chicken stats. I don't know what is averaging assist wise, if
you could, you know his percentage. There's no question he plays downhill,
plays with a lot of confidence. Right, is not what you said?
Uh, but once he gets that ball, he ain't getting He's he's Michael
Wright. I don't I don't see like that to the extreme of Michael Wright.
But he doesn't like the past. I don't consider him a black hole
like you do. I think yesterday, though, overall, they did a
better job of sharing the back they did. They did. In fact,
I tweeted that I think every time they find the man who's open. They
look fantastic. That's what his offense is about, finding the open man.
You get guys going downhill, then you kick it out, then you kick
it out. A lot of them were back doors or in the guys cutting
to the basket. Hell Larson, he's surprised me with how much he's improved
he's gotten. Yeah, it's like he realizes, I'm almost done here.
I better get my stuff done. Okay, Okay, do you think let's
see give me a trick question? Go ahead, Okay, he plays,
He plays twenty minutes. No, he plays nineteen point twenty minutes a game.
Plays twenty minutes a game. Colem Boswell plays twenty seven minutes. Caleb
Love plays thirty two minutes a game. Jayden Bradley has fifty eight assists.
Okay, okay, so that's two two and a half assists per game for
a guy coming off the bench. That's pretty good, don't you think?
Is Caleb Caleb Caleb Love, He's got ninety five assists in thirty two games,
so he's averaging just around three games and Boswell and Boswell is averaging uh
a little more than that, because he's got one hundred and one assists.
He's guess who's got the most assists. I think it does by one.
But Colin Boswell was averaging twenty seven and a half minutes a game one hundred
one assists, so just under for a game. In fact, I think
that was one of the questions to Tommy about him being a better Jadan,
being a better passor or being more aware. Says, we're working on that.
You know, he's very aggressive. We understand that he likes he is
who he is. He's a McDonald's all American. What do those guys do
this score? Score this score? And that's what he's used to kittle love
What did he do this score? So Tommy's kind of had to refocus or
re repurpose them, if you will, to becoming more of a team player
with still having them as scorers. Right, and his assister turnover ratio is
the same as the other guys Jayde and Bradley is just under two to one.
Uh. Boswell is right at two to one one hundred and one assists,
fifty turnovers, and uh and uh Jade and Bradley is uh for fifty
eight assists twenty five turns. So it's okay you're telling sister turnover ration.
Okay, so you're all wrong. No, no, no, that you're
talking turnovers. I'm talking to sis. But he's giving up. He's got
he's got a bunch of He's and a half game. Okay, he could
be a three and a half, he could be a four. He plays
twenty minutes a game. What do you want four? Four? My god?
Watch You don't get to watch a game only to watch only Boswell has
has is even close to the averaging for assists a game, and he's not
averaging for us. If you were able to look up and watch the game,
I know you can't, you would see that that's who he is.
He doesn't pass the ball, he just does. He does. But he
when when he goes in the lane, Oh he doesn't. Okay, I
get that. He goes in the link because he can score. He's always
going to He's just he doesn't take jumpers. He's as good a score in
the lane as anybody they've got. Well, without question, he can hang
up there. Well, then I don't have a problem with what he does.
What's that I don't have a problem with him doing that. Then if
he's gonna score, we could differ. No, you're you're wrong, and
I'm ready you're wrong. I'm right, But another one say it. No,
No, I'm not going to my deathbed saying that because I hear other
people saying the same thing. He's got to learn how to give it up
if he doesn't have a shot pulling downhill, pass the ball. It was
like love when he had he had Bollow against Washington State. Where do you
have him wide open under the basket and he didn't give up the ball.
The one thing you guys can agree on. Isy's defense has been yes,
and that's that's, that's it. And last night Boswell said that those two
and they can say whatever. But Boswell that he plays really well with with
with Bradley. Uh and they and they have last night they went small and
they were pretty good. Yeah. Yeah, well, I don't have a
problem with anything that Jayden Bradley is doing. So there, okay, no,
no, no, no, you're entitled. I mean we're fine with
us sleep there either, all right, that's fine, but I you know
again he's look, the pieces the pieces are really I think fitting right now.
Yeah, well, Arizona, well, you know Umar Bollow another doubles
double j j you say right now, but a week ago they didn't fit
in one a one game situation. Yeah, no, you're right, you're
right. So well again, you know, the team that doesn't do that
in the six game stretch is the team that wins the National change. That's
it. That's it, and you can't and Princeton proved that you can't even
do it in the first round anymore. Right, got another call? All
right, let's take this car Hire on the air on the ball, Gabe,
how are you guys doing playing? Gabe? How you only got about
a couple of minutes, Gabe? So go happy that Arizona got got sweep
against the dumbasses nor Yeah, I'm pretty happy. They need to win this
coming Saturday again, uh the Oregon Uh so anyway, yeah, yeah,
we'll see what happens. Okay, did ye? I'm assuming you watched the
game last night? We gave you there. Yeah, we're barely barely barely
hearing you. Yeah, yeah, okay, I'm here. At any point
last night, did were you worried that they were going to lose the game?
When Arizona when the morn's up North, we're making are you run?
So? But in the last eight minutes of the Arizona finally from the tide
and start scoring more points. So anyway, but but even when they got
it, but even when they got it to five, okay, because they
had letting double digits most of the night. But even when as you got
it to five, did you really think, oh, no, we're gonna
lose. No, Arizona. Has Arizona had more, had more, have
better players compared to to the goaling Tempede. They the school in Tempe doesn't
have players back camp match for match against Arizona. All right, okay,
thanks, k we gotta go. Yep, got hit the top of around
Arizona, thank you, Oh my god. Good Okay, we always count
on it. But you know, and look, I know, and I'm
sure there were a lot of Arizona fans nervous, you know when when the
game got a little close thought it was dicey, I'm certain of it.
But that's because Arizona fans are so used to getting kicked in the you know
what, you know in these kinds of situations. The last time was very
loud. It was loud because it was about sixty forty you predicted sixty five
thirty. It was very loud. The students were very loud. Were there's
there they said, there was supposed to be four thought and students and there
were there were a lot of them. There were a lot of them.
And it's such like a it's like an old vintage warehouse. Now it's like
just kind of not a it's not a pleasant place. No, pleasant,
it's not the right word. But it's it's like a work like an airport
using the old La Sports arena at the basis is it better than doesn't smell
like you're uh so if if that's a one or two, this is about
a four or five. But it's not done. And they were built at
the same time, right mcalle in this place, it was built just a
little after it. And it was just like it doesn't have any charm to
it. It's just the building with people. But it gets loud, like
if you're in a crowd of a warehouse and it got gotten out because both
sides were you out. Yeah, you can tell, you can tell on
on the on the on the broadcast that it was it was pretty loud.
And you know Arizona fans were you know, they were being heard, but
a FU fans, you know, when they those couple of times that they
cut the lad you know you heard them too. So my daughter for the
first time saw the curtain of the distraction on the thing and she goes,
what the hell is that? I'm sorry who my daughter, Alana, she
had never seen it. Rachel had seen it, but Alana had never seen
it. She goes, what the hell are they doing over there? So
I got a quick question and we'll talk about this on the other side from
Sam who listens to us. He says, Steve, do you think UA
blows leads with poor decision making and still dependent on threes when we don't need
threes? Great question. We'll answer that on the other side because that's a
great question. It is a great question, and we'll think about that for
we might have different answers. So okay, let's go to break. Yeah,
because well I'm gonna invoke with Steve is when we answer that. Okay,
cool, Okay, So all right, let's go and take our break.
We're gonna come back breaking news from sid here at the top of the
hour, and then Josh Passner will join us. He'll be doing the ESPN
game on Sunday On Saturday with Arizona he'll be doing color for that, and
he's always fun to talk to you, so stick around for all that