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Speaker 4: All right, we're gonna get into some college basketball BYU basketball,

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specifically recapping the BYU U n C exhibition game. What

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we learned, what we liked, what we disliked what we

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wanted to see improved upon, and the reality is setting

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in that Aj is obviously the real deal and Rob

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Wright is very much the real deal. Richie coming into

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his own, finding his spacing, finding his spot, finding his

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role within the offense is going to be intriguing something

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to watch early on in the season as well as

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the rotation. We're gonna break it all down with a

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All right, let's get out to the hotline welcome to

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Speaker 5: We got Jonathan Tepinard. What's up JT. I.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm getting my weekly fix of uplifting today.

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So it's always a cherishable moment, my friend. I'm the

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most wonderful time of the year. Basketball season is happening.

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We have a basketball game next week being critical, so

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it's exciting.

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Speaker 2: It's an exciting time to be a BYU fan.

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Speaker 4: It is, indeed, and BYU got a win in an

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exhibition game at the Delta Center, and we saw a

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lot of good things, a lot of great things from

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this BYU basketball roster. I want to break it all

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down with you here, the good, the bad, the beautiful,

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the ugly. What did you like about the performance of

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the seventy eight seventy six win over in North Carolina?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's you know I again, let's go back to

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what I we did.

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Speaker 2: No, maybe, and maybe Ron, we can.

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Speaker 1: Kind of formulate days as the season goes on.

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Speaker 2: I would love for us to do that. But the good,

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the bad, and the ugly, or maybe Benny, if you

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want to do it in a different way.

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Speaker 6: But I think that way it gives us, gives the

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fans something for us to kind of.

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Speaker 2: Like focus on. I don't know what you guys do.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's to me, it's the good, the bad,

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the beautiful, the ugly, right like, And I think you

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know they it just you want to get the spectrum

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because you know, all good coaches are going to highlight

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great playmaking, great execution, but also they got to focus

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on the things that need to be improved upon it

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or to stay consistent and continue winning.

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Speaker 5: So I think that's what we focus on.

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Speaker 1: Perfect Well, let's just go with the good, the bad,

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the beautiful, and the ugly.

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Speaker 2: Let's go with the good.

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Speaker 1: Richie came back to life now again, you know, it

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is blesshem me if I say something negative about Richie.

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Speaker 2: But when I mentioned Richie coming back to life.

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Speaker 1: What I mean by that is the ball moved a

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little bit better. There was a little bit more ball movement,

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the flow of the often it was a little bit better.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: There are still a lot of situations where there's a

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Speaker 2: Because AJ is beyond.

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Speaker 1: Special, we're going to talk more about that here in

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a minute two. Because rob you know Robert right the

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third is able to create uh something out of nothing,

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which is really really special. But Richie was much more assertive, right,

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a better rhythm, And so I think, you know.

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Speaker 2: Richie is a very unselfish guy. That's that's him by nature. Ben.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm privileged that I get to know him.

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I know his family, his dad is someone that I

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admire a lot. But to me, the good we're gonna

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go with Richie, you know, slowly finding his rhythm, which

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Speaker 2: Because Keva is a.

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remember him from the Pistons right cleaning the board, uh

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defensive anchor right the moment he steps out.

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Speaker 2: In my view, two things need to happen.

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Speaker 1: Either Xavion becomes someone that you can rely consistently, or

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you have to bring in Kadeen and or Dominique, you know,

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for them to be able to compliment Canar Davis. And

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what I mean by that is you're gonna beat him

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young you know, not necessarily on offense. But then at

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: So, to me, the bed is how can we have

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a smooth transition going from Keba because if you remember

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and that felt incredible, like the team kept going.

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Speaker 2: That was the same type of flow.

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Speaker 1: Now you were playing in a different perspective, but it

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was still headed in that direction.

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Speaker 2: And so to me, that's the bed. The beautiful to

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Speaker 1: You know again, I'm a I'm a euro Ball type

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of guy, right so past past and past, but it

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is difficult for you not to say that the beautiful

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Speaker 2: De Bonsa right now.

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Speaker 1: And the reason why I say that is because it

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never an it'sy history. And yesterday I spent about an

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hour and a half studying YU basketball history.

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Speaker 2: I can tell you things.

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Speaker 1: Been data to even when before they joined a weck

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in the ninth thirties, when DYU basketball is considered independent,

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never by U basketball has had a player like a

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Jane DEBONSA jimm Er is the closest thing that comes

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to it in terms of you was his offensive proudness,

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pro wessness, however you say it in English, what AJ

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that was in high school six months ago, it is

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unheard of. It is difficult enough for you not to

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think AJ is going to be one of the top

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two or three picks in a draft.

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Speaker 2: It's not. It's not the consensus number one.

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Speaker 1: His understanding of the game, his fuel for the game,

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his reading of the game, his basketball IQ, the way

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it is crazy to think he's only eighteen years old.

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ugly I will probably say that Devin Young again, like

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is this ugly or is this a sense of urgency?

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figure out his rotations sooner rather than later, or he's

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he's going to figure out a way to get you know,

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those those break those big three to score sixty or

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more points every game, or someone else is going to

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Speaker 5: It's that's the truth of the matter. I just came.

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Speaker 1: You know, I expected a little bit more out of Alexey.

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Speaker 2: I'm not seeing that right now.

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Speaker 1: I expected a little bit more of the guys.

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Speaker 2: Coming out of the bench. I'm not seeing that now.

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Speaker 1: Or Kevin Young is going to have to figure out

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away for his three big you know, his three main

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players on offense to get each twenty plus a game

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to make sure that BYU wins basketball games.

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Speaker 4: Let's discuss AJ Devonsa for a minute. Eighteen points six

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or thirteen from the field, eight rebounds, three blocks, three steals.

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side of the ball. Obviously, transition scoring was nice. He's

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high energy. Would you like to see more playmaking distribution

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from AJ or are you more concerned about shooting efficiency,

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getting the right shots for AJ, shot creation for himself?

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Speaker 5: Which one of your most concerned about right now?

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Speaker 1: I what I would probably say, and this is going

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to be it's actually neither or neither.

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Speaker 2: Ranking you say both boys that you said, I.

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Speaker 1: Would actually say, people need to know and learn how

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to play with a superstar and dayto no Ben and I,

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you know, it's interesting Sen Merriw is having a heck

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of an NBA season right now, and you know I was.

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say Jimmer is better than Sam and all of that,

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and Sam's having an amazing NBA care sind Merrow has

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been able to adapt from being ball dominant and playing

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with the ball in college to be a complementary piece

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around a superstar, and guys in this scene are going

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to have to figure out a way to do that.

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getting early looks is because it is less difficult for

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because that's just part of the game.

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Speaker 1: Customed to play with an American who's going to be

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ball dominant, and you move without the ball and you

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what we're seeing right now, Mohilo usually being the first

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Speaker 2: But Richie's going to have to do.

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Speaker 1: A little bit better job of adapting to play with

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Speaker 2: It's not an easy team to do, right.

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Speaker 1: This is where I think maybe a Brody Kosblowski might

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a natural a natural born shooter. And Brody actually did

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won back to back Adidas three SSB Championships. And so

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Feba and he was rebounding off the ball, he was

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is not.

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Speaker 2: A selfish player.

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Speaker 1: Ben he actually he actually dishes the ball well, but

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you have to be in a position to do it.

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Speaker 5: I love that breakdown.

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Speaker 4: Kiva Cata was a b sixteen points, ten rebounds, eighteen offensive.

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He also had two steals and that game winning block.

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He was perfect from the charity stripe. And you mentioned

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when he's off the court, you know, hey, who's going

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to be that guy to fill those shoes? That still

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maybe a question mark for this BYU Cougar basketball team.

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How many minutes a game can we put Keba? Keep

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Keba on the floor as long as he's not getting

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into foul trouble.

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Speaker 2: Do you think.

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Speaker 1: If for him to be effective and maximize his potential,

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if you cannot play him more than twenty eight twenty

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definitely no more than thirty minutes, that should be the top.

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I think if you can play Keba twenty eight twenty

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nine minutes. You're going to get him at like a

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priesting crystal clear, Like you're got.

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Speaker 2: To maximize everything about him, you know.

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Speaker 1: And that's because we you know, foul trouble and free

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throws at the end of the games. You know, maybe

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they do a hacker Keba, right. We don't know, but

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to me, at twenty eight twenty nine minutes a game

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would be perfect for him.

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Speaker 4: I like that break down. Jonathan Tavanari here on ESPN

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things here. I did notice the amount of turnovers. Look

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unc is the real deal. They're a top twenty five team.

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They may be a Final four team for all we

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know right now. BYU forced nineteen turnovers in this game.

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And one of the priorities of the offseason was elevating

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the defensive playmaking ability, the lengthy athleticism on the perimeter,

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and up to this point, it seems like it's been done.

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It's been executed. Any concerns in relation to the defensive

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efforts thus far, the defensive schemes, the defensive personnel none.

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Speaker 1: Defensively, this team has been great. I even thought last

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year defensively the team was great. I didn't think there

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was an issue with you know, the drive lines or

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anything like that. And I think I said as much.

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Ron correct me if I'm wrong, But I wasn't negative

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or said that was bad after the Nebraska game when

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it comes to defense, Am I correct?

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Speaker 3: Yes, we had said that if you're gonna play three

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point perimeter defense like that, you're not gonna make it

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out even the first round of the tournament.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, and that's the thing, right, And so defensively, I

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think the team is solid. I think you know, the

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way that they're guarding, it's great. Here's the thing, then,

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when you have five athletes on the court, and I

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do mean athletes in terms of their physical abilities, you're

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gonna be okay, right and uh, and that's what by

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U has right now. And so but again, Keva, being

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on defense is a big thing.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: When Xavion came in, defensively, we kind of dropped a

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little bit, and so I think causing them any turnovers,

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lots of steels, lots of reflections. I think it's a

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great thing, you know how Again, and I'm gonna die

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on this hill. Are they going to figure out what

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is the best?

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Speaker 2: Okay I said not rhythm flow?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, maybe rhythm and flow off playing a j off,

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playing Robert Wright and playing.

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Speaker 2: And playing Richie right, And maybe I would even add

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to that.

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Speaker 1: I even add to that Keba and the guide to me, Ben,

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that's going to be a key off the bench. To me,

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it's gonna be Alexe right. If it's not Alexey, then

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it's gonna be Baker. And so because there is gonna

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have to be someone when Robert Wright is not in

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that is gonna have to not necessarily create a play,

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but it's gonna have to at least deperman.

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Speaker 2: The flow of the game. Oh, I'm gonna get the ball.

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I'm gonna get the ball to a j here. We're

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gonna run display for Rick pat right.

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Speaker 1: And so those two need become the five most important players,

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you know, Robert Wright, AJ, Richie Deba and then to

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me either Aleksee or Baker because Baker is able to

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bring the ball up and play some point guard if

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you needed my.

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Speaker 4: Guy Jonathan devn are breaking down this BYU men's basketball

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team and their win in their exhibition match at the

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Delta Center. Do you take anything away from a neutral setting?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 4: I know it wasn't a sold out crowd. Those were

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highly priced tickets and it looked like it was a

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bit empty there at the Delta Center. But those that

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had the funds, the filthy lucre to spend on an

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exhibition they got what they they paid for because it

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was an entertaining one. Anything to take away from a

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neutral setting here in that win, a little bit more

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credibility given that it was up in Salt Lake.

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Speaker 5: What do you think?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, way more credibility.

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Speaker 1: I mean, amazing game, amazing atmosphere again because it is

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you know, it was a football game. It's you know, sorry,

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because it was on doing football season at the beginning.

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I don't know the answer to this, but maybe the

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rock and the rock passes didn't apply. I'm not one

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hundred percent sure, right, And so I get it right,

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about half of the half of the half of.

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Speaker 2: The Delta Center was completely empty.

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Speaker 1: And I had multiple people there they said, yeah, there's

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about half of it, and it's an exhibition game.

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Speaker 2: Right, it doesn't count.

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Speaker 1: However, there is a difference then between you know, you're

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playing an exhibition game at the Delta Center against North

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Carolina and you're playing a home game at the Marriott

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Center again you know, North Dakota State Christian Community College.

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You know what I'm saying, Like, it's there's a massive difference.

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And so to me, it's one of those things you

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take the good with the bad, the bad with the good,

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and at the end of the day, it was a

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test to make sure that by U is better prepared

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for the upcoming season.

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Tallinari here on esp and the Fan talking some

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by U basketball and uh uh, is there anyone that

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stepped up in this game from a personnel standpoint that

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you'd like to highlight that that maybe we're still kind

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of in that eval.

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Speaker 5: Mode of of what the role will be.

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Speaker 4: Obviously this this game was led by AJ and Keba,

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but from like an individual effort or execution standpoint, anybody

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that you'd like to highlight and a specific skill set

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that they provided in this game.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, let's let's just look I mean something

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that you guys pointed out.

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Speaker 2: Let's just look at the box court.

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Speaker 1: You know when you look at Keeba Keeta and he

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was four to four from the free throw line, when

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has that happened last year?

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Speaker 2: Really nice? INDI you know what I mean?

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Speaker 5: The tournament was the last time that Keba.

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Speaker 3: Because Keba and fus or six and nine in the

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first athlete.

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Speaker 4: You can tell that these guys are individually, like they're

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getting coached up at an individual level in practice and

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getting additional reps. We all know what Richie puts in

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the work, but what we don't always see is that

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Keba maybe is going with their developmental coach. Maybe it's Burgess,

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maybe it's now forgetting his name, who's the individual development

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guy that came from.

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Speaker 2: The G League.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so it's like phenomenal by the way.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so like he could be working on the mechanics,

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on the hand placement, on the rhythm, on the operational

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approach that CABA's taking to standardize his movements to get

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him into homeostasis so he can hit consistently from the

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charity stripe. We don't know that, but it's great to

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see the fruits early on that they're hitting early. To me, right,

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they're hitting early, and that that's a really good point there, JT.

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I appreciate you bringing up Caba being perfect from the line.

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Speaker 3: Just to add on to that, Ben JT would agree

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with this. Remember Trevin Hill's Floyd in the WCC like

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never went down, like stop taking that shot. Once Kevin

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Young's staff came in, it was like Trevor was automatic

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with that floater, like inside the paint. Their points became

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the elegly rich rich that floater that fall the staff.

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It didn't you you can't miss that.

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Speaker 4: I don't think Richie had it in his back prior

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to a k Y coming to town because and then

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all of a sudden, he's just hitting that floater from

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like twenty feet like he's like hitting the floater, you know,

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from extended elbow.

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Speaker 5: I'm like, where did that come from?

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Speaker 1: So listen, I don't want to pull a Kendrick Perkins

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here on Tacheen credited for.

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Speaker 2: For job for John Moran's Notoriety Man.

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Speaker 7: But but but but before all of the staff was

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in place and everything was organized as it was this

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past summer, something happened less.

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Speaker 1: Summer Boys that you know, there was somebody down there

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in Provo working a lot with Trevin Neill and a

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couple of other guys, you know, spending a lot of

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time with them, working on a.

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Speaker 2: Lot of these shots. Oh geez, I don't know if

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somebody remember his name. Do you know, guy? Do you

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guys know what I'm talking about? Come on listen again again.

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Speaker 1: The credit go all to these guys, right, But we

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worked a ton on that on the summertime, especially with Travin.

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I would say, Traving, look, you like to shoot the

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stupid shoot this little stupid shot, this floater by.

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Speaker 2: All means do it. But if you're going to do it,

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do it well.

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Speaker 1: And he worked on it a lot, like we would

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do sects of the twenties and thirties where he would

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go on a run. And so it's all about work, right,

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It's putting into work and seeing their results, you know.

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So I would say, you know, kebus free throw definitely

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was something that caught my attention. Robert Wright. Five assists,

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but you know.

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Speaker 6: Kind of going with the good, the bad, the beautiful,

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the outherly Ben I will say this, it is a

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little bit concerning right now, the les of three point

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shooting for this YU team.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I was just gonna bring you guys five of

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twenty five. Rob was out for four, Carrard was what

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one of four? I need to see better, uh, better

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efficiency from me? Hilo Bucketviitch too. He's a ten year town.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Ben, they are fifteen for fifty six from the

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three point line in the last two games.

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Speaker 2: That's Dodo And.

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Speaker 1: So that that and again this goes this goes to

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a lot. And you know, like I said this obviously,

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you know I was on the show a lot last year.

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It wasn't very official like it is this year, which

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I appreciate you working with me. I love our relationship,

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ben Ron, You're the absolutely best.

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Speaker 2: But guys, I said it all along last.

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Speaker 1: Year, Trevin down needs to be on the starting lineup

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because you need to open up the floor and you

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need to create a wide open looks. And this year,

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what I'm gonna call out is I'm gonna call out Richie,

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I'm gonna call out Robert Right, I'm gonna call out aj,

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I'm gonna call out Mahilo, I'm gonna call all Canard, Alexey,

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Brody Baker, anybody that comes in their basketball IQ reading

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off the floor to be able to actually knock down

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shots by spacing the floor and understanding that when you

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play with a superstar.

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Speaker 2: What you need to do.

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Speaker 1: You need to figure out a way to give them

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a line of pass to make you know, so they

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can give you the ball so.

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Speaker 2: You can shoot.

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Speaker 1: We need to do the team needs to be better

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at that because fifteen for fifty six guys, it is

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beyond abysmal.

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Speaker 2: That is not very good at all. And you know that.

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Speaker 1: To me, those are the two highlights of the of

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the exhibition games. And so hoping that the YU team

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figures out a way to solve these problems, you know, yesterday,

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because it can become an achilles heel to them.

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Debernard, Ladies and gentlemen, JT for three, follow him

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on X and always tune in on Tuesdays. He pontificates

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los palabras uh del brasileiro.

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Speaker 5: We appreciate you, love you, thanks so much, j.

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Speaker 1: T always and forever. Grokos. Then do you know that

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what the word pontificate comes.

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Speaker 4: From the etymology of pontific card I think it's a

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Latin based term. To Atlanta is yeah, it's a Latin

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term for laboration.

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Speaker 2: And who is the pontifacts?

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Speaker 5: Is that is that a oh? Yeah, yeah, it is right. Yeah,

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the pontifacticism.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's exactly right.

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Speaker 2: My friend.

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Speaker 1: So I guess I am the new Pope of by

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U Basketball.

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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Speaker 5: We needed one.

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Speaker 4: We need a new pope for for b a US Basketball.

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We lost the other pope to Filthy Luca.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we lost, we lost the fake pope. We got

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the real one back.

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Speaker 4: Let's go, Pontificator, the Pontifacts of Brigham.

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Speaker 5: Thanks so much, brother, appreciate you, love.

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Speaker 2: You big care of by Byte they go.

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Speaker 4: It's a Tuesday, October twenty eighth edition of Cougar sports

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here on one of three nine ninety eight point three