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Speaker 1: Jalen, how are you, buddy good Man? How are you
living the dream?
Speaker 2: Man?
Speaker 1: It's March madness. Things are getting crazy.
Speaker 2: How about them Longhorns surviving and advancing? Uh, let's talk
about the game last night NC State UH fought hard,
fought long, but came up short. That's twice now that
NC State has fallen to the Longhorns this season. One
in a frenetic, high powered, high uh high octane offensive
neutral court and then or actually I think that one
maybe been at home for you guys, and then uh
in this NCAA tournament, a nice win for the Longhorns.
Speaker 3: Correct that first game it was in Maui and as
you said, a high So it was exactly yes, So
in that high first game was you know, I believe
a combined almost two hundred points between the two and
as we see now, sixty eight to sixty six, that
was just a game that most wouldn't have expected, being
that both officers were so efficient coming into this game.
But as you said tomorrow, Mark had an amazing shot
to win this game and a great win for the
Long Horse.
Speaker 2: So who is this Longhorse team? What's the identity of
this team this season? How would you describe them to
someone who hasn't been watching the Longhorns this season?
Speaker 3: You know, I would just say that when you look
at the team, you really have to look at for
the difference makers in this team. And for sure you
can't go a game without saying Dylan Swayne, who is
projected to be a first round pick by some Mark
drafts out there, as well as the big man inside Bokatitis,
who is as physical as they come, a guy that
is top five in drawing foul the top guy, top
five guy at getting through the free throw line. And
when you have those two that want to attack the
paint and either put your team in foul trouble or
are efficient of underwin, bring a lot of troubles to
those opponents.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting that it's the Sean Miller era right
now and Sean Miller used to be at u of A,
went to Xavier, now he's at Texas. What's been the
overall vibe and feel from the longhordination about the Sean
Miller higher.
Speaker 3: I would say they they are behind him right now,
and I mean, to my eyes, it seems like for
the future because they witness that they're acquiring talent. I
believe Technic has a top ten recruiting class coming in
next year. They realize that this is still year one
and although you know, being in a playing game isn't
isn't really where they want to be for the future.
It's a step that's needed to get to that spot
where they want to be in terms of a secure
program for basketball. I would say that the people in
Austin like the hire, they are behind them. It's just
a thing of let's wait and see for him to
get his guys in place. That way they can see
where this train can head.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what is the year over your expectation?
Speaker 2: Typically from the Longhorns fan base and donor base, would
you say it's a you gotta at least get the
NCAA tournament and win one game.
Speaker 1: Is that kind of the standard.
Speaker 3: I would say that was the standard pretty much for
I would say in maybe the past two years or so.
But with a guy like Miller and a guy like
him that's bringing in such talent for the next year,
with that recritic class and his notion of being a
guy that can develop guys into the next level, I
would say that right now they're starting to believe in
what he's bringing to the program. So NIO should be
a thing that increases as of late, as well as
the fan base should be growing and more. I would
say more attention should be brought to this program as
a whole from the people of Austin.
Speaker 2: Would you say are the weaknesses of this Texas team
this year?
Speaker 3: I would say the weaknesses are they're discipline on defense.
They're a team that files opponents at a high rate,
and if they're not controlling that at times, it can
sometimes go the game script off for them. And whether
it's a team that isn't known to getting to the
line or a team that is known for getting to
the line, teams can typically expose them on that end
as well as from deep from three point nine.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting as we watched this game today yesterday.
You look at the Ken Palm analytics, it's a very
good offensive team and a lead offensive team.
Speaker 1: They didn't show it last night.
Speaker 2: Why were they a little bit less efficient than they
have been all year?
Speaker 3: I would just say it's really kind of been a
thing of the whole season. They haven't really had much
ball movement, to say the least. I would say that
they're a team that relies heavily on IOW players and
guys to make their own plays. So if they're matched
up against guys that can hold their own in that sense,
then the offense can sometimes hit a stand still and
which leads to just shot selections that you wouldn't liked
to see for an offense like this or a roster
like this. But when they're not hitting some deep and
you're kind of having trouble in the paint, that can
lead to them shooting nearly thirty six percent from from
the field last night.
Speaker 4: Break down, b YU, what's your perspective as a guy
that covers college basketball and how does Texas matchup with BYU?
What could give Texas problems as far as with that matchup?
Speaker 3: I think for BYUS case with no Richie des Sounder's
that's a big headline for this game. I believe over
the last ten games, they've really been a team that
emphasizes going into the paint and necessarily in the rim
or for a JH kse near the mid range area.
And for this game, like like tomorrow, will be a
guy like Dennis Swayne who was brought in and known
as a defensive first guy. His assignment should be on
AJ timorrow and it'll be interesting to see how Texas
defense can hold up such a prolific athlete like AJ
this year.
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Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: I know Sean Miller addressed the media and maybe he
commented a little bit on BYU what he expects, what
he's uh is kind of scouting on on that front.
What what takeaways did you get from maybe his most
recent press conference.
Speaker 3: Just the fact that he understands that this team's defense
needs to hit that next stride and the fact that
when you're playing a guy such as aj who is
definitely one of those players that could easily be the
number one pick in this year's draft. It just he's
the motor engine of this team and it starts on
the defensive end for them as well as just rebounding,
being efficient on offense, and staying the course even when
things don't go their way on offense.
Speaker 2: What's the culture like right now with the roster, the
chemistry like as far as like returning players are concerned,
like tenured players, when you have a transition of coaching staff,
you get some attrition. How much retention was there on
the roster from last year to this year, et cetera.
Speaker 3: I would say I believe there is a current four
players right now that were from Texas last year that returned.
You got guys like a point guard in Jordan Pope
who is known for being a score first guard and
especially when that you have to respect from deep Tremont
Mark was a guy that transferred in from Houston years ago.
Has been at Texas for I believe two or three years,
but it definitely made his name known in Austin as
a great score for the Longhorns. And last night a
guy like Ken the Weaver who is just a sports
plug off the bench and can easily get eleven points
and ten rebounds as a six to three guard, and
a guy like Nick Cody who came back as well.
So in terms of the roster, there was a few
guys that came back, but mainly it was people that
either were came from transfers or overseas, such as Modest
Vocatitis who came from Fau and Swaying Huku followed from
Miller from Xavier came into Texas. It's been a quite
a bit of new new faces. But over the course
of the season, they've they've found out to get that
energy together and playing on the right foot.
Speaker 2: This Texas team gets the foul line a lot.
Speaker 1: They also foul a lot. What's up with that?
Speaker 3: Uh, It's it's a thing that Sean Miller's probably been
banging the drum on the most this season, is he
commands how great of a job they've gone to the line. However,
like you said, on defense, they're falling way too much.
That it's a thing that kind of keeps opponents in
those games when they go on these stretches of either
they've either they've made it, they've went on a run,
or they've made seven of the last eight shots. You
look at that free throw attempts for the opponent and
you're sitting across maybe twenty to thirty in a game,
and for a guy like AJ, who is so skilled
that getting to the line that can kind of be
a problem for Sexes.
Speaker 2: Give me a prognostication, how do you see this game
playing out? Are you expecting an upset in Portland and
that the Longhorn survive in advance?
Speaker 3: I would say that it really relies on which daland
Swain shows up, not that he's been bad, but if
Dylan Swayne is able to put in arguably his best
performance on defense, and if like we mentioned, they're able
to control the filing on defense, Sexas definitely has a
chance to win this game. But with the player like AJ,
it's just something that a guy who's average tweets them
and points a rebounds to force the game. In the
big twelve play over the last ten games, that's something
that you kind of can't hait your head on, especially
in March. I would say that I expect YU to
edge out this one in a very very close game,
But don't get no thing wrong from here. Texas does
have a path to win the game tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Look this, Uh, Sean Miller knows how to coach. When
he was at you were a h. I mean when
he was at Xavier the first go around, I mean
he was he was a.
Speaker 1: He got to an.
Speaker 2: Elite eight with Xavier, then he goes to uv A,
he got to an Elite eight, Sweet sixteen, the LITEA,
the lad da e laite At. I mean he can
get deep in these uh, in these tourneys when he's
got talent, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: Uh. What's the expectation this year for Texas?
Speaker 3: Right?
Speaker 2: Is it just to win one game? How deep can
can Texas scope with their talent and coaching staff?
Speaker 3: I think they could go deep knowing that you know,
a team like BYU is dealing with some injuries, a
Gonzaga is dealing with injuries. So if they're if they're
able to put it together on defense and pull off
and up to it against b YU, I do think
they do have a good chance against Gonzaga. And then
what we're talking about a potential Sweet sixteen appearance in
year one, which, as we mentioned before, we'll just have
the fans more bought into this program. But in terms
of year one, I would just say that, like the
fans and Austin should be proud of just either one
win or just signed, that there is a program that's
capable of being consistent in terms of showing up in March.
Speaker 1: Best way to support you. What you do, how you
do it.
Speaker 2: Jalen, appreciate you hopping on and giving us some insight
on these Texas men's basketball team.
Speaker 3: Of course you can follow me on Jalen Polo Brown
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sure to support us and again, thank you so much
for having me take care.
Speaker 2: Hey much love to you, Jalen. Thanks for hopping on
and talk some ball with us today. Of course they
go GM an thoughts commentary follow up here.
Speaker 4: If I was a coaching college basketball, I would foul.
I would be that physical team. I really would. I think.
Speaker 1: Look at Houston, Yeah, they.
Speaker 4: Just visit and so the refs have it in their mind, Okay,
that's just how this game's going, right, And so they're no,
you dictate the course of the play, and he's like, no,
this is what we do, right, And I think most
reps are like that. They just kind of go with
the flow. You establish it.
Speaker 1: Oh well, Houston is a good team, right, and that's how.
Speaker 4: They play and all that. I think it's a subliminal thing,
subconscious might not work with all rustlers. Why they buy
and large, that's the way to play basketball. And you
reyaled coach Miller and what he's done. I mean, record
speaks for yourself. I want b WA. You to be Houston.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I look at every team in the Big twelve Conference.
Houston's that team, man, I that's the team you want.
Speaker 1: That's Kelvin Samson. I like, well, you have.
Speaker 2: You have a lot going with with Kelvin Samson and
the culture and the way that he recruits and the
way that he speaks to parents and grandparents and like
he coaches those kids appart and like when you come there,
there's no entitlement. Everything is earned, nothing is given, like
and look at the guys that that that go through
that program. And then furthermore, he he's like, we don't
have a rich nil program. Like I mean, I think
they're trying to be competitive. They're not always going there
just for the nil offerings. They're not going over there.
You don't have like this mercenarial culture or culture there.
So it's it's tough to be Who's Houston. I'm right
there with you. Tough to be Houston. And that's what
makes me optimistic about Boy's chances of NCAA turn up,
because I truly believe whole heartedly that Houston is an
elite A team and possibly a Final four team this year.
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 4: Kingston Flemings is my favorite player in the Big twelve
that he might be. It's hard not to like that kid,
how he conducts himself in the interviews, the way he plays.
Speaker 1: I'm a fan, big fan.
Speaker 4: I'm a fan anyway, ended up talking about Houston.
Speaker 3: So you did it?
Speaker 1: Okay, why'd you do that? I'm talking about the way
you here.
Speaker 4: I don't know. I don't like playing the team that
had a playing game.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't like that. You don't like it.
Speaker 4: They're warm, they're they're battled, they're coming in b ways.
Speaker 2: They didn't play in Portland though, Yeah, yeah, they're traveling.
Speaker 5: They were in Dayton, Dayton, they played g Man. They
got there, what is it the day before? If I'm correct,
from when I from what off As Texas people. They
played yesterday and then they traveled today and then they
played the malls.
Speaker 1: That's a lot on the body. There's a lot of travel,
I remember. I mean I did some research. You did.
I did some independent research cap Jay Journalism.
Speaker 4: Number eleven seeds with the playing game or nine and
nine when they get through that playing game? Fifty to
fifty man.
Speaker 2: In in what time spend the last since it was
since it was instant, since it was instant?
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4: So yeah, they're nine and nine.
Speaker 5: Fifty four though have been in the Pacific.
Speaker 4: Time zone if I'm correct. Oh, we got the but
they got their Tuesday though. Bear down the hatches, man, right.
Speaker 1: Let's go to break.
Speaker 4: Its gonna be wrong.
Speaker 2: We'll get into an inside report on the flip side
more Aaron Rodert commentary from uh from from springball. You know,
what does he think about his offense? Where is it going?
Why are they here?
Speaker 4: Twelve personnel, twelve personal.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about twelve personnel on the flip.
Speaker 4: Not twenty one persons.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, twelve all day, baby, twelve all day every day.
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