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a moment. But there's twelve point eight seconds left in
the WPI WBIT semi final game BYU one seed twenty
five and eleven on the year versus Kansas, the two
seeds twenty two and thirteen, two Big twelve foes finding
a competitive competitive.
Speaker 2: Platform once again this season.
Speaker 3: Twelve point eight seconds left, b will us up four
and they're at the free throw line with one free
throw remaining, and this thing's getting interesting and they end
up hitting it. So seventy to sixty five with twelve
point eight seconds left, and.
Speaker 4: It looks like it feels like b y Who's gonna
close this out? And we'll see how this all plays out.
I know, Ronald, you've been kind of keeping track of
this game. Lee Kamard and the Lady Coops were down
early in the first half, but they've found their offensive
groove in the second half and had a ton of
productivity from I think not only their starting players but
also their rotational bench players.
Speaker 5: Yeah, they definitely have.
Speaker 6: They've been they've been great into WBIT, but they've really
been a second half team the last three weeks of
the season that they've been playing. Right now, in the game,
just give to the fans an update. People are probably
watching it. But if you're not, and you're driving around
for some reason, shame on you. You should or at
least be listening to you know, those in the radio.
But the point is first available. Ben b A you
kind of put themselves a little bit of a thing
on seven point four left, but you go first available
when they're trying to trap.
Speaker 5: I get it, Delaney's a bucket.
Speaker 2: You're talking about an in bounty.
Speaker 5: The sidelines, Yes, Delanne, just.
Speaker 2: Give them a little bit yea yeah on that.
Speaker 6: So they're inbounding the ball twice from you know, the
sideline they had. They got it in right and you
have to dribble it up the court to be at
advanced the ball. You can't be behind. So they get that,
and then the ball Brintley Cannon is looking for Delaney
and Olivia Hamlet comes open.
Speaker 5: It would have had a wide open laup or would
have gotten fouled.
Speaker 6: Didn't do that, decided to wait, and then two timeouts
had to be called burn their last two.
Speaker 5: You just you can't do that. You can't take the
chance and do that.
Speaker 3: Seventy to sixty seven, five point nine point five point
nine seconds remaining, b Yu seemingly turned the ball over
getting the inbounds play, yet there was a foul call,
So b what you're going to the line once again?
Speaker 2: Man, I don't know if that was a foul rotty.
Speaker 5: That they got away with one. I'm not gonna lie,
don't know.
Speaker 2: Wow we got away.
Speaker 6: BYU women's basketball got away. Well, hey, look, I always
say sports is execution and in a little bit of Look,
I'm gonna say this though I don't know what's being
drawn up. And look, if they win, we'll put in
a request so we can ask Lee about it tomorrow.
But I don't believe Olivia Hamlin Delaney gave the best
retrow shooter should be back that far, Sidney Benali should
they should be forward.
Speaker 5: That's what I firmly believe.
Speaker 2: So are they reviewing this right now? You can't.
Speaker 6: But you can't review a foul call. You can't do that,
Like the coach is trying to challenge that. You only
get it like for a turnover out of bounds play
like a got car. You don't get a chance to
review a foul called. They can't rescind that. Like that's
not how that goes.
Speaker 2: Ye, Like it's hard to tell if there is a foul.
Speaker 6: No, she fouls that you know she found Yeah, she's
committed the foul there. She had the ball in her
hands and she's trying to drag it. Look, I know
that they don't want that being called there. But Ben, there,
you're trying to play the free throw game. And if
they don't do that and they don't call and ship
the hip after, yeah, you know that's that's the right call.
We're seeing the replay. No, it's it's the right thing.
I think they got the call right in my opinion.
Speaker 2: Yep.
Speaker 3: Well, hopefully b YU and the Fighting League Camards are
able to pull this out and they can make it
to the finals. Looks like the final is gonna be
on Wednesday? Is it another three pm?
Speaker 2: Tip? Uh? And do we do? We know who they
will be facing? Is the question? Who will they be facing?
Speaker 6: I think, let me double check. They might be the
first game I'm looking at right now. But yeah, I
know they're reviewing this, but I think they're gonna stick
with it. When you're trying to play the foul game, Ben,
they can't. They have to call the foul to give
you time. And now you can't sell why I didn't
touch her. I touch her after left like that's still
and no, that's just not how it goes.
Speaker 5: In my opinion, I still think, yeah.
Speaker 3: So they'll they'll play the winner of Columbia and Wisconsin.
I believe in the the other semi final. Yeah, matchup,
so let's let's hope for the best.
Speaker 6: Is they just I just don't know how this is reviewable,
Like how is in the coach's appeal when a foul
is called. I'm gonna have to ask the information director
because Cinny Bonnali did not travel and you know, yeah,
I don't know. I just you called the foul Hockey
review if that's a foul called, like he should not
be allowed to do like, I don't know. Maybe I'm
missing it, Ben, but I don't think that's it. I
don't I don't I know. He said, oh, she swiped
at the ball, But I think the officials. I get
it's five point nine. It's a semi final. You can't
call a foul and said, we're gonna review that in
overturn a swipe Like no, I'm just I'm not a
I don't know.
Speaker 3: Leaning score for b Yu in this game, by the way,
he's Olivia handling twenty three points off the bench. She's
played thirty two minutes, eight to twelve from the field,
four for seven from the three point line, three for
four from the charity stripe, one rebound, one assist and
one block and then not Sydney Banali thirty three minutes
to play, fifteen points, five to thirteen from the field,
four to nine from the three point line, one for
two from the charity stripe, one rebound, three is three turnovers,
one steal.
Speaker 5: They overturned the call and Kansas has the ball.
Speaker 3: Wow, Kansas has the ball. They this is crazy.
Speaker 2: It didn't look like a foul to me. Initially, I
didn't know what they thought.
Speaker 5: But you called a foul? You I don't think I understand.
Speaker 6: It's just saying, oh this she swiped down to the ball,
but a foul was called in Again, I'm gonna have
to ask the information director where's the rule ridden at?
But like, I've never heard that of a foul being called.
Speaker 3: Seventy to sixty seven with five seconds left, Kansas has
the ball.
Speaker 2: It was overturned.
Speaker 3: They're gonna inbounds this play and see if they can
get a three point shot and tie the game.
Speaker 2: No, they're going for the two. That looks like that
was a turnover.
Speaker 3: They turned the ball was going to be inbounds from
there and three point nine seconds left, seventy to sixty seven.
Speaker 2: The women's team looking.
Speaker 6: To winner, will play Columbia because Columbia B Wisconsin six.
Speaker 3: So Columbia B was gone, so they'll be playing you said, Columbia. Okay,
all right, that's closed out. BYU closes it out and
there you go, beautiful. Uh, they're going to the wb
I T finals. Congratulations league guard in his first season
man surviving and advancing through the postseason all the way
to the finals. It got a little shaky, It got
a little harryet, it got a little nervous. Uh, pins
and needles and a lot of you can tell things
got tight real quick with so much pressure in this game.
But somehow, some way, BYU was able to get the dub.
Congratulations Lee co Camard and this BA women's basketball team.
No foul was called on that inbounds.
Speaker 2: Good no call, good no call.
Speaker 3: She went straight up Saindy Binali and the ball ended
up slipping out of number fifty two's hands. So congratulations
to the BAU women's basketball team and Lee Kamard. We're
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celebrate the win over the and this Jayhawks b YU
wins basketball gets win seventy to sixty seven. Your thoughts,
your reaction. Shout out the Devinard, what win?
Speaker 2: What a game? Shout out to Lee Comard.
Speaker 7: I had a couple of texts ready to send out
to you know. You know Lee is my brother, right
and you know that he and I won three championships
together and wrote a lot of history at BUYU. I
had two text messages ready to send to him. The
first one said him Comard, and the second one say,
great job, you just out duped Duke and so glad
that I got to said him. The first one that
says him.
Speaker 3: Comard Man, congratulations to the Lee Ronald.
Speaker 2: You got a question for JT. I believe yeah, JT.
Speaker 6: Those that were watching the game and those that don't
get some contexts. They get the ball obviously on their
part of the court, they're inbounding. It is it first
option you're supposed to go to because it looks like
Olivia Hamlin was available, but Brintley Cannon wanted to get
the ball to Delaney twice. Can you just from the
execution standpoint, what's supposed to happen.
Speaker 7: With their Yeah, so I'll tell you this, right, and
I have no knowledge on this other than you know,
my experience and having played for John Wardenburg who's an
assistant and also played with Lee. You try to look
for the first option and so to cut the gals
some slack, mister Weaver, I will say that it's when
the game is that on the line. All the times
you had it, you know, you don't see it and
you maybe see something that it's not there, or you
don't see something that's there. And uh, and I'll tell
you like I was that, I was that player most
of the times. I was the one in bolding the ball.
Dave Rice had the ultimate confidence in me. But there
is pressure to it right and would I could have
should have? I'm grateful that day one and a massive
shout out to lead massive shout outs to league. You know,
winning is you know, like most wins by the first
year coach at buy you on the women's program. UH
to have a chance to play for UH, you know,
the the Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament, you know, which is
the equivalent of the n I t you know, shout
out to him. I I think that you know, he's
beaten some teams that went to the n c A
A tournament, but you've got to start somewhere. It had
been a while since v i U was in a postseason. Uh,
you know, unfortunately they had they had some some some
some seasons that weren't great, you know, and uh, he's
turned around that program. You know what I mean, I
massive shot, you know. I I have a great relationship
with Trent Whiting. With Ember, you know, she didn't have
a great situation there, you know. And and again right,
different people, different philosophies, you know, and that that was
a situation that Lee didn't have an easy situation. But
he's made the best out of it. So so shout
out to him for being able to accomplish the things.
He has.
Speaker 2: No doubt about it.
Speaker 3: H Lee Kamar doing great things in the postseason.
Speaker 2: Should have been an NCAA tournament.
Speaker 3: Possibly they didn't get the invite, they didn't get to
the big Dance, but they're making the most of it.
It reminds me of the run that BYU men's basketball
made in the n i t where they got to
Madison Square Garden. I know you'd rather go to the dance,
but how how beneficial is this postseason play for a
BYU women's team first year under Lee Kamar.
Speaker 7: Well, Ben, that's a fantastic question because there are situations
and situations, There are realities and realities, right, truth be told,
you know, winning d n I T does not and
for men's or women's depending on the team that you
are in, the expectations you have for the beginning of the season.
Winning the n I T is a is a great
accomplishment if you're not able to go to the NCAA tournament.
But if you are on the bubble and you know
you just didn't have the chance to go to the
NCAA tournament because your record was bad or whatever the
place may be, maybe not necessarily a bubble. I take
the bad bets team to take the back. Then you
make the best out of it, right, And so I
think there are situations and situations with this team. Obviously,
you know it was a bum It was a bum
you know it was it was a bummer that that
they couldn't made to the NCAA tournament. And you know
they're making the best out of the situation, just like
buy you did that year, right, But you know it
still remains that you want to make the NCAA tournament
even if you lose in a first round of the
NCAA tournament. It's a status situation, right, and so but again,
you make the best of the situation that you're given
in and shut out to Lee and and the team
and Blaney and and Blaney and uh Bellanie and uh Aslee.
But Banali, I think yes. And then Olivia Emlyn, whom
you know I've had multiple conversations with. You know, Lee
has compared you know, her explosness off the bench to
me and her you know, shoot first, second, shoot first?
Is there anything else for me to shoot? And then
I'm gonna ask questions later, right, And so incredible job
by him and de Gals, you know, unbelievable, unbelievable performance.
And they live to fight another day. And they even
may be able to win a championship this year, which
is incredible.
Speaker 3: Would be awesome, no doubt about it. And they have
a lot of great returning talent for next year. One
of the questions that we've discussed on our show today
is who's going to be a part of this BAU men's.
Speaker 2: Basketball roster next season?
Speaker 7: Right?
Speaker 3: NBA and graduated players Ad de Bonsa, Richie Sanders, Tipekea,
Jared McGregor. Guys that may get a year back, Mihailo
Boskovic and Dawson Baker returning and remaining Ross Roberright the
third Tyler, Maruss Bertikoslawski, a Lexi Coast, Hadem Boop, Nate Pickens,
Dominiq Diomande, Cannard Davis Junior or Xavien State, Abdullah Akhmed
kJ Perry newcomers or Bruce Brant's the third Dean Ruker.
When you look at that list and you evaluate the roster,
what what do you make of it? Jonathan, any anything
stand out to you, Anything that you feel like, Okay,
I know for certain these guys are probably having to
move on. Uh, they're they're probably not going to be
a part of BYU men's basketball next season. Give me
a little synopsis if you as you've evaluated the potential
twenty twenty six twenty twenty seven roster for bliamit's basketball.
Speaker 7: Well, I think two things are are desk per needed.
The number one thing is, more than anything, is health. Right.
Can we keep Brody Koleslowski healthy and Dawson Baker stay healthy?
You know he's had he's had a history of injuries.
Ben and so I think that's the number one, right,
I mean, you know, with Brody you get a stretch,
a stretch for shooter that can that can open the
floor and give space for Bruce for a rob to operate, right,
And so I think that's number one. Number two is
is it worth to go after a a a proven
foreman that that can score. You know, I'll kind of
like the player from Iowa State, a Ben or Ron,
I don't know if you guys remember his name, but
that type of guy that was just a legit scorer
from Iowa State.
Speaker 5: Or Joshua Jefferson, Uh, both of.
Speaker 7: Those because I think because I think one is a guarantee,
a proven shooter, and the other one was just a
proven playmaker, right, a proven guy that delivered. Now, obviously
you don't want to try to say, hey, we need
the next J. T. Topton, because that's crazy, right, you
might as well go after the next O. J. Debuns
AJ Debunts at that point. And so, but I think
they need a proven foreman right to to maybe not
throw Brody Koslowski if Brody stays next year as a freshman.
That's the number one. Number two is I think you
need more scoring, you know, Bruce is not a thirty
points a game guy. Robert Wright is a volume playmaker,
you know, And maybe that's the thirteen. You also needed
maybe a backup point guard, you know, is you know,
is the kid that they brought in from Djuco. Is
he gonna stay?
Speaker 4: And so?
Speaker 7: But you also need size and so I think, as
I said when the season ended, then this is the
most important offseason in the Kevin Young era. Just because
you have a lot of names coming back doesn't mean
you have a lot of quality, you know. I'm I'm
I'm severely disappointed with al Mahilo played, you know, for
most of the season. Very disappointed with how Alexey was
for most of the season. I don't care that he's
a freshman. He was playing professional basketball in Europe, you know.
And uh and let us but not Leaves is Tyler
Murruss And however he feels about it, however other few
people feel about it. He just didn't deliver. And this
is just not my opinion. These are numbers. Men lie,
women lie. You know, Ron lies, Ben lies, JC lies.
Numbers don't lie, my friend, like you know what I mean.
And he was supposed to be a sniper and see
your point, Ben right. I mean, you know, we talked
about this last week. Could it be that he maybe
just didn't live up to your expectation. But when you're
getting paid to be a shooter, you better shoot. And
there were many times that he didn't even shoot. And
so I thought, you know, Ahmed was also a disappointment.
You know, came with a big, a big I don't
want to say price that because that's the wrong what
I'm gonna say, came with a big reputation off coming
from the G League and Mike Gosh, if that's the
level of the G League, we need to we need
to reassess a lot of things. And so wasn't impressed
with him at all. By you need size, right, I mean,
look at what happened the last the last weekend, you
know what I mean? And uh, you are you? You know,
someone kind of like Matt whatever his last name is,
that came from Purdue and blocked a lot of shots,
you know, but he, even him wasn't an insight presence.
And so I think b Yu needs a true five men,
and uh, and a true five men will help Robert right,
and you know, and and Bruce Ben and and uh
you know, and even Dean Rutger. I expect a lot
of things of Dean, and just because I'm close to
him and I know his dad, I'm not going to
be soft on him. I mean, this kid is supposed
to be a top fifty high school player in the country, sure, right,
and so you have high expectations for these guys, and uh,
you know, but b Yu to be fair, Ben, you know,
I I kind of I kind of started a different
way BYU has a lot of needs for the portal,
you know, because Aj is gone, Richie is gone. You know,
everybody else that stayed aside from Rubbert Wright is not
thing short of a role player. And uh, you know,
it's uh, it's an interesting time to be It's I'm
curious to see how how Kevin and his staff and
Justin are going to handle the recruiting this this this summer.
Speaker 3: So if you're if you're b what you basketball, how
do you prioritize like roster needs, like you know, most
important at least important, Uh, guards, slash wings, shooting ability
in that group stretch for shooting right, shooting in the
in the stretch for.
Speaker 2: Realm a true seven footer.
Speaker 3: Back to the basket game, shop blocking ability or other
like what what do you how do you prioritize? You
mentioned size? Are you looking for a true seven footer?
Are you looking for two seven footers? What are you
looking for?
Speaker 7: I think one seven footer will do right? I think
you know? But but I mean I'm looking at your
tweet right now, Brian, But but what do you do?
Like you? I if it was me, I definitely don't
bring Tyler Morass back. Cole stitches up in the air.
I definitely bringing Boop back. We don't know much about
Nate Pickens. Uh. Dominique Diamonde Dew wrote the dice on him,
you know, hoping for him to be your slasher. But
you have Dean Rutcord and you have Bruce Brinch and
so to me, you know they are they are an
upgrade from from you know, from Dominique Caernard Davis. You know,
I expected much more out of him, And I'll say
this Ben. You know a lot of a lot of
things was said about you know, he is encounter with
law enforcement, you know, like the same Brazil where you
know law enforcement is easily bought and figure it out,
and you are you just control things who was happening
with Parker Kingston. And so you know, aside from everything
that happened with Dad that it's not even my my poot.
I'm not even a position to judge. I'll just say,
you know, if Cernard was a little bit more consistent,
I would love to have him. I would definitely love
to have him. Right. Xavion is a big and nick
because again a top one hundred kid that came and
you know, couldn't even like very very skinny, never even
had a chance or a big impart, and I take
it back, never had a big impact even in practice.
And so you know, like I just I don't know
about I'm at. I also don't know if I have
to keep one ala Xavion and Abdullah I you know
out I mean, I mean, you know, Kevin Young even
played Beetles towards the end of the season, and and
so I don't know. And then there's k J. Perry.
You know a lot of things going around about him.
You know, is he gonna stay is he gonna stay here?
And so you know, I would say Robert Wright, he
said that if he's in college, you play for BUYU.
That's one Brody to co stitches up. Maybe, so let's
just say yes three to team four, Canard five and uh,
you know, like I think by you will probably have
about five or six guys come in from a portal,
and that's a lot of players.
Speaker 3: Been yeah, there's a lot of mercenaries, right, but hey,
who are you? Who are you looking at that's already
in the portal that has some ties to maybe b YU,
the state of Utah or their Latter Day Saints, right,
Robin McCombs to put out a great article featuring a
number of these guys. Jake Wallen, good prospect, Carson Temple
at Utah State. You have other LDS players, Ethan Copeland,
he's a stetson guard, Jackson Holcombe at a UVU LDS kid,
Trevin Lionheart UVU point guard, another return missionary, Isaac Garrett
from Oakland. He's a pleasant grove eighty six foot eight
forard slash center. I believe Isaac Finlandson Hawaii wing. He's
a six foot I want to say he's a six
foot does eight wing as well.
Speaker 2: He's Latter Day Saints.
Speaker 3: Is there anyone out there that is like on your
most favorite like a quad acquisition list, you know, I.
Speaker 7: Will say this, my number one guy because I've always
been a fan of him, will probably be Jake Quilen.
I think Jake. I think Jquilen is so good. I
thought it was it was a shame that he moved
on from b y U. I thought it was you know,
I think he's tough man. I like j Quilen and
you know, the Hall of Comb but whatever his name
is from UVU is also a really good player, you know,
very solid guy. And uh, those would be my top
two picks for now that I know that I've that
I followed closely, right, you know I don't know? Well, sorry,
And I have one more guy the and I think
his name is Carson.
Speaker 2: With a K template from Utah State.
Speaker 7: Yeah, he's a good player. Man. He's tough, right, He's
really really tough. And so, you know, those would be
the three that I'll keep an eye out. But do
I bring all three. Absolutely not. In this day and
age of this arms race with the big twelve boy
bu Yu needs to be up there, and so they
need you know, we just we need some we need
some talent. We need some you know, guys that are
bucket getters. And and I think these guys would be
incredible if they had been you know, in place and
instead of the coastitches and Mahi loos and so on.
But again, right in this day and age, do you
go and take a smaller NIL to play, you know,
to be a role player at BUYU, or do you
take a bigger NIL to have a bigger role at
a different school. And so, you know, the NIL has
changed the game incredibly, man, and so it's a it's
a different game now.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm wondering how active they've been in contacting some
of these guys that have already entered the portal, you
know what I mean? Like, is b YU now in
the in the business of not bringing in these tenured
LDS recruits that maybe started off as like three stars,
but you could argue they are now four star guys.
But they could be looking for something higher, something better,
something more shiny, you know what I mean. Like it
felt like they didn't want to necessarily allocate you know,
whatever funds. They did bring in Tanner Tools and they
liked him, they brought him on a trip, but they
didn't like offer him maybe what TCU was offering. I'm
just wondering, you know, how competitive we're getting with some
of these guys or are we looking for the shinier object.
Speaker 7: Well, so here's the thing, right, everybody will tell you
different things, you know, like I was sucking Andrew made
today and we're talking about some portal guys and we're
talking about some things, and you just you're being thrown
so much money. Then, like, I know BIU was your
dream school, but imagine that after your senior year somehow
that you are a very good you're a very good
player for YU and after and it's your dream school,
your LDS, you're looking for a fatfu ldss gal. All
of the things have nothing to do with football. But
you have a great season, or there's a runner or
an agent that comes to you and say I can
get you five hundred k in the portal, Then I
love you. I know you're one of the best dudes.
I know. I've known you for longer than I know
my wife. You've known me longer than you've known your wife.
And there's no way that you don't jump on that
portal and go get that five hundred k brother, and
and and so like.
Speaker 3: It's hard not to at least be flirtatious with it.
And hear it right, and not into the portal. You
have to enter the portal just to get kind of
get into the conversations, right.
Speaker 7: And so it's basketball more than football. It is such
a pay for play right now. You know, like someone
from I'll say this right because I you know, because
because Andrew's my guy, someone from his team is going
is going to get almost a three quarters of a
million dollars to play college basketball next year. Think about
what I just said. A junior college guy is gonna
get seven hundred and fifty K. And so, like this
is nuts. And so like you know, if someone comes
to ten or tooth and then say, hey, we'll give
you three four hundred K for you to come and
be a valuable reserve here, and BIU only offers them,
you know, two hundred that's a difficult that's a difficult, No, man,
Like you know, two hundred thousand dollars is a lot
of money. I mean you and I know this in
a business world that's more than ninety nine percent of
the world makes. And so it's you know, I think
there's there's something to to you know. That's why I
said with Richie Saunders leaving, you know, Dean Rutger or
Brodi Kaslowski become your next your next hope of having
a program B YU guy, an LBS guy that knows
the culture, no BYU know what it stands. And I'm
not saying that, like you know, Aj is as good
of our representative the church as there is. But Aj
is a one of one and he has you know,
he came for one year. I don't think Calenard Davis
is going to be you know, under understanding of the
culture of b y U because you know, it was
the best scene that probably gave him one of the
best options and offers. Right and and you know the
word mercenary you mentioned earlier, I think it's a little
bit of a strong word. But my brother, is there
are another word that describes going to going to the
best option that pays the best I don't know if
there is. And so it's a difficult situation. You know,
I don't envy Kevin Young and Justin and I'll say this,
how how are the boosters and how are the collectives?
Then how much money are they're going to have? You know,
and they will willingly put and say, hey, here's another
because here's a I saw Spencer Lint and I love Spencer.
That's my guy. I saw Spencer Lint and go back
and forth with Alex whatever MARKM I think from Utah.
I will say this when it's all said and done,
between that, between basketball operations staff and the players, Buiu's
payroll was probably around twenty million, and so you know
it's it's close to that. I mean, Ben, you and
I know what it takes to trip, to travel, airplanes, lodges.
You know, BUIU does everything first first class, and so like,
that's a lot of money. And you probably say that
about you know, probably about you know, you know, about
thirty forty percent of that. So about five six million,
maybe even seven came from BUYU, right with the expenses
and so on. But that means that there was another
ten plus million that came from the collective that came
from BOOST. I what is the confidence that you're gonna
have that money? Again? I just don't know. Athletics is
in such a way right now. I don't envy Bryan Santiago,
I don't envy Travis Hansen. I don't envy Kevin Young
and and his staff, and and to be honest with you,
I don't envy Kollini and his staff, and I know
that they get paid well, but Ben like, you know,
with that that price, that comes a lot of responsibility.
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Speaker 2: Jt Uh Yeah, I was chatting with.
Speaker 3: Someone today and I was we were talking about payroll,
and I'm like, you know how much money you think
they're gonna have to spend in order to get like
a competitive team that can get to a Sweet sixteen again.
And the number of those thrown out was just from
a payroll standpoint on the player side, anywhere from you know,
ten to twelve million is what he said.
Speaker 2: I was like, oh, yeah, I could see that, because you.
Speaker 3: Know, guys are going to be getting there, their their
handlers out and about and being shopped around even without
being in the portals. So we'll see how it plays
out this offseason. Hopefully b Way's able to at least
retain at least fifty percent, maybe you know, forty percent
of their roster from last year. Continue to cohesion and
culture that does matter. JT will catch up with again soon,
but thanks for hopping on.
Speaker 7: Appreciate you and always in forever. Go Kubs, and again
shout out to Lee Camard and the women's basketball team
for what they accomplished to be.
Speaker 3: Let's go, Go Koogs. Go Lee Kamard and the Lady Kugs.
They're going to be taken on Columbia in the championship game.
I believe of the wb IT. Congratulations to Lee Kamard
and his squad. Let's take a time out. That segment
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Speaker 8: March is wrapping up, but the madness continues to ramp up.
We start with well wishes today for the BYU women's
basketball team, who is playing in the WBIT semi finals
at three o'clock against the Kansas jay Os. Ilandi Gibb
has averaged twenty eight points per game in her last
two games, and the team has been seeing big production
from Olivia Hamlin, Sydney Benali, Cambrie Barber, and Brittley Cannon.
Speaker 5: During the tournament.
Speaker 8: BYU will look to avengers twenty one point loss the
Jayhawks back on February fourth, when the team was dealing.
Speaker 5: With the flu.
Speaker 8: Winever, we'll head to the championship game, which takes place
on the onesday nine. Recapping the events from last weekend.
Softball finished their series going one to two against Kansas.
So Friday's win saw a walk off home run from
Danica Acosta, what was her first career homer or has
sent won over the right centerfield wall to win at
four to three for BYU. That wasn't the only walk
off of the weekend, though, as Easton Jones had a
walk off homer for the UYU baseball team on Thursday,
but on Saturday afternoon it was Key one Painter's turn
down four to three with two outs in the bottom
of the night, Painters sent went over the centerfield.
Speaker 5: Wall for Yu's third walkoff homer of the weekend.
Speaker 8: That homer also won the series for BYU as they
took the two to one victory over Oklahoma State and
the rest of the events from this weekend. Number nine
BYU men's volleyball got swepped by number six Pepper Diye
for the first time at home since two thousand and two.
Men's tennis lost to Texas Tech four to two. Number
twenty three BYU Men's golf took fourth place at the
Goodwip hosted by Stanford, with key hey Akeina coming in
second for his third straight top two finish. EA swimmer
Tane Nelson wrapping up his week at Nationals coming in
twenty fifth and the sixteen to fifty three thirty third
and the four hundred im and fortyeth in the fifth
in the five hundred free and track and fields at
multiple top ten BYU records at USC with Pey Grasmussen
finishing point oh one second shy of tying the school
record in the two hundred meter. I'm Cameron Clark and
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I feel like this Bay men's baseball team is in
Fuego right now with somebody walk offs. Baseball is going
to be hosting Kansas State in a midwek non conference
game on Tuesday, March thirty, first, tomorrow at Miller Park.
Speaker 2: The Cougars will then head to Waco, Texas.
Speaker 3: For a three game Big twelve series with Baylor April
second through the fourth, and those Kansas State broadcasting plans
will be broadcast on ESPN Plus and will also be
available on the BYU radio station BAU Radio app and
then one O seven point nine FM in Utah County.
By the way, BYU is thirteen and thirteen on the year,
wild Kansas State is eighteen and ten At four and
five in conference games. The Cougars and Wildcats are in
a four way tie for eighth in the Big twelve
Baseball standings with Texas Tech in Cincinnati. Tuesday's game as
a non conference midweek game and will not factor into
the conference standings. BAU and Kansas State or not scheduled
to play a three game conference series.
Speaker 2: In two thouy twenty six.
Speaker 3: A little weekend recap the Lawyers coming off a three
and one week with a non conference victory over Utah
in Salt Lake City and two of three wins over
Oklahoma State in a Big twelve series in Provo. All
three Cougar victories came in Drew mattic fashion at two
Utah's Tuesday night game. Ryder Robinson went four for fur
and two ribby's and two runs scored, while right fielder
to a law Wolfgraham made a diving catch on the
warning track in right center for the final out of
the game to end Utah's hopes of a comeback in
the ninth and cem NBA six to five victory a
walk off diving catch.
Speaker 2: It was a cardiac Koog moment.
Speaker 3: Two nights later, in a game in Game one versus
OKLOHBA State Senior third base in Easton Jones wrapped up
a come from behind six to five victory with a
tenth inning walkoff homer that went like over four hundred feet.
Speaker 2: It was a bomb.
Speaker 3: Senior right hander Garrison Sumner went a season long seven inning,
scattering just four hits to keep the game close through
the end of regulation, while Nate Gray set the Cowboys
down in order in the tenth frame, setting up Jones's heroics.
The Cougars rebounded from the tough loss Thursday with a
twelve to five win over the Cougars on Friday evening,
so they rebound, but in Saturday's rubber match, Gray took
the mound again with one out in the third inning
and proceeded to go the distance over six point two innings.
The junior right hander allowed just two hits and one
run while striking out six for his second win in
three nights in two outings versus Oklahoma State, great pitch
seven point two innings through one hundred and eleven pitches,
face twenty seven hitters, striking out seven with an ERA
of one point one seven. Despite Grace's performance and the
Cougars offense having doubled Oklahoma State in hits eight to four,
Billy enter the bottom of the ninth down four to
two with one out, Anderson was hit by a pitch,
bringing the tying run to the plate. McNaughton then doubled
to the left left field, scoring Anderson from first to
pull to within one.
Speaker 2: After a strikeout that left BYU down.
Speaker 3: To its last out, Painter ended up hitting a walkoff
home run to straightaway center over the four to two
foot sign for a five to four win, the cougar
second walk off home run of this series. The Batcats
are back, baby, What do you make of the walkoffs?
Speaker 2: On the field and from the plate. Ronald the three
man Weaver.
Speaker 6: Hey, look, the batcats have always been love with the bats.
Is the pitching men that's really been helping him. You
gotta keep the ERI low. Look at college, look at
you know, playoff baseball in the MLB min it's all
about the arms and the bullpens. And this year they've
been able to be a little bit better at the mound,
and I think that's been resulting in victories. You know,
Let's see if they can continue it on did well
against Oklahoma State. I think this team definitely can pick
up some momentum as they get in April.
Speaker 3: Now Volleyball News Number nine BYU Men's Volleyball fell to
the number six Pepperdine Waves on Saturday night in the
smith Field House, with the Pepperdine moves to eight to
one in the NPSF.
Speaker 2: In NPSF played to maintain each.
Speaker 3: Number one spot while Boa drops the four and four
in conference play. Up next for the Koogs, b Oware
traveled the coast of Mason, California for two matches against
Van Guard on April second and the third at don
Nacer Family Plaza.
Speaker 2: First service set for eight PM Mountain Time.
Speaker 3: Also want to remind you Cougar fans in Cougar Country
it's March madness and madness is still upon it. Check
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notes in the BYU Athletics world. Appreciate all you Cougar
fans in Cougar Country to and in today. Earlier today,
the BYAU women's basketball team ended up surviving and advancing
over the Kansas Jayhawks. BAU the number one unseed, Kansas
the number two seed. In the WBIT semi final matchup.
BAYU was able to triumph seventy to sixty seven in
a natal bider to finish. Olivia Hamlet led all scores
with twenty three points on the day, eight or twelve
from the field, four to seven for the three point line.
Sitting Binali added fifteen on five to thirteen shooting and
four to nine from the field. Lara Rochal nine points,
four or five from the field and fourteen rebounds. Nice
almost to double double there. She was tremendous. Brindley Cannon
with five, Delaney GiB with twelve. She was a little
bit off inder shooting, but contributed seven rebounds and six assists,
and she had three steals as well. So a great
overall outing for the Bay women's basketball team and can't
wait to see what they can do next up in
the finals.
Speaker 2: They're in Wichita, Kansas Versus.
Speaker 3: It is confirmed right they're going against Columbia, who was
able to sign over Wisconsin.
Speaker 2: What was the final of that, but it.
Speaker 5: Was a seven fifty Columbia.
Speaker 3: Okay, sixty seven to fifty Columbia. So we wish the
women's team. Well, guys, that's our show. We're sticking to
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