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basketball with his day Double d How are you, buddy?

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Speaker 4: I am doing well, Thanks Ben.

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Speaker 2: How's Portland? How is it?

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Speaker 5: Uh?

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Speaker 4: You know, I'm an oor going in by birth. Was

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raised in kid Junction a little further south than that.

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I know they have a great zoom here and right

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now they've got some great basketball's gonna be played in

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Speaker 2: Boom shot a luck. I love it? Well, Darnelle, how

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do you feel about them?

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Speaker 3: Koog's right now? How do you like this matchup between Texas?

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Did you catch the NC State Texas game last night?

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and how you feel about this Cougar men's basketball team?

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Speaker 4: Well, well, right now, I think you know it's interesting

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because the last couple of times in the NCAA tournament

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being why you played a team from a mid major

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conference to open and then the last time they ended

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up playing a team from the Power Conference was UCLA

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and UCLA went on to the final four, and they

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were a team that came out of the first four.

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games were played in Indianapolis, whereas Texas has had to

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jump on the plane. Sean Miller told us the plane

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didn't leave dating until about three am last night, and

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so they fly out here in practice, and you know

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that's got to have some sort of effect. And Rob

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effect because both teams this point the season, they just

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want to win. They just want to get that w

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in the NCAA Tournament. But as far as this team,

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and we've talked about this before with Kevin Young, is

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this is kind of the third generation of his team

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this year that he's coached because of injuries and some

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things that have happened. And the team showed when they

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played in the Big Twell Tournament they can score it.

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round game against Kansas State and then they held Washington

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or held West Virginia to forty nine points. So they

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see how Rob Wright does getting to the basket with

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a guy kind of lurking around the rim there that's

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seven feet tall. They have some shooters. They have a

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guy who's familiar with Byu and Sean Miller has coached

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a big test for this team. I can't help but

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were healthy at this point in the season, because I

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think Kevin Young and as coaching staff had done a

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great job of kind of reinventing themselves a couple of

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times with the injuries, and they put them in a

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great position. And that's kind of what I wrote about

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they're still in the NCAA Tournament. They are a number

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six seed. They got to where they wanted to be.

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court and proven that you belong.

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Speaker 3: How far can this team go in the NCAA Tournament

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the way that they were playing in the Big Twelve tournament.

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Speaker 4: If they can continue that kind of play, I could

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see them getting out of the first weekend. But it's

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going to be tough. I mean, if they do manage

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to get best Texas, it's going to be Gonzaga. And

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done with the Zags after leaving the West Coast Conference,

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and it turns out that you know, if they do

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get past Texas tomorrow, that that Sudu Cougars would probably

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play would be the Zags and they're really good again,

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and Mark Feugh's a great coach. But I think it'd

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be really fantastic matchup. Getting past that is going to

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be difficult, but it's not like this is a team

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that can't. I think they have that ability. I think

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that they have the confidence in themselves, maybe a little

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better now than they had a month ago, and that

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plays a big role as well. And you know AJ's

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walking around here. They were a few minutes late coming

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to the news conference, and there's a documentary crew following

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him for behind the scenes in the NCAA tournament. They

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were like three cameras following him as he walked up

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to sit and answer our questions. There's a lot of

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attention on Aj and b Yu in this tournament, and

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you know how they handle that is also kind of

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an interesting thing, and Kem Young said he believes in

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AJ's ability to get through that He's had that attention

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since the time he was about thirteen years old, and

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so he's been through it already. But there's a lot

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Speaker 3: Yes, indeed plenty at Steak. Were you at the shoot around,

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by the way, doubled, you.

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Speaker 2: Got to see this?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I did see some of that.

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Speaker 3: Okay, So what did you see at the shoot around?

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Speaker 4: It's pretty relaxed. I mean, this isn't like a full

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fledged scrimmage. It's more like a get familiar with the

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arena kind of thing. They were shooting and kind of

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joking around. I saw Charles Aboo out there taking some shots.

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a lot of fans that were watching. I know Kevin

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Young and some of the players are walked over to

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sign some DYU flags, the shirts and things. So it's

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more of a let's just get used to the arena

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kind of thing more so than you know, what they

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can practice with. But they've had some good time off

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to rest. I know, someone like a Bacata can really

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benefit from that time off because he was really banged up,

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to kind of get a couple of days to get

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their their feedback under them and get themselves in the

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best position to win on Thursday.

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Speaker 3: So blessing the sky's kind of a silver line, because blow,

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you got a six seed.

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Speaker 2: They really couldn't have.

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Speaker 3: The only way they got a five seed is if

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they maybe got to the finals or won the Big

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twelve tournament.

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Speaker 2: So maybe a blessing in the skuys. They got to

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rest up for seven days it is.

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Speaker 4: And you know, I talked to Chris Burgess over the

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summer about their scheduling and he told me they really

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kind of patterned after Arizona. The way the Arizona last

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year had I think eleven or twelve losses heading into

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the NCAA tournament's still ended up with like a four

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or five seed, I think. And so BYU did put

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the work in early in the season, playing Villanova and

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Yukon and Clemson and Wisconsin and just you know, even

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the preseason when they're playing Nebraska and North Carolina State,

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who are all all NCAA tournament teams. So they put

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in the work to make themselves attractive to the NCAA

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Tournament committee. So even with all the issues that they had,

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with injuries and some of the losing streaks, a six

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seed is still pretty good and puts them in a

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position where they feel like they can make a run.

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So that's the way I kind of think about this team.

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Speaker 3: If you're Ky and this Cougar basketball team, do you

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like or dislike playing a playing team in the first round?

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Speaker 2: Texas could be warmed up.

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Speaker 3: They're also having to travel, right, they played yesterday, they

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got to travel. They were at Texas and other in date.

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They were in Dayton, another in Portland. You know, it's

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like you can go either way with this, right, do

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you like it or dislike it? If you're b Yu

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Speaker 4: Well, if you're Ky and we've asked him these kind

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of questions before, he says, these guys are young, they're resilient.

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They're going to be fine.

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Speaker 5: He said me.

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Speaker 4: On the other hand, I need to go home, take

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a nap. But these gets pay. You know, they've been

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raised playing AAU basketball. They played two or three games

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in day and they travel everywhere you know, they go.

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They go travel to all different parts of the country.

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to do something It's different, for sure than your regular

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season grind. When you play two games in a week.

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road game and a home game. You may have two

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home games, and but they just adjust to that. So

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I don't know that it's a big deal. And at

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the end of the game you might look at it

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and say, well, because BYU won this, or because because

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Texas won that. But I don't know that it plays

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as big a deal as maybe think it does. It's

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not like these guys are flying coach, you know, they're

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like the NBA man. They're flying sharter and getting everything

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taken care of farm. So I think both teams are

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Speaker 3: Who are you predicting to win the NCAA tournament? Have

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you filled out your bracket yet?

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Speaker 2: Double D? Where you leaning right now?

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Speaker 4: You know those number one seeds all look great. And

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my personal opinion is that Arizona was the best team

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me what you played this year. They're just so versatile.

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I mean, the first game, it was the guards, the

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eight b yu up. Second game, it was a completely

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different set of guys. And they can do that on

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a on a game by game basis, where somebody steps

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Barry's was terrific in that first game, he didn't really

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Arizona best indifferent and you know we had Bradley Whin

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the Player of the Year. The Big twelve is a

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little on by the coaches and there were some grumbling

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the bench, and Doloroso is one of them that can

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and their versatility I think make them my favorite in

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starting lineup, but like he's been more of a supporting

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cast role.

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Speaker 2: Alexis going to show up.

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Speaker 3: Do you feel like, you know the big three now

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with Canard, Canard's gonna show up and play good basketball.

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Give me kind of an evil of it. We know

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what we typically get from AJ and Rob. More often

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than not, they are the consistent elements of this team.

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Speaker 4: I really feel like those guys you just mentioned other

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than Rob and AJ, have have caught the attention of

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the opposition, which means that nobody's taken them lightly just

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because they're not AJ and they're not Rob. Any coach

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that does that is at their peril because those guys

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have all shown that given certain games, they can step

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up and make place. I think they're are more comfortable

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in their roles than they were before because they'd played

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you know, four or five games in those roles and say,

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interesting to me about can artists that he's basically playing

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the same way he played when things weren't going well,

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when he wasn't making a shot, when he wasn't really

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affecting the game as much defensively, I think he's playing

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the same way. It's his shots are falling, which gives

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him a lot more confidence on both ends. So all

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of those guys have stepped into roles they feel comfortable

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with what they're doing it feels like. And what Kevin

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said today in that news conference was this is the

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time of year. You can't fake stuff. You just go

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with what has brought you here. And he feels like

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he has a team that's built to be successful because

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they're confident in what they're doing and they're playing to

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their strengths. You can't make stuff up. It's the tournament, man.

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You just do what you've got to do and do

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what you've been doing. And that's how they feel heading

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into it. With that win against Texas Tech at home

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and then the three games in the Big Twelve tournament,

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I feel like they're as good as they're going to

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be in terms of preparation and confidence heading into the tournament.

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Speaker 3: Darnell, give me a little prognostication, a little of score prediction.

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How do you think this BYU Texas game plays out?

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BA only a one and a half point favorite. I

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believe they are. They're eight and eight versus tournament NCAA

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tournament teams right now.

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Speaker 2: That are in the field.

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Speaker 3: They they're they're playing in Portland, could be a home

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court type of feel.

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Speaker 2: What do you make of it?

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Speaker 4: I think both teams are going to be able to

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score the ball. You know, BYU's discovered some things defensively

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that might help them. But Texas has some shotmakers. And

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you saw out of Mark in that game last night.

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He made two just follow away kind of jumpers with

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a defender in his face or the defender really couldn't

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do a whole lot else on what they did and

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the guy just made a shot. So Texas has some

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guys like that. So by is going to be tested

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for sure on the defensive end. I see a score

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somewhere in the seventies or eighties, and you know, I

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think Byu comes out on top, but I'm a very

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close probably, you know, like eighty six eighty two. That's

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what I'm going with.

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Speaker 2: My guy W D.

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Speaker 3: Darnold Dixon live from Portland, Oregon. A couple let of

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things before I let you go. Camp Killani is still underway,

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and you know, the the the Camp Killani conversations continue.

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I've been looking at some of the highlights evaluating, you know,

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who the starting offensive line is, you know who who's

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going to be in the rotation.

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Speaker 2: Check this out like in a recent rep.

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Speaker 3: Tell me how you feel about this offensive line that's

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going to be protecting bear Bachmeier. And granted this is

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not the number ones right, but I thought it was instant.

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Kyle Strufer Joke getting some reps at center. We all

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know Bruce he's the guy, but he doesn't need to

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prove himself. Kyle Stuferchoke getting reps at center, Poki Fen

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now left tackle. We got Trevin Ossler left guard, at

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right guard, Junior Sea getting some reps at right guard,

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and then Andrew Gentry at right tackle. Today, Aaron Rodgers

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said this offensive line is gonna be good. He was

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oozing again. Last year he said the same thing. This

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offense allow is going to be really good. How confident

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are we in the offense a line protecting bear Bachmeyer

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in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think there's still some questions to be answered

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with those guys. And we all know that the rotation

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is really important, and you have your five, but who

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are the other two or three guys that may get

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some time that may need to be called upon based

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on matchups or injuries or things like that. I think

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they've got a good start, and I think they brought

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in some good talent, and what also helps them tremendously

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is to have a returning starting quarterback as well as

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the best running back and the MVP of the offensive

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MVP of the Big twelve coming back at running back.

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So one of the things that Aaron Rodrick actually this

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was Kelly Pepinga said, was facing Bear Bockmeier this spring

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has been a real eye opener because Bear has picked up,

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you know, where he left off and gotten better at Reeds.

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So you know, he Delly and his defense is being

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challenged a lot by what Bear can do. And so

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as far as an offensive line, that helps you a

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lot when you have a quarterback who can read what's

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happening and it makes you look good when he gets

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through the ball before he gets sacked. And then he

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got a running back like Algie and Martin who can

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find a gap or doesn't even need a gamage and

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it runs over a guy if you missed the block

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and still gets five yards. So I think the offensive

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line is in a position where they're going to get

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a lot of help and that's going to help them

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to be good this season. But I still think, like

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I said, there's some impressions to be answered at certain

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positions and how effective they can be and you can

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be why your second game of the league game, so

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we'll find out very soon.

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Speaker 3: Darnell Dixon, Ladies and gentlemen, Double D always appreciate our

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a Cougar beat.

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BYU Men's basketball out in Portland, getting prepp getting ready

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for the Texas game, NCAA tournament, March madness. Just a

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little breakdown here as we preview. This game BYU is

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slightly favored one and a half points, right, and it's

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going to be a five to twenty five pm tip off.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be on television TBS.

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Speaker 3: You can also I guess on HBO, Max, YouTube TV, Hulu,

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Live TV, Sling TV, all those things. Radio is gonna

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be on Westwood One for the live call. I'm sure

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Greg re Bell is gonna be on the call as well.

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But matchup snapshot if you will. B YU twenty three

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and eleven on the season, Ken Palm rating of twenty three,

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Net rating of twenty three. Texas is nineteen and fourteen

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on the year. They have a Kim Palm rating of

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thirty seventh and a net rating of forty second. And

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it's gonna be It looks like, at least on paper,

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that these are both elite offensive teams, and Bay's defense

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is slightly better than Texas's defense. On a neutral court

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that seems would seem to be more BAYU fans are

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going to show up to they're in Portland. I feel

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confident that by is gonna have a little bit of

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that home court advantage. Texas fouls a lot and they

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also draw a lot of fouls. You hope that AJ

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draws a lot of fouls as well and maybe balance

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that all out. But who's gonna put they're big man

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into foul trouble. By the way, Texas one of the

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worst three point defenses in the country. They did elevate

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their defense or play a little bit versus en C State.

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They limited I think the volume of three point shots

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at NC State was looking for. They only at thirteen

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with like thirteen or sorry, thirteen with like three minutes remaining,

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and then NC State started getting some buckets. They end

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up shooting thirty eight percent from the three point line.

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But Texas was actually much improved on their perimeter defense.

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their three yu ways. So that's a little breakdown for

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you as we get ready get prepped for another March

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Madness run. Now, the history of BYU in March Madness,

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we've seen the Big Dance many times, and we don't

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necessarily always survive in advance. We've seen more NCAA tournaments

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without a Final four opportunity a Final four berth than

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any other team in college basketball history. We thought we

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had fingers crossed that this was the year, this is

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the time, this is the place that with all of

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the talent, all the resources allocated.

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Speaker 2: That this would be the year.

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Speaker 3: Now, they still have metrics that qualify them to become

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a I believe a Final four team. The most likely

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destination though, with their path is Sweet sixteen, and I

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think the metrics would I mean, they dictate that they're

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gonna beat Texas and then most likely they play Gonzaga.

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They can be Gonzaga good by the way, Gonzaga's good

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team too. I mean they're top ten and Ken Palm

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twenty ninth offensively, ninth defensively, so they they know Joe

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West Coast Conference maybe a little bit of a weaker conference.

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Speaker 2: They are thirty and three on the season. Their strength

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to schedule not necessarily.

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Speaker 3: As maybe as robust as byus, but if I'm not mistaken,

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their strength of schedule rating was actually twenty seventh. Non

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conference strength of schedule rating twenty seventh, So.

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Speaker 2: I mean they.

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Speaker 3: They played some teams. They played some teams, no doubt

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about it. So that's a little breakdown. And then if

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they beat Gonzaga, they're probably facing Perdue and Purdue is

479
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one of the teams that is favored to win it

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then number thirty sixteen defensively in college basketball, they're eighth

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Speaker 3: One of the best linebackers in BYU football history just

546
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turned forty one years old.

547
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Speaker 2: I can't believe it.

548
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Speaker 3: He's over the hump now and he's still yeah, he's

549
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still fast, he's still nimble, he's still quick, he still

550
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jumps out of the gym.

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Speaker 2: Let's welcome in, David Nixon, D Nicks, what's up, buddy?

552
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Speaker 5: Oh triddle man. I know anytime I come on your show,

553
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you can just lift my spirits. And this maybe still

554
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like I'm like, I'm twenty years old again, so I

555
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appreciate it.

556
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Speaker 2: Clubhead speed of one hundred and thirty miles an hour.

557
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Speaker 5: As well, it might have a lot of speed. I've

558
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got to get that bag on a little straighter these days.

559
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That's my problem.

560
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Speaker 4: But hey, the.

561
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Speaker 5: Weather's glorious outside, so golf golf seasons here.

562
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Speaker 2: I love it.

563
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Speaker 5: We're finally getting out and playing some golf.

564
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Speaker 2: Heck, yeah, dude, Well, what is the clips head speed

565
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at right now? For for d Nix? I mean, it's

566
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still it's still up there.

567
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Speaker 5: It's yeah, I mean, listen, just trying to keep the

568
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back nimbles. What I'm trying to do. It's not problement

569
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back every time I swing. Okay, so lots of stretches

570
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and just just stay nimble. That's my goal.

571
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Speaker 3: Stay nimble, stay quick, and keep them keep them straight

572
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off the t David Nixon d Nix b YU heading

573
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to the n C Double A Tournament.

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Speaker 2: They're taking on Texas. It's the round of sixty four.

575
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Speaker 3: Gonna be I think on TBS for all those that

576
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want to watch, it's gonna be a great event. I

577
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believe five twenty five tip off Brad Nessler whilely Zerbiak,

578
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Jared Greenberg gonna be on the call. March Madness has

579
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arrived in the Cougars are seventeen and thirty five all

580
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time in the NC Double A Tournament, including a five

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or four record as a six seed. That bodes well, right,

582
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They're making their third straight appearance in the Big Dance,

583
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which is always actually their longest streak since making the

584
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tournament six straight seasons under Dave Rose from two thousand

585
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and seven to twenty twelve. What makes you optimistic that

586
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b Y's going to survive in advance in twenty twenty six.

587
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Speaker 5: You know, the last few weeks make me optimistic. The

588
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prior week before that that was not so optimistic because

589
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I think everyone's kind of thinking, like, hey, let's just

590
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get this season done with because this team just seemed

591
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to be foundering and had lost his identity. I love

592
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what Kevin Young did and he's missing this in the

593
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media where he dumped down defense, kind of went back

594
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to the basics and challenges this guys to go fight

595
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an identity, right, And I'd like in this the football

596
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I look back at our Bronco Men Hall defense days.

597
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We didn't run the most extravagant defenses, right, It wasn't

598
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the most complicated defense, but we knew what to do,

599
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and we knew what where to be and knew we

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knew how to execute the defense in mind. And I

601
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think there's something to be said about simplicity and not

602
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trying to get too much in the weeds. I mean, clearly,

603
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he's got the athletes on the basketball team right, and

604
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now it's just getting into to play proper defense and

605
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execute the defense. And so I love what Kevin yungons

606
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Doug had done. Like I said, he's simplified it. He's

607
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allowed these guys to go out there and just be athletes,

608
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because as we know, I don't care if it's football, basketball,

609
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and he's sport. When you're thinking too much about what

610
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you're about to do, you play half the second floor

611
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than you should. Right, But if you're cough in your reads,

612
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if you're tough in your abilities, you're tough in the scheme,

613
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you play exponentially faster. And I think that's where the

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defense specifically for Bou, because offensive they can score, but

615
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defensively they were given up ninety nine one hundred points

616
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a game. You know, this last at home stretch, and

617
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they finally found their identy and realized they can't go

618
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out there and compete and execute and man, have some fun.

619
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He's lost, he's at this last little run. So I'm

620
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excited for this game. I think, you know, I watched

621
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the Texans game last night. Texas they're athletic, obviously, right,

622
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and they're long. But I think this BOU team, the

623
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way they've been playing these last few weeks, I think

624
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the obviously got a real shot at it.

625
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Speaker 3: Yes, indeed, it is a neutral site, but it seems

626
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like it could be a home game, right with all

627
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the b YU fans out there in the Portland area

628
00:30:03,559 --> 00:30:07,160
the northwest is uh is full of Latter Day Saints

629
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and Brigham Young University.

630
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Speaker 2: Lums, so they could make kind of a run.

631
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Speaker 3: Last year they were in Denver, it seemed like it

632
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was a hometown crowd there as well.

633
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean you travel as well, especially for the tournament,

634
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and the Heights has been around this team. Most likely

635
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,759
last chances you'll get to watch a j debands and play.

636
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,559
I mean yeah, I uh. It wasn't for the fact

637
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that Maury traveling this weekend, I'm probably would have found

638
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,400
a way to make it out there. But yeah, it

639
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should be a really fun environment. I'm excited. I think

640
00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:38,599
you know, Texas they played in Ohio, have to fly

641
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,799
away across the country. They haven't had chance of scout

642
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:43,559
buy u. Uh you know, coming off you know, short

643
00:30:43,599 --> 00:30:46,400
prep preparations. DUU obviously probably did a scout for both

644
00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:49,680
for Texas and at Paranci State, so they probably had

645
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,759
that ready already. Uh So I like uyu chances of

646
00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:55,680
this game, but it was interesting. You know, the Heck's

647
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,920
coach is a Shawn Miller right for for Texas. Yepik

648
00:31:00,079 --> 00:31:02,480
I mentioned that it is nice to play in these

649
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,200
playing games because you kind of get the excitement out,

650
00:31:05,279 --> 00:31:07,480
you get the jitters out in that first game, and

651
00:31:07,559 --> 00:31:09,640
he thinks that that's going to play todvantage. I would

652
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,240
tend to somewhat agree. I think sometimes it is nice

653
00:31:12,319 --> 00:31:14,960
to kind of play in that first playing game and

654
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just settle down and play from there. But I feel

655
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,400
like the Yu in this one obviously, I'm I'm excited.

656
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,519
I mean it's tomorrow, right, this is like Christmas Eve

657
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,640
for for basketball fans. We've got Barson Maddis kicksoff tomorrow.

658
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,599
Speaker 3: Yes, indeed, I'm intrigued by what's the ceiling and uh

659
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,039
for this team? Do you think looking at their path

660
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and their bracket, I thought that it was a I

661
00:31:35,359 --> 00:31:36,759
thought it was a fortuitous bracket.

662
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Speaker 2: I really think there's a path for b Yu.

663
00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 3: If aj is getting calls, if he's getting whistles, a

664
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getting to the line, I think anything is possible for

665
00:31:45,519 --> 00:31:47,359
BYU Man's basketball.

666
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,599
Speaker 2: What what what path? Do you see? What's the ceiling

667
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:50,160
for this team?

668
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,079
Speaker 5: I think some down those role players. I mean, he's

669
00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:55,079
gonna get his right, but I think it comes down

670
00:31:55,119 --> 00:31:58,839
to your Canard Davis and you know, can Robert Reich.

671
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,880
Can he get his I mean the supporting cast and

672
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,720
goud to their job. I mean, a J's gonna get

673
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,119
twenty thirty every night, but can the other guys step

674
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,240
up and contribute? I think that's been the biggest thing too,

675
00:32:09,559 --> 00:32:12,319
And just defensively we talked about already. But you know,

676
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,400
he can't be given up in the NCA tournament. Can't

677
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:15,839
be get up eighty points and ninety points a game.

678
00:32:15,839 --> 00:32:17,440
You're not gonna win a lot of ball games because

679
00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:21,319
every team at this point obviously is a great team

680
00:32:21,319 --> 00:32:23,480
and they've had success and they know how to win, right.

681
00:32:24,119 --> 00:32:26,279
So what I do like in Dway's favor is the

682
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Big twelve is just such a gauntlet and the fact

683
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,519
that you survived that gauntlet and it was it was

684
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weak in and week out. You're playing a top ten team,

685
00:32:33,559 --> 00:32:36,599
it felt like. And so the fact that now you

686
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,720
go into this tournament and I don't think they're going

687
00:32:38,799 --> 00:32:41,519
to see the type of caliber a big tole opponents

688
00:32:41,519 --> 00:32:43,720
that they had to face here in this first couple

689
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,839
of rounds against Texas and then you know, down the

690
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,559
road against Gonzaga. I mean, I don't know. I think

691
00:32:49,599 --> 00:32:51,559
dou has a great shot. I think, like you said,

692
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I think that the bracket itself fare as well. And listen,

693
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,599
if they had to play Arizona. They played Arizona really

694
00:32:56,599 --> 00:32:59,599
well this year, even though Arizona's been phenomenal, you know,

695
00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:02,400
they played it as on pretty close. So I don't know,

696
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,200
I like deuy chansons, this is gonna be a fun,

697
00:33:04,319 --> 00:33:06,680
fun tournament. I you know, I've had Buddy's ass or

698
00:33:06,759 --> 00:33:09,200
what is the you know, what is the success? Like,

699
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,079
how would you how would you measure billy success in

700
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:11,640
this tournament?

701
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Speaker 4: I don't know.

702
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Speaker 5: I think it's Sweet sixteen. I'd be happy with the

703
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Sweet sixteen?

704
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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah? Like quota quota?

705
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 5: To me?

706
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 2: What's quota?

707
00:33:19,799 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 5: Right?

708
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Speaker 2: So what's quota? What's overachieving? Would you say?

709
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Speaker 4: Right?

710
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Speaker 2: Is it Sweet sixteen?

711
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Speaker 3: That's kind of the overachievement because of the sixth season,

712
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:28,839
any injuries?

713
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,799
Speaker 2: Or is quota? Is quota? Sweet sixteen?

714
00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:32,559
Speaker 4: Right? Is it?

715
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 2: You know? Does that make sense? I mean, yeah, where

716
00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:36,200
where's that at?

717
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 5: I would say, making it to the second weekend, making

718
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,400
it to the Sweet sixteen? Listen, I'm a competitor. I

719
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,400
obviously want you to go to the final four, right,

720
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,000
but I think realistic, I mean, if you can make

721
00:33:46,039 --> 00:33:48,119
it to the Sweet sixteen. I think that's with like

722
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,559
you said, with the injuries that have occurred, I think

723
00:33:50,599 --> 00:33:52,279
that's a big win. I mean, I don't want to

724
00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:55,319
get too greedy here, but I think you has the

725
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,640
pieces even with Richie being out and Traving and the

726
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,000
rest of the players. I think Deally has the peace

727
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:00,720
just to make a run.

728
00:34:01,319 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: I really do.

729
00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 5: I mean, you're going to have a good team that

730
00:34:03,519 --> 00:34:05,200
don't have a full scout on deal you like all

731
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,240
the Big twelve has, and we don't have deal you

732
00:34:07,319 --> 00:34:10,320
fared in the preseason when they're not playing Big twelve teams. Granted, yes,

733
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,000
very teams and of these other guys were still playing,

734
00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:15,599
But I don't know. I think I think this time,

735
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,000
even after the Big twelve tournament wrapped up to now,

736
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,920
has helped. I think Bible is some self scout. I

737
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,039
don't know. I'm optimistic this I'm just gonna be really

738
00:34:23,079 --> 00:34:25,559
really intriguing. But hey, the guy gets through Texas tomorrow.

739
00:34:25,599 --> 00:34:27,159
I mean Texas, like I said, no joke, it was.

740
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:31,239
They were obviously very athletic yesterday, so we'll see how

741
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:31,679
they're fair.

742
00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:35,559
Speaker 3: David Nixon, former b why you great talking be what

743
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,000
you basketball? Do you ever get you ever tell Jerem like, hey,

744
00:34:38,079 --> 00:34:40,239
I can be a basketball analyst too, Like why don't

745
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,440
you call me up? Why Eric make a y j

746
00:34:42,599 --> 00:34:44,599
T while these other baskeball players when you can talk

747
00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:45,440
ball with the best.

748
00:34:46,559 --> 00:34:49,119
Speaker 5: I've played off around high school. But that's about where

749
00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:53,559
it stopped. And it's funny. I actually called the Blue

750
00:34:53,599 --> 00:34:57,320
White scrimmage laid back like ten years ago. I was

751
00:34:57,679 --> 00:34:59,440
I had to fill in because all the guys were gone,

752
00:34:59,519 --> 00:35:02,760
and dask me until in last minute, and I quickly

753
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,920
realized I'm not cut out for that job. And I

754
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,679
can chat hoops, but I can't. I can't jump in

755
00:35:10,079 --> 00:35:12,320
to the Techicallians as their relates to hoops. So I

756
00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:16,719
quickly humbled me and I said, you know what, that's

757
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,719
the one and done for me. I'm an aj Devanta

758
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,960
on BATV for basketball. I'm one and done.

759
00:35:23,159 --> 00:35:25,639
Speaker 2: What have you been seeing? D Nicks? What have you

760
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:26,400
been hearing about?

761
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,639
Speaker 3: Camp Kolani twenty twenty six, spring ball is well underweight?

762
00:35:30,639 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 2: Would have been the storylines? Who have been the players?

763
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:33,440
What have been the.

764
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,280
Speaker 3: Position groups that you've been most intrigued by? And what

765
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:37,039
you've been watching?

766
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 5: For me, it's just blotching our guy k Pop, you know,

767
00:35:40,679 --> 00:35:43,639
kind of take the reins and make this his defense.

768
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,239
And you know, I know we all have to chat

769
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,159
with him a little bit here and there. He's obviously

770
00:35:48,199 --> 00:35:51,159
super excited for this position. I think he's pretty confident

771
00:35:51,199 --> 00:35:53,960
as well. I mean, but I tell people is, you know,

772
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,280
Kelly's been in that room with Jay Hill and the

773
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,119
rest of that staff for the last three years. I

774
00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:02,519
mean he's in of those same in game adjustments that

775
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,920
that Jay was making. I mean, these coaches are very

776
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,880
capable that have been you know, that stayed on the

777
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,280
staff and stayed behind. So I'm confident that Kelly's you know,

778
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,239
put his own twists on his defense and put his

779
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,840
own identity on his defense. He's gonna probably make some

780
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,960
changes that he wants to change. But the luxury that

781
00:36:18,039 --> 00:36:20,159
Kelly has right now is the fact that you bring

782
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,800
back all this depth, like you bring back all these

783
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,039
studds and these playmakers, and then and then you add

784
00:36:25,079 --> 00:36:27,440
on to it. But I looked all across the board,

785
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,679
I mean Kate Delave what I mean, Well, yeah, that

786
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,039
that guy speech, his experience and his play on the

787
00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:35,400
field speech for itself. But Jake Clifton coming in, I

788
00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:37,559
looked at even Miles Hall at his production last year.

789
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,639
You look at you look at tacuity at Kana, I

790
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:44,239
mean New Tautama, Payal like there's some Bonafi playmakers Carol

791
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,719
and ton of Bosta clearly you know get justin Kirkland healthy.

792
00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:49,320
I mean it's not just the starters, which has usually

793
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:50,360
been the case for Byu.

794
00:36:50,519 --> 00:36:50,639
Speaker 2: Right.

795
00:36:51,159 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 5: I've always says even during independence, I thought BOUS twenty

796
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,119
two could match up with the majority of the schools

797
00:36:56,119 --> 00:36:58,400
across the country. The problem was by you never had

798
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,000
the depth, right, And that's what we've seen these last

799
00:37:01,039 --> 00:37:03,280
few years is they're building that depth and and I

800
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,760
think that's what you specifically have this year. Not only

801
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,840
do you have depth, but you have experience in that

802
00:37:08,119 --> 00:37:10,599
in the too deep guys that have played meanful snaps

803
00:37:10,599 --> 00:37:13,480
throughout the season are backing up the starters and can

804
00:37:13,519 --> 00:37:15,079
come in and relieve them and you don't skip a

805
00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:17,000
beat and that and that, Like I said, that wasn't

806
00:37:17,039 --> 00:37:19,679
the case five six, seven years ago, the second singers

807
00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:22,280
come in, it was a huge drop offs. So I

808
00:37:22,679 --> 00:37:25,119
think Kelly's walking himself into a really good situation. I

809
00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:27,119
think he had some studs all across the board, even

810
00:37:27,159 --> 00:37:30,760
the secondary you talked about the Mooney and Satsawala, you know,

811
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,679
and Pula's out there, new newcomer. Pula's out there making

812
00:37:33,679 --> 00:37:37,239
plays in spring ball. I think he's gonna have I

813
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:38,920
think his toughest time will be find out how to

814
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,880
get his playmakers on the field and how to utilize

815
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,440
their talents and uh, you know, try to put him

816
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,280
in positions to succeed. I think that's gonna be the

817
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,280
toughest position or spot as a deep courtner, not not

818
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,519
what defensive call of it, how to get these guys

819
00:37:50,639 --> 00:37:52,039
to get the most out of them and put him

820
00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:55,599
positions to win because you have the playmakers out there

821
00:37:55,679 --> 00:37:58,599
so defensively, that's that's been fun to watch kind of

822
00:37:58,639 --> 00:38:02,519
all that evolved offensively. For me, it's just the continued

823
00:38:02,519 --> 00:38:06,039
production watching watching Bear continue to progress to the quarterback.

824
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,480
But you know, the wide receiver, I think with obviously

825
00:38:09,559 --> 00:38:12,000
with with Parker being gone and the shoes that have

826
00:38:12,079 --> 00:38:14,639
to be filled there as well Chase Roberts, there's some

827
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,239
meaningful production that's gotta that's gotta step up, you know,

828
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,440
and and and Casper is obviously one that's that's I'm

829
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,320
mentioned to see kind of how that all evolves. But

830
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:25,519
you know, I think I think more than ever we

831
00:38:25,599 --> 00:38:28,639
saw last year with Beuty tight ends with Carson, Ryan

832
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:32,519
got got involved, and now Lions and Sarny Poker there,

833
00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:34,239
I think you're gonna see a lot of two tight

834
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,679
end sets and getting those big dudes the ball.

835
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's uh, you know, Katie Luave like, well, let

836
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,559
me let me let me break this down. Kele Thinker

837
00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:46,320
said that the deepest position most likely is the linebacker

838
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,280
position on the entire team. Uh and uh, it kind

839
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,920
of begs the question of, like, you know, when we're

840
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:58,840
talking about scheme and front and the personnel that tip

841
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,440
that typically we like I was having this debate with

842
00:39:01,559 --> 00:39:04,440
Cameron Jensen. A lot of the BAU fan base think

843
00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:07,239
that Jay Hill came in and we were running a

844
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:08,320
majority forty front.

845
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:09,599
Speaker 2: I'm like, guys, I didn't see that.

846
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,679
Speaker 3: I saw a lot of stand up edge work, whether

847
00:39:12,679 --> 00:39:14,639
it was Jack, whether it was New c. I mean,

848
00:39:14,679 --> 00:39:18,599
we were still running probably sixty to seventy thirty front

849
00:39:18,599 --> 00:39:19,719
with a stand up outside edge.

850
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,119
Speaker 2: Every once in a while we'd have a forty front.

851
00:39:21,639 --> 00:39:22,719
But I've always said, I don't.

852
00:39:22,559 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 3: Know if we have like the personnel yet to have

853
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,519
a two three D forty front, you know, like at

854
00:39:29,599 --> 00:39:32,920
Tech Texasttack or even Utah for years, right, they they

855
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:38,920
had depth there. We have continually recruited. You were a

856
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:43,360
part of that pipeline linebackers and we are LBU right now.

857
00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 2: Look at the NFL.

858
00:39:44,519 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 3: Look at what's been produced consistently year over year undrafted

859
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,119
free agency draft picks. Give me kind of your analysis

860
00:39:50,159 --> 00:39:52,719
of the linebacker room, how stacked it is, and maybe

861
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,719
with the future of our defensive scheme is with like

862
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,719
with it seems like every single generation has linebacker coming through.

863
00:40:00,639 --> 00:40:01,199
Speaker 2: It at b YU.

864
00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:04,679
Speaker 5: Yeah, like a couple of comments there. I agree with that.

865
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,800
With what Kelly said, he actually was We were texting

866
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,039
earlier this year and he said the same thing. He's like, man,

867
00:40:09,119 --> 00:40:11,760
the linebacker room, could you you lose Jack Kelly also

868
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,400
he started to panic a little bit right and started

869
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,519
to thinking, MAT's a lot of production, gone, how how

870
00:40:16,559 --> 00:40:18,679
doig you get to back filled that? And then all

871
00:40:18,679 --> 00:40:21,519
of a sudden, you get glaster back and you get

872
00:40:21,519 --> 00:40:23,679
all these newcomers a lobby and clipped and some of

873
00:40:23,679 --> 00:40:26,079
these newcomers coming in, and then you get the young

874
00:40:26,119 --> 00:40:29,039
guys that contribute last year as well. I agree. I

875
00:40:29,039 --> 00:40:31,599
think that linebacker room is completely stacked. And like I said,

876
00:40:31,599 --> 00:40:33,000
I think that's one of the issues tell you going

877
00:40:33,039 --> 00:40:34,119
to have is how do you get all these dudes

878
00:40:34,159 --> 00:40:36,280
on the field right? Like, how do you get these

879
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,800
playmakers out there? And I go to your next question

880
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:39,920
about the scheme itself.

881
00:40:40,199 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 4: It's interesting.

882
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 5: I was having a conversation last night with the decordinator

883
00:40:43,519 --> 00:40:46,360
for quarter Canyon. You know, my kids go to Corny Cannons.

884
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,400
We were up there doing some stuff on seven stuff

885
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:53,320
last night, and uh, it's Frankie Setera. The decordinator is

886
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,239
the brother of Casey s there is now the head coach,

887
00:40:55,679 --> 00:40:58,159
and we're just tiving through schemes and kind of the approach.

888
00:40:58,199 --> 00:41:01,119
And it's funny. The game of football evolved, I think

889
00:41:01,159 --> 00:41:04,079
even from our time at b YU, where you really

890
00:41:04,199 --> 00:41:06,679
don't have a true base defense anymore. I feel like

891
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,079
I feel like it really is catered to the opposing

892
00:41:09,159 --> 00:41:12,239
offense you're playing and your ability to be nimble and

893
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,039
switch your defensive fronts up and put your personnel out there.

894
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,440
To your point, last year with Nucy, Newsy's a stand

895
00:41:18,519 --> 00:41:20,960
up at the end, but he was strong enough you

896
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,559
can put him down at three point and take on

897
00:41:22,639 --> 00:41:24,559
the tackle and and be a run stuff for like

898
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,039
these guys at day and eighties, the football players, they're

899
00:41:28,119 --> 00:41:30,639
so versatile that you can move them around and put

900
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:32,679
different schemes in front of them and have them execute

901
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,880
pretty well. And you know, even look at the days

902
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,079
of It's funny because on Instagram they have that whole

903
00:41:40,559 --> 00:41:42,239
that thing going viral right now where it talks about

904
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,360
the nineties, right, like everything that happened in the nineties.

905
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,920
And I saw one another day about linebackers in the

906
00:41:48,039 --> 00:41:52,880
nineties and they showed like ray Lewis and yeah, you

907
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,639
know all these guys with neck rolls, right and just

908
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,880
two fifty. I mean, look at today's linebackers right to

909
00:41:59,199 --> 00:42:01,760
day's linebackers are in the NFL, A freend warners, guys

910
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,920
that can run side and the sideline and cover cover

911
00:42:04,079 --> 00:42:07,079
fast tight ends that are no longer two seventy tight

912
00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:08,679
ends like they used to be. So the game just

913
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:12,199
continues to change and evolve. I think, Kelly, I recognize

914
00:42:12,199 --> 00:42:15,320
that this defense, Yeah, you might be a true four

915
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,119
to three, but on any given down, you could switch

916
00:42:18,199 --> 00:42:20,719
that to a three four, a five to two. You

917
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,480
can roll out five dbs and go back to like

918
00:42:22,559 --> 00:42:24,719
a three three five hybrid. Like there's so much you

919
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,360
can do and the game's evolved so much it's tough

920
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,559
to say, hey, here's here's exactly our defense because you

921
00:42:30,639 --> 00:42:32,239
can be I mean you can. You can throw a

922
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:33,800
lot of different fronts out there, and like I said,

923
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,960
a lot depends on the opposing offenses that you're running,

924
00:42:36,599 --> 00:42:38,599
uh and and what you plan to what you plan

925
00:42:38,679 --> 00:42:39,159
to scheme up.

926
00:42:40,199 --> 00:42:43,159
Speaker 3: No doubt any players that you're most intrigued by right

927
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,960
now on this roster as we go throughout spring ball,

928
00:42:46,559 --> 00:42:49,119
and you've been keeping an eye on whether it's offense

929
00:42:49,199 --> 00:42:49,760
or defense.

930
00:42:50,559 --> 00:42:52,599
Speaker 5: Yeah, I once again I'm a little biased towards the

931
00:42:52,639 --> 00:42:55,480
defenside of the ball. I For me, it's just continue

932
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:58,079
to build the depth. I want to continue to see

933
00:42:58,159 --> 00:43:03,000
hide you know, Cad and Jake evolve For me too,

934
00:43:03,079 --> 00:43:06,119
it's it's just it's just getting the younger guys reps.

935
00:43:06,119 --> 00:43:07,639
That's what spring ball is all for, right Like, you

936
00:43:07,639 --> 00:43:09,800
don't you don't need to see Bosper out there and

937
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,559
getting meaningful reps like stots of all on it. We

938
00:43:12,679 --> 00:43:14,239
know what these guys can do. That's not what spring

939
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,280
balls for spring Balls to get the younger guys reps,

940
00:43:16,679 --> 00:43:19,079
let them stand out, get some tape out there. Uh

941
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,039
as they head into kind of the summer summer years now,

942
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,079
it is good for the older guys to get good

943
00:43:24,119 --> 00:43:26,559
reps and just stay you know, stay well oiled. But

944
00:43:27,079 --> 00:43:29,039
for me, it's just watching the younger guys step up

945
00:43:29,079 --> 00:43:33,119
and offensively, you're gonna have to have some playmakers, like

946
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:34,719
you've got to have to that and go up and

947
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and and high point the ball and attack the ball

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offensively and come down with big catches. And like I

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said earlier with with the departure of Parker, like who's

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going to become that dude? And I think we all

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have an idea, right, But once again, that's what spring

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balls for. It goes to go jump off the tape.

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You know, as we talked about the eye and the sky,

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don't lie, like, go make some plays and and try

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to catch the coach's eye and and and try to

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ride the momentum to fall ball, you know, summer and

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then fall ball. But I'm just excited team. You look

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at their returning production all across the board offensive and defensively,

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I think the sky's limit for the team and I

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think they continue to buy into the culture of what

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Kalani's building there. And uh, you know, especially off the

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success of the last two seasons, this next season could

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be really fun. I mean you think about, like I said,

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everything everyone you bring back and and key parts as well,

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you can throw all day in their bearing there. I mean,

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there's some great production all across the board. So I'm pumped.

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This is it's gonna it's gonna be a fun year.

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Speaker 2: Let's go soon.

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Speaker 5: Likewise, thanks benmin talking buddy, they go.

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