WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:06.440 Steve Rivera and jaygn Salez. They have their eye on the ball on Tucson 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:12.279 Sports the Jets, Fox Sports fourteen fifty streaming live. I mean, iHeartRadio 3 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:15.919 WAMS, Welcome back time to the ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. 4 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:20.120 We've already had a couple of great conversations with Steve Rivera, who's on his 5 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:25.679 way back from LA who he's covering the Cats, and also Reggie Geary gave 6 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:28.800 us some of his insight on the game. I got Greg Hansen here as 7 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:34.520 a guest host today and Adam and He's gonna go into breaking news. This 8 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:39.560 his Eye on the ball, breaking news on Fox Sports fourteen to fifty. 9 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.759 So the first news I saw today coming out of the NFL Pro Bowl, 10 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:49.880 Son Reddick was just traded to the New York Jets for a traditional draft pick. 11 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:56.240 Your thoughts on wow, you know anything that happens in the NFL anymore? 12 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:59.079 I mean, guys, just you know, I mean, Saquon Barkley's 13 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:00.399 playing for the Eagles, right, So that's all you need to know about 14 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.599 about any of that. I don't understand the cap stuff, so yeah, 15 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:08.760 yeah, so yeah, no, it's you know, uh, just the 16 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:11.599 guys. You know, it's it. They just jump around and it is 17 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:15.400 what it is. So you just wait, wait for the dust to settle, 18 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:17.799 find out where these guys are, and then draft your fantasy team and 19 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:23.200 it's all good. Some college basketball news. Sienna is hiring former Syracuse stand 20 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:29.840 out Jerry macnamara head coach. You know when those guys that we saw playing, 21 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:34.239 we were already old when they were playing another another coaches. It wasn't 22 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:40.920 wasn't he on the on the national championship team right twenty years ago? Yeah? 23 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:46.319 Yeah, the yeah, no, I it's it's it's nuts. I 24 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.400 did that that. Anytime I hear something like that, that's where my brain 25 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.079 goes, like, tells me how old that I am. Some more college 26 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.359 news n c DOAA president he's aiming to ban all college profits, right, 27 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:05.719 weird about that the other day? Yeah, which yeah, all right. 28 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.439 Also Oregon State defeat and Notre Dame. Yeah or say women, right, 29 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:13.560 did you see any of the game? Did you watch the last two minutes? 30 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:19.280 They're big girl Reagan Beers. She's like eadie, yeah, she is 31 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:23.280 yep, yep along those lines because I've got it on right here, because 32 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:29.759 I saw this score come up, but South Carolina unbeaten. South Carolina is 33 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:35.520 only up four on Indiana. There's sixteen seconds left, I think in Indiana's 34 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.080 at the free throw line, so she's got some time. But it was 35 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:40.639 a two point game with about a minute left, and so this would be 36 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:45.680 this would be about as massive and upset as there could be. Right, 37 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:50.879 Yeah, the women's tournament's usually chalk. Yeah it is. It's starting to 38 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.280 change, I think because there's more parody. All right, she missed the 39 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:58.520 first one, so it's still seventy eight, seventy four. And the NBA 40 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:04.319 news Draymond Green the other night, he was tossed three minutes in for arguing, 41 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.759 which left Steph Curry frustrated and winning. But you see Steff kicked the 42 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:15.400 chair. Yeah, he kicked the chair. Wow, Well, how hard 43 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.199 is it to play with a guy like that? Dude? Did you ever 44 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.439 any of your sports play with somebody you just said, I can't deal with 45 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:23.120 this guy. Yeah, when you're younger, you know, you did have 46 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.960 guys like that. But Dreymond takes it. He does, he does. 47 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:32.599 But you know, and I watched I saw the clip of when he got 48 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:37.240 tossed, and he's like he just wouldn't shut the hell up. Just stop, 49 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:40.319 dude, just stop. And he can't help himself. And he's got 50 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:46.280 a TV commercial where he's talking about being a better guy and having second chances. 51 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.319 I'd love to know what is the record for getting tossed from a game? 52 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:59.240 How early in the game. But the earliest anybody's ever been tossed from 53 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.639 again, I'm pretty sure within a minute. Yeah, I'm not sure. 54 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:05.599 You probably received Wallace or something. Yeah. I know a coach has been 55 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:11.520 kicked out before tip off because he confronts and officially had problems with And I 56 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:15.039 remember seeing I can't remember who, but I remember seeing you're out before before 57 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:19.800 the game even started. Okay, some baseball news. The reigning NL champs 58 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:25.199 scored fourteen runs in the third inning last night, the d Backs pouring it 59 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:29.839 on the rocket. They did. They did fourteen runs in one inning. 60 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:35.920 Who do they play Waterloo in the Colorado? Wow? But still fourteen runs 61 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:39.720 in a Major League baseball game. I mean, come on, in an 62 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:43.120 inning? Just one hit after and not a bunch of home runs, just 63 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.160 one base hit after another after another after another. In high school, yeah, 64 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.920 just one after another. I saw the I saw a clip that showed 65 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:54.800 all the hits and they were just you know, opposite field singles, opposite 66 00:04:54.839 --> 00:05:00.399 field singles, opposite field singles for fourteen runs. That's crazy. They're still 67 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:03.839 not going to be the Dodgers though, No, they don't have the personnel. 68 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:09.319 Yeah. Yeah. Today in MLB there was a there was a fight 69 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:14.879 between the Brewers and Mets. Already already he's already fighting. Reyes Hoskins, 70 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.800 the former Philly uh slid into Jeff McNeil. He took exception, bench was 71 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:25.680 cleared and on the first home game, basically we had a braw. I 72 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:29.959 was watching that game and I missed that. I was I was watching that 73 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:33.519 game and and I and I missed it. Wow, okay it's and it's 74 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.959 their opener. It was there because the Mets didn't. They didn't the game 75 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.800 yesterday got postponed, so it was their opener. And they're already getting in 76 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:44.319 a fight. Holy crap. Yeah no, I mean, come on, 77 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:48.439 guys, you gotta calm down. There's some contentious issues, I guess because 78 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:53.199 Hoskins played in the NLS with the Phillies and now you got it again. 79 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:58.160 Also is some news the Braves place. They're starting catchers Sean Murphy is one 80 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.680 of the best catchers in baseball, already on the under list after one game 81 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:05.600 oblique tightness. And then there was a guy for the Braves. Yeah, 82 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.199 the Braves were playing the Braids were playing in the Phillies today, I think, 83 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.839 And I didn't see who it was. One of those guys took a 84 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:15.399 swing and the next thing you know, he was headed to the dugout. 85 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:17.319 And I don't remember who it was. One of the Waves who won their 86 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:21.839 starters, and you know, he hurt himself on a on a on a 87 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:26.639 swing. But I didn't see who it was. Carlos Stanton four times a 88 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:32.199 year, you've that, And so I I don't know who it was, 89 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.480 but I did. I did see that, and I I didn't applaud, 90 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:40.279 but I'm not going to say that I felt bad either. So all right, 91 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:43.639 Uh that was that was pretty much what I saw. Well, there 92 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.920 was oh, let's say, let's take this call, all right, Higher 93 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.560 on the air and I on the ball. Okay, how you guys doing 94 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:56.600 good? Howard? What's up? Man? Hey? You know I don't 95 00:06:56.639 --> 00:06:59.800 listen to the guy, I mean the breaking news. You got to talk 96 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:04.959 with Steve And after I kiss mister Hanson's butt here in this call. You 97 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:10.519 got to have him and I got to have a breaking news because this mature 98 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:16.120 people, because it's like Greg, when I was kissing your butt earlier. 99 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:19.639 They were saying, you know, about a year ago, I loved listening 100 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:26.680 to Greg is the man with the personals on the Star. And I actually 101 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:30.480 had a relationship, my dad and me because we knew the Hatfields who hired 102 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.600 this is we're talking twenty twenty five years ago, because I hired Steve out 103 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.480 of New Mexico. And I go, yeah, I like Greg Hanson too, 104 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.079 this is twenty five years ago. And they go, well, he 105 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:47.319 does personals, Hatfield said, and here listen to this Greg, And of 106 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:51.120 course you're a shill for Utah. If you want to name Utah, Greg's 107 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:58.000 your man. Nothing compared to Jay on the Dodgers. Well, well, 108 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:01.680 the thing because I've been seeing your articles in English to say, for you 109 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:05.120 know, Ivan newspapers are really out. I it was for five years, 110 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:09.879 but you always find a way to interject Utah sports. You know, guilty 111 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:13.240 as charge, but you don't have to go there. Of course, why 112 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.800 we tried to get Josh pass their job? Yeah, did you hear that. 113 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:20.000 Yeah, Josh called and we and we were working on getting Josh an 114 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:28.839 interview over. You did Utah State and come on, but but Utah State. 115 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.200 The biggest story ever out of Utah was when Majeris had Utah and he 116 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:35.879 lived out of a hotel. That's all I want to remember. Stayed in 117 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:46.159 that hotel many times. But but but but anyway, I'm disgusted. You 118 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:48.600 know, I'm going to go top of the list. Charles Barkley gets on 119 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.320 and says, oh, I like how the big man played. Yeah, 120 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.679 he's jaded because he's a big man. No following Boswell, the two Bees. 121 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:01.639 I'm disgusted with their play. And he's gonna have tim. He's gonna 122 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.879 have to, I think, come on the Betchets. While he's got a 123 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:09.240 transfer, he's he should never be a starter again at U of all, 124 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:15.440 Yeah, Boswell, of course, the six foot ten bollow. You know 125 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.399 he's got to get himself in shape. He's gonna never play in the NBA. 126 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:26.320 Well he's not an NBA guy anyway, So right, but kJ and 127 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.720 and of course I'm waiting for the OKAC because I didn't think I play, 128 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:33.679 because I'm thinking I'm watching the Suns in Oka. See this is the breaking 129 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:39.080 news. The greatest player on earth, the Joker in Denver, he made 130 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:45.000 he he just sung their props praises. We beat them twice on their home 131 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:50.720 court, the Nuggets. All right, all right, okay, so we're 132 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.480 we're we're gonna be scary. But it's been a slow start, and you 133 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:58.840 know, I've been pretty pretty perturbed with the Suns and a lot of Suns 134 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:03.679 fans after that, that disgusting loss at San Antonio. Well they've got they've 135 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:09.080 got time. Oh yeah, well you gotta win, all right, Hey, 136 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:16.759 guys, have a great Easter resurrection weekend. That's a lot. Let's 137 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:22.799 talk about Donald's free throw shooting. God, you know, well, the 138 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.000 thing is he missed six in a row that he front rimmed. How do 139 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.840 you not make the adjustment? You know, if you're going to miss it, 140 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:31.720 then miss it on the back rim. You know, I don't. 141 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:37.120 I didn't understand that he finished shooting the only two you hey, guys, 142 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:43.320 ever below that word Joseph blairer at Aaron Gordon at forty I remember Aaron Gordon. 143 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.960 I didn't really, I don't remember Joseph Blair being a terrible free throw 144 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:52.120 shooter. Wow. I do remember Aaron Gordon. I mean his his just 145 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.720 his delivery was so whack. I'm like, you're a basketball player, how 146 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:03.440 do you not have a better free throw shot? Yeah? Well yeah, 147 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:11.720 okay, let's take this call. If you just if you just called sorry, 148 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:15.120 we missed you. We'll keep an eye on the on the button. 149 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:20.000 Give us another try. You gotta you gotta turn that off there. Oops. 150 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:28.960 Oh, I know what we're doing here. Oops. Did you ever 151 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:35.039 have to make in a game? No? I was never much on it. 152 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:41.480 The last actual basketball team I played on was in elementary school. I 153 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:46.240 got a story about one. Okay, let's go coming back from spring from 154 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.559 Christmas break. Three guys were late and got kicked off the team for a 155 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.919 game against Sacramento State, and they activated me to have enough players. Wow. 156 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.399 And they put me in the game with like six minutes to go because 157 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:01.200 we're blowing them out and we're ninety eight. And I got foul with like 158 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:03.240 a minute ago, and I made both found shots. Well, look at 159 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:09.679 you. One hundred points. Is your one hundred percent free throw shooter in 160 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.519 your career? Yeah? Wow? Sports information director yelled at me, said, 161 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.360 you ruined up my stats. Oh yeah, because that accident as an 162 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:22.679 extra little space because to have you on thousand percent. Here we go, 163 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.120 let's take this call. Hi, you're on the air and eye on the 164 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:31.759 ball. How's it going today? What's up? Ryan? Was an interesting 165 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:35.120 game? You know, I was going to text you. I was going 166 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.039 to text you last night to stop texting me. I think they're going, 167 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.519 I'm sorry, But you know, I mean, if you look at his 168 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:46.039 game plan, I think it worked well. But if you don't make shots, 169 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.240 that doesn't help the game plan exactly. And and I you know, 170 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.759 I mean yeah, I mean we had tons of wide open shots, you 171 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:54.360 know, but if you're not going to make him, I don't care what 172 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:58.879 your game plan is exactly. And it's and also too, it's amazing how 173 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:07.799 rate coaches fans are the next day exactly. You know. The thing that 174 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:11.399 the thing about your getting back the shooting to me, you know, people 175 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:15.240 want to break that, breaking down analyzing you didn't do this. You know, 176 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.039 those those basket, those those easy inbounds baskets and all those things, 177 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.600 all the things that you want to talk about that game. But if you 178 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.080 make some shots, you win the game. And it's just as simple as 179 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:28.759 that. I mean, it goes back to that poor and only lose by 180 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:33.480 five is pretty amazing. Yeah, yeah, no, as simple as that. 181 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.440 You don't have to you don't have to change the program, you don't 182 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.799 have to change your recruiting, you don't have to change your offensive or defensive 183 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:45.960 systems. Who can make some shots, make some shots when when they matter, 184 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.200 And that's what it was. And also too, you know, I 185 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:52.759 don't I would not be surprised if Boswell's not here next year. I just 186 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:56.639 what do you think, Greg, Because that's it. That's sort of like 187 00:13:56.679 --> 00:14:00.279 a big elephant in the room right now, isn't it. You say, 188 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.039 almost everybody's thinking about that. Who's who would be their point guard? Because 189 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:11.399 yeah he is yeah yeah yeah modern basketball, Yeah yeah yeah, he'd run, 190 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:16.080 he'd run the point and and that's what I think people want, and 191 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.000 people want to see Jay and Bradley at the point as opposed to Kylin. 192 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:22.120 But you know, and in time and said, well, Colin is only 193 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:24.960 eighteen, he'll be he'll be fine. I mean, he's he's he's a 194 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.360 good player, but he just I don't know, I don't know what what 195 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:35.320 what went wrong there with him on the days he's yeah, because he's really 196 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.240 he's not there when he's on enough to make a difference. You know, 197 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:48.600 the time is not good enough for no. Yeah, no, I'm sure 198 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.759 they're going to go into the transfer portal and they'll find a few because you 199 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.840 know, we really don't need a lot. I'd like to see us get 200 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:58.759 a wing man who can shoot, be really nice. Well, we said 201 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:03.360 that every year, We've been saying that since Selene Stodamayer left. Yeah, 202 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:07.120 well, you know, I mean in the three spot, who can shoot? 203 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.879 Oh yeah, it's going to be interesting to see. You know what 204 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:16.200 the with the European guys we had sitting on the bench, you know how 205 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:20.799 many, I'm sure it's harder for them to lead because they can't be involved 206 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:24.279 in the nil so they're not going anywhere. Well, Moroscos can shoot, 207 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.480 but can you do the other things he needs to do to get on the 208 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:28.759 court, right, because I mean they have guys, but they they you 209 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.000 know, they can't get on the court because they can't do the other things. 210 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:35.440 We don't see him, We don't see him in practice, so we 211 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:37.879 have no clue, right what he can't do? Yeah? Zero? And 212 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:41.519 also also too, it's going to be interesting to see how many, you 213 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:46.440 know, if someone like I don't know if all over the sides. I 214 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:50.360 think he has one more year he can use. He can't play another year 215 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:54.519 that doesn't he have doesn't he have this COVID year too? Yeah, you 216 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:58.519 know, he's got another year if he wants to. But whether or not 217 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:02.159 he wants was then a thing. He might want to just go make a 218 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:04.399 living somewhere, you know, you know, go to Europe, because he's 219 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:08.799 sure not going to make it in the NBA. No, No, he's 220 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:14.440 not the upper tier your euro league. We're to make two grand to five 221 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:18.639 hundred grand. He's the secondary, a third tier of euro League where you'd 222 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.879 probably only make one hundred. Yeah, he makes more than a hundred here. 223 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:26.279 Yeah. Yeah, well you know, at least we'll be able to 224 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.000 move on to the last part. You know. Can to watch some U 225 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.759 Bay baseball nowt yep, going to the game, and I'm going to one 226 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:36.960 of the game seven o'clock tonight u c l A. They won last night, 227 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:40.159 walk off, going to walk off. Yeah, very cool. Yeah, 228 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:42.679 interesting, Hey, talk to you later. He thanks A buch Man. 229 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:48.879 Brian and I coached at Saint Gregory together and he started texting me last 230 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:52.039 night, and I'm like, I don't why they get text messages from anybody 231 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:56.279 right now? And I told you I didn't take my brother's call. So 232 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:03.120 all right, Rick, and he says it called me today, so you 233 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:10.400 can send. All right? Where are we at? Are we out of 234 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.839 here? Oh? Gosh? Okay, all right, God, we went 235 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:14.799 on, we went along. Okay, we're gonna come back. We're going 236 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.440 to call call Scott Thompson. Uh, we'll take some time with him, 237 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.319 see what he thinks about what he saw last night form Arizona coach under Loot. 238 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:30.000 And also he coached at Rice in Wichita State. Right, and one 239 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:34.599 more I don't remember anyway he was in he was in the Ivy League. 240 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:37.799 Okay, we'll be right back with Scott Thompson. The Window Depot is more 241 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.640 than a windows store. The Window Depot is a one stuff warehouse with everything 242 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:45.519 you need for your complete Homer model shot. 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This is I on the Ball 306 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:22.759 with Steve Rivera and Jacob Salez font Fox Sports fourteen fifteen. Welcome back to 307 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.960 the Ball on Fox Sports fourteenth fifty. I'm your host, Jay Gonzalez. 308 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:29.920 My partner Steve Rivera will be back here on Monday. He was on the 309 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:33.839 line earlier, so if you missed his his segment, you can pick it 310 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:36.799 up on the podcast tonight when that gets posted. I've got Greg Hanson in 311 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:41.400 studio and on the phone. We've got Scott Thompson, a former assistant in 312 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:48.119 Arizona, head coach at three stops in major college basketball, and somebody who 313 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:51.240 still lives here in Tucson. So apparently you love living here, Scott, 314 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:53.839 but you're put having to put up with Arizona fans right now after a loss 315 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:59.039 in the sweet sixteen. You know, another tough one for us. But 316 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:02.880 we're where are your thoughts right now? On where the what we saw? 317 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:07.079 Just what what did you see last night? Well? It's always I mean 318 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:15.200 when you talk about Arizona fans, Arizona fans are the best and they're experts, 319 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:21.759 their expectations are high, but we uh, you know, every game 320 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:26.160 we got to go out and play super and especially right now. Is the 321 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.640 most disappointing day of any team in Division one is when they lose out in 322 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:41.279 uh the NCAA tournament and specifically the Sweet sixteen. So I obviously disappointing to 323 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:45.160 lose the game, and I wish, as we all do, wish we 324 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:49.400 could have kept going. But it's been a heck of a season. Yeah, 325 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:52.559 it has been. And you know, the I guess the frustrating part 326 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:56.200 for fans, And we were talking about this with with Steve Rivera. A 327 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:59.920 lot of us thought and I don't know, you know, they had they 328 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:03.160 had the talent to you know, to at least get to the final four. 329 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.759 Maybe they weren't going to win it with you know, Yukon and Purdue 330 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:08.519 and how good those guys are, but you know, they played well enough 331 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:12.279 during the course of the year where you felt they were worthy, but then 332 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:17.440 they also played at times where they were not, and those one of those 333 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.400 and I'm not going to you know, I thought they played decent except for 334 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:22.440 they couldn't shoot the ball last night. But you know, throughout the course 335 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.599 of the season, What did you think of this team? I think the 336 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:32.880 same way. I mean, I think we were now again. I think 337 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:37.759 there's a bunch of teams out there that were really good, that could get 338 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:42.119 to the final four and be that type of team. But the consistency is 339 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:48.240 the big thing, and that's the you know, unfortunately, but consistency is 340 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:52.880 when you're playing teams, you're going to see, especially in the tournament, 341 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:56.240 You're going to see different things than you've seen all seasons, different defenses, 342 00:24:56.799 --> 00:25:03.920 different uh players, different sizes of players. And you can play great teams 343 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:08.839 back in December, but it's it's just a different game when you go out 344 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:12.200 there and play now, and that's why you see the upsets. But that's 345 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:18.559 why there's a whole lot of really good teams still in the in the in 346 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.839 the dance, in the well. It's not the Sweet sixteen anymore, but 347 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:29.160 it's there's a lot of good teams left. After you went to the final 348 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:33.079 four at Iowa and then you didn't get there the next few years, was 349 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:37.200 your reaction from the fans similar to what it is here. Hey, Greg, 350 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:41.880 you've been around since we started way you know, when when we first 351 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:45.799 came back in the eighties and you've seen it, and I was I don't 352 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:49.359 know where I was looking movie in the in the daily start to day or 353 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:56.559 somewhere where all they went down, and they're talking about first round exits, 354 00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:00.559 second round exit, sweet sixteen, the lead eights and whatever, and there 355 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:07.200 has never been a time that anybody's happy. I think the thing is we 356 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:12.440 always have these expectations that we could do better. And that's the part. 357 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:18.039 So it answers to your question. I always how about this one. I 358 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:26.119 go way back to I was assistant to Digger Phelps at Notre Dame and we 359 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:32.160 go to the final four and we have Lambert and we have some really good 360 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:34.720 players. Well, the next year, we were ranked number one in the 361 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:42.160 country and we get beat in the Elite eight by a team from Michigan State 362 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:49.720 with a guy to the name of Magie Thompson. And you know what, 363 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:56.160 nobody knew. They knew they were good, but shoot nobody. And you 364 00:26:56.200 --> 00:27:00.160 know what our fans were. I mean they were because we were in the 365 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.720 final four of the year before. And you know what it was that that 366 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.119 year? It was what did we do wrong? What happened? Yea? 367 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:14.720 And so so I tell you, anywhere you go, you've got these this 368 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:18.799 thing. And that's the thing about fans. If your fans don't have expectations 369 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:23.319 and don't think you should be that next win more. Uh, you know 370 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:26.559 what, that's what makes Arizona Arizona. Well, you know, and you 371 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.359 just said, you just use the word you know what did you do wrong? 372 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:33.240 Sometimes you don't do anything wrong and the other team just comes out and 373 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:37.480 plays better than you and beats you. Now, for Arizona did wrong last 374 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.319 night? They couldn't shoot the ball. It seemed like they did most everything 375 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:44.039 else right. They could have won the game if they just shot a little 376 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:48.200 better. Is that harder to take when you know that it's kind of on 377 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:51.160 you that that, you know, if you had just done this little bit 378 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.000 of thing better, you might have you know, it might have been different. 379 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:59.000 Is that Is that tougher? Yeah? It is. But one of 380 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:03.720 the things that it's very confusing this time of year is when teams come out 381 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:10.599 and they have the different and switching up defenses. And I'll tell you what, 382 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:15.200 that's what made Loot so good. And we did it to try to 383 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:19.559 get ahead back when when I was here, and I'll never forget two thousand 384 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:27.319 and one in Minneapolis and Loots switching up the defenses on Shrzyzewski and so forth. 385 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:30.720 But that's what it took to get to the Final four. And you 386 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:36.000 see that now. You see you know, Oregon switched up those defenses on 387 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:42.799 us and last night they were switching up defenses and things. It's just completely 388 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:48.160 slows down the game and it's not the same flow and it's not the same 389 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:55.359 fast pace that you see in normal it is it it's just this time of 390 00:28:55.400 --> 00:29:00.839 year, people throw different things than you've seen and it's not easy. Had 391 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:08.440 you seen Clemson before this season? Uh no, Clemson. Clemson has not 392 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:15.200 been on my radar, greg And but when you know there are six ranked 393 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:25.000 team acc everybody looks at the you know, the research triangle and uh shoot, 394 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:29.640 I'm one of my best friends is Steve Forbes at wake Forest, and 395 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.240 I was hoping that he would do it. But you look in that league 396 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:40.920 and it's it's hard to pick out Clemson as being you know that good. 397 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:47.279 But again, going back to even last year's teams Florida Atlantic, San Diego 398 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:51.279 State, you don't know who's going to be in the final four. We 399 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.279 had ready geary On earlier and asked him this question, you know how he 400 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:56.160 watched a game as a player or a coach. He said, he watched 401 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.519 it as a coach. I'm presuming you you know, you probably watch these 402 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.039 games as a coach. Do you coach the games when you're watching them? 403 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.880 You know? Do you say I would be doing this or I'd be doing 404 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:11.440 that? How do you look at that? You know, I don't, 405 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:15.759 Like I said, I could come down and I say, okay, you 406 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:18.079 know what, they're in his own or you know what, they're in a 407 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:22.359 they're in a match up in one defense, or they're in a you know, 408 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:27.680 they're doing this, they're dropping their their guards on the post and defensively, 409 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:30.839 so I can tell that, but I don't. I don't. I 410 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:36.240 don't do anything like try to coach or say they should be doing this or 411 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:40.319 whatever. I just, you know, I guess I've been trained to recognize 412 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:44.559 that I've been out of coaching long enough that I don't try to act like, 413 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.119 Okay, they should be doing this and whatever. And I'm a big 414 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:52.759 fan of Tommy and I you know what, it's like, it's like anything, 415 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:56.440 you know what, I'm not there every day I'm not there with these 416 00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:00.160 guys. I don't you know, Hey, I don't know what's going on 417 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:07.240 with Nil or transfer portal or anything with anybody. But I'm telling you it 418 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:12.799 is a more complex environment than it's ever been, right, and so there's 419 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:18.759 a lot of I mean, who knows what all is going on anywhere with 420 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:25.000 any team right now in college? Yeah, from a coach's perspective, when 421 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:27.279 you were in your third year as a head coach at Rice, what didn't 422 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:33.119 you know that we could probably see might be the same with Tommy? What 423 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:37.880 do you have to learn what you know three years in? That's a great 424 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:48.839 question. That's a great question. You know, every year you pick up 425 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:53.240 something new and something different. I mean, and you got to keep bringing 426 00:31:53.319 --> 00:32:00.519 in really good players. And you know what the advantage that all these coaches 427 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.880 have had in those years was. You know, I knew when we brought 428 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:07.640 him in his freshmen they were going to be around for four years. And 429 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:12.680 now you don't have that anymore. And you know what I mean, I 430 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:17.440 looked at this year. I thought Larsen really improved this year. And I 431 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:24.000 thought I thought Ballow really improved this year, and and and then and then 432 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:30.119 you've got guys that are just one year guys. Yeah, and so it's 433 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:36.519 just so different Greg, from those years back then. I mean, how 434 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.480 about that, I got I got one for you. When I was at 435 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:43.160 Rice, I had a player that was on my bench. Didn't play a 436 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:47.160 whole lot, but he was. He was just one of my players, 437 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:55.920 and he ended up being a governor. How about this. The governor of 438 00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:02.279 the state of Virginia was on my bench. What's his name, Glenn Youngkin. 439 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.799 If he would have told me he was going to be governor, I 440 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:14.440 would have played him a whole lot. But now now, now, now, 441 00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:19.000 how about this? Though that team had had nineteen straight losing seasons, 442 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:24.519 and also we're going up against Arkansas with you know, forty minutes of hecking, 443 00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:30.599 yeah, and all that stuff and old remnants of FI slam and jam 444 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:35.160 or whatever. So yeah, I learned a whole lot during that time. 445 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:40.640 Greg fired as coach. Maybe they want you back. They dis named somebody, 446 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:45.640 they just they just I was hoping that one of my former players would 447 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.599 have gotten a job, but they just named a new coach. Well, 448 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:52.480 Scott, how about this? How about this? How about all the coaching 449 00:33:52.599 --> 00:34:00.319 changes out there? All these yeah, I mean, it's amazing. Yeah, 450 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:04.400 Andy Anfield, You've got Kyle Smith going from Washington State to Stanford, 451 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.000 you got, you know, all these things. And then Greg was over 452 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:09.960 here trying to get Josh Passner the job at Utah State when he was on 453 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:16.719 the show Monday. That's interesting, you know what I mean, Somebody to 454 00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:22.159 me, somebody would would be smart at picking up Josh just because going back 455 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:28.039 to Greg's he's got he's learned a lot and he's got a lot of experience. 456 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:36.320 But how about how about you know, Caler Perry at Kentucky. How 457 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:40.519 do you go out and get somebody better than Cali Perry and they are getting 458 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:45.920 after him and he's done a heck of death. That's why I think a 459 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:52.119 lot of these these coaches that have been around are retiring just because it's just 460 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.320 such a different environment. They just don't want to deal with that stuff for 461 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:58.599 sure. All right, Scott, we appreciate the time, thanks for joining 462 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:02.079 us on short notice. Good good stuff, good insight, and uh hope 463 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:07.679 to see around any time. Guys. Will be interesting. It's gonna be 464 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:12.199 an interesting the next week or so. Yep, you'll be exactly that. 465 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:14.639 That's a good word. All right, thank you, Scott, I appreciate 466 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:16.760 it. Thanks, thank you. All right. That was Scott Thompson, 467 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:21.000 form Arizona coach, former coach at we figured out the last one he was 468 00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:24.199 at. He was at Bryce, Wichita State and Cornell, so a lot 469 00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:28.119 a lot of coaching chops there for that guy. One of the nicest guys 470 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:32.760 around. Yeah, yeah, yep, yeah. So, uh he was 471 00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:37.199 here in the lute early days. Okay, we're gonna take our last break 472 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:39.159 and then we're gonna get one last guest. Matt Mulebach will join us. 473 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:44.559 We'll get his insight on, you know, on things, uh everything from 474 00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:46.199 the game to where does Arizona go from here? So stick around for Matt 475 00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:50.679 Mulbach. If you're an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know it's been successful 476 00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:53.119 for nearly forty years. 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I'm Jacob Zalez, your host, 521 00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:08.880 with my co host Greg Hansen here and on the phone, we've got Mad 522 00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:15.000 Mulebach who's gonna give us his insight on what a what we saw last night, 523 00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:17.320 Matt, and then be a little bit of where does Arizona go from 524 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:22.079 here? So you know, give us some of your initial thoughts on this. 525 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:23.760 You know, we'll here we are again with another with a lost in 526 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:29.880 the sweet sixteen at a time where you kind of thought Arizona was maybe putting 527 00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:34.239 it together a little bit. So tell us what you think. Well, 528 00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:37.519 I mean, it's it's always disappointing when you lose, right, It's it's 529 00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:42.280 a it's a gut punch when you lose in that tournament. And I think 530 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:45.440 it's also a gut punch when you have a you know, a higher seeded 531 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:51.360 team, which Arizona often does over the years, and it's it's hard, 532 00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:57.119 man. It's that tournament is unfortunately the way college basketball is set up. 533 00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:01.079 You know, the tournament says a lot about the season, and you can 534 00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:05.800 have a great season, and which they did. You know, they won 535 00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:10.320 the last pack Pac twelve League championship. Ever, you know, they had 536 00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:15.480 a really great I thought Tommy Lloyd did a fantastic job of really two things 537 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:19.280 this year. One retooling the lineup, and I thought, you know, 538 00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:23.239 he was really reflective after the loss last year and thought, Okay, I 539 00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:27.960 gotta I gotta work on some things, get my team to work on some 540 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:30.800 things. Maybe a little bit of different line up and he did a great 541 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:32.599 job of that. I thought. I thought he really kind of got tougher 542 00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:37.480 and better defensively. And as I said, I love the fact that they 543 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:40.159 scheduled all those tough teams. I thought that got I'm sort of battle tested 544 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:45.119 and so a lot of great things, right. But at the same time, 545 00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:49.159 I would also say that, you know, he got to the sweet 546 00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:52.920 sixteen. And I've always said, I don't care you know who you are 547 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:57.360 unless you're sort of back in the sixties, you know, UCLA Bruins or 548 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.599 whoever was, or the ninety one you and of the Rebels. If you 549 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:06.400 get to the sweet sixteen, it's successful, and you know you're in a 550 00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:09.320 good spot right there. You're only two away from from sort of history of 551 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:12.599 getting to a final four. They didn't do it. I mean, it's 552 00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:16.679 frustrating they I thought they. I thought what hurt them the most, Jay 553 00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:20.400 was just they got off to such a bad start. I mean, those 554 00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:22.719 games, when you get off to a bad start, the pressure of those 555 00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:28.599 games being the favorite, they just were crawing back the whole game and they 556 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:31.320 just could not They just couldn't get over the hunt, you know. And 557 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:36.800 and I thought, that's what kind of doomed them, was that first first 558 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:40.000 seven, eight, ten minutes. Yeah, you know, I being in 559 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:45.320 Arizona fan, I'm used to the bad stuff. I can see it coming 560 00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:51.079 and I feel it. And you know, I told we had reggion earlier 561 00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:53.679 like we did last week when you were on, and I felt like it, 562 00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:57.920 you know, in that first five minutes, it felt like a loss. 563 00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:00.559 To me. It felt like the kind of game they lose. I 564 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:02.719 thought they could still win, right, I didn't think that the game is 565 00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:07.320 lost, but well, it felt like that the things that were happening were 566 00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:10.480 the kinds of things that happened when they lose a game like that. Yeah, 567 00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:15.800 and and and I think, like like with any of those games, 568 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:17.559 right, Like I talked about the pressure of it and so forth. But 569 00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:21.679 I give them a lot of credit. Man. They fought. I mean 570 00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:28.039 they really fought through some some some bad shooting, some some bad basketball at 571 00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:30.360 times, but some good basketball too. They really fought hard, man. 572 00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:35.280 They And I'll say this like, I'm not trying to dis defend any of 573 00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:37.519 it, you know, Like I said, they didn't play their best at 574 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:39.679 all. And but Clemson, I don't know what the record was, but 575 00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:45.360 it's almost identical to Arizona's. Like there's this I think there's this feeling probably 576 00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:49.599 from around the country, is you see a six mixt to Clemson and you 577 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:52.920 see a two next to Arizona and you feel like it's Arizona versus you know, 578 00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:57.719 South Pointing High School. Like it's not like these teams. If you 579 00:42:57.840 --> 00:43:00.920 walked away from that game, Winston had the two best players on the court. 580 00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:06.719 They're big Guy Hayes. I think it was Hayes and their point guard 581 00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:10.000 Hunter were the two best players for forty minutes. And so we have the 582 00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:14.159 two best players during those forty minutes, you're probably gonna win. I mean, 583 00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:16.400 they are very, very good teams. They beat Alabama this year, 584 00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:21.159 they beat Boise State, they beat North Carolina. They lost the Duke by 585 00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:23.440 a point at Duke, like a couple of weeks ago. I mean, 586 00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:28.000 Arizona beat Duke by a few you know, at the beginning of the season. 587 00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:30.119 It's not like the spread of these teams, like I said, is 588 00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:35.559 some enormous gap and you got to hang your head because you just laid an 589 00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:38.719 egg against some horrible team. A team is good knowing and maybe, like 590 00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:42.440 I said, they didn't play their best, and that's why they ended up 591 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.440 with the loss. Do you see any someone who's been around basketball as closely 592 00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:51.119 as you have for all the years, do you see anything mechanically wrong with 593 00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:59.639 Caleb loves jumper. That's a good question, you know, the one thing 594 00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:04.239 I would think with him when I've seen him shoot it. Well, that's 595 00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:07.840 a really good question, Greg, because it's It's something that I thought about 596 00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:10.159 midway through the season, because I remember seeing him in the summer last year 597 00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:14.000 and it looked perfect when I was watching it, you know, and they're 598 00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:16.440 kind of doing some workouts and open gym, and I thought, this guy 599 00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:21.639 can absolutely shoot her. I couldn't understand, you know, the percentages weren't 600 00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:24.719 as good the last couple or the last year, especially in Carolina, and 601 00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:30.559 I thought that there was some inconsistency in how he shot it. It's funny 602 00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:35.480 you asked that, and I think I think that was partly maybe why sometimes 603 00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:38.079 he had some ups and downs with it right. And I will say this 604 00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:42.440 too, like he's a volume shooter. We know that he's going to take 605 00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:46.280 some bad shots, and if you take some bad shots, you're probably your 606 00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:50.719 percentage is going to go down. And I what I don't understand Graces. 607 00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:54.320 That's why I'm almost not really sure how to answer it, because the last 608 00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:58.599 six games he just he really struggled and shoot the ball. You know, 609 00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:01.039 it's and I thought he shot it really well before that, you know, 610 00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:05.760 he was he was up almost as close to forty and like I said, 611 00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:08.159 for a volume guy, that's a pretty good number. But the last six 612 00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:15.119 really struggle. You know, you you you witness firsthand the famous bad shooting 613 00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:19.000 night that Arizona fans know about, you know, watching Steve Kerr struggle in 614 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.760 that final four game. You know, shoot or shoot right, and you 615 00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:25.039 know a lot of people saying stop shooting the threes. Even I said that 616 00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:29.239 stop shooting threes if you're not going to be making threes. But you know, 617 00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:32.920 is the mentality keep shooting because it's got to turn at some point, 618 00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:37.559 or do you do something else? I mean, what you know, you're 619 00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:39.079 kind of between the rock and a hard place right there, because you think 620 00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:42.719 they're going to at some point start going in and then they never did. 621 00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:46.000 What do you do? Well, that's a great question. I mean, 622 00:45:46.039 --> 00:45:50.119 when you're out there, I mean, on the one hand, the tightrope, 623 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:53.920 right, you don't want to lose confidence. I felt like last year 624 00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:59.880 against Princeton, they got really hesitant to shoot, and that's why they didn't 625 00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:02.320 make shots. And they and the guards were not great at getting to the 626 00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:07.079 lane. You know, Clemson did a good job of of you know, 627 00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:09.639 it's the old saying, they just packed the paint. And when Arizona went 628 00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:15.559 on those runs and when when Clemson went man, you know, Arizona had 629 00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:17.840 some success. When they went zone, they literally just packed it and they 630 00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:22.320 were you know, I'm not saying they I think they did a pretty good 631 00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:25.000 job. Arizona did trying to get looked. They got bollowed some touches late. 632 00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:30.800 They tried to get it inside, tried to you know, penetrate the 633 00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:32.159 zone and so forth. It's not easy like those zones. You know, 634 00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:37.039 you got five guys, you got five guys in the paint. They're they're 635 00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:40.840 they're gonna, you know, they're gonna give you some looks. And and 636 00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:45.159 I think, like I said, the tightrope is this. I think Tommy 637 00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:52.480 Wood does a great job of of not playing scared in the tournament and and 638 00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:57.639 I think his teams will in the future have success because they don't play scared. 639 00:46:58.159 --> 00:47:00.480 Now The tightrope of that is, if you have an off shooting night 640 00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:05.000 like they did, and you keep shooting them from there, you know, 641 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:08.079 it can shoot you out of it. But I do think in the long 642 00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:12.079 run, Tommy's gonna and that's maybe be a good segue to the future. 643 00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:15.039 I was thinking about this the other day. You know, I think John 644 00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:21.599 Wooden coached for seventeen seasons before he won a national title, and there's a 645 00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:24.320 lot of coaches you could you could you know, Brad Brownell, the coach 646 00:47:24.360 --> 00:47:28.280 for Clinton, is one heck of a coach. I really think he's a 647 00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:32.280 fantastic coach. I mean, he's coached twenty two seasons and I think he's 648 00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:37.960 made two Sweet sixteens, you know, And so from a prospective standpoint, 649 00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:40.159 I think you look at Tommy, He's coached three seasons, He's got two 650 00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:45.400 in his belt already, and I think the key for coaching and Tommy's just 651 00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:47.800 going to even get better. Like I said, I thought he did an 652 00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:54.760 amazing job being reflective after last season, making changes, roster construction, you 653 00:47:54.800 --> 00:48:00.199 know, doing some things that I talked to him about. It. Eight 654 00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:05.320 left Arizona basketball his his the whole year and as a fan, I think 655 00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:07.920 that's the main thing you got to ask, you know, and you want 656 00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:12.440 from your coach as someone who's who's willing to who's willing to adjust and change 657 00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:15.519 and do whatever he can to make the team work. He's an awesome dude, 658 00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:19.840 and I just think, I think, what the thing for him and 659 00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:22.480 all these coaches. You give yourself chances, you know, you just get 660 00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:25.280 there, you get to the Sweet sixteen, you get to the Elite eight. 661 00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:28.360 You got to figure a way to get, you know, to that 662 00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:31.800 second weekend, which he's done twice three seasons. As I said, I 663 00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:37.199 think the first year that Houston team was probably just better, and I think 664 00:48:37.280 --> 00:48:39.719 last night Arizona was probably better, not much, but a little bit, 665 00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:43.960 and they just didn't have it. But I think he'll keep getting better. 666 00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:45.199 I think his teams will keep getting better, and I think he's going to 667 00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:49.480 have a ton of a ton of success. Well, you're you're an expert 668 00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:52.880 on that, because as good as Arizona was when you played for him, 669 00:48:52.239 --> 00:49:00.239 you ran into better teams in the season seton better. Yeah, they were 670 00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:05.679 pretty good that night. We actually didn't play that poorly, and you know, 671 00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:08.199 they they were a really good team. They had. You know, 672 00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:14.159 PJ Carlissimo was one of my buddies right now. He's awesome, you know, 673 00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:15.679 and as good as Luke was, PJ was too, you know, 674 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:21.000 And so it's you get to those the other I always think of this like 675 00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:24.719 Andy Roddick, you know, one of the most one of the best American 676 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:30.880 tennis players in history. I think he won one major. And there's an 677 00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:36.800 there's an amazing article right now from Gino Rima on the Athletic and it talks 678 00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:39.440 about, you know, even though he's won I think ten or eleven titles, 679 00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:44.119 he talks about how incredibly tough it was. Every year. He's like, 680 00:49:44.719 --> 00:49:46.559 I don't know how we did it, and he had, you know, 681 00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:51.360 he had a to some degree, and it's caught up now with every 682 00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:53.920 the women's game has so much more parody. Back then, they didn't have 683 00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:57.239 the parody, right you know, when he was winning them. But at 684 00:49:57.239 --> 00:50:00.440 the same time, he was talking about how dificult every year, all the 685 00:50:00.480 --> 00:50:07.079 things that could go wrong, and to overcome those is just really it's hard, 686 00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:12.039 you know, And and it's just that tournament is the ultimate. It's 687 00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:15.039 it's an unfair thing in a way, because look, I think if we're 688 00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:19.760 all sitting here and we knew that that Arizona had the best four out of 689 00:50:19.800 --> 00:50:23.079 seven like the NBA, and you can play Climpson tomorrow for the game too, 690 00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:27.880 I think we'd all feel pretty good about Arizona's chances. But you can't. 691 00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:30.920 And so you've got to develop, you know, way, a way 692 00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:34.960 to get through that tournament. And I think they, I think they will. 693 00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:37.400 I think they're going to have some really good success. You know, 694 00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:39.880 every coach has, you know, they they they they get to the end 695 00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:43.039 of the season, whether they've had a great season, won a champion, 696 00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:46.480 whatever, they reflect, what are they any thoughts on what types of things 697 00:50:46.519 --> 00:50:50.840 Tommy needs to kind of think about, you know, going into you know, 698 00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:52.920 going into this offseason season and into the next year. You know, 699 00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:58.239 from where you from where you sit, you know, I think I think 700 00:50:58.280 --> 00:51:01.760 these days again, because there's so much movement on transfer portal and and ni 701 00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:07.599 L and all this stuff that's going on right it's it's just it's roster construction 702 00:51:07.719 --> 00:51:10.559 and how do how do I just put together the best roster with you know, 703 00:51:10.719 --> 00:51:16.480 high character guys and the best players possible. And I think he's you 704 00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:20.280 know, I really like the character of this team this year. I thought 705 00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:23.519 they had a really high character team. You know, Greg, Greg and 706 00:51:23.599 --> 00:51:27.679 Jay you've both seen this. It's like over the years you get kind of 707 00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:30.599 one bad apple. Yeah, and it's the old saying that can spoil the 708 00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:34.440 bunch. And we you know, we've seen Arizona teams no, maybe have 709 00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:37.199 a guy or too that didn't necessarily fit. The great you know, the 710 00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:42.039 Richard Jefferson's of the world, and you know the Steve kerrz and and some 711 00:51:42.119 --> 00:51:45.679 of the Damon Stoddam are some of the great people you know Arizona's had. 712 00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:47.760 So I think it's I think it's great character guys, but at the highest 713 00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:51.639 highest level they can find. I think you just he's going to try to 714 00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:54.840 find, you know, even better players and and and to some degree some 715 00:51:54.920 --> 00:51:59.519 guys that can continue, you know, maybe you know, get a guy 716 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:00.920 or to that can stay two three years, right, I mean, I 717 00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:06.599 think the continuity. It's a hard game right now because it's it's weird. 718 00:52:06.760 --> 00:52:08.760 And you look at Coach call at Kentucky. You know, he struggled. 719 00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:14.159 He's won one title, you know, with with the way of doing it 720 00:52:14.199 --> 00:52:16.079 with all the young guys, he's but at the same time, he's had 721 00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:22.519 some really early exits and I think it shows two things. Lack of continuity 722 00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:25.960 and young guys. That's a hard it's a it's a hard way to navigate 723 00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:30.679 that tournament yea, and the season. But I think I think that's what 724 00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:32.760 I think, that's what Tommy's going to work on, you know, and 725 00:52:32.840 --> 00:52:37.039 continue to work on himself, you know, and what can he do to 726 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:40.400 tweak this or that get a little better, and and roster construction. It's 727 00:52:40.400 --> 00:52:45.880 a it's a huge piece of it. Matt has always good stuff and you 728 00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:49.840 know, I'm kind of like disappointing. We won't talk to you again until 729 00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:52.559 next basketball season, unless you want to come and talk some beach volleyball maybe 730 00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:55.679 in the summer. Right, I'll talk any sport you guys want to think 731 00:52:57.760 --> 00:52:59.719 happy. I love to be on your show. I really appreciate it, 732 00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:02.559 Matt, do appreciate it. Make make sure the Big twelve fires was their 733 00:53:02.800 --> 00:53:07.840 analyst. Yeah, thanks Greg, I And by the way, I appreciate 734 00:53:07.880 --> 00:53:10.280 the uh I did. Jay. I don't know if you know this. 735 00:53:10.360 --> 00:53:14.920 I did a Utah State game this year and Greg gave me a couple of 736 00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:21.320 tidbits pretty it was a pretty actually a pretty cool school and and amazing basketball 737 00:53:21.360 --> 00:53:23.599 fan base. And it's amazing how many good teams are in Utah Utah, 738 00:53:23.760 --> 00:53:29.280 Utah State. They've got the new school. It just went Division one right 739 00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:32.199 now, and BYU is obviously really good. And it was it was cool. 740 00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:36.079 So thanks Greg for that. All right, Matt Tanks a bunch, 741 00:53:36.639 --> 00:53:38.760 take some time off and we'll get back to you at some point. Appreciate 742 00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:43.519 it, all right, we got to get out of here. Greg, 743 00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:46.800 Thanks a bunch for this week. It was fun having you here. Uh 744 00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:50.639 you know, like old you know, old times. Man, it was 745 00:53:50.679 --> 00:53:52.320 great. We do appreciate it and help us helping us, good guests in 746 00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:55.559 the whole bit. Thanks. Maybe Steve will get sidetracked and I'll be back. 747 00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:58.800 Yeah, yeah, well you know what, You're always welcome, dude, 748 00:53:58.800 --> 00:54:00.880 You're always welcome, Adam, thanks a much for today. We're gonna 749 00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:05.039 get out of here the pub. The podcast will be up tonight if you're 750 00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:08.519 getting to the back to the just getting back to the end of the show 751 00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:12.880 here and Steve should be back on Monday. So thanks for being here all 752 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:14.360 week. We'll see you on Monday.