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sports inside of latest bracketology coming out from Joe Lunardi.

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I just put out my poll, what what seeding with

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three regular season remaining? Three regular season games remaining because

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twenty and eight, six and six and Quad one, six

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and two in Quad twos, with the remaining schedule in

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the Big twelve tournament on the docket, what seating do

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you think BYU bast ball Earns in the NC DOUBLEA Tournament?

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Chime in on it want to hear from you at

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Krital Benjamin Poll of the day is what we're talking

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about here, latest bracketology. I think most have BYU at

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that six line for now. For now, anything is possible

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with his Jekylin Hyde basketball team. We've seen the peaks,

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we've seen the valleys in such a short span of time.

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We've seen the good, we've seen the bad, we've seen

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the beautiful, we've seen the ugly.

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Speaker 2: As in all things in.

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Speaker 1: This life, there must be opposition in all things, and

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you've felt that opposition. You've glorified and you've also vilified

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this basketball team to the point where you booed them.

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Speaker 2: You booed them at the Marriott Center when they were.

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Speaker 1: Down thirty six points and not putting forth the effort

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that do you think they should be putting forth?

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Speaker 2: And that's okay, I understand it.

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Speaker 1: I was chatting with a number of donors, high profile

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fans and wondering, you know how often they've seen this,

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the Utah Valley loss where they gave up like one

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hundred points at the marriage that.

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Speaker 2: Was not good.

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Speaker 1: The mid to late nineties were a time when booze

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Speaker 2: The staff, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if we've ever heard that loud

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of booze though from what I've been able to gather.

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Speaker 2: They were pretty aggressive.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately, you don't have much leadership outside of Aj Debonsa

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right now. I don't know if you feel that way, Cougarnation,

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But who do you look for? Who do you look

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towards as a leader? Aj is a young man full

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of potential, full of talent, that has never really had

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to like lead any team to a championship, lead any

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team through this, you know, traversing it through a championship

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type of tournament run and and so, and his personality

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is ky pointed out. You know, he has to maybe

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maybe he's to activate something in his inner soul to

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lead that way. I also don't don't think it helped

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that Richie Ronnie. Where was Richie at? Why was it

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Richie on the bench in this UCF game? Do you

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Speaker 3: Remember we heard from Spencer Linton that Richie was causing

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the surgery for this week, so that so he was

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Speaker 2: I assume, so he already had the surgery, and so yeah.

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Speaker 1: Had he should have scheduled it Richie for Friday or I.

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Speaker 3: Mean been if they want to trick him on this

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road trip to the big tal Turnam, which I think

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they do in March Madness, then he kind of had

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to get in now. So that's my thoughts.

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a cougar sports ins atitude.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's go with it.

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Speaker 1: My guy, Sean Walker d Shatwalker KSL dot com. Sean, Uh,

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do you think having Richie on the bench would have helped?

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little bit here finding some leadership after being at such

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a high after the Iowa State game.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think it definitely would have helped against UCF,

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just morale wise, mentality wise, but ultimately, I mean, I

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think the Oye defense just kind of let them down,

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maybe could have done to slow down UCF. It's just

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and Kevin Young brought this up afterwards. It was almost

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like a lack of trying. Uh, it just it just

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they weren't putting that game plan together. There were short

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runs on defense, going underscreens, just little things you know,

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you're todd in fifth grade Banton basket ball, not to

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do BYU is doing. I don't know if Reggie Saunders

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would have helped with that, Like maybe it would have

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helped him lock in, Like, well, we'll never fully know,

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so like I'll get some great And to your point, Ben,

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to this play, even being out for the season with

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an ACL injury. Like this is the heart and soul

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of BYU basketball, whether he's playing or not. But I

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definitely think it could have helped, although TBB how much

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it would have helped, maybe against UCF in particular, so

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a little bit. To your point, Ron, I think BYU

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for the rest of the season. Again, he's obviously not

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going to play. You know toward that acl really just

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kind of rip things up in his knee. But they

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be able to travel with the team. That's going to

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require having surgery probably that that's going to require just

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keeping him in the building, you know, even sitting on

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the sideline. Just because of that spirit, that heart, that

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sold that energy. I think it's still necessary for this

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Speaker 1: BYU fans, what were they booing? Do you think do

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you think they're booing the coaches? Do you think they're

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booing the players? Like where does the accountability lie after

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a tough loss like that deep being down thirty six,

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Speaker 2: Want to be.

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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, yes, and yes I think all of the above.

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I think by fans were booing just the entire performance,

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particularly in that first half against UCF. They weren't very

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happy and Ky to his credit, Kevin Young, to his credit,

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said yeah, they shouldn't have been happy. You know, this

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is a great fan base. They have a lot of expectations.

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put on the floor, particularly in that verse half against

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the night, I think he used the word unacceptable. That

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was at least the tone I got from him. It

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was pretty unacceptable what they put out there. Now, you

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can't take any credit away from UCF. I think Johnny

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Dawkins had a heck of a game plan. UCF very

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clearly needed this game Tuesday more than BYU. BYU also

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showed what they can do, or maybe more appropriately, can't

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do in order to not do anything when it comes

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to the Big Twelve Tournament and the NCAA Tournament. This

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team is going to they're going to the postseason. They're

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going to be a part of March Madness. But it's

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the same issues that they had Tuesday night against UCF

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show up in March. It could be a much shorter

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stay than anybody ever expected. And the booth I have

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a feeling that day will be significantly louder. Yes, it's

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the players, but also against the coaches, against the administration,

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against pretty much everybody involved because of what this season

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was allegedly supposed to be set up for.

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Speaker 1: Sean Walker Kaseekasale dot Com here on your Utai ESPN

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Radio network. With three regular season games remaining bus twenty

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eight and eight, their top twenty five team in the

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eight people. They are six in six in Quad one,

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six and two in Quad twos. What's what's the seeding

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do you think they get knowing that they got these

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, it depends on how they finish, right

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I think the ceilings for this team right now is

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probably a six seat. They're kind of covering right around

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a six seed line. I think the selection committee sent

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a pretty clear message during that mock selection show where

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they unbuild the unveilp the top sixteen that this BYU

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team is not really in the conversation for a top

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four seed. So you can maybe quibble over a five

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or six seed. They're probably a six seed right now,

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but if they struggle here down the stretch, they could

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his BYU team, But it's also not numerically impossible. If

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this team's in an A nine game, then you're talking

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about a tough game and then going on the road

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to a potential second round matchup against one of those

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numbers one seeds like it is, it's not a good situation.

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up if they stay on that sixth line. By the way,

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region will be what you can play in it in

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Portland that has a spot for a six seed as well,

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geographic relevancy and and a little bit of kind of

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some regional HOMERSM if you will, if you will, If

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they can stay on that sixth, that six line. In

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order to do that, I think they probably got to

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go and they got to win on this road trip

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win over Texas Tech I think would be a big deal.

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Although TVD how much that will help BYU with this

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Tech team, I won't say sputtering without JT topping, but

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JT Top and injury. Right, So how this team finished

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in that sixth still sitting in that six range, or

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maybe they fall into that eight nine game.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned that, and I'm like, look, when BAU has

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made runs, it seems like they have had fortuitous locations

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Speaker 2: Denver this last year, right, that was nice to have Denver,

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Speaker 4: Yep? Yeah, I mean I mean the crowd, the crowd

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at ball Arena in Denver was absolutely incredible. There were

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and they were taken out of their first round game

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pretty early. No offense to the Grizzlies. I thought they

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had a great season as well. BYU fans absolutely overtook

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that arena. Now, granted that's only I mean, what three

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like Portland would be better than that. But I think

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travels very well, particularly in the Western United States, that

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has a big fan base in the Western United States.

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If they can keep you outside of say like Greenville,

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South Carolina. I think I think that could help this

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team potentially make it to the second weekend even Sean.

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Speaker 1: This basketball team has shown us the jackal, It showed

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us its hide. What do you think it will shows

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in the next three games?

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Speaker 4: Sorry you cut out there for a second.

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Speaker 2: The Jeckyll the hide.

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Speaker 1: Right, We've seen the best of the best of them,

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their best win, their best game, their best defense, seemingly

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their best offense, and then we saw their worst offense,

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their worst defense the following game.

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Speaker 2: What will we see in the next three games? Do

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you think?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? And I think the one consistency through all of

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that has been a JD. Bonsa. I mean, he has

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been at advertised, He's in the conversation for best player

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in the country, He's going to be in the conversation

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for number one pick in the NBA draft, next to Jewe.

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And he has been about as can system as you

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can possibly ask or has he had some ups and

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some downs? Sure, everybody has. I don't think everybody's been perfect,

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but he's been pretty consistent. The inconsistencies would be why

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you has been that supporting cast. And it's not just

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the big two or the big three. Whatever it is,

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it's it's everybody not named aj Dubonsa has maybe had

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some issues with some consistencies, Like even Richie Sanders had

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some consistency issues before he went down, and he was

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probably the only second most available, second most consistent player.

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Rob Wright has had plenty of issues. You know, we

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could go down a long list with the other guys,

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whether it's Cannar Davis, Kbaketa. I feel like Alexi Kostitch

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got into a really nice rhythm even in that loss

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to UCF. He's been playing much better during the last week.

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Maybe that can help BO. You need to find some

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sort of consistency from this supporting cast, or their stay

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in March could be significantly shorter, again than I think

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anybody expected or anybody imagine at the start of year.

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Speaker 1: Sean Walker here on your Utah ESPN ready network in

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off tomorrow, Sean, And I know we're still we're still

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in basketball season, but key storylines that you're most intrigued

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by during Camp kloone twenty twenty six and why uh.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I mentioned it here last week. I

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think the number one three line for me was going

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to be that run game. And who is going to

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back up LJ. Maron next year? Can somebody emerge from

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a significant list of candidates. But all eyes are on

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the wide receiver position right now because of the situation

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involving Parker Kingson and his carter from the program, the

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legal issues aside and all of that, that's a big

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hole that BYU needs to replace. In the past game

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that was already trying to replace Chase Roberts and Carson

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Ryan by the way, So I think the pass game

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has question marks. Not in the guy who's throwing the ball.

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Beare Meyer obviously back for another year, one of the best,

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arguably the best true freshman quarterback in college football last year.

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I think a lot of the numbers back that up

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from PSF and other sources. But who's catching that ball,

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I think is going to be the number one question

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this spring. Who's going to emerge with a lot of touches,

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a lot of reps that can be big as that

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can go around in the throw game. Will it be

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a guy will a little jojo step up like I

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think a lot of people have kind of been waiting

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on for two years. Maybe you've got a couple of

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transfers that are coming in. Kobe Hagen, I think has

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shown some nice moments in spots, but consistency has sort

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of been his game. Like, I think there are options.

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Will they start, will they use a guy like Walker?

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Lions a lot more in the throw game at tight end.

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I think they unlocked something in Carson Bryan Walker seems

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like he could be a guy that could slide into

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that spot as well. So just overall, I think it's

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it's the receivers, It's the pass catchers, it's how BYU

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moves on not only from losing Parker King in the offseason,

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but also their top two other pass catchers and touchdown

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catchers who were who one of whom was at the

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NFL Combine this week.

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Speaker 1: Indeed, Chase Roberts, Jack Kelly. How do you think they're

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going to perform? Who do you think maybe improves their

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draft stock from their combine performance?

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Speaker 2: Jack and Chase? Jack or Chase?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean there's already been some great stuff out

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of Jack Kelly. I think on the field, he's pretty

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pretty proven. He just needs to be able to show

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it to people. But he's also been great in interviews

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some media opportunities that he's had interviews with GMS and

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scouts executives. He's been articulate, He's explained himself very well.

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I think he's done a really good job with the

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camera in front of your face. Which in moments like these,

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whether it's at the NFL Combine or Pro Days or

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leading up to the pre draft process, every single thing

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is evaluate, evaluated and dissected by NFL programs. They're investing

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a ton of money in these players, uh, not just

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their established veterans, but even their rookies coming in and

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potentially multi multiple millions of dollars. They want to make

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sure every single thing, even the minute, the most minute detail,

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is right. And I think Chuck Kelly has already proven.

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He's already showed that he can be a solid occasional

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player for an NFL franchise. UH, that he can come

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in and just work up, put his head down, work hard,

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get into a system very well, uh, and and contribute

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pretty early that I think somebody is going to be

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very lucky when they select Jack. Comment next day for

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on the NFL Draft Sean and Walker.

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Speaker 1: Best way to support to what you do, how you

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Kasel dot com as always is the place I'm

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state basketball, yeah, we got that going on.

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Speaker 2: We'll give us an update, give us an update on that,

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give us an update on that.

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Speaker 4: Well, the boys turned a bit, just the boys, the

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five basically boys semifinals just very tipped off. Not really

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an update there. The girls tournament was all through the

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morning and up until now. Lone Peak came back and

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knocked off top seed at Westlake in the six A

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girls tournament for all of your Utaih County listeners. So

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sunner a heartbreaker and also an emotional one for Utah

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Speaker 1: Nice work, Sean Walker, thanks so much, brother, appreciate you

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