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be a six seed right, They're gonna take on either

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NC State or Texas in that playing game. They're heading

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out to Portland, Oregon with the opportunity if they survive

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in advance in the round of sixty four to play

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Kennesaw State or Gonzaga the Three Steed so very excited

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about the opportunity, and I think by you received the

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fortuitous seating and for fortuitous path to the Sweet sixteen?

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Speaker 2: AJ.

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Speaker 3: What did AJ have to say about it? What are

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your thoughts on going out to Portland? Any ties with

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you your family to the Pacific Northwest?

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Speaker 5: That feels good. I don't think I actually ever played

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a game in Portland. Actually, I played in the Hoop Summit,

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so I might see some familiar faces from over there,

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but there's no like specific ties over there, besides like

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my Nike the Nike headquarters up there and everything like that.

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But besides that, I'm just excited to go play with there.

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Speaker 2: He's that Nike guy. He's that he's part of that

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Nike family.

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Speaker 3: And Uh, I think he's His second iteration of his

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shoe is much better than his first iteration. Looks like

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that one's uh it's a better built uh and hopefully, uh,

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they really refined that basketball shoe. It looks like he's

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been performing a lot better since he he got the

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second iteration of it.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: The AJ debanta what is it? What is it? What

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is he a fan of it?

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Speaker 6: Not?

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Speaker 2: Spider Man is a spider Man.

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Speaker 3: Didn't we have a spider Man iteration of his shoe?

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Speaker 1: Yeah he did.

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Speaker 7: He did beute a spider man and this.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a little spider man illustration on that bad boy?

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Speaker 2: Ay J. How do you feel about the.

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Speaker 3: Renewed defensive intensity?

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Speaker 8: That feels good.

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Speaker 5: We definitely find our identity on the defensive side, and

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you know, playing a team like you know, Texas or

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Anti State come from a different conference, We're definitely to

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try to impose out well on the defensive end and

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you know, leading our defense to kind of transit into offense.

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Speaker 2: Defense to offense.

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Speaker 3: And uh, I just I feel like early on in

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the season, probably about the I would say the front third,

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maybe the front half, I felt like the defense was

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still it was still solid. It wasn't elite, but it

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was a solid too. Sometimes you have good outings as well,

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and then there was a steep drop off. And right now,

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if I if I'm not mistaken, Ken Blum has b

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yu's adjusted defensive efficiency rating at fifty seven. It's not bad, right,

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it's not too shabby. Their top ten in offensive efficiency,

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and I believe the data is very clear, like you've

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offensively and top fifty defensively to make a run, a

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deep run in the NCAA tournament.

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Speaker 2: And Beway's right there. They're knocking on the door.

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Speaker 3: They're in that quadrant of efficiency that allows the the

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the the men and women of metrics to maybe make

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a bet that by you can get to the sweet

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six team and maybe even beyond that.

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Speaker 2: Aj De Bonsa, what's it like not knowing who you're.

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Speaker 3: Going to play and do you prepare for both teams

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or just focus on yourself internally?

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Speaker 1: No, you definitely have to prepare for both teams.

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Speaker 5: So I'm gonna be watching like the technanicyes of both

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teams of you know, specific players. But yet again, like

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you know, digging deep into both teams, so we're not

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just panicking a day or two right before. There's definitely

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gonna be a coach on one side and the coach

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on the other side, and they're gonna dig and dive

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Speaker 2: Got a prep gotta scout this squad.

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Speaker 3: As I mentioned, Texas is has a net rating of

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forty second. They're eighteen and fourteen on the season, they

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were nine to nine in conference play. Their best wins

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or versus NC State, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and Oklahoma as well

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as MISSOI those were both off I believe only one

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of those was actually a home game, so three of

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those in away settings, and then they got to win

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versus Texas A and M on the road. They actually

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played pretty well on the road and in neutral sites.

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So for whatever reason, they lost a fair share of

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home games as well versus some top tier programs. And

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their biggest weakness was actually the Quad two games they lost.

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They lost earlier in the season Arizona State, they lost

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to Texas A and M.

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Speaker 2: That was at home.

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Speaker 3: They lost to Oklahoma at home, and then they lost

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to Ole Miss on a neutral court. They were also

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three and one in Quad three. They actually have a

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Quad three loss with Mississippi State, a three point loss

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at home to Mississippi State, by the way, so that

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is Texas. I'm kind of prognosticating the Texas survives in advances,

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but that's my prognostication. We'll see if it comes out

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and comes to fruition a j What is it been

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like from your perspective with Richie Coach Richie being on

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Like, I mean, he's our vocal leader, so he

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gives us a big spark, you know, when coaches are

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huddling up right in like the first thirty seconds of

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that mediate time out, he tries to gather us, tries

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to give us some advice what he sees on the

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court from the bench. It's just good that you know,

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he could travel with us as our vet, as our

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vocal leader.

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Speaker 3: Sure it helps, right having Richie coach Richie wearing that

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coaching cap final thing from AJ. How has it been

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leaning on the older guys that have experienced the NCAA tournament?

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Speaker 1: No, everything.

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Speaker 5: You know, we have several returners from last year's team

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who made it to sweet sixteen. Say, I know what

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it takes to get at least to the sweet sixteen,

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you know, the whole coaching staff. But even guys like

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Rob who played in the tournament last year, we definitely

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have some chances that's playing in the tournament. So I'm

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definitely gonna be asking him for some time of advice.

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Speaker 3: Looking like, I don't think this is a story about

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the tenure the Vets right right now, Like, I mean,

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I know Rob's been to the nc double A tournament.

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He's like a seasoned vet in the NCUBAA tournament, went

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to one NCUBLEA tournament. This is gonna be a story

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about the guys that have never been here before. Aj

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has never been here before, right, Alexi Kostik has never

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been here before. Hadeem has never really been there before,

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never played in this game. You know it's gonna be

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a story about maybe Dominique Diamande, the six foot seven

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redshirt freshmen. Those are the guys that got to lift.

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Those are the guys that have to be better. Canard

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Davis junior guys, these are the guys that need to

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step up and and I think pull their weight. I

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want to get into the story of Dominique Diamande. If

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you missed it, there was a Deep Blue that featured

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Dominique and listening to k Y. Kevin Young discussed his

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conversation with Dominique earlier in the show, maybe thinking, you

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know what, we need to get to know Dominique a.

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Speaker 2: Little bit better because he could be a.

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Speaker 3: Wild card for Brigham number twenty four on the court

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that product oat of Paris, France. Remember he was at

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Washington prior to transferring to BYU He's the son of

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Christina Diamande. His one sibling Amy. Speaks three languages for

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those that know Italian, French and English, and played in

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twenty six games for eighty eight boys in France the

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Pro Am League Under twenty one league and average sixteen

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point six rebounds to assists on one point eight steels.

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Speaker 2: He was a gem.

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Speaker 3: He was a good find for BYU and now he's

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coming into his own. Let's get to know Dominique Diamande

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in this Deep Blue segment from BYU TV earlier this year.

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Speaker 9: I'm from Paris, Bonn and Rays. I remember, I think

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I was four. My mom bought me a small mini

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hoop from my bedroom and the DVD and that was

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the movie's pay jam and I just fell in love

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about like Michael Jordan, and this beautiful sport was basketball.

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Speaker 10: I hosted a camp in Paris because I always did

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basketball training. He was interested, you know, to come to

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one of my camps. He came and I saw intensity,

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very intense, but the heart was bigger than everything.

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Speaker 4: You can see self determination, a will to be successful

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and to just grind through.

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Speaker 6: I don't know if you would ever say it, but

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to me, that's what motivates to like he's been to

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the bottom, and I don't think he wants to go

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back to the bottom, you know, And it's very clear

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and obvious when you watch him play that he's a

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guy you do not have to wind up like he

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wakes up ready to go.

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Speaker 9: My grandma passed away and suns like that period of

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time that started like to be a really a mess,

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like in my childhood, in my house, my mom should

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start taking drugs, being depression.

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Speaker 10: He told me that when he was younger, going home

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was like hell, I was just.

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Speaker 1: Tacking every day after every day.

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Speaker 9: When you were young, you just you just see like

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your mom taking drugs, alcohol, medication and biating your dad.

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So seeing him getting beat and doing nothing, that was

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really hard for me. The anger.

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Speaker 10: It was just like here, Dominic's father got hurt, he fell,

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and because of that, you know, cops came and domestic

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violence got got involved, and Domb's father couldn't stay with

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his mother anymore, so he had to go away. Unfortunately,

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he didn't have the funds, you know, to get an

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apartment right away. He had to stay in his car, and.

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Speaker 8: Dom decided to stay with him.

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Speaker 9: You don't know what you're going to need the next

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day you have school. You know, when you're going back

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to school, all your friend's going to ask you. Yeah,

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while you're miss school is tough, really tough. There is

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so much thing going through in your head, the relationship

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with your mom, If your dad's going okay because you

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takes care of you, but you think about his mental

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health and his physical health.

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Speaker 1: So that was really a horror moment.

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Speaker 10: For a couple of months, they stayed in the car

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and I remember one time he came to Paris and yeah, he.

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Speaker 8: Didn't have any food for like two days.

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Speaker 1: I started staying with Sebastian.

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Speaker 9: My dad texts him, you say, yeah, can you take

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care of my son for a couple of weeks started

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Speaker 8: Cidy was a very honest, loyal person.

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Speaker 10: So he and I we used to go, you know,

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have lunch or at dinner and talk, you know about

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life and dambit.

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Speaker 1: Yeah he was.

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Speaker 10: He was like an uncle to me, So it's just

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normal that I do the same for his son.

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Speaker 9: I find out about the susuation of my adult's health.

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school and just told me about his cancer. I just

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like start asking God, why him? You've been through all

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of this and you're giving like another thing.

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Speaker 2: He fast for two.

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Speaker 10: Years and then he had a relapse.

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and one of my coaches come come to see me,

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call me in this office and he say, you're going

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to pass away during the night, so we have to

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drive you to the hospital to see him. The last time,

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we were so close, and I was feeling something was bad,

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so I'm just saying, yeah, I know it.

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Speaker 8: Dumb was really loved by his dad. He was really

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proud of him.

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Speaker 10: Before he passed away, he talked to Dom and he said,

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you know, whatever happens, you know you got you gotta

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stay with Sebastian.

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Speaker 8: He's the one who was going to help you. And

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he said this to me many times.

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Speaker 11: I had known some things about him before that he

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was just, you know, a player and needed some guidance.

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I understood, and we've never looked back.

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Speaker 8: And I couldn't be happier. He's just a part of

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the family.

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Speaker 9: It's feeld great to have a family because, like I

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think I missed a lot of moments with my my

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real blood family when I was younger, and right now,

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sometime when I with Seb, his kids, his wife, I

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just feel like a ten or twelve years.

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Speaker 1: Old, you know.

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Speaker 10: I tell him all the time. You know, you're like

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my son, my nephew. You became my friend now, you know. So, Yeah,

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we have a really close relationship, but it's it's love.

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Speaker 8: At the end.

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Speaker 11: His story, ninety nine times out of one hundred would

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have gone this way, and it didn't. He didn't allow it.

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I think that all of the pain and the hurt,

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he's used it in such a positive way in the

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name of Dad.

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Speaker 8: I'm gonna make.

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Speaker 11: It and there's no looking back. I have no doubt

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in my mind that this kid will go as far

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as there is to go.

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Speaker 8: He knows the path he has to be on.

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Speaker 11: He has the right guy to keep him on that path,

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and nothing will stop him.

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Speaker 1: All I've been through, I've never alone. God He's with me.

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Speaker 9: My relationship with my moms today way better, like way,

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way way better. I was able to forgive her first

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of all because of God.

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Speaker 1: And growing up.

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Speaker 9: I started like to see all the stress and the

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archives she'd been through too. I think about my dad's day,

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I'm just happy. Everything about me is because of my dad.

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So yeah, I just want like people to remember everything

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we've been through together, in the good way, in the

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bad way. But like, yeah, I'm just trying, just like

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I said, keep his memory alive with me every day.

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Speaker 3: Like I stated before, so much adversity, so much of

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her refining fire. But yet the ability to bounce back,

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stay positive, put in the work, and create a legacy

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for himself and his family is what I wanted to highlight.

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And don't be surprised if he becomes one of the heroes,

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would be hy U in the NCAA tournament run. I

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think he's got the ability. I think he has the

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skill set. I think he could be Really he could

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be a boon for BYU in the NCAA tournament run.

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Because it can't just be just be Aj and Rob.

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It's got to be a village, got to be a

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collective unit. The cohesion and culture and chemistry and the

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maximization of individual talents that that booy up the collective,

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that's what it's about. So I think everyone's rooting for

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Dominique DIAMONDI. If you hadn't listened to that. If you

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hadn't watched The Deep Blue with b YU TV and

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Dominique Diamande, go back and listen to it again, because

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I think it'll be a story throughout March Madness that

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we can lean into. Last year we had an awesome

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story and it was a fun story and Richie Saunders

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becoming the Todd King, right, maybe it'll be an AJ conversation.

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Maybe Rob's out in front, but maybe guys like Dominique

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Diamande will become heroes for b YU. Ronald, your thoughts,

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your commentary as we wrap up this segment, and it

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was a great one. By the way, Bryce and Bryce

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Speaker 7: I apologize, man, it got me emotional over here. You know,

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him just talking about his dad and coming from a

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struggling situation. You feel you connect with people through their stories,

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just some different parts of the world. And you know,

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STEP's wife said it ninety nine times out of one

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hundred men, they go this way instead of this way,

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and Dominique didn't. And you can even send them on

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a basketball court. There are times where he checked into

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the game, picked up maybe too many fouls, things can

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go his way, wanted to maybe be on the court morning.

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We said it in the first segment. And man I

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love players like Dominique, man I really do, because they

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just say, hey, stay ready, they don't complain, they don't

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get upset, they keep working hard and the moments have come.

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I mean to win Meal twice in the Bigswell Termo

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on a fast break, Ben, to be in the rotation now,

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to knowing that he's going to have his number called

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on Thursday, like it's going to be called it's going

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to be because of that intensity, It just it gives

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you goosebumps. Honestly, I mean as just a as a person,

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as a human being, as a fan of college basketball,

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someone who likes to tell these stories, and the Deep

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Blue they always do a good job there at bau

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TV I'm a fan of Dominique. I'm rooting for him,

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I really am. And look, Ben, we won't know until

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the season's over. But if this team is which we believe,

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is able to get to the Sweet Team Sweet sixteen,

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but the magic happens and they're in the the eight,

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I think when we get to the offseason, Ben, I

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think we need to have a discussion about all these guys, Like,

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if all these guys show up in March, maybe that's

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drought of you know, four to four weeks to basketball.

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That was probably their trial there, you know, refiners fire.

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Maybe you need all these guys back. You don't know

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until you get to the end. But look, I know

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we poke fun at DMP, but d NP's father did say,

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it's not start, it's where you finished. What will BYU

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basketball finish?

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Speaker 2: It is my question?

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Speaker 7: And if they finish on the upside, Ben, then I

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think that just shows to Kevin Young, the coach, to culture,

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the players that they have, and right now they're very confident.

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Speaker 3: Let's see what they do to get to a Sweet

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sixteen and maybe even Elite eight.

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Speaker 2: You need a supporting cast. I can't just be AJ

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and Rob.

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Speaker 3: Coming up next, Matt nor Lander tells us that of

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they were led by the Nate Smith Award winner Danny Ainge,

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Speaker 4: This is a one oh three nine at ninety eight

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three ESPN Sports Center updates.

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Speaker 12: Time to put on your dancing shoes because BYU men's

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basketball is going dancing after a strong performance in the

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Big Twelve Tournament last weekend that saw ajd Bonsa break

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the tournament scoring record and also saw him named to

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the All Tournament team. BYU was awarded the final six

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seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Cougters were placed in

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the Portland Region and will face the winner of Texas

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and North Carolina State, who played tomorrow night. Both Texas

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and NC State have lost five of their last six,

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compared to BYU, who has won.

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Speaker 7: Three at their last four.

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Speaker 12: That game will tip off Thursday night.

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Speaker 2: If the Cougar has come out.

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Speaker 12: On top, they will face the winner of Gonzaga and

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Kennesaw State on Saturday. Selection Sunday was not as kind

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of the women's team as they were among the first

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four out of the tournament. All is not lost for

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League Camarges squad, though, as they earned a one seed

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in the WNIT and we'll face Alabama and m on

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Thursday at seven o'clock in the Marriott Center. Making the

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turnament is a big deal in all, but winning is

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an even bigger one. UYU Track and Field saw two

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runners take home national championship status in Fayetteville, Arkansas, over

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the weekend at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships,

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Carter Cutting plays first in the mile, and Jane headingbrind

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once again showed her dominance as she took home the

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gold in both the three thousand meter and the five

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thousand meter. Overall, it proved to be a winning weekend

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for much of PUGAR nation as multiple upsets took place.

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The biggest of lich was twenty fourth Ring Gymnastics taking

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down number fourteen Clemson on the road. Winning this meet

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will give the Cougars momentum as they prepped for the

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Big twelve tournament on Saturday in West Value. Utah baseball

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continue their winning ways as they top Cincinnati on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: To win their first series of the year.

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Speaker 12: The Bearcats came into the series ranking fifth in the

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nation in RPI, but Garrison Sumner on Thursday and Easton

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Jones and Saturday's matchup proved to be too much to handle.

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The computers will be down in Saint George tomorrow as

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they take on in Utah. Tech Softball also had their

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best weekend of the year so far, as they took

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home two of three and the trailblaz are Classic down

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in Southern Utah. The UU split with Omaha going one

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on one and then top Utah Tech. It resumed Big

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twelve play this week and travel the Stillwater to face

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number twenty one oklahllm Mia Staves.

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Speaker 13: The other events this week.

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Speaker 12: Saw women's tennis and men's tennis win their matches, and

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number seven men's volleyball loose and number eighteen Stanford in

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both games. Today, the women's golf team t's off and

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the Betsy Rolls Longhorn Invitational which runs through tomorrow in Austin, Texas.

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Speaker 14: Region, where the six seed going to Portland is BYU,

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featuring the nation's leading scorer, freshman aj devonsa heat over

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Speaker 13: Yes, and those are two bubble teams who made it

474
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into the field, Texas and North Carolina State. Maybe a

475
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little bit of a surprise to see them in the

476
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first four. They were cruising along about a month ago,

477
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but they lost seven of their last nine.

478
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Speaker 7: I'll barely hang onto the bubble.

479
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Speaker 3: They get the sixth seed and they're taking on Texas

480
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and or NC State.

481
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Speaker 2: That was from the selection show.

482
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Speaker 3: And we're gonna get to a few more comments from

483
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those andals, those pundits, those experts that feel like BYU

484
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could survive and advance in this segment, getting into March madness.

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This is Cougar Sports, one of three nine ninety eight point

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490
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and see what he has to say about it. Most

491
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BWAU fans, I think are hoping, praying, Hey, right now,

492
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,279
we got to get to the round of thirty two.

493
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If we're losing, that we're gonna be disappointed. But not

494
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all is lost. That It's not like people are gonna

495
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be calling for people to lose their jobs, et cetera. Right,

496
00:24:12,279 --> 00:24:14,319
it's not that. If you get to the Sweet sixteen,

497
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I think most of Cougarnation's gonna be happy, right, Ronnie,

498
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Am I wrong? Or is Cougarnation gonna be happy like

499
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ninety nine percent of it? If b Way gets to

500
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the Sweet sixteen and losers in the Sweet sixteen?

501
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think I think one hundred percent of fans

502
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unless they're crazy, and maybe we should go ninety nine

503
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because you can't go perfect in life, right, But yeah,

504
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I think fans would be I mean, what the amount

505
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of injuries been and everything that happened, I think they

506
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would take that as a big success. And for Kevin

507
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Young's second year, back to back Sweet sixteen appearances, that

508
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doesn't come by. It's hard to get into the tournament

509
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ben yet alone get to the second weekend so if

510
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they did that, Yeah, I think ninety nine percent of

511
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Cougarnation is happy.

512
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Speaker 2: If you get to an Elite eight, you're gonna have

513
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everyone's happy.

514
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Speaker 7: I don't want to have no plans for nobody.

515
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Speaker 3: Everybody's just gonna be, you know, joyous and just celebratory

516
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and all will be well in Zi, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: Matt Norlander, CBS Sports pontificating on BYU.

547
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Speaker 15: I've got Duke winning in the first round Ohio State

548
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over TCU, Saint John's Kansas South Florida to beat Louisville

549
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,559
by the way, Michigan State, UCLA and Yukon moving on

550
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in the second round of the East. I'll have Duke

551
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against Saint John's in the Sweet sixteen. I will have

552
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South Florida into the Sweet sixteen and facing Yukon. Yes,

553
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,880
that is right, Michigan State goes down before the second weekend.

554
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,599
Give me Saint John's over Duke. What am I doing?

555
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:44,119
Speaker 2: I don't know.

556
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Speaker 15: Yukon beats us up and give me the Huskies to

557
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win against Saint John's in another battle between these teams.

558
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A fourth matchup, Huskies to the Final four, going down

559
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:58,200
to the South Florida. Clemson Vandy, Nebraska upset Alert VCU

560
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:02,160
beats North Carolina without Caleb Willis in Illinois, Saint Mary's

561
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,240
and Houston all to win their first round games and

562
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then to get to the Sweet sixteen.

563
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Speaker 2: I will go Florida.

564
00:27:06,599 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 15: I will give you Vanderbilt, I will give you Illinois,

565
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,599
and I will give you Houston. So not entirely chalk,

566
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,079
but very very close. Give me the Gators, give me

567
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:15,839
the Cougars. That might be the best lead day game

568
00:27:15,839 --> 00:27:18,359
we could possibly ask for. I will go Houston into

569
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,440
the Final four for a second consecutive season. Let's go

570
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,240
to the top right of that bracket. Arizona wins, Utah

571
00:27:23,279 --> 00:27:25,400
State peats Villanova in the eight nine high point over

572
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,720
Wisconsin we got a twelve over five there. I will

573
00:27:27,759 --> 00:27:30,079
go Arkansas to win. I will go Beatyu to win,

574
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,480
no matter who it faces. Get that first round game, Gonzaga,

575
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,200
the you and Purdue moves along. Give me Arizona to

576
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,440
get to the sweet sixteen without any resistance. I will

577
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,559
take Arkansas and Darius Acuff Junior to get to the

578
00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:42,119
second weekend, second year in a row.

579
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Speaker 2: Arkansas does that.

580
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,559
Speaker 15: I will go BYU and aj Debosa going legend into

581
00:27:46,599 --> 00:27:49,000
the sweet sixteen and upsetting Gonzaga in the second round.

582
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,400
Perdue moves along as well. I'm not done with the

583
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,640
upsets in the West. Give me Arizona to the Elite eight,

584
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,200
and then I will take BYU and de Bonsa to

585
00:27:56,319 --> 00:27:57,319
up his college legend.

586
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:57,839
Speaker 2: All the more.

587
00:27:58,079 --> 00:28:00,799
Speaker 15: BYU beats Purdue in the sweet sixteen, but then Arizona

588
00:28:00,839 --> 00:28:02,480
the ones hen gets it done. They go on to

589
00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:03,480
Indy and then in your.

590
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 2: I mean, I mean that guy's going rapid fire.

591
00:28:08,039 --> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 3: It's like, man, he's look, I think I'm add eighthd

592
00:28:12,519 --> 00:28:14,839
and Matt Orlander may be, uh, you know, even more

593
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,359
than you and I combined, Roddie, Like if you like

594
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,400
combined forces like than that it would be Matt Orlander

595
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,400
add eighty h oh cow. That guy's going rapid fire

596
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:24,359
like a freaking machine.

597
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Speaker 7: That's what CBS does have him doing, though they're having

598
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,519
to go rapid exactly, but to go rapid fire, I

599
00:28:30,519 --> 00:28:32,200
think he was the best at doing it though, and

600
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,440
being logical with his takes. I'm watched all of these, Ben,

601
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,440
just to see, but I think Matt Norlander was efficient

602
00:28:37,519 --> 00:28:39,799
to the point and explained it the right way as well.

603
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Speaker 3: Okay, so your thoughts on this, Matt, Matt is buying

604
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,880
in to be yu right now, Elite eight, are you

605
00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:51,400
seeing it? Are you buying or selling what Matt Norlander

606
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:52,119
is putting down.

607
00:28:52,519 --> 00:28:55,359
Speaker 7: I understand why he's buying. I just think it's tough. Then,

608
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,279
like a Purdue team that has good veteran experience, it's

609
00:28:59,319 --> 00:29:02,279
well coached. I mean, if very well could happen, Ben,

610
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But I mean, Ba, you verywell could lose the Gonzaga

611
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,759
like That's that's the thing. Mark Few is one of

612
00:29:06,799 --> 00:29:09,880
the one of the great coaches in college basketball. So

613
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,799
that's why it's tough, you know. And look, I think

614
00:29:12,839 --> 00:29:15,880
if this team had Dawson Baker, Ben and lost Richie,

615
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,680
I think you can make that argument. I think I

616
00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:19,960
could see a little bit more as just I don't

617
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,279
know if BAU has the depth. You know, we've seen

618
00:29:22,319 --> 00:29:24,680
it before, and granted they'll have a day in between, Ben,

619
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but we saw by you get tired. You know, now

620
00:29:27,119 --> 00:29:28,839
that was three games in three days. Kevin Young says

621
00:29:28,839 --> 00:29:31,079
he's never played that. A lot of these players haven't.

622
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,359
But it's it's different now, and you never know. Ben,

623
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,440
like the three point defense, The defense as a whole

624
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,960
has been better, but ba's three point defense is still

625
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,799
an issue. And if Purdue were to have a magical

626
00:29:42,839 --> 00:29:46,400
shooting day, just like you know Alabama did last year,

627
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,799
it very well could turn. But I think if you

628
00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:51,079
get to Switech sixteen, that's what it is. It BYU

629
00:29:51,119 --> 00:29:53,359
happens to be an Elite eight band, and you know

630
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,839
I'm covering that. I wouldn't be mad by any means,

631
00:29:56,119 --> 00:29:59,119
but I just think that's tough. But but look, if

632
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,680
they were to get that, Ben, I think the Elitia

633
00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:03,480
would be it. I don't think this team has enough

634
00:30:03,519 --> 00:30:06,079
to beat Arizona. They didn't in the in the season,

635
00:30:06,119 --> 00:30:08,200
I don't think they would. I think the Wildcats truly

636
00:30:09,119 --> 00:30:11,279
are a Final four team, and I think that's why

637
00:30:11,359 --> 00:30:13,519
Matt nor Leander and people are picking them. But I

638
00:30:13,559 --> 00:30:15,599
got bau stopping at the sweet sixteen. But I'll be

639
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,240
happy to be wrong. But if they did win another game,

640
00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:20,720
it would be against Purdue or maybe it's Missous brat

641
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,400
Hammer picked to get to the elite A. Now I'll

642
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,240
say this, Ben, if they're in the sweet sixteen planning

643
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,880
against Missouri, I'm gonna pick him go to the lead.

644
00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:29,359
That's not even a question. We won't know that until

645
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,559
Saturday night, obviously, Ben. But more importantly, let's let's just

646
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:36,359
go one game at the time and see what they do.

647
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,799
And BYU needs to see if they're gonna play Texas

648
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,880
or NC State. I think they're gonna play Texas because

649
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,720
Texas be n C State. I think they'll get them again.

650
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,079
But the reason why I bring up three point defense

651
00:30:45,119 --> 00:30:47,519
been Texas and NC State both can shoot the three

652
00:30:47,559 --> 00:30:49,839
really well. N C State is top ten I think,

653
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,279
or might even be top five and three point makes

654
00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:54,920
and percentage this year Texas and I bathed themselves. I

655
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,960
think their tope hundred or the top hundred twenty five.

656
00:30:57,319 --> 00:30:59,960
So we'll see. But yeah, Ben, I like Matt nor Land.

657
00:31:00,079 --> 00:31:02,640
There's optimism. But de Bonsa can do it. Ajd Bonsa

658
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,799
can be the player to take you to inly eight

659
00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:06,799
and you can thrive off of that. Let's see if

660
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:08,680
he gets some help. But right now, I think two

661
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,920
games in the second weekend is perfect for BYU basketball.

662
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 3: Is there are there still BYU fans that think by

663
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,359
is gonna be wanted done?

664
00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:18,519
Speaker 2: Yeah?

665
00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, there are fans that still think that. They still

666
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,240
think there are percentages. I mean, look the reason why

667
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,480
I believe they are BO fans. There are national people

668
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,599
who are going on these shows and doing these these

669
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,200
fast brackets, are putting theirs and they don't have BYU

670
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,440
beating Texas. A lot of people have Texas, you know,

671
00:31:32,599 --> 00:31:35,480
upset in BYU, and I think that's kind of crazy

672
00:31:36,119 --> 00:31:37,400
to believe. I know it would be a tough game,

673
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,839
but I think there are people that don't believe in BYU.

674
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,400
And it can be honest. It goes back to the

675
00:31:41,759 --> 00:31:43,839
East Coast West coast things. These people aren't standing up

676
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,599
and by tipped off. I'll counted what they had eleven

677
00:31:46,599 --> 00:31:49,160
home games to think in conference player it maybe eight

678
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,880
or nine or whatever, and you know how many of

679
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,880
those tipped off at eight thirty or nine been like

680
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,880
six of them, seven of them. It was tough. I

681
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,680
know that because I was missing church because the time changed,

682
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,960
because it was it was so difficult getting back at

683
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,799
two am in the morning. And those people aren't standing

684
00:32:03,839 --> 00:32:04,279
up watching that.

685
00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: Man.

686
00:32:04,519 --> 00:32:06,559
Speaker 7: If I'm getting back home at two and you have

687
00:32:06,599 --> 00:32:08,200
to think if the game ends at eleven, that's one

688
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,799
am East Coast time, they're not watching BYU. So I

689
00:32:10,839 --> 00:32:14,359
think these veter not these veterans, these national people aren't.

690
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,000
The reason why they might not be bought in is

691
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,119
because they're not looking. So I think they are fans

692
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,640
who are bought in, who do believe in BYU and

693
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,039
that you don't want to see them succeed, do believe

694
00:32:23,119 --> 00:32:25,640
that they wouldn't. So yeah, I'm not surprised, but I

695
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,480
think people are wrong. I think by gets to at

696
00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:29,839
least one game bin and if they lose to Gonzaga,

697
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,200
like you said that's quoted. You lose the number three Gonzaga,

698
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,920
you know you'll choc it up, shake hands and move

699
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,799
on to the offseason and no one will be upset.

700
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,400
You get to the sex sixteen people overly joyous. You

701
00:32:39,519 --> 00:32:41,200
somehow get to the lead eight and no one's mad

702
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:41,799
in Cougarnation.

703
00:32:43,559 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 3: I put out a poll for all Cougarnation to chime

704
00:32:47,279 --> 00:32:50,240
in on how far do you have the BA managed

705
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,720
basketball team going in the tournament and give me a

706
00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:55,880
y round a sixty four, round of thirty two, sweet sixteen,

707
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,279
the Elite eight or better chime in want to hear

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American four. I got Ronald the three man Weaver by

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my shot. I do want to address a couple of

752
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things here as it pertains to the NCAA tournament.

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Speaker 2: Now, when you were looking at.

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Speaker 3: The seeding, when you were looking at everything that is

755
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march madness with the bracketology, who's got the biggest gripe?

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Speaker 2: Right now?

757
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Speaker 3: Would you say, being left out, who's got the biggest gripe?

758
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Per location, per seeding, the toughest matchups? Would you say,

759
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,079
who's got the biggest gripe? Is it, you know, one

760
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of the one seeds with who they're having to face,

761
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Is it one of the lower seeds? Like who would

762
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you say is the biggest complaint right now, Ronald and

763
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who's listening to them.

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Speaker 7: I think the biggest complaint that people are, you know,

765
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are talking about a team that I've recognized obviously, and

766
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this is you know, probably the national because of you know,

767
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maybe the last name Pearl, But I think Auburn probably

768
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is what I forget talked about a lot in the

769
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last couple of days. You know, you've heard that, you've

770
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heard Oklahoma, but probably Auburn's probably the most gripe because

771
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then if they don't lose the Ole miss at home.

772
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I think that was a Quad three loss. If they

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win that one, then I think they're in as one

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of these first four playing and maybe you know a

775
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few other teams don't get in. But I think that's

776
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what I've heard the most as I've listened to in

777
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just the last twelve hours before our show, is the

778
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gripe has been Auburn. And look, I need to find

779
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a sound clip, but Bruce Pearl, not Bruce Pearl, you know,

780
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his son has accepted the invitation to the n I

781
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t like he says, he's not going to take the

782
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basketball out of their hands. So I think that's probably

783
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the biggest storyline of teams left out if I had

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to pick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, some people are saying, like, look, the whole one

786
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seed situation is of note Yukon was the strongest number

787
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two seed, and you know, some people were saying, like,

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you know.

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Speaker 7: Saint John's St John's I think the.

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Speaker 3: Whole Saint John's situation, right, I mean, sure, you know

791
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Patine's over here, like what the Sam Hills going on.

792
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Speaker 2: But you know, there's a there's always a gripe, there's

793
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always something.

794
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Speaker 3: I know a lot of people have been complaining about

795
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Vanderbilt as a number five seed has more reason complain

796
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about it seeding than maybe any other team in the

797
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NCAA tournament. The com Commodo's got stuck with the five seed.

798
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You get that five to matchup, and that's that's not

799
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brewing for success necessarily. The metrics of the Commodores has

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been impressive, to say the least. Vanderbilt seventeen and eight

801
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record against the top two quadrants is impressive as well.

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Speaker 2: So there's some gripes out there, no doubt about it. Man.

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Speaker 3: I feel like the biggest tragedy of the conference tournaments, though,

804
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was UVU men's basketball falling to Cal Baptists and I

805
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know Cal Batans and by played, and maybe that helps

806
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BYU because you can say, look, these are all the

807
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teams that b what you played this season.

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Speaker 2: We had what thirteen of them.

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Speaker 3: Thirteen of the teams that be what you played are

810
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in the NCAA tournament. Arizona one seed, Yukon, Houston, Iowa

811
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State are all two seeds. Kansas is a four seed,

812
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Wisconsin a five, Texas Tech is a five, Miami's a seven,

813
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Clemson it's an eighth, Villanova's an eight tcues and nine

814
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ucfs a ten seed. Cal Baptists is a third team seed.

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So you got all those teams that b YU face

816
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the season on past six. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's.

817
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Speaker 2: A reason why they were six. No doubt about.

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Speaker 7: Today had a bit too, he thought that they should

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have been Yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Was ticked off. I heard that the same comments.

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Speaker 3: So you know what, Look, it's hard to make everybody happy,

822
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and but I think for the most part, this is

823
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a good bracket. There's a healthy bracket, and and they

824
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got most of it right. We're living in twenty twenty six,

825
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so we got to get these uh, these playoffs and

826
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these uh these tournaments and the seeding of appropriate seating

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right as we lean more into metrics. The thing that

828
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I love about basketball and the NCUBA Tournament, Okay.

829
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Speaker 2: It's because it's metric based.

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Speaker 3: Like they are leaning in to metrics when they are

831
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determining seating. That's what they're doing with this bracketology. Whereas

832
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the college football playoff, cause it's a little bit more

833
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corrupt atle bit more devious, they do not lean into

834
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the metrics like unto the nc DOUBLEA Tournament. So we

835
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need to be football, even though it's the greatest sport,

836
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we are in a state where we need more metrics

837
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involved to balance out the human subjective component. And I

838
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hope that occurs in the future, and you gotta expand

839
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the CFP. So anyway, Also, March Madness Confidential returns with

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the behind the scene coverage of six teams in the

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NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. CBS Sports and TNT Sports are

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going to be providing exclusive, in depth access to Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Virginia,

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Miami of Ohio and.

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Speaker 2: Bring him Young University.

845
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 3: So, Ronald, you know I've been a conspiracy theorist since

846
00:40:15,039 --> 00:40:18,760
twenty twenty. You have what is my conspiracy theorist mind

847
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,199
telling me about all of this with B why you

848
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,440
getting a little behind the scenes action, getting the proper

849
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seed and getting a proper path to maybe a Sweet

850
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,440
sixteen maybe even there that I say, as a lead

851
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eight runs, I.

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Speaker 7: Think you're going with the last one of the NCAA.

853
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Those that march Mandis want AJ.

854
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Speaker 2: Debumm and the TV viewers they want to.

855
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Speaker 7: Want to they want They wanted Aj to get to

856
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an allitiate with the with not having Richie samis the adversity.

857
00:40:44,559 --> 00:40:46,760
They want to see all the behind the scenes of

858
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,920
that band. Rightfully, so Ben, this team was picked to

859
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,920
get to a final four. Look if they did get

860
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to Alitia and had to play Arizona, which probably would

861
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be the case. Who knows is Arizona bigger brand in

862
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,159
the BYU? Some could argue yes, I would say, yeah,

863
00:40:58,159 --> 00:40:59,880
a little bit, but you don't know. But the point

864
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:03,320
is that's why they wanted BYU's a partist. I'm not surprised. Look,

865
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,760
you're there with the one seed, a seventh seed, a

866
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,320
four seed, a three seed in Virginia, and then a

867
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playing seed in Miami, Ohio and eleven. These are these

868
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:14,400
are the storylines been around college basketball, and BYU's one

869
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,239
of them. That's why they're going behind the scenes with

870
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,239
that happy to see we saw this last year Trey

871
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,880
Storer with his brand. How big that got, you know?

872
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,880
So this is good, Ben, this is good for BYU.

873
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,199
This is some some good pr some good stuff. But

874
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we're all going to be locked into.

875
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,159
Speaker 3: This good I'm telling you, how long have I said, like, hey,

876
00:41:30,159 --> 00:41:35,440
we need advocacy, and AJ is BYU's advocate right now,

877
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,519
I'm telling you, man, and everyone's taking notice. Everybody like

878
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,519
for how long, dude, who has BYU been been screwed?

879
00:41:43,559 --> 00:41:45,559
I can't tell you how many times BYU has been

880
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:51,320
relegated to a lesser seed, a lesser bracket because they

881
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,559
don't play on Sunday, Ronnie, Like, I hate to say it,

882
00:41:54,559 --> 00:41:57,079
but like this is probably one of the first times

883
00:41:57,079 --> 00:41:59,760
in BAU basketball history that they did not get relegated

884
00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:04,920
to a lower seed and the favor the community, lesser

885
00:42:05,159 --> 00:42:08,639
bracket and a lesser path, a more difficult path, because

886
00:42:08,679 --> 00:42:12,079
they need they want they they needed agent, they need

887
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:13,679
regional preference.

888
00:42:13,679 --> 00:42:16,039
Speaker 7: They're going to and then they could go to San Jose.

889
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,159
I haven't seen that in a while. Ben, So Yeah,

890
00:42:18,159 --> 00:42:20,039
I agree with you. And look, it's not even just

891
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:22,239
that you talk about not playing on Sunday. They want

892
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:25,119
to see Book of Mormon, my favorite class. They want

893
00:42:25,119 --> 00:42:26,440
to see all of that. How does he.

894
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:28,159
Speaker 2: Look?

895
00:42:28,159 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 7: Look, I know I'm bringing that up. Society wants to

896
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see b why he's pushing that and as they should,

897
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:36,639
and people want to see, like you've heard it mentioned

898
00:42:36,639 --> 00:42:38,760
on the ESPN broadcast. Book of Mormons is his favorit

899
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:40,960
classhere they don't play on Sunday, how does the how

900
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,440
does the aspect of by you?

901
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 3: Because they don't bring up like Mormon housewives and all boy, Please.

902
00:42:46,599 --> 00:42:51,559
Speaker 7: Let's just not anyone divulge into that con No, but yeah,

903
00:42:51,559 --> 00:42:53,519
I know, please no, But they want to see how

904
00:42:53,559 --> 00:42:55,320
does a guy that's not a member of the church

905
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,199
as well buy into this? Like you've heard Kevin Young

906
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,079
and the you know when they do the cut like

907
00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:01,599
he's praying, like they want to see all of that.

908
00:43:01,679 --> 00:43:03,519
Ben last year, remember, and I know we gotta get

909
00:43:03,519 --> 00:43:06,440
the break because we gotta get to Toby. But Dawson Baker, Ben,

910
00:43:06,679 --> 00:43:09,440
you saw him. Unfortunately, it's a stupid rule. Was trying

911
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,519
to make a basketball play, got kicked out and the

912
00:43:11,559 --> 00:43:13,039
camera was still going to the locker room and he

913
00:43:13,079 --> 00:43:15,280
didn't know it and it picked him up in the celebration.

914
00:43:15,599 --> 00:43:17,360
Ben those are behind the same moments that you want

915
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,880
to end up going viral. Right, that was a special

916
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:23,639
moment that everybody saw. Cougar dation was heartbroken by that. Fans,

917
00:43:23,639 --> 00:43:25,440
how did that happen? And then it's a special moment

918
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,519
of Dawson celebrating his guys. Now you get to see

919
00:43:28,559 --> 00:43:30,599
that with the camera live and they know it's that

920
00:43:30,639 --> 00:43:32,519
it's going to be behind there, and that's what I'm

921
00:43:32,519 --> 00:43:34,000
looking forward to the most. I want to see how

922
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,280
these guys looking what that looks like. You don't get

923
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,159
a chance to see practice. I can say this is

924
00:43:38,199 --> 00:43:40,480
media members, Kevin Young does not do the mark Pope.

925
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,199
We do not get a chance to see or a

926
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,320
tend practice at all. Now you get a chance to

927
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,119
see the behind the scenes coverage on what that looks like.

928
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:51,599
Speaker 3: Boom, shaka laca, let's uh, let's go to break. Coming

929
00:43:51,679 --> 00:43:54,199
up next, Toby Christian, former Bay wide receiver, gonna be

930
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:56,679
playing in the alumni game. He's also the mentor coach

931
00:43:56,679 --> 00:43:59,760
of Legend Glaskar Bau wide receiver true freshman coming in

932
00:44:00,119 --> 00:44:02,960
and making some moves, turning some heads. I was able

933
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,400
to catch up with Legend Glasgow and he gave a

934
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:05,519
shout out to Toby.

935
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Speaker 2: So we'll get caught up with Toby and.

936
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 3: A little keeping up with the Cougars, talking camp Killane

937
00:44:09,679 --> 00:44:12,719
and springball with Toby and much more. We'll get into

938
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:14,960
a legend Glasgow, what type of impact he can have

939
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