Speaker 1: I think out what is shaping up to be a
Speaker 1: potentially very exciting college basketball game coming up with the
Speaker 1: Huntsman Center tomorrow night here in Salt Lake City, University
Speaker 1: of Utah taking on BYU. It is the Holy War
Speaker 1: on the hard word. Utah is actually a slight favorite
Speaker 1: at home. Our next guest will be on the call
Speaker 1: alongside the voice himself, Bill Riley. Great to have Sean
Speaker 1: Mooney back on the show. Sean, Happy Friday, Man, how.
Speaker 2: We doing, oh Man space, segus, I am so excited
Speaker 2: you no, really good brother, So Friday afternoon. Who knows
Speaker 2: that we would have thought it would be this important
Speaker 2: for both teams two and three coming in an actually
Speaker 2: conference game, Spence, how good is that?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 1: For the first time since twenty twelve the conference tilt
Speaker 1: and you know, to your point, and I've been talking
Speaker 1: about this Sean on the show, I think I'll just
Speaker 1: speak for myself. Prior to the start of the season,
Speaker 1: you know, Utah basketball schedule comes out and based off
Speaker 1: of Kevin Young's talent on paper with a top ten
Speaker 1: pick and Jegor Demon and potentially a first round pick
Speaker 1: and the cannon Catchings kid, and then a bunch of
Speaker 1: skilled players that have played for BYU for a while.
Speaker 1: Kevin's a new coach, but I think it's fair to stay.
Speaker 1: On paper, this felt like a mismatch to start the season,
Speaker 1: and we're sitting here the night before and it's essentially
Speaker 1: a toss up.
Speaker 3: What does that?
Speaker 1: What does that say about what Craig has been able
Speaker 1: to do to get this thing.
Speaker 3: On the right path for now?
Speaker 1: And is that an indictment of BYU's inability to figure
Speaker 1: it out so far?
Speaker 2: Man? Yeah, I'm with you. On paper, you're looking at
Speaker 2: that team and whenever you talk about a kid that's
Speaker 2: going to be an NBA prospect, right, that's just a
Speaker 2: different level athlete, and they've arguably got two of them.
Speaker 2: And I agree with you on paper, they look really good.
Speaker 2: At the beginning of the year, I would have said
Speaker 2: the same thing to your point. With what Craig is doing,
Speaker 2: I think that I always stay, was a really big
Speaker 2: game for our team in terms of their ability to
Speaker 2: recognize that they can play physically at a high level.
Speaker 2: Even though we got beat by thirty one, I've been
Speaker 2: telling people dispense, we were pretty good, man. We learned
Speaker 2: something about ourselves in terms of the physicality of the
Speaker 2: Big twelve, and our first three game spans were tough. Man.
Speaker 2: Those are great teams that we played. And then you
Speaker 2: get a couple of wins and all of a sudden
Speaker 2: things change a little bit. And we're also playing a
Speaker 2: little longer. If you'll notice Jake Waalen and Keana dz
Speaker 2: both six ' nine. Craig's done a good job, man.
Speaker 2: We're adjusting well to what teams are doing defensively. And
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, Kevin Young, this is his first
Speaker 2: year as a head coach. I know he's a great coach.
Speaker 2: I know they've got a lot of talent. But it's hard.
Speaker 2: It's even I think he would be the first to
Speaker 2: tell you it's hard to be a head coach.
Speaker 1: So what from your vantage point have you seen over
Speaker 1: the past couple of games that have led to results
Speaker 1: and wins that you believe is, you know, just some
Speaker 1: things that Craig has been able to find. Whether it's rotations,
Speaker 1: whether it's schematics. They're playing a little quicker. I mean,
Speaker 1: they're so big and physical, but the pace has been
Speaker 1: a little bit better.
Speaker 3: Sharing the back basketball really well.
Speaker 1: They're the best team in the conference when it comes
Speaker 1: to assists to turn over and they're really moving it
Speaker 1: and they just look a lot better. Is this something
Speaker 1: you're willing to say, is getting close to a trend
Speaker 1: that Craig has figured out some lineup changes or some
Speaker 1: schematic approaches over the past couple of game, Sean, what
Speaker 1: do you think?
Speaker 2: Yeah, there are a couple of things. So it's interesting
Speaker 2: because at the beginning of the year, Spence, I think
Speaker 2: he let him just go. They kind of ran more
Speaker 2: of emotion and what that means is they going to
Speaker 2: make their decisions based on what the other team was doing.
Speaker 2: And then there where it felt like you had to
Speaker 2: kind of scheme things a little more. If anything, I
Speaker 2: think what we're handling better is the pressure. So in
Speaker 2: this league, people love to double on ball screens and
Speaker 2: they love to double the post. TCU just kept doing it, Spence.
Speaker 2: I don't know why they didn't go out of it.
Speaker 2: They'll even double the posts off the blot. But we're
Speaker 2: adjusting well that Typically when you get a double in
Speaker 2: this league, it's not the first past, but it's the
Speaker 2: pass after the first pass that creates a mismatch or
Speaker 2: an advantage. And I think Utah has done a really
Speaker 2: good job. Both of our bigs. I would say lost
Speaker 2: and is one of the best passers. Big passers are
Speaker 2: doing a good job. Ad is doing a good job,
Speaker 2: as is doing a good job. Jake waile Leen has
Speaker 2: really been a big insert in the lineup. Not only
Speaker 2: can he defend, but he's long and he's just kind
Speaker 2: of a jack of all trades. So I want to
Speaker 2: say initially that is schematics, but I would say that
Speaker 2: we're kind of finding our niche in terms of how
Speaker 2: to play offense against these defenses we're seeing.
Speaker 1: Do you anticipate rotationally the starting five will remain the
Speaker 1: same and the guys that are getting because he's kind
Speaker 1: of trimmed the rotation a bit at least over the
Speaker 1: past couple of games, starting five and you know, three
Speaker 1: off the bench. Pat Riley always used to say during
Speaker 1: practices he would run he said, I want my eights.
Speaker 1: This is prior to the playoffs with the Knicks of
Speaker 1: the nineties.
Speaker 3: Who are my eight?
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 1: And so I'm not saying that it's going to be
Speaker 1: eight all year, but it appears that he has tightened
Speaker 1: his rotation. Gosh, Sean, do you think that's going to
Speaker 1: be the deal? At least for the intro moving forward.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, Spence, I do think that probably is
Speaker 2: the deal. And but what I think people have to
Speaker 2: recognize and you'll understand this because this is what you
Speaker 2: do for a living. It's a long season. There are
Speaker 2: twenty games, and I can tell you just being on
Speaker 2: the radio side, it's a pretty good flog man. I mean,
Speaker 2: you know, you are every week on the road. Right now,
Speaker 2: we've been home on the road, and so it really
Speaker 2: helps to have ten or eleven. You'll see a lot
Speaker 2: of teams that have it. But I do think you
Speaker 2: have to tighten it up. And this in the last
Speaker 2: game in TCU, Spence, we are starting five. Didn't come
Speaker 2: out to that first media timeouts. That's unusual, that hasn't
Speaker 2: been happening. And so I do think that that helps
Speaker 2: the kids in terms of their flow. And I do
Speaker 2: think you'll see moving forward this same starting lineup that
Speaker 2: we've had, and they're big, they're long, and that's going
Speaker 2: to help us. BYU is also big and long. You've
Speaker 2: got to Mike Sharp Johnson and a Jaeger Demon playing
Speaker 2: against each other. Two to six foot nine guards.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, a lot of length with both those two
Speaker 1: and I do want to get to demon in a
Speaker 1: minute and BYU in a minute, but I want to
Speaker 1: lean into the youths for a couple of more moments
Speaker 1: here and love it.
Speaker 3: You know, I Drew.
Speaker 1: I'm not a comparison guy because I think it puts
Speaker 1: unrealistic expectations in the minds of fans. But I was
Speaker 1: trying to I was trying to kind of figure out
Speaker 1: exactly who Gabe Mattson is in the realm of how
Speaker 1: Craig wants to use him. And I'm not saying that
Speaker 1: he's Reggie Miller. Okay, shot, I'm not saying that he's
Speaker 1: Reggie Miller. But yeah, I can remember those old you know,
Speaker 1: Nick heat battles where Reggie would run for miles and
Speaker 1: miles and miles then you run into a pick. It's
Speaker 1: either said by Dale Davis, Antonio Davis or Rick Smith's
Speaker 1: and you know, like and Reggie's wide opening space. And
Speaker 1: the thing is, it wasn't just that he could kill
Speaker 1: you with his shot. It was the gravity effect that
Speaker 1: opened up.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: It was Byron Scott for a minute, you know, like
Speaker 1: he had these teammates and could knock down open shots.
Speaker 1: And so I think one of the keys for Utah
Speaker 1: all year long, quite frankly, not just tomorrow, is to
Speaker 1: get Gabe in space, but not just to shoot it
Speaker 1: so that gravity effect opens it up for other players
Speaker 1: and then it's on. Then you get then it's make
Speaker 1: or miss Sean, then it's maker miss right.
Speaker 3: But how have you.
Speaker 1: Seen Utah utilize Gabe And what do you think he
Speaker 1: can do with this matchup tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: Well, here's the thing. We know. Burgess is on the
Speaker 2: other sideline, okay, and Chris Burgess is a very very
Speaker 2: good coach, and Burgess knows what we're doing, probably better
Speaker 2: than anyone. But I do think that there are some
Speaker 2: things that we can specifically do, for example, and we
Speaker 2: saw it in the TCU game. I agree with you
Speaker 2: Gabe is he's so important to the team in so
Speaker 2: many ways. He ends up with sixteen against TCU and
Speaker 2: he has a horrible shooting night for him. He can't
Speaker 2: make it to save his life, but he hits those
Speaker 2: free throws at the end of the game. But he
Speaker 2: does create a problem wherever he goes, and you're gonna
Speaker 2: be no help, no cover on him. And it's an
Speaker 2: in state game where it's even a little higher intensity.
Speaker 2: Like what no help, no cover means is they're not
Speaker 2: going to leave him to help off. They won't help
Speaker 2: off him, they won't cover down. Gabe can be a
Speaker 2: decoy in essence when he's out there on the floor.
Speaker 2: And listen, I'm telling you, I think Gay Madison is
Speaker 2: going to have a big game tomorrow. I just feel it.
Speaker 3: Spence, Now let's define that though.
Speaker 1: It is because because you know that that Kevin is
Speaker 1: gonna sick like Richie Saunders on him, and you know
Speaker 1: to use the old Gene Hackman line, tell me what
Speaker 1: flavored gum is chewing after the game, like BYU is
Speaker 1: going to do everything they can to eliminate his airspace
Speaker 1: and make him a willing passer as opposed to an
Speaker 1: open shooter, because if Gabe gets open, a knocks down
Speaker 1: shots and it changes everything. So what does a big
Speaker 1: game look like? You're talking just knocking down shots or
Speaker 1: just an overall approach.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, overall approach for sure. So what everyone is
Speaker 2: doing with Gabe did not do this as well? He
Speaker 2: got some wide upen shots against TC was a surprise.
Speaker 2: But they're gonna make Gabe put it on the floor
Speaker 2: and then what they're doing with Gabe teams they're doing
Speaker 2: is his dribble, and they're sitting they kind of know
Speaker 2: his tendencies, and so what Gabe needs to do is
Speaker 2: have very good division when he puts it on the rack.
Speaker 2: And honestly, sometimes Gabe just needs to go finish at
Speaker 2: the rim because he's looking to pass it, which is great.
Speaker 2: He's very estublished. But no, I think I think, knowing
Speaker 2: Gabe a little bit that I know him. I think
Speaker 2: this is a game where Gabe impacts not only from
Speaker 2: a scoring standpoint, but impacts it from a passing and
Speaker 2: creating havoc on the floor with his presence, just like
Speaker 2: you talked about.
Speaker 3: So you referenced let me pull up his splits here
Speaker 3: for a moment.
Speaker 1: I just had him up, but you reference Keanu Das
Speaker 1: as of late, you know, there's a lot to like,
Speaker 1: And the more and more I watch, you know, I
Speaker 1: kind of feel like this could be a player that
Speaker 1: maybe I didn't hone in on enough that I probably
Speaker 1: should watch more to see what he could mean to
Speaker 1: this team moving forward. What have you seen as far
Speaker 1: as his growth? What stands out most to you about
Speaker 1: how he's improved?
Speaker 2: One He's legit six ' nine. He's legit and a
Speaker 2: legit athlete, right, so he's that next level kind of athlete.
Speaker 2: He really nice, which is good and bad. And he
Speaker 2: had a kind of a string of confidence problems, I
Speaker 2: would say, And what fans don't know, and you and
Speaker 2: I have talked about this is when you're in practice, you
Speaker 2: got to practice well to get playing time. And I
Speaker 2: think you've seen KD get more playing time and obviously
Speaker 2: that's feeding him. He does some things really well around
Speaker 2: the rim, not just getting on top room. He can
Speaker 2: get on top room. Those dunks he had against TCU
Speaker 2: were amazing, but he slows down spence and he typically
Speaker 2: finishes well around the rim. And now we're starting to
Speaker 2: see because he can also shoot it. He's a good shooter.
Speaker 2: You're starting to see teams playing him tight and he's
Speaker 2: getting a nice sweep. He was a guard for most
Speaker 2: of his career. He's kind of one of those kids
Speaker 2: that was a guard and now he's six y nine
Speaker 2: in super athletics. I think he's a key to our team.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, all right, I like it, And like I said,
Speaker 1: the more and more I've watched, the more and more
Speaker 1: I like it. But I will simply concede to you
Speaker 1: because you see all these games before. I get your
Speaker 1: thoughts on BYU as a guy that's around the team,
Speaker 1: travels with the team. What what have these back to
Speaker 1: back wins?
Speaker 3: What? What have they done?
Speaker 1: Because I don't care what level you're playing, man, you
Speaker 1: could be in junior jazz.
Speaker 3: You lose ten games, like, just can we win one? Please?
Speaker 3: So back to back wins? What is it done for
Speaker 3: the group?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean you can just see the confidence with
Speaker 2: the kids. It really does change things, you know. The
Speaker 2: first time we've been in the Big twelve. Everyone talks
Speaker 2: about how good it is, and it is good, but
Speaker 2: it really helps to know that you can win on
Speaker 2: the road. We basically led that game from the beginning.
Speaker 2: There was one tie, and we did everything we needed.
Speaker 2: Did you win that game? We especially are defending well,
Speaker 2: so I would say the defense travels and we're gonna
Speaker 2: need it. You know. BYU offensively has some very very
Speaker 2: good players. And we'll talk about that in a second.
Speaker 2: But I think confidence more than anything, and kids believing
Speaker 2: in themselves.
Speaker 3: Why is my microphone?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 3: There we go? I'm sorry about that.
Speaker 2: Where'd you go?
Speaker 3: Well? Just a little peak beyond the curtain.
Speaker 1: I am a sports talk radio host with no control
Speaker 1: over my microphone. It's the dumbest thing, Sean, It's the
Speaker 1: dumbest thing. But we can move on from it, all right,
Speaker 1: believe it's just you know what, we'll talk off air
Speaker 1: and maybe you can help me dance it out because
Speaker 1: it's pissing me off.
Speaker 3: Let's move on. I like it, but let's move on.
Speaker 1: So over to BYU now, and you know, let's hone
Speaker 1: in on Diegor Yegor Demon, who apparently is a seven
Speaker 1: figure NIO kid. I believe Gavoni's latest mock draft has
Speaker 1: him going seven, so a top seven prospect.
Speaker 3: And look, it's easy to see the measurables.
Speaker 1: It's easy to see the raw skill and in spurts
Speaker 1: and in moments, and look, he's become he's it's becoming
Speaker 1: accustomed to playing physical college basketball.
Speaker 3: It's a new game for him.
Speaker 1: It's a different game for him, and I can see
Speaker 1: why pro scouts like him. But as you know, sometimes
Speaker 1: college performance means nothing about scouting the pros. Like Kyrie
Speaker 1: Irving played like six games and everybody knew he was
Speaker 1: the best player in the class. But what stands out
Speaker 1: most to you when you watch Diegor Demon Sean.
Speaker 2: I mean more than anything. He wants to pass it.
Speaker 2: If I'm another athlete and I'm playing with Diagor Denham,
Speaker 2: dem I'm looking to get a catch all the time.
Speaker 2: I love that about kids. I think that's the number
Speaker 2: one thing for me. Obviously his physical skill set, and
Speaker 2: also you know, obviously he can shoot it. I think
Speaker 2: the jury's out as to how good he can shoot
Speaker 2: it on a consistent basis. This is no disrespect to him,
Speaker 2: but number one is passing.
Speaker 3: So that's uh.
Speaker 1: Do you think that's the NBA ready skill, just his size,
Speaker 1: his ability to see over defenders and be able to
Speaker 1: deliver the all to the red people.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so, And that's exactly why Spence. Everyone
Speaker 2: has to have an NBA skill. I'm gonna give a
Speaker 2: little shout out to Brandon Carlson who just had yep,
Speaker 2: i think, twelve points for Oklahoma City. You know, his
Speaker 2: NBA skill is shooting. That's what it is, and he's
Speaker 2: seven feet tall. Good for him. Love that. I think
Speaker 2: Yegor has got a much higher level. And no disrespect
Speaker 2: to Brandon, but I think he can have more than one. Obviously,
Speaker 2: playmaking and NBA is a super high level and at
Speaker 2: six ' nine that's an unusual playmaker for sure.
Speaker 1: Now, the scary thing about Byu is of the eleven
Speaker 1: players Kevin plays, I'll say, I'll say nine of them
Speaker 1: are legitimate three point threats. I'm not gonna say I'll
Speaker 1: say nine of the eleven rotational pieces Kevin plays can
Speaker 1: shoot it from three. Obviously k Bucata does not. We
Speaker 1: had him up here for a while, but he's a
Speaker 1: big body kid. They can rim roll and they'll dunk
Speaker 1: on your head if you're not careful. And when they
Speaker 1: make shot, Sean, they are impossible.
Speaker 3: It's really really tough.
Speaker 1: So rotationally defensively on the perimeter, Utah Basketball needs to
Speaker 1: do what to show to slow down the shooters.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's it's super simple to talk about.
Speaker 2: It's hard to do. But in essence, you want a
Speaker 2: shoot her to dribble, you know, unless they dribble well
Speaker 2: to a shot, but you want them to dribble. So
Speaker 2: you want a shoot her to be a driver, and
Speaker 2: you want a driver to be a shooter. That's the
Speaker 2: old Rick Majeri's simplicity right there. I do think last
Speaker 2: year in Mark Pope's system. It facilitated them shooting a
Speaker 2: little bit better. They were really good in transition. I
Speaker 2: think they're good in transition. I mean, my take right
Speaker 2: now is Richie Saunders is probably the key to that team.
Speaker 2: How we defend him not to disrespect anyone else. And
Speaker 2: I still I think Downan Hall is a really good
Speaker 2: I mean, heck, he's coming off the bench, are you
Speaker 2: kidding me?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 1: And I understand why Kevin did that, and I talked
Speaker 1: about it earlier because I honestly believe if we look
Speaker 1: last game, Dallan played twenty eight minutes, it looks like
Speaker 1: Jegor played twenty nine, and then they played alongside each
Speaker 1: other a little bit. But honestly, Sean, I think if
Speaker 1: I'm Kevin young I feel like they're better suited when
Speaker 1: Dallen's their primary ball handler and decision maker because he's
Speaker 1: played big twelve basketball. He doesn't get rattled. He's a
Speaker 1: tough kid. So I agree with you that Richie Saunders
Speaker 1: is key to what they do. But if I'm Kevin
Speaker 1: young Man, I really feel like Dallen Hall needs to
Speaker 1: be my primary ball handler and decision maker.
Speaker 2: I couldn't agree more And I don't. I'm not trying
Speaker 2: to discredit any one or anything. And I've said this
Speaker 2: to you on your show, Freshman or Freshman, I don't care.
Speaker 2: I mean, I understand that Real Madrid is a high
Speaker 2: level and that he's played at a high level. Jaeger
Speaker 2: has and catchings as as well. But I'm with you.
Speaker 2: I think down Hall is a key component to that
Speaker 2: team and how they play.
Speaker 1: You referenced the way that some of these pieces, including
Speaker 1: Dallen and Richie played in Mark Pope's system, and of
Speaker 1: course Mark is now at Kentucky. And hey, look, I've
Speaker 1: met Kevin a couple of times, and I certainly understand
Speaker 1: the appeal of hiring a coach that coached Chris Paul,
Speaker 1: Devin Booker, Kevin Durant.
Speaker 3: If you didn't know that, just asked Kevin. I'll let
Speaker 3: you know.
Speaker 1: And then hiring coaches that play, you know, a coach
Speaker 1: in the G League and a strength conditioning staff, all
Speaker 1: the things about the pro model they're following.
Speaker 3: I get it. It's appealing.
Speaker 1: It's working obviously because they're signing pro prospects.
Speaker 3: But Sean, you know this as well as anyone.
Speaker 1: Look if there if it's a consensus that you have
Speaker 1: the talent, you got to show you can coach. Now
Speaker 1: now it's time for you to show people you can coach.
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying he's he can't. I'm asking you,
Speaker 1: you know you reference Mark system. What what is different
Speaker 1: about the way Kevin's asking them to play?
Speaker 2: I mean there are a couple different things, significant different
Speaker 2: different things. For me. I don't think Mark Pope's system
Speaker 2: is as good if you don't have shooters, So you've
Speaker 2: got to just straight up have three point shooters to
Speaker 2: space it out for it to be effective. I do
Speaker 2: think Kevin Young's system works a little better if you
Speaker 2: don't have some shooters. That's just the basic idea about
Speaker 2: the two systems. And I do think Kevin Young does
Speaker 2: a really good job of having his kids be crisp
Speaker 2: with the basketball. They don't waste their energy. I love
Speaker 2: that you don't see a kid get it and just
Speaker 2: start dribbling. Their effective and efficient and they're trying to
Speaker 2: move the ball side to side. But I would say
Speaker 2: that you've got a head coach. He's been a head
Speaker 2: coach for a while, Mark Pope, and you've got Kevin Young.
Speaker 2: Shoe was an assistant coach, and I think every coach
Speaker 2: in America will tell you there's a big difference between
Speaker 2: being an assistant coach and the head coach. And I
Speaker 2: think he's even probably said that. And he's only going
Speaker 2: to get better as he learns.
Speaker 1: How you know, on the footballs things. And maybe it's
Speaker 1: just because football feels a little bit more how do
Speaker 1: I say this, like a religion? And so when a
Speaker 1: player transfers, it's like you have left us and we
Speaker 1: hate you forever.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Right, So Keba Keda comes back to the Huntsman Center.
Speaker 1: You've got Hunter Ericsson and Jake Walleen who are BYU transfers.
Speaker 3: Does it feel like there's a little it's not.
Speaker 1: The same as football, right, because those people are lunatics.
Speaker 3: We love them. Thank you for listening.
Speaker 1: But is there the same type of like emotional tie
Speaker 1: to these players that have played at either institution?
Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. I mean, listen, I want
Speaker 2: the best for Kaba. I'm glad that he's found a place.
Speaker 2: I mean he's been really good. Look at it rebounding
Speaker 2: and for Jake, they'd be the first to tell you that.
Speaker 2: And we will tell you this. I'll taus from my
Speaker 2: era pretty much, whether the fans know it or not,
Speaker 2: all of these athletes in the summer, it's bragging right.
Speaker 2: You want to win these games to win the g
Speaker 2: But also when you play basketball, you're playing against all
Speaker 2: of these players all summer long. You've grown up with them,
Speaker 2: so we know each other and honestly, most of these
Speaker 2: athletes are friendly and it's about bragging rights in the summer.
Speaker 1: All right, John, before we set you loose, simple question.
Speaker 1: Utahst Utah basketball wins tomorrow night?
Speaker 3: If what?
Speaker 1: Man?
Speaker 2: That's a great question. So number one, we've got to
Speaker 2: out rebound them. They're a very good rebounding team. We
Speaker 2: have to rebound them. And then really we've got to
Speaker 2: change that ball side to side, and we've got to
Speaker 2: put pressure. Good pressure spent on the rim. Effective pressure
Speaker 2: where we're actually having good vision is seeing what the
Speaker 2: defensive is giving us as we get into the paint.
Speaker 1: Sean, you are the man. I always appreciate your time.
Speaker 1: Dance your Friday night away and have a great call
Speaker 1: tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: All right, I will thanks so much for you as well. Brother.
Speaker 1: All Right, the great Sean Mooney, He'll be on the
Speaker 1: call with Bill Riley tomorrow night, seven o'clock sharp. It's
Speaker 1: the Holy War on the hardwood. And what if I
Speaker 1: told you I'm not going thirty for thirty? But what
Speaker 1: if I told you in September that on January eighteenth,
Speaker 1: Utah Basketball would be a favorite to beat BYU Here
Speaker 1: in Salt Lake, That's where we find ourselves.
Speaker 3: The line is one and a half.
Speaker 1: Vegas has Utah is a slight favorite according to the
Speaker 1: FanDuel sportsbook, and Ken Palm, good friend of the show,
Speaker 1: also has Utah's a one point favorite, but he also
Speaker 1: has his model projecting literally a fifty fifty toss up,
Speaker 1: So your guess is as good as mine.