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want to talk some college basketball in this segment BAU basketball.

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Kevin Young hawked onto the Ari Tempkin Big twelve Now

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Show and it was you had some nice gems, some

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nice nuggets I want to break down here on your

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Utah ESPN Radio Network. But it is officially official, by

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the way, that Abdullah Ahmed and kJ Perry are part

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of the BAU men's basketball team. So they're going to

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be showing up, showing out in practice, getting into the facility,

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putting in work, and you hope both of them are

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red shirts. kJ has been alluded to as a red shirt.

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I think they want a red shirt Abdullah Ahmed, but

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you never know. Abdullah may be the guy. We talked

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about that just a few weeks ago, that Abdullah could

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be a guy that you need in March to make

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a run, to get past that threshold of Sweet sixteen

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most NCAA tournaments without a Final four appearance. That streak

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ends hopefully in twenty twenty six, and that March Madness Tournament.

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of this commentary from Ky and what he has to

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say about his squad. Ari Tempkin interviewed him. Big Twelve

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now is the platform. Shout out Tory. He's joined our

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show many times. We appreciate him always showing up, showing

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Speaker 3: Let's get into.

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Speaker 4: It means world. I am Ari Tempkin. We are going

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to be joined momentarily by Kevin Young, the head men's basketball.

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Speaker 5: Coach at BYU.

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Speaker 4: As the BYU Cougars are a ten to one with

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the lone loss coming against Yukon and eighty six to

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eighty four. Barn Berner, James and you know, in the

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last segment and let's get it on, we kind of

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made the case for could Iowa State be the best

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team in the Big twelve. But I think with the

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way things have started, you've got a pretty in case

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for four teams right now at the top of this conference,

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which includes BYU, Iowa State, Our Arizona, and Houston.

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Speaker 3: And people are sleeping on BYU.

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Speaker 6: They lose Dawson Baker to a season ending injury, which

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will challenge their depth, but they have guys that aren't

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seeing the floor more than ten or fifteen minutes a

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game that are very capable cutting boop. My favorite name

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in the conference is an athletic big who's a sophomore

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from the Senegal was an NBA Academy Africa guy, super athletic,

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NCAA Tournament one. There's so much further along than they

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what Houston did at the end of last year making

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the championship game. And they're nine and one start and

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beating Auburn and some other high quality teams in the

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early part of the season and then Arizona in all

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the top twenty five teams that they've taken down.

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Speaker 3: So it's like, why is BYU why are.

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because I see just as much talent on that roster,

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and I think they're very much under the radar and

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Speaker 2: Okay, so that's kind of their their their initial presentation

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of who BYU is. BYU is listed in the most

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recent bracketology. Okay, we're not even really in the meat

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of conference schedule yet they're already seated as a number

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two seed. Do you feel like anyone sleeping on BYU

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basketball or is this Are they a little up in

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Speaker 3: But I don't feel like anyone's sleeping on BOAF. That's

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Speaker 2: I think they their their hype that they're bought into

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Speaker 5: I think it's a little bit of both.

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Speaker 7: I think the reason why they're slept on is because

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they haven't played the non conference opponents that other top

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ten schools have. Right if they didn' beat Yukon band,

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that had been a national bread But like you gotta remember,

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Speaker 5: They beat Arkansas.

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Speaker 7: So the team's listed above BYU have beaten hiring teams

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Speaker 5: Not saying that be these Quad one games in Quad

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Speaker 7: They've also played a formidable schedule, but maybe a little

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bit more formidable. It's been more nationally televised. That was

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maybe the second time compared to when you're playing Florida,

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you know in primetime, and then when you're playing Yukon,

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the schools above BYU right now can beat BYU. They're

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gonna see three of them twice. They're gonna see Iowa State,

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gonna see Arizona. Then they're also gonna well, they'll just

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see Houston once. But all of those teams can beat BYU.

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could definitely be a top five team by the end

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of the season. Why you beat number one Arizona, you're

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gonna move up. You beat number seven Houston, you're gonna

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move up. You beat number four Iowa State, You're going

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to move up. So I think that's why I don't

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think BAU necessarily is getting slept on. Think they might

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be getting overlooked because of what other people have done.

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little bit better or might be on that same level.

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Speaker 2: So I mean, I'm pulling up all the rankings, the metrics,

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anything that I can find in regards to BYU basketball

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right now as it relates to common you know, common foes,

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common opponents, the rest of the college basketball world obviously,

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you know, so from like a human element a people.

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Top ten right you're number ten in the nation right now,

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coaches pol your tenth in the nation. The nine teams

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in front of you or Arizona, Michigan, Duke, Iowa State, Yukon, Perdue, Gonzaga, Houston,

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Speaker 3: You're listed as as a two.

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Speaker 2: Seed right now, which is to me, uh in the

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latest bracketology that that says, hey, you're you're, you're you're

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probably going to be in a You're you're an elite

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a team, right, that's what that's what you are.

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Speaker 3: That's who you're gonna be.

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Speaker 2: The men's college basketball power intex Okay, the BPI has

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Speaker 3: They're up four spots from their last game.

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Speaker 2: And their resume from a strength of record standpoint is tenth,

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so their strength of record is tenth. Their strength to

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schedule is twenty second. Many of the teams in front

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of them Okay, Arizona Wildcast, for instance, have a thirty

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the thirty six ranked strength of schedule. Michigan actually has

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sixty second, uh Yukon's nineteenth, Gonzaga I believe is eleventh

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they've played a gauntlet, and Michigan State's at twenty three.

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of schedule than than BYU does, or worst strength to

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record than BUYU does. So Sagarin excuse me. Ken Palm

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has Bau's number at number eight. Their offensive efficiency and

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defensive rating is eighth and fourteenth, respectively. So and their

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net ranking right now is sixth in college basketball.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Who's sleeping on this team, right I just don't. I'm like,

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how can you sleep on this? So anyway, interesting stuff

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from all right. Look, I'm not I'm not doubting are

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maybe they They're very well connected in.

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Speaker 3: The basketball world.

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Speaker 2: But all I'm saying is I'm surprised anyone is sleeping

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on BYU basketball. If anything, they're like the committee. They

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maybe the only watched the first half of the Clemson game.

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Speaker 3: You know they didn't why they don't. Oh this team

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not good enough.

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Speaker 2: Those that are sleeping on on college on BYU college

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basketball team. They only watched that first half of the

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Clemson game. They didn't watch aj De Bonsa taking over

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Speaker 3: All right, let's get back to it.

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Speaker 7: I just want to finish on this tick again, just

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to go over that the reason why it might be

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boused six in the net right now. Look, you beat

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number twenty three Wisconsin by thirty, you put belt to booty.

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but look again, Arizona, they're four and on quad one games.

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number three Yukon, number twelve Alabama. So like that's that's

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Speaker 8: Beat number four quad one games too, though they do,

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but it's been four But BYU beating Villanova, Yukon, Miami,

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and Clemson is not as formidable as Arizona beating number

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three Florida, number fifteen, UCLA, number three Yukon and number

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twelve Alabama like that.

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Speaker 7: And you beat number twelve Alabama. You beat number three

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Yukon away on their home like that does matter. And

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you're not good, because of who they played and where

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Speaker 5: So it's not that.

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Speaker 7: They're getting If they're getting overlook is not because they're

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Speaker 5: But like I said, that's gonna get itself worked out long.

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Speaker 2: I don't know who's sleeping on that by basketball right now,

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but hey, let's move forward. Kevin Young interviewed with Ari

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Temkin and his Big Twelve Today show.

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Speaker 4: Let's tune in, well, coach for the ten to one

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BYU Cougars, who, aside from that loss to Yukon, have

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beaten Wisconsin, Miami, Dayton, Clemson, amongst many other high quality opponents.

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Speaker 5: Morning, coach, how are you?

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Speaker 9: I'm doing great? How are you guys?

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Speaker 5: Doing very well? Thank you?

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Speaker 4: Appreciate your time. You know, curious like what's different? What

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have you found to be different year two here as

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opposed to year one?

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Speaker 10: Uh, just more comfortable for me, just kind of knowing,

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you know, the college game a little bit better, you know.

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Obviously the biggest difference for us is just our schedule.

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Coast three times already. You know, quality opponent has been

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extremely high for us, so that that's presented a lot

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of different challenges in a good way that we've been

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able to work through.

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Speaker 9: So that's been kind of the biggest differences for us.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, are you do your does your team

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even know where your home court is?

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Speaker 10: I mean yeah, I mean up until I think to

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to to what five days ago, we'd only played two

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good man, It's a good test for our guys. You know,

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it's get us out of our comfort zone. But at

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two more games at the Marriott Center during the Christmas

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time here, which is nice.

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Speaker 9: Coach.

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Speaker 6: I go back to that Wisconsin game, and you know,

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people are talking about does BYU have the depth that

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they need to be the team that we think they

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can be, And I say yes, Like Ajd Bonsa, he

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gets his fourth foul early on in the second half

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against a really good Wisconsin team and you guys still

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outscore them in the second half even when he's on

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the bench. So what does that say about your team?

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And when a guy like that is out of the

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lineup and on the bench next to you that this

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Speaker 10: Yeah, and I was worried about that that moment. You know,

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I wasn't sure how the guys were going to respond.

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But you know it's been That was a big moment

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like you said, not just kind of maintain, but actually

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pushed the lead out against the high quality team. So

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you know, we've got we've got good players. You know,

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he's a guy that that feels like he never gets tired,

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so he you know, I feel comfortable leaving him out

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there for long stretches. And then you know, we had

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some bench guys coming and produced. Now, obviously we've had

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some injuries. Uh this is the most season ending injuries

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I've ever had in any time I've coached. So that's

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something that's presented a challenge. But you know, we've had

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some of the young guys come in and and accept

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bigger roles and step up and make shots and unless

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something we're looking at even more as we move forward.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you mentioned Rob Wright.

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Speaker 4: The clebs at the shot at METSK regard against Clemson

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will live in infamy. Certainly take us in the huddle

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one point three seconds left, high game?

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Speaker 5: Was that the look you wanted?

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two point one seconds. And I know that sounds silly,

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but no, but seriously, like I was when I was

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in the NBA, you know that was that that responsibility

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fell on my plate, particularly when I was with the

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seventy six ers, and so you know in the NBA

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you can advance the ball with that time out. So

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so being in that situation, low clock, front court throwing

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his one I've studied a million times over, so two

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seconds is a lot of time.

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Speaker 9: One point three gets a little diceier.

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Speaker 10: But to answer your question, I mean we were really

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looking for a full court play for AJ.

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Speaker 9: They guarded it well. Rob called the.

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Speaker 10: Time out and then on that particular play that was

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actually the third option. Wow, and so our guys executed

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it well. I think an unsung hero in that situation

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was my Hilo Boskovich. I hadn't played him at all

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in the second half, but I really trust him as

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a decision maker and as a passer, and he's tall,

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so I like him as an option as a throwing

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guy in terms of the passer. So he came in,

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read the situation, delivered an on time, on.

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Speaker 9: Target pass to Rob, and then Rob, you know, did

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Speaker 6: Obviously, Kevin, you said a moment ago that you've lost more.

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Speaker 2: Got okay, So obviously third options. This is something we've discussed.

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about what his job responsibilities were at other locations, uh,

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specifically uh in Philly, right, and how he was the

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guy that had drawn up in certain situations at certain

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times and uh, and he like it was kind of

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a disadvantage with the lack of time that was on

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the clock. It was unfortunate, but hey, they got it off.

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It was beautiful, it was great, and granted was wonderful.

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a discussion that we've had over the last week, Roddy,

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and that is who do we trust coming off the

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bench and who is it that they're gonna try to

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force feed.

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Speaker 3: So we we had Alexi Coastick.

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Speaker 2: Come off the bench in two games ago and we're like,

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it's gonna be Alexi. Alexi's gonna be that guy. We

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gotta get him. And then we we kind of prepped.

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Speaker 2: I said, hey, it's got to be Mahilo, Right, It's

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got to be my Hilo. We weren't e thinking about

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Tyler Maruss. Tyler Morss goes off h versus Pacific, and

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it's like, well, wait, is Tyler Maruss finally getting into

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his own I find it interesting that that k why

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Gibbs loves as the unsung hero to Mahilo Boskovic as

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a decision maker. We see the potential with Mahilo. Is

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Mahilo going to reach his potential this year?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 2: And I know they play different positions, that are all

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different players. Alexis a different player than Tyler. Tyler's a

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different player than Mihilo. But you need all breathe these

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guys to to fulfill a role. And if you want

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to go deep and you in the in the NCAA tournament,

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if you want to win games in the Big twelve,

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I wonder how far away Mahilo is from gaining the

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trust collectively of the coaching staff and collectively of Kate.

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Speaker 3: Kate why to get more pt your thoughts?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, I got the word that everybody will love,

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and Kevin Young is used in multiple times. It's really

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going to come down to matchups, That's what it's going

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to come down to, right and certain moments of the game.

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Who has probably the best excuse me, high Qi basketball

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over to passed the ball, and when the moment matters

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the most, it's not Dominique, not Kadem, not Tyler Alexi,

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It's it's Mila. You know, the experience been obviously playing

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overseas and then again he did a last year. Remember

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he was in the pick and roll with Richie a

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West Virginia and then he fakes it off, you know,

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gets it back and you know he gets to an

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one and then makes the clutch bucket that haven't been there,

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Like Mahilo can make those key plays. But look, he's

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gonna have the shooting struggles. He's not gonna not see

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a shot he doesn't like. But at the end of

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the day, he's got the best ability. I go back

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to the game against Utah, who got Dawson Baker of

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the ball? You know where he should have probably gotten

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that foul but he didn't.

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Speaker 5: Was Mihilo.

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Speaker 7: So Mahilo can is gonna be your pastor. I think

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in those late game situations, Kevin Young trust him. He

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trust every guy on this roster for a very specific role.

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But I think it's gonna come down to that Ben,

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what matchup is presented, what game within the game, And

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it's also gonna come down to who has the hot hand.

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If Alexi has the hot hand, he's gonna stay and

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if Tyler has the hot hand, he's gonna come in.

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But what needs to happen for sure, which is, you know,

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imperative Alexi and Tyler must hit shots. Kadeem's gonna go

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rebound Domini, He's gonna take guys out defensively, maybe chipping

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a few points here and there, you know, from the

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corner of threes, or get into the free throw line.

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But you need these guys when they come in been

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to be effective with their minutes. That's what it's gonna

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come down to. So they all have to hit their shots.

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If Alexi's gonna get eight minutes, he's got to hit

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a three or two. Tyler's gonna come in for eight

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to ten minutes, gotta hit a three or two. You

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have to do something to affect the game and be impactful.

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You can't go in and not impact it at all.

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So I think it comes down to matchups. Do your

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one eleventh in basketball whatever he looks like, Like Kevin said,

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if you're good at shooting, shoot and help aj out

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and let him facilitate.

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Speaker 5: To me, that's what is gonna come down to. Ben.

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Speaker 7: I think at the end of the day, everybody has

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the role, and Kevin Young knows your strengths.

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Speaker 5: You just have to go execute now as a player.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Let's hear a few more cuts from the Big twelve

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Today Show with Ari Tempkin and James West from the

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interview in k Why and then we'll go, we'll take

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a brief time out. We'll come back with a world

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of bau sports.

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Speaker 6: Nice to season ending injuries than at any point in

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your career. How many guys have you lost?

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Speaker 10: So we've lost too for sure, and a third one

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that's that's most likely uh in that in that same

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same uh, same situation.

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Speaker 9: So you know, tough to see for our guys.

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Speaker 10: And two of them are the same position, and Nate

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Pickens and Dawson Baker. But you know, credit to our

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coaching staff out on the recruiting trail.

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Speaker 9: You know, Alex.

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Speaker 10: Alexei Coastage came in the other night and went five

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to eight from three, and he and that's in that

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same same role that Dawston and Nate would have held.

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And so and then the next night Tyler Ross came

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in and goes four or four from three. So you know,

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obviously the consistency is gonna have to be there for

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those guys. But you know, that's what you have a

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team for. That's which we have depth four. That's what

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you have player development for.

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Speaker 3: Okay, we may need to play that.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you can remind that because like

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he said, there's two guys. There's two guys we lost,

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and there could be like a third. Let me know

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when you got that back Q up. Man, we we

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got just wait a second here, man.

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Speaker 3: I don't who's the third guy?

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Speaker 2: Uh, let me know when you're ready, because like I'm like, well,

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we haven't seen Brody Koslowski yet. I don't know if

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that would be a third. You hope it's not anyone

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on the guard line. Again, like you cannot lose any

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more guys on that on that in that backcourt, Like

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you cannot lose anybody Otherwise you're gonna have to pull

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a kJ Perry's red shirt.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's listen back into what he has to

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Speaker 6: Just more guys to season ending injuries than at any

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point in your career. How many guys have you lost?

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Speaker 10: Uh so we've lost too for sure, and a and

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a third one that's that's most likely uh in that

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in that same same uh, same situation.

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Speaker 2: So you know, wait, wait, wait what this is some

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breaking news right here. I'm glad we played we played

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this and we're reading.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna have to contact those officials

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down there at b YU because yeah, I didn't know

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about this. A third in that same scenario. So you're

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saying another guy now is out for injury for the season,

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that's what that says. Wow, this is crazy. Wow, that's nuts. Man,

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that's dude. Oh dude, bro bro.

474
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Speaker 5: Reacting live to it. I don't know what to say.

475
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Speaker 3: Man's gonna be and cougar cuntry, that is.

476
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Speaker 7: Look, I mean the speculation, he didn't give a hint

477
00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:26,519
to that. But if it's on that guard lineup, I'm

478
00:22:26,519 --> 00:22:28,559
gonna say it right now, if Alexi Coaster has out

479
00:22:28,559 --> 00:22:32,480
been kJ pair will not be red shirting, he'll be

480
00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:33,119
playing right away.

481
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Speaker 5: You have no choice, like you have you have no choice.

482
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Speaker 7: You have no guard that can back up Rob right there,

483
00:22:39,319 --> 00:22:41,519
there is nobody. If Rob gets in foul trouble, you

484
00:22:41,559 --> 00:22:43,359
literally would be playing four forwards in the lineup with

485
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,599
the just the main point guard. And then who's gonna

486
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take over when he goes to the bench? Ritchie like, no,

487
00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:52,160
you pray that it's not elect coachs Oh my goodness.

488
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,400
I don't think Kevin has spoke right there. I think

489
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he said that I that we gotta We're gonna have

490
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to find that out because this third person is gonna

491
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be is crucial to the season.

492
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Speaker 5: Who is this third person that's also in that mix?

493
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Speaker 7: And you pray it's not at the guard land because

494
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they can't if this team can't afford any more injuries

495
00:23:09,079 --> 00:23:10,160
in general, Ben, but.

496
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Speaker 5: Especially these all three your point guards. If if if

497
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Alexi's out, Nate and Dawson.

498
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Speaker 7: Oh man, Kevin Young is gonna have seven guards on

499
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the on his team next year because oh man, I

500
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,279
don't know what to say, but I'm truly shocked.

501
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Speaker 3: Man. Let's go to break.

502
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Speaker 2: We'll come back with the World of b A Sports

503
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we'll see if we can get confirmation on who's injured.

504
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We're gonna know, probably are we gonna know tonight? We

505
00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:35,079
probably should know tonight.

506
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Speaker 5: Yeah, we're gonna dicuss it in the basketball pre game.

507
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Speaker 9: We'll look.

508
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Speaker 7: We'll keep a lookout from from Gregor Bell. I know

509
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,599
b Yu and Nate was out put a press release,

510
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,920
so maybe they'll do that. But I think we should

511
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maybe know by by tip off, we'll.

512
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Speaker 2: Get we'll get confirmation on these as chaff maybe uh

513
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Speaker 2: Welcome back Cougar Sports one of three, nine ninety point

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notes coming out of BYU. We are going to prep

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get you ready for the BAU basketball game tonight with

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our Cougar Sports basketball pregame show, So stay tuned for that.

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In the six to seven hour Ronald will teak take

553
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you all the way up to tip off. I think

554
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Trevin Nell will be joining us as well to give

555
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us some uh content and uh and and content of

556
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as to what's going on at b YU. You heard

557
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,720
us in the last segment discussing b YU basketball.

558
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,359
Speaker 3: Season ending injuries.

559
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 2: Kay said in the interview, We've never had I've never

560
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,119
experienced this many season ending injuries before. We know too

561
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,640
obviously Nate Pickens and Dawson Baker, but he alluded to

562
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a third now we got on the line.

563
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:20,519
Speaker 9: Uh.

564
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 2: They weren't able to confirm or deny the reports. Obviously,

565
00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:28,200
k Why discussed it in in the Big twelve Today

566
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,319
interview with Ari Tempkin and his crew.

567
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 3: But man, the only thing I can think of is

568
00:26:35,559 --> 00:26:36,640
the guy that that.

569
00:26:36,839 --> 00:26:39,559
Speaker 2: Didn't play last week or didn't play in the last

570
00:26:39,559 --> 00:26:42,680
game versus specific it was Alexi coasting. They can't we

571
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:49,880
can't lose Alexi, can't we You.

572
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,440
Speaker 5: You very well could.

573
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Speaker 7: Look, I've I've done some due diligence and it is

574
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a third injury for this team and the guy will

575
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be out. So that's uh, man, Ben, My heart just

576
00:26:57,839 --> 00:27:02,160
goes out to one. First of all, this the athletic

577
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,200
department of the staff, Kevin Young the third player, but yeah,

578
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,240
this is this is I haven't seen this many injuries

579
00:27:09,759 --> 00:27:12,160
for a basketball team in a minute. Like this goes

580
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,720
back to you know, the Dallen Hall days been a

581
00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:18,119
way back then when Dallon Hall had to play because

582
00:27:18,319 --> 00:27:20,160
guys had the one playing well and there was injury

583
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,680
and you didn't have anybody because you didn't trust your depth.

584
00:27:22,759 --> 00:27:24,680
Like it feels like that all over again. And those

585
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,440
guys were healthy. But I haven't seen this in a while,

586
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,240
but it's unfortunate. But yeah, third third player out for

587
00:27:30,319 --> 00:27:32,599
the season, and I'm with you. I think the only

588
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,799
possible thing is that could it be the guy that

589
00:27:34,839 --> 00:27:37,480
didn't play, you know, And if that were the case,

590
00:27:37,559 --> 00:27:39,359
then man kJ Perry is gonna get caught up to

591
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,319
speed real quick.

592
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Speaker 5: Again, this is speculation. We don't know.

593
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 7: I will have the opportunity to ask Kevin Young this

594
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in the post game, you know, following the game, which

595
00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:49,799
I will do my due diligence. But man, we'll find

596
00:27:49,839 --> 00:27:52,319
out sooner rather than later. But this is an unfortunate

597
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,079
hit for a program that had aspirations been of playing

598
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:56,960
in the e LIEA to compete for a final four.

599
00:27:57,279 --> 00:28:00,119
Too many injuries right now for this BAU basketball team.

600
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,039
Speaker 2: One thing he said though in this interview, he said

601
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two of them are the same position, and he didn't

602
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mention anybody else, so like, and then he mentions Alexi

603
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:16,200
and Tyler Moross right, so like, I mean, what you

604
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were there at the game?

605
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Speaker 3: Did you see anything? What did you notice?

606
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Speaker 7: I didn't get out of it. I really didn't see anything.

607
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,559
I didn't notice because it could have been a practice.

608
00:28:24,559 --> 00:28:25,960
It could have been a practice, it could have been

609
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,880
this morning and shoot around, or it could have been something.

610
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:29,759
It could have been something happened during the game. You

611
00:28:29,799 --> 00:28:32,759
get it evaluated. You have no I you have no idea.

612
00:28:32,799 --> 00:28:35,240
But you would have to think if he mentioned Alexi

613
00:28:35,279 --> 00:28:37,599
and Tyler that they wouldn't be the ones out, but

614
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,480
you never know. But obviously he's talking about how those

615
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,799
guys performed and played well. But you have to think,

616
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is this a big guy? Is it seems like this

617
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,200
The vibe I'm getting is this is a contributor to

618
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the team. That's what it seems like. This guy plays minutes.

619
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And whoever it is, whether it's Mahilo, whether it's you know, Dominique,

620
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and heaven forbid, if it's Kadeem, its just it really

621
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,039
tested deb Like I'm I'm I'm just gonna make this statement,

622
00:29:01,079 --> 00:29:03,759
Ben this hot take. You very well might have both

623
00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:06,200
kJ and I do the play that that might be

624
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,759
what it comes down to if this keeps racking up

625
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because you're losing bodies and at some point you just

626
00:29:12,119 --> 00:29:14,119
you have to buy obligation. You have to have enough

627
00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:17,519
bodies and in the rotation. So, uh, this is crazy.

628
00:29:17,559 --> 00:29:19,480
But Kevin Young's gone through this, right, He's been an

629
00:29:19,559 --> 00:29:21,599
NBA coach. You have to figure it out. You have

630
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to get guys prepared ready. So he's not gonna be

631
00:29:25,039 --> 00:29:27,599
you know, wrecked mentally or emotionally by this. It's not

632
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,880
going to deter what him and the staff have planned

633
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,680
because they've dealt with us before. Right, he was in Philadelphia,

634
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,119
Joel Embiid had health issues, you know, being in Phoenix,

635
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:36,720
guys are hurt.

636
00:29:36,759 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 5: So he's used to this and working through this. But

637
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,480
it is still unfortunate.

638
00:29:40,519 --> 00:29:40,599
Speaker 9: Ben.

639
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Speaker 5: It's an impact to the team. It's an impact to

640
00:29:42,839 --> 00:29:43,319
the program.

641
00:29:43,319 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 7: You already lost Night in the offseason, lost Dawson Baker

642
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,720
in season. Now you lost a third player. And if

643
00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:50,920
it's at the guard line, that's just unfortunate. But even

644
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not whoever it is, it takes a toll on what

645
00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:55,440
BAU basketball is trying to accomplish, Ben.

646
00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:01,319
Speaker 2: Man, Goodness gracious, what a spell of bad luck? Hey,

647
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:09,359
great persevering the vicissitudes of a college basketball season. I mean,

648
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,119
it rears a suddenly head no matter how you much

649
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:19,519
you prepare for it. Man, I hope that BYU is

650
00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:23,400
in a situation where they can continue to survive in

651
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,240
advance with the depth that they have that they've brought in.

652
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Speaker 3: I mean, kJ Perry.

653
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 2: And Abdullah Ahman maybe play in Balford BYU this year.

654
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,599
And there's still time though, right, there's somewhere December nineteenth.

655
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Speaker 3: We got a lot of basketball to be played.

656
00:30:39,839 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 2: But that they haven't developed a whole lot of chemistry, right.

657
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,759
We always talking about get old stayed in college basketball,

658
00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:49,839
and that's gonna be maybe the most difficult thing if

659
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you're having to play a couple of new faces, a

660
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couple of new personalities, a couple of new skill sets

661
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,480
on your roster as you get into February and in March.

662
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A couple of other news and notes as it pertains

663
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:07,039
to b YU and the b YU Cougar Athletics program.

664
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Looking forward to obviously tonight's game, we'll be previewing it.

665
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,480
We'll be going into depth on this game. But could

666
00:31:13,519 --> 00:31:16,319
you give us just like a brief synopsis here, Ronald,

667
00:31:16,359 --> 00:31:18,680
of this game, what you're looking for, maybe some of

668
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,839
the goals that you'd like to see accomplished, apart from

669
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,640
finding out who this who this third season ending injury is, well.

670
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Speaker 7: My goals have changed because of that. It's completely derailed

671
00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:31,079
my goals. You're talking them over here, updating my pregame

672
00:31:31,119 --> 00:31:33,920
sheet now. I'm switching things around because I'm like, this

673
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,799
is new information that we're gonna have to talk about.

674
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,279
Speaker 5: It's like, what in the hell is the rotation gonna

675
00:31:38,279 --> 00:31:39,039
look like? Now?

676
00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:41,599
Speaker 7: Depending on who this third person is and we're going, look,

677
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,799
this is nothing that you can hide from. We're gonna

678
00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:46,240
find out during tip Like, it's gonna be very prevalent

679
00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:49,279
been in the game, who's in street close, who's not. Like,

680
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,200
there's not gonna be a run from this. So we're

681
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,640
gonna find out who. But oh my goodness, but goals

682
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:58,960
are now? Is you gotta no no, no, no plays off.

683
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,119
That's the biggest thing. The more bodies you lose, no

684
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,440
plays off. And this is just look, I know that

685
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,920
you don't want to do this with players. It's easier

686
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000
to ask more of your superstars to put more on

687
00:32:08,039 --> 00:32:10,720
their shoulders been than to have bench guys step up. Now,

688
00:32:10,759 --> 00:32:12,640
some may say you're wrong about that, but I don't

689
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,400
believe that superstars. So AJ now is gonna have to

690
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,960
do more, Rob is gonna have to do more, Richie

691
00:32:18,039 --> 00:32:20,000
is going to have to do more. Those guys are

692
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,240
gonna have to step up, and the Big three is

693
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,359
gonna have to do more of it.

694
00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:25,759
Speaker 5: It's crazy, but that's just what it comes down to.

695
00:32:25,839 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 9: Ben.

696
00:32:26,079 --> 00:32:28,759
Speaker 7: Now, is your superstars like that, the guys that you're paying.

697
00:32:29,839 --> 00:32:31,440
You went out and got all three of those guys

698
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,440
for well, got two of them, retain one of them

699
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:34,000
for a reason.

700
00:32:34,279 --> 00:32:36,279
Speaker 5: They have to do more. And that's just what leadership

701
00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:36,720
looks like.

702
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,079
Speaker 7: And you're gonna have to have your bench guys step up,

703
00:32:39,079 --> 00:32:40,720
and there's a few guys depending on who it is,

704
00:32:40,759 --> 00:32:43,000
but if it's not Alexi or Tyler, they have to

705
00:32:43,079 --> 00:32:45,720
hit shots. So if the goal doesn't change, Ben goals

706
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,160
don't change, the rotation does. But the expectations are the same. So,

707
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oh man, this is crazy. We're gonna find out sooner

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rather than the later.

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Speaker 5: Who it is.

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Speaker 3: The good news?

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Speaker 2: I guess possibly, I don't know if it's good news,

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but but kay, why said it that that those two

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injuries were in the same position. But he kind of

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eludes that it's not in the in that guard line.

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Speaker 3: So if it's not in the.

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Speaker 2: Guard like, like, I mean, you know, who is it

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that you can't lose and you're gonna still be okay

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with it? Like I hate to say that, right, Like

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this is not I'm not a transactional human. I'm not

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a I don't like to commoditize human capital by any means,

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But goodness gracious, like you're like, all right, who can

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we lose and still be okay?

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Speaker 3: Right, like, who can we lose and still uh move

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forward with with success?

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Speaker 2: I mean the one guy you can lose is agent

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the Bonds obviously can't do that.

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Speaker 3: That's the last guy. Rob Wright can't lose.

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Speaker 2: You can't lose one of the Big three, right Richie

729
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Saunders of the Todd King can't have that? Do not

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need that in my life? Real quick couple of football

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news and notes. All American Second Team long Garrison Grimes

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was named second Team All America by the American Football

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Coach Association, selected by the football coaches since nineteen forty five.

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The AFCA All American Team is one of the five

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selections for the NCAA Consensus All American Teams. So the

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six foot two, two hundred and twenty pound fresher pound redshirt

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senior from American for Utah, Grimes appeared in all thirteen

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games for the number twelve rank Cougars and was perfect

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on the year and combined one hundred and fourteen snaps.

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In mid November, Grimes was named a semi finalists for

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the Patrick Mannley Award, presented annually to the top long

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snapper in college football. Shout out to Garrison Grimes. He's

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the son of Jeff Grimes, currently the OC at the

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University of Wisconsin. Also shout out to Will Ferron and

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Sam Vanderhart, great football players.

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Speaker 3: You talk a little bit about your special Teams unit here.

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Speaker 2: We were discussing earlier today who favorite transfers have been

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since the NIL transfer portal landscape has kind of changed

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the way we do things and recruit and retain talent,

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and all three of these guys are transfers. You got

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Sam Vander harprom Pitt, you got Will Barron from Boise State,

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and you got Garrison Grimes from Baylor.

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Speaker 3: So your entire special teams specialty.

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Speaker 2: Unit is comprised is comprised of transfers.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know if that's a surprised.

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Speaker 2: The the the modern day mercenary football players that are

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coming in. But all three of these guys have been

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tremendous for BYU, and I imagine they'll continue to be

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tremendous for BUYU. In k Pop we trust in Kelly

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00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,480
pipinga we trust over the last three years, Ronald the

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three man Weaver, would you say the offense, defense or

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special teams unit has been the most elite within the

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BAU Cougar football program.

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Speaker 5: It's a good question.

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Speaker 7: It's a good question, Ben Right, You're gonna have to

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go look at the numbers. Look, the offense has played great.

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You know how much I love and defendit A rod

768
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shout out to my Illinois brother and he's not too

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far away from the hometown in Chicago over then Elgin.

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But it's not the offense. They've been good, they've been great.

771
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They've been good, but they haven't been great. Uh, you know,

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good better best. The offense has been good. Uh you know,

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defense has been better. But and this is up until

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you know this season. Under they had a few miskis,

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but up until this season been I think the special

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teams has been the best.

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Speaker 5: I think it's been very elite.

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Speaker 7: K Pop has had it dialed, So I have to

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give a lot of love to the special teams unit. Look,

780
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when bo has been playing their best, football has been complimentary.

781
00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:36,440
Football's because of the kicking team. It's the punting team

782
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flipping the field. It's because of excuse me being able

783
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to for like Marcus McKenzie, I don't think I think

784
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people are not looking at how big of a deal

785
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that is to push guys back into his own guy

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blocking in costs almost Kevin dough the special teams unit

787
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is special at BYU, and Kelly Papinga being at BYU

788
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is really taking that group to the next level, and

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it's caused by to change you on win of them

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flip games. You've seen it in Iowa State, You've seen

791
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since and now it just it happens. So I'm gonna

792
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go with special teams, Ben. I really think that's not

793
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the maybe popular or hot take answer, but I think

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the special teams unit is what I like to see.

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I love the punt coverage, the punk return, kickoff return,

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I've loved.

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Speaker 5: Everything about it and what they've done.

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Speaker 7: I know this season has been some few miscues, but

799
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when you go look at the numbers and even at

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the be end of the season, this special teams unit

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has been amazing and phenomenal for BYU, no.

802
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Speaker 3: Doubt about it. I kind of feel that way as well.

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Speaker 2: I think the defense's definitely emerged the last two seasons,

804
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but I think the consistency amidst you know, so much

805
00:37:35,679 --> 00:37:38,920
change on the special team side of things has been

806
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has been you know, just barely maybe inched out that

807
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,559
defense and the offense has continually approved as a rod

808
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has required more resources, more coaching talent.

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Speaker 3: The acquisition of t J.

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Speaker 2: Woods and coach Gilbride, in my opinion, we're fantastic additions

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and we've seen the fruits of those acquisitions. If sands

812
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or buts about it, check out this news and notes

813
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it doesn't necessarily I mean, it doesn't impact BYU a ton,

814
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but it does. It's a topic that we've had to

815
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address over the last month or so with Abdullah Ahmed

816
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coming from the G League to BYU.

817
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Speaker 3: So Kyrie Walker checked this out.

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Speaker 2: Per Jeff Goodman, who's twenty five years of age, who's

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played in the G League and professionally for the last

820
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four years, has drawn interest currently from Fresno State, Texas Tech, Louisville, Rutgers, Tennessee, Michigan, Everybody, Kansas, Maryland, FSU,

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cal U, Tatmazoo, and Washington. His agent, Chris dis told

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the Field of sixty eight so Walker just finished playing

823
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in Mongolia. He was set to play in China, but

824
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the NCAA's new rule basically allows anybody to come back

825
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to college if you haven't exhausted your eligibility, So essentially

826
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Lebron James could come back because he never went to college.

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Speaker 3: Never went to college.

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Speaker 2: So if you have college eligibility remaining because you were

829
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you were a high school player, a prep academy player,

830
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and just jumped in the NBA, then you can technically

831
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play college basketball. So Walker has one semester left and

832
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,760
will likely get paid in excess of one hundred thousand

833
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:25,159
dollars for one semester. Don't blame Walker, blame the system.

834
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Isn't that crazy? Like how many high school like Carmelo.

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Speaker 3: Anthony could come back?

836
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Speaker 2: I want Carmelo Anthony BYU right now. Carmelo was a

837
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one and done. How many one and done's are you know? Candy,

838
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,440
I guess he can't. I mean, guess can see he

839
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played the NBA. But technically, I guess you know, if

840
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Lebron has eligibility left, Carmelo's got eligibility left you they'll

841
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play these rules that were just instituted right technically allow

842
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due to anti trust law, anybody to come back as

843
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long as you have eligibility remaining. So pretty crazy times

844
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in the college basketball world. Okay, guys, it's been a

845
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Any fun other final thoughts oh, I got one more

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final thought before I handed over to Toronald for his

867
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final thoughts. The jerseys and the helmets have been dropped

868
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for the Pop Tarts Bowl, and every single one of

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these beautiful helmets that Georgia Tech and BAU football players

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will be wearing have pop Tart sprinkles all over them, not

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all of them, but just along the stripes, right down

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the middle of the helmets. So hot or not, I

873
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asked Kugarnation. They love it.

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you what.

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Speaker 2: The wide outs that Georgia Tech is going to be

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repping at the Pop Tarts Bowl.

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Speaker 3: They are beautiful. They are the very nice.

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Speaker 2: They are gonna have some fine twined linens showcase as well.

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Speaker 3: Do we have an official uniform that we're We're right.

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Speaker 2: I see the helmet, but I don't know if i've

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seen the uniform drop just yet.

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Speaker 3: Ronald the three Man Weaver, do you have the update

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on that.

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Speaker 5: I do not have the update on that. I've asked

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for the update.

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Speaker 7: I'm waiting for it because Georgia Tech with the white,

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so it's gonna be interested. I could see Bogle in

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the classic white helmet, blue Royal is royal top and

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then white pants. I could see stick into the classic bin,

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but at the same time I could see them going

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white helmet and then the royal top royal bottom.

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Speaker 2: We'll see they wore their wide outs at the Big

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Twelve championship games, so you could see maybe a little

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bit of the uh the traditional white helmet, royal accent,

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and the royal tops with the white bottoms.

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Speaker 3: That is what you'll probably be seeing. Guys, that's our show.

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Speaker 3: Give us a bread and give us a review. We

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appreciate it when you do.

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Speaker 2: From all of us here at ESPN the Fan, we

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wish you a good night, have a safe night. Coming

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up next, Ronald the three Man Weaver will be taking

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up the tip off with the Cooper Sports Men's basketball

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pregame show, so don't miss it. I get to know

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the Foe, get to know this BWA men's basketball team.

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Speaker 3: Maybe we'll have an.

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00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:12,079
Speaker 2: Official update on who the third player of this roster

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is that suffered a season ending injury.

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Speaker 3: Maybe we'll find out here in the next hour.

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Speaker 2: So stay tuned, don't go anywhere more to get to

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you've been listening to the Cougar Sports here on your

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one o three nine ninety eight point three ESPN.

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Speaker 3: The fame