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Speaker 7: Nanded people, first game of the Big Twelve Tournament Uyu
versus Kansas State. Excited to break it down starting at
five pm tip off six pm Central Time.
Speaker 3: Crazy Ben, It's we'll see what BAU basketball does.
Speaker 5: March Madness is here to break it all down. We
got Hammer Time show Brent always bringing the hammer.
Speaker 1: What's up hammer Time?
Speaker 8: Anytime we have basketball on my television before the hour
of like two o'clock Eastern, like when I can wake
up and ten thirty I had Baylor Arizona State on,
It's a good day because it's basketball all day, every
day for the rest of the month.
Speaker 5: And I'm known, Yes, indeed, plenty of whop will be
brought to us in March Madness, and we hope that
the college basketball gods favor Brigham this year.
Speaker 1: How do you feel right now?
Speaker 5: Your level of optimism as BYU enters this March Madness
season Big Twelve Tournament starting up tonight today, How you feeling.
Speaker 8: I honestly thought Kansas State was the number one team
you wanted to play if you were a Big Twelve
Tournament team like you're. If you're playing anybody in the
Big Twelve Tournament, you want to play Kansas State. I'm
watching Utah and Cincinnati, and I think they may take
the cake, take the award for a team you most
want to play, because both of them were playing horrible
in the first half right now. Cincinnati didn't even have
ten points in the first ten minutes. Cincinnati and Utah
are both they're fighting for their lives right now.
Speaker 1: Kansas State, I think, is an easy I should say easy.
I don't want to jinx anybody.
Speaker 8: Actually, Kansas State should be a winnable game. I think
West Virginia is also a winnable game. Then we'll see
what happens after that. I think if you win both
of those games and you make your third game competitive,
I'm good. I'm breathing easy. You just you feel like
over the last couple of games, especially in games where
BYU has been able to play small ball, which is
so interesting because I don't think coming into the season
we felt like the front court was a glaring issue
that kind of burst off the TV. You were thinking
about other things. We were thinking about the guard play,
who's gonna be the point guard and all those things.
But when b what you has been able to play small,
they have found success. I do think against Kansas State
they're gonna be able to play small. I think against
West Virginia they're gonna be.
Speaker 1: Able to play small.
Speaker 8: But going forward after that and then depending on who
you get in the NCAA tournament, that's where things will
get interesting.
Speaker 1: So we'll have to see how.
Speaker 8: Things go big wise, small wise, and what matchups get
thrown at them. So they can kind of develop a
couple of different tools in the tool belt getting ready
for the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 1: Love it.
Speaker 5: I can't wait to see what this BAU basketball team
could do.
Speaker 1: Hope is eternal.
Speaker 5: It it's it. It comes forth the eternal from Kugarnation.
In my opinion in March, and we you know, we
tend to b YU in general does not meet the bar,
but maybe they can make doubters into believers. Some good
momentum with that win over Texas Tech. Let's hope the
BA basketball team has found this, you know, the rotation
that they need. The third iteration is ky why you
know labeled. It is a good iteration. And they found
their identity, their cohesion, their chemistry, their culture once again
in March, and hopefully they're trending in the right direction.
Check out the rest of ours being the fan starting
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Speaker 1: Should be a fantastic show.
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Speaker 5: Preparation for BYU versus Kansas State. BYU is deafinitely favored
in this game. Eleven and a half points is where
it currently stands eighty three point nine percent chance of victory.
Five pm tip off and it's at T Mobile Center,
Kansas City, Missouri. It will be broadcast on ESPN Plus.
So make sure you get on the stream and right now.
Kansas State twelve and nineteen on the season, three and
fifteen and Big Twelve play, BA twenty one and ten
on the season in nine to nine and Big twelve
play Let's see how a play out. This is what
k Y had to say Kevin Young, head coach of
b YU men's basketball, about this Cougar basketball team and
their preparation for the Kansas State team and the Big
Twelve Tournament.
Speaker 6: First off, that was the travel getting in there to Kansas.
I saw yesterday the airport shut down.
Speaker 4: Was everything good?
Speaker 6: Smooth in terms of travel into case.
Speaker 10: Yeah, no, we were a little delayed getting out of there,
but out of provo.
Speaker 1: But yeah, it was.
Speaker 11: It was all good.
Speaker 6: What's the confidence of this team after a big win?
Speaker 11: Good? You know, And I think the reason of how
we won that game, you know, which is the effort
was probably as good as it's been all season long.
Speaker 10: Thought we made a lot of simple plays offensively, and
then you know, our commitment.
Speaker 11: To the to rebounds some things we've been talking about
all year.
Speaker 10: But just I think that that gives the guys confidence
because of how we were able to get that win.
Speaker 6: When do you you know, you were just talking moments ago,
hear your initial impressions on the glass floor and then
the big twelveth decision to to roll this sound for
this big event with your thoughts on the glass floor.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it was it was cool. You know, it's it's
unique for sure. I think there's there are two teams
I think in Europe who's it's there. It's their floor
for all their games, and so I feel like it's
it's been tested well enough.
Speaker 11: But loving that stuff's above my pay grade. We just
we just come up and try to try to win
the game, regardless with the.
Speaker 6: Floors, your thoughts on you know how you talked a
little bit about after after the Texas Tech game, how
it has just been kind of a challenging year. You
almost feel like it's a new start now with the
postseason here and just kind of everything that's happened in
the past that's in the past and now it's a
new season.
Speaker 11: Yeah.
Speaker 10: I think, you know, every every postseason is kind of
like that. You know, I think for our guys understanding
what happened in that Texas game, like Texas Tech game,
like I just mentioned is the thing that we want
to sort of be our you know, our identity, our
battle cry as we move into this postseason and just play,
you know, to that. And I think there was a
lot of guys contributed to that win, and this time
of year, that's all.
Speaker 11: That really matters.
Speaker 6: A J was named Big Twelve Freshman of the Year.
Your thoughts on him getting to that recognition and and
being hew as one of the best players not only
country but the leagues.
Speaker 10: Yeah, uh, you know, happy for him, Happy for Richie
and Rob to also get named to the All League teams.
Well deserved honors for all of them.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 10: At the same time, it's a testament to the rest
of the guys that were able to, you know, help
in those awards, I think individual awards and team awards
as well.
Speaker 11: So happy for our guys you get recognized.
Speaker 6: Do you think that with a J where has he
improved the most from the beginning of the year.
Speaker 11: You think, I think his approach. I thought he hit
a little bit of a lull midway through.
Speaker 10: I thought I thought he really stepped up kind of
once he got past that. But just his I think
where he's improved is just his decision making. You know,
I think he's he's with the different iterations of our team.
I think spacing has been a little bit different based
on who's out there. He's done a good job of adjusting.
I think last game in particular, you know, I thought
he was just making simple plays man, and as great
as he is, when he makes a simple play, it
opens the floor up, you know, for him to do
what he does, which his attack, and so those are
areas where I've been impressed the decision making.
Speaker 11: I think, you know, his ability to guard as well.
Speaker 10: You know, I think he's somebody that you can put
on multiple styles of players. He can chase shooters around
like we saw at Iowa State. He can play pick
and roll defense. You can put him on a post
up guy. So he's very versive.
Speaker 11: I think he's grown in that area as well.
Speaker 1: Simple play.
Speaker 5: So yeah, there's a number of players that I think
have developed kind of late in the season. And what
you really need in this game is there's there's two
guys in particular, it's kind of boo, we upbring him
Lexikostik needs to be able to start and start hot
in space the floor and hit some freeze and hopefully
keep uh you know, kind of the the doubles and
the blitzes against Rob and aj at Bay.
Speaker 1: That's ideal. Uh.
Speaker 5: We need floor spacing, and it would be nice if
a Canard would do the same thing right and in
space the floor a little bit.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 5: And and so that's kind of my initial assessment. And
then uh, I think Kadeem needs to continue to play
great defense and rebound and hopefully and uh you know,
you know, putbacks and and maybe some mid range stuff
like hopefully he's effective enough to be dangerous.
Speaker 1: He is not a priminent threat. Uh, he's do k
off the bounce. Uh.
Speaker 5: He deems just got to be great and bring energy
and be that energizer Bundy the solar battery is Jackson
likes to call him on the court. So uh, I
think you have a tighter rotation most most likely, Uh
and uh that's what I'd like to see in the
Big twelve tournament those two, uh, specifically stepping up taking
on a larger role.
Speaker 1: Actually, those three Canard gotta be better.
Speaker 5: We brought you in and b why you allocated a
decent amount of resources to you, Kennard, and you've been
inconsistent at best. Well, I'm sure Kay takes a little
bit of the blame for trying to put him into
a situation where he maybe wasn't thriving.
Speaker 1: It is what it is.
Speaker 5: Figure it out, put forth great effort at value where
you can it. Hit some shots for the love of Pete,
LEXI do your thing. You got a pure stroke, maybe
the pure stroke we've seen in a minute, and Kadeem,
you got to bring that energy on the defense side
of the ball. Any thoughts there Brett always bringing the hammer,
anything that stood out to you from the Ky commentary.
Speaker 1: I'll just be curious how much we see Abdullah Ahmed.
Speaker 8: It feels like the last couple of games they've I
don't know, I don't know if they've realized that they
played better without him, but certainly certain situations warranted not
playing him again.
Speaker 1: I talked a little bit earlier about.
Speaker 8: How like they it feels like if they're able to
play small, they find their most success because they really
don't even have anybody on this rock who's tiny, Like
I mean, even Rob Wright is probably your only one,
but he's athletic enough that it makes up for it.
Like you're playing a bunch of guys that are running
somewhere between six' three and six, seven and all of
them are strong enough to handle their Own so, like
you may not have the tallest guy in the, world
but your average heightened BUILD i feel like allows you
to be athletic enough to play.
Speaker 1: Small just a question of who's going to force you
to do anything.
Speaker 8: ELSE i Liked Kevin young's comment on a never note about.
Speaker 1: Just The Big twelve.
Speaker 8: AWARDS i don't think they care that much about whether
or NOT aj One player of The. YEAR i liked
That richie got a shout, out, though BECAUSE i think
we've kind of turned our brains off for keeping track
Of Richie, saunders given the fact we haven't seen him
on the court in over a. Month but it is
still worth mentioning his season was impactful enough that ever
one who voted, said we know we haven't Seen Richie,
saunders he still deserves to be on an All big twelve,
team WHICH i think is really.
Speaker 1: Important Obviously Rob wright's on that.
Speaker 8: List to your, point, though Like cannard's got to step
up and, shoot and obviously we know A lexi's got
to step up and.
Speaker 1: Shoot but if you go back and, look bou.
Speaker 8: Has not shot the three ball well over the last few,
games even That Texas tech, game they didn't shoot the
three ball. Well they just happened to make the ones
that they absolutely had to.
Speaker 1: Have if you remember The Canard.
Speaker 8: Davis, shot that was a little bit of the Basketball
god sending help because that one wasn't pretty, either bounced upping.
IN i don't know as good as boy you played
AS i think that was like forty eight paint. POINTS
i think in that win Over texas Tex as good
as that, IS i don't know how far you can
go if you can't find a way to shoot the
three ball, efficiently and especially early in that, game if
you don't make early, threes then you don't space the
floor because they, say, well we're gonna let you keep
taking those and we're gonna keep blitzing a j until
you give us a reason to. Space, differently finding a
way to hit threes early primarily Between Alexi coastitch And Canard.
Speaker 1: Davis, yes that is.
Speaker 8: Paramount that has gotta be priority number one because if
you do, that you stretch the. Floor the rest of
your offense becomes easier and everything else about the game becomes.
Speaker 1: Easier as they go, Forward ronald the three man.
Speaker 5: Weaver give me some perspective, here give me some, truth
give me some, knowledge give me some gems.
Speaker 7: To comment on What brett said, first he had the
three ball is. Critical, BEN i keep saying, this and
we've seen it last. Year do you remember the tournament
the guys that got Going Trevin nille, Obviously mawa Mag
and why the three? Ball this Is Alexi coastache In
Canar davis's. Tournament it's a neutral. Site there is no
home fan. BASE i know that it can feel like
that to a, degree But, ben and this is a shooter's.
Gym it is Like i'm not trying to go, there
but this IS, covid this IS nba like it's it's
for that. Purpose bo's played very well in neutral site,
games so you would hope that they could get back
to doing that as he did against The clemsons The
miami's not, granted you Had Dawson baker in those. Situations
things were a little bit. Different but you hope that
you can perform and play and That canard who has
been playmaking With richie out And alexi who has started
to get in fuego a little. Bit you hope that
he can get going very very. Early the thing that
stood out to most of, Me ben Was Kevin young,
said what you, KNOW i want.
Speaker 3: To give both of you? Kiss keep, it keep it, simple?
Stupid is that what they?
Speaker 7: Say you, know like, kiss they'll kiss like you, know
they're my actual. Kiss i'm not gonnactually kss? It give You,
huck give you. Bro but, no keep it. Simple you
know that's what he. MENTIONED aj has to make what
did he say? Simple pass a simple. Place they they
will lose, Tonight, ben and they will lose In march.
Madness IF aj is trying to DRAW nba, fouls if
you get contact and the official doesn't do it and
he just throws it up and Looks, ben they're gonna lose.
It they're gonna lose tonight and they're gonna lose and
it's gonna Be age's fault AND i will BLAME.
Speaker 3: Aj he's done that way too. Much kevin's already called him.
Speaker 7: Out this is a time time where let's see if
AJ's really learned play through that. Contact they don't give
it to, you then knock somebody down and lay the ball.
Up er get all the way to the, basket AND
i want to see IT'S aj really Pod is he really?
Speaker 1: Mad you?
Speaker 7: Know Because brett, SAID i don't think they, care you
know ABOUT aj Winning play of the. Year guess what players?
Do players? Care they got, emotions they got. EGOS aj
should take very much pride and be upset the entire
tournament until they get balanced or until you can try
to See arizona if they if that's, possible WHICH i don't.
THINK i don't think it will, be to play his
best basketball and Says i'm gonna show all you coaches
While i'm the player of the.
Speaker 3: Year now we don't know who.
Speaker 7: The coach is voted, for BUT ag needs to look at,
everybody every, player every. Coach you're an enemy because you
didn't vote, me and use that as motivation whatever needs
to get you fired up for this. Game BUT i
want to SEE aj play Like i'm not gonna be,
denied and don't try to dunk on everybody and not
try to draw fouls that aren't gonna be called ben
BECAUSE i think that will be the. Downfall along with
What brett, said if they don't make, threes that will get,
them and then if they then we already know defensive
rebounding for this team can go at any. Moment BUT
i think you can overcome even stretches of that if
you're able to not do those other. Things AND i
think it falls on aj the top. King you, know
we will.
Speaker 3: Last jerem jordanis, later but it sounds like he's. There
we don't. Know we'll get a.
Speaker 7: Confirmation but If richie is, there they are two and
oho with him on the, bench AND i think that
can help as.
Speaker 3: Well so let's see what happens.
Speaker 1: Tonight any more sound from? Ky are we done with?
That all? Right let's get back to, it.
Speaker 5: Ky head coach B y you mitched basketball uh down
down at the or up at The big Twelve Basketball,
tournament commenting on his squad and the attorneys.
Speaker 6: And keeping it simple was the theme Against Texas. Tech
is that the approach again coming into this?
Speaker 10: Tournament it, is it, is AND i think it allows
our guys to just play hard without thinking as. Much
it allows the coaches, to you, know hold these guys
accountable for very simple things and just let their. Effort
instead of making a scheme, change just challenge the. Effort
and that's Been that was a good. Recipe the other
night you, know And Kansas state is going to present
different challenges right than uh What Texas tech.
Speaker 11: Did but if your backbone is just you.
Speaker 10: Know that consistent effort and then on the offensive side
making simple, plays we feel good about that.
Speaker 11: Recipe should we.
Speaker 6: Expect an up and down offensive game against K? State
or how do you see this game playing?
Speaker 10: Out, well they like to get up and, DOWN i,
mean particularly after missus they really they really do it
as good or better job than any team in a.
Country so our transition defense has to be, good you,
know our a billion offensive rebound's got to be.
Speaker 11: Good to try to slow them. Down.
Speaker 10: Uh so you, know you, know you never know what
to expect in a tournament style. Game but but less
less about you know what we think the game is
going to be liking more about our approach to this,
game understanding that the multiple efforts and the and the
simplicity that we talked about is really what we're focused.
Speaker 6: On every team in this league has such great. Talent
we've seen it across the. BOARD i think sometimes people
forget how just deep anyone can get you in this.
Speaker 5: LEAGUE.
Speaker 6: Pj haggerty posted such a tough. Challenge your thoughts on
going up against him a second. Time, yeah a great,
player great.
Speaker 10: Score you, know he's got good, size doesn't get sped,
up can get to his, spots and they've got they've
guys shooting around him as. Well so he's done a
good job all year in a situation where it's been
a little up and down in their program as, well
but he's been, consistent you, know in terms of scoring a.
Basketball so we'll have to do a good job of
showing him the respect that he.
Speaker 6: Deserves and when you look at you, know going back
to a j you, know he came in with such
a you, know big, Expectations harold recruit number one, player
he's kind of. REWARDING i know you're big on proof of,
concepts but just like talented players can come here and
still be maybe exceed the high expectation be, freshman your
player and your.
Speaker 11: Conversation, YEAH i.
Speaker 10: Think there's a clear blueprint of how individuals can succeed
at B yu while having team success and also doing
it in a in a way that puts you in
an incredible light from THE.
Speaker 11: Nba. Right that's you, know what we set out to
do is to do to do those three.
Speaker 10: Things you, know have a great team, success have guys
have individual, success and have guys prepare themselves for THE,
nba and so, uh you, know with What yegor did
as an individual and and and help propel our team
to a good run last, year and then what he's doing.
Speaker 11: In THE nba this year in terms of being league.
Speaker 10: Ready by the time he gets, THERE i Think aj
is doing a lot of the same, things and then
what he'll do in THE nba will be fun to.
Follow and it's, uh it's great FOR i think people
around the country who are uh you, know considering B
yu to see, that to see that what that looks,
like to understand that it's real where they can do
all those things and do it in a way in
a place that that cares about.
Speaker 11: All three of those. Things It's richie with the. Team
he is, Coach ritchie is. Activated, yeah he was great
the other. Night that's what's great About team Sports.
Speaker 10: Man it was you, know and it's not Just. Richie's
other guys are who are. Hurt we've got maybe a
guy or two it's out of the, rotation but everybody's
invested in trying to give input and trying to do
what they can to help the team.
Speaker 11: Win and you, KNOW i think that's that's the great
thing About Team.
Speaker 1: Sport Coach richie is.
Speaker 5: Activated there's got to be like some sort of like super,
saying uh like power That richie employs Of i'm not
an anime, Guy, ronald SO i may have to lean
on you on, that but like Coach ritchie, Activated, like
is this? Causation is this correlation When richie's on the,
Bench uh.
Speaker 3: The super inspired Watch? Animate to which super saying IS.
Speaker 1: I don't WATCH i unfortunately do not Watch. Animate oh you. Don't,
okay you're not an anime. GUY i mean WHAT i.
DO i don't want to.
Speaker 8: Disrespect anime by calling Like Spider man, Anime Like i'll
watch Like spotsman ninety seven. SUPERHERO i don't want to
disrespect anime by calling that.
Speaker 7: Anime yeah That's superheroes. Movie yet it, okay that's. Fair,
No i'm not gonna knock on the. DIE i feel
you on. THAT i, mean, look it, Depends, BEN i
MEAN i Watched dragon BALL. Z you know we'll Have
Sean walker on might have to ask the minis in
the second hour because he watches the O.
Speaker 3: G but, No richie is super Saying i'll just leave
it at.
Speaker 7: THAT i, mean he's got the hair for it, already
if you just think about he's got the.
Speaker 1: HAIR i.
Speaker 5: Know but like an, anime do they say like you
know something Activated.
Speaker 3: NO i MEAN i don't know they have they have a.
Speaker 7: CATCHPHRASE i mean In Dragon ball z uh specifically they
would just scream like ah like and then they would turn.
Up SO i don't. Know but other anime, shows you
know they have they have like narwto believe. It they
have sayings that's normally what is it's a. Catchphrase SO
i don't know what The Tasmanian devils. IS i don't
know what head Band richie's. Is maybe it's maybe It's Tater.
TOTS i don't Know, tots and he just.
Speaker 3: GOES i don't.
Speaker 12: KNOW i love it having him on the having him
there is a massive deal, though Because, RICHIE i just don't,
think is the type of guy WHO a takes bs
AND b he's almost.
Speaker 8: Done so, like if you don't like what he has to.
SAY a, AGAIN i don't think he cares what anybody.
Thinks BUT b he's, like, Dude i'm gonna be gone next.
Year so IF i hurt your feelings Because i'm asking
you to do more THAN i believe you're giving. Me right,
NOW i don't give a rat say if you don't like,
it Because i'm gonna be.
Speaker 1: Gone and, ALSO i think this means a.
Speaker 8: Lot to him because of his time AT, byu AND
i want TO i want to go back to something
that That aj said after they Beat, utah which was
we wanted to get this win For. Richie AND i
think having him, there seeing him, there having him be
a coach in this, MOMENT i, think, HONESTLY i think
that might be Your Trevan nell from last year Because Trevor,
nell we know was played that kind of role obviously
didn't get injured for this, season but was kind of
the Elder Upper states then voice in that locker room
on that. Team winning For richie And richie being that,
VOICE i think may be the difference maker with this.
Speaker 1: Team, ben you.
Speaker 7: Wonder if they get to the if they somehow mess
around right and just Go march is.
Speaker 3: Magical you both would agree with.
Speaker 7: That if they're magically in the semi, final you would
have to be, like is this attributed to number? Fifteen
is this number fifteen is doing Because. Ben If i'm,
serious if they win the next two, games which we
think they can, do and they're playing Against, HOUSTON i
mighty never Be Texas tech and they've never Been houston
since being in The Big Twelve. Conference if they do
that And richie's on the, BENCH i might just, go you,
know and this is. UNPROFESSIONAL i might just Go homer
and say in tattoo fifteen on my, forehead so the season's,
over get a temporary one and say the Top king,
coach tot. Coach you Know richie Had. Ben richie's the
reason BECAUSE i agree With brad having him there, been
LIKE i think they all respect even if they don't
want to do. It what's your moments and games LIKE
i really don't want to do, this Seeing richie is, like,
OH i gotta do it for that, Guy LIKE i
have to have no choice because what would he do right?
NOW i mean his arm could be cut off and
he played. Defense SO i think having him there is
There JUST i don't want to sound rude because this
team is, talented but it adds extra motivation when you
turn over at the bench or when you're ready to
give up and you see him and be like, nah
this is for, you and what would you do on the?
Speaker 3: Court what Would richie?
Speaker 11: Do?
Speaker 3: Now what Would jesus? Do what Would richie?
Speaker 11: Do?
Speaker 3: Wwrd?
Speaker 1: Easy?
Speaker 7: Easy i'm not trying to be, sacrilogic But i'm, saying
what would the top king?
Speaker 11: Do?
Speaker 1: Yeah CAN?
Speaker 8: I i would just like to, say now that we
have it on tape ron you didn't know.
Speaker 1: THIS i have temporary tattoo, Ink SO i did hear?
You just?
Speaker 8: Say IF yu Beats, houston you would tattoo temporarily the
number fifteen on your. FOREHEAD i don't know how it
may affect you going, forward BUT i do own temporary tattoo,
inks so we may have to hold you to.
Speaker 5: That, okay, goodness, gracious, goodness? Gracious all? Right by the,
way little side, note any more sound from K why
are we good with?
Speaker 1: It, Okay we've got a few more.
Speaker 5: THINGS i do want you to ponder on this before
we as we get into the rest of the. Sound
utah States Mason folsom has been Named Mount West player
of The. Year why isn't he a b wi you?
Coucker and could he help the coops this? Year let's
get back to the.
Speaker 6: SOUND i wanted to ask you to what's you bring
up player availability or players that are a little bit nicked.
Up But richie obviously out for the, year but what
About Kvia Kata you got a little bit lim living
a little bit at the end of that game Against.
Tech what's the outlook For?
Speaker 11: Kada, yeah he looks.
Speaker 10: FINE i think everybody's you, know played through. Injuries everyone's
kind of banged up this time of.
Speaker 11: Year but you, know he looks.
Speaker 6: Good and With kada to follow up on, him you,
know you win nine and eleven Against. Tech it just
seemed like a Vintage cada. Game can you expect anything
game after game in the postseason out because he seems
so key to this.
Speaker 11: Team, YEAH i think.
Speaker 10: So you, know we decided, to you, know just play
in more minutes he's been you, know he handled that, well,
Right SO i think just keep him on the floor is.
Important you, know he is a guy that impacts it
on both ends of the. FLOOR i thought that our
guys did a good job of looking for him, offensively
make more than we have in some parts of the.
Speaker 11: Season so, YES i think he can carry that over
and help be a catalyst for this for this.
Speaker 6: Postseason and your, thoughts your thoughts On, rob and not
only was he, offensively just seemed like the defensive intensity,
too was there in That tech. GAME i think that
can carry over and not.
Speaker 11: Just be a one game.
Speaker 10: DEAL i do think, that you, KNOW i Think rob's
a very competitive young. MAN i thought he was. Tremendous
he led us in that. Game thought his leadership was
on full display more than it's been all, year led
by example on the defensive. End to your, point he
thought the intensity was. OUTSTANDING i just played maybe harder
than he ever has in his entire. Life, Honestly that's
what it felt like in that. Game and THEN i
think that gave, him you, know a lot of juice
on the offensive end to get to his spots and
so so, YES i THINK i think he can carry
that over for.
Speaker 6: Sure and then just thinking here, too with the The
Big Twelve, tournament what lessons maybe just learned from last,
year in your first year as a college coach that
you want to maybe change up routines or schedules going
into this postseason.
Speaker 11: Run, YEAH i don't know if anything in terms of
changing things.
Speaker 10: UP i mean just you, know this time of, year
you want to keep guys as fresh as possible mentally and,
physically so a little bit less is more, approach and
just LIKE i, said you, know freshness this time of
year is really.
Speaker 11: What's most, important being able to, play you.
Speaker 10: Know extremely, hard and not get too hung up on
anything other than those.
Speaker 11: Things last, thing.
Speaker 6: Excuse me your thoughts on just the overall. LEAGUE i,
mean you've talked about it a, lot how good of
a league this, is but just maybe the. DRAW i
know you're gonna probably look at one game at a,
time but just the path possibly to you, know chasing
a conference tournament.
Speaker 10: Title, YEAH i, mean obviously that's the, goal regardless of
what the path looks. LIKE i haven't really even dug
my sunk my teeth into what that really looks. LIKE i,
mean this time of, year you have to really just
focus on what's in front of, you which we. Are
obviously our staff is doing a lot of the legwork
behind the scenes as far as scouting the potential upcoming,
games but just trying to keep our guys focused on
the task at hand right, Now, yeah.
Speaker 5: They, go that's k Why Kevin, young head coach B
yu men's basketball, guys any final thoughts before we wrap
up that initial segment Of Cougar sports here on your
UTAH U span radio.
Speaker 8: NETWORK i thought it was interesting that he said A
rob's leadership was on display more than it had been all,
season and That rob may have played with more effort
than he may have him played with his entire.
Speaker 1: Life that's a big. Deal the question you have to
ask the, question then can we put that in? Quotes
he said, it he said it, right you said? It?
Speaker 8: Why then becomes the question what was it about that?
Game after games where we he personally didn't feel Like
rob was giving his best, EFFORT i wonder what about that?
Speaker 5: Game, YEAH i wonder if The Christian anderson, component having
grown up with, him played alongside him and like you
heard you saw, him you, know hover Over.
Speaker 1: Anderson you, know you.
Speaker 5: Know WHAT i, Mean like that's something that you, Know
LIKE i always, say you, guys hear me talk, philosophy
the philosophies that ben as we call, them the greatest
like motivating factor of the falling state of. Manage the
competitive enmity between neighbor. Is it's like this comparing contrast
is like the rivalries they're built off of. It it's
the rivalries of of your. Neighbor it's the rivalry of
the guy you grew up. With, remember like like he's
a he's An East coast kid that went To waco
and now he's In. Provo he he doesn't really get
to probably engage competitively with the guys that he grew up,
with and he's now he's going against.
Speaker 1: Him Versus Texas.
Speaker 5: Tech maybe that was the little juice that he needed
to get the most out of.
Speaker 8: Them do you remember let me phrase this a better.
WAY i remember there so The lesner. Brothers WHEN i
was in high school over At. Clearfield we never Beat
clearfield the entire history of my high school Because clearfield
was the rich high. School they had all the, money
they recruited all the good, players and they smacked. US
i THINK jv won my sophomore. YEAR i think they
beat us like seventy to. Zero and The lesner brothers
were the leader of that. Team there were three of.
Them there was one my, age my brother's, age and
the next brother's. AGE i remember all The lesler, brothers
and we hated those kids so much at my high.
School if it's anything like, THAT i get, it rob BECAUSE.
Speaker 1: I think we all have.
Speaker 8: Matters if anyone played high school, sports you remember that one,
kid whether he played at your rival at another high,
school you remember who that. Was If Christian anderson was
His lesner, BROTHER i got, It, Rob, Yeah, no it's.
Speaker 1: Something it's.
Speaker 3: Something the competitive nature is definitely.
Speaker 11: There.
Speaker 7: Ben when you see a guy that you've been going
to camps, with that you you, know played, against it's it's, there,
right it's a competitive.
Speaker 3: NATURE i went to, school been. There they had three.
Campuses it's.
Speaker 7: Crazy and you would obviously, train you, know an, offseason
play on the same, teams you, know summer league. Teams
but when you played against each other in school, batters you're, like,
yeah we want to be the best campus In.
Speaker 3: Whoop you like.
Speaker 7: It just it's, there AND i think sometimes that can motivate.
People AND i Believe rob even coming into that. Game you,
know even in The cincinnati, game he was trying, right you,
know after The WESTERN gi game it didn't go his,
way and then Obviously Texas tech he was locked. In
and look If, rob and If rob does, That ben
along with, play, well That's i'm gonna be. Honest AND
i know we've kind of he's backed off this this,
take But rob plays defense like That. Ben even if
he plays offensive offensively like that and doesn't, create he
can play in THE. Nba they'd like, legit like if
you're gonna attempt a guard like That ben and be
effective like and there are moments where he was, bad
no moments where they were and ones, right but if
you're still gonna put forth that effort and do, It
AND i feel like he was successful and almost where
he was Against Christian anderson and At will, LOOK i
mean that that could be the, case but you have
to buy into.
Speaker 3: It AND i asked him That. Ben we didn't get
to the.
Speaker 7: Sound but the last QUESTION i Asked rob before it closed, Was,
hey how's the leadership robe and how have you adjusted to?
Speaker 3: That because that's been a change for?
Speaker 7: You and he, says it's Something i'm still working, on
but it's something you know That i've. BEEN i was
more vocal in this, game AND i think that this
is something that's, New but it takes a player time to.
Adjust richie was the vocal. One they didn't have to do,
that and NOW i think we all can adjust here
when someone to relate it to the job is out
on vacation or there's six someone else has to step,
up and at times it might be, okay this is
a new role for me to but once you learn that,
skills so you learn how to do, it it just
makes you better as a person and the team grows
because of.
Speaker 3: It SO i think they'll be.
Speaker 7: OKAY i think they'll be, fine and now Having richie
on the, sideline they'll do. Well and to change my greeniest,
take no one wants to see my fat, forehead but
maybe you, Know i'll go on the ribs because no.
One i'm not gonna be taking my shirt off of the.
Speaker 1: Front if it's on your, ribs then nobody's gonna see.
It then there's no point in doing.
Speaker 3: It, NAH i mean, WELL i mean walk around my shirt.
Off i'm not.
Speaker 7: ASHAMED i just say no one wants to see, It
BUT i, Mean i'm not ashamed of, anything you, KNOW i.
Have i've been at all time low in, life so
you might just have to see The.
Speaker 1: But if You're toronto three man, weeks why wouldn't you
put it on your?
Speaker 7: Forehead because my foreheads fat AND i have a fat,
head you, know AND i got the double. Shit you're
not ashamed of the, forehead the face is kind Of,
yeah you, know my, wife don't you, know kiss my?
Speaker 3: Face she likes to kiss my. Lips and if.
Speaker 8: The excuse wants to be that you don't think that
your wife would let you do, it WHICH i understand
because my wife would say the same, thing THEN i get.
Speaker 3: That you, KNOW i didn't even think about.
Speaker 1: That to get out of, it we gotta get out
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quick an update on THE uvu saga having to pay.
Speaker 1: One million dollars in.
Speaker 5: Order to get out of their conference. Affiliation Matt brown
chimes in on. This for what it's, worth my industry
sources are telling me THAT uvu does intend to make
the payment of a million, dollars just waiting on the
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the order of the court order notwithstanding this being under
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Order the very NEXT linesaysuvu is, directed not ordered to
pay one million dollars to the court as.
Speaker 1: Security the only.
Speaker 5: Order quotation mark here is to bar THE whac from
not ALLOWING vu to, play et. Cetera so statement from
The Western Athletic. Conference as of this, Time Utah Valley
university has not complied with A utah's judge order that
Directs Utah Valley university to place one million in escrow
with the, court the amount of their agreed upon exit
fee from The Western Athletic, conference as The court ordered
preliminary injunction is contingent upon that. Directive THE Whack board
Of directors has instructed The commissioner to plan for the
men's and Women's Whack basketball tournaments Without Utah Valley, university
as it would be a member not in good. Standing
the conference will release new brackets if the university does
not comply with the courts directive within the order by
five Pm mountain time On, Tuesday march. Tenth The conference
regrets that the intentional actions Of Utah Valle university have
caused uncertainty and harm for, institutions student, athletes, coaches, staff
and fans across The, whack including that Of Utah Valley.
University that, is THE Whack board Of. Directors your, thoughts
your comment?
Speaker 1: Here? Guys what do you make of? It? Oh?
Speaker 5: Sweet, wait, sorry my, bead my? Bed, okay there you.
Go that's pretty. Crazy it is, loco.
Speaker 1: Isn't you're not going to play in your conference? Tournament
can't play a couple? Bucks milli the. Millie that's a
couple of bucks to some of. It i'm just, kidding
that's Not i'm not one.
Speaker 8: Of, those but like it's it's just we see all
these conversations about so and, so oh so and so
x amount of dollars for wanting to leave the, league
and usually it comes down to what he, said she,
said back and. Forth but us as the, consumer it
doesn't really. Affect now you see this and you, go
this is. This there are true consequences that are going
to come with. This if they decide not to. Pay holy,
cow they may be held out of a conference. Tournament
AND i don't know what THEY'RE i don't know a
few vu as a tournament, team but like imagine in another,
world like they go, on they win the, tournament and
then they make THE inca tournament because of, this but
then they don't have the opportunity to play for that
because of a couple dollars not being attributed to where
they need it to. Be it Is watching the consequences
play out is pretty.
Speaker 1: Crazy, YEAH i think they're gonna pay.
Speaker 5: It it sounds like they, will AND i do believe
they'll be AN ncaa tournament. Team that is my. Opinion
let's get into SOME byu, basketball shall? We as we
prep we get ready for The. Bay you can't just
stay tip off very much intrigued BY byu and The big.
Twelve look are we gonna Get? Jacko we're gonna get?
Hide is the question? Tonight and in the final game
Versus West. VIRGINIA i want to believe that the best
OF byu will be showcased and the best OF byu.
Speaker 1: Will will ultimately be unfurled to the. World right.
Speaker 5: The effort That ky mentioned Regarding Rob wright, third will
it finally be showcased? Consistently that's WHAT i want to.
Know Coach richie has been? Activated is he the guy
that motivates individual?
Speaker 1: Players it does seem to be a.
Speaker 5: Little bit of a, correlation a little bit of that
causation because BYU's games in which they've won has Had
Richie saunders on the. Bench Iowa state top ten, Win
Texas tech top.
Speaker 1: Ten, win both of them at.
Speaker 5: Home, albeit But richie combined with The Merriage, center that's
what makes magic. Happen Maybe richie In Kansas, City missouri
makes magic happened as.
Speaker 8: WELL I, You, villa you bring up a very valid,
point one That i've thought about over the last couple of, days,
because as we we discussed after they Beat Texas, tech it's, like,
okay but there were parts of that game where you
needed The Marriott center to kind of lift you back
up after you had slumped back up a little, bit
because The Texas tech game that they played In lubbock
was not so different from this, one where it was
back and forth the whole, way one that you or
you could have lost at the end In.
Speaker 1: Lubbock they did lose that. One, yep what we.
Speaker 8: Need to as great as The Marriott center is and
as great as The rock, is and his greatest kugernation is.
Speaker 1: You have to leave those in. Provo they.
Speaker 8: Can't you can't bring them with. You you're you're leaving your.
Parents you got to go to college on your.
Speaker 1: Own you.
Speaker 8: Can't they can't do your, laundry they can't do your.
Issues you've got to now go do it on your.
Own AND i realized that that may sound, disrespectful but
the truth of the matter is you lost eight of
your last twelve games of the regular. Season two of
those were the top ten, teams but those two also
happened to be at.
Speaker 1: Home and if the game is on the.
Speaker 8: Road, honestly if That Texas tech game the way it played,
out if that's on the, ROAD i mean there was
a point in that game where Bay you almost lost
it in.
Speaker 1: Provo we need to see By you.
Speaker 8: Dominate on their own and maybe getting that win was
enough of a confidence boost that now they can go
do it on their. Own but you do not have
The Marriott center and The rock and kugarnation bolstering you.
Up there'll BE bayu fans, there but not enough to
completely swing the momentum in the.
Speaker 1: Building you've got to do this one on your. Own you.
KNOW i have another interesting, commentary and.
Speaker 5: HAS byu basketball won when a f The mormons chant
has run out from from the. Stands are you talking
basketball basketball?
Speaker 1: Specifically, well so the ones that we.
Speaker 5: Had this, season we Had, PROVIDENCE i, thought, yes, yeah
last year, yeah.
Speaker 1: And then who was? It Oklahoma? State Oklahoma? State this?
Year did you you gotta win?
Speaker 11: There?
Speaker 1: Right did you gonna win on the road At Oklahoma?
Speaker 11: State?
Speaker 1: Yeah you? Did? RIGHT i thought they lost that. Game
maybe you're right this, year that's, right that was one
of they lost that.
Speaker 3: Game they lost that.
Speaker 1: Game so, ANYWAY i just had that. Way have we
have we won a?
Speaker 5: Game have we won a game when the chance of wrung?
Speaker 1: Out?
Speaker 8: Yeah, football usually winning the game is what causes the.
Chance but in, basketball they've just gotten them here regardless
and they've lost those. GAMES i DOUBT i would be
shocked if you see at The Big tell tournament a
because there's not enough students and Be uh Brett Or
mark just, said, hey we're not doing.
Speaker 1: That so, yeah my guess is probably. No but, again
like you, need you've needed home court advantage in a
lot of your games this season and you won't have. That,
yeah Brett Or.
Speaker 5: Mark did you find an interesting that Brett Or mark
addressed the chance at the media?
Speaker 8: Conference was he asked that question or did he address
that on his?
Speaker 1: OWN i haven't. LISTENED i don't.
Speaker 5: Think he probably was asked a question about.
Speaker 1: IT i want to. BELIEVE i don't.
Speaker 5: KNOW i haven't listened to the the the interview in its,
entirety BUT i want to believe that it was at you,
know it was a kind of a follow, up a
query if you, will to you, know all manner of
different questions that he was fielding Brett Or. Marks, uh you,
know let let's let's play the full, commentary shall?
Speaker 1: We what do you?
Speaker 5: Think, uh let's play the full commentary real quick for
all Of kugarnation that haven't tuned into. IT i think
this hits on a point that b Y U fames would, find,
uh you know some value in in in hearing From
brett Or mark To Big twelve, Commissioner, Uh brett Or
mark is is trying to address the inappropriate chance aimed
at church, members and it's taking it. PERSONALLY i felt
hate as a young, man he, states AND i didn't like.
Speaker 1: It SO i do think eliminating.
Speaker 5: Anti mormon chance from camping campuses is going to be
a prerogative for The Big Twelve Commissioner Brett Yor, mark
AND i think he's taken a hardline stance on.
Speaker 1: It he's been throwing out plenty of fines on the season.
Speaker 5: And he's putting his. MONEY i guess where his mouth.
Is you got zero tolerance for. IT i speak to
you both as a commissioner of The Big, twelve but
also as.
Speaker 1: Someone that has high.
Speaker 5: Integrity i've had those conversations in fact with my. KIDS
i think a lot of IT'S i think it's a
lot of education that needs to happen with some of
the student, sections because that's where it's coming. FROM i
told my, kids you're not coming home if those words
come out of your. Mouth he, SAID i take it very.
Seriously SO i think for B yu fans hearing, this
seeing the, Repercussions, uh it's it's you, know it feels
good to have. ADVOCACY i don't know if B yu
and The Latter Day Saying faith in general has ever
had like true advocacy.
Speaker 1: And uh and and and.
Speaker 5: Representation you know to the, World uh in a in
a in a way that like really fights for it's,
faith it's, values it's School like it always seems like
it's easy to poke fun at and discriminate Against Latter
Day saints in some, way shape or, form even if
it's seemingly, uh you, know, juvenile docile.
Speaker 1: Behavior it's just. Words it seems, like, uh you know
that some of the hates beat the. Bigotry.
Speaker 5: Uh you've never really had advocacy and representation and someone
that's willing to fight duke it out on these, uh
on social media or on traditional.
Speaker 1: Media for b Y u and L D S.
Speaker 8: Faith you can argue all you want in the gray
area of was it tongue in?
Speaker 1: Cheek was it?
Speaker 8: Humorous there's no part of any of these chants that
fall into that criteria of a gray area when you're
saying f a Religion, Africa, yeah that is clearly on
one side of the. Aisle AND i don't remember how
or when it happened in THE, wcc but WHEN gilli
was in THE, wcc it felt like they were just
a member there and they weren't necessarily, welcome they weren't,
Diswelcome but being in The Big, twelve it truly does
feel like from the other member schools and From Brett,
yormark like they WANT byu to feel welcome and a
part of the. Conference and For Brett yormark to go
out and do this and for the coaches to speak
out to, it to come to the aid OF, BYU
i think just goes to show what a great place
The Big twelve is in that it is as high
level competition as. Possible but also that doesn't mean that
we don't look at that from other schools and say
we're not doing.
Speaker 1: That it's an incredible place to be.
Speaker 8: In from The Big, twelve from the, administration, standpoint and
maybe not so much from the fans, standpoint but For
Brett yormark to do what he's, doing that that speaks
speaks for.
Speaker 5: Itself, yeah let's get into some of the comments From
Brett ormark from the media AVAILABILITY i believe earlier.
Speaker 3: Today just a Preface i've been before we.
Speaker 7: Do this is one OF i don't know If brett
had this professor AT, byu but It's Sothello, richards this
is a professor from WHAT byu asked this question To.
Speaker 3: Brett you ormark about?
Speaker 1: It how are you? Today do?
Speaker 4: Well thank you great to Think i'm happy to be.
Speaker 11: Here.
Speaker 8: Good so there have been several instances where they've been
derogatory chance.
Speaker 6: Towards THE byu basketball team and football. Team you having
pulls at fifty thousand? Dollars, Fine is the league considering
anything else to try to correct this activity or stop?
Speaker 15: It, well let me let me start off by saying
we have zero tolerance for. That AND i speak to
you both as the commissioner of The Big, twelve but
also as someone that has high, integrity and you, Know
i've had those conversations in fact with my kids BECAUSE
i think it's a lot of education that needs to
happen with some of the student. Athletes it's because there
are student, sections because that's where it's coming. From AND
i told my kids, candidly you're not coming home if
you ever those words ever come out of your, mouth
regardless of what they. Are AND i take it very,
seriously and it's a very personal thing for. Me you,
Know I'm, JEWISH i grew up in a very diverse.
BACKGROUND i felt hate as a young man.
Speaker 1: AND i didn't like.
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my position to try to bring about change and change.
Behavior and that's What i'm trying to do along with my,
colleagues the presidents and the, ads and we spend quite
a bit of time and we're going to spend more
in our spring meetings and how we can be. Better
And i'm working very closely With Shane Shane, reached the
president OF. Byu we talk often about it because he
knows it's a very personal thing for me And i'm
embarrassed by it and not happy about, it but we
need to do something about, it and we got to change.
Behavior AND i think we are going to roll up
our sleeves and dig in in our spring meetings and
address it as a, group the presidents and the, ads
AND i, know And i'm very confident we will get
to a better.
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you're A buyu, fan if you're A Latterday. Saint, look
he's dolled out a plethora of, fines fifty thousand To
Oklahoma state this, year fifty thousand To colorado during the football.
Season SO i think he's putting his money where his mouth.
Is he's saying all the right, things and he's communicating
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and he's, saying not.
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got to, educate.
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has been setting down like notes and educational things of
in the student, section educational notes of like, hey no,
inflammatory derogatory chance should be directed towards a.
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Speaker 1: I heard, it you, know many many. Times so, yeah
you just want to let's keep religion out of.
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