Speaker 1: Well, let's some marvel. The snad for a mun dance
Speaker 1: with the star up above and your eyes a brand
Speaker 1: tab a snack to make romance need the cover of
Speaker 1: October's skies. You know, the leaves on the trees are
Speaker 1: bowing to the sound of the breeze of that blood.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: I'm trying to so as you are, as you get
Speaker 2: a little older, how old are you?
Speaker 3: Order? How old are you?
Speaker 2: Again? I always forget you're like twenty eight? The no,
Speaker 2: you're no, you turn thirty this year. You're so, you're
Speaker 2: barely thirty years old. As you age like I have,
Speaker 2: and continue to rapidly, you get very excited about dumb,
Speaker 2: mundane things. Stop by seven today on the way in
Speaker 2: they were selling peanut Eminem's for one dollar. That's huge,
Speaker 2: It's gigantic. So I've got a nice little you can
Speaker 2: hear it in the mic. Gotten my nice little pack
Speaker 2: of peanut Eminem's favorite and ms. Your preferred style of Eminem's,
Speaker 2: what is it? I might have to go with the
Speaker 2: og just the plane Eminem plane Eminems, but those are
Speaker 2: those are good. The peanut minems might be a close second.
Speaker 2: Peanut butter M and M's also solid. I'll go Reese's
Speaker 2: pieces over those. But yeah, concur but the peanut m
Speaker 2: and m's were a buck I got. I got five
Speaker 2: of these today. You can't beat that. No, I'm pumped.
Speaker 2: I'm pumped. Sean Mooney is old like I am, best
Speaker 2: type of eminem Sean, what is it?
Speaker 3: Oh peanut eminem's for sure. You knew that about me, though, Spence,
Speaker 3: because I am a nut. I'm crazy. I love them.
Speaker 2: Look at you, Look at you and Sean. I've got
Speaker 2: to say, I don't know if it's age, but I
Speaker 2: walk into Sev and I see dollar peanut eminem's. I'm
Speaker 2: grabbing five of those bad boys.
Speaker 3: Oh. And if they had the nachos, I would put
Speaker 3: every chip in vertically so I could get as many
Speaker 3: chips as possible and get all the cheese in the
Speaker 3: jalopenas I could.
Speaker 2: We are the same age, because you're talking my language, man,
Speaker 2: I mean two am young Spence, checkets University of Utah student.
Speaker 2: I'm walking to Sev. I'm smashing nachos. I'm with you.
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, man. We for Scrip and Ogden and so
Speaker 3: it was on thirty six and Washington, so we'd be
Speaker 3: dragging and then we would get that and I would
Speaker 3: drag for another couple. And when I say drag, I
Speaker 3: mean like drive a car. Sure, sure Washington Boulevard. Did
Speaker 3: you brother?
Speaker 2: Did you? Did you ever? Did you ever drag State
Speaker 2: Street back in the day when it was legal.
Speaker 3: I mean we like they didn't really let Ogden kids
Speaker 3: into Salt Lake City, you know they were they were
Speaker 3: a little nervous about us, so every once in a
Speaker 3: while we would. But I think they I don't know
Speaker 3: if it was legal when how when did they stop
Speaker 3: it from being legal?
Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know. It felt like because
Speaker 2: it was legal throughout my time in college. I think
Speaker 2: early two thousands they may have put a stop to
Speaker 2: it because the problem was way too many, like dumb
Speaker 2: dudes would see girls in a car and then they
Speaker 2: would get all their attention and then they would like
Speaker 2: run into the car in front of them. So I
Speaker 2: understand why they stopped it, But no, we did. We
Speaker 2: did not want your kind down here. You know, if
Speaker 2: there's a scrap dude, you know, want to mess without town,
Speaker 2: I know what time it is shot.
Speaker 3: It's so true. Hey, I heard your interview with Chris Hill,
Speaker 3: and I got to just dig in you just a
Speaker 3: little bit. You were guarding Andre Miller. Were you trying
Speaker 3: out for the team?
Speaker 2: Tell me about that? Yeah.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 2: So I went to Rix camp growing up, and you
Speaker 2: know Rick, I got letters from Rick and he was
Speaker 2: kind of interested in and look, I just I transfer
Speaker 2: out to Bountiful. We had a good team, and you know,
Speaker 2: Rick offered me the opportunity to come just play with
Speaker 2: some of the walk ons and some of the scholarship
Speaker 2: guys and see if it was like a fit. And
Speaker 2: it lasted like a month because Andre was and you know,
Speaker 2: there were a lot of those walk on guys there.
Speaker 2: A Cody Huger who was an assistant for BYU, was
Speaker 2: kind of in some of those runs. And within a
Speaker 2: few weeks, it's just like you know, and I went
Speaker 2: in and I talked to Rick, and he was very honest.
Speaker 2: He said, look like Andre is the guy, and you know,
Speaker 2: if you want to stick around, you can walk on
Speaker 2: the team and maybe earn some playing time as a junior.
Speaker 2: But I was eighteen years old and thought I was
Speaker 2: better than I was, and I just walked out. I
Speaker 2: probably should have transferred, but I joke all the time
Speaker 2: that Andre Miller made me realize what it's like to
Speaker 2: play like that. And I was not near on his level.
Speaker 3: I mean, here's the deal. You got unlucky because I
Speaker 3: know who you played against in high school. Sham God?
Speaker 3: Is that right?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Sam, Yeah, Sham and then Andre Miller. Come on, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 2: No, it's ridiculous. But it also puts it into proper perspective.
Speaker 2: You know, Sham God. Wells was the first and God,
Speaker 2: Sham God. Now he's in his Dallas Mavericks assistant coach
Speaker 2: Providence PC Friar's kid. He was the first pro I
Speaker 2: played against that I was sixteen. It was at five
Speaker 2: star basketball camp and the drill was simple, you just
Speaker 2: had to It was a half court drill and it
Speaker 2: was two guards. One was guarding the ball and then
Speaker 2: the ball handler had to beat the guard to get
Speaker 2: past half court to break a press. And he picked
Speaker 2: my pocket three straight times, and it was so embarrassing,
Speaker 2: like and it just it made me realize at that
Speaker 2: age that there are clear levels, no matter how good
Speaker 2: you think you are, they're always Let me ask you
Speaker 2: who was the first? Because you were a good player,
Speaker 2: who's the first dude you played against? Where you're like, nope,
Speaker 2: I'm not like that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Kurt Miller for sure. Okay, So Kurt Miller played
Speaker 3: at Ben Loman, which is our crossdown rival, and he
Speaker 3: was younger than I was, and I got to play
Speaker 3: as a youngster kind of right away at Ogdenheight because
Speaker 3: I was tall and dumb and set good screens. And
Speaker 3: Mark Heslip was on my team who played at b YU,
Speaker 3: who could really shoot it right, And Kurt Miller, man,
Speaker 3: I mean, I've never seen anything like it. I think,
Speaker 3: like I get a catch inside, post him up. Think
Speaker 3: I got a nice little shake and shimmy and shot
Speaker 3: and that shot gets rejected like it breaks the you
Speaker 3: know the wall that he I mean crazy. He was
Speaker 3: just so much more athletic and so much faster and
Speaker 3: everything else is crazy.
Speaker 2: Yeah. My claim to fame is I threw an alley
Speaker 2: up to Tim Thomas at five star.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2: You know, you know it's wild Sean like back then,
Speaker 2: you know, the the dudes that everybody looked at as
Speaker 2: like the next Jordan or what it was, Tim Tom
Speaker 2: I miss and lamar Odom where I grew up, it
Speaker 2: was those two, and so just being on the same
Speaker 2: court with some of those guys. Was a great honor,
Speaker 2: but it just made me realize exactly where I was
Speaker 2: in the ecosystem. I was a fine high school player.
Speaker 2: We should never really talk about my basketball career on
Speaker 2: the show.
Speaker 3: I'm so sorry. I can't help it. I heard it
Speaker 3: not that. Your interview with Chris was really good. For
Speaker 3: all those listeners out there, go back and listen to it.
Speaker 3: You did it good. You do a great job, Spence.
Speaker 2: No, that's nice of you. All I could do was
Speaker 2: shoot it. And if you're a five to eleven white kid,
Speaker 2: you better be able to shoot it because there's nothing
Speaker 2: else on the table. I'm not talking you.
Speaker 3: Say you were good. You can't get that invite and
Speaker 3: play at that level unless you were good. I wish
Speaker 3: you would have. You know, who cares you are where
Speaker 3: you're supposed to.
Speaker 2: Be right for sure? For sure? And you know I
Speaker 2: loved playing. I wish I could have played throughout college
Speaker 2: and then beyond, but it just wasn't in the card.
Speaker 2: So I had to find something else to do, and
Speaker 2: I landed on this, which I enjoy very much. Sean,
Speaker 2: But how are you man? Everything good with you?
Speaker 3: I'm good? Yeah, No, really good? Thanks for asking It's
Speaker 3: been a good week. I'm so glad it's Friday right now.
Speaker 3: And I mean, like, I can't believe smith would just
Speaker 3: happen in the last twenty four hours. I know we
Speaker 3: may talk about a bunch of things today, but West Virginia,
Speaker 3: Derez goes to Indiana, And how about Utah State. My
Speaker 3: dad played at Utah State as a football player, So
Speaker 3: I'm an Aggie at heart. I was born in Logan.
Speaker 3: Every time they get a coach, and they get a
Speaker 3: coach that does great, next thing you know, they're gone.
Speaker 3: He's at West Virginia's crazy.
Speaker 2: Wait is that official?
Speaker 3: I don't know if that's official. I may be in
Speaker 3: trouble on your shot right now. That's what I was
Speaker 3: listening to. And if I get in trouble, please forgive me.
Speaker 2: No, no, no, it's all good. It's all good. Because
Speaker 2: I saw the rumors. I just didn't know anything. I
Speaker 2: had gone down Sean because Utah State got on dress
Speaker 2: last night.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Andre, I mean listen that the tournament's so hard.
Speaker 3: You know this. I mean, you get to that first
Speaker 3: round and you've really done something special. But the reality
Speaker 3: is they're really good coaches at that level and you know,
Speaker 3: the talents at a high level, and a lot of
Speaker 3: those teams, especially from the Power four conferences, they have
Speaker 3: two or three players. You guys were talking about this
Speaker 3: me play at the next level and or go play
Speaker 3: in Europe.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, now for sure. And the tournament is tough.
Speaker 2: And that was a tough draw because McK cronin's a
Speaker 2: good coach and UCLA is big and physical and you know,
Speaker 2: just not a lot of space and so unfortunately Utah
Speaker 2: State goes home. But since we're kind of in the
Speaker 2: space and I didn't know this about you as an aggie,
Speaker 2: how do you articulate sean that culture up there where?
Speaker 2: And look, I don't want to diminish any of the
Speaker 2: coaches Danny, you know, of course, Craig or now Jared Calhoun.
Speaker 2: I'm not saying anybody can go up there and win.
Speaker 2: But dating back to Stu going through this, you know,
Speaker 2: day and age, somehow, some way in Logan Utah, Utah
Speaker 2: State has this like under the radar, incredibly successful basketball culture.
Speaker 2: Why do you think that is? How have they done that?
Speaker 3: Yeah? A couple of things. Number one, I want to
Speaker 3: give a shout out to Jerry Bobe because and I
Speaker 3: know he won't be instrumental in this next high but
Speaker 3: I think he's been instrumental. And then I won't name names,
Speaker 3: but I I've had the pleasure of meeting some of
Speaker 3: their donors. A good friend of mine is Doug Boxleen.
Speaker 3: He's kind of we call him the Aggie Mafia. And
Speaker 3: so I've been introduced to some of their high level
Speaker 3: donors and they know basketball. I would say there are
Speaker 3: two things. One, Smith Spectrum is special. That place is special.
Speaker 3: They're going to be students. They're going to come out
Speaker 3: to those games every single time. It's loud. It's crazy,
Speaker 3: you know that. Back in the day it was eul
Speaker 3: Levie coming in and Greg Grant was putting up thirty
Speaker 3: and the game was great. Josh's older brother. But I
Speaker 3: think Smith Spectrum and then they know basketball. Man, what
Speaker 3: a hiring strength. I mean, it's crazy how well they've done.
Speaker 2: For sure, it is. For sure it is. So let's
Speaker 2: move over now to the news of the week, as
Speaker 2: Alex Jensen was officially introduced as the seventeenth head coach
Speaker 2: in Utah men's basketball history on Monday, and we'll get
Speaker 2: to the higher he made that became official today and
Speaker 2: We've talked about this throughout the course of the past
Speaker 2: month or so, Sean, so we knew it was coming.
Speaker 2: We heard the announcement, But now that it is official,
Speaker 2: what's your reaction and what's been the reaction of people
Speaker 2: kind of in your ecosystem?
Speaker 3: So, I mean in terms of Alex or in terms
Speaker 3: of chilliest chach chow.
Speaker 2: We'll get to the hire in a second. Let's hone
Speaker 2: in on Alex first.
Speaker 3: So I mean, like, the reaction is great. Obviously I
Speaker 3: was there with you. I wasn't I wasn't down on
Speaker 3: the media seating. I mean, you know, they don't let
Speaker 3: the they don't let the color guy go down to
Speaker 3: the media seating. So Christine and I had to sit
Speaker 3: up in the in the chief seats, but we got
Speaker 3: to hear it. I don't think Alex is gonna win
Speaker 3: any like Dynamic Speaker awards. But the two things that
Speaker 3: I heard, and you may you may back me up
Speaker 3: on this is I'm going to be genuine and I'm diligent,
Speaker 3: and I love those two qualities. I don't think we
Speaker 3: need someone to come in here and be coach Majaris
Speaker 3: or be someone that is big and bold and you
Speaker 3: were right in your conversation with Chris Hill. His wife
Speaker 3: is the opposite of him. My goodness, she's outgoing and warm.
Speaker 3: And that's not necessarily Alex, and I don't think we
Speaker 3: need that, but I love that we have genuine and
Speaker 3: diligent coming to touch University of Utah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. And you know, I have wondered whether
Speaker 2: or not Alex's introverted nature, and everybody that knows them
Speaker 2: talks about how funny he is and kind of a
Speaker 2: dry sense of humor. A lot of the jazz guys
Speaker 2: have been asked about Alex over the past couple of
Speaker 2: weeks since the announcement became official, and when the jazz
Speaker 2: We're in Minnesota, one of the beat writers asked Gobert
Speaker 2: about aj as well, and they all kind of said
Speaker 2: the same thing. Just what a good, solid, genuine person
Speaker 2: he is and the quiet nature doesn't mean anything other
Speaker 2: than he's introspective and he actually does have a very dry,
Speaker 2: funny sense of humor. Is he gonna have to come
Speaker 2: out of the shell a little bit in order to,
Speaker 2: you know, recruit at a lot because this is his
Speaker 2: first I mean, he was a G League head coach,
Speaker 2: but he's now the face of Utah basketball. Is there
Speaker 2: gonna be some sort of adjustment that he's gonna have
Speaker 2: to make in order to be more of a front
Speaker 2: facing head coach in college basketball.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a really good question. No, I don't think so.
Speaker 3: I think that the fans will embrace him for who
Speaker 3: he is, and I think where his strength is going
Speaker 3: to lie. Now again, I'm just based on what I'm learning.
Speaker 3: As you learn too. I know Alex a little bit.
Speaker 3: I think he even knew who I am. Of course
Speaker 3: we shook hands and talked to a Scotch when we
Speaker 3: were on the road trip to the Big Tell Tournament.
Speaker 3: But I think his personality is the kind that you
Speaker 3: get him in a room with a lot of people
Speaker 3: and he's not going to be that dynamic everyone cheering.
Speaker 3: But if you get him in a room with less people,
Speaker 3: he's going to be very powerful because he's going to
Speaker 3: give you face to face contact. He's going to be
Speaker 3: intent when he's talking to you. This is my impression,
Speaker 3: and I think those types of interactions can be more
Speaker 3: powerful because they do seem genuine because they really are.
Speaker 3: And I think that's going to be his strength, not
Speaker 3: only with his athletes, but with fans and people that
Speaker 3: are going to appreciate that his words are you, but
Speaker 3: what you see on the court is true. I think
Speaker 3: that's going to be obvious once he starts coaching.
Speaker 2: So now let's get over So Coach Chill, I like it.
Speaker 2: Is that the nickname for Raphael Chilius.
Speaker 3: So I heard a little bit about this hire and
Speaker 3: his his ex handle, his Twitter handle is coach Chill
Speaker 3: and uh man, he's I think he's a great hire.
Speaker 3: You probably know a little bit. I think he was
Speaker 3: ended up being the associate head coach at University of
Speaker 3: Washington under Romar, so you know, PAC twelve level, and
Speaker 3: he's been all over the place, I think most recently
Speaker 3: obviously he's in Memphis, but before that, he took a
Speaker 3: high school and really changed their fate. And he's worked
Speaker 3: with obviously lots of athletes in particular some that have
Speaker 3: gone to the next level. Just what I've just a
Speaker 3: little bit of digging in that I did. H Yeah,
Speaker 3: coach chill is. I mean, I love that name, and
Speaker 3: I love that he's got connections across the board from
Speaker 3: high school really recently to the pros to major college basketball.
Speaker 2: So it's interesting, Sean, because a lot of the conversation
Speaker 2: I've had a lot of guests on this show too,
Speaker 2: about Alex's staff and how this is going to look
Speaker 2: when he fills it out, has been like, yeah, you
Speaker 2: should just get former utes, and that's just kind of
Speaker 2: the deal. And look, I think the former ute nostalgia
Speaker 2: thing is something that will work in Alex's favor. You know,
Speaker 2: the students there weren't even born when Alex was playing.
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, so I don't even know how
Speaker 2: much they really understand what he means to the basketball
Speaker 2: ecosystem on our state as a Utah mister Basketball at
Speaker 2: Beaumont and then a whack Player of the Year and
Speaker 2: then obviously seems like the one player that Rick was
Speaker 2: nice to according to all the guys that played with
Speaker 2: Alex and played for Rick. So this hire indicates and
Speaker 2: I've been talking about this quite a bit. I mean, Alex,
Speaker 2: of course spent nine years with the Jazz, so it's
Speaker 2: not like he's been out of the market for twenty years.
Speaker 2: But he hasn't been around Utah basketball since he graduated.
Speaker 2: And I'm sure he's maintained great relationships with former teammates
Speaker 2: and such and I'll continue to say, if Andre Miller
Speaker 2: wants to show up and coach for the Utes, you
Speaker 2: make that higher. But this indicates that Alex certainly has
Speaker 2: relationship that he's built and cultivated outside of the Utah
Speaker 2: basketball stratosphere. What do you anticipate moving forward as we
Speaker 2: hear some more of these announcements.
Speaker 3: Obviously, if Andre it fits, I mean, he's an obvious
Speaker 3: one to add. But I love the fact that he's
Speaker 3: bringing in different thought patterns and different ideas and people
Speaker 3: of different backgrounds and different cultures, and this is only
Speaker 3: going to be helpful for him. And I really love
Speaker 3: what he said in his presser he took. I think
Speaker 3: he he said he really thinks about something when he's
Speaker 3: doing it, and what he doesn't want to do and
Speaker 3: what he's not doing is rushing into it. I love that.
Speaker 3: I mean, basically, he's putting his own team together around him,
Speaker 3: and I believe this is true. Spence. This is why
Speaker 3: you have Porter. You know, he gives something, He brings
Speaker 3: something to the table that you can't. I think Alex
Speaker 3: is going to do that. And now we know Porter's
Speaker 3: bringing a thirty thirty year old to the table. We
Speaker 3: don't have that, so you got that with what he
Speaker 3: also brings. But Alex is going to do the same thing.
Speaker 3: I think he's going to bring people to the table
Speaker 3: that aren't just yes people, Yes, Coach Jensen, this is
Speaker 3: what we want to do. But they're going to challenge him.
Speaker 3: They're going to challenge the idea of what they create together.
Speaker 3: And I love that he's taking his time. I know
Speaker 3: that seems scary, you know, because you want to try
Speaker 3: and get into the transferport and you want to be
Speaker 3: ready to go. But I love that he's taking this time,
Speaker 3: and I think he's going to put the perfect team
Speaker 3: around him if they can do it right. It's hard
Speaker 3: to come from the NBA to the collegiate level. Often
Speaker 3: there's a discrepancy in pay, but you don't have a
Speaker 3: discrepancy of on the road all the time. That's the
Speaker 3: one beautiful thing, right When you go from the NBA,
Speaker 3: where you're on the road. It's a ridiculous league in
Speaker 3: terms of how much time you're away from home. You
Speaker 3: can be at home more when you're in college, which
Speaker 3: may be quality of life for some of these people
Speaker 3: if they're coming from the NBA.
Speaker 2: Yes, to be clear, did you just compare porter to
Speaker 2: Andre Miller. Did you just say Porters de Andre Miller
Speaker 2: of the show.
Speaker 3: Did not compare you to Andre Miller. I'm so sorry,
Speaker 3: That's not what I meant. Sorry, we can we can reach.
Speaker 2: I just you know, I've got to keep him humble,
Speaker 2: because you know, our guy behind the glass at times
Speaker 2: needs a little bit of Docer humility. He's still young,
Speaker 2: he's in shape, he can dunk, and he thinks that's impressive.
Speaker 2: Nobody thinks young people doing athletic stuff is impressive. You're young,
Speaker 2: you should be able to do that. So I just
Speaker 2: have to make sure he has his Docer humility. Hey
Speaker 2: tell me this. So it's just an interesting time where
Speaker 2: coach Eiler is still preparing for games. Right, so we
Speaker 2: hear today laws and lovering in the transfer portal. Officially,
Speaker 2: he'll have one year of eligibility as a grad transfer
Speaker 2: as well Hunter Hunter Erickson and then Jake Waaleen as
Speaker 2: a soft is also of the transfer portal. Any insight
Speaker 2: as to when the college basketball Crown takes place in
Speaker 2: a few weeks, who we are going to see on
Speaker 2: this team?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't, I mean, but I do know that
Speaker 3: they committed like the word on the street is that
Speaker 3: now only the team committed to the Crown Tournament, but
Speaker 3: the coaches committed to the Crown Tournament, and you know,
Speaker 3: and the coaches really giving them a lot of honor.
Speaker 3: They've done a hell of a job. I mean, this
Speaker 3: is not an easy situation, and by any stretch of
Speaker 3: the imagination, I mean, as they sat there in the
Speaker 3: interview or the propressor for Alex, you know, there's just
Speaker 3: so many emotions going through my head. But I think
Speaker 3: that you've got a team that is going to stick together.
Speaker 3: They're committed to that, and you're going to see that,
Speaker 3: and they're going to show up in this tournament and
Speaker 3: play hard all.
Speaker 2: Right before it set you loose. You know, we have
Speaker 2: we have talked about this, but let's revisit it because
Speaker 2: the transfer portal officially Sean opens on Monday. And it's interesting.
Speaker 2: So I've got a brother and sister in law who
Speaker 2: live in Carmel, Indiana, and they went to the MAVs
Speaker 2: Pacers game the other night where Alex was with the
Speaker 2: MAVs as an assistant. And my sister in law knows
Speaker 2: Natalie well from their days in New York. So they
Speaker 2: talked to aj and Alex is finishing the season with Dallas.
Speaker 2: He is in the middle of hiring his assistant coaches
Speaker 2: and now starting on Monday, he has to hit the
Speaker 2: ground running to make sure that he has talent at
Speaker 2: his disposal in order to be as competitive as possibly
Speaker 2: year one. So before I set you lose, I've not
Speaker 2: asked you this. I've asked most of our guests, including
Speaker 2: Doctor Hilloes in studio. Expectations, Sean are the cause of
Speaker 2: misery in sports and in life. Okay, so let's set
Speaker 2: realistic expectations year one. Alex Jensen, head coach Utah Basketball
Speaker 2: Big twelve.
Speaker 3: I mean, my expectation is that we finish in a
Speaker 3: position where we're going to go to the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 3: That's maybe not realistic, but I believe it is. I
Speaker 3: believe that's who the Utah just hired. I do think
Speaker 3: that the realistic expectation based on where we are, like
Speaker 3: Chris scill said in September, is going to be easier
Speaker 3: to talk about. But right now, based on what I
Speaker 3: know about Alex and what I know because I played
Speaker 3: for Rick majeris there's like you know, he said that
Speaker 3: we got ruined by Rick. It's true. Well, you're going
Speaker 3: to see that as fans again on the Huntsman Center floor,
Speaker 3: and it's going to flourish. We are going to defend
Speaker 3: at a high level, and you can win when you
Speaker 3: defend at a high level, in particular on the road,
Speaker 3: which we're going to do in the Big twelve tournament
Speaker 3: next year. So I think we're top eight next year
Speaker 3: and we have a real crack at the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 3: I don't even know who's going to be on our team.
Speaker 2: Love it, Sean, love the optimism. I mean, look, it
Speaker 2: is wild that next year we will celebrate celebrates the
Speaker 2: wrong word, but we will be Let's see what's the
Speaker 2: right word next. I'll just lay it out there. Next
Speaker 2: year will be ten years since the last time we
Speaker 2: had a tournament team. Right, that's not a celebration. But
Speaker 2: for guys our age, a decade of Utah basketball with
Speaker 2: no tournament expirit, no tournament appearances, Sean, is just flat wild.
Speaker 3: It's crazy. We would have never guessed it. We would
Speaker 3: have never thought we would go that far away from
Speaker 3: the thing that define U time men's basketball.
Speaker 2: All right, my friend, Well, I appreciate the time Dancing
Speaker 2: of the weekend. Buddy, have a good.
Speaker 3: One, Okay, I will have a good weekend.
Speaker 2: Thanks all right. Sean Mody calls games with our guy
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