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Speaker 5: Is a football season?
Speaker 3: You have been? It is?
Speaker 4: Are you done with basketball season yet?
Speaker 2: You mean?
Speaker 5: BYU basketball is eaven? Know, we're not done yet. We
got plenty games to cover and and a lot of
ANNGST to go through with this team right now?
Speaker 3: All right, so we're still are we? Like?
Speaker 4: What's the ceiling and what's the floor for this BAU
men's basketball team right now?
Speaker 3: For your your opinion?
Speaker 5: Well, based on Tuesday's game, the ceiling would be a
first round to win in the NCAA Tournament the floor
would be not winning the first round. I don't see
this team in its current state, the way it would
play it on Tuesday making any cut of running the
Big Twelve Tour or on the NCAA Tournament. Now, the
team that played Iowa State on Saturday, they definitely have
a chance to win a game or two even in
the NCAA Tournament. I don't necessarily know what the difference
was between those two teams. And according to Kevin Young
after the game, he wasn't sure either. He was gonna
have to watch the team and try to figure out
what had happened because they were a no show against
UCF at home, and that was puzzling.
Speaker 3: No doubt, it was very disappointing.
Speaker 4: How would you diagnose the woes the lows of this
Bayu bised basketball?
Speaker 3: See why is it that they played so poorly?
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was interesting because BYU, as I said, coming
off its biggest win in the season, that home against
Iowa State. They're playing at home again. They feel like
they've guts that figured out. And then UCF was in
the second game of a long road trip west. They'd
beaten Utah by two on Saturday, and the team that
was on that long road trip was more energized to
start the game. Uyu's defense was horrible, closing out on shooters.
The offense was kind of stagnant as well as standing
around a little bit, and they just never showed any
ability or even desire to stop the bleeding until it
was the thirty six point lead for UCF three and
a half minutes and in the second half, and then UCF
went coasted the rest of the way and that thirteen
point deficit. I'm sure there were people on the East
Coast who woke up and saw that UCFPYU played thirteen,
But anybody who watched that game, though it could have
been forty if it kept up, the pressure was that bad.
And uh again, Kevin Young didn't have a lot of
answers after the game. He said, I'm a guy. That's
about why he didn't know why his team came out
to fly. But they certainly have, you know, some opportunities
the next couple of weeks, two games on the road
on this road trip east and then a home game
against the second finish the show if they can learn
anything in the process.
Speaker 4: Do you feel like this b YU basketball team, can
you know figure things out. A J says we're gonna
be fine in March. We're gonna be fine in March.
Speaker 3: Do you feel like they're gonna figure things out?
Speaker 4: And uh, you know, get back to maybe the expectation
that some BAYU fans had uh to start the season.
Speaker 5: I don't have that feeling with this team. And part
of it is because obviously they're gonna miss Ritchie Saunders
and and not just his scoring, but and not even
just his leadership necessarily. But he's a BYU guy and
he is proud to wear that uniform and it means
something to him. Uh. And I'm not saying it doesn't
mean anything to the players, but it means more Richie
to be a BYU Cougar and to show well and
to play well and to reach substantial and to fight
against adversity and all those things. I don't know that
there's anybody on the AJ talked about how you know,
it's kind of challenged him to take on some of
that leadership and maybe he could do some of that,
but I just don't feel like there's I don't know
how to describe it, just there's just not somebody who
is going to be strong enough to not let them
or what happened to them? What happened on Tuesday?
Speaker 4: Yes, and d double D Darnell Digson, Darna, you've been
covering real quick, you've been covering Utah preva. How would
did you describe how would you grate out the product
of Utah Preps basketball right now and the prospects that
the state of Utah.
Speaker 5: Are put now. I would say it's pretty on parer
for what we've seen in the last Peter Ruckert made
a big jump in the ranking, and just recently that's
the DYU commit Will Openshaw at TIF you as well.
He's a six' ten forward who's committed TO. Yu the
most impressive player at state, tournament at least so far this,
year has Been Bingham's Luke west at forty two in
the quarterfinals and then thirty two last night as The
Bingham Bett fork to reach the SIXTH a. Finals there's
some good talent, there AND, i you, KNOW i don't
know what yu's ideas are or what their plans are
in the state other than they've signed those two guys
that just. MENTIONED i feel like it's important to have
some representation From utah on them on the. Team but excuse. Me,
this this particular team right now that you know that
we're seeing is just not anything back team in the
year's past for B. Yu and you, know they just
don't seem to have a lot of representation of guys
who grew up knowing D, yu allowing B yu and
you know that they uh by you made a concerted
effort when they brought in all the transfers and tried
to bring in the right, guys and it seems like
they've missed on. Something so that's an ongoing process With
Justin young and and With kevin G.
Speaker 4: Are you something that we've talked about And i'm not
SURE i need to get. Confirmation is uh Is Keebri KIDA?
Speaker 3: Lds do you? Know not to my? Knowledge, okay all,
right so big?
Speaker 4: Deal are not a big deal that there is not
ONE lds guy that's that's playing basketball right now for B,
YU i said To jair but. Greater but he just
can scout team, time get buckets at the at the
addas he's not playing right.
Speaker 2: Now, yeah it would be hard to put a tangible
number or anything concrete about that because over the, years
even through The Dave rose, era there were some plenty
of guys that weren't members that were.
Speaker 5: PLAYING i don't. KNOW i, MEAN i feel like it
would make a difference in some, ways but on the,
COURT i don't know how much difference it would. Make
and it'd be easy to look, at you, know teams
that were more successful WITH lds kids on it and left.
Without BUT i would think that it would create different
kinds of relationships on the team and and different kinds
of leadership throughout the. TEAM i don't know there's any
question that you, Know, richie who is a, member was
the leader of that team when he went. Down so,
yeah it might be something that we can kind of
track over the next few, years because there seems to
be leaning towards bringing in more non members than. Four
but at this point it's really kind of hard to.
Say we'll come up with any tangible way to say
yes actually equals. WHY i don't.
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Speaker 5: Yeah so With swring, football we know what it means
to be what you've. Fanned it's an opportunity to at
kind of a glimpse of the people that are going
to be playing for The coonars AND i always like
to look at the new guys and kind of see
how they're fitting. In for the, coaches it's finding out
you know what the new guys, know they might have
to teach. THEM i think there's there's a good balance
of returners with the new. Players the storylines would probably,
include you, know who's the backup? Quarterback whose steps to
the front the receiver. Group now That Parker kingston is
no longer the, program they've got a couple of holes
stilled defensively with some good linebackers that have transferred. In
so those are a few of the things that you
pay attention. To we get a chance to see a
little bit of practice once in a, while and there
are new new players to, watch and you, know the
running back. Spots who's gonna back Up. Lt. Martin those
are some of the things that most of us will
be trying to get a beat, on but for the most,
part we don't really find out a lot of those
things Until Paul, camper sometimes not even until the first.
Speaker 4: Game, Yeah i'm definitely intrigued to see what this B
yu football team will look like in springball UNDER K.
Pop how much confidence do you have THAT K pop
can fill the big shoes AT J.
Speaker 5: HILL i don't know IF yu fans really understand how
good they have it REPLACING J hill with Killing. VEGA i,
mean you could have done outside the, program but PROMOTING
K pop was a, great great. Move he's put in the,
time he's put in the, hours he's got the, experience
AND i really am looking forward to seeing this defense
under K bob to take on his personality a little.
BIT i, mean he is a little a fiery, guy
and he's very intense and very gung ho with his.
Players i'd like to see how translates onto the field
that they. Playing maybe a little bit more fired vim
and bigger as, Possible BUT i think he's definitely the
guy that they should have give him the job till they,
Did And i'm looking forward to seeing what he could
do with this defense because he understands. IT i think
it's great that he Has Gary anderson's still on the
staffs to help, him Because gary is a great mentor
for a lot of a lot of, coaches and SO
i really am looking forward to seeing Al Kelly papenka
takes his defense and makes It this.
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