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Welcome in. 37 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,799 Speaker 2: Jamie Shaw, Senior National recruiting Analysts for Rivals and on 38 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:45,719 three Sports. 39 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: What's up, Jamie? 40 00:01:47,359 --> 00:01:48,079 Speaker 3: Then, man, I'm good. 41 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: How you doing living the dream? Man? 42 00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:52,719 Speaker 2: I appreciate you hopping on it's you know, Jamie, I 43 00:01:52,719 --> 00:01:54,640 gotta give you a tip of the cap man. You 44 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,760 know you'll you'll post things on Twitter and you will 45 00:01:57,799 --> 00:02:02,040 get all manner of conversation brewing and you are responding 46 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,280 to all of these comments. 47 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: Jamie, I salute you. 48 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: Man, you're you're I used to do that, uh, and 49 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,680 I just gave up because I felt like I was 50 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:14,280 just spinning my wheels. But man, you were engaged over 51 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:18,280 the last few days, engaging with the fans. 52 00:02:18,319 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 3: The fans of what makes it go? Fans? Are the 53 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,039 fanatics there? What there? Would kind of drop the whole sport. 54 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,280 You know, if the fans weren't engaged, if the fans 55 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,680 weren't there, you know, we wouldn't be able to watch 56 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,360 these games on TV like we do, and we wouldn't 57 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,960 be here talking about them on the radio with people listening. Man, 58 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,960 fans of the absolute best. So it's always good to 59 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,840 engage in conversation, see where their mindsets they're at and 60 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:40,840 kind of talking away through thy Yeah. 61 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,759 Speaker 2: The one that I'm referring to is you put out 62 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,599 this question the freshman class continues to be special. This 63 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:50,039 was on February twenty third, just a day ago. Aj Debonsa, 64 00:02:50,159 --> 00:02:55,360 Cameron Boozer, Darren Peterson, Caleb Wilson, Darius Acuff Junior or 65 00:02:55,439 --> 00:02:56,520 someone else, who. 66 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: Do you pick? 67 00:02:57,159 --> 00:03:00,439 Speaker 2: What was the feedback that you got on the best 68 00:03:00,439 --> 00:03:03,960 freshman right now? But what one game one win today? 69 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,520 Who you take and what's the feedback you got? 70 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,759 Speaker 3: It was all over the board. I think maybe those 71 00:03:08,759 --> 00:03:10,759 guys are there. There's a lot of Darius A Cup love. 72 00:03:11,159 --> 00:03:14,360 There's a lot of agent advanced to love you know 73 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,240 in there as well. So yeah, I think that that's 74 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,919 one thing that's beautiful about college basketball this year, both 75 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,080 the teams and individually, there's a ton of parody. There's 76 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,000 a ton of guys that are just really good. There's 77 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,520 a ton of teams that are just really good. So 78 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,360 that fee it's don't make it exciting from here on, allens, 79 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,000 because getting down the stretch and in the de Tournament 80 00:03:31,039 --> 00:03:32,639 playing all that stuff is The parody that we have 81 00:03:32,719 --> 00:03:34,919 within the game right now is incredible. 82 00:03:36,039 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: So who do you pick? Who would you pick to 83 00:03:38,439 --> 00:03:39,520 win the games right now? 84 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: For you? 85 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 3: Well, I put out my number one, my player of 86 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:50,479 the year tally earlier than player in college basketball, also 87 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,879 a freshman, so right now, week seventeen, I'd have to 88 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,879 lean on Cam Boozer to be that. 89 00:03:56,919 --> 00:03:58,439 Speaker 1: Cam Boozer is a great player. 90 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:01,479 Speaker 2: How would you describe Cam Boozer or you know, individuals 91 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,280 who have tried to do player comps of him. 92 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: What's his ceiling in the NBA? Who do you compare 93 00:04:06,439 --> 00:04:07,840 him to? Who is he like? 94 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,919 Speaker 3: I think the archetype is there. I kind of like 95 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,080 the Kevin Love talk. I kind of like his dad, 96 00:04:14,159 --> 00:04:17,199 Carlos Boozer. You know, obviously his range extends a little 97 00:04:17,199 --> 00:04:19,560 bit further than that. What Ken is as a grinder, 98 00:04:19,639 --> 00:04:22,560 He's somebody who just understands the game. His feel for 99 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,879 the game, his IQ for the game is so high 100 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:27,240 in his understanding of angles and leverage and all that 101 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,000 type of stuff in order to continue to make plays 102 00:04:30,439 --> 00:04:32,439 but also have an offense run through him as a 103 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:33,000 power forward. 104 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: He's truly a fantastic player. 105 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 2: He's great fundamentally, He's he's well rounded, no doubt about it. 106 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,000 He's he's producing at a high level for Duke right now. 107 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,319 What's the It's the curious case of Darren Peterson though 108 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:52,639 like he seems like he's the best scorer in college basketball, 109 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,079 and other times it's like, well, he's got flu he's 110 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,240 got cramping, he's got injuries. What do you make of 111 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,759 the whole saga? Surrounding Darren p you're sitting right now. 112 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 3: Oh, you know, it's one of those things that's where 113 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:07,480 when he's playing, he's unbelievable to watch. It's the situation 114 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,759 that's where Kansas can beat anybody in the country whenever 115 00:05:10,759 --> 00:05:13,000 he's on the floor because he goes down and he's 116 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,720 had stretches of games this year. You know, you follow 117 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,680 in the first half of that Dyu gave where he's 118 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,199 just simply unguardable, you know, so you know when he's 119 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,279 on the court and play and he's super exciting to watch, 120 00:05:23,319 --> 00:05:26,319 super exciting to play, and he gives Kansas legendary coach 121 00:05:26,319 --> 00:05:29,399 Bill Self a chance or an opportunity, you know, to 122 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:30,199 make a run. 123 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's crazy. What's happening in college basketball this year? 124 00:05:35,319 --> 00:05:38,879 Aj Devonso over the last six or seven games has 125 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,759 been pretty elite. How would you evaluate AJ thus far 126 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,839 this season and especially in the last five. 127 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: Or six games? 128 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,879 Speaker 3: Hey, Jay, My first time thing. AJ was eighth grade 129 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:53,600 going into ninth grade when we debuted our rankings with 130 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,279 on three. At the time, he was number one in 131 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,399 his class and he stayed double one throughout the entire 132 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,439 high school year. His career even through the reclap, and 133 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,839 he stayed number one coming into college this year. AJ's 134 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,480 been the number one player in my eyes, in this class, 135 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,519 in this cycle, throughout the entire duration of his career, 136 00:06:12,959 --> 00:06:16,480 and he keeps getting better, which is the thing about it. 137 00:06:16,959 --> 00:06:20,959 High school incredible flashes, three gold medals with Feeble USA basketball, 138 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,079 put up incredible numbers. But now you're seeing him, You're 139 00:06:25,079 --> 00:06:27,759 seeing him streamline his game, You're seeing him put things together. 140 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,279 You're seeing him play efficiently, seeing the floor better, hitting 141 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,560 his spots when that's not there, getting off the ball, 142 00:06:33,639 --> 00:06:36,279 fighting teammates, the passing. These last three games, I think 143 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,480 it's seven or more assists in three of the last 144 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,680 four games that he's played. Started with the triple double, 145 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,480 which would have been the second one of the season. 146 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,199 This past game against Iowa State, the game is just 147 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,879 looking very easy for him. He's playing very confidently, and 148 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,879 it seems to him and Kevin yall are really really 149 00:06:52,519 --> 00:06:53,959 playing on the same court right now. 150 00:06:54,959 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it. They're getting on the right 151 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,959 track right now. Buy he's winning three out of last 152 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,079 where they had their best win of the season over 153 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,480 Iowa stayed and definitely going to help them in the 154 00:07:06,519 --> 00:07:09,639 seeding in the Big twelve tournament as well as the 155 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:13,000 NCAA Tournament. In my opinion, a couple other things that 156 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:17,560 you've broached on Twitter. Dean Rukert has been an intriguing 157 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,759 prospect on the recruiting front. And I know you had 158 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:21,800 a recruiting this is what you do all day every day. 159 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,279 Jumps one hundred spots in the latest Rivals one fifty 160 00:07:25,839 --> 00:07:28,680 and you've broke down the six foot seven wing. 161 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:30,279 Speaker 1: What do you see from Dean? 162 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 2: How did he jump so aggressively into your top one hundred. 163 00:07:35,279 --> 00:07:37,800 He was kind of a borderline top one fifty. Now 164 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,959 he's right smack in the middle of some of the 165 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,360 best in the country. 166 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,759 Speaker 3: For sure. He's always a guy who's been able to play. 167 00:07:45,839 --> 00:07:49,079 He's always been a lanky six foot seven player who 168 00:07:49,079 --> 00:07:51,000 can elevate the floor of a team. He played as 169 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,399 a cohesive piece. Now all of a sudden, he's becoming 170 00:07:54,399 --> 00:07:57,920 the He's being okay with being the guy. He's on 171 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:00,360 the top of the opposing team scouting reports. He's the 172 00:08:00,399 --> 00:08:02,240 one that's taking the shot, he's the one that's making 173 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:03,680 the pass, has the ball in his hands, and he's 174 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,360 the one getting downhill dunking on kids. The upside is 175 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,879 incredibly massive with him when it comes to the athletic fluidity, 176 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:10,519 when it comes to the link that he has, when 177 00:08:10,519 --> 00:08:12,160 it comes to the ability to scale up or down 178 00:08:12,199 --> 00:08:14,680 the lineup, both being able to play and initiate on 179 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,000 the ball or finish plays off the ball, shooting and 180 00:08:18,279 --> 00:08:20,519 stretching the floor and all that. More than just a 181 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,240 floor spacer. He's somebody who can actually run offense. He's 182 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,519 one who can actually lead offense as well. So he 183 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,600 took a huge step when it didn't like he grew. 184 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,199 It isn't like he all of a sudden came into 185 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,159 some skills set. He's always had the skills that now 186 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:35,200 all of a sudden, he's turning it on in order 187 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:37,120 to instead of being able to dribble shooting pass, now 188 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:40,799 he's dribble shooting and passing toward an advantage consistently throughout 189 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:43,840 the course of the game. And that trajectory is very 190 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,679 intriguing when it comes to the scalability of what he 191 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:46,720 brings those to a team. 192 00:08:47,519 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, you wrote a nice piece on him. 193 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 2: We invite everyone to read it on three dot com 194 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,559 and Rivals dot com. 195 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: YBA, you commit. 196 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 2: Dean Ruker jumped one hundred spots in Rivals one fifty 197 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,039 top one fifty. You get a player conforen Dean? What 198 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,679 does he look like? What does he feel like? For 199 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,320 those that haven't been able to watch him, he's a 200 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,720 b YU recruit, obviously hard commit for for the Kug's 201 00:09:07,759 --> 00:09:11,000 gonna be a b YU cougar and uh but what 202 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,279 what is it? What's in store for Cougar fans? Uh 203 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:14,960 in the future? 204 00:09:15,919 --> 00:09:19,279 Speaker 3: Man, I'm I'm trying to think, because there's a He's 205 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,200 done a lot of stuff to his game. I'm not 206 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,480 entirely sure. I haven't. I haven't thought of a player 207 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,399 comp when it came to him. But yeah, again, somebody 208 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,600 who's six seven, six eight, lengthy, athletic fluidity. He can 209 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:32,840 shoot the ball, to pass the ball, and he can 210 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,000 also get downhill and put it with two hands, go 211 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,480 chest to chess with your big man. So there's a 212 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:40,080 lot there's a lot of stuff there that's intriguing, and 213 00:09:40,159 --> 00:09:42,519 I'm fascinated to see what Kevin Young does with him. 214 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 2: Yes, indeed, uh b yu uh Ish has done well 215 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,240 in the two seasons under Kevin Young. What's the buzz 216 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,159 like on the recruiting front surrounding b YU. What are 217 00:09:53,519 --> 00:09:56,879 prospects saying about b YU. I know there's been a 218 00:09:56,919 --> 00:10:00,159 few high profile players that have taken a visit to 219 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,720 Provo recently. Give us a little breakdown for sure. 220 00:10:03,799 --> 00:10:05,639 Speaker 3: Well, b YU has been very selective with the high 221 00:10:05,639 --> 00:10:10,639 school guys that they're going after, you know, so the 222 00:10:10,919 --> 00:10:15,519 buzz is is their intrigue, especially with what Aj Yegor 223 00:10:15,639 --> 00:10:17,759 kind of opened the door of this past year. Now 224 00:10:17,799 --> 00:10:20,360 getting a j and seeing what Aj is doing, seeing 225 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,600 that he's continuously getting better now all of a sudden, 226 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:25,480 it's almost helping in their advantage that he started to 227 00:10:25,519 --> 00:10:28,919 season outside of the norms talk for number one. Now 228 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,279 of a sudden, he's becoming the consensus number one type 229 00:10:31,279 --> 00:10:34,519 guy in that conversation. It's almost helping by U, especially 230 00:10:34,519 --> 00:10:37,000 when it comes to those lengthsy wings like an agent 231 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,840 at Advanced like a Yegor David Is lots of positive buzz. 232 00:10:41,639 --> 00:10:44,480 They're they're our place now as a school where if 233 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,799 they call, every prospects going to take the call. But 234 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,279 they've also been very selected with guys who spit what 235 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,120 they're trying to do, what they're trying to build and 236 00:10:53,159 --> 00:10:57,799 bring in and place, So it's uh, yeah, what what 237 00:10:57,919 --> 00:10:59,759 they are now is completely different what they wore too 238 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:01,919 years very difficult what they were five years ago. 239 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 2: It seems like BYU's targeting aggressively. Bruce Branch the third 240 00:11:07,759 --> 00:11:12,159 of five star at a prolific prep in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 241 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,480 I don't know if he's got a top five a 242 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,360 top three right now, the six foot seven, two hundred 243 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,559 pound wing small forward first Branch, But they give us 244 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,480 in the latest on Bruce Branch's recruitment. 245 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, so b Yu has taken an approach with him. 246 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:30,080 Who's they got his first official visit Kansas and USC 247 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:33,240 or turn the schools that are in the midst there, 248 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,559 schools that you hear mentioned. Bruce opened his eyes again 249 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,000 with the AJ stuff. You know, you got a six 250 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,240 ft seven, long armed player out out there on the wing, 251 00:11:42,279 --> 00:11:45,120 and it's intriguing to him to see the development of 252 00:11:45,159 --> 00:11:49,000 AJ's brought. Been told that his decision is not necessarily close. 253 00:11:49,039 --> 00:11:50,600 To play it out and see how the season goes, 254 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,559 then maybe dip its toe into the portal a little 255 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,679 bit and see how things are starting to line up 256 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,639 as people declare for the NBA Draft and the portal 257 00:11:56,639 --> 00:12:00,279 and and do all that on his end. But he yeah, 258 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,879 B B YU squareling when they you had them on campus. 259 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,840 They were the first ones to get him on campus. 260 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,519 And they're still in the conversation. 261 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:12,279 Speaker 2: Jamie Shaw Rivals dot Com on three Sports here on 262 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:17,440 your Utah ESPN Radio network talking some excuse me college 263 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:25,799 basketball right now, senior national recruiting analysts for Rivals and UH. Jamie, 264 00:12:26,039 --> 00:12:29,519 want to get your thoughts right now on the approach 265 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,080 that BYU is taking. 266 00:12:31,399 --> 00:12:31,519 Speaker 3: UH. 267 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 2: They've been very strategic about the high school players that 268 00:12:36,039 --> 00:12:38,320 they're taking and who they're recruiting. 269 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: They've they've definitely. 270 00:12:39,879 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 2: Got the transferportal route. What's the right I guess balance 271 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:49,039 for UH for these college basketball programs and teams the 272 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:53,039 vifurcation of UH and splitting up of high school recruiting 273 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,879 and also the transferportal recruiting. 274 00:12:57,039 --> 00:12:59,799 Speaker 3: Well, talking to most coaches out there, a lot of 275 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:04,200 them appreciate roster continuity, so being able to have guys 276 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,799 multiple years, maybe not even four or five like they 277 00:13:06,879 --> 00:13:08,559 used to be, but you know, having guys multiple years 278 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,200 a year two and being able to grow within the 279 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,559 system like that. But also, I'll starting to a coach 280 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,240 the other day that said that they were they still 281 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,960 recruit high school players because the high school players are 282 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,440 the guys that can be pros. You know, you come 283 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,919 in one and done and all that. You're not getting 284 00:13:22,919 --> 00:13:24,559 that out of the transfer portal. If they were a 285 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,399 pro and the transporportal for the most like, they probably 286 00:13:26,399 --> 00:13:28,440 would have gone. Now you're able to get a guy 287 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:29,960 because they have to go to college for a year. 288 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,279 So you're seeing a lot of talent and you're seeing 289 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,200 that this year in the college ranks as the guys 290 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,399 I think what the first eight, nine, possibly ten projected 291 00:13:39,399 --> 00:13:40,799 players in the draft this year is going to be 292 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:45,960 one and done freshmen, you know, so they won't roster continuity. 293 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,480 They want to passwork it through the portal, and they 294 00:13:48,519 --> 00:13:50,679 want to be able to get the best freshman possible. 295 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,559 If they can get a pro as a freshman, you 296 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:55,279 know they're gonna look to do that. But also, you 297 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,799 know you got the Nile price tagle on that and 298 00:13:56,799 --> 00:13:59,919 everything too, So it's not as easy as it founds. 299 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: No, it's not. 300 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,759 Speaker 2: Right now you're looking at the the talent though, that's 301 00:14:06,799 --> 00:14:12,080 coming through college basketball. Uh, that's coming back to college basketball. 302 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,279 G leaguers trying to come back. Yeah, you know, really 303 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:20,960 qualified players. Uh, maybe staying a little bit longer rather 304 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,360 than going to the G League or going overseas. Are 305 00:14:24,399 --> 00:14:29,120 we seeing the product of college basketball improved over the 306 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,799 last two years as a whole? 307 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,679 Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's watching these games this year, 308 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,240 the stakes they have, and then following it on Twitter, 309 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,320 and following on the social media impressions and people that 310 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,480 are writing about it, covering it and see it on 311 00:14:46,559 --> 00:14:49,039 TV and the news and everything. It seems like college 312 00:14:49,039 --> 00:14:52,399 basketball is an incredibly healthy point. You know, anytime you 313 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,120 can have talented players playing in the game, whether guys 314 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,840 thoughts to his that would have gone pro, would have 315 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,279 made their way through the G League and the up 316 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,039 guys that are possibly coming back now to college. You know, 317 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,600 anytime that you're able to have more talent on the floor, 318 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,039 it's good for the game. You know. Now, obviously they're 319 00:15:10,039 --> 00:15:12,480 gonna have to get their hands around the rulings and 320 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,200 figure some some parameters out and all that type of stuff, 321 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:20,639 but not to get all track the game, it seems 322 00:15:20,799 --> 00:15:24,039 looking at what everybody's talking about, looking at all the 323 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:26,720 ratings and looking at all the you know what leads 324 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,720 in the news and everything. It seems the college basketball 325 00:15:28,759 --> 00:15:30,519 game is that is high right now? 326 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, it seems like it's at an all time high, 327 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,480 real quick, Jamie. But you know, let's talk a little 328 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,879 NBA though projected Draft big board. I know you put 329 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,960 up your twenty twenty six NBA Draft big board, it's live. 330 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,759 You published it on February and ieal, I'm sure you've 331 00:15:44,759 --> 00:15:47,080 made maybe a few updates as well. What do you 332 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,240 stand right now in the twenty twenty six NBA draft 333 00:15:50,639 --> 00:15:51,159 do you take? 334 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:54,759 Speaker 1: You know, who do you take first? Overall? What does 335 00:15:54,759 --> 00:15:55,799 your sequence look like? 336 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 3: Aj Divasa has the number one for me the beginning 337 00:16:02,159 --> 00:16:04,840 of the year through the year, haven't moved off of that. 338 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:06,399 I think that he's kind of in a tier of 339 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:08,960 his own, continues to be in a tier of his own. 340 00:16:09,279 --> 00:16:11,279 I don't think that. I don't think right now that 341 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:14,159 I don't think it has been all year a conversation 342 00:16:14,799 --> 00:16:17,799 number one now. I think the number two pick is 343 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,000 going to be an interesting conversation. You have Darren Peterson there, 344 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,080 you have Cambouseer there, Caleb Wilson has had a very 345 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,039 good year. I'm there as well in a couple other 346 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:29,120 guys too. But I think the race for number two 347 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,360 is going to be a very interesting one to see 348 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,039 how that plays out. I think ag is in the 349 00:16:33,039 --> 00:16:34,360 tier of his own at number one, though. 350 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's He's definitely showcased it. I think in the 351 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,279 last six games he's a a well rounded player. I mean, 352 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,200 in this last Iowa State game, I don't know if 353 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,360 you were able to watch it, but I mean, he 354 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:49,559 almost had a triple double. 355 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,879 Speaker 1: He probably should. He should have had a triple double. 356 00:16:51,919 --> 00:16:54,759 Speaker 2: There were plenty of missed opportunities that his teammates just 357 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,039 didn't drop wide open shots that they just didn't hit. 358 00:16:57,519 --> 00:17:01,360 But a rebounding effort, of defense, effort at distribution and 359 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,599 scoring that he is unparalleled in college basketball. 360 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,759 Speaker 3: One of the things about AJ, even going back to 361 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:11,519 being able to watch in the USA Basketball training camps, 362 00:17:11,839 --> 00:17:14,440 those close practical and stuff, it's the competitive nature that 363 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,839 he brings. He's very vocal and he wants to win, 364 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,759 and you're seeing that. Obviously, Richie goes down. There's a 365 00:17:20,799 --> 00:17:24,000 couple of injuries throw out the lineup, obviously the biggest 366 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,359 one being Richie. But he's adapted. The whole team's adapted, 367 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:29,799 and now he's running through the offense of that, and 368 00:17:29,839 --> 00:17:33,119 he's and he's making plays for the team, not only himself. 369 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,039 Obviously he had the twenty nine, but then you had 370 00:17:35,079 --> 00:17:36,720 the nine assists with a couple of him left on 371 00:17:36,759 --> 00:17:40,160 the table. Aga competitive, AG is incredibly competitive, that he's 372 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,839 incredibly talented, and that's that's an awesome crossroads to. 373 00:17:43,839 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: Be at, no doubt about it. 374 00:17:46,319 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 2: There's UH with the high quality college basketball that's being 375 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,960 played right now, because with the high quality players, UH, 376 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,359 it seems like there's more parody in college basketball than ever. 377 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,119 You asked the question, only one team could cut down 378 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,799 the nets? Who's your pick right now? No hedging? Who 379 00:18:01,799 --> 00:18:05,400 do you got? Is it Duke Arizona Michigan? Ioways stayed 380 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:06,039 someone else? 381 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 3: Man, I gotta tell you, I think there's about ten 382 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,920 teams out there that could win it. And as we know, 383 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,759 it all comes down to, UH, to the mass ups. 384 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:19,200 Whoever you get matched up with and paired with. An 385 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,480 NCAA tournament can go a long way, you know, making 386 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:26,799 it all the way through injuries and and just riding 387 00:18:26,839 --> 00:18:28,720 a hot wave and everything too. But I do think 388 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,039 there's about ten eight to twelve teams UH intellege basketball 389 00:18:32,039 --> 00:18:34,720 who could end up winning the national championship, and that's 390 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,880 gonna be that's gonna make for an incredibly exciting Marph. 391 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's gonna be a fun one, no doubt 392 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:41,680 about it. 393 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: Is the do you have a. 394 00:18:44,039 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 2: Like a favorite, like, like from a personal standpoint, who 395 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,960 you're rooting maybe to win it all out of those 396 00:18:50,079 --> 00:18:52,880 Nate like ten teams. As there's like a storyline, You're like, 397 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,720 it would be really cool to see this storyline play out, 398 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,839 uh in the uh in the finality of the of 399 00:18:58,839 --> 00:19:00,000 the college basketball season. 400 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 3: Not really, you know, there's a storyline anywhere if he 401 00:19:06,599 --> 00:19:08,640 just looks for it and tell the right put the 402 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,039 right set of words together. 403 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:11,559 Speaker 2: You know. 404 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,799 Speaker 3: So don't really pull for anything outside of just really 405 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,200 great matchups, like competitive matchups, and you know, just the 406 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,160 best basketball we can possibly see. I want to see 407 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:23,759 somebody break a scoring record every night. 408 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, love that, real quick evaluating great out for me. 409 00:19:27,799 --> 00:19:30,759 The twenty twenty six b U basketball recruiting class, they 410 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:34,920 got Dean Ruker, kJ Perry, Abdullah Akhmed and will open 411 00:19:35,079 --> 00:19:37,279 Obviously Abdullah is already there from the G League coming 412 00:19:37,279 --> 00:19:40,599 in you know, kind of an interesting acquisition. kJ Perry 413 00:19:40,759 --> 00:19:43,319 is red shirting this year at coming out of Citus College. 414 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:46,079 Dean's finishing up his senior season and will open shop 415 00:19:46,079 --> 00:19:48,759 finishing up his senior season. And what's crazy is two 416 00:19:48,759 --> 00:19:51,400 guys on the same team, same high school team getting 417 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,119 recruited to a particular school. 418 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: Kind of crazy, no, for sure. 419 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,079 Speaker 3: And we talked about Dean earlier. I think Dean's got 420 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,359 incredible upside him. Fascinated to see what he does. You know, 421 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,160 once he gets in the strength and conditioning program at 422 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,079 the collegiate level and learns how to really streamline his 423 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,160 game and get his footwork right and do all that well, 424 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,920 will open saw is A is a is a big 425 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:14,440 that you need in college. He's somebody who who's a 426 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,759 big that plays big, you know, going over the day, 427 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,119 the you know, the the down on the block guy 428 00:20:20,559 --> 00:20:23,039 who just plays out on the block and bruises and 429 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,440 sumpshow around a little bit and all that. And that's 430 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,640 what will open Shawl is. You're going to need to 431 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,240 get stronger, We're gonna need to continue to grow his 432 00:20:31,319 --> 00:20:32,759 game and all that type of stuff. But the guy 433 00:20:32,759 --> 00:20:35,119 who's not afraid of the physicality and once he again 434 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,680 gets into the strengthen conditioning program eighteen years old, turns 435 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,319 twenty years old, twenty one years old and starts to form. Uh, 436 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:43,880 there's there's a lot to light there with what he 437 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:48,480 can bring. His contributor u kJ Athletic downhill guy, one 438 00:20:48,519 --> 00:20:52,839 of the best players this past year. Lots of lots 439 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,000 of injuring us not there. You might have leticism that 440 00:20:55,039 --> 00:20:58,119 he brings to the wing potential two way type stuff 441 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,200 and we're saying what the big doing now in the rotation. 442 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,599 Speaker 2: Jamie always appreciate your time, best way to support you, 443 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,880 what you do, how you do it, and teesus with 444 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,759 any content you're going to be dropping you shortly, No, 445 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:12,319 for sure. 446 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 3: On three dot com is the website on three butt 447 00:21:16,519 --> 00:21:19,960 rivals earlier this year. So on three covers the college side, 448 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:23,400 Rival covers the high school recruiting side. You'll see my 449 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,880 biolines on both. So yeah, that's the best way go. 450 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:31,279 Jamie saw five is the Twitter feed at Jamie shawfive 451 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,880 J A M I E. You know, go check it 452 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,359 out there. Working on a top transfers list right now 453 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,119 that will probably come out tomorrow. I'm actually working on 454 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,599 AJ the advance, the piece that I'll be working for the 455 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:43,599 game tonight. So hopefully be able to put that out. 456 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 2: To Bar as well. Love your content, man, love conversating 457 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,319 with you as well. Brother, Thanks for hopping on today. 458 00:21:49,319 --> 00:21:52,200 We invite anyone everyone to follow you and readat on 459 00:21:52,279 --> 00:21:53,359 three and rivals. 460 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,079 Speaker 3: Ben. Thank you so much man, keep doing a great job. 461 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, appreciate you. 462 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 2: Jamie Shad, Ladies and gentlemen, great segment under our belts. 463 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,519 Speaker 1: They're getting to know this BAU basketball team. 464 00:22:03,559 --> 00:22:06,559 Speaker 2: Get Jamie Tho's comments on what's going on in the 465 00:22:06,599 --> 00:22:09,480 recruiting world as well. Ruby's In is the sponsor of 466 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,000 the segment rubys In rubies in dot Com Hike bike, 467 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:14,400 Razord horseback ride through the hooteros of Bryce Canyon. 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