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He's uh down at the Big twelve Tournament. We got

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j Drew of the Desert News. Jay, how you living.

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Speaker 4: Doing well? Best time of the year right now if

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you're a college basketball fan and uh, I'm blessed to

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be part of it, in the middle of it with

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the Big Twelve Tournament in Kansas City, So that's great.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. How would you describe the Big Twelve Tournament thus far? Uh?

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Speaker 3: You know, the the digital glass uh. Uh I guess

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the basketball court, the uh maybe some of the surprises, uh,

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the the the individual and collective efforts of these teams.

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Speaker 4: What has stood out to you, Yeah, you know all

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of the above. I think Iowa State right now, you know,

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two wins by something like an average thirty five points whatever,

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they've looked really impressive. They just just once this morning,

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earlier today, Arizona about to take the court against UCF

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for Arizona's debut. Is the number one seed in the tournament.

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There haven't been a lot of close games. We've had

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the one overtime game. UCF beat one in overtime yesterday.

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B yu's games have been really exciting, especially for BYU fans.

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They haven't been particularly close. I guess Kansas State was

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fairly close until the end. But yeah, it's been you know,

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there's just top level talent. That's just one thing that

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stands out. You know, obviously BYU fans know about aj

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Debosa and Rob Wright, but I mean every team has

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a guy and seemingly is going to be going the lottery,

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in the NBA lottery. It seems that so just this

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is the place to be if you're a college basketball

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fan right now in Kansas City. And brett Or Mark

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has set it over and over again and He's right.

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This is a fantastic basketball league. Even the bottom tier

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team so called can jump up and play well and

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win some games, as be what you learned in the

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latter half of the season. So yeah, all and all,

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it's just a great place to be.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, isn't this would break your market visions with this conference?

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Obviously football is still king, but basketball. He's a basketball guy.

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He's an East Coast guy. He was trying to go

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get Yukon, he was trying to bring in Gonzaga. He

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wants he thinks, he has stated that there is an

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undervalued market for college basketball and he wanted to create

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the greatest basketball conference in America.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you're right. He was what was the DM or

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had something to do with the New York the New

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Jersey net and uh, he's in Brooklyn NETS now obviously.

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But yeah, he's Uh, he's just a mastermind of marketing.

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here after the after the game that just ended, and

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he I mean, he's just phenomenal at that and innovative

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and really well spoken. I mean, I just you know,

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I think the league's in really good hands with Brett Yormark.

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The floor. H it's it's received a little bit of

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complaints from some of the players. It is a little

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 4: Mitch Harper and I sitting courtside yesterday counted probably about

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five or six slips that we saw, not sure if

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they were captured on ESPN cameras, but it is. It

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is a tad slippery. But you know, it's just it's

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just a fun league. It's just everything is pointed towards

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entertaining the fans, making the best experience for the student athletes,

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and so far, so good. He just seems to really

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push all the right buttons to make something new and

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something exciting. It seems like every year for the Big

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Twelve Tournament.

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Speaker 3: Jay, are you buying or selling this new identity of

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BYU basketball in the Big twelve Tournament is sustainable?

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Speaker 1: They just held West Virginia forty eight points. That's their best.

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Speaker 3: Defensive effort all season long. The effort was on point,

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the execution was pristine. Are you buying or selling who

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this team is playing as they are playing right now

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in the Big twelve Tournament?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm buying. I'm definitely buying. I think the usualing

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Kadi Moop and Boop and Dominique Diamande especially kind of

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as points on defense, and we saw him use Kebacada

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in the Tech Tech game, and it's kind of the

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same way. I think they're just realizing that they were

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giving up too many three pointers and that was really

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the way they were getting beat. They were letting teams

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get going early. It almost bit them against Kansas State.

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People forget after yesterday that the day before they gave

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the second worst team in the league. So there is

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still some work to do. But yeah, I'm fairly optimistic now.

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I can't say I was that like a week and

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a half ago, but I'm optimistic. I think BYU can

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get to the Sweet sixteen now. I think that's the

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type of team they have. I think that's kind of

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a realistic expectation. Now, you know, final fource probably out

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the window after the Richie and Dawson Baker injuries. But

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right now, I don't see any reason why this team

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can't really get to the second weekend in March and

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in the tournament, just because of what they have and

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the guys, especially these role players that have stepped up

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and if they can get like enough a great game,

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another couple of good games out of Canard Davis. I

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and who really struggled yesterday. I think it was Old

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for six from the free three point line. But I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, then how does Canard find you know, his groove

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it that he's played well?

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Speaker 1: Do you think?

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Speaker 3: And you know, how can he create some consistency on

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Speaker 4: I think he senses confidence in the coaching staff. They

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run some plays for him early. I can't remember what

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game was it where he missed his first five three

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pointers and they stuck with him. Yeah, Texas Tech game.

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confidence that he gets from his teammates and coaches. He's

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one of those types of guys that that's important to

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him and you know, I other guys that you know,

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like like maybe Richie Richie Saunders or Rob Wright could

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he's one of those prime time players that when the

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spotlight is really intense that he steps up. At least

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that game against Texas Tech. So yeah, it's it's really

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and he he just seems a lot more comfortable. I

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all season, uh, since the Duy incident, that d Y

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is letting him speak to the media and us. He's

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really a wealth spoken, uh, interesting young man. I've I've

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been really pleasantly surprised by that and had a good

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chat with him yesterday, and so I think I think

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he's just more up for Bill in his own skin

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right now, and it's paying dividends.

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Speaker 3: Jay Drew Live from the Big Twelfth Tournament here on

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This third iteration of the team Ky has admittedly vocally

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and it just stated that this has been a struggle,

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This has been really hard for him. He had to

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look himself in the mirror and say, essentially, you got

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to figure out a way. What have they done? What

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did he say yesterday in the post game that leads

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you to believe that this is maybe replicable and that

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he has figured out what this third iteration the team

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Speaker 4: I think the key word is simplification. I think they've

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simplified everything. He called it. He dumbed it down a

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little bit. He stopped being so coachy in his words.

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I mean, you know, you look at the bench and

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they got like they got as many coaches over there

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as players. It seems like a support staff. And and

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kind of you don't have to remember so much. It's

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it's simple, that's returning to the basics of basketball. And

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you know, I think maybe maybe they were, like Kevin said,

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they were just getting too uh, too particular and too

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ben uh the grand grandule are getting too grand But yeah,

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I think Kevin's looked back and said, hey, I got

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the best player in maybe the country. Uh, on my team.

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I gotta we got to do everything we can to

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utilize that. And and if that includes playing him summit

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point guard and making sure he has the ball in

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his hands at all times, uh, so be it. And

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and it's worked so far, and uh obviously a really

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huge test coming up tonight again Houston. But you know,

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Speaker 1: Yes, indeed it is j Drew des red News.

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Speaker 5: Jay.

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Speaker 3: You mentioned what the ceiling of this team can be.

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Is there hope that this team can be better than the.

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Speaker 1: Supposed ceiling is? Do they have enough firepower?

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Speaker 3: Do you think is there enough good players on this

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team to get past the sweet sixteenth?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I you know, I hate to be uh skeptical, but

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I don't think so. I think I think that's probably

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the ceiling sweet sixteen. And frankly, after what's going on

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this year, with the injuries and the mid season Lowell

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and all that, I think the YU fans out to be,

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you know, tickled pink. If this team makes the Sweet sixteen.

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So yeah, I do think that's the ceiling. You know,

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it'd be awesome, you know, to see aj debantsa because

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him like a Danny Manning from years past or a

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Cambell Walker. He just puts a team on his shoulders

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carries him, you know, to the Final four. But I

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just don't think his supporting cast is good enough. After

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all that we've just said, as far as you know,

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just enjoy it. Just enjoy this and realize that how

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difficult it is in college basketball nowadays with all the

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powerhouse teams and all the money that's there to to

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to become a Duke or a Kentucky and and a

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blue blood and do that every year. So yeah, they

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should just enjoy a Jabot the while he's here. He's

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a generational, multi generational talent, and BYU's darn lucky to

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Speaker 1: Doubt, He's been great on and off the court.

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Speaker 3: He's embraced by Ubay's embraced him, and I think that's

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impactful in so many different ways. We've heard AJ state

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in a number of interviews now that it's not a

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sure thing that he's leaving, that he's going to the NBA.

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Are you buying or selling that rhetoric right now? And

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what would lead AJ to come back truly? And he

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mentions his mom his education. He wants the degree, but

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I mean, you can't get a degree in two years,

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can you. He'd have to be at By for three

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years or four years. Possibly give me your insights here.

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can tease a little bit. I don't know if that's

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the right word. He can let maybe play with the

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media a little bit, like be a little coy at times.

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he said to a Desert News podcaster last week, and

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if you read between the lines. So yeah, I don't

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think anybody should get their hopes up at b YU.

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I I think, I mean, I'm almost certain that he's

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gonna go, and frankly, he'd be crazy not to. Why

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is he saying it. I you know, I think if

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you talk to most guys, very few even like your

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Cameron Boozers and you're even last year with Cooper Flag,

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they were one and done, you know, until the season

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was over. So yeah, take it, take it with a

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grain of salt. It's kind of fun. It's a good

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thing to talk about it. It got a few page views,

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if you know what I mean. But I yeah, I'm

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you know, I would. I would absolutely you could knock

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me over with a sailor if if AJ comes back,

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let's put it that way.

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Speaker 3: Good news possibly for b what you fans is that

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Rob Wright could be returning.

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Speaker 1: That's surprise to some.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes his body language doesn't always necessarily promote a whole

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lot of confidence. That he's happy at BYU, that he's

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bought into BYU, that he likes the b yu Wa,

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likes playing defense, likes giving superb effort. Now we've seen

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maybe a change in that demeanor, changing that engagement on

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the defensive, ending that body language recently as the Big

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Twell Tournament has has begun. But you caught up with

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him in the locker room and got some gems. Give

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the Third's return.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I it was, you know, obviously he was in

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the locker room a little early because of the tooth

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thing and the cut lip after against State game, and I,

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you know, I flat out asked him. I said, Rob,

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are you happy at b YU Are you are you

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do you regret your decision? And he went on, oh,

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I'm totally happy. I love it. I love the way people,

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it's a family atmosphere. And then I, you know, and

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then I just happened to ask him, what, you know,

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what's your future, like, do you feel like you'll be back?

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You're going to go to the portal. And it's not

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a type of question I would have asked him in

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like a public from a podium or whatever with a

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group interview, but you know, I just kind of seized

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the moment and I, you know, basically, you just said, yeah,

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if I don't go to the NBA, if I don't

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go to pro basketball, I'll be back at BYU. And

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I said something like, you mean you're not going to

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the transfer portal and he said, oh, no, I won't

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be going to the transfer portal. So that was Yeah,

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I thought that was pretty interesting. And then he just

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reiterated that he's enjoyed his year here at BYU, that

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he's learned a lot, he feels like the coaching staff

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has helped him improve, and the fact that he gets

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to play a lot and gets to play with the

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ball in his hands within reason with the superstar on

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the court next to him and aj De Bonsa. Yeah,

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I was totally positive vibe that I got from Rob

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and his future in college basketball being at BYU or

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as opposed to nowhere else.

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Speaker 3: When Kevin Young took over this BAU basketball program, he

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stated something that was very aggressive in that introductory speech

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then introductory press conference. He said he wanted to create

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essentially an NBA pipeline through Provo, and it seems like

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he's doing such. I mean, he's got two, one and

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done's under his belt. He's he's bringing Bruce Branch the third.

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This is probably one of the most cursed teams from

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an injury standpoint that I've ever seen in college basketball history,

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and definitely in BYU basketball history. When you take it

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all in, I mean it has Ky produced in his

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first few years at BYU. Everything that he's promised.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 4: Obviously the people you know, Jegor Demon's been a phenomenal

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pro so far. Uh, you know, he's lottery picked, so

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he delivered on that count. Now AJ is probably number

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one or number two in the draft. He's uh, you know,

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there were obviously some skeptics when A J picked b

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Yu and people thinking that he couldn't develop as well

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as b y U is maybe another school, and that's

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been debunked. He leads the country in scoring. Uh, he

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leads all the highlight shows. That seems like so uh

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you know, so you're right, Kevin's two for two on

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that and you know he's now he's getting a Bruce

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Branch coming in. So yeah, I think I think k

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Why has Uh it's pretty much what's his pet pet phrase,

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something about proof of concept or something like that, and

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I think he's going to be able to point to

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that and as proof of concept as it were.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you and you and k Y have had some

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interesting interactions.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 3: The reason why I love Jay is because you asked

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traditionally the hard hitting questions. You know me, I'm always

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soft tossing, you know, in the post game, I'm the Weekling.

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I'm the I'm the guy.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm a b YU guy, right, it is

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what it is, you know.

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Speaker 3: But like you've asked some tough questions and he's pressed

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back on you, and then you gave him some valid response,

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and you know that that dance right of accountability and

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asking some hard questions.

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Speaker 1: I think it's important.

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Speaker 3: But give me your perspective on some of the questions

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you've had to ask and the responses you've got from K.

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Speaker 1: Why thus sar this season?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it kind of dates back to last season where

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there were a few questions I asked him, I think

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after the Arizona State game where I thought the effort

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wasn't that great and by you kind of coasted to

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a win, and that he took a little umbradge with that,

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and you know, we had a good talk about it,

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and you know, I just think, yeah, we've got a solid, strong,

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good relationship. I think there's mutual respect and trust there.

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And you know, this year, I think I asked him

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a question about taking AJ out of a game that

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they ended up losing, and and whether it was a

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crucial stretch where AJ wasn't on the floor and and

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he gave me his honest assessment on that, So yeah,

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I there's no negativity in it or anything. It's just

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your typical coach, reporter or relationship. And I respect Kevin.

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He gives good answers, He thinks him through, and he

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tells you what's on his mind, and that's all you

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really can ask as a reporter. And you know, I'm

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not trying to antagonize him or anything like that. I'm

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way too old and been in this way too long

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to do that. I'm just trying to do my job

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and he's trying to do his and and sometimes you know,

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those two things clash a little bit, but all in all,

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it's have a lot of respect for Kevin and what

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he's done and how he's handled the media and really

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all aspects of his job.

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Speaker 3: Yes, indeed, I will have a t I do have

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a tongue in chee cheek joke because someone just sent

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this to me and it piggybacks off of this provo

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right capitol pro lowercase vo that we talked about here

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on the show and what many have talked about over

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the last couple of years. But my buddy sent this

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to me, said, Kevin Young really prepares his entire team

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for the NBA. He had them playing zero defense until

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the postseason.

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Speaker 1: Is that fair when he joke at that? I mean,

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you really do prepare like they didn't.

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Speaker 3: Really, you didn't play much defense until the post sceum

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when it really matters.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, he's he's limited in what he has.

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I mean, you know, obviously, I think they try to

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play defense. I think, you know, sometimes these teams on

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the road, we thought at West Virginia, we saw it Cincinnati.

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You get them going early and these guys are unconscious shooters.

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It's amazing. I mean, you go back look at that

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Cincinnati game. By you've had guys on them, and these

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guys are just draining incredible shots. And you even saw

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that against Kansas State, like I said, the fifteenth team

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in the Big Twelve, that first half, those guys are

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just making some incredible shots. So sometimes you just have

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to tip your hat to the opponent and say, you know,

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these guys want to win too. These guys are on

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scholarship too, and and heck me, in this day and age,

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these guys are making a million bucks too sort of things.

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So yeah, I think sometimes you just have to credit

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your opponent and move on.

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Speaker 3: J Drew, Ladies and gentlemen, Jay Keys to the game

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BYU versus Houston tonight.

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Speaker 1: What do you make of it? Can they get a dub?

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Speaker 4: I think I can get a dub. I think a

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huge key is the start. If you go back last

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year in the semi finals, Houston got off to a

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fifteen to lead and it was over. I think by

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You've got to get off to a great start. It's

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going to be a pro BYU crowd. Houston doesn't travel

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very well. There are a lot of BYU fans here

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as we've seen the last two days. So I think

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they got to get off to a good start. And

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then I think they got to replicate that defensive effort

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and that energy, hustle and effort that they showed the

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last two games. And I think there's a shot of

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all the first round or the quarterfinal games today. I

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think BYU has the biggest chance of an upset. Let's

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put it that way.

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Speaker 3: Boom Shaka, Laca, J Drew, Desert Red News, Jay. Best

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way to support you, what you do, how you do

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it for all of our listeners. I know you have

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a couple of great articles up. One regarding Rob Right

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the third and his hopeful return and that he's happy

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and healthy and strong here in provo. Anything else that

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we can do.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Jay, we salute you man, We appreciate it. Thanks

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for hopping on for a cougar.

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Speaker 4: Beat my pleasure. Great guys, Yeah.

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as they continue to dominate with the improved defensive efficiency,

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incredible play from ajd Bonsa, and a welcome up ticking

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performance from Hadem Move, Dominique ky Monde and Canard Davis.

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Virginia sixty eight to forty eight. The last time BYU

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held a Power five opponent under fifty points was when

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they played Arizona State, but the time was still a

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twenty three. They gave up forty nine to the Sun

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Devils in that game. Player of the game from yesterday

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was Canard Davis. New scored a season high twenty points,

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including seventeen in the second half. Davis was also five

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or six from three in the game. Upneck for BYUS.

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A matchup against the Cougars of Houston in Round three

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of the Big twelve Tournament today five pm. Another news

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from yesterday, BYU head football coach Kawane Seetake was named

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the Utah County Person of the Year by the Utah

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County Commissioner. According to the press release from BYU Cougars

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dot Com, Sintake was recognized with the awards for quote

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the impact of his leadership as the BYU head football

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coach on Utah County's culture, economy, and national recognition resulting

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from the success of the YA football program. Vonnie and

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mc Cooks kick off the season against Utah Tech in

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one hundred and seventy seven days. The other event that

491
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took place yesterday was the final day of competition in

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the NC Double A Zoni Diving Championships, where Marty Yachte

493
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was Belonne Couger to make the finals. He finished in

494
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thirteenth place in the one meter event. Next up for

495
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swimming dives the NC DOUBLEA Championships at the end of

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the month, where BYU will be represented by swimmer Tan

497
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and Nelson. Three other teams are in action to days.

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The women's tennis team kicked off the day with a

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new match against Cincinnati in the Conference of opening. The

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Cincinnati baseball team is also in town as they faced YU.

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Speaker 1: At Millow Park at three o'clock and will.

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Speaker 7: Is Baseball's conference from opener as well, and then at

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four thirty BYU men's tennis will host number seventeen Arizona

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and they're big pebl time Cameron Clark and this has

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Speaker 2: Macmisomarch's right around the corner and the Cougars are written

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on metal level. It's time to talk some college basketball

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hotline and welcome in former b YU Great. He's on

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the the BYU Sports network alongside Greg Ruebel. Always on

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the call and he's lying from Adam on Diamed.

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Speaker 1: We got Mark Durant on the line. Was up Durantela,

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Well it's that Vane.

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Speaker 5: I'm looking out at the beautiful valley as we speak.

539
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I thought, you know what better way to ask for

540
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some divine help for the Cougars tonight than to go

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out and one of those most sacred spots in the world.

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So yeah, I couldn't miss being out here. It's a

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beautiful place. I love. I'm a church history guy.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 5: I went, we went to Liberty Jail. I just love

546
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everything about it. Those those early saints were the real deal.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 5: They were amazing, amazing people of faith, and it's just

549
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an honor to kind of follow their path and see

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where they did their thing and think about what the

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future holds for this place.

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Speaker 1: Yes, indeed.

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Speaker 3: Well look I read through the President's from poor Shane

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Reeves's report today and you know, one thing I love

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about Shane rees just to kind of circle back into, like,

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b why you and the why of everything?

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Speaker 1: Why we do in this, why we're playing hoop.

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Speaker 3: It's got to be an ambassadorial tool mark basketball, football, sports, academics, spirituality,

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paroselyting all the things, they all have to be ambassadorial

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in my opinion. So I appreciate you being out there

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and understanding the real why of it all.

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Speaker 5: Well, thank you. I mean I it's you can't separate

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BYU sports from the mission of the school and I

564
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don't think you should. I think it should. You should

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be crowd and wear that on your chest and say

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this is who we are. And and I do think

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that sports success can open some minds and hearts to

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the greater, more important message. And sports is obviously fun.

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It's a huge part of my life. I love everything

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about it. I've dedicated a lot of my life to it.

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But it's just a little part of life, and its

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just that there's a lot more important things. And that's

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kind of what we're about as a people and as

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a church. And so anyway, I don't want to get

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up here preach, but you know, I am an Adam

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on diamonds, So I feel a little preachy right now.

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You know.

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Speaker 3: Well, hopefully the BAU basketball team will continue to play

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inspired basketball at the Big Twelve Tournament, because this third

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iteration of the BAU men's basketball team, Man, this is

581
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a that was quite a performance offensively game one, defensively

582
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Game two, we're seeing phenomenal effort. I remember seeing a

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tweet from you in the middle of a game not

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too long ago saying like, I don't know what to

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tell you, guys, it's a mess. Wow, how things have

586
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mightily changed over that time period.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's crazy, man, that was just a week or

588
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two ago, and it was a mess and there was

589
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no sugarcoating it. It was They looked terrible, particularly on

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that that roads. They just dropped the UCF at home

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and went on the road and just laid eggs on

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the road, looked lost, looked uninspired. And whatever coach Young

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and the team has done has been miraculous. And the

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coach Young deserves a heck of a lot of credit

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for finding what this team needed, inspiring them. Guys like

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Moo Davis who had his best game yesterday, Hadeen Boop

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kakata I, like I say, Kostitch now Dominic Diamande has

598
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played terrific in this tournament out of nowhere. Credit those

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guys for stepping up, finding another gear, finding some passion

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and effort. Credit the coaching staff a kind of simplifying

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things to it. Sometimes what looks like a lack of effort,

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ben is a lack of knowledge and understanding. And sometimes

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guys just didn't know exactly what they were doing and

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so you're lost. But I think they've simplified things and

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and basically said, you know, look at the on ball

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defense right now, for it's so much better. And they've said, listen,

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your job is to stop the guy with the ball.

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You're not going to get a lot of help. We've

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been over helping. You're not going to get a lot

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of rotations. Your job is to take a challenge and

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stop your guy. And even and Rob Wright has done that.

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And I talked about the other guys. You watch them,

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they're not needing a lot of help. They're they're stopping

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their guy on their own. And you just need to

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be able to do that in any level of basketball,

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but in college you just if you have to help

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every time, then their teams are too good. They're going

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to get to the open guy that if they're if

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you have to help from somewhere, that means someone's open,

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and teams are too good and they find the open

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guy and they're knocking down threes and then everything's good

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for them. So it starts with the point of the

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spear on the ball. He's doing a better job of that,

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and then just playing harder and with more enthusiasm and aggressiveness.

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I think MoU is a guy that's sets the toughness

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tone like you did for the football team. MoU is

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for the basketball team. He's the tough guy, and when

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he sets the tone and says I'm playing today, guys

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they follow him. And anyway, that's a long winded answer

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to say this is a completely different team that than

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that tweet referenced. It's just been a short period of time,

632
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but they've managed to do great things in that short period,

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and I'm now much more excited about the future prospects,

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even against a great team like Houston tonight, because of

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how they've played and then going forward in the NCAA tournament,

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I feel a lot better about the chances for this

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team going forward.

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Speaker 3: There is something to the sense of urgency of tournament

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play in March madness. And I'm not trying to say

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that these guys weren't trying, they didn't want to try.

641
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They were just kind of even regular season mode. But

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like we all know, in the NBA, for instance, right

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we're all trying. We're trying to be provo, right, p

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r O capitol, p r O lokvo. No one's playing

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defense until you know, the playoffs anyway, no one's playing

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hard until the playoff.

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Speaker 5: Right, Well, it seems that way. I'm pretty sure That's

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not the message that Kevin Young was communicating to his guys,

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But it's just it's played out that way. And and

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I guess if you're going to pick a time to

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play well and to play hard, it's better to do

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it in the in the playoffs type setting. And certainly,

653
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you know, you know, effort is, like most things, is

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about momentum and contagion. And and once you start playing

655
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hard and kind of catch the spirit of it and

656
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see the fruits of success and the you know, the

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turnovers and the steels and the layups and the win dunks,

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and that gets guys pumped up and and and I

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think that's what they're seeing right now. They're seeing some

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fruits of this success. And because working hard as I

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mean hard work, and it's not easy to do or

662
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else everybody would do it. But when you work hard

663
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and see some success from it, then it, you know,

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it kind of helps you to keep working hard. And

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I think we're seeing that from this team, no.

666
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Speaker 1: Doubt about it. Mark Durant here on ESPN the Fan

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talking some.

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Speaker 3: BYU Basketball, Little College Basketball and Cougar Sports. Brought to

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you by Dental Pros of Utah Dentalprosofutah dot com. Speaking

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of dental care, how about Rob Ray getting a lip laceration,

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getting a tooth knocked out and still playing and balling

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out doing well in the following game. I'll be honest,

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I was a little concerned k wyhead for us.

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Speaker 1: I was like, is he going to be limited? Will

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he be as aggressive?

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Speaker 3: Will he be as you know, as physical as we

677
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saw him in the game prior in some of the

678
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games prior? Your thoughts on Rob right the third he

679
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also made He also mentioned that he's coming back to

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be He's either going professional or he's coming back to Provo,

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which I think is great news.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's awesome to hear. Of course, a lot of

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things can happen, But I love Rob He's just a sweet,

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happy guy, always fun to see and and a tough

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sent of a gun. I mean that I've had my

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lip cut open, I have a loss of tooth, but

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that that stitches, and that's painful to play the next day,

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and it throbs, and you got he's probably got an

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appliance in there to protect his mouth, and I don't know,

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if you're not used to playing with that, it's hard.

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And then I mean, this is this is a guy

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that has to go over the top of screens with

693
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seven footers NonStop, and their elbows are right near your face.

694
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And he got hit a couple of times in his chin,

695
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and and then he goes in the paint amongst the

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trees and there's a lot of contact in there. I mean,

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he's not a player that's avoiding contact and able to

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avoid contact. So it that's really impressive how tough he

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was to go out and play, and I think he

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got more comfortable with it as it went and have

701
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a nice strong finish to help you what you pull

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away last night. But yeah, I love the guy. His

703
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game is so fun. He's just he's like Curly Neil,

704
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I mean the Globetrotters. Well you watch him out there

705
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and he goes through his legs about ten times every

706
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possession and back and forth, and imagine having to guard

707
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that guy. It's pretty crazy. But he's fun to watch

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and is a great kid. And if he wants to

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come back to BYU, that is great news and Cougar

710
00:37:37,519 --> 00:37:41,039
fans should just rejoice that we have a guy like that,

711
00:37:41,119 --> 00:37:43,840
thinking of that thinks highly enough of BYU wants to

712
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,320
be there. And we'll see what happens. He might he

713
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,119
might go pro. He's good enough, but if he wants

714
00:37:50,159 --> 00:37:52,079
to stay another year, I would love to have him

715
00:37:52,079 --> 00:37:52,960
in Cougar Blue.

716
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 3: Indeed, I think everybody would like to have He's tremendously talented,

717
00:37:58,159 --> 00:38:01,440
a really good player, no doubt. There has been issues

718
00:38:01,519 --> 00:38:05,000
with the defense, but he seems to be mongoose. Like

719
00:38:05,159 --> 00:38:06,719
in the Big Twelve tournament, what do you think the

720
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,280
ceiling is for this BAU team? If they're playing the

721
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,480
way they're playing right now, they keep you know, this

722
00:38:12,559 --> 00:38:15,639
is sustainable. Let's say it's sustainable through the Big Twelve

723
00:38:15,679 --> 00:38:17,320
Tournament into the NCAA tournament.

724
00:38:19,519 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 5: It's hard to say. I mean today, it will be

725
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:27,920
a good indication of how they compete against like Final four,

726
00:38:28,039 --> 00:38:32,920
Elite eight caliber teams. Certainly they can beat. You know,

727
00:38:33,159 --> 00:38:35,159
I would expect them to win a game or two

728
00:38:37,199 --> 00:38:40,280
if they played like they have been playing. But then

729
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,480
you get some really really good teams, and I know,

730
00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:46,599
by you beat Texas Tech at home, but on a

731
00:38:46,639 --> 00:38:51,239
neutral floor against a team like Houston, we'll we'll see.

732
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,559
Like I said, I have a lot higher expectations of

733
00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:56,239
this game than I would have had a week or

734
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,280
two ago, and I think the B way you can

735
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,800
play with Houston, but this will kind of be the

736
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,239
real test against one of the best defenses in the

737
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:10,039
country and a team that beats you at home. Then

738
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:12,519
we'll know if by use a team that can go

739
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,559
a couple of weeks into a tournament, or if it's

740
00:39:16,599 --> 00:39:18,719
if it's not going to be the tournament run that

741
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,159
we hope for. I mean, it's not all depends on

742
00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:23,360
one game. I mean, be what you has played a

743
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,039
couple of games, their legs maybe get a little tired,

744
00:39:26,079 --> 00:39:29,719
and anyway, games like this can actually get away from you.

745
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,679
But so I'm not going to pin all of these

746
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,400
future hopes against the game tonight, but it will give

747
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,840
us an indication of can this team without Ritchie Saunders

748
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,119
and others compete at the very highest of levels. And

749
00:39:42,159 --> 00:39:43,639
I'm excited to see what they can do.

750
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:50,639
Speaker 3: Mark I had a knee jerk reaction about a week ago.

751
00:39:50,679 --> 00:39:53,480
I said, you know what, It's true, b what use

752
00:39:53,519 --> 00:39:56,320
a football school? I thought they would become possibly maybe

753
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,280
a basketball school, but no, they're a football school. And

754
00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:02,360
now I'm I'm I'm teeter tottering. I'm like, wait, wait,

755
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,440
do I have to change my mind again. I'm being

756
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,679
tossed to and fro by every win, every whim of

757
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,079
this Bway basketball team. I want to believe that we're

758
00:40:10,119 --> 00:40:12,480
a basketball score because we have all the state centers,

759
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,639
all the basketball courts around the world, around the country.

760
00:40:16,079 --> 00:40:17,559
Speaker 1: Uh And it just seems like.

761
00:40:17,519 --> 00:40:19,079
Speaker 3: That would be the best aad to either that or

762
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,960
once upon a time in your era, a softball school.

763
00:40:22,039 --> 00:40:24,119
It could have been that too, or baseball school because

764
00:40:24,159 --> 00:40:26,000
we got all the all the you know you you

765
00:40:26,159 --> 00:40:29,239
probably played church softball once upon a time, the slow pitch,

766
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:29,639
didn't you.

767
00:40:31,159 --> 00:40:33,679
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, that was a big part of my childhood,

768
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:38,639
all the the ward and STATEI softball and basketball. That

769
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,159
was big time stuff back then.

770
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:41,159
Speaker 1: Massive.

771
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,599
Speaker 3: I know it's a liability issue now, X Y and Z.

772
00:40:43,679 --> 00:40:48,280
I'm sure there's all manner of.

773
00:40:46,559 --> 00:40:49,639
Speaker 1: Of litigation that occurred because of the thing. But hey,

774
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,079
are we a football score or a basketball school?

775
00:40:52,079 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 5: Are you?

776
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 1: What are you feeling right now? I mean, are we

777
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,480
a both school? I mean, look, we're doing a great

778
00:40:56,559 --> 00:40:57,280
game in both.

779
00:40:58,159 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 5: What's the mean, band? Why can't we both? I guess well,

780
00:41:03,519 --> 00:41:07,039
how about we split it up? Basketball school during basketball

781
00:41:07,079 --> 00:41:10,039
season and football during football season? I guess. The good

782
00:41:10,039 --> 00:41:12,480
thing is it's hard to decide because they're both have

783
00:41:12,559 --> 00:41:16,559
been so successful. That's that's fun. I mean, b YU,

784
00:41:16,679 --> 00:41:19,840
I guess historically, I mean you think about football. But

785
00:41:20,199 --> 00:41:22,639
hopefully in the future, b YU is going to be

786
00:41:22,679 --> 00:41:26,519
a contender each year for you know, basketball titles, and

787
00:41:26,559 --> 00:41:28,719
we'll have a chance at some of those, and so

788
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:31,800
let's let's be both. We'll split time for now.

789
00:41:32,639 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 3: Yes, indeed, give me a prognostication, give me a scattering

790
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,360
report on Houston. How do you think this game plays

791
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,280
out to night? What challenges does this Houston team pose

792
00:41:41,679 --> 00:41:42,920
for the BYU Cougars.

793
00:41:44,039 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 5: Well, I just think depth and experience. You know, they've

794
00:41:47,519 --> 00:41:49,760
been able to keep a lot of guys and coach

795
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,480
Sampson is a terrific coach and has built a culture

796
00:41:52,519 --> 00:41:55,000
of great defense, and so it's going to make everything

797
00:41:55,039 --> 00:41:57,880
more difficult on the offensive end. I'm sure they'll have

798
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,280
a good plan for Aj who's been just phenomen all

799
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,199
in this tournament, and there's been a lot of ways

800
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:04,880
they've tried to stop him, and no one has really

801
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,639
been able to do it yet. So we'll see what

802
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:09,440
Houston can do. But I'm not worried about a j

803
00:42:09,519 --> 00:42:11,719
and Rob so much as is the part of the

804
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,519
success bo He's had is because of the bench play

805
00:42:14,559 --> 00:42:20,199
and and Hadiem and MoU and Kaba, And it's harder

806
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,400
for those guys to really excel against excellent defensive teams.

807
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,199
If they can, then I think, BLI, you have a

808
00:42:25,199 --> 00:42:27,920
really good chance. But Houston has so many weapons, such

809
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,480
a great defense, great coach, You're always going to be

810
00:42:30,519 --> 00:42:32,360
up against the BO. He's yet to beat them in

811
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:35,559
Big twelve play, and uh, it's going to take one

812
00:42:35,559 --> 00:42:38,480
of their best games of the year to do it today.

813
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,840
But we'll see. I mean, like I said, I'm I'm

814
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:46,119
my glasses are a lot bluer as I look at

815
00:42:46,119 --> 00:42:48,039
this team now with what they've put on the floor

816
00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:49,000
of the last three games.

817
00:42:50,519 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 3: Is uh, is kepade for a big game? Is Alexi

818
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,519
maybe do for a big game versus Houston? Alexi struggled,

819
00:42:58,639 --> 00:43:00,480
He struggled a little bit in the Big twelve in

820
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:01,480
Big pol tournament play.

821
00:43:01,519 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: Thus far.

822
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 3: We know he can get hot, we know he can

823
00:43:04,039 --> 00:43:06,039
he can shoot it with the best of them.

824
00:43:06,119 --> 00:43:08,039
Speaker 1: Who's due for a big game versus Houston?

825
00:43:08,039 --> 00:43:12,079
Speaker 5: Do you think, yeah, Well, it'd be nice if Alexi

826
00:43:12,119 --> 00:43:16,519
could do it. He has struggled. You know, he was

827
00:43:16,559 --> 00:43:18,320
the one guy on the road trip that was actually

828
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:22,199
playing really well and his numbers went skyrocketing from three

829
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,199
and now when everyone else is playing well, he's kind

830
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,360
of one guy that hasn't. But he's going to get

831
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,679
open looks. If he could hit some, that would be nice.

832
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,719
Sometimes I think he hurries his shot a little bit.

833
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,400
Just step into it, you know, get comfortable, you got time,

834
00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:38,760
you know, find the rims, shoot your shot, and he's

835
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,480
I think he'll be fine. But yeah, I think he

836
00:43:41,559 --> 00:43:43,679
and I think Caba has actually been playing really well.

837
00:43:43,679 --> 00:43:45,800
I wish they'd look for Kaba Moore on the block.

838
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,880
I mean, they're so concerned about a jen Rob that

839
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,480
he's Roman free down there. I think you could find

840
00:43:51,559 --> 00:43:54,960
him a lot more than they do. And I trust him,

841
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,119
you know, to dunk it or catch it and score it.

842
00:43:57,119 --> 00:44:00,280
He's actually developed some good offensive skills, So I hope

843
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,400
that you know, when teams, when teams are are are

844
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,400
helping with their big man, you've got to punish them.

845
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:06,880
You got to get it down low a k But

846
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,800
he could have a big game, but really everybody's got

847
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,239
to contribute. It can't be a two man game for BYU.

848
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,440
That they need to have five or six seven guys

849
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:16,719
that have really good games.

850
00:44:18,119 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 3: Mark Durant, Ladies and gentlemen, live from Adam on Diam

851
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,679
and give us the scripts, the thought before we leave,

852
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:28,559
before we bid you farewell, and let you get to

853
00:44:28,599 --> 00:44:31,760
your important work out there, not only on the court,

854
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:33,199
but off the court as well.

855
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, we better head back. I hear there's a game

856
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,440
going on in Kansas City tonight that I need to

857
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:44,599
get to. But I love man, Listen. I love the

858
00:44:44,679 --> 00:44:47,719
church so much. I love the Saints. I love the pioneers.

859
00:44:48,039 --> 00:44:51,280
At least two humble folks elders and elder and sister

860
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:54,719
from vernal Utah out here on a mission in their

861
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,840
late seventies, given us tours of liberty, jail and independence Missouri.

862
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,480
Elder and sister Tacker from vernal Utah. I mean, they're

863
00:45:02,519 --> 00:45:06,920
just the best people in the world. The Gospel makes beautiful, kind,

864
00:45:08,039 --> 00:45:11,280
faithful people, and so I'm grateful to be a part

865
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,119
of it. I'm grateful to be a part of BYU

866
00:45:13,159 --> 00:45:16,719
that represents that church. And this team that plays hard

867
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,440
and plays is fun to watch and it's all good.

868
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,079
I'm here with my sweetheart merrilye. And I'm a blessed man,

869
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,920
and so I've got a lot of blessings and a

870
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:29,000
lot to be grateful for. And it kind of puts

871
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,039
it all in perspective when you come to places like this,

872
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,960
what's really important. So I'm going to cheer for the Cougars,

873
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:36,639
help they get the victory. But if they don't, that's

874
00:45:36,679 --> 00:45:39,400
all right too. We're blessed in a lot of ways.

875
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,480
And anyway, so I love you too, Ben, You're a

876
00:45:43,519 --> 00:45:46,599
great man. Ronald is a great great guy too, and

877
00:45:46,639 --> 00:45:48,960
you do great service for bau fans and do a

878
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,119
great job. I admire and respect you guys. So thanks

879
00:45:52,119 --> 00:45:54,599
for all you do. And I guess I better get

880
00:45:54,599 --> 00:45:55,320
back on the road.

881
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:58,519
Speaker 3: Hit the road, get over to that game. We've got

882
00:45:58,519 --> 00:46:00,719
to hear your commentary on the radio.

883
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: Mark.

884
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,599
Speaker 3: We salute you, appreciate you, We love you. Always a pleasure,

885
00:46:03,599 --> 00:46:06,400
always a blessing, talking ball with you. Thanks for the

886
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,519
live report from Adam on Diaman and talking ball with

887
00:46:09,559 --> 00:46:09,920
us today.

888
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: Thanks so much.

889
00:46:11,199 --> 00:46:12,800
Speaker 5: All right, my friend, we'll talk to you later.

890
00:46:13,119 --> 00:46:14,480
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