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sports inside of latest bracketology coming out from Joe Lunardi.

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I just put out my poll, what what seeding with

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three regular season remaining? Three regular season games remaining because

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twenty and eight, six and six and Quad one, six

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and two in Quad twos, with the remaining schedule in

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the Big twelve tournament on the docket, what seating do

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Chime in on it want to hear from you at

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Krital Benjamin Poll of the day is what we're talking

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about here, latest bracketology. I think most have BYU at

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that six line for now. For now, anything is possible

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with his Jekylin Hyde basketball team. We've seen the peaks,

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we've seen the valleys in such a short span of time.

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We've seen the good, we've seen the bad, we've seen

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the beautiful, we've seen the ugly.

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Speaker 3: As in all things in.

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Speaker 2: This life, there must be opposition in all things, and

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you've felt that opposition. You've glorified and you've also vilified

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this basketball team to the point where you booed them.

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Speaker 3: You booed them at the Marriott Center when they were.

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Speaker 2: Down thirty six points and not putting forth the effort

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that do you think they should be putting forth?

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Speaker 3: And that's okay, I understand it.

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Speaker 2: I was chatting with a number of donors, high profile

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fans and wondering, you know how often they've seen this,

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the Utah Valley loss where they gave up like one

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hundred points at the marriage that.

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Speaker 3: Was not good.

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Speaker 2: The mid to late nineties were a time when booze

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Speaker 3: The staff, et cetera.

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Speaker 2: And I don't know if we've ever heard that loud

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of booze though from what I've been able to gather.

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Speaker 3: They were pretty aggressive.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately, you don't have much leadership outside of Aj Debonsa

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right now. I don't know if you feel that way, Cougarnation,

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But who do you look for? Who do you look

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towards as a leader? Aj is a young man full

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of potential, full of talent, that has never really had

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to like lead any team to a championship, lead any

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team through this, you know, traversing it through a championship

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type of tournament run and and so, and his personality

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is ky pointed out. You know, he has to maybe

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get in get into it a little bit more, and

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maybe he's to activate something in his inner soul to

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lead that way. I also don't don't think it helped

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that Richie Ronnie. Where was Richie at? Why was it

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Richie on the bench in this UCF game? Do you

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Speaker 4: Remember we heard from Spencer Linton that Richie was causing

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the surgery for this week, so that so he was

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so he promised said something around that.

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Speaker 3: I assume, so he already had the surgery, and so yeah.

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Speaker 2: Had he should have scheduled it Richie for Friday or I.

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Speaker 4: Mean been if they want to trick him on this

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road trip to the big tal Turnam, which I think

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they do in March Madness, then he kind of had

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to get in now. So that's my thoughts.

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Speaker 4: Great guest too. You know, I know he's a he's

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Speaker 3: All right, let's go with it.

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Speaker 2: My guy, Sean Walker d Shatwalker KSL dot com. Sean, Uh,

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do you think having Richie on the bench would have helped?

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little bit here finding some leadership after being at such

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a high after the Iowa State game.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think it definitely would have helped against UCF,

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just morale wise, mentality wise, but ultimately, I mean, I

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think the Oye defense just kind of let them down,

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maybe could have done to slow down UCF. It's just

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and Kevin Young brought this up afterwards. It was almost

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like a lack of trying. Uh, it just it just

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they weren't putting that game plan together. There were short

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runs on defense, going underscreens, just little things you know,

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you're todd in fifth grade Banton basket ball, not to

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do BYU is doing. I don't know if Reggie Saunders

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would have helped with that, Like maybe it would have

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helped him lock in, Like, well, we'll never fully know,

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so like I'll get some great And to your point, Ben,

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to this play, even being out for the season with

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an ACL injury. Like this is the heart and soul

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of BYU basketball, whether he's playing or not. But I

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definitely think it could have helped, although TBB how much

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it would have helped, maybe against UCF in particular, so

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a little bit. To your point, Ron, I think BYU

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for the rest of the season. Again, he's obviously not

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going to play. You know toward that acl really just

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kind of rip things up in his knee. But they

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be able to travel with the team. That's going to

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require having surgery probably that that's going to require just

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keeping him in the building, you know, even sitting on

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the sideline. Just because of that spirit, that heart, that

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sold that energy. I think it's still necessary for this

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Speaker 2: BYU fans, what were they booing? Do you think do

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you think they're booing the coaches? Do you think they're

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booing the players? Like where does the accountability lie after

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a tough loss like that deep being down thirty six,

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that's not a place where you.

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Speaker 3: Want to be.

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Speaker 5: Yes, yes, yes, and yes I think all of the above.

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I think by fans were booing just the entire performance,

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particularly in that first half against UCF. They weren't very

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happy and Ky to his credit, Kevin Young, to his credit,

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said yeah, they shouldn't have been happy. You know, this

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is a great fan base. They have a lot of expectations.

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put on the floor, particularly in that verse half against

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the night, I think he used the word unacceptable. That

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was at least the tone I got from him. It

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was pretty unacceptable what they put out there. Now, you

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can't take any credit away from UCF. I think Johnny

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Dawkins had a heck of a game plan. UCF very

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clearly needed this game Tuesday more than BYU. BYU also

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showed what they can do, or maybe more appropriately, can't

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do in order to not do anything when it comes

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to the Big Twelve Tournament and the NCAA Tournament. This

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team is going to they're going to the postseason. They're

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going to be a part of March Madness. But it's

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the same issues that they had Tuesday night against UCF

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show up in March. It could be a much shorter

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stay than anybody ever expected. And the booth I have

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a feeling that day will be significantly louder. Yes, it's

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the players, but also against the coaches, against the administration,

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against pretty much everybody involved because of what this season

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was allegedly supposed to be set up for.

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Speaker 2: Sean Walker Kaseekasale dot Com here on your Utai ESPN

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Radio network. With three regular season games remaining bus twenty

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eight and eight, their top twenty five team in the

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eight people. They are six in six in Quad one,

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six and two in Quad twos. What's what's the seeding

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do you think they get knowing that they got these

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, it depends on how they finish, right

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I think the ceilings for this team right now is

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probably a six seat. They're kind of covering right around

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a six seed line. I think the selection committee sent

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a pretty clear message during that mock selection show where

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they unbuild the unveilp the top sixteen that this BYU

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team is not really in the conversation for a top

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four seed. So you can maybe quibble over a five

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or six seed. They're probably a six seed right now,

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but if they struggle here down the stretch, they could

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find they could very easily find themselves falling to a

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his BYU team, But it's also not numerically impossible. If

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this team's in an A nine game, then you're talking

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about a tough game and then going on the road

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to a potential second round matchup against one of those

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numbers one seeds like it is, it's not a good situation.

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whether it's seven. I think that's probably where they wind

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up if they stay on that sixth line. By the way,

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there is a region. It's a it's a Thursday Saturday

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region will be what you can play in it in

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Portland that has a spot for a six seed as well,

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geographic relevancy and and a little bit of kind of

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some regional HOMERSM if you will, if you will, If

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they can stay on that sixth, that six line. In

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order to do that, I think they probably got to

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go and they got to win on this road trip

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Tech team, I won't say sputtering without JT topping, but

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JT Top and injury. Right, So how this team finished

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in that sixth still sitting in that six range, or

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maybe they fall into that eight nine game.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned that, and I'm like, look, when BAU has

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made runs, it seems like they have had fortuitous locations

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Speaker 3: Denver this last year, right, that was nice to have Denver,

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Speaker 5: Yep? Yeah, I mean I mean the crowd, the crowd

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at ball Arena in Denver was absolutely incredible. There were

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and they were taken out of their first round game

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pretty early. No offense to the Grizzlies. I thought they

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had a great season as well. BYU fans absolutely overtook

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that arena. Now, granted that's only I mean, what three

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South Carolina. I think I think that could help this

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team potentially make it to the second weekend even Sean.

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Speaker 2: This basketball team has shown us the jackal, It showed

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us its hide. What do you think it will shows

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in the next three games?

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Speaker 5: Sorry you cut out there for a second.

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Speaker 2: Right, We've seen the best of the best of them,

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their best win, their best game, their best defense, seemingly

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their best offense, and then we saw their worst offense,

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their worst defense the following game.

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Speaker 5: And I think the one consistency through all of that

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has been a JD. Bonsa. I mean, he has been

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at advertised, He's in the conversation for best player in

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the country, He's going to be in the conversation for

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number one pick in the NBA draft, next to Jewe.

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can possibly ask or has he had some ups and

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some downs? Sure, everybody has. I don't think everybody's been perfect,

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but he's been pretty consistent. The inconsistencies would be why

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you has been that supporting cast. And it's not just

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the big two or the big three. Whatever it is,

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it's it's everybody not named aj Dubonsa has maybe had

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some issues with some consistencies, Like even Richie Sanders had

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some consistency issues before he went down, and he was

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probably the only second most available, second most consistent player.

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Rob Wright has had plenty of issues. You know, we

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could go down a long list with the other guys,

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whether it's Cannar Davis, Kbaketa. I feel like Alexi Kostitch

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sort of consistency from this supporting cast, or their stay

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in March could be significantly shorter, again than I think

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anybody expected or anybody imagine at the start of year.

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Speaker 2: Sean Walker here on your Utah ESPN ready network in

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off tomorrow, Sean, And I know we're still we're still

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in basketball season, but key storylines that you're most intrigued

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I mentioned it here last week. I

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think the number one three line for me was going

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to be that run game. And who is going to

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back up LJ. Maron next year? Can somebody emerge from

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a significant list of candidates. But all eyes are on

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the wide receiver position right now because of the situation

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involving Parker Kingson and his carter from the program, the

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legal issues aside and all of that, that's a big

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hole that BYU needs to replace. In the past game

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that was already trying to replace Chase Roberts and Carson

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Ryan by the way, So I think the pass game

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has question marks. Not in the guy who's throwing the ball.

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Beare Meyer obviously back for another year, one of the best,

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arguably the best true freshman quarterback in college football last year.

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I think a lot of the numbers back that up

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from PSF and other sources. But who's catching that ball,

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I think is going to be the number one question

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this spring. Who's going to emerge with a lot of touches,

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a lot of reps that can be big as that

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can go around in the throw game. Will it be

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a guy will a little jojo step up like I

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think a lot of people have kind of been waiting

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on for two years. Maybe you've got a couple of

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transfers that are coming in. Kobe Hagen, I think has

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shown some nice moments in spots, but consistency has sort

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of been his game. Like, I think there are options.

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Will they start, will they use a guy like Walker?

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Lions a lot more in the throw game at tight end.

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I think they unlocked something in Carson Bryan Walker seems

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like he could be a guy that could slide into

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that spot as well. So just overall, I think it's

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it's the receivers, It's the pass catchers, it's how BYU

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moves on not only from losing Parker King in the offseason,

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but also their top two other pass catchers and touchdown

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catchers who were who one of whom was at the

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NFL Combine this week.

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Speaker 2: Indeed, Chase Roberts, Jack Kelly. How do you think they're

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going to perform? Who do you think maybe improves their

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draft stock from their combine performance?

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Speaker 3: Jack and Chase? Jack or Chase?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean there's already been some great stuff out

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of Jack Kelly. I think on the field, he's pretty

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pretty proven. He just needs to be able to show

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it to people. But he's also been great in interviews

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some media opportunities that he's had interviews with GMS and

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scouts executives. He's been articulate, He's explained himself very well.

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I think he's done a really good job with the

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camera in front of your face. Which in moments like these,

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leading up to the pre draft process, every single thing

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is evaluate, evaluated and dissected by NFL programs. They're investing

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a ton of money in these players, uh, not just

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their established veterans, but even their rookies coming in and

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potentially multi multiple millions of dollars. They want to make

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sure every single thing, even the minute, the most minute detail,

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is right. And I think Chuck Kelly has already proven.

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He's already showed that he can be a solid occasional

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player for an NFL franchise. UH, that he can come

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get into a system very well, uh, and and contribute

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pretty early that I think somebody is going to be

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very lucky when they select Jack. Comment next day for on.

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Speaker 3: The NFL Draft Sean and Walker.

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Speaker 2: Best way to support to what you do, how you

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Kasel dot com as always is the place I'm

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Speaker 3: We'll give us an update, give us an update on that,

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give us an update on that.

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Speaker 5: Well, the boys turned a bit, just the boys, the

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five basically boys semifinals just very tipped off. Not really

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an update there. The girls tournament was all through the

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morning and up until now. Lone Peak came back and

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Speaker 6: The Cardiac Cougars are back. They've struck again, this time

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with women's basketball. Early in the third quarter against Arizona

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State last night, BYU is down fifteen points in a

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crucial game between two NCAA tournament bubble team, but that

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deficit didn't last. Behind twenty four points from Delaney Gibbs,

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sixteen from Olivia Hamlin, a double double from Vlada rocl

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and a strong Native American fans support for Sydney Benali,

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the Coups clawed their way back for a sixty six

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to sixty one victory. You sure to keep an eye

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out on Friday for where BYU lands and the latest

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bracketology if they currently sit as eighth team out. Next

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up for BYU is Senior Night on Saturday against another

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bubble team in Colorado.

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Speaker 6: BYU men's volleyball took a late night loss yesterday against

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number three Hawaii three sets to once, was the first

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time this year the Cougars didn't have a sweep or

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a five set match. These two teams square off again

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tomorrow on the Diamond. BYU baseball continued their California road trip,

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and while in Long Beach this week, they took a

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loss in a ten to seven game against Long Beach State.

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The Air back at it again today and are currently

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underway in a game against the Cougars of Washington State

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and the Pool. The men's swiming dive team held strong,

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sitting in fifth place in the Big Twelve Championships this

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week behind a fourth place finish in the five hundred

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meter freestyle by Tanner Nelson. The women's team dropped one

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spot to eight, and both teams will compete until the event.

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CAL Berkeley that has already underway as the Coups look

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you having me on and looking forward to talking a

474
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little ball here with you.

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Speaker 2: Yes, indeed, excited to talk some bolved with you. Let's

476
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first start off with West Virginia. Who is West Virginia

477
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,200
this year? How would you describe their maybe their culture,

478
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,880
their mantras, their style of play?

479
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:30,359
Speaker 3: Who are they? Yeah?

480
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Speaker 8: What's interesting is you could almost rewind the tape from

481
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when we talked last year and have the same conversation.

482
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Although it's a different coach. West Virginia on its fourth

483
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,000
coach in four seasons, it's on his third complete roster

484
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,319
flip over the last three years. So I think when

485
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you're telling West Virginia's basketball story, you have to start

486
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,519
with that. It's really been an unbelievable and unprecedented run

487
00:23:51,559 --> 00:23:54,359
of four years with all of these different coaches coming in.

488
00:23:54,519 --> 00:23:56,319
You thought the thing was back on track with Darren

489
00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,519
Debries last year. We only had him for a year

490
00:23:58,559 --> 00:24:02,400
and he's off to Indiana. Enter Ross Hodge, who coached

491
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under Grant mccasly and the successful Texas Tech coach at

492
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,279
North Texas and then took over that North Texas program

493
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:12,160
when mccaslym left for Texas Tech. Ross comes in here

494
00:24:12,319 --> 00:24:14,720
in year one with the Mountaineers, and then I'll be

495
00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:17,920
honest with you, it's been a really surprisingly good year.

496
00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:20,960
Given all of that turmoil and roster turnover that I

497
00:24:21,079 --> 00:24:23,519
just talked about, this West Virginia team was right in

498
00:24:23,599 --> 00:24:26,559
the hunt for a potential NCAA bid up until this

499
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,599
last week, and we'll get into that here in just

500
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a minute. It's been a rough last three games for

501
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,720
this team. But it's a very defensive minded team. It's

502
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,759
a team that controls pace when things are going well

503
00:24:36,839 --> 00:24:39,240
and makes it really difficult for teams to score. I

504
00:24:39,319 --> 00:24:42,319
believe we're still in the top five nationally and scoring defense.

505
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,839
So that's where Ross Hodge hangs it's at. That's where

506
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,799
this teammates. It's at is on the defensive end. On

507
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,279
the offensive side, you'll see one of the best shooters

508
00:24:50,279 --> 00:24:53,319
in the country and Honor Huff who just on Saturday

509
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,880
moved into third place all time in West Virginia single

510
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,680
season made three pointer list, past the guy by the

511
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name Kevin Pitts, novel that your fans may remember back

512
00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:04,920
from West Virginia's Good Attorney runs back in the mid

513
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two thousand. So that's the main offensive threat. There's some others,

514
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and we'll get down in the weeds here a little

515
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bit if you want. That's a quick overview of what

516
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,920
West Virginia is going to bring to the BYU Cougar's

517
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on Saturday.

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00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:16,240
Speaker 3: Yeah.

519
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,799
Speaker 2: Why has there been so much turmoil ross a coaching?

520
00:25:20,839 --> 00:25:22,200
Attrition coaching?

521
00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:25,839
Speaker 3: I guess it's just chaos.

522
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 8: Yeah, it has been chaos, and some of it the

523
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,000
move from Darren Debrees being here just one year, that's

524
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the one that's a little more difficult to explain. I mean, again,

525
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,359
it is Indiana. Darren was from the Midwest. That's a

526
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,359
crown jewel job of the Midwest, and given what they

527
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,880
have in nil funds, I guess you can understand that

528
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,319
a little bit, but it certainly didn't endear him to

529
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Mountaineer fans after what was a really successful first season

530
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,079
last year. The other two years are a little easier

531
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to explain. You went seventeen years with no turnover. Was

532
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,720
Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins was here, led the

533
00:25:57,759 --> 00:26:00,640
Mountaineers to the Final Four in twenty ten and had

534
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,559
a ton of high level success. He got himself into

535
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,720
some trouble by his own doing their late in his career.

536
00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:10,759
It precipitated his retirement from WVU. That led to an

537
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,960
interim coach for one season. And you guys know our

538
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,400
interim coach, well, that was Josh Eilert, who had been

539
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with Huggs for a long time in various capacities. So

540
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Josh stepped in and had what was a really difficult

541
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,519
year in trying to hold that program together because huggs

542
00:26:26,599 --> 00:26:28,920
resignation came to late. It happened in the summer. And

543
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,039
I'll always have a lot of respect and give a

544
00:26:31,079 --> 00:26:33,400
lot of credit to Josh Eilert for what he was

545
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,359
able to do and how he was able to lead

546
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a program having never been in that position for that

547
00:26:38,559 --> 00:26:40,480
one season. And of course I mentioned that you all

548
00:26:40,559 --> 00:26:43,440
know him as he took over as the weirdest thing

549
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,759
in college coaching I've seen. Ben a guy was an

550
00:26:45,799 --> 00:26:48,519
interim head coach in back to back seasons at two

551
00:26:48,599 --> 00:26:51,680
different schools. As he took over for the Utes last

552
00:26:51,759 --> 00:26:53,680
year when they got rid of their coach, So that

553
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,119
was the second year. Then you entered Darren for a year,

554
00:26:56,519 --> 00:26:59,079
he's gone after one season, and then incomes Ross Hodge

555
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,519
is the fourth coach in four years. And it was

556
00:27:01,559 --> 00:27:05,240
a complete roster sweep, no rebounds, no points returned from

557
00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:07,400
last year. So I give this group a lot of

558
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,640
credit for West Virginia guys for staying together. They're still

559
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,880
battling hard, they're still playing hard. They don't take any

560
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,799
possessions off and like I said, up until last week,

561
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,200
had positioned themselves in the conversation for an NCAA tournament bid,

562
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which was pretty remarkable at the time.

563
00:27:21,559 --> 00:27:24,519
Speaker 2: No one thought that UCF could come into the Marriott

564
00:27:24,599 --> 00:27:27,799
Center as twelve and a half point dogs and destroy

565
00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:31,119
this BAYU Cougar basketball team that had just beaten Iowa

566
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:35,640
State and beaten the Iowa State not handily, but they

567
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,400
weren't control the entire night. So I don't think it's

568
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,559
too far fetched that West Virginia can knock off the

569
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,200
Cougs as well. What's the messaging to this team as

570
00:27:44,279 --> 00:27:47,480
the Cougars are on the docket for the Mountaineers.

571
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,000
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's a it's a good point. It's a good question,

572
00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:51,960
and we were just getting on the plane from the

573
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,960
Oklahoma State game and slipped on the BYU UCF game,

574
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and we were we were shocked as well, maybe not

575
00:27:57,079 --> 00:27:59,839
necessarily even that that UCF could pull off a win,

576
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because I think all of us that follow this league

577
00:28:02,079 --> 00:28:04,880
know just how difficult it is, and the old cliche

578
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,119
of there's no nights off, I think that's never been

579
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,319
more true in this league. But the manner in which

580
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,680
UCF did that was a bit of a surprise. So

581
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I think if you're West Virginia, you know you're going

582
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to get a laser focus BYU team coming into the

583
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,400
coliseum on Saturday, and this is one of those if

584
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,599
I'm looking at it from a West Virginia perspective and

585
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,440
building the case for them against what we know is

586
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,160
a super talented BYU team, even without Richie Saunders. I mean,

587
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,960
we were certainly well aware of AJ and Robert Wright

588
00:28:32,039 --> 00:28:34,319
and company coming in here. But I think if you're

589
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,880
building a case for West Virginia, it's first and foremost

590
00:28:37,319 --> 00:28:39,119
that you're back home in front of what will be

591
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,240
a sold out crowd in the coliseum, and we know

592
00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:44,680
that's one of the more difficult places to play in

593
00:28:44,839 --> 00:28:47,759
the league, So that's first and foremost. I think West

594
00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:51,240
Virginia it rocked a little bit because it's lost three

595
00:28:51,319 --> 00:28:53,799
straight for the first time all season, and it only

596
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:57,039
had one two game losing streak all season. That was

597
00:28:57,119 --> 00:29:00,240
early back in the Charleston Classic down and Charleston South

598
00:29:00,279 --> 00:29:02,960
Carolina when West Virginia lost a couple close ones to

599
00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:05,720
Clemson and Xavier, and back to back days after that.

600
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They had not lost two in a row up until

601
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this stretch against Utah, TCU and Oklahoma State. So I

602
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,920
just think from a confidence standpoint, West Virginia has to

603
00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:18,000
find that first and foremost, and it knows this defense

604
00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:21,319
is going to get tested mightily against that offensive firepower.

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Speaker 2: For BYU talking BYU versus West Virginia here on your

606
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,640
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607
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So I'm looking at at the Quad one opportunities with

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00:29:39,839 --> 00:29:42,680
West Virginia four and seven and Quad one games two

611
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,599
and four Quad two. I'd actually say like the Quad

612
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,240
one games aren't the concerning portion of it. It's the

613
00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:51,039
the Quad two games two and four. What happened in

614
00:29:51,119 --> 00:29:53,680
these Quad two games that they fell short with.

615
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 8: Yeah, And I think again that when you look at

616
00:29:56,519 --> 00:29:58,880
Utah and TCU and Oklahoma State in particular, to take

617
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,119
these last three games that have popped up here, I

618
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,240
think all three of those are surprises, quite frankly, if

619
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you're looking at it from a West Virginia perspective. And

620
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,079
I think it was two things that we got West

621
00:30:10,119 --> 00:30:12,599
Virginia in trouble over these last three games that had

622
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,960
been strengths all season and that just switched here over

623
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,200
the last week. So coming into the Utah game, which

624
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,119
took place on February eighteenth, West Virginia was number one

625
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,000
in the Big twelve and two different categories. One was

626
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,000
free throw at temph rate for its opponents, and one

627
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,200
was defensive rebounding. And so West Virginia was very good

628
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,359
at controlling the glass and it was guarding without battling. Well, suddenly,

629
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,480
Ben that has switched over the last three games. All

630
00:30:38,559 --> 00:30:41,480
three of those teams, Utah, TCU, and Oklahoma State have

631
00:30:41,599 --> 00:30:44,279
had success on the offensive glass and they've got to

632
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,599
the free throw line on West Virginia over those three games,

633
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,200
West Virginia is minus twenty nine points at the free

634
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,839
throw line. So for a team that wants to control

635
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,880
possessions and keep the pace down, you're, in essence, starting

636
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,680
in a ten to nothing hole at the free throw line.

637
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,839
It's just that's too difficult for West Virginia to overcome.

638
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,480
So if I was looking for two things moving into

639
00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:08,160
this game, West Virginia has to get back to controlling

640
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,680
the glass and they have to get back to guarding

641
00:31:10,759 --> 00:31:13,759
without fouling is one of Ross Hodge's favorite sayings, and

642
00:31:14,079 --> 00:31:16,519
for whatever reason, over the last three games, the whistle

643
00:31:16,559 --> 00:31:19,400
has been different and that has really hindered West Virginia,

644
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,400
taking two of its strength and turning them into two weaknesses.

645
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 2: If West Virginia beats the Coupes, how do you think

646
00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:30,480
they do it? Here in the you know, just right

647
00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:32,839
around the corner. This game is about to tip off soon.

648
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 3: Yeah.

649
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,119
Speaker 8: I think it's a couple of things, and one of

650
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,000
them is what I just mentioned. It it's you get

651
00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:41,599
a cold shooting night from BYU, and then you corral

652
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,119
the rebound and don't allow them to have a second opportunity.

653
00:31:44,359 --> 00:31:46,960
When West Virginia is playing well, that's the formula. This

654
00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:49,960
is a really good defective team. In fact, it's number

655
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,839
eleven nationally an opponent two point field goal percentage, So

656
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,279
they do a great job of loading up the lane

657
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,839
and keeping teams out of there, making them shoot from outside.

658
00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:03,079
If West Virginia can get a cold BYU team or

659
00:32:03,079 --> 00:32:05,240
a team that is struggling to make some shots and

660
00:32:05,359 --> 00:32:07,839
corral the rebound, that's the first level of this and

661
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,680
when West Virginia has won, that has been a formula.

662
00:32:10,759 --> 00:32:12,920
And then number two, they've got to make some shots.

663
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,160
And they had been in a mired and a slump

664
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,000
from distance for a number of games. They finally broke

665
00:32:18,039 --> 00:32:20,319
out of that against Oklahoma State when they made twelve

666
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,920
threes on her Huff had six himself, Trey Eagle Staff

667
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,039
had four. So that's another component. West Virginia's two point

668
00:32:27,119 --> 00:32:30,480
offense or offense inside the arc has been very serviceable

669
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,799
at times and been very good at other times. But

670
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,960
when it's making threes, that's when it's difficult to handle

671
00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:39,759
because it controls the pace so well that once West

672
00:32:39,839 --> 00:32:42,319
Virginia gets a lead midway through the second half, they

673
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,359
can kind of squeeze it out because they're so good

674
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,119
at protecting the clock and working the clock. So if

675
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,279
I were given you two, it would be West Virginia's

676
00:32:49,279 --> 00:32:51,359
got to be making shots from distance, and it's got

677
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,640
to limit BYU shots if in fact it's missing from

678
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:55,359
the field.

679
00:32:55,559 --> 00:32:58,359
Speaker 2: Players that B WAYU fans should know. And I get

680
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,559
a scattering report on give us a little person, I'll breakdown.

681
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,519
Speaker 8: Yeah, anor Hoff's the first and foremost guy. And again,

682
00:33:04,559 --> 00:33:07,039
if you can watch it as an unbiased basketball observer,

683
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,599
which I know MOSTYU fans won't be able to on Saturday,

684
00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:13,400
he's a lot of fun to watch. It's a minutive guy,

685
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:16,799
but man, he is outstanding. Led the nation in three

686
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,519
pointers made last year while at Chattanooga, and he's having

687
00:33:19,559 --> 00:33:22,680
another fantastic year this year, closing in on one hundred

688
00:33:22,759 --> 00:33:25,279
may threes this season. And he's a lot of fun

689
00:33:25,359 --> 00:33:29,319
to watch. Very Steph Curry esque from this standpoint, unlimited

690
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,920
range and doesn't stop moving if you watch him off

691
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,000
the ball, he is in constant motion off picks and running,

692
00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:37,920
so really fun offensive player. Another guy to know would

693
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,039
be Tracing Eagle Staff. He transferred in from North Dakota.

694
00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:43,079
He had a game last year where he put forty

695
00:33:43,119 --> 00:33:46,319
plus points on Alabama and then scored fifty two in

696
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,920
a conference tournament game, so he can light it up

697
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,279
at times as well. Those are two guys to really know.

698
00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:54,400
If you're looking for one inside, it would be number zero,

699
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,359
Brennan Laurent, a transfer that came with Ross Odds from

700
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,920
North Texas. He was all caught difference for him last

701
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,440
year and is a really talented six' nine. Defender he's

702
00:34:04,519 --> 00:34:06,960
the guy that will match up On devonsa most of the,

703
00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:09,519
day so that will be a critical matchup For West.

704
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:12,519
VIRGINIA i know nobody has STOPPED aj just, yet but

705
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:14,559
can you limit him or at least make him make

706
00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,719
difficult shots if You're West, Virginia so keep an eye

707
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:18,760
On Brendan laurent as.

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00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 3: Well from your.

709
00:34:20,119 --> 00:34:23,519
Speaker 2: PERCH i don't know how much you've SCOUTED. Byu sure

710
00:34:23,559 --> 00:34:25,920
you keep tabs on all the big twelve teams. Obviously

711
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,960
well what's the scouting report On brigham right? Now from

712
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,840
the coaching staff from your perch and from those that

713
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:33,039
you interact with there At West.

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00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:36,280
Speaker 8: Virginia, yeah just a lot of respect from both me

715
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,039
and this coaching staff on what they can. Do and,

716
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,320
again you look AT aj And i'm not telling you

717
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,440
anything you don't. Know i'm just blown away by his

718
00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:46,480
skill set and his abilities each night WHEN i watch.

719
00:34:46,599 --> 00:34:49,719
Him so you obviously start, there and what can you

720
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:50,079
do with?

721
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 3: Him is this a?

722
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,320
Speaker 8: Guy can you hold him to twenty two and be

723
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,440
excited about? That it's certainly a guy you don't want

724
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,599
to get up near his average and above in the

725
00:34:57,679 --> 00:34:59,840
thirty point. Range and THEN i have a ton of

726
00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:02,719
respect For Robert. Wright we watched him last year when

727
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,519
he was At baylor run up and down the, floor

728
00:35:04,559 --> 00:35:07,039
AND i think he's just a fantastic point. Guard and

729
00:35:07,079 --> 00:35:08,760
if he's not the best point guard in this, league

730
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,840
he's certainly right in that. Conversation so we've seen THIS

731
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,960
byu team a. Bunch i'd much prefer to get them

732
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,320
at home in the coliseum rather than be at your

733
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,119
place like we were last. YEAR i thought your home

734
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,280
environment out there In provo was one of the best

735
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,119
in this. League so glad The cougars are coming here To,

736
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:29,199
morgantown which generally gives a better effort From West. Virginia

737
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,679
BUT i think THIS byu team is tremendous even Without,

738
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,440
saunders AND i know that was a massive loss and

739
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,559
certainly they're not the same team without. Him but, again

740
00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:40,320
you got a guy LIKE, aj you just give him

741
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,159
the ball and get out of the. Way at, TIMES

742
00:35:42,199 --> 00:35:44,719
i think he's. Tremendous So West virginia knows it's got

743
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:45,800
a tands full coming up On.

744
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 2: Saturday indeed it could it could have a change full

745
00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:54,400
depending on WHICH byu basketball team shows. Up The Jackelin

746
00:35:54,559 --> 00:35:59,719
hyde is WHAT byu fans are concerned, about as they

747
00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:03,639
they kind of insworts the regular season finish line and

748
00:36:04,039 --> 00:36:07,119
no game is, Given no dubs are easy in The Big.

749
00:36:07,159 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 3: Twelve how would you describe The Big twelve thus far this?

750
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 8: SEASON i just think it's. FANTASTIC i think you, know

751
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,480
every year That West virginia has been in this, league

752
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,880
it's been one of the best, leagues if not the

753
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,440
best league In, america AND i think that's that's absolutely

754
00:36:20,559 --> 00:36:23,519
true this. YEAR i think the influx of freshman talent

755
00:36:24,039 --> 00:36:26,960
is just off the charts when you talk about each,

756
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:29,679
night when you go into these, games the talent is

757
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,719
so incredibly, good And West virginia has seen that all

758
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,599
throughout the. Season so this will be our first look AT,

759
00:36:34,599 --> 00:36:36,639
aj BUT i think this is as good a league

760
00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:38,199
as there is In, america AND i think this is

761
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,920
one of the best years that The Big twelve has

762
00:36:41,119 --> 00:36:43,159
had talent wise over the last few.

763
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,400
Speaker 2: Years, yeah it's a it's been fun to watch a

764
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:50,440
lot of stars in this in this. League As Brett

765
00:36:50,519 --> 00:36:55,480
yormark likes to stay the celebritization of The Big, TWELVE i,

766
00:36:55,559 --> 00:36:58,559
mean it's a it's player and the entertainment that he's

767
00:36:58,599 --> 00:37:01,679
bringing in to The Big twelve for The Big twelve, tournament.

768
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,639
Speaker 8: Right, YEAH i can't wait for that. Tournament can you

769
00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:05,480
imagine how good that's going to be with all these

770
00:37:05,519 --> 00:37:07,440
teams up and down the. LIST i, mean you just

771
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,360
talked about A ucf comes on the road and gets

772
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:13,000
that win over OVER. Byu you look at the last three.

773
00:37:13,039 --> 00:37:15,480
Games West virginia's just had last Place utah roles in

774
00:37:15,599 --> 00:37:18,199
here and Beat West virginia at. Home SO i think

775
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,239
those are there's a lot of coin flip games and

776
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,960
then there's a lot of heavyweights going at. It SO

777
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,880
i think the Tournament Kansas city is going to be

778
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:24,400
awesome as.

779
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,119
Speaker 2: Usual give me a little a breakdown of what you

780
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,840
think THIS Byu West virginia game will look like coming

781
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:32,280
up here On.

782
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,519
Speaker 8: Saturday, Well i'm hopeful it's, Close. BEN i hope we

783
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,760
get to see a good college basketball, game and if we,

784
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,840
DO i think you can tell. EARLY i think it's

785
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,360
one of those we saw this Against Oklahoma state And West.

786
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,119
Virginia if it comes out and there's a lot of

787
00:37:45,159 --> 00:37:48,559
points being, SCORED i think that's ADVANTAGE. Byu if it

788
00:37:48,639 --> 00:37:51,159
comes out and it's clunky and it's ugly and it

789
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,599
looks junkie and there's some turnovers and it's a slow paced,

790
00:37:54,679 --> 00:37:57,559
GAME i think that bodes well For West. Virginia ross

791
00:37:57,639 --> 00:38:00,280
often tells this team that it's okay if it's in the,

792
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,639
mud that we're comfortable playing in the. Mud AND i

793
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,599
think that's that's part of Why West virginia or How

794
00:38:05,639 --> 00:38:07,719
West virginia has to. Win SO i think you'll be

795
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,679
able to see early what the pace looks. Like we

796
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,840
Know BYU's going to want to get out and get

797
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:13,719
up and down the. Floor West virginia is going to

798
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,519
want to be the exact. Opposite so whichever team can

799
00:38:16,639 --> 00:38:19,079
control that pace and impose its will on the, other

800
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,800
that's who's ultimately going to win this. Game so if

801
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,840
You're West, virginia if you're A West virginia, fan you're

802
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,360
looking for an ugly. Game believe it or, not.

803
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 2: Then, hey beautifully ugly can still win you basketball. Games

804
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,000
it can still win a lot of sporting events for

805
00:38:33,119 --> 00:38:36,760
a respective, Team so hopefully it's a good. One we

806
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,079
appreciate you hopping on to let us get to know the.

807
00:38:39,159 --> 00:38:41,639
Speaker 3: Foe. Brad what's the best way to support? You what you?

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00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,360
Do how you do it for all of our? Listeners?

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00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,119
Speaker 8: Yeah, THANKS i appreciate you. Asking probably the easiest way

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00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:48,239
you can keep up with me on x At brad

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How howe zero Seven and we put all our stuff

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815
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Speaker 2: ANYTIME a couple last things before we let you. Go

817
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,400
who's the big twelve player the? Year do you think

818
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:07,559
who you put your money on right?

819
00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 8: Now that's a great, question ask me After saturday AFTER

820
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,039
i take a look AT aj BUT i don't know

821
00:39:12,159 --> 00:39:14,719
how it's not going to be him in that. Discussion

822
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,440
and you, know super unfortunate THAT jt topping went down

823
00:39:17,639 --> 00:39:20,079
like he. Did But i'm going into. IT i look

824
00:39:20,119 --> 00:39:21,920
at those numbers every week AND i just don't know

825
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,079
how it can be anybody But Aj. Debounca right, NOW

826
00:39:25,119 --> 00:39:26,400
i think he's had a fantastic.

827
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,599
Speaker 3: Season, yeah we'll see how it plays.

828
00:39:28,639 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 5: Out.

829
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 3: Brad we salute, You we appreciate, you. Man thanks for

830
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,360
hopping on. Today, okay.

831
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 8: Anytime thanks for having.

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