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Speaker 2: It's time to get to know the foe.

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Speaker 3: The Texas Tech Red Raiders come in to town to

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take on the BYU Cougars. One team has reacted, I

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think pretty well after losing their best player. The other

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team has not reacted so well after losing one of.

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Speaker 2: Their best players. Texas Tech is going.

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Speaker 3: To be a tough one, even on BYU's home court,

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and we're going to get to know the foe, what

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they're bringing and how they've reacted, how they've been able

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to navigate the loss of JT.

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Speaker 2: Welcome in.

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Speaker 3: Texas tech insider Nathan Geese of the Lubbck Avalanche Journal

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beat rider for the Red Raiders.

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Speaker 2: How you doing Nathan, I'm not doing it too bad?

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Live in the dream.

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Speaker 3: Are you surprised at how well this this Texas tech

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team has been able to find their way after a

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critical massive loss of JT topping for the season.

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Speaker 4: Yes and no, I think kind of The double edged

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sword here is that while the timing of losing one

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of the best players in the country and probably the

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Big twelve player of the years, first Team All American

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is that it happened at the time where the rest

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of the team was getting more healthy and those players

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just weren't around much for the season. So you look

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at a guy like Luke Vamboy and Josiah Mosley. They've

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been on the shelf most of the year, so when

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JT goes down, you're looking at, oh, well, who do

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they have. Well, nobody's really seen what Luke and Josiah

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can bring, but now we're kind of seeing that where

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they can. You're not going to replace JT with one guy.

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It has to be multiple guys top and plays played

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about thirty five minutes a game, twenty points, ten rebounds.

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You're not gonna have any one person played thirty five

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minutes now. But if you split that up between vam

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Boyan and Moseley, you slide in Lawan Watt to drop

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him down to the five if you need to at

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certain times, then the mixture of it works a lot better.

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But what I think they found in the successes is

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that it opened up the floor a lot more for

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everybody because when you have Topping out there, you have

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to kind of account for He needs that space and

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the paint to operate, whereas without him you can kind

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of spread people out, more of the paints, more available

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for driving kick situations. And then on Tuesday against TCU,

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you thought, Okay, you can still have that. But what

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GT brings defensively is something that they're really needing to

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find a replacement for. He's a physical guy. He gets

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in there, and Texas metaphysical team in general, even with Topping,

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How do you kind of balance that out? And that's

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what they need to find right now.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's crazy to see how BYU spiraled while Texas

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one of the best players in the country and maybe

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the best player in the Big Twelve. Do you think

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JT was on track to be the Big Twelve Player

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Speaker 4: I was making that argument in mid January and he

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just kept rolling after that. That was before they got

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the big wins over Houston, over Iowa State and excusing

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me over Arizona because he missed I was State game.

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because if he looked at what he was doing, he

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was better than he was last year. If he kind

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of ran away with it now, the only kind of

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problem with that argument was there's so many of those

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freshmen people were kind of propping up into that spot.

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you had to kind of look at did Arizona really

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have anybody that just stands out and know he can

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make the argument for Houston's Kingston findings, but if you

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just look at the totality of what he was doing, yeah,

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he should have been the baseball Player of the Year.

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And honestly, it would not shock me if the coaches

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voted him the player of the year still just because

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of what he was doing, because if you look at

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him miss like the last two weeks of the season,

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that's not a huge chunk of the year. But he

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should at least be a first team All Conference player

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regardless of this. But yeah, he was in my mind

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he should have repeated as Big Twell Player of the Year.

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Speaker 3: When you're looking at your team, this collective team, how

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to describe it? Right now, without jat. You mentioned a

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few things what they're doing, maybe schematically with personnel, etc.

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But what changes has there been in the way the

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form and the fashion which they're operating, still scoring, still

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playing great defense. Is just culture and coaching winning out

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as well here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. And one of the things that I keep trying

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to remind people over his entire tenure here is that

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Grant the Caslin is probably best when he kind of

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has a hand tie behind his back. What he's kind

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of forced into doing something because when he has all

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of his pieces that he gets a little bit tight.

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feel like he needs to keep him out there. And

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that was kind of something that he struggled with in

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the Elite eight last year against Florida, where he should

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have made different substitutions defensively, offensively and they probably would

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have been Final fourteen. But now when you don't have

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to sit keep top in and Anderson on the floor,

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you can make those choices of we need a defensive

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stock here, Hey bring this guy in, we need offense,

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bring this guy in. And I think what he's really

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good at is what kind of helps here is that

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you're not waiting for top And to come back. Right.

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Some players will be like, oh, he'll be back. Let's

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not change too much. Well, they haven't changed a lot,

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but they are operating in a way that's different. They

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still start off with the high pick and roll with

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the big man and kind of operate offensively there. But

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now they've added in the new wrinkle of starting screens

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with Donovan atwell starting at the free throw line, and

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that changes the offense. And that's a little bit of

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how the offense has changed a little bit. They've also

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kind of had to change how to handle ball screen coverages.

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high on the ball handler on screens, and now they're

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still doing that, but it's not as high. So then

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it's the defensive reactions that kind of change.

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Speaker 3: Now, what's your scouting report on BYU right now? Have

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you discussed this particular game, this particular matchup with any

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of the coaches. I don't know what you've had as

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far as media availability is concerned in preparation for this

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game a couple of days away now, But give me

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a little scattering report from your purview, from your perch

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on the Heeyu Cougars.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the last time we were able to talk to

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him was at the TCU game, and obviously that was

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pretty heavily focused on what went wrong in that game.

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this a little bit even when Richie Sounder was in

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the game, is that it was very heavy on Devanta,

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Sanders and Rob Wright. Those three had to do stuff

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and if they just weren't getting the job done, especially offensively,

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they just weren't going to get the job done. Now,

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Saunders is the guy where he was kind of that

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glue on. He was the hustle guy, the energy guy,

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the attitude guy. He just strong three point shooter, tough

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to the basket, and when you take that out, they

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put so much attention on especially Devanta, where the defense

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was already focused on him. Now they can dedicate pretty

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much till refree. Guys are just kind of making sure

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he doesn't get it, or you can let him get

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his and just know that the rest of the team

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isn't going to beat you because they don't really have

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the rep the offensive repertoire around him outside. Right, So

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I think that's kind of where they're struggling and I

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don't blame them if for having this kind of happen

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late in the season. When you lose a guy like that,

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it can be such a deflating thing. But I also

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wasn't surprised when they beat Iowa State, and that's kind

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of one of those get up games, Let's do it

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for our guys. I think that was kind of the

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same way Texas Tech did when they beat Iowa State.

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Let's do it for our guy that's not here with us.

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But then that comes that real adjustment of Okay, teams

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have seen film on you how you operate now, and

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then you have to make those other wrinkles because you're

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not going to be able to surprise them anymore.

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Speaker 3: When you look at the last four games of the

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Texas Tech Red Raiders wins over Kansas State, Cincinnati, Iowa State,

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most recently though a loss a close loss to TCU.

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What happened in that game? How did the Red Raiders

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fall short?

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Speaker 4: This was one where it kind of so basically when

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Topham went down, everybody at national media everywhere, it was like,

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oh the well, this team's absolutely done well, No, they

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still have good players, they can do it. Kansas State

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helped because they're, let's be out there an awful team,

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so that's a good way to get your feet wet

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in it amped up a little bit with Cincinnati and

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do it with diawas state what TCU kind of exposed

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is when you don't have top and down low, you're

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rebounding has to be gang rebounding. And they just did

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not do that against the horn Frogs. And what really

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kind of it came down to was the offense sputters

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when Anderson can't be kind of free and if defenses

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are trapping him before he could be able to pass

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it out the top end, he could get that next

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pass at the offense back and saying you're not gonna

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be able to do that with a Ruth Bamboy or

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just Josiah Mosley. They just don't have the same skill set.

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They don't have the same kind of repertoire that Top

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and does or this experience of operating in this and

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the defense was where really struggled. The offense it could

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stand to be better with it. But really what's kind

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of come down to is Anderson's getting a lot more

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attention defensively. Now He's had six turnovers in each the

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last three games. That has to be better. That started

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before JT got hurt. Starting the actually started in the

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Arizona State game where he's had a lot of turnovers.

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Now that needs to be cleaned up. They had to

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get that offense back going. But the defense, it's gonna

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have to come on defense. I think for Texas Tech

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down the stretch.

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Speaker 3: Talking to BYU versus Texas Tech, we got a big

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match up. B yu is has their backs against them all.

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They got to find a way to win. They continually

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drop in the UH in the seedings. Joe Lunardi's NCAA

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bracketology and we're breaking it down right here with Nathan Geese,

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b writer Lovebing Avalanche Journal. So Nayan, is you evaluate

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the Big twelve and you've seen these undulations, We've seen

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the ups and downs. We've seen some teams that started

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off the Big Twelve regular season very low at low points,

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and now they're playing their bastball.

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati is a good example of that.

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Speaker 3: They've had some great wins and they're looking they're trending

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to become maybe an NCAA tournament team. How would you

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describe the Big twelve standings In Big Twelve basketball this year.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think you look at it, it was kind

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of top heavy, especially initially with those six teams Arizona,

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Iowa State, Houston, Kansas, Texas Tech, and BYU. But what

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the middle of the season, the late of the season scheduled.

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It exposes the flaw that every team has, Like Houston's

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dropped more games this year because they don't have an

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interior presence anymore on offense. They got it on defense,

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but it's not on offense, and that can make your

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offense pretty one to mensal and go and sputtering. I

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would stay there. They're kind of streaky. If you're not

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getting Monchila Ditch open threes. They kind of stalls that

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offense a lot. Joshua Jefferson's pretty good. But outside of

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them and lipsy here or there, what are you kind

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of getting from them? Arizona can't shoot threes. I don't

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think it's a big problem for them, but they that

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is a weakness of there's canvas. What are you getting

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from Darren Peterson? How often are you gonna play? Nobody knows. Uh.

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Texas Tech obviously they've got the injury factor, and so

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it's b yu and I think a lot of it

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right now is that those teams that have stayed healthy,

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like the Cincinnati, like the TCUs, like the UCS, They're

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able to kind of keep their momentum going and hit

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their strive late in the year. And I think that's

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what's showing up the conference right now.

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Speaker 2: So who's trending to become the Big twelve Player of

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the year. Would you say, then, where do you stand

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on that debate?

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Speaker 4: I have no idea. Honestly, I have seen once you

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get after topic. That's why I kind of make the argument,

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maybe it is still him, because who else is it

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gonna be? He could look at aj But are you

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going to give it to the guy in the tenth

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or eleventh place team just because he scores a lot

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of points? That's kind of maybe he wins by default

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just for that. I don't see. Maybe you give it

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to Jade and Bradley at Arizona just because he's been

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so consistent for him and coaches love a fourth or

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fifty year guy who's just kind of headstrong for him.

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Levens is an option I I honestly don't know. It

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could be anybody, any one of like five or six players.

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I'm like, all right, if that makes sense. I kind

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of get that. Usually you kind of default the best

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player on the best team, and if that's Arizona, maybe

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that's Bradley, but you can make an argument for a

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couple of different guys on that team.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's a there's a heated debate and

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when's the when? When does the when is that announced?

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What's the timeline for that?

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Speaker 4: Anyway, it should be announced early next week, so I

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want to say Monday, probably Monday or Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: If you were to prognosticate what the voters are gonna

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what direction they're going to go, how they're going to

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be split up, what would you prognosticate if you were

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a betting man.

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Speaker 4: Well, I'm not so you're asking the wrong guy there,

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But I honestly couldn't even begin to guess. If I

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had to put five bucks on it, I'd probably say

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they might just default the Demanda because he because he

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is good. Obviously he's leaving the country in scoring and

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right now he's kind of one of the few things

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propping up the team. But I just feel like they're

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probably gonna whittle it down to all right, let me

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never mind, I'll put my five bucks in Jayden Bradley.

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Speaker 2: Jayden Bradley, he's switching up. I like it. You were

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debating with it yourself.

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Speaker 4: Yes, that's I'm thinking out loud right now.

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Speaker 3: Hey, So sometimes you gotta work it out. You gotta

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work it out through just vocalizing things. And I think

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that the pessimist in you, you know, is like, they're

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just gonna.

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Speaker 2: Go with the high score.

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Speaker 3: But you can't go with the high score because they're

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not winning games right now, they're on the death spiral.

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Speaker 2: You can't do that.

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Speaker 4: And then you revert it if they had won two

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of their last five instead of the losses. Maybe, but

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that is kind of why I'd like. I don't know.

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Maybe is he even still a first team All American

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because of it? I don't know.

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Speaker 2: But let me ask you this.

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Speaker 3: If b YU gets the win and AJ goes off,

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Let's say he goes off for like a thirty piece.

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Speaker 2: Does that cement him?

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Speaker 3: And there's recency bias as the Big twelve Player of

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the year because he is leading the country and scoring

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and when he does go off it's pretty impressive. With

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his holistic stat lines of rebounds, assists, and playmaking.

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Speaker 4: I think they could obviously help him, because I mean

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I don't honestly don't know when the votes are due

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from the coaches or anything. I would assume sometimes Sunday,

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and they can get all that and put together. I

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think it would definitely help him. I wouldn't make him

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the favorite right now, but if he goes off and

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they can kind of write the ship there at least

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go out on a good now, and he puts together

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a good game, yeah, it wouldn't shock me. It would't

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shock me if you wasn't it anyway.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, it's gonna be interesting. Guys.

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Speaker 3: We got a big game. Okay, it's gonna be fantastic

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at the Marriott Center. Then per ten Texas Tech Red

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Raiders twenty two and eight on the season twelve and

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five and Big twelve play taking on the Bway Cougar's reeling.

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Right now, they're twenty and ten on the season eight

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to nine and Big twelve play, and I imagine the

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Red Raiders are going to be heavily favored.

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Speaker 2: In this game.

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Speaker 3: I think they would. But then I'm pulling up ESPN

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Analytics and b y you is slightly favored in this

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game for ESPN Analytics fifty nine point two percent. Now,

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I don't always trust the analytics, so and I don't

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know if the home that home court advantage is as

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prominent as it was when rich She was around. But

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eight thirty pm tip off, it's gonna be a late

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one at the marriage And how do you see this

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game playing out?

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Speaker 4: It's kind of too desperate team, Like, if you're BYU,

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you're especially desperate right now. I mean, Texas Tech is

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in the weird spot where this result doesn't mean a

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lot for them. It might affect their NCAA tournament seating,

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it means nothing for the Big twelve tournament. They already

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got all the top fourth he locked up there. It's

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just going to kind of depend on how Tech responds

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in the physicality department and how much pride BYU is

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still kind of has because they could easily just kind

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of pack it in and say, all right, this season's

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gone off the reels for as AJK look forward to

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the draft and all that. But I think it's too

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desperate teams they're going to that want to get out

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of the regular season with a good note and get

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into the postseason with some momentum.

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Speaker 3: David best way to support you. What you do, how

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Speaker 4: Nope, not Provo there, We're saving it for the Kansas

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