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Just when you feel like you're a little bit down

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to the dumps because BYU basketball is not winning enough

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basketball games, BYU Basketball goes out and gets a commitment

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Speaker 6: Five star prospect reloading.

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Speaker 4: Furthermore, ajd Bonsa, the projected potential number one overall pick,

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goes on record to say, I don't know if I'm

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leaving college. I don't know if I'm taking my talents

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to the NBA. Are you buying or selling that rhetoric

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right now? Could you imagine the hooplaw, the hullabaloo, the

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momentum going into two thousand and twenty six, twenty twenty

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Speaker 7: I'm not leaving.

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Speaker 4: I'm not I'm not freaking leaving. I'm staying in Provo.

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I want to be developed by ky Man. It would

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Speaker 4: I don't I don't know if I'm buying or selling

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that one. Furthermore, there's a former BYU great football player

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He's their architect of the show. Let's welcome in our

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point guard. We got Ronald the three man Weaver. What's up, Ronnie?

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Speaker 7: I'm doing up Harry one to day. I am the

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Speaker 8: But I'm happy about the commitment because we have another

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Speaker 7: Bruce Branch, the third.

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Speaker 8: I like all these thirds that are committee to bya

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of the thirds is still Ronald the three man Weaver

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Speaker 5: He was the og Parram right left.

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Speaker 7: I did not hop into the portal, bin I have

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Speaker 4: He will not leave you. Now you shall not answer

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the portal. Let's also welcome into the show.

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Speaker 5: Brett.

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ajdab like? Can I add something to this? A Jda

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Speaker 10: Part of all of this is, like, this is the

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biggest tanking conversation the NBA has ever had. What if

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everyone's tanking and then aj says, Ah, you know what,

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Speaker 6: I think he went created a good legacy. He came

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Speaker 4: Mean Adam Silber sending out their own independent physicians to

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Speaker 7: Well, Ben checked this out yesterday.

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like they're calling fouls that aren't fouls. It's like the

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NBA officials are even helping them tank. The Jas should

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have won the game last night. I think, like the

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doesn't matter if it's the Jazz one in the tank

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Speaker 7: It's happening.

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Speaker 8: The tank is occurring, and I think this is the

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Speaker 4: It's not a given though that Aj he's been consistent

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of this over the last thirty or so days. It's

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not a given. He says that he's going to the NBA.

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Speaker 4: Maybe Rob right the third would come back and take

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another run in it. Right, Like, I don't know Dean

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Rugert's coming. He can be a baller, he could be

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a player for you. Dawson Baker. Dawson Baker could come

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don't know how severe his injury was. But I think

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he's trying to get his eligibility, his eligibility back because

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Speaker 6: He's had a couple of injuries.

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Speaker 9: Right.

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Speaker 4: He had a foot injury that kept him out from

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find a way to win versus Cincinnati, and the best

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way to get I think the good juju going is

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Speaker 5: Who are the speakers?

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and Dawson the bucket getter Baker so always cooking up something.

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Shout out to this Cougar basketball team for engaging with

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in Cincinnati. I think it's a good thing that you

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this game tonight. There's no way we're gonna We can't lose.

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Speaker 4: Can I tell you a story real quick about firesides.

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We were struggling in two thousand and five. Bronco Menden

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ten to thirty one. So you're one in three to

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start a new era. And I think it was prior

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to the New Mexico game out in Albuquerque, we decided

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we were gonna do a fireside and that's what started

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Speaker 6: And then we started doing even at home as well,

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Speaker 4: Then you lost the Notre Dame Air Force UNLV win

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the juju went positive after we started doing our firesides

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and maybe being a little bit less focused on ourselves

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twenty and fifteen where BYU fan said.

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Speaker 5: Do away with the firesides.

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Speaker 6: We focused too much on the firesides.

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Speaker 4: That's why we're only winning nine games, eight games a season,

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Speaker 5: Him at any rate.

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Speaker 4: Big time higher NFL experience, TJ. Woods, which we all agree,

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Speaker 6: You lost Matt Mitchell. Who did you replace him with?

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Speaker 4: NFL experienced Tyler Hughes's assistant quarter, a veteran coach. You

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know what that tells me? Finally BYU has the resources

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to allocate to coaches. In years past, you've had to

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take maybe the former player approach that didn't have much

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experience coaching college football, which was fine, right, we still

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three point thirty. Jared bled So, former Boe wide receiver,

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All right, let's get into kysound and commentary. K Why

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you had a couple possessions down down the stretch to

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tie the game.

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Speaker 6: What do you need.

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Speaker 4: To do better defensively in those situations? Referring to West Virginia.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, well, number one, we got a rebound better. You know,

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I thought we gave up too many second chance points

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down the stretch there. But you know, one on one

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defense was poor. You know, Cava got driven right off

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the left elbow on the one that was uh troublesome.

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Speaker 2: And then uh, you know the.

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Speaker 11: One where off blue by Rob Like I'm not sure

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what excuse me, I'm not sure what Rob was doing.

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He was looking over at the bench, you know, but

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like he just kind of had a brain fart in

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that moment, honestly.

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Speaker 2: So we just gotta gotta be better one on one

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man bottom line.

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Speaker 11: And then and then you know, in that particular game,

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the rebounding obviously killed this which you know, on the

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whole throughout the year has been more of a strength

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than a weakness of ours. But you know, without Richie,

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that's something where other guys got to step up and

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help defensive rebound.

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Speaker 6: So got a rebound, that's the first thing.

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Speaker 5: I mean.

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Speaker 4: Mark Durant did, like his own film breakdown with still

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shots last night. You know, things are getting a little

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bit tiresome, a little bit frustrating if Mark duran is

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taking the time out of his busy schedule to go

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back check tape and call out lack of effort on

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the rebounding end and defensive end, like you know, something

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like when Mark Durant the Color Analyst alongside Gregor Bell,

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he's getting ted, he's getting his patience is wearing thin.

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That man is a positive, very positive human being. One

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of my favorite people to interact regarding BYU basketball in fact,

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because he is so positive constructive criticism. He gives some

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contrustionion constructive criticism, but he's always very positive. He went

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out of his way last night to double into the film.

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Obviously it's been it's rough go right now, I don't.

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I hope it changes. I really do. Like my finger scars,

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I'm optimistic. As I mentioned, we're coming off a fireside.

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Speaker 6: It's good news. We gotta do something different.

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Speaker 4: If it's not in practice, let's do something off the

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court that maybe is impactful. But the other thing he

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broke down that final defensive possession in which Rob had

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a brain fart, that's what he called it. What does

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Rob write? Was it a brain fart? Or does Rob

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Wright actually care? That's our question right now?

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Speaker 5: Does he care?

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Speaker 4: Is he lazy or is he truly just not like mentally.

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Speaker 6: Like?

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Speaker 4: Does he not have a good basketball LIKEQ. Does he

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not have a high basketball like que? Where do we

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stand in that debate?

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Speaker 10: Real quick, I will say I went back and watched

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the game yesterday I think it was, and down the

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final stretch there is a moment where they get into

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a huddle on the court and Rob grabs guys and

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it's like, hey, this is what needs to happen. And

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I saw that, and I'm like, Okay, how do I

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reconcile I've seen you in like it was the end

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of the game.

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Speaker 5: You already had twenty points.

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Speaker 10: At that point, you could have pulled a Darren Peterson

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and checked out, but like you were still in the

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game and holding guys to some level of accountability. But

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then again you see the opposite, which is in game

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to the point so much that Kevin is now going

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out of his way because he wasn't asked about Rob

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right going Adam's way to be like, I don't know

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what Rob was doing. I gotta be honest, I really

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don't know, because I do see moments where I'm like, okay,

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Rob looks like he cares. He just looks like he's

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not gonna defense. And then there's all other moments where

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I'm like, what are you doing? Or or or is

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it all performative?

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Speaker 4: And all he really cares about is uh, what.

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Speaker 5: Is it he just did?

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Speaker 6: Like an nil deal with the Church's chicken?

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Speaker 5: What is it? Did you see this? The Canes commercial?

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Speaker 4: Kanes raising case? He just dropped his racing. Like the

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worst time to an now, I don't care what you say.

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Worst time I'm to announce an nil deal is when

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like the fan base is like watching your effort and

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like saying like.

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Speaker 5: Did he just announce that? I think so?

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Speaker 10: When does he did a commercial with them? Like three

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months ago? Was it three months ago? I don't know

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when he announced it. I'm not sure what you're looking at,

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but I know he was in a commercial like three

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months ago.

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Speaker 5: Okay, well, okay.

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Speaker 4: Okay, so it was three months ago, Okay, but I

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maybe I just came across it.

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Speaker 5: I'm like, wait a second, he may.

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Speaker 10: Have just announced something else recently. But either way, like

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it's it's not a great look.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't know. I think there's I think it's

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a convenience thing.

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Speaker 10: Like I think it's like if you're gonna ask this

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much of me, like if we're down twenty and you're

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asking me to hustle.

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Speaker 5: I ain't doing it.

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Speaker 6: For all we know, he was pulling guys.

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Speaker 4: Is like, hey, I need you to switch and play

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better defense so I don't have to.

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Speaker 5: Play the defense. And I'm just playing.

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Speaker 4: But seriously, I'm trying to figure out whether or not

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he has a good high basketball like you, if he's lazy,

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or if he just doesn't care. What do you got, Ronald?

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Speaker 8: I really thought about it, you know, because Mark Garrant

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did the film and I went back in that game.

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Speaker 7: Man, I looked at those clips. I was up late

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last night.

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Speaker 8: I know I'm not an analyst, but I really try

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to prepare hard and put this show together. And look

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at that and I'm like, okay, Marcus, you know he's

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way smarter than basketball than Iami. Has a better job obviously,

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so and then it just came to me, ben selective caring.

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That's just what it came back to. It's selective. It's like,

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you know, today, I'm gonna play defense in this moment,

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how much are you asking?

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Speaker 7: It's convenience, that's what.

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Speaker 10: You're gonna ask me to do. More than this level.

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I'm not gonna do it. But if it's under this level.

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Speaker 5: I'll do it.

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Speaker 8: Because in the Houston game he was all bought in.

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Then the next game, yeah, I'm gonna take some plays off. Yeah,

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not gonna do that. I'm not gonna switch. I'm gonna

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go under when I shouldn't. And like Mark Durant said,

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what did I tell you, Ben? I knew I was right.

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Good rule of thumb is to fight over unless the

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switch is gonna come or you can't. And then if

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you can't get over, get under really really fast, because

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switching is not bad. But that's the general rule of thumb.

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And He's just like, you know what, Nope, today I'm

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gonna switch even though I probably shouldn't. And actually now

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today I'm gonna fight over and then and that's the

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clip of the West Virginian.

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Speaker 4: Like I selective, Well, I feel like that is that

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a basketball IQ?

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Speaker 6: Thing?

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Speaker 5: Then is that.

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Speaker 10: I don't think he has a high basketball IQ. I

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also think that the thing that ron so is also true.

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Speaker 6: I'm leaning towards Yeah, Like.

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Speaker 4: I want to give him the benefit of the doubt

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is what I want, Like, and so I want to

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lean towards he just he's a low basketball IQ, especially

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on the defensive end, Like that's where he's got a

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low basketball IQ.

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Speaker 7: So does Canard have a little basketball i Q?

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Speaker 8: Because Canard in that moment that Mark broke down in

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that film probably thinks that Rob is gonna go switch

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and then realizes that he doesn't. He's like, oh, he's

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not going, and then he's laid on the plane and

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three happens. Like to me, that's not IQ, that's just

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that's that's chemistry and not you know, paying attention in

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my opinion, like you gotta know what's going on, like

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Ben before you go into these games and switching and

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when you have the opponent of Scout on the point,

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you know if you're switching screens or not.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 8: So for the fact that Canard is not taken that

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screen and then Rob gets delayed and Canar's like, oh

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now he's not going. Rob was supposed to follow, So

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that's on him, And that's not IQ. You're following your manny,

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you're getting screened. And if you can't, what do you

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talk to do in basketball? You said it yesterday on

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the show in sixth grade, Hey hey help Ben Ben

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Ben help Ben Ben Been Hey Like you yelled right,

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hey Ben be Ben Cock call caught help and then

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Kanar can blitz there. So there's no communication then and

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then guys are just being lack of days ago when

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they switch.

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Speaker 7: That's what it is like. There's a lack of talk

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on the court.

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Speaker 8: And that's bad because I told you this in the

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Marriott Center when it's been quiet, I've heard Kevin youngmore

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that i've heard those players, and that is not good.

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Like I've heard Kevin yelling way more and I get

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it he's a coach assistants, but I have not heard talk.

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And this is ever since Richie's gone down from Rob

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and AJ and granted that was right when they had

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to start getting into leadership role, but they have to talk. Ben,

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you have to talk and switch on defense because look,

474
00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:54,240
you're gonna get caught on screens as a part of

475
00:21:54,279 --> 00:21:57,279
the game. Boat you can't do is not communicate to

476
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have the help. And if they do that tonight, they're

477
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,759
gonna lose again. It would they will lose if they

478
00:22:01,759 --> 00:22:03,119
don't play defense and communicate.

479
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,559
Speaker 4: Let me provide a little interesting commentary here. Not once

480
00:22:06,599 --> 00:22:09,519
this season has Ky called out Tim Fanning.

481
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,880
Speaker 6: Okay, so I mean he's only called out the players.

482
00:22:14,079 --> 00:22:17,640
Is that fair. Do you think was it?

483
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,160
Speaker 10: I can't remember if it was this media availability or

484
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,920
if it was the last one where he was talking

485
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,079
about like it could be a coaching issue.

486
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:29,200
Speaker 5: He didn't say coach like the defense. Yeah, And I was.

487
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,319
Speaker 8: It the UF when he said disappointed what we did

488
00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,559
is a coach just staff didn't work?

489
00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:33,400
Speaker 5: Yeah?

490
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,440
Speaker 10: There it was. It was a media availability. I do

491
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,720
remember that one as well. Okay, but but to your point,

492
00:22:37,799 --> 00:22:40,119
he hasn't called out an individual coach.

493
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,200
Speaker 4: He's only said Rob and he's only said a j

494
00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,759
because those are the leaders of the team and those

495
00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:50,000
are the playmakers of the team and he's calling them

496
00:22:50,079 --> 00:22:54,400
to the table. So yeah, I think it's an appropriate question,

497
00:22:54,559 --> 00:22:58,920
like so if it happens again, if the defense struggles

498
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,079
again and say way you lose? Is like is this

499
00:23:02,279 --> 00:23:06,799
more of a personnel execution issue or is this a

500
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,799
coaching architectural scheme issue?

501
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 6: Like how would you how do you dissect that?

502
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:13,440
Speaker 5: Is it both?

503
00:23:14,319 --> 00:23:16,599
Speaker 4: And you know, you can give him me out or

504
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,720
you can just kind of soft toss a tidency where

505
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:19,359
he goes with it.

506
00:23:21,079 --> 00:23:22,599
Speaker 6: And I think it's important.

507
00:23:22,599 --> 00:23:25,039
Speaker 4: I think it's important to figure that out because I

508
00:23:25,039 --> 00:23:28,960
think right now We've probably gone really hard at rob

509
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,160
and I think it's merited. But at the same time,

510
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,519
I want to hear from k why and say, Hey,

511
00:23:33,519 --> 00:23:34,920
how much is this is architectural?

512
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:36,000
Speaker 5: How much is this scheme?

513
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:40,079
Speaker 4: How much is it coaching right now? How much accountabilities

514
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,599
on the coaching staff for not So when I see

515
00:23:44,839 --> 00:23:49,640
like consistent poor effort or poor execution in the first

516
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,839
half and then I see poor defense likes well combined

517
00:23:54,839 --> 00:23:57,640
with it, that to me, it kind of feels more

518
00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,119
coaching because that's like just consist Like wouldn't you agree

519
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:06,119
that basketball players can get hot and cold at times? Offensively,

520
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,400
they can be they can be engaged defensively, sometimes they

521
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:10,000
rebound well.

522
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:10,680
Speaker 5: Sometimes they don't.

523
00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:13,759
Speaker 6: Like the consistency stems from culture.

524
00:24:13,799 --> 00:24:19,000
Speaker 4: And I think coaching to a degree, So I think

525
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,880
it needs to be asked. So I don't know who's

526
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,359
out there covering this, but obviously we're not there, so

527
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:28,519
we may have to put in a.

528
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,079
Speaker 6: Request for that question.

529
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:34,759
Speaker 4: Anyway, Kevin, how did you guys respond in practice today

530
00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:37,640
after really a really discouraging loss, and what do you

531
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,720
expect from the team. This was yesterday, by the way,

532
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,799
he said, the team tomorrow.

533
00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 11: I'll tell you in about two hours. We're about to

534
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,319
go practice right now. But in terms of the film

535
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,799
that I just showed them, you know, they understand, you know,

536
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,960
they there's too many lapses with with with poor effort,

537
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,480
which honestly has not really been an issue with our team.

538
00:25:00,519 --> 00:25:03,039
I think our guys generally played really hard. I thought

539
00:25:03,039 --> 00:25:06,039
in that game, for whatever reason it was, it was

540
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,759
the intensity that was required for forty minutes was not there.

541
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,000
That was my challenge to the group. You know, this

542
00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:14,640
is a good we have a good group of guys.

543
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,200
I mean, it's it's it's uh, it's a prideful group.

544
00:25:17,319 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 2: You know, they wanted, they want to do the right thing.

545
00:25:19,279 --> 00:25:21,839
Speaker 11: I just think, uh, you know, it's my job to

546
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,400
continue to teach them what the right things are and

547
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,279
play the guys who are or who are going to

548
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,960
do those right things. So, you know, it's far in

549
00:25:30,039 --> 00:25:32,039
terms of the response, I mean, I wish I had

550
00:25:32,039 --> 00:25:33,759
a crystal ball, but I mean I think every game

551
00:25:33,759 --> 00:25:36,559
we're gonna come in and play well. But you know,

552
00:25:36,759 --> 00:25:39,680
our group understands that. Uh, you know, that was a

553
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,799
good opportunity that we let slip away. That game's over.

554
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:43,759
We can't win that game.

555
00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:44,160
Speaker 2: Anymore.

556
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,079
Speaker 11: We got to focus on the on the next game,

557
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,920
and that's where that's where my messaging is at.

558
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,119
Speaker 6: Okay, Brett, break that down for me.

559
00:25:52,279 --> 00:25:54,880
Speaker 4: How do you feel about the messaging coming from k

560
00:25:55,039 --> 00:25:55,799
Y Davis team?

561
00:25:56,839 --> 00:25:59,079
Speaker 5: I mean, where was it?

562
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,839
Speaker 10: Was it yesterday when he we were talking about like

563
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:02,440
throw it all in the trash can and move on.

564
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,200
I liked what he said. We can't go back and

565
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:13,240
win that game. And there is a balance. There's a

566
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,359
balance with all human beings in terms of like how

567
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:20,119
much accountability do you take? And are you someone who

568
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,200
when something rough happens, or when you make a poor choice,

569
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,599
you hold onto that anxiety so much so much that

570
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,759
you cannot make a decision going forward. Or are you

571
00:26:29,839 --> 00:26:34,200
the extreme opposite where poor choices don't bother you because

572
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,759
it doesn't matter. I don't ever remember anything poor that

573
00:26:36,839 --> 00:26:39,559
I did. And you have to find the balance of

574
00:26:39,599 --> 00:26:42,839
like understanding I made a poor choice and figuring out

575
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,440
how to move on from it. Ted Lasso be a goldfish, right,

576
00:26:46,519 --> 00:26:48,920
Like you make the mistake, you understand what was wrong,

577
00:26:49,279 --> 00:26:51,759
and then you keep the good and leave the bad.

578
00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 5: I hope that's how it happens.

579
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 10: We've had a lot of conversations about accountability and how

580
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,599
much is Kevin Young getting on these Well, I think

581
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,960
I always think what someone says in public is a

582
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,200
lot nicer than what they'll probably say in private.

583
00:27:07,839 --> 00:27:10,400
Speaker 5: And to me, if we're hearing Kevin.

584
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:14,279
Speaker 10: Young say these things about Rob in public, then to me,

585
00:27:14,839 --> 00:27:18,799
the intensity is probably much more fired up in private.

586
00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 5: So I feel the accountabilities there.

587
00:27:21,759 --> 00:27:24,079
Speaker 10: But I'm also with Kevin Young, like you can't just

588
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,279
tear the guys down to the point that like they're

589
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,319
so destroyed and you've laid into it, but like now

590
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,119
they don't want to play basketball anymore, like you still

591
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,440
have a potential future going forward.

592
00:27:33,759 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 5: So you have to find that balance.

593
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,559
Speaker 10: And it's hard in your second year as a head

594
00:27:37,559 --> 00:27:39,519
coach to figure it out at a collegiate level.

595
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 4: But I liked what I heard there. Let's go to

596
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:46,319
number three here. You went with starting election in the

597
00:27:46,319 --> 00:27:50,000
second half. Are you contemplating a lineup change for Cincinnati?

598
00:27:50,039 --> 00:27:51,640
Could electionally coach take get the start.

599
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:54,920
Speaker 11: I think when you're in a situation that we're in,

600
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,119
I think everything's on the table. I made that clear

601
00:27:58,759 --> 00:28:01,319
when Richie got hurt. I think it's a you know,

602
00:28:01,759 --> 00:28:04,599
a matchup based thing. You know, you're just trying to

603
00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:07,480
win each game, right, You're not trying to all right, hey,

604
00:28:07,559 --> 00:28:09,759
who she here's who we're rolling with for the rest

605
00:28:09,759 --> 00:28:12,119
of the season at this at this spot, of that spot,

606
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,200
I think you're just trying to win the next game.

607
00:28:14,279 --> 00:28:16,279
Speaker 2: So everything is on the table.

608
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 4: So if you start a Lexi to kind of replace

609
00:28:24,839 --> 00:28:27,079
Richie he mentioned Richie, Like, everything's on the table with

610
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:31,359
Richie being out, Uh, do you do you put Keba

611
00:28:32,079 --> 00:28:34,799
on the bench and start me highlow? Do you do

612
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,680
that too, so you can have spacing. I mean, I

613
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,240
know Mahilo his shot like, I mean, it's a little

614
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,799
skawampus for me, like, and he's been inconsistent, but he's

615
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,880
more of a threat to shoot than Camba right now.

616
00:28:49,119 --> 00:28:52,000
Now he's not the rebounder and the defender maybe that

617
00:28:52,039 --> 00:28:54,440
Keba is. But we also know that Keba has been

618
00:28:54,480 --> 00:29:01,440
a little bit, you know, less than himself with injuries

619
00:29:01,599 --> 00:29:05,039
and he just hasn't been himself. So you know, we

620
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,559
suck in the first half. We are not a good

621
00:29:08,559 --> 00:29:12,480
team in the first half. I just wonder if floor

622
00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:15,680
spacing is a little bit better with Mahilo and Alexi

623
00:29:15,759 --> 00:29:16,279
in the game.

624
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 6: That way right.

625
00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 5: You have.

626
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:26,759
Speaker 4: Potentially five scores, right, don't you. I think the spacing

627
00:29:27,279 --> 00:29:30,279
would be better, the rebounding could be disrupted there. But

628
00:29:31,119 --> 00:29:33,599
you know, I don't know. I'm open as as k.

629
00:29:33,759 --> 00:29:35,400
Why is I'm open to anything?

630
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 5: Right now?

631
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,799
Speaker 4: Canard and Alexi like, that's five scores to me, those

632
00:29:40,799 --> 00:29:45,519
are five scores, and spacing to me is better. I've

633
00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:50,079
been getting the itch for spacing and maybe that will

634
00:29:50,119 --> 00:29:53,519
open up more shots for a wide open shots. That's

635
00:29:53,599 --> 00:29:54,880
kind of where I stand right now.

636
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 8: Roddy your thoughts, Yeah, I hear your point, and I

637
00:29:59,039 --> 00:30:02,480
believe Kevin has thought that same exact thing that you thought.

638
00:30:03,079 --> 00:30:05,000
But I think what he's just said at the end

639
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,319
is gonna trump everything.

640
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 7: It's a matchup thing.

641
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 8: I think he's gonna lean on that do or die,

642
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,519
which is why they keep going with Mahilo four spacing,

643
00:30:13,519 --> 00:30:15,960
because what he's not gonna do. He knows how bad

644
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,759
they play in the first half, he knows how much

645
00:30:17,759 --> 00:30:20,559
they struggle defensively. He's not gonna take out a guy

646
00:30:20,599 --> 00:30:22,799
who at least can rebound and can protect the rim,

647
00:30:22,839 --> 00:30:24,960
and they have no rim protector. By the way, if

648
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,200
they take off Caba, it's gonna be honest, Age ain't

649
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,319
doing it. We're not gonna bring up Rob. His job

650
00:30:29,359 --> 00:30:31,160
is to be at the top of the key and Mihilo.

651
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,720
He can't do it without fouling. So it's just that's

652
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:38,160
not gonna happen, I think. But your point of Kaba

653
00:30:38,319 --> 00:30:40,880
keep Caban then put Mohilo on stuff for Alexi. That

654
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,920
could be a possibility. Here's my fear of that. What

655
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,960
if Rob and Alexi both get in foul trouble, who

656
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:46,400
do you go to?

657
00:30:47,759 --> 00:30:48,119
Speaker 7: Do you want?

658
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,559
Speaker 8: But I'm also the mindset I think that needs to

659
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,039
happen Ben, because I think it needs to force Kevin

660
00:30:53,079 --> 00:30:57,000
Young to okay. Conar Davis Junior. I am very frustrated

661
00:30:57,039 --> 00:31:00,759
with Kevin with this. You pigeonhold him. And ever since

662
00:31:00,799 --> 00:31:03,880
I've seen Kannar facilitated offense, I've loved everything that I've seen.

663
00:31:04,839 --> 00:31:07,759
Kannard should be a ball handler, sometimes better than Rob.

664
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,599
I'm gonna be honest, I'm being very serious. So I'm

665
00:31:10,599 --> 00:31:12,759
with your point. I would maybe start Alexi putting my

666
00:31:12,799 --> 00:31:14,880
high on the bench, and if Rob Alexi get in

667
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,400
foul trouble, he canardj is gonna be all time because

668
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,359
Canard can create.

669
00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 7: He draws two and passes. He was a point guard

670
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:22,000
at SIU.

671
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 8: I know the competition, but Canard is good basketball IQ,

672
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,480
So I'm with putting Alexi in the starting lineup. You

673
00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:30,279
are gonna sacrifice maybe your depth of who could be

674
00:31:30,319 --> 00:31:32,200
at guard. But I think that needs to happen to

675
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,720
force Kevin to see what Canard and AJ can do.

676
00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:36,240
You know why, because you get into the Big TEF

677
00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:39,359
Tournament a week from you know today, Ben potentially is

678
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,640
where they could be playing if I'm being honest, and

679
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,160
then march Mann is you might have that moment where

680
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,119
Canard and AJ might have to be a ball handlerst

681
00:31:46,119 --> 00:31:47,799
with Robin Alexi in foul trouble.

682
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,799
Speaker 7: So I like that take. Let's see if it happens.

683
00:31:50,839 --> 00:31:51,119
Speaker 5: I'm off.

684
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 4: Are they most more likely to become a better defensive

685
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:55,920
team or a better offensive team?

686
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:56,279
Speaker 5: Right now?

687
00:31:56,279 --> 00:31:57,319
Speaker 7: Do you think offensive?

688
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,839
Speaker 10: How much better offensively? And you get what you're score?

689
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,079
Close to one hundred points?

690
00:32:02,119 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 5: You know what I mean?

691
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,079
Speaker 4: Though, Like, like that's a good point, Brett, Like I've

692
00:32:06,519 --> 00:32:09,200
I've flip flopped on that debate. Like remember when we

693
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,079
were talking about with Richie going down, It's like do

694
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,480
you go all in green light?

695
00:32:12,599 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 6: Mahilo, Alec, sure he gets more minutes all those things?

696
00:32:15,079 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 4: Canard uh or do you get your Hadeem boop?

697
00:32:19,599 --> 00:32:21,319
Speaker 6: And we were like, well it's Hadean boop, but like.

698
00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:25,359
Speaker 4: And and it we thought Hadeem would take on a

699
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:29,079
larger role, but now we've seen it kind of retracted.

700
00:32:29,119 --> 00:32:34,880
Why why because otherwise like take out my Hi Low

701
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,799
and put in Hadeem and Kaba and then you have

702
00:32:39,079 --> 00:32:41,119
you know what I mean, like which one do you

703
00:32:41,279 --> 00:32:43,480
like better to start the game in order to freaking

704
00:32:43,559 --> 00:32:44,279
figure out.

705
00:32:44,079 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 5: Our first halves?

706
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 6: You know, do you want Kaba?

707
00:32:49,319 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 5: You want Boop?

708
00:32:50,079 --> 00:32:54,039
Speaker 4: Canard, Rob and aj and with Mahilo and Alexi coming

709
00:32:54,119 --> 00:32:56,720
right off the bench to provide some immediate scoring.

710
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,319
Speaker 5: I mean, if Mahilo.

711
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Speaker 4: Could figure out how the hit a freaking shot, Alexi

712
00:33:01,839 --> 00:33:06,759
can hit bro. I mean, dude, if there's one thing

713
00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:10,480
I know about Alexi, you get him in rhythm. He's

714
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got He's got one of the purest strokes that I

715
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,960
have seen come through Brigham in the modern era. It's pure, baby,

716
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,039
it is pure. It is it is succulent, it is

717
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delicious and celestial. It's fantastic. And you could see him,

718
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,680
you know, I mean there's a reason why why he's that.

719
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,519
Why k why is pushing for more Alexi? I need

720
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more cow Bell is what he's saying right now.

721
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Speaker 10: The interesting thing about Alexi Coastitch is he is now

722
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,599
what we thought he was going to be preseason, and

723
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,079
which may not be earthshaking, but here's what I mean.

724
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Speaker 5: When when we so, Ron and I went to the

725
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Blue White game.

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Speaker 10: And we had a lot of takeaways from that game,

727
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but you also understand, like it's a Blue White game,

728
00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:55,519
everything you see at this may not be how a

729
00:33:55,559 --> 00:33:59,480
player actually performs in game when they're actually playing Big

730
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:02,119
twelve comp tis. But I remember Ron and I going

731
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,319
to watch that game when we were like, dude, this

732
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,680
Alexi kid, he can shoot the three ball, Yes, like

733
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:07,640
he had a pure stroke.

734
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Speaker 5: He was knocking him down.

735
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Speaker 10: But then once the season started, he he would only

736
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,280
get like three to four minutes at a time, but

737
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,639
he was basically goose egg every single night on his

738
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,039
two shots that he took. And it's so interesting now that, like,

739
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,760
now that he's been forced into a role where he

740
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,639
has to play more minutes, it kind of makes you

741
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,039
go back and say, like, I get it's chicken in

742
00:34:31,039 --> 00:34:34,480
the egg but it's like if he was playing like

743
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,480
was he only struggling because he was playing with so

744
00:34:38,599 --> 00:34:40,400
much fear that if he missed the shot, he was

745
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,000
gonna get pulled. Because now he doesn't really have that

746
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:47,719
fear because there's nobody else. So I just wonder, like,

747
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,159
would the whole season have been better had Alexi had

748
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,239
a longer leash? He could have made more shots, and

749
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,440
your rotation, I think deepens a little bit. It's a

750
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,880
really interesting conversation with a Lexi coastitch. And you wish

751
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,559
that he didn't have to be this high up on

752
00:35:04,599 --> 00:35:07,320
the roster right now with this much pressure. You wish

753
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,199
that he could be the guy who only played five

754
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,320
minutes and he was a guaranteed two three pointers when

755
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,440
he played those five minutes.

756
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Speaker 4: Yeah, let's take a time out. We'll come back with

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00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,800
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butts about it, He's gonna.

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Speaker 7: ESPN Fan and.

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Speaker 1: A lot of fause you INCA, you.

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Speaker 9: Don't give me.

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00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 6: All that I need that I need.

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00:36:20,039 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 4: Cougarnation, b A basketball, you have not been giving me

773
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all that I need.

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00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,800
Speaker 5: I need more. B A football, you do a degree,

775
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,199
You've given me all that I need? Right?

776
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,679
Speaker 4: Would you say b A football has fulfilled the need

777
00:36:32,679 --> 00:36:34,280
of cougarnation the last two years?

778
00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:36,599
Speaker 5: Yeah?

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00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 4: Bo A Basketball, they did give you all that you

780
00:36:39,559 --> 00:36:44,679
needed last year Sweet sixteen. But remember leading up to March,

781
00:36:45,679 --> 00:36:48,000
like you know, there was a little bit of question

782
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:50,519
mark of who BOE basketball was. They were on a

783
00:36:50,599 --> 00:36:52,880
nine game winning streak though before losing to Houston, they

784
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:58,119
were on a much better trajectory than this Cougar basketball team.

785
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Speaker 6: I need a little bit more from I need a

786
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:00,440
win tonight.

787
00:37:01,079 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 10: Can I say this? This may be blasphemous, it may be,

788
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:08,119
but this is where I'm from. I wish I love

789
00:37:08,159 --> 00:37:10,840
everything about our church. I wish our church had more

790
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,199
music like that, oh hundred again. And I don't need

791
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:15,760
it all the time, but I think it needs to

792
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,239
be weaved in and yeah, because I sometimes I feel

793
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,159
the spirit different levels in different ways, and sometimes it's

794
00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:24,039
like that and sometimes it's come now found.

795
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Speaker 5: But I wish, I wish we had.

796
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 4: No you give me Gladys Knight, you know, I mean

797
00:37:28,519 --> 00:37:31,280
seven times Grammy Award winning American singer and actress like

798
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,960
she you know, has been an R and B pop, gospel,

799
00:37:35,159 --> 00:37:38,360
adult contemporary musician and like I don't know if you've

800
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,679
seen her perform, and she's.

801
00:37:40,519 --> 00:37:41,519
Speaker 5: An Atlanta legend.

802
00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 6: I know, all oh yeah, yeah.

803
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,679
Speaker 10: So like I believe she did a fire she did

804
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,440
like a y s a thing my parents are at

805
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,360
when they were We need some more of that in

806
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:54,159
sacram meeting.

807
00:37:54,599 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 5: Agreed.

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00:37:55,079 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 6: Look, I'll give you an example.

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Speaker 4: Like I did a rendition, so going back to the firesides,

810
00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:03,639
so we would do like a musical number. We'd also

811
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do armies of helium, and so there'd be like a

812
00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:08,360
musical number that you know, maybe one or a group

813
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,519
of people would do, group of student.

814
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Speaker 6: Athletes, football players would do.

815
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:15,519
Speaker 4: So I did a rendition of you raised me Up

816
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and Oh Lord, my Redeemer.

817
00:38:18,199 --> 00:38:20,320
Speaker 6: So, oh Lord, my Redeemer.

818
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 4: That was done. So have you heard that song before?

819
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,719
And it's in the same key as you Raised me Up.

820
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,000
There's a transition, and so I combined the two and

821
00:38:31,199 --> 00:38:32,039
I thought it went well.

822
00:38:32,079 --> 00:38:32,679
Speaker 5: I thought it was good.

823
00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 4: It was at the the Probo Tabernacle before it burned

824
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,480
down and became the Provo Temple, and so the acoustics

825
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,320
were insane in the tabernacle was awesome. Anyway, I'm still

826
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:43,880
looking for like film with that, by the way, so

827
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if there's anyone listening that has the film, the tape

828
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:47,639
on that one, and it would be great to have

829
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,519
it for posterity's sake because it's like the only I think,

830
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,400
like solo musical number I've ever done. Anyway, you know,

831
00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:00,480
I got reprimanded by someone who's a traditionalist. Sure, you

832
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,480
know after that, like like because I did another fireside

833
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,840
with that musical rendition. I think it maybe did it

834
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,079
one or two more times, and it was kind of

835
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like yes, looking looked down upon, I'm like, dude, like

836
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the you raise me up, I am stronger when I'm

837
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on your should Like it's so like Christ centered like

838
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,559
all the verbiage is all like discipleship and the.

839
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Speaker 6: Lamb and the one in ninety nine.

840
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Speaker 10: I'm like, God, dude, I'm pretty sure if Christ is

841
00:39:26,159 --> 00:39:28,559
there listening to that, he's not going Oh.

842
00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 5: I just I like, I'm sure he's going there. I

843
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:32,239
love this.

844
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,599
Speaker 4: No, No, we need that's the Jesus side. We knew

845
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,840
need more soul in the Latter day Saint faith. There's

846
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,440
no doubt about it. If you if you disagree, we'll

847
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,559
agree to disagree. Okay, we can.

848
00:39:42,639 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 5: I don't even know if we'll agree to disagree. I'll

849
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:45,519
agree to this. No, no, no, no, no no.

850
00:39:45,639 --> 00:39:48,519
Speaker 4: I'm talking about the cougarnation that's tuning in the traditionalists

851
00:39:48,559 --> 00:39:51,960
that just want that organ and only the hymnals.

852
00:39:53,199 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 5: I'm not against the way we have it now. I

853
00:39:55,079 --> 00:39:56,960
just like a little bit more sprinkled in. It's all

854
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:57,440
I'm saying.

855
00:39:57,599 --> 00:39:59,559
Speaker 4: Well, hopefully we need we need a little bit more

856
00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:03,519
soul in our sacram meetings, but we need a little

857
00:40:03,559 --> 00:40:05,679
bit more defense and holding a little bit more offense

858
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,840
from our basketball team. Ky went into what he's looking

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to the sound. Kay Why addressing the media, Kevin? When

873
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:53,000
you're having issues or concerns about consistent effort, what ways

874
00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:55,840
do you attack that and directify the situation.

875
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 2: Honest with our players, for better or worse. I think

876
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:03,320
everybody would.

877
00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:07,199
Speaker 11: Tell you that, So I just think making sure they

878
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,039
understand the expectation, which this time of year I think

879
00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:12,320
is very clear, and when there's there's slip ups in

880
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:14,679
that area, I think you have to address it head on.

881
00:41:16,199 --> 00:41:18,760
Maybe maybe ropes get a little bit shorter as it

882
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:22,360
relates to subbing, and just make sure that they know

883
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,079
that it's their job to make me want to play

884
00:41:25,119 --> 00:41:27,920
them right, like they have to play with the required effort,

885
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,320
like I said, has not. I don't think that's been

886
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:31,960
a consistent issue for our.

887
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,360
Speaker 5: Group, you know.

888
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,639
Speaker 11: But right now when you're you know, you feel like,

889
00:41:38,039 --> 00:41:39,719
you know, I don't want to see your backs against

890
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:41,800
the wall. But after two straight losses, you know, you

891
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,559
feel like you got to you got to find something.

892
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 2: To galvanize the group.

893
00:41:45,519 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 11: And and oftentimes beating the drum of just playing harder

894
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,239
than the guy in front of you is a lot

895
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:52,280
of times the answer.

896
00:41:52,599 --> 00:41:54,880
Speaker 2: And that's kind of been my message to the guys.

897
00:41:56,159 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 5: It's crazy. It's just how we've diagnosed it.

898
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,760
Speaker 4: The only reason why Rob right is is playing as

899
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,159
much as he is with his poor defenses because there's

900
00:42:03,159 --> 00:42:05,039
no one there to replace him.

901
00:42:05,199 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 7: You said it yesterday, that's it, that's it. Yeahson, because

902
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,719
he bench cannon last year.

903
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 5: He did.

904
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:14,519
Speaker 7: He said, yep, that's it. Tree, come on.

905
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:14,920
Speaker 9: Yeah.

906
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 7: He looks down, he's like, yeah, I got nobody.

907
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 5: I mean.

908
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:19,679
Speaker 4: One of the things that that that led to Cannon

909
00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:23,960
also getting bench is like he wasn't hitting from is

910
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:28,239
still scoring. So like, I don't I get what you're saying, uh, Ronnie,

911
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,679
And I think there's some parallels. But I also think

912
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,800
that Cannon just wasn't hitting and then he would played

913
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:35,119
horrible defense.

914
00:42:36,079 --> 00:42:37,039
Speaker 7: It was a mixture of both.

915
00:42:37,079 --> 00:42:40,119
Speaker 6: He was and he wasn't, and he wasn't a facilitator either.

916
00:42:41,159 --> 00:42:43,599
Speaker 5: He wasn't a facilitator, wasn't.

917
00:42:43,679 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, yeah, so uh so yeah, So look that

918
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:48,559
that's the issue, that's the shoe.

919
00:42:48,639 --> 00:42:50,320
Speaker 6: I think he alludes to that. So it was a

920
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:50,880
good question.

921
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,360
Speaker 4: Let's get into the follow up here, Kevin, I thought

922
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:57,360
a big factor was Keba getting into foul trouble. What's

923
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:01,199
the balance between playing hard and being available to stay

924
00:43:01,199 --> 00:43:01,760
on the floor.

925
00:43:03,199 --> 00:43:05,199
Speaker 11: Well, I don't think those two things go hand in hand,

926
00:43:05,559 --> 00:43:11,480
you know, I mean, do you.

927
00:43:08,639 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 12: Uh yeah, I think there's when a guy's playing hard,

928
00:43:12,519 --> 00:43:14,719
sometimes he might pick up an extra fowl or two,

929
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:19,719
boxing out maybe a little more aggressively, or or maybe

930
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,960
staying back to to swipe at the ball after the.

931
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 2: Other team gets rebound. Things like that. I mean, no,

932
00:43:27,079 --> 00:43:28,239
it's fair, it's fair.

933
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 11: But again, I think from a you know, I think

934
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:35,679
there's a great challenge in in sport, right is, especially basketball,

935
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:40,239
is to play hard and play intelligent at the same time.

936
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:43,440
So I don't I don't necessarily see, oh man, you

937
00:43:43,519 --> 00:43:45,039
play hard, that means you're going to be a foul

938
00:43:45,079 --> 00:43:47,599
trouble guy. Like I don't see it through that, lens.

939
00:43:48,519 --> 00:43:51,079
I think you have to have unbelievable discipline, which we'd lack.

940
00:43:51,159 --> 00:43:53,000
The other night, I thought we jumped it. I think

941
00:43:53,039 --> 00:43:54,719
there was ten pump fakes that we jumped on. They

942
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:56,960
scored on eight of them. So it's things like that

943
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,840
where you got to be extreme discipline at the at

944
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:03,199
the game plan. I agree with your assessment. The game

945
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,400
did change when Caba got a second foul. If I

946
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:06,840
had to do it all over again, I would have

947
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,719
left him out there. And those are decisions that obviously

948
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,639
have to make and live with. But Cave was a

949
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:16,599
humongous part of our team. His energy is infectious, his athleticism,

950
00:44:16,679 --> 00:44:19,800
his rebounding is shot blocking, and I think it kind

951
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,360
of hurt him in the second half. Looked like he

952
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:25,239
was a little bit out of rhythm defensively, So you know,

953
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,920
he's gotta we gotta keep him on the floor.

954
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 4: Got to keep on the floor, which you know begs

955
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:36,000
the questions like, okay, the starting five. Do you guys

956
00:44:36,039 --> 00:44:39,119
want Hadeem in the starting five and b WU fans

957
00:44:39,159 --> 00:44:41,400
want Hadeem in the starting five alongside Keba.

958
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:42,920
Speaker 6: They want more defense.

959
00:44:43,519 --> 00:44:46,159
Speaker 4: They feel like they have plenty of offense between Are

960
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:50,320
are you willing to to insert Alexi ahead of Canard?

961
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:50,760
Speaker 5: Davis?

962
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:51,039
Speaker 1: Though?

963
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:58,119
Speaker 5: Is that the third option? No? No, okay, I think so. Yeah,

964
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,719
I see the logic, but I'm just saying, like if

965
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,320
you were to give a third option.

966
00:45:03,559 --> 00:45:06,320
Speaker 4: Canard's not a shooter like he's He's not a pick

967
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:07,000
and pop guy.

968
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:08,280
Speaker 6: They tried to get him there.

969
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 4: He's more, as Ronald pointed out, he's got a good handle.

970
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,039
I've been impressed with his handle from the beginning. He

971
00:45:14,119 --> 00:45:16,719
played a lot of kind of a point forward position

972
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:21,000
for SIU. He's got that in him. Uh would you

973
00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:24,679
move Canard to the bench? That's my that's my like

974
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,760
thought process is like, could you move Canard to the

975
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,519
bench and put Alexi in to space the floor a

976
00:45:30,559 --> 00:45:30,920
little bit?

977
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 6: If you do go kind of a defensive.

978
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:39,599
Speaker 4: Uh, you know d you know in rebounding, you know, effort,

979
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:41,719
you know, I don't. I mean, Canards a good defender

980
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,960
so or it has been at times. So I don't know,

981
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,519
It's just another option. Like everything's on the table right now,

982
00:45:47,599 --> 00:45:49,760
especially with how bad BA is in the first half.

983
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:51,519
So I'm just trying to figure this out, Like I

984
00:45:51,519 --> 00:45:53,079
don't know what the best opportunity is.

985
00:45:53,079 --> 00:45:54,760
Speaker 6: I don't know what the best rotation is going to be.

986
00:45:55,159 --> 00:45:55,320
Speaker 9: Uh.

987
00:45:55,639 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 4: I think k why has struggled with this. I think

988
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,480
his coaching staff has struggled with this. Tim and Will

989
00:46:00,559 --> 00:46:02,719
and I mean those are the three guys, that's the

990
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,280
three headed and master. Those are the guys that are

991
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:08,480
deciding who's playing. And uh, obviously Kay, why has the

992
00:46:08,679 --> 00:46:12,079
the end all say all in all of this? So

993
00:46:13,199 --> 00:46:15,280
I just thought, you know, maybe that's a that's an

994
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,920
intriguing lineup. Can you have Canard and Alexia on the

995
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,800
floor at the same time? Or is that too small?

996
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:20,920
Too small?

997
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:21,199
Speaker 5: Right?

998
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:22,119
Speaker 1: Oh?

999
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:22,800
Speaker 6: Small ball?

1000
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 5: It is small ball, small ball.

1001
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 10: I think there's depending on who you're playing, it's not

1002
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:30,440
gonna work against everybody, but like if it if it's

1003
00:46:30,639 --> 00:46:34,119
possible against the opponent, then I like, especially to start

1004
00:46:34,159 --> 00:46:35,159
the game, like.

1005
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 5: Who was it was it?

1006
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:37,039
Speaker 7: Uh?

1007
00:46:37,159 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 5: It was a West Virginia. It was at West Virginia.

1008
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 10: Who wasn't that played really small Baylor. That's it was

1009
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,480
like that that maybe could have worked against a Baylor.

1010
00:46:44,639 --> 00:46:46,800
I don't know, but yeah, there's a world where that works.

1011
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,159
Speaker 4: Coach, I know, losing Richie in terms of the Florida

1012
00:46:51,199 --> 00:46:53,360
leadership was a huge blow. How would you evaluate the

1013
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:55,559
team's leadership with players you have available now?

1014
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 2: A growth, a work in progress for sure.

1015
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:02,760
Speaker 11: You're asking asking young guys to do a lot aj

1016
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,519
to do a lot more from a leadership standpoint.

1017
00:47:05,599 --> 00:47:07,400
Speaker 2: Rob Wright, you know, to do a lot more from

1018
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:08,719
a leadership standpoint.

1019
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 11: You know, he's a guy that you know at the

1020
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:16,400
point guard position. I think, you know, naturally, leadership is

1021
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,119
part of that role. I think that's an area that

1022
00:47:18,159 --> 00:47:21,440
he's continuing to grow to grow in. But I you know,

1023
00:47:21,519 --> 00:47:23,679
it's not just it's not just Richie. You know, we missed,

1024
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,920
we miss Dawson Baker's leadership, we miss Nate Pickens veteran leadership,

1025
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,519
and so that's the hand we've been dealt and we

1026
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,159
have to have other guys step up. I think, you know,

1027
00:47:33,159 --> 00:47:36,039
I'm I'm a very optimistic person. I think it's a

1028
00:47:36,039 --> 00:47:39,639
great opportunity for you know, like a guy like a

1029
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,199
j even though he's a freshman, to learn how to

1030
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,119
be a leader in a in a very.

1031
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,280
Speaker 2: You know, pressure cooker type of situation.

1032
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 11: You know, there's a lot on the line, and he

1033
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,559
can I think he can really grow during this time

1034
00:47:53,599 --> 00:47:54,079
because of it.

1035
00:47:54,079 --> 00:47:55,840
Speaker 2: I've talked to him about that. I think Rob's the

1036
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:59,480
same way. You know, Cave was a guy who's quiet,

1037
00:48:00,079 --> 00:48:01,400
but he's a guy who's been here before.

1038
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:01,599
Speaker 5: You know.

1039
00:48:01,679 --> 00:48:05,679
Speaker 11: Mihailo is another guy that I think Cannon should be

1040
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:08,280
more vocal because he's a mature player. He has a

1041
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,599
high basketball IQ and he's been you know, he's been

1042
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:12,880
through the ringer of the Big twelve. So we need

1043
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,039
guys to step up in that area. But it's a

1044
00:48:16,159 --> 00:48:20,000
it's a growth moment for for our guys, and you know,

1045
00:48:20,039 --> 00:48:22,280
we gotta, we gotta, we gotta answer the call there.

1046
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 4: It's all work in progress. You hate hearing work in progress.

1047
00:48:30,079 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 6: March second.

1048
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:35,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, I want to punch my myself in the face

1049
00:48:36,519 --> 00:48:43,079
that it's so frustrating to have an element as his

1050
00:48:43,119 --> 00:48:46,920
Importinan's leadership as a work in progress. And I give

1051
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:49,199
a ton of grace for the injuries, whether it was

1052
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:53,639
Richie or Nate or these tenured Dawson Uh, you know

1053
00:48:53,679 --> 00:48:55,199
all these guys that have been there, done that and

1054
00:48:55,199 --> 00:48:57,920
played a lot of basketball, a lot of hoop you're

1055
00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:00,519
relying on. Remember Rob Writs of sophomore or software he

1056
00:49:00,519 --> 00:49:04,079
a J's a true freshman A right. keV is older

1057
00:49:04,519 --> 00:49:12,440
and wiser, more tenured, but quiet. Yeah, Alexi Young Mahilo

1058
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,840
is older. I mean he played high level ball overseas

1059
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,239
and played well.

1060
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:21,360
Speaker 6: But like you know you, is he he has He's

1061
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:24,719
played one year of college ball. Like, is he the guy?

1062
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 5: Is he the leader?

1063
00:49:26,159 --> 00:49:28,840
Speaker 4: It's just hard, it's difficult. You hate to hear that.

1064
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,480
It's a work in progress. Let's take a time out, guys. Uh,

1065
00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:36,800
that's our our final basketball segment for now in this hour.

1066
00:49:37,559 --> 00:49:38,360
Speaker 5: Don't go anywhere.

1067
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of Cougar Sports.

1069
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Speaker 6: We'll get in some recruiting news and notes.

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Speaker 4: Uh, and what Bruce Branch the third provides to this

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a little crewton the Cougars segment here. Get to know

1111
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Bruce Branch the third. If you don't know, now you

1112
00:51:45,039 --> 00:51:47,559
know the five star Bruce Branch the third has committed

1113
00:51:47,599 --> 00:51:51,199
to BYU six foot seven small forward shows the Cougars

1114
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:55,360
over USC but he received offers from Kentucky, Kaansas, Louisville

1115
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,360
and many others. We'll get to know him here a

1116
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:01,840
little bit better, but let's he was on NBA today,

1117
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:05,920
if I'm not mistaken, and made his announcement known on

1118
00:52:06,039 --> 00:52:11,039
live television. Let's listen in as he tells you give

1119
00:52:11,119 --> 00:52:15,480
some thanks to everyone that's buoyed him up. Takes a

1120
00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:19,039
village after all, and then he goes into essentially why

1121
00:52:19,079 --> 00:52:21,280
he's committing to be why he makes his announcement.

1122
00:52:22,119 --> 00:52:23,440
Speaker 13: Before I get to that, I would like to thank

1123
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,960
you for having me to blessed the beer to every

1124
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,119
player's dream to have this opportunity.

1125
00:52:28,199 --> 00:52:30,159
Speaker 9: So first, I would like to thank God.

1126
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:34,039
Speaker 13: You know, without God's love, his insight, I wouldn't be here.

1127
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:36,079
Speaker 9: I want to thank the.

1128
00:52:36,039 --> 00:52:40,519
Speaker 13: Clutch family, Lucas Jack Stella. I want to thank Chad

1129
00:52:40,679 --> 00:52:45,519
will Performance family count the magic he's hoping them. I

1130
00:52:45,559 --> 00:52:49,559
would like to thank Tony Miller the garage back in Arizona.

1131
00:52:49,679 --> 00:52:50,840
Speaker 9: He used to train me all the time.

1132
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:52,119
Speaker 2: That Jim.

1133
00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:54,159
Speaker 9: I love that dude.

1134
00:52:55,039 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 13: I like to think you know politic prep my team now.

1135
00:52:58,079 --> 00:52:59,840
You know, I love Ryan, I love all the coaches,

1136
00:53:00,079 --> 00:53:00,880
love my teammates.

1137
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:03,119
Speaker 9: That they've been so great to me. You really have

1138
00:53:03,159 --> 00:53:11,519
a village really one thing. My little brother. No, he's

1139
00:53:11,559 --> 00:53:12,119
been there for me.

1140
00:53:12,199 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 3: Man.

1141
00:53:13,519 --> 00:53:17,639
Speaker 13: I love that dude through the ups and downs. You know,

1142
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:19,599
even if he does want to go to my games,

1143
00:53:20,119 --> 00:53:20,920
He's always.

1144
00:53:20,599 --> 00:53:22,840
Speaker 9: There for me. Love that dude.

1145
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:28,639
Speaker 13: And last but not least, my mama, my heart without

1146
00:53:28,679 --> 00:53:34,360
hair out with him.

1147
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:37,840
Speaker 9: All right, I'm sure.

1148
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:39,800
Speaker 5: No, there's no sorry.

1149
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:42,039
Speaker 14: This is this is what it's all about.

1150
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:43,320
Speaker 9: It's it's these moments.

1151
00:53:44,119 --> 00:53:47,320
Speaker 14: It's these moments with your family and that you have

1152
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:51,119
been able to build this and to be able to

1153
00:53:51,159 --> 00:53:54,800
thank the people that you have stood on and by

1154
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,519
and that have stood by you. That's what this moment

1155
00:53:57,599 --> 00:54:00,400
is all about. To take your time and your Your

1156
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:04,280
lovely mama is over here watching, and I know how

1157
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,519
very proud she is of you because she mentioned it.

1158
00:54:07,559 --> 00:54:10,239
I'm so excited to hear about this from you. So

1159
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:11,440
please please take your time.

1160
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:17,360
Speaker 9: Yeah, without here, I wouldn't be here. You know, it

1161
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:23,480
was rough, but thanks to her, I'm here.

1162
00:54:23,679 --> 00:54:27,800
Speaker 5: So I love her.

1163
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:35,519
Speaker 9: Man, That's all that matters. But that being said, I'm

1164
00:54:35,519 --> 00:54:36,480
sorry about her crying.

1165
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:38,639
Speaker 14: Man, there's no ses here.

1166
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:44,039
Speaker 13: That being said, Thanks year, I'll be playing college basketball

1167
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:46,000
at VYU.

1168
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:54,400
Speaker 14: Okay, no coods cooks.

1169
00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:56,360
Speaker 6: There you go.

1170
00:54:56,559 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 5: That's first bread branch, the third.

1171
00:54:58,519 --> 00:55:00,480
Speaker 4: I don't know if we have any post you know

1172
00:55:00,519 --> 00:55:03,000
what reason why committity to b Yu, But I'll get

1173
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:04,840
into that in some of the comments that he's made

1174
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,920
to other news outlets, et cetera. But a massive get

1175
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,840
for BYU. Obviously they've had a good season.

1176
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:12,119
Speaker 6: They have.

1177
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:16,480
Speaker 4: They had a great season thus far. Sometimes like it's

1178
00:55:16,519 --> 00:55:18,360
kind of in that borderline good to great season. They've

1179
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:19,880
just got bounced out at the top twenty five and

1180
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,920
the eight people, but they're right on the outskirts. I

1181
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:23,599
mean Ken Palm has them at twenty three, that is

1182
00:55:23,639 --> 00:55:28,639
twenty one. They're still probably and that they I don't

1183
00:55:28,639 --> 00:55:32,800
know where. Lunardi's recent bracketology has them six seed, six

1184
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:35,960
seeds still, so I mean they're there, like they're still

1185
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:36,639
a six seeds.

1186
00:55:36,639 --> 00:55:39,559
Speaker 5: So that's a I.

1187
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:43,559
Speaker 4: Mean traditionally, like we are Giddy's Geese, I mean, b Yu,

1188
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,920
historically you're a sixth seed. I mean we're like live

1189
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:49,719
the dream, Mom, bring the meat loaf. Each drink can

1190
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:51,880
be merry. It's a beautiful day to be a cougar.

1191
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,840
So like you gotta take it, you know, you gotta

1192
00:55:55,920 --> 00:56:00,159
balance the expectation with the productivity while also balancing the

1193
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:03,480
five season and the injuries, et cetera. So it's been

1194
00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:06,519
a good to great season all things considered, and uh,

1195
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:10,400
but it doesn't seem like it's trending in the right direction.

1196
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:15,960
And therefore, you know, in the in some people feel

1197
00:56:16,039 --> 00:56:19,400
like the new generation is fickle. Okay, it's file like.

1198
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:23,039
So when you're not hot right, if you're not hot right,

1199
00:56:23,119 --> 00:56:24,440
then then they ain't gonna commit to you.

1200
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:25,440
Speaker 6: They don't want any part of you.

1201
00:56:26,039 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 4: Bruce Branch is committing to be YU at a time

1202
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:32,400
in which they're they're kind of lowest point of the

1203
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,840
season thus far this year, losing eight of the last twelve.

1204
00:56:36,639 --> 00:56:42,239
Good little PR move, really nice PR move, a little boosty.

1205
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:49,199
They just hit a nice fireside. Uh, maybe something, somehow,

1206
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:51,320
some way they find a way to get back on

1207
00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:54,440
the right track and get their their mind, their body,

1208
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:57,039
their soul right, their basketball soul right for March. As

1209
00:56:57,079 --> 00:56:59,960
aj Tobosa said, we'll be straight. We'll be good in March.

1210
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:05,199
Throw February out the window. Let's see what we can

1211
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:06,079
do in March.

1212
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:06,880
Speaker 5: Anyway.

1213
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:09,639
Speaker 6: Bruce Bencher third, Who is he? Why is he important?

1214
00:57:09,679 --> 00:57:12,800
Speaker 4: Why I mean, look, this is it's I think this

1215
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:15,960
is the second highest rated recruit in B basketball history,

1216
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:17,639
just behind aj Debonsa.

1217
00:57:18,039 --> 00:57:21,159
Speaker 10: Yeah, so he's the sixth player according to two four seven.

1218
00:57:21,199 --> 00:57:25,320
I believe he's also sixth according to ESPN one hundred

1219
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:26,360
all time.

1220
00:57:27,039 --> 00:57:29,639
Speaker 4: Uh oh no, no, you're talking about I'm just in the

1221
00:57:29,679 --> 00:57:31,000
class of the twenty twenty.

1222
00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:33,320
Speaker 10: Sixth class, sixth in two four seven and sixth in

1223
00:57:34,239 --> 00:57:35,320
ESPN Top one hundred.

1224
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:41,599
Speaker 5: I loved that whole video though, because to your point.

1225
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:45,519
Speaker 10: There's always this commentary commentary on like these kids only

1226
00:57:45,559 --> 00:57:47,800
care about the money, and they only care about X

1227
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:49,519
and Y and Z, and they're just worried about getting

1228
00:57:49,519 --> 00:57:50,000
to the next.

1229
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 5: Level and all of that stuff.

1230
00:57:51,679 --> 00:57:55,880
Speaker 10: And I loved to hear a young man just grateful

1231
00:57:56,039 --> 00:57:59,559
to be able to play basketball and to realize how

1232
00:57:59,599 --> 00:58:02,559
basketball is changing his life in his family's life.

1233
00:58:02,639 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 5: And we're not sitting here talking.

1234
00:58:04,039 --> 00:58:06,239
Speaker 10: About, oh, well is he going to so and so

1235
00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:07,719
because he's making xmount dollar.

1236
00:58:07,719 --> 00:58:09,719
Speaker 5: It's like all those conversations are gonna be had.

1237
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:12,360
Speaker 10: I love that we just got to look at a

1238
00:58:12,440 --> 00:58:15,239
kid who loves basketball, and obviously I love that he

1239
00:58:15,559 --> 00:58:20,119
picked a BYU as a TV guy I do start

1240
00:58:20,159 --> 00:58:25,239
to wonder, like, does BYU have somebody at the ESPN networks,

1241
00:58:25,239 --> 00:58:28,360
because this is now the third BYU player over the

1242
00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:31,559
last year and a half to make their commitment on

1243
00:58:31,719 --> 00:58:34,880
national television, and other people have done it, but I

1244
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:37,039
think BYU is the only one to do it with

1245
00:58:37,119 --> 00:58:40,760
multiple players and across multiple sports. So I look at

1246
00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:43,000
that and I wink a little bit, is some boy

1247
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,800
you have somebody over there at ESPN Either way though,

1248
00:58:46,719 --> 00:58:49,880
big get for Bou obviously, but to the points, to

1249
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:53,239
the reasons that you just outlined, because I've had this

1250
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:56,679
thought as well, where I was like, are incoming recruits

1251
00:58:56,679 --> 00:58:59,320
gonna say, hey, man, I don't know what the Kevin

1252
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:01,800
Young experience. And it looks like because this year is

1253
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,880
not a Kansas type of year or a Duke type

1254
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:08,760
of year. Clearly that's not the case. And fans are

1255
00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:11,440
sitting there saying, why isn't BYU as good as we

1256
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:14,679
want them to? Be sure, totally understand, but you know

1257
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:17,679
what is still gonna happen. Ajda Bonsa is gonna be

1258
00:59:17,719 --> 00:59:19,760
a top three finisher for a Player of the Year.

1259
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:22,280
He'd probably win the thing, and he's probably gonna be

1260
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:28,079
the number one overall pick. And fortunately, recruits, especially this caliber,

1261
00:59:28,159 --> 00:59:31,920
are less concerned about what is Joe Lunardi thinks BYU

1262
00:59:32,039 --> 00:59:35,400
sed is gonna be. They're more concerned about is how

1263
00:59:35,559 --> 00:59:38,679
big is your best guy going to go? Is he

1264
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,800
gonna be player of the year? Is he gonna be

1265
00:59:40,840 --> 00:59:43,920
a lottery pick? And fortunately, for all of the things

1266
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:46,840
that this bou basketball team is not, they still are

1267
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,719
a team who will have back to back lottery picks

1268
00:59:50,039 --> 00:59:54,159
and a Player of the Year contender in twenty twenty six.

1269
00:59:54,199 --> 00:59:56,360
And that's what a guy like Bridge Branch cares about.

1270
00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:58,599
And the rest of this class is loaded, and it's

1271
00:59:58,679 --> 01:00:03,480
awesome that you have a marquee crown icing on the

1272
01:00:03,519 --> 01:00:07,599
cake with a guy like Bruce Branch picking by U, Ronald.

1273
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:08,039
Speaker 5: What do you got for me?

1274
01:00:08,519 --> 01:00:10,119
Speaker 7: The skill set's nice? Ben I said.

1275
01:00:10,159 --> 01:00:12,039
Speaker 8: A couple of you said last week with the skill

1276
01:00:12,079 --> 01:00:15,039
set was that you know six' seven his shooting Ability,

1277
01:00:15,239 --> 01:00:17,599
HONESTLY i mean when you want to talk about shooting,

1278
01:00:17,599 --> 01:00:19,840
ability like his shooting is up there With Darren, peterson

1279
01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:22,079
not saying he Is Darren, peterson but like the way

1280
01:00:22,119 --> 01:00:23,559
he can shoot the basketball on the three at a

1281
01:00:23,639 --> 01:00:26,840
high clip and. Score with that being said to play

1282
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:30,679
until your you, know the. Puppeteering you have to, wonder you,

1283
01:00:30,719 --> 01:00:32,840
Know i've seen online AND i don't like. IT i

1284
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,280
don't like people coming for the coach's, brother you, KNOW

1285
01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:38,000
i don't like. THAT i wonder how much the coaches you, know,

1286
01:00:38,079 --> 01:00:40,400
brother because he's the director of, recruiting, right how much

1287
01:00:40,519 --> 01:00:43,320
is who does he know AT espn Is brett and

1288
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:46,840
you have alluded to because that's the, guy right there

1289
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:48,679
are people behind the scenes that he's not a big.

1290
01:00:48,719 --> 01:00:50,760
Speaker 7: Talker i've talked. Him he don't like to talk with his.

1291
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:53,400
Speaker 8: Mouth he liked to talk with his, actions, Right AND

1292
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:57,280
i wonder how much you, know he is a part

1293
01:00:57,280 --> 01:00:59,519
of that in getting this to happen because until this

1294
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:02,079
he showed up, Right he's got a lot of. Connections

1295
01:01:02,239 --> 01:01:05,320
we've had coaches on you, know with players that have.

1296
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:08,079
Come remember going back To Elijah, Crawford Elijah crawford's head

1297
01:01:08,079 --> 01:01:08,639
coach we had on the.

1298
01:01:08,679 --> 01:01:11,360
Speaker 7: Program he talked about his relationship With Justin. Young he's

1299
01:01:11,480 --> 01:01:11,800
very well.

1300
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:14,960
Speaker 8: CONNECTED i wonder how Much justin is playing in this

1301
01:01:15,039 --> 01:01:16,800
and being like we're gonna drop this right here and,

1302
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:20,239
There we're gonna drop aj before, earlier like this is strategically,

1303
01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:23,360
planned LIKE, byu and like in public, orations they don't

1304
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:23,599
just do.

1305
01:01:23,639 --> 01:01:25,320
Speaker 7: Anything these are all well thought out.

1306
01:01:25,360 --> 01:01:28,480
Speaker 8: Things SO i have to believe that this was a

1307
01:01:28,519 --> 01:01:30,840
well thought out one hundred. Percent LIKE i told YOU

1308
01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:32,639
i said, Yesterday Ben bruce was ready to make his.

1309
01:01:32,719 --> 01:01:34,920
DECISION i already, knew he knew where he wanted to.

1310
01:01:34,920 --> 01:01:37,679
Go and this is a great gift FOR byu once,

1311
01:01:37,679 --> 01:01:40,519
again and a GREAT i, mean anytime you're crying about your,

1312
01:01:40,519 --> 01:01:42,480
mom LIKE i was getting emotional behind the, SCENES i

1313
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:45,679
had to grab some tissue because you, know it's, difficult you,

1314
01:01:45,679 --> 01:01:47,079
know to to work your.

1315
01:01:47,079 --> 01:01:47,920
Speaker 7: Entire life to come from.

1316
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:49,960
Speaker 8: Something he heard him the hot, gym your, brother you

1317
01:01:50,039 --> 01:01:52,960
go all in on basketball and it. Worked so happy

1318
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:55,239
for this kid and his, family AND i JUST i

1319
01:01:55,239 --> 01:01:57,719
hope this is played before and, Look i'm gonna call

1320
01:01:57,719 --> 01:01:59,159
people out to The Jeff goodman is the field of

1321
01:01:59,199 --> 01:02:02,280
sixty eights in eighty? Four excuse me and everybody else

1322
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:04,559
and you know those even A espn and all over

1323
01:02:04,639 --> 01:02:07,960
start talking about, nil because that's gonna diminish this great

1324
01:02:08,039 --> 01:02:10,960
moment because this kid just wants to hoop and he

1325
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:14,039
loves his, family and Look i'm not gonna, say B yu,

1326
01:02:14,079 --> 01:02:16,039
guy but can you tell me that that doesn't fit the?

1327
01:02:16,039 --> 01:02:18,679
CULTURE i feel like that does because you, know nothing

1328
01:02:18,719 --> 01:02:20,840
AGAINST aj and other people that have, Committed BUT i

1329
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:23,320
haven't seen someone yet get that emotional a boy committing TO.

1330
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:26,320
Speaker 7: Byu and, uh you, Know i'm a fan Of Bruce branch.

1331
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:30,119
Speaker 4: Already, Yeah I'll i'll kind of chime in here and

1332
01:02:30,119 --> 01:02:31,599
give a little scattered report on him as.

1333
01:02:31,639 --> 01:02:32,119
Speaker 5: Well SO.

1334
01:02:33,679 --> 01:02:35,599
Speaker 4: I will SAY i think it's higher level than even

1335
01:02:35,679 --> 01:02:39,159
like a recruiting coordinator or you, know anyone. Coach the

1336
01:02:39,199 --> 01:02:41,000
reason WHY i say that it's because Writer lions was

1337
01:02:41,039 --> 01:02:44,360
on The pat McAfee, show. RIGHT espn is B yu's,

1338
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:49,840
friend AND i would say that they're the tentacles and

1339
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:57,039
the the. Familial uh you, KNOW i guess connectivity Is,

1340
01:02:57,880 --> 01:03:01,360
uh what do you got for? Me G man Family Von, Kritle,

1341
01:03:02,239 --> 01:03:03,320
yeah The.

1342
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:04,639
Speaker 5: Von, hey you Know.

1343
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:07,519
Speaker 4: Ron you know G man's just looking at all my

1344
01:03:07,639 --> 01:03:09,920
screens right, now pointing things out that he wants to

1345
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:14,719
talk about. Anyway so What i'm getting at here is

1346
01:03:14,719 --> 01:03:18,760
that THAT byu AND espn they go back to nineteen

1347
01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:23,719
eighty four and there's been great relationships through independence and

1348
01:03:24,320 --> 01:03:27,719
it's awesome to SEE espn going out of their way and,

1349
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:32,239
also LIKE i THINK byu strategically placing these guys in

1350
01:03:32,280 --> 01:03:36,519
these positions in a, synergistic symbiotic. WAY i, mean everyone's

1351
01:03:36,559 --> 01:03:41,039
looking for, content whether IT'S aj, committing writer lines, Committing

1352
01:03:41,199 --> 01:03:44,840
everyone's looking for more content that will draw either new

1353
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:51,360
eyeballs or different geography to the television screen or to

1354
01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:52,000
the stream.

1355
01:03:52,039 --> 01:03:54,599
Speaker 6: Period so it's, awesome it is.

1356
01:03:54,639 --> 01:03:57,440
Speaker 4: Tremendous it's a new era OF byu, athletics and you

1357
01:03:57,599 --> 01:04:01,079
love to see these commitments because THE byu brand is.

1358
01:04:01,119 --> 01:04:04,079
Strong THE byu brand is getting. Stronger vick AND i

1359
01:04:04,119 --> 01:04:07,320
were driving back from springball And vic was just an awe.

1360
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:10,840
Right vic grew up in Orem utah in the eighties

1361
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:14,039
and we thought we had a great brand.

1362
01:04:13,679 --> 01:04:14,800
Speaker 5: At that, time and we.

1363
01:04:14,920 --> 01:04:18,239
Speaker 4: Did it was, beautiful it was, glorious The Quarterback, Factory

1364
01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:22,960
Lavelle Football, Football Danny ainge, era et. Cetera The elite

1365
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:25,960
eight in that era With Greg kiten and In Fred, roberts.

1366
01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:27,719
Speaker 5: Etc it was a great.

1367
01:04:27,760 --> 01:04:35,719
Speaker 4: Brand it's, becoming you, know an even more expansive national

1368
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:39,199
and worldwide brand in this new, era and it's something

1369
01:04:39,199 --> 01:04:42,320
to get excited about the bau brand in the modern

1370
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:46,159
era is in many ways better than it, was maybe

1371
01:04:46,159 --> 01:04:46,519
even the.

1372
01:04:46,559 --> 01:04:49,360
Speaker 5: Eighties this is a this is a. Glory this is

1373
01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:50,440
the glory days OF.

1374
01:04:50,519 --> 01:04:51,039
Speaker 6: Byu.

1375
01:04:51,119 --> 01:04:55,519
Speaker 4: Now bruce branch the third Announced tuesday ON espn that

1376
01:04:55,559 --> 01:04:59,360
he's committing to THE ba basketball program and head Coach Kevin. Young,

1377
01:04:59,400 --> 01:05:01,480
Obviously rancher is a top ten player in the twenty

1378
01:05:01,559 --> 01:05:03,840
twenty six, class currently number six in THE espn. Rankings

1379
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:07,039
originally the number one player as an adject to, this

1380
01:05:07,239 --> 01:05:09,159
a number one player in the twenty twenty seven. Class

1381
01:05:09,159 --> 01:05:14,000
he reclassified in twenty twenty six in for twenty twenty

1382
01:05:14,039 --> 01:05:16,920
six In november twenty twenty. Five six foot seven with

1383
01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:20,719
a seven foot, Wingspan, ronald you love his offensive. Game

1384
01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:26,400
he is, polished he is. Refined he is an elite.

1385
01:05:26,559 --> 01:05:30,960
Speaker 6: Score So i'm right there with. You big wing archetype he's.

1386
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:31,239
Speaker 5: Got.

1387
01:05:32,639 --> 01:05:36,559
Speaker 4: Now NOW byu has three straight recruiting classes with a

1388
01:05:36,599 --> 01:05:38,880
five star prospect yegor.

1389
01:05:38,719 --> 01:05:41,679
Speaker 6: One and, DONE aj one and. Done Bruce branston, third

1390
01:05:41,719 --> 01:05:41,960
one and.

1391
01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:46,119
Speaker 4: Done remember when we were discussing the likelihood year in,

1392
01:05:46,119 --> 01:05:48,159
in year out OF byu having a one and.

1393
01:05:48,280 --> 01:05:52,000
Speaker 6: Done we're. THERE i mean three consecutive.

1394
01:05:52,079 --> 01:05:55,320
Speaker 4: YEARS i think we have that on the, dock and

1395
01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:58,119
Now aj has teased us and said he may come

1396
01:05:58,159 --> 01:06:00,599
back this next. SEASON i don't know If i'm buying

1397
01:06:01,840 --> 01:06:04,920
buying that right, Now i'm most likely selling. It Why

1398
01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:08,519
branch CHOSE Byu branch HOLDING espny pick bou because of family,

1399
01:06:08,559 --> 01:06:13,159
culture strong, academics and a defined development.

1400
01:06:13,239 --> 01:06:14,440
Speaker 6: Plan those are the three.

1401
01:06:14,519 --> 01:06:17,599
Speaker 4: Factors So young reportedly showed him how players with his

1402
01:06:17,679 --> 01:06:20,679
skill set have, succeeded REFERENCING nba stars Like Devin booker

1403
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:25,480
along WITH bau wings Like devansa And Devin. Gilman excuse,

1404
01:06:25,519 --> 01:06:28,559
Me brent, SAID i can see myself leading this team

1405
01:06:28,599 --> 01:06:28,760
to a.

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Speaker 5: Championship it just felt.

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Speaker 4: Right so the scouting, report he's an elite three point, shooter,

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comfortable comfortable of the off the. Dribble he's good in

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pick and roll situations as a primary ball, handler and

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he's a good secondary playmaker catch and. SHOOT i think

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he can be a catch and shoot guy as. Well

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high defensive upside with length and, mobility with that seven foot,

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wingspan it gets you very, excited gets you very pumped

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up as. Well he's From, Gilbert, arizona started At Perry

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High school one back to backstate. Titles now At Prolific

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prep In, florida PLAYED aau BALL so For Compton magic

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on The adidas THREE Ssb. CIRCUIT au stats fifteen point nine, points,

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began five point two rebounds to assist in one block per.

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Game he was Also Rising Stars Honors. Honorable he Received

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Rising Star honors at The Adidas Euro camp as. Well

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so that's a little breakdown of Who Bruce. Branch the

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third is he's the second highest recruit IN byu basketball

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history only behind A jabotsa for two four seven. Sports

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so pretty big get ladies and.

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Speaker 5: Gentlemen that was a.

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Speaker 4: Great breakdown from all of our our fantastic. Analysts let's

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go to. Break we'll welcome in the g Man Brandancy

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Gurney on the flip, Side that segment was brought to

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Speaker 6: Well Regarding Bruce.

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Speaker 4: Branch the third shout out To Bantererwealth bantererwealth dot, com

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