WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:07.599 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:14.320 fourteen fifteen, powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your Most Prized Possessions KATZ 3 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:19.079 R TWU Sage at iHeartRadio Stationiao afternoon, Welcome Driving the Ball here on Fox 4 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:22.440 Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Ja Gonzalez, your host for the day with Steve 5 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:25.760 Rivera on the road in Salt Lake City. He'll be joining us in a 6 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.640 little bit on the phone, reporting in from the the arena over there. 7 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:33.479 They haven't had some Tommy Lloyd, not Tommy ray All. The team's at 8 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.880 press conferences today. But Steve's over there, so we'll get we'll get with 9 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.640 him in the second segment. I got Sid here today and my guest host, 10 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:45.960 George Mott is from Showtime Cards. He's on his way. He has 11 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.399 some issues at his business. We'reunning a little late, but he will be 12 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:53.079 here a little bit to join us and we'll we'll get some of his thoughts 13 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.640 on you know, we're in the in between day, right. All the 14 00:00:56.679 --> 00:01:02.119 thinking, all the worrying, all the worry about a first round loss is 15 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:06.280 over. Now you're talking about you gotta play a better team. Yeah, 16 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:11.239 and that's kind of what the conversation was today in Tommy's press conference. On 17 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:14.799 top of which I don't know what the NCAA or the T or the TV 18 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:19.200 networks are thinking, but they've got a ten forty five am game in Salt 19 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.760 Lake City, nine forty five Tucson time. You know, I don't understand 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.079 that. I will, you know, no matter what they say, they're 21 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:30.159 not going to make me understand the local tip time. That's ridiculous that you 22 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.400 don't even play regular season games at ten forty five in the morning, you 23 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:37.040 know, Yeah, it's just too damn early. I get on the East 24 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:40.239 Coast tipping off at twelve forty five, but twelve forty five Eastern time when 25 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:42.680 you're not in the East coast, right, Yeah, you know, if 26 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.560 people were asking me, you know, all throughout today when days there was 27 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.799 only plane windsday zone plane when, and I'm like, it'll be later in 28 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.239 the afternoon. We're in the west to play the East Coast games first exactly. 29 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.760 And then the schedule comes out and I read it. It said twelve 30 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:01.879 forty five, and I like, is that eastern Eastern time or Salt Lake 31 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:06.760 City time? And it said Eastern time on the note days. That can't 32 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:09.039 be right. That can't be right. And I waited and I saw it 33 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:13.840 three or four more times. I'm like, who thought of that? I'm 34 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.759 like, what the hell are they thinking? Because you have teams playing on 35 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:20.879 that date that that are in different time zones than than the West Coast, 36 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:23.000 so it would make it would make sense, right, and they played the 37 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:28.159 same day as Arizona song. It's not like they're getna yeah. And look, 38 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.560 I'm not saying that on behalf of y you know, it's it favors 39 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.639 one or the other. It doesn't both teams have to come out. They've 40 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:38.439 got to play at ten forty five in the morning. It's just ridiculous that 41 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.879 they're making those guys play at ten forty five in the morning. That's it. 42 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.199 It's that simple. You know. The teams usually they prepare, prepare 43 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.599 for a game, they have a shoot around, go back to their hotel, 44 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:52.520 you know, come back, and they're not gonna be able to do 45 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:54.879 that, you know. That was one of the first questions that Tommy Lloyd 46 00:02:55.400 --> 00:03:00.759 got asked, uh, was was you know the short prep for you know, 47 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:07.159 they you know, for this game and what they're gonna do on on 48 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.439 on Tomorrow morning to get ready for this game. Here's what he had to 49 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:15.960 say. Brian Peterson Easy Desert Swarm. What is the difference between preparing for 50 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:19.360 a morning game as opposed to a night game? Are there any benefits or 51 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:24.479 detractors too? I mean no, no real significant difference. The only one 52 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:28.319 would be easy. You don't get like a physical walkthrough or shoot around, 53 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.560 so you just have to kind of load up a little bit more of the 54 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:35.240 day ahead. But this time of year, I mean, you're playing a 55 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:38.000 team you haven't played all year. You're playing a team that you're really not 56 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:40.319 familiar with, and that works both ways. So it's a short prep so 57 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:44.400 you kind of got to rely on what you do and what you do best, 58 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:46.159 I think at the end of the day, and and that that's generally 59 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:51.120 going to be the answer to to your problems. When when I'm facing an 60 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:53.919 opponent on a quick turnaround that you're not familiar with, you know, And 61 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.039 I didn't expect Tommy to say this is screwy, this is stupid. He's 62 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:00.439 not going to make a big deal out of it because then his guys start 63 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:02.639 thinking about it. Right, Yeah, I mean, at this point in 64 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.840 the season. You kind of have to deal with what you're dealt with and 65 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:10.879 kind of go with it. But analyzing it, there's I believe that there's 66 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:15.000 some some other games on the West Coast that are playing at Waylely. Yeah. 67 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:16.959 Right, again, all they had to do is take to the East 68 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.360 coast games. Ye put them in this time slot, move them down. 69 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.759 Yeah, and that's all you had to do and not an under I just 70 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.639 don't understand why they did that, but they didn't. So there we are. 71 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.600 Set your alarms, get up in the morning and have some breakfast, 72 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:32.879 watch the game. It's a nine tuos on time, so there you go. 73 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:36.639 You know, we talked about those first game. You know, you 74 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:42.199 won your first game, You're you're happy, you feel better some of the 75 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:46.120 pressures off time. He was asked, you know, doesn't help to get 76 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:50.240 that first game pressure off your back, coach. I know the opponents generally 77 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.439 get more difficult the further you get, But do you think there's something to 78 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:57.839 the belief that kind of getting that first one out of the way those jitters, 79 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.439 that pressure of the first game of the tournament. I hope, So, 80 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:02.680 you know, especially you know after what we went through the year before. 81 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.680 I mean, you got to acknowledge you know, that was you know, 82 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:09.600 in the back of you know, people's minds. You know, I 83 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:12.279 know, I know it wasn't in the back of people's minds outside of the 84 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.000 program. I mean, it was probably in the forefront of their minds inside 85 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:16.879 the program. You got to admit it's it's on your mind. So I 86 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:20.480 think to to kind of be able to, you know, to get past 87 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:26.199 that first hurdle, I mean, I think feels good and hopefully it puts 88 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.120 us in a position where we can come out and just let it rip and 89 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:33.160 and play good normal Arizona basketball. You know, uh, I know the 90 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:39.360 Arizona fans are feeling we're feeling that that okay got you got to win and 91 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.199 everybody folks better, you know, and so now but you know, now, 92 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.800 as you said, uh, you got a tougher team. Yeah yeah, 93 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.959 and uh you know Dayton they were down by twenty something, yesterda. 94 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:55.759 This team can play when they're down, so you cannot take your foot off 95 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:59.079 right, and they shoot the lights out. They they they're one of the 96 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:00.800 best of one of the best three point shooting teams in the country. We 97 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:05.800 know that's been sort of a problem for ari Zona's guarding the three point line. 98 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:12.000 Sounds like this matchup doesn't you know, doesn't doesn't help Arizona manch which 99 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:15.439 is this is a great opportunity for this team to kind of reinvent themselves. 100 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:18.079 You know, during the season we saw them struggle. But if you can 101 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:21.720 come out and play well and get a win against Dayton, you have so 102 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:26.720 much more of a right. Tommy talked about you know, needing to you 103 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.720 know, to match it or you know, you want to run your pace, 104 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.040 but you have to be able to run somebody else's pace. You talked 105 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:36.959 a little bit about that Dayton is going to slow the ball down a little 106 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.439 bit, run some half court, try and get some three pointers. But 107 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:45.439 here's what Tommy had to say about trying to dictate the pace. Jason Sheerwildkint 108 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:47.879 Authority, You've had teams try to slow you down throughout the season. What 109 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.720 is the challenge in facing that and how do you kind of try to make 110 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:56.839 sure that the game is played at your pace? Well, you know, 111 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.839 you also need to be aware when you're playing in some of these teams that 112 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:03.199 you're you're not always going to get it your way, So you can't panic 113 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.720 if you don't get it your way. I mean, we're built to play 114 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:10.439 lots of different styles, you know, and and generally, if if you 115 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.279 want to be a team that's playing in transition, you better be a good 116 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.519 defensive team. So you're not taking the ball out of the net, especially 117 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:16.839 these nets, because the ball didn't come out of them, it just stays 118 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:19.720 in there. Like you talk about stopping a fast break. I mean, 119 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:26.759 I mean, geesh. So hopefully they have that fixed by tomorrow. Yeah. 120 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:28.959 So so you know, you you and then you want it, you 121 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:30.959 have to rebound the ball. Well, you know, you put those two 122 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:33.600 things together, good defense and rebounding usually gives you an opportunity to play and 123 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:38.920 transition offense. Yeah, you know, and that's it. Uh. You 124 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:44.879 know. Long Beach State tried to run with Arizona yesterday, and in spite 125 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:46.600 of the fact that it was a close game, actually Arizona was behind in 126 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.519 the first half. When I saw that, I kind of relaxed a little 127 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:53.519 bit because I thought, they're not gonna They may run with them now, 128 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:55.800 but they're not gonna be able to run with them through the whole game. 129 00:07:55.839 --> 00:08:00.839 And Arizona ultimately, you know, took over the game by just playing doing 130 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:05.920 what it does and and Long Beach State couldn't keep up Dayton. You know, 131 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:07.240 they're they're A they're a better team, and B they were in a 132 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.160 different style. So we'll see what happens there. We're dictating that. I 133 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.120 think what's going to dictate it is going to be the physicality, right run 134 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:18.759 in the half court when Date's in their half court? How physical is Arizona 135 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:24.000 defensively? Can can bollow step up defensively? Again, he shot those guys 136 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.120 the guards, so well, it's going to be a test for them, 137 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:30.360 so right, Yeah. Tommy had a little bit of a comment there about 138 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:31.759 the nets. I know, if you saw the game yesterday, you saw 139 00:08:31.799 --> 00:08:35.519 there were a number of times the ball did not come out of the net. 140 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.080 Those nets were very tight. He was asked about that. You know, 141 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:41.919 do you expect him to do something about that? Uh. Here he 142 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:46.240 had to say talk about both about the nets and about the balls that they're 143 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.039 using, which Steve mentioned yesterday when when he was on the air. Here's 144 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.639 what he had to say about the nets and the basketballs are using. Hey, 145 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.080 Tommy, Josh Waine ESPN, you mentioned the nets and they were working 146 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:01.120 on them throughout the day yesterday. Was that's an issue for you guys to 147 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.000 slow you down. Do you expect them do you expect it to be if 148 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:07.039 they haven't changed, to be an issued tomorrow. Well, I mean, 149 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:11.519 listen, I don't think it's very hard to find nets where the ball goes 150 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:15.960 through, like you know, so like go up to the University of Utah, 151 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.720 take the nets off the basket because they're probably not stopping there, and 152 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.840 bring them down here. It's not complicated. So I mean, I hope 153 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.480 they have the wherewithal to make that change. I mean, I mean, 154 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:28.120 I don't know if they stretch them, and they can stretch them good enough 155 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:33.200 and prove to themselves it's that they're not going to stick. That's fine. 156 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:35.679 The other problem is the ball. I mean, and we've been dealing with 157 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.879 this forever. I mean, these are brand new basketballs and I know they'll 158 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:43.159 probably throw well. The shooting percentages don't change. There were more mishandles for 159 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:48.120 both teams in our game yesterday because that basketball is brand new. It's just 160 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.759 inflated a little different and just different than what the guys are comfortable with every 161 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:54.519 day. And I think it begs the question in college basketball, how do 162 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.200 we not have a standardized basketball? How can you play with an Adida's ball 163 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.440 one game, a Nikey ball, the next game the Rock and the next 164 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.200 tournament, you know, a Spalding in this tournament. You know, if 165 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.600 you're in the Hall of Fame Classic, you're playing with Spalding, and then 166 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.759 you're in the NCAA Tournament, you're playing with a Wilson. I mean, 167 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.440 come on, I mean, I think we can like standardize the game a 168 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:16.879 little bit. I think it's common sense. So but hey, I know 169 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:18.960 there's also a business and I'm just a coach, so I'm gonna get back 170 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:24.519 in my lane. At first, all that was interesting the way he ended 171 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:26.679 that, but he had his say, and you know, it's funny because 172 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:31.039 these things really matter, you know. I when I when I'm sitting at 173 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:35.559 the at the scores table at Airason basketball games, when Arizona comes out on 174 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.200 the court for the first time, uh to uh uh to warm and actually 175 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:43.919 after warm ups even there's the rack of basketballs that they're they're shooting from. 176 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:48.120 And this season it was Colin Boswell who had the responsibility to go over there 177 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:52.159 and pick a game ball, and you'll sit there. He'll handle four or 178 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.360 five balls and I don't know what he's looking for, what he's feeling for, 179 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:58.600 but he'll handle four five balls. He'll handle him and rub his hand 180 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.080 all attim. He'll bounce them until apparently at some point one of them was 181 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:05.960 like, Okay, this is the one today, and I'm not so sure 182 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.840 it's the same one. Yeah, yeah, you know every week. And 183 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.840 you know, these guys, it's kind of like a golfer, right, 184 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.879 yeah, you know, right. The clubs have to be set, you 185 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:22.480 know, with with a certain degree of or tennis with tennis with a racket 186 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.840 and a grip and the strings and the whole bit. And these basketball is 187 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:33.320 the way you know, these guys and and how and not details not the 188 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.240 right word, but just you know, they're just they feel these basketball every 189 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.919 day. They have to have a certain field for them to feel good about 190 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.679 it. And I understand what Tommy's saying about having these basketballs, yes, 191 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.080 and having a standardized ball. I think, uh, the NFL, obviously 192 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:50.399 they have a standardized ball where no matter where you're playing, you're gonna get 193 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.960 the NFL ball. With Wilson and other stuff. Same with them I'll be 194 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.759 wherever you are. It's the same, the same. So basketball is different. 195 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:01.600 It's and using the diferent brands. Yeah, and you know and in 196 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:05.840 college basketball, okay, that's another piece of the home court advantage. Arizona 197 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:11.120 uses Nike Basketball, somebody else uses you know, other or whatever they're whoever 198 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:15.879 their sponsor is. And so somebody comes into town and maybe they don't use 199 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.480 Nike basketball and they've got to play with this basketball. And if it's if 200 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.960 they can tell, you know, you're going up for you know it just 201 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.360 it matters. And that's for the nets, you know what, as he 202 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:30.720 said, because they're playing in the Delta Center. They're not playing at Utahs 203 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:35.159 Arena. They're playing at the Delta Center where the Jazz play. Go get 204 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:37.720 some nets at work, go to sporting goods. I was watching all the 205 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.519 other games and they all had loose nets where the ball goes right through right, 206 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:45.360 you can pick it up, go pay if you want to go pay. 207 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.960 It's the responsibility of the arena. You know, they're hosting the they're 208 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.399 hosting the tournament. It's the responsibility of the arena to have nets that work. 209 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.879 And it was amazing to me because I mean, it was they were 210 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:58.279 even like three pointers were going through and getting stuck in the net, and 211 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:03.759 Tommy talkalked about how you know that that can have an impact on your ability 212 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:09.120 to run uh one more quick clip and then we got to go to break 213 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.480 uh again. We talked about, you know, you're playing a more difficult 214 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:16.600 team. It's kind of a basic question. The guy answer asked it, 215 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:20.679 but we'll let will let Tommy answer that. What's more difficult about a two 216 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.240 seven matchup where you're going up against a team white Dayton where you never really 217 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.320 faced them before. I mean, they're both really challenging. You know. 218 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.399 I would just say as you as you get deeper into the tournament, usually 219 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.639 the teams start getting better and and and that's just kind of a logical, 220 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.759 uh, you know answer. So, yeah, we know it's going to 221 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:41.279 be a real tough test tomorrow. I mean, Dayton's had an incredible year, 222 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:45.159 They've had an incredible couple of years, and and you know it's it's 223 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:48.960 a well established program, and you know that they definitely have a plan and 224 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.120 how they want to play and they're very comfortable executing that. So we we 225 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:56.720 understand what we're up against tomorrow. And and that's it. You know, 226 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.679 these games come along and you know you got you got to play somebody a 227 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:05.639 lot better than the last than the last team you played. And that's what 228 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:09.159 they're up against. And you know to that, I'll say, Arizona fan, 229 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:11.279 calm down. When the game gets going, these guys are going to 230 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.559 be good. It's gonna be closely, going to be a close game. 231 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:20.759 Dayton's in the in the tournament for a reason because they're good. Don't freak 232 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.600 out if you know they Arizona falls behind all of these things that think these 233 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.159 things are going to happen. All right, we're gonna come back. We're 234 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.679 gonna have David Jablonsky right for the date Dayton Daily News. He's covering UH, 235 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:37.320 he's covering the Flyers up in Salt Lake City. Steve Uh lined him 236 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:39.600 up for us. So we're gonna get a picture of Dayton, the Dayton 237 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.279 Flyers from David David Jablonski when we come back. And then after that, 238 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:46.519 Uh in the next segment, after that, Steve will be calling in from 239 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:50.759 Salt Lake City. So stick around, make the right choice for your home 240 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:54.919 when it comes to windows and doors. For more than twenty years, the 241 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.360 Window Depot has provided the best price and biggest inventory on in stock windows and 242 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:03.000 doors. 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Breaking down all the exes and oh it's Steve Rivera, Jagen 310 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:06.039 Salas. This is I on the Ball on Fox Sports fourteenth diff Welcome back 311 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.599 behind the ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm your host, Jacob 312 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:11.920 Zalez. We're going to talk to Steve Rivera in a few in about twenty 313 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:18.200 minutes, when we have after we have this conversation with our guest on the 314 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:22.279 show today, David Jablonski, on the on the phone from Salt Lake City. 315 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:26.359 David the beat writer for the Dayton Daily News covering the Dayton Flyers and 316 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.480 was there yesterday obviously when Dayton made a nice comeback to get into a game 317 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:33.839 that they'll face Arizona tomorrow. David, thanks for joining us today, Thanks 318 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.880 for having me so, uh, just first tell us you know about yesterday. 319 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:41.799 Uh, you know, it looked grim for a while, and then 320 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.799 all of a sudden, the Flyers come and I'm not good to say they 321 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.599 come flying back. I wasn't going to say that, but I'm not going 322 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:52.079 to say it, but they come back a huge comeback, pull out, 323 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:55.880 pull out the win. H you know, the seed holes. Now they 324 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.039 got Arizona. Tell us a little bit about what went wrong and then what 325 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:02.519 went right. Yesterday? Yeah, they were dead. I mean we have 326 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:06.720 seen them come back before. They had a fifteen point comeback in the second 327 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:10.480 half to beat LSU and this Charleston Classic in November. It was their first 328 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:15.400 big win of the season and then that led to a matchup against Saint John's 329 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:18.440 in the second round. So those were the victory for Dayton. But just 330 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.960 two games ago they came back from seventeen down against VCU and their regular season 331 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:26.240 finale at home. Of course, that was the first half, that's and 332 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:32.599 this game was under eight minutes to play. They were down seventeen. It 333 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:37.480 looked bleak and just didn't expect any sort of comeback on this stage against such 334 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.039 a good team like Devada. But it was a little bit by a little 335 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:45.000 bit fired with a single free throw by Dayton star player Deron Holmes, but 336 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.960 then there were a flurry of three pointers and three by Kobe Brea, Nation 337 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.400 the most accurate three point shooter, And yeah, they just made all the 338 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:56.319 plays down the stretch. So they come back from a game like that, 339 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:59.839 is it? Is it? You know? I mean we've all, you 340 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:02.920 know, we played sports, and you have all these things about the mental 341 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:07.319 aspect of it. Are they worried about the way they played or are they 342 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:10.720 juiced about the way they came back? You know what? Do you think 343 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:14.440 what might have an impact on them tomorrow? I think it's more of the 344 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:18.880 latter, because they've had plenty of stretches where they've not played well and then 345 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:22.799 played great basketball in the same game, and that goes for most teams, 346 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:25.799 and happened with the Body yesterday too, because they had a sixteen o run 347 00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:29.079 in the first half and then they got outscored twenty four to four down the 348 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.799 stretch. Right. Coaches love to say it the game of runs, but 349 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:37.160 it really is that momentum is a crazy thing, and the Dayton is probably 350 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:40.880 more prone to that than some teams, giving up big runs and going on 351 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:44.079 big runs. But I think they're feeling good going into this game. There's 352 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.480 a little pressure off now that they want to turn them a game. Sure, 353 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:49.319 so tell us a little bit just the type of team they've been there, 354 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:52.680 sort of the you know what, if you had two or three words 355 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:56.839 to describe you know, who they are to the people listening to you here 356 00:22:57.039 --> 00:23:03.000 in Tucson. Who are the Dayton Fly I would say resilience. They haven't 357 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.039 lost more than one game in a row all season. You know, they 358 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:11.319 had an injury in the first minutes of the season. They lost their starting 359 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:15.640 point guard, Malecied Smith Uh. He played a total of seven minutes in 360 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:19.000 first game and hasn't played all season because he had a knee surgery two days 361 00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:22.759 later. So you had to deal with that, and after last season was 362 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:26.799 totally plagued, plagued by injuries that seem you know, was ranked at the 363 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:29.759 beginning of the season and didn't live up to the hike and part because of 364 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:33.799 so many injury issues. And that was also you know after a year two 365 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:37.799 years ago, you know, where they lose three terrible games at home to 366 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:42.799 start the season and a week later beat number four Kansas in Orlando and win 367 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:48.000 ESPN Events Invitational. Uh and you know, nearly got their season back on 368 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:51.680 track and good enough to make the Vinzibay Tournament, but fell just short. 369 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:56.119 So he had those two disappointing seasons where they were so close, you know, 370 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:59.119 followed by this one where they finally did a job in the non conference 371 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:04.519 and you'll beat LSU as I mentioned Saint John's Cincinnati on a neutralport, you 372 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:08.279 know, built that resume up where you know, even though they didn't win 373 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:12.359 the A ten, they did enough there too to build that at large resume. 374 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:17.559 And from that perspective, it's been a great season for Dayton. So 375 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:22.079 Doron Holmes, he's he's an Arizona guy, but by that I mean he's 376 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:26.240 he went to high school in Arizona to tell us a little bit about him, 377 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:30.440 and he, you know, kind of Arizona didn't recruit me or didn't 378 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:34.440 want me or anything like that about him. You know, what's what's the 379 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:40.400 fact that he's playing Arizona is that factoring anything at all tomorrow for him? 380 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:44.559 They did recruit him, He had Arizona in his final four. I don't 381 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:48.359 know how strongly they recruited him. I don't know if they made him a 382 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:52.240 priority like Maayton did. I think summer reporters were talking to him about that 383 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:55.759 today. That wasn't one of my focuses, so there might be some stories 384 00:24:55.920 --> 00:25:00.200 out there about that. But yeah, he's the highest ranked recruit Dayton really 385 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:02.480 and that at least, you know, in the age of the all the 386 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:06.160 websites, right recruits, and he has more than lived up to the heights 387 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:10.359 to pass the hype. He's kind of following in the footsteps of Obi Coppin, 388 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:12.400 who was a you know, Consents of Soul American in twenty twenty. 389 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:21.119 Duran committed to UD in twenty twenty during the pandemic, never got to visit 390 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:23.799 campus because of that, and uh, you know, he never wanted to 391 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.559 be the next day we thought somebody really has been because he's concerns the soul 392 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:30.759 American and that's the rare thing. And Dayton wanted to fifth in UD history. 393 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:36.759 Shoot to three a little bit, but probably his strength of getting the 394 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:38.160 free throw line, and you made eight of nine yesterday. And when he's 395 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:41.079 making us free throws, he's he's going to be a you know, a 396 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:45.079 real dangerous player. So one of the things if you've paid much attention to 397 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:48.559 Arizona, and I don't know how much you had the ability to do that, 398 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:52.759 but those of us who have watched it this year, we know Arizona's 399 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:55.960 been a little uh, let's just call it a little thin against a three 400 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.200 point shot. Dayton is a shooting forty. You know, when you look 401 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.160 at that piece of the matchup, you know that part of it doesn't favor 402 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:07.400 Arizona. Maybe the fact that Arizona runs up and down the floor might be 403 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:10.480 doing doing something different from what Dayton does. But tell us a little bit 404 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.880 about how important is this three point game going to be for Daton. I 405 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:15.680 mean, is that where it's all going to hang? Do you think, 406 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.480 all right, this is the best three point shooting team in Dayton history. 407 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:25.640 Five percentage. It starts with Kobe Brea nas leading three point series, yes 408 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:29.960 under fifty percent. After make it five to eight yesterday, Nate Dantis can 409 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:34.319 shoot the three. Jevan Bennett a little bit. Kobe El looked as well. 410 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:37.160 He made a couple of shoot threes to be Vcu a couple of weeks 411 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:41.119 ago. Yeah, they're right over forty percent, third in the country. 412 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.160 Arizona's not too far behind, and there I think somewhere in the thirties and 413 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:49.039 three point shooting, so that'll, yeah, that'll be a big factors who's 414 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:52.599 making their three there. I play Arizona shot a ton of threes in their 415 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.480 game against Lumba Stay. I don't know if that's normal for them. They 416 00:26:56.559 --> 00:27:00.119 can kind of suck their average. I think eighteen three yesterday. We'll see 417 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:03.240 what happened. Yeah, No, Tommy commented that that you know, he's 418 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:07.720 he's not he's not looking for thirty five threes in any game. But they 419 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:12.119 were there, they were making them. I mean they shot thirty five percent, 420 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:15.440 which you know that's about okay, you know, that's about what you're 421 00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:19.359 trying to get to it from three point but they don't normally shoot that number, 422 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:22.440 but again they were there and that's and that's what they did. So 423 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:25.799 you know, everyzone's like, you know, they'd like to run up and 424 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:27.799 down the court and you know, get some open shots and they don't always 425 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:30.240 have to be threes. But that's just what they did. So I you 426 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:33.240 know what you know when you when we've been watching them all year, we 427 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.079 figured that. I mean the games that they lost, all they lost but 428 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:42.880 except to probably not Florida Atlantic so much, but all the other games they 429 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:48.079 lost because they couldn't offend the three point line and either either couldn't or chose 430 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:52.720 not to because they didn't whatever however you want to put it. So that's 431 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.480 I think the thing that people are going are going to be watching for. 432 00:27:56.079 --> 00:28:00.480 Flip it over. You know, Dayton's playing against a team team that likes 433 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.599 to get up and down the floor. Uh, their defense sets up their 434 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:08.000 offense. How does that match up work against Dayton. Yeah, Dayton's offer 435 00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:12.359 to the tendency to get balled down and play at a slow place. They 436 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:15.720 like to get it down to homes and he starts backing down to the offender 437 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:21.240 and it takes time off the shot clock. Certainly when the offense isn't clicking. 438 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:25.079 You know, they're they're running into possible shot clock violations and throwing up 439 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:29.680 stuff at the right before the buzzer. Well, if there was a couple 440 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:34.000 of inst of that yesterday, but they certainly played a bunch of fast spaced 441 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:38.720 teams over the over the course of the season. I don't know if that's 442 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:41.279 too much of an advantage for Arizona, the fact that you know, their 443 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.640 their styles are so different. But uh, it'll it will certainly be a 444 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:48.599 we'll see who's a controlling the pace, I guess tomorrow. Tell us a 445 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:52.359 little bit talk te us a little bit about coach Grant. You know his 446 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:55.279 background. Uh, you know, what do you see, what kind of 447 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.839 a what kind of a coach is he? What? You know, how 448 00:28:56.839 --> 00:29:00.880 does he handle his players? You know, just just those kinds of things. 449 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:03.079 Tell us a little bit about him. Well, he's known for his 450 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:07.519 calm demeanor on the court and huddles and stuff like that. He's not breaking 451 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:11.799 up and down the sideline like some courts are jumping up and down two months. 452 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:15.359 He does at at times. But there are a lot more emotional coaches 453 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:19.519 out there. During games. You know a lot of players were thrilled to 454 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:22.200 get him at a tournament victory. The last one you want, a tournament 455 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:26.799 game was his very first season as a head coach at VCU in two thousand 456 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:30.640 and seven when they upset Duke, and I was just looking at all of 457 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:36.039 his other instead of a tournament games, and they were all like one point 458 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:40.599 losses. They lost the second round that first year of VCU, that close 459 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.279 game, and then they made it two years later with VC lost again by 460 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:47.599 one point. And he made it one only one time in six years at 461 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:52.200 Alabama again another one or two point loss. So I'm sure it was exciting 462 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:55.160 for him to get over to the hump and and get that victory. But 463 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:57.880 he's not he's not to kind of tell stories about those old games. He 464 00:29:57.920 --> 00:30:03.440 had asked about them today, So he's always pretty focused on the game and 465 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:07.079 not looking back. And the team, you know, in terms of being 466 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:11.400 in the NC Double A tournament, you know, Arizona just has all this 467 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:14.680 pressure, right, they got to win a first run game. They flamed 468 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:18.519 out last year. You know, in terms of dating, I mean, 469 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.160 they're they're the seventh seed, they're not supposed to win tomorrow. They obviously 470 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.400 think they can win or they wouldn't, you know, they wouldn't be there. 471 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:27.480 But you know what's the NC Double A tournament experience, tournament pressure, 472 00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:32.880 if any on them at all, Well, yeah, that was their first 473 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:37.799 experience yesterday, except for Nate Santos was there with Pittsburgh last year, but 474 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:42.839 he barely played the tournament appearance last year. But I didn't see any you 475 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:45.160 know, nerves like I mean, I guess they did give up a sixty 476 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:49.920 run in the first half. We're looking pretty dead for most of the second 477 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.480 half. But when you play as well as you did for the last seven 478 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:56.680 minutes of that game, you got to say that they weren't bothered by the 479 00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:00.920 stage right back, getting that first game out of the way, just like 480 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:06.640 Arizona, it's got to be a good thing for your for your mental states. 481 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.119 But winning a game, one game is a big deal for Dayton because 482 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:14.079 they had won one in nine years. The bar is a lot higher for 483 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:17.039 Arizona to I would say, there's got to be a little no pressure on 484 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:21.000 Arizona tomorrow. Right we're talking to David Jablonski up beat right for the Dayton 485 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:25.359 Daily News, covering the Dayton Flyers up in up in Salt Lake City. 486 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:29.039 Okay, over here, you know we're in the we're technically because of daylight 487 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:32.359 savings time, we're in the Pacific time zone. Now we're on California time. 488 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:37.440 This game is a nine in the morning Tucson time, ten forty five 489 00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:41.359 over there. I know the coaches are going to say, look, we're 490 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:44.000 both having to play at the same time. No, it doesn't favor anybody, 491 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.839 But what the heck? I mean, what did you think when that 492 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:49.960 game time came out? I was surprised. This seems real early. I 493 00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:55.960 don't know how that came about or what the other options were. Uh, 494 00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:00.519 you know, I probably likely talked a little bit about it. Only differences 495 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:04.119 he saw where you're not gonna have that morning shoot around or walk through. 496 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.720 You know, you're pretty much gonna get up and go to the game, 497 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:12.319 right. Yeah, I guess if you're reaching as a Flyer fan, you're 498 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:15.200 you're hoping that's a little advantage for Dayton because maybe, like me, I'm 499 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:20.240 still on Ohio time three nights. Didn't getting up at like five am, 500 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.839 but seven am back to Ohio and this game will start at full forty five 501 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:27.079 in Ohio. Yeah, more a reasonable time, But I don't. I 502 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:30.119 don't. It probably won't matter. Yeah, he won't matter anybody. Well, 503 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.440 okay, so what what do you think we're gonna see tomorrow? What? 504 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:36.400 Uh? You know it pays uh, you know, scoring, high 505 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:39.160 scoring, kind of middle of the road. Uh you know your thoughts on 506 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:44.119 on how this game will unfold? Man, I don't know. I've seen 507 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:49.279 so many games where I I have no idea what's going to happen. If 508 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:51.960 I had to pick somebody yesterday, I would have picked Nevada up just because 509 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:57.319 Dayton had it won a real big game away from home, you know quite 510 00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:04.079 a while, because all their big ten road game they lost, and George 511 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:06.960 Mason and Loyal Chicago and they were all closed. I mean, they could 512 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:08.279 have won any of them, but they didn't win them. Didn't make enough 513 00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:13.039 winning plays down the stretch. We hadn't seen date and pull off a victory 514 00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:17.000 like that in a while. And that haven't been a team of Arizona's thatcher 515 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:21.680 since they beat Kansas two years ago. I mean, the the only team 516 00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:25.240 they played in that thatcher was Houston and that was the only real decisive loss 517 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:30.359 they've had this year. In the Charleston Classic, lost sixty nine to fifty 518 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:32.519 five. But it wasn't that they didn't get blown out or anything. They 519 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:38.279 were somewhat competitive. Yeah, but I don't know if Arizona's on Houston's level 520 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:42.359 either, So you know, I think it'll be a competitive game, and 521 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:47.359 I would give the edge to Arizona just because their speed and their history and 522 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:52.000 and all that. But I wouldn't be surprised if Dayton won either. You 523 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:53.519 never know. You never know, all right, David, We appreciate it. 524 00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:59.160 We appreciate the time and the information. You don't play good game tomorrow 525 00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:01.839 right for you at least and say, yeah, I'm gonna have to go 526 00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:07.440 on to La Yeah, yeah, and the trip, but I've been willing 527 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.679 to do it. Try and keep our buddy Steve out of trouble over there 528 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:12.800 too. He can't he contend to do that, So you never know. 529 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:15.559 Okay, all right, thanks so much, thanks for your time. Bye. 530 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:20.840 That's David Jablonski, beat writer for the Dayton Daily News covering the Dayton 531 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:22.760 Flyers over there. You know, he's right. I mean, it's just 532 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:27.039 you just don't know until the game starts getting played. You know who's going 533 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:29.599 to do? What are they be hitting their threes. If they start shooting 534 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.440 a bunch of threes and making them, you know what happens, how well 535 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:34.960 is there's I'm going to defend that. I think that's going to be, 536 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:37.440 like we said, the key to the game. So all right, let's 537 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.000 take our break. We're gonna see if we get Steve on the phone over 538 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:44.719 here any minute and uh and uh, George looks like he's arrived, so 539 00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:46.880 he'll be here for the next segment. So stick around for all that and 540 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:50.800 we'll be right back. If you're an Arizona men's basketball fan, you know 541 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:53.360 it's been successful for nearly forty years. Now take a look back at the 542 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:57.119 Ludolsen era. In my new book, Lessons from Loot, it was a 543 00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:00.159 labor of love through the eyes of twenty five former players, coaches, and 544 00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:04.000 friends to give insight to the coach and the men who led them, competed 545 00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:07.639 against them, and inspired them twenty five chapters for his twenty five years as 546 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:10.840 Arizona's beloved coach. 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My out of studio host, Steve Rivera is on the 580 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:44.039 line from Salt Lake City. We're gonna talk to him here, but we've 581 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:47.320 got George Matti is our special guest host for the week from sometime cards. 582 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:51.440 So, George, thank you for joining us and sid feel like a crowd, 583 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:53.400 Steve, but it's not just you know your way the hell over there 584 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:57.920 and you're doing whatever you're doing, but we appreciate you calling in. How's 585 00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:04.360 it going over there? Did we lose you? Oh? Yeah, turn 586 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:09.199 Mike, start over? I mean, did your good night's sleep because it's 587 00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:14.679 early game? Start over? I forgot to turn on your microphone. He's 588 00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:17.920 blowing. You're here, you're present, So what you start over? What 589 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:22.159 were you saying about that? Well, we just we just fuched start for 590 00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:25.400 all our coves today. Obviously, I just sat in for for the U 591 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:30.280 of A Press coverns and the UH and the Dayton Press covents. So I'm 592 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:32.760 in the middle of writing I just posted by Sally Larsons for you. In 593 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:39.239 fact, you because I mentioned Evan Mayakawa and his analytics. That's my story 594 00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:44.519 that you know, how has he become Palla Larsens become a deep guy to 595 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:47.199 depend on Arizona. So I just fished that I'm going to talk about the 596 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:51.920 game tomorrow and my next column. So here we are still at arena, 597 00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:54.880 yep. So let's go in a little bit about first of all, the 598 00:38:54.920 --> 00:39:00.480 game time, and it's I'm more upset than Tommy is. Obviously. You 599 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:05.360 know, they're they're just gonna play whenever they play. What the hell has 600 00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:08.800 anybody asked somebody who might know what the hell the NC double Air the networks 601 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:15.719 were doing for for that early start time they did it? Issue up where 602 00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:22.760 are thinking about? And guys uh Arison place Yestery right whatever time they finish, 603 00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:24.519 and then maybe an hour or two later, guess what the biggest question 604 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:30.280 they're gonna play? I know the paint hasn't even dried yet. And then 605 00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:32.920 people are asking when yeah, wait, okay, And then they let us 606 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:39.239 know late last night ten o'clock down here saying that there's a little fans who 607 00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:47.320 loved to complain they're playing this is what they just said. Well, I'm 608 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:51.719 complaining. All right, I'm complaining, funny guys, you know, I 609 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:53.440 mean I was hoping, you know, I was gonna got like some burgers 610 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:55.679 and hot dogs for an afternoon game, and Sarah, I got to go 611 00:39:55.719 --> 00:40:00.599 get some tradesa and eggs and cook and cook it up early, set my 612 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:05.280 alarm, get up early and watch the game. All right, someone makes 613 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:07.440 you a take and you wonder, oh god, it tastes how many calories 614 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:14.800 matter? All right? So they got Dayton. We we talked to David 615 00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:17.920 David Dablonski, their three point shooting team, you know, and I know 616 00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:23.719 that's been Arizona's kryptonite. Uh, don't, don't even say that. Don't 617 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:32.480 is that the word you're using. Don't even because change it. Come on, 618 00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:37.239 That's why I asked the question. Yeah, but but you know, 619 00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:39.719 I mean, it's a big deal, right and then, and certainly Arizona 620 00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:45.079 fans have to be thinking about it. Two things. That's three point shot 621 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:47.840 and then they're past they go slow. Uh, there's one strike, that's 622 00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:51.960 two strikes. There's only should be able to deal with it. Now. 623 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:54.000 If you've been hitting your hand five times, you know, sixt times, 624 00:40:54.320 --> 00:41:00.239 stop one right right now? And and that's and and that's really it. 625 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.679 But and it's going to be a matter of are they making them or are 626 00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:04.800 they not? And if they're having a good shooting to day, it's gonna 627 00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:08.239 be a tough day for Arizona very much so, very much so, so 628 00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:12.039 we'll see. I mean that honestly, that was my lead, or it's 629 00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:15.360 gonna be my lead for the ball because I asked all these questions that touch 630 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:19.960 Murphy who scouted him, do play like that? Uh? If there is 631 00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:22.039 one that play their game, get him out of that rhythm like it took 632 00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:25.679 a half yesterday. I think took a half yesterday, so I think them 633 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:31.039 is maybe a little. And then there was another mind away. Yeah, 634 00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:37.679 so there was a conversation about Kylon Boswell, the game he had. They 635 00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:40.119 talked about Pella and we're gonna play those clips from Tommy's press conference, and 636 00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:44.239 then you know you and I talked about Key Shot and how important he was 637 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:49.960 yesterday. Uh, Tommy got asked about, you know, did they purposely 638 00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:53.400 try and help Key Shot improve his outside shot? And Tommy basically said, 639 00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:57.480 yes, how you know, he's going to be a huge key if they 640 00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:00.480 can get one extra shooter out there. In the game like, yeah, 641 00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:06.880 no question. Again, every player is important, even even the fifth sixth 642 00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:09.679 of the eighth guy, because don't bring something to the table. If key 643 00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:15.519 Shot is hitting the baskets from perimeter, that's a bonus that you don't even 644 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:20.559 expect. If k is playing the way he plans, that to another bonus 645 00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:23.400 because you don't you haven't received that too often. If Caleb looks played better 646 00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:27.280 than he has on the perimeter, that's another bonus. But again that's if 647 00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:30.880 if if so, we'll see, right Steve so on a team like this, 648 00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:35.079 though, don't you think we should just go inside, maybe some lobs 649 00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:39.920 to Ballow or key Shot. He's so athletic, the three could be deadly. 650 00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:45.000 I mean, ask Kentucky, you know, I just that game is 651 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:49.239 incredible to me. I don't see how they let someone shoot twenty threes in 652 00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:52.880 a game, right, No, No, I think you're right. I 653 00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:57.239 think we try to do that initially, go to ball You still don't think 654 00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:00.440 to go to him enough, which of course he is silly because she's done 655 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:04.440 very well. H But we'll see how they how they h in that slow 656 00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:08.239 type of offense. But the thing is as a defense as much as Tom 657 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:12.159 says it's good. Tomorrow will be a test to see how good it is 658 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.440 on a perimeter. Right, No, absolutely, because you know I'm looking 659 00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:21.719 at I'm looking at the the the Dayton roster. They're not big. Uh. 660 00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:23.800 The you know they got six eleven guys. You know, Doron Holmes 661 00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:28.960 is six ten, but you know they're not massive. And and and play 662 00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:30.519 plus Bollows are really good players. He's one of the best big men in 663 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:35.440 the country. So it'll be interesting to see what how that how that unfolds 664 00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:39.199 cold in Boswell Man had a great game yesterday. Uh, the big mystery 665 00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:43.960 is can he do it two times in a row? Well, you hope 666 00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:49.280 that happens. But they all played well. Five five guys, the starters 667 00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:52.199 a double figures. Uh. They weren't overwhelming in this in the first half 668 00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:55.840 obviously they kind of snuck appoint and then this played out of the mind in 669 00:43:55.880 --> 00:44:00.119 the second half games a better team. So one's got to be prepared. 670 00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:04.559 Uh, if you if you eat breakfast before the game and make sure it's 671 00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:10.719 a light rest. Yeah, you might want to yact if they the Cats 672 00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:15.199 fall behind, which you know, just I was saying earlier. You know, 673 00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:16.880 Arizona fan needs to expect it. There's gonna be a really hard game. 674 00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:21.719 Arizona might get behind. It's gonna be close, it's gonna be tight. 675 00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:23.679 Uh And all you want to do is win. You don't give a 676 00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:28.119 crap if you win on a buzzer beater by one or if you win by 677 00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:30.599 twenty. All you got to do is win. Uh And And if Arizona 678 00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:37.440 fan is disappointed by anything other than you know, losing, then they got 679 00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:44.599 a problem. Yeah, no question. That's why they shouldn't gamble the pot 680 00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:53.360 calling the kettle black over there, Steve, because I can't gamble Steve. 681 00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:57.519 Steve scratching his arm like he needs a fix right now. He's got that, 682 00:44:57.599 --> 00:45:00.000 he needs that, he needs that needle in his arm right now. 683 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:02.840 So uh, I thought this thing was at the Huntsman Center. It's at 684 00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:07.920 the Delta Center because they were talking about that. And hey, last night, 685 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:10.079 I stayed for all the games, which is crazy, but I stayed 686 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:15.480 not half for the Kansas game against Sandford. What a fantastic game that was, 687 00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:19.159 and the cloud was crazy. I think the one thing that Arizona can't 688 00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:23.760 afford to do is keep or allow dating to stay close because you know how 689 00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:28.599 teams, how crowds love underdogs. They love the underdogs, they absolutely do. 690 00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:32.400 They they love Sanford. Last night they had canvas on the ropes and 691 00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:37.599 if there was seventeen thousand people here, sixteen thousand were for Sandford. It 692 00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:42.199 was crazy. I'm guessing that's what we're seeing at the East Region, where 693 00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:46.360 right now Yale is up seventy three seventy two on Auburn with fifty five seconds 694 00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:51.599 left in the game. Yeah, have you've seen it? I've seen it 695 00:45:51.760 --> 00:45:54.760 a number of the squarers, the underdog are the favorite, favorite, and 696 00:45:54.800 --> 00:46:00.320 then some teams hang around and they fall in love with the underdogs. Could 697 00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:02.159 happen tomorrow? Yeah, I mean it was a Princeton home game last year 698 00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:06.679 in the second or you know, and you I mean you were there for 699 00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:09.320 that. Hey how about the Pac twelve? Look at this Arizona. Arizona 700 00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:13.920 wins. Okay, they were supposed to Oregon. Oregon pulls off an upset 701 00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:17.800 because they were in eleven seed. Uh, Washington State hangs on. They 702 00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:20.880 looked like they were gonna get beat, but they come back and win. 703 00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:24.480 And now Colorado is up by five with uh a little over a minute left. 704 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:29.400 To play. PAC twelve is just about very close to going four. 705 00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:31.320 And oh, I know Tommy talked a little bit about the PAC twelve today 706 00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:39.480 in the press conference. Yeah, I think could gather the troops and yeah, 707 00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:43.719 no, that that's happening. I know that that's happening. But good, 708 00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:45.840 you know, good for the PAC twelve to have a show in here 709 00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:47.199 at the you know, at the marvery end. But I did like, 710 00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:51.000 I did like the fact that they got you know, Tommy said, if 711 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:52.360 you guys want to create that narrative, go ahead. I said, we're 712 00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:57.639 not. Caleb Love too. You just kind of said, guys, what, 713 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:00.519 we're here to win a national championship. We don't give a about the 714 00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:05.119 about showing up for the conference. Is a little more diplomatic about it. 715 00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:07.840 But but Caleb was like, shut up. Yeah, it's like the question 716 00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:12.239 do you guys bring disiplate in the DAIS Championship? What does it mean to 717 00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:16.960 everybody? Shut up? And that was very funny. Gave us a little 718 00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:20.280 bit about the atmosphere over there. What you know, what's it been like 719 00:47:20.599 --> 00:47:22.559 being at the Delta Center and all that. Yeah, first of all, 720 00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:28.599 Utah, the weather has been fantastically good, not cold at all walkable. 721 00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:32.079 The arena has been very good. It is seventeen to eighteen thousand people here 722 00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:38.039 yesterday, should be more tomorrow, very basketball savvy people. Four teams left. 723 00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:40.599 I think it's going to be packed, even though it's an early day 724 00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:45.760 here ten forty five years, nine years side, so very good, A 725 00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:50.320 very good place that was to watch a game. Uh the Jazz play here. 726 00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:53.280 But it's a lot of It's been a lot of fun, very very 727 00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:57.880 simple. They've done a good job here, and you know you've hosted or 728 00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:00.559 been part of the hosting party. And great casual, very nice. A 729 00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:06.920 lot of Arizona fans no, no, no, because you know, I 730 00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:08.800 think one of them is stillmers is that Arizona travels well, well, they 731 00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:12.920 have their continuent and put the airplane and they come, but they don't have 732 00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:16.719 a lot of a lumps in Utah and so so to hear La will be 733 00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:20.760 blonkers. Yeah. Yeah. Well, And the thing and the thing that 734 00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:23.920 this has always been the case that you know, when you've got eight teams 735 00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:29.840 playing in one spot and everybody gets their allotment of tickets, a lot of 736 00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:32.079 the tickets get eaten up by you know, by the teams before they start 737 00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:37.880 selling them to to other people. So, uh, you know, interesting 738 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:39.920 that there might not be you know, a lot of fans. And then 739 00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:44.519 again, maybe Arizona fans are being a little cocky said I'm saving my money 740 00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:47.039 for l A or something like that, right, which is right. I 741 00:48:47.039 --> 00:48:51.440 mean, one of the things did I talk to you yesterday after the game? 742 00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:53.199 I did right after the game. I think one of the things that's 743 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:59.000 being in controlled it was my story for was how leaved everybody was after that 744 00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:04.239 win. And then and historically you know this that the second game is always 745 00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:07.760 easier to win, not that tomorrow will be. But they've only lost three 746 00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:12.719 times in the second round after the first win because everyone's got their well they're 747 00:49:12.760 --> 00:49:19.519 pucker type, you know, because yesterday and it's kind of really relieved sometimes 748 00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:22.440 in the second round at least two of the three times they played somebody that 749 00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:25.079 was better than them and got beat so and then and that's fair, and 750 00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:29.639 that's fair. So tomorrow I think will be maybe more fast and loose and 751 00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:31.880 more comfortable from Arizona. Yeah. No, and and Tommy talked about that 752 00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:35.960 too, but you know, you know, you get the relief of the 753 00:49:35.960 --> 00:49:38.159 first game, but Now, as we said, you're playing a harder team, 754 00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:42.199 you're playing a tougher team. So it's not like the next game is 755 00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:45.159 easier. It's just, yes, you hope that some of that pressure of 756 00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:47.159 having to win the first game is off, but it's off for both of 757 00:49:47.199 --> 00:49:52.000 them. Although you know, talking to Jablonski from from the Dayton Daily News, 758 00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:55.559 he's kind of like it's been a hoston Stateton's won a game. Not 759 00:49:55.679 --> 00:50:00.840 near as much pressure or expectations on Dayton as there are on Arizona. But 760 00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:04.480 nonetheless, you know, they're they've won a game, they feel good about 761 00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:07.639 themselves and just play the other for dating. They're kind of playing with house 762 00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:13.320 money at this point. Sure, and you know what that means. Jay, 763 00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:15.800 I don't think you've ever played with us. You know I am right 764 00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:19.880 now? Okay, I'm having a good a good tournament so far. I'm 765 00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:22.159 having a very good term. Although I will say I will say I lost. 766 00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:28.519 I lost a game last night. Uh it was the Saint Peter's Saint 767 00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:35.159 Peters and who I can't well, I took the under, Okay, I 768 00:50:35.199 --> 00:50:37.320 took the under. At the end of the game, a Saint Peter's guy 769 00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:39.920 gets you know, they they're just taking him out of the game. He's 770 00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:44.280 a senior bringing a new guys. He mouths off on the way off the 771 00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:46.559 court. They tee him up and the free throws flip it to the over. 772 00:50:51.280 --> 00:51:00.360 I am tell one say that again. I'm telling Thorst to tell gate 773 00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:08.239 next step. Oh yeah, I mean, who does that happen to besides 774 00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:14.280 me? Just a bad beat? Come on, you are the poster child. 775 00:51:14.760 --> 00:51:16.320 I mean, he mouthed and the ref didn't even have to. Don't 776 00:51:16.320 --> 00:51:19.440 call the technical foul. Just let the guy get off the court. He's 777 00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:22.119 leaving the game anyways. Let him get off the court. You don't have 778 00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:29.159 to tee him up and under and he flipp and it flips the spread. 779 00:51:29.199 --> 00:51:31.639 I was so upset. I was so upset. Good things lest games are 780 00:51:31.679 --> 00:51:36.800 switching a lot of the first half second half days, switching the more game. 781 00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:38.960 Oh yeah, I bet big on that, and I was. I 782 00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:43.079 was definitely nervous the first half I was like, oh no, you know, 783 00:51:43.199 --> 00:51:45.119 and then the second half was completely different games. So yep, yep, 784 00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:50.440 yeah. Colorado trying to hang on. They're up by two with fourteen 785 00:51:50.519 --> 00:51:52.800 seconds left, they're at the free throw line. We'll see if they get 786 00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:55.719 there's big bat pack twelve. Dude, get your money on the PAC twelve 787 00:51:55.800 --> 00:52:05.360 right now. All right, Steve, we're gonna let you go. Look 788 00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:09.119 for Steve's columns and stories on All Sports Tucson dot com. Steve, you 789 00:52:09.159 --> 00:52:12.360 know, if they don't win, we're gonna lay this one on you. 790 00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:17.400 Okay, well then my krickt night. I'm using that lead. All right, 791 00:52:17.440 --> 00:52:22.000 man, we will talk to you probably Monday. All right, man, 792 00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:25.239 have a good weekend. Wow, Florida just hit a long, long 793 00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:30.119 three with ten seconds left to tie the game. At one hundred six seconds 794 00:52:30.199 --> 00:52:34.760 left, Colorado calls the time out with the ball over. At that that 795 00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:43.159 Yale Auburn game. Uh, Yale was up by one over Auburn with what 796 00:52:43.800 --> 00:52:47.400 thirty three seconds left? Thirty three seconds left and and Yale has the ball. 797 00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:52.559 So good stuff going on in these uh in these games. But man, 798 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:58.840 thicked the three pointer that that that guy just hit for for Florida was 799 00:52:58.880 --> 00:53:01.639 I mean, it was like, and we're talking well beyond the NBA line. 800 00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:06.599 It was crazy. It was crazy. All right, let's go ahead 801 00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:08.320 and take our last break. We'd love to take your calls. Five two 802 00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:12.480 zero four one six seventy four forty if you want to give us a call. 803 00:53:12.760 --> 00:53:15.320 Excuse me. Uh. We've also got a few more comments from Tommy 804 00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:20.360 Lloyd from his press conference today, talking about kyl And Boswell, Pela Larson, 805 00:53:20.400 --> 00:53:22.000 and Keishad Johnson. So stick around.