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<v Speaker 1>What todays It's Tucson Sports Station yet.

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<v Speaker 4>This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you up toon everybody. Welcome to I on the

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<v Speaker 1>Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Come Steve Rivera

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<v Speaker 1>in today with me is Frank Eager from.

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<v Speaker 5>Southern Arizona sports tourism and film authority.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, you have a big deal gloming up pretty soon,

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<v Speaker 1>huge deal. Pretty I'm glad you got away from your desk. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it. This is the highlight of your week.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh listen, I'll be honest with you this it's Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>The stress of the of the whole task and taking

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<v Speaker 1>on is incredible. I'm so thankful for all our partners.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is definitely the highlight. I'm thinking being with me,

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<v Speaker 1>not no the BS.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's really no, let's really see dizzel behind and behind

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<v Speaker 5>the back.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So we have our guy here, mister what's your

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<v Speaker 1>name again, Kobe?

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<v Speaker 5>I always want to call him Cody, though I know,

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<v Speaker 5>I know, I did that for the first couple of days. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>it's it's Kobe as as the guy from the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, cool, lot of stuff going on. Did you

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<v Speaker 1>watch game on Saturday? You of course?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you were there, right, I was there. Yeah, I've

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<v Speaker 5>been thirty four straight. I think you've been thirty four

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<v Speaker 5>straight up there up North? How's the how you know

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<v Speaker 5>we were talking about this my uh my wife went

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<v Speaker 5>to issue you can say that on there.

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<v Speaker 1>But she's a U. A basketball fan of course she

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<v Speaker 1>wants to win.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, of course, what's the what's experience up there up north?

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<v Speaker 3>Like?

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<v Speaker 6>Is there?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it? Is it a lot of Is it a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of you have a fans? Yeah? This time not

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<v Speaker 1>as much as in the past, but it was still

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<v Speaker 1>like fifty to fifty maybe fifty five forty five Arizona. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it was it was. It was good. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a good mix. Before when the Arizona was rocking

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<v Speaker 1>and rolling, it was seventy thirty.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of these people who like.

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<v Speaker 5>U up there, They've had a ton of alumni up there,

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<v Speaker 5>right oh yeah, right right, you know that's go where

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<v Speaker 5>the jobs are, man, how are yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh? And that's it was. It was a good showing

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<v Speaker 1>from from both sides. Actually, the Asue game a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good game until the final minutes.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean they you know, you look at that

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<v Speaker 5>roster for ASU, there's some good players on there.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's their center? The young kid that's seventeen, twenty one, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years I forget his name. Yeah, he had been hurt.

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<v Speaker 1>He played really well, a big strong guy, yeah, like Sandy,

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<v Speaker 1>and hit a couple of good shots on the stretch too. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>And Freeman did pretty well until the end. Yeah, absolutely, yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean it was good to see us kind of

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<v Speaker 5>get punched in the face a little bit and react

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<v Speaker 5>the way we did there.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, right, So I wanted to kind of start the

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<v Speaker 1>show with that. That's why I brought it up, is

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<v Speaker 1>that I guess. Hurley was on the Bicley Show Them

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<v Speaker 1>Bicley Show in the morning in Phoenix, and he said

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<v Speaker 1>that he and Tommy talked, they're good and the only

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<v Speaker 1>regret he has, and we talked about this a lot yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>was not shaking Tommy's hand. He was finally taking the

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<v Speaker 1>kids away and you know, put them away. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>fault that either. I don't even care if he shick

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<v Speaker 1>shook his hand. I get it, but and we've talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it yesterday that maybe that was the lone thing

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<v Speaker 1>that should have happened.

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<v Speaker 5>I think this was one of the points that I

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<v Speaker 5>was going to bring up on the show today that

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<v Speaker 5>even from a coaching perspective, I understand him getting his

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<v Speaker 5>kids out of there because you don't want an altercation

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<v Speaker 5>out of the game, right, And there's a postil. Yeah, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 5>we've seen it before. These young men or young women

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<v Speaker 5>at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to take that. No, it might be my pharmacist.

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<v Speaker 5>No, but I do think that from a coaching standpoint,

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<v Speaker 5>you stay there and at least go and shake Tommy's hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, Well, let me ask you, because in your lifetime,

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<v Speaker 1>how many games have you played and been part of

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand, fifteen hundred. Yeah, somewhere in that neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 5>Okcase this ever happened, not to that degree, No, I

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<v Speaker 5>mean we've had we've had altercations. I've been in altercations

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<v Speaker 5>on the field, and you know it's once you get

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<v Speaker 5>to that level, you know, professional level, you're not shaking

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<v Speaker 5>hands with other team afterwards, right, But even afterwards we've

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<v Speaker 5>been pulled in. I don't remember if you remember Niger Morgan,

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<v Speaker 5>he was a center fielder for the Brewers for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a big leader for a while.

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<v Speaker 5>Him and I got in altercation and winter ball, and

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<v Speaker 5>then after the games we you know, had a coke

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<v Speaker 5>afterwards and worked it out. It's it's just that it's

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<v Speaker 5>that young ptosterone t stosterone that kicks in, and you

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<v Speaker 5>know you have this suscrestion. But yeah, but never to

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<v Speaker 5>the degree that I saw at that level on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 5>where you're taking a group, taking them away because I

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<v Speaker 5>didn't think the altercation. Maybe I missed the talking back

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<v Speaker 5>and forth. The head butt was aggressive, but not to

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<v Speaker 5>the point where I thought there was going to be

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<v Speaker 5>fisticuffs or anything. I thought it was a controlled enough

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<v Speaker 5>environment that there could have still been handshakes. But at

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<v Speaker 5>least from a coaching standpoint, you're walking through that line

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<v Speaker 5>probably in the side of caution, right, Yeah, I guess so. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>But there's a few things people saying, well, there was

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of tripping or Bobby did at least. Isn't

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<v Speaker 5>that what athletes do? I mean, come on, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 5>mean that's what you do out of almost all sports.

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<v Speaker 5>When I think about trash talking, I think about I

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<v Speaker 5>mean you think about Bird Larry Bird Jordan. You see

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<v Speaker 5>that's basketball is trash talking.

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<v Speaker 1>You played a little league ball, yes, whatever, I can

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<v Speaker 1>remember saying any bad, a better well kind of where

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<v Speaker 1>it starts. Yeah, there's from that's where it starts. That's

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<v Speaker 1>where they learn. You know, you stink whatever. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been called names all that. Either that fuels you

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<v Speaker 1>or it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 5>And you're seeing grown men do it at the highest level.

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<v Speaker 5>So I mean we're faulting eighteen to twenty two year olds. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>Michael Jordan's said bad things about me. Yeah, I can't play. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>that's that can happen. Yeah, so he he I said

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<v Speaker 5>on the air that he did this. Say, if there

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<v Speaker 5>was one bad thing he would have done over he

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<v Speaker 5>would have spoken, he would have shook Tommy Lloyd's hand.

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<v Speaker 5>But other than that, no, he wasn't didn't want to

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<v Speaker 5>apologize for the moving the kids. He had to me, Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>that's a smart move.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought. And and so there's that.

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<v Speaker 5>So do you do you remember this when when we

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<v Speaker 5>played Michigan. Michigan came and played in McHale with I

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<v Speaker 5>think it was a Fiesta classic. Yeah, yeah, and uh

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<v Speaker 5>the coaches and the whole team didn't come out for Michigan,

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<v Speaker 5>and the only player that came out was Juwan Howard.

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<v Speaker 1>Four What what moment after after the game? I don't

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<v Speaker 1>remember that.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't remember that. No, So that was like a

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<v Speaker 5>core memory. And maybe I'm speaking out of turn here,

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<v Speaker 5>but I'm pretty sure that happened because I loved you.

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<v Speaker 5>Remember this, it was a core memory. When I want

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<v Speaker 5>to get a I'm going to make a call here. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>I want to make a text here. And I don't

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<v Speaker 5>remember that at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Confirm it because because because Corston for forty three, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it was, Yeah, we beat him at Michale was

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<v Speaker 1>the Fab four.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a Fab four, and I think Juwan Howard

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<v Speaker 5>the only person that came out.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I don't remember that well. And then Joey is

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<v Speaker 1>funny because Juwan Howard is the guy who kind of

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<v Speaker 1>gets into fights on the line.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah he is, you know, shaking hands and punching coaches. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>I do you remember that when he was back coaching.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't remember that. It would have been part

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<v Speaker 1>of the book of a book or something.

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe it was this wild fantasy that I created as

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<v Speaker 5>a young kid that I was like, this is why

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<v Speaker 5>I like Juwan Howard.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to. I had to grasp on the straws

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<v Speaker 1>at that point. Yeah, so okay I didn't. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>remember that. But you know it's competition, man.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and you're leaving out on the court, right, you're

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<v Speaker 5>playing for something, sure.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know he's talking a bad about who really yea,

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<v Speaker 1>and we said this yesterday. I'm sorry for everybody who

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<v Speaker 1>heard me yesterday say the same thing. Bobby Earley and

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<v Speaker 1>his group of dookies. They were pretty pretty tough smack talkers.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be careful on that saying, yeah, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you've got the bleep in this working. It's lit up

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<v Speaker 1>and you knew I was coming in, so you got

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<v Speaker 1>it right here. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>But well, not only that, his antics on the side, right,

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, he gets teed up early in the game,

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<v Speaker 5>he's losing his mind, takes his tie off. What precedent

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<v Speaker 5>are we setting for your team? And then to come

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<v Speaker 5>out after the game and say, you know, well they

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<v Speaker 5>were chirping the whole game. Okay, like did you add

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<v Speaker 5>fuel to the fire or did you try to take

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<v Speaker 5>that fire and put it down like that? You know,

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<v Speaker 5>it's it's a confusing it's a confusing situation that happened

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<v Speaker 5>earlier on For the verbiage that he used after the game, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>it was what it was.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think people are asking for Tommy's explanation,

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<v Speaker 1>explanation thoughts on Herdy talking about the no class situation

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<v Speaker 1>with with his players one and and with co with Caleb.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that he's not going to vote for him,

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. Yeah, you know, let's let's move on from it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty aggressive in that in that moment too. I

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<v Speaker 1>think as a coach, he's done it long enough. As

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<v Speaker 1>a player, he's done it long enough.

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<v Speaker 5>You I mean, we have that sleep on it method, right,

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<v Speaker 5>Like there's times I want to send an email and no, right,

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<v Speaker 5>I probably need to sleep on it. Or this text,

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<v Speaker 5>I probably should sleep on it right now. My younger days,

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<v Speaker 5>I just sent him and then regretted it afterwards. He's

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<v Speaker 5>he's at a point in his career where that's one

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<v Speaker 5>of those moments you probably don't need to say that.

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<v Speaker 5>And I know you're trying to protect your players in

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<v Speaker 5>that moment, but you're causing more harm than you are

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<v Speaker 5>anything else.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, today we're gonna talk a lot about tonight's game. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the first hour or at least, we're going to have

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<v Speaker 1>the provo beat writer from a Herald, Darnell Dixon in

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<v Speaker 1>today for like fifteen minutes talking about tonight's game. And

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<v Speaker 1>as you said, Kobe, what were you surprised about it

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<v Speaker 1>from Saturday?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 5>On tonight's game, oh, that we are the underdog at

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<v Speaker 1>Right, so it was one of an underdog minus three

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean that's surprising, especially with the way we've

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<v Speaker 1>Home court is I know, home court is very difficult

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<v Speaker 5>That's a pretty tough environment to play in. I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>they packed that house.

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<v Speaker 1>to see if they remember that game. Was it Juwan Howard? Yeah, no, no,

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<v Speaker 5>It creates core memories, right right, talk about all the time?

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<v Speaker 1>that's so. That's at three seventeen. And then at four seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have to mine of your piece?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to upset them in mister Small, how

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<v Speaker 5>We're a little bit more casual that now, that's probably

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks forgetting him. We've had him on the show before

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<v Speaker 1>when we were at the casino. He was very good.

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<v Speaker 1>I joked with him a time or two because baseball

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<v Speaker 1>It's slow, but we're expecting you to pick up because people, well,

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<v Speaker 5>I listen, everybody tells me the same thing. So when

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<v Speaker 5>everybody that were surrounded by tells me the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, my source who was at the game, Yeah, in

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<v Speaker 1>the game, Yeah, I don't remember them not shaking hands.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a crazy intense game that gut Chippy, But

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember that.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, we've got to get somebody to say yes or no. Right,

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<v Speaker 5>we're relying on nine year old Blake here. That's not

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<v Speaker 1>You asked ten dudes and they say the same thing.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, sorry, mister Blake. You dreamt this moment. Oh man, Well,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what, I'm gonna hold on to it. I'm

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<v Speaker 5>just gonna I'm gonna continue to build on that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go to one more sources, okay, because all right,

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<v Speaker 1>one more so. But we'll talk about that later. That's

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<v Speaker 1>funny because I don't remember that. That's something that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really look for until unless unless something like that happens. Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was at Chippy game. Was gonna kick a

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<v Speaker 1>grap out of them. It was like one side of

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<v Speaker 1>the pair. Cold had his moment of forty some points

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<v Speaker 1>and it was what it was. I mean, come on,

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<v Speaker 1>we still talk about it thirty some years later.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, but you think about that performance it's one

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<v Speaker 5>of the greatest of A performances of all time. Michael, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I guess whatever, Fab four that just went

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<v Speaker 1>Right right? Okay, uh, well we got got two minutes, Okay, okay, cool,

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<v Speaker 1>so here we go we can have some breaking news.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to get that Bobby early stuff. So

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<v Speaker 1>good for him that he came out and he said that. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I mean, how do you feel about Bobby

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<v Speaker 5>Hurley overall? Because I watch interviews compared to what he's

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<v Speaker 5>on the court, and I think there, I think his

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<v Speaker 5>court antics are a little bit of an act compared

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly what the synopsis is or the the overwhelming

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<v Speaker 1>the court, he's a competitory, he's animated blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 1>He's always his brother, yeah right, and his brother's getting results.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's an apparently a very good guy off the

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<v Speaker 5>I mean we were going to see his brother hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. You're Blake Eager from

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<v Speaker 1>the Southern Arizona Sports Tourism in film forty.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 4>No.

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<v Speaker 1>On the foal, we have our visiting guests from the

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<v Speaker 1>Provo Herald and it's Darneld Dixon, Darniel. How are you.

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<v Speaker 13>I'm doing well, fellows. I'm experiencing something kind.

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<v Speaker 3>Of odd here.

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<v Speaker 13>Maybe you guys can judge verify it because you're in Phoenix.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe to call it the sun.

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<v Speaker 13>Oh the sun here here here in Utah. It's winter

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<v Speaker 13>still in February, but.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe is it?

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<v Speaker 13>Is it yellow and kind of warm? Is that what

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<v Speaker 13>that is?

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<v Speaker 1>It's eighty six degrees today.

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<v Speaker 13>We're in a we're in a little low fifties.

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<v Speaker 3>But it feels like eighty six.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I'm sure. I mean, that's that's bothering for you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>That's notice. I'm curious. I'm curious tonight we'll talk a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about tonight's king. But how long have you been

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<v Speaker 1>covering the team?

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<v Speaker 13>Well, I've been with the Herald and and some of

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<v Speaker 13>its outlets since about nineteen ninety eight, so I've been

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<v Speaker 13>you could tell from this picture I sent you got

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<v Speaker 13>I got a white beard, so I've been.

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<v Speaker 3>Around a while.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, I have the same white beard. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting because you must have been at the game when

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<v Speaker 1>when UA played last with Loot in maybe early two thousands.

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<v Speaker 13>Well, the last game I remember with Arizona, there were

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<v Speaker 13>two with Jimmer's junior year Jimember for that junior year

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<v Speaker 13>in Tucson. He scored school record forty nine in that one,

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<v Speaker 13>and then the following year this was a Sean.

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<v Speaker 1>Miller I believe, yes and ye had The.

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<v Speaker 13>Next year was at the Delta Center where the Jazz

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<v Speaker 13>play and Jimmer had thirty three in another pretty big

487
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<v Speaker 13>b YU win. Those those a last two I remember

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<v Speaker 13>with Arizona.

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<v Speaker 1>And basketball, okay, because Arizona took a pretty good team

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<v Speaker 1>to Provo a while back and got beat with a party,

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<v Speaker 1>a very good team, and Jean had gotten thrown out

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<v Speaker 1>hitting some guy. Can't remember the player in the back

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<v Speaker 1>of the head, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah. So now this should be a little different.

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<v Speaker 1>Arizona goes in as a three point what's up with that?

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<v Speaker 14>Well, here's the thing about this game.

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<v Speaker 13>And you know, there's been so many big games played

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<v Speaker 13>that Michale Center that that Arizona has been involved with,

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<v Speaker 13>But in the Marriott Center, there just hasn't been a

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<v Speaker 13>lot of really big power conference games until b why

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<v Speaker 13>You joined the Big Twelve because previously in their other

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<v Speaker 13>conferences they couldn't get teams to come and play them

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<v Speaker 13>here in the non conference. And then they were playing

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<v Speaker 13>in the West Coast Conference in the Whack and the

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<v Speaker 13>Mountain West Conference. So I can remember Jim Or's sophomore

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<v Speaker 13>year at BYU, Wake Forest came and that was a

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<v Speaker 13>huge deal that they came to Provo. And then in

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<v Speaker 13>twenty twenty, h b why You played Gonzaga when the

510
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<v Speaker 13>Zaggs were ranked number two and beat them those right

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<v Speaker 13>before everything shut down.

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<v Speaker 3>With the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 13>But I was trying to think of games that are

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<v Speaker 13>bigger than this one, And you guys might think it's hyperbole,

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<v Speaker 13>but I'm telling you this is one of the biggest

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<v Speaker 13>games ever played at the Marriott Center because of the

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<v Speaker 13>situation where it's Arizona WILL teams are in a big

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<v Speaker 13>conference YU and there was on a book on four

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<v Speaker 13>game win streets that has NCAAA implications for both programs.

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<v Speaker 13>So it's it's a really big game. And I'm a

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<v Speaker 13>little surprised that Arizona would be an underdog considering what

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<v Speaker 13>they've done in the Big twelve play so far, but

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<v Speaker 13>the Cougars have played pretty well in the last couple

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<v Speaker 13>of weeks, so I expect it to be a really

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<v Speaker 13>really competitive game.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think the what do you think the

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<v Speaker 1>ten it's going to be for the game tonight or

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<v Speaker 1>do you know already?

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<v Speaker 13>Oh, it'll be a sellout, close to eighteen thousand. It's

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<v Speaker 13>going to be crazy. It's a nine o'clock start here

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<v Speaker 13>in Utah, so you know, college students don't ever pass

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<v Speaker 13>up an opportunity to stay up late and get crazy,

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<v Speaker 13>So I expect that. I think the atmosphere to.

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<v Speaker 3>Be really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, even the b YU, right I mean this is

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<v Speaker 1>just like.

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<v Speaker 13>Well, they're usually not allowed to see, so now that

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<v Speaker 13>they get their approval.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going to all be there.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know what, BYU has kind of made its

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<v Speaker 1>mark in recent weeks obviously, and I've heard somebody from

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<v Speaker 1>Provo talk about this. It's kind of non provincial. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the nil they have a lot of money in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the conference. Uh, this could change a few things

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<v Speaker 1>up there, basketball boys, It really could.

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<v Speaker 13>And you know, when when b YU hired Kevin Young,

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<v Speaker 13>you're familiar with him as being an assistant coach, the

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<v Speaker 13>topic assistant in the NBA there with the Suns for

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<v Speaker 13>a while. When when he was hired, I thought, Okay,

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<v Speaker 13>his strength is going to be acts as and O's,

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<v Speaker 13>but he might struggle a little bit with some of

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<v Speaker 13>the nuances of college basketball, including ni L and recruiting.

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<v Speaker 13>And it turned out to be kind of the opposite

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<v Speaker 13>that he's been a fantastic recruiter, and some of that

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<v Speaker 13>is that there is nil money available. He's also sold

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<v Speaker 13>the program is being run like an NBA franchise, So

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<v Speaker 13>they've got you know, NBA strength and conditioning guy to

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<v Speaker 13>get NBIA nutrition and got NBA you know workout situation,

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<v Speaker 13>so so they sold it that way too. And where

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<v Speaker 13>I think this this uh he and his coaching staff

561
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<v Speaker 13>has struggled just a little bit, is kind of making

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<v Speaker 13>that switcher over from professional to college basketball a little

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<v Speaker 13>bit different pace. Not necessarily on the floor, although there

564
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<v Speaker 13>is a little bit that way, but just the pace

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<v Speaker 13>of the season. You know, he's used to getting two

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<v Speaker 13>or three practices and playing exhibition games and then playing

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<v Speaker 13>three games a.

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<v Speaker 3>Week for you know, three or four months in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 13>And they had six months from the time he took

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<v Speaker 13>a job until they had their first.

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<v Speaker 3>Game, and they played one or two a week, And so.

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<v Speaker 13>I think all that was something that took his coaches

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<v Speaker 13>to have a little bit of time to get used to.

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<v Speaker 13>But I think in the last couple of weeks what

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<v Speaker 13>they've discovered is a way to get the right guys

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<v Speaker 13>in at the right time, the right starters, with the

577
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<v Speaker 13>right rotations. Guys understand their roles better than they did earlier,

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<v Speaker 13>and that's what's led to this four game when Eastreet, God,

579
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<v Speaker 13>they've played really well. They're the number one field goal

580
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<v Speaker 13>percentage team in the Big twelve play and the number

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<v Speaker 13>one three point percentage team in Big twelve plays, so

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<v Speaker 13>they really put themselves in a good.

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<v Speaker 1>Position right there. Explains why they're the three point favorite,

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<v Speaker 1>because there was a lot of has been better at

585
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<v Speaker 1>the three point line defending it, but not always. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I would still argue it's probably close to our Achilles

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<v Speaker 1>Hill is still, especially if a team like BYU comes

588
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<v Speaker 1>into town or we're going there with with how good

589
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<v Speaker 1>you guys shoot the three ball, it's gonna be it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a dogfight. To clarify, Darnell, I'm the journalist

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<v Speaker 1>in the room, and my boy Blake here is not.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the fan of the room. So that's why he's saying, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 13>I get it. Yeah, we're sensitive of that kind of thing,

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<v Speaker 13>aren't we.

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<v Speaker 1>The Yeah, not an hour, But to your point, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean you see it because you know the games.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean you're you know, we've been going to

598
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<v Speaker 5>games forever and you've seen this team kind of evolve,

599
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<v Speaker 5>but there's still weaknesses and you watch by you and

600
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<v Speaker 5>you're right, Darnell that they're I mean, they've shoot lights

601
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<v Speaker 5>out from the three point line, and these last four

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<v Speaker 5>games they've been pretty much unstoppable when it comes to that.

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<v Speaker 13>Yeah, and they've improved defensively. I think they're still working

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<v Speaker 13>some things out. And when they face and you know

605
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<v Speaker 13>the big twelve, everybody has at least one or two

606
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<v Speaker 13>or even three guards they can just take into the

607
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<v Speaker 13>hole every every time they get it. And Caleb Love

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<v Speaker 13>is that kind of guy for Arizona. And it looks

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<v Speaker 13>like he's shooting percentages are kind of up and down,

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<v Speaker 13>but he puts points on the board and he puts

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<v Speaker 13>a lot of strain on your defense to have to

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<v Speaker 13>account for him. And so I know that's that's a

613
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<v Speaker 13>challenge that the DYU defense has to face tonight, is

614
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<v Speaker 13>is slowing him down and then making sure other guys

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<v Speaker 13>don't don't get off because of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no question.

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<v Speaker 6>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the concerns I think down here is Arizona's

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<v Speaker 1>coming off a couple of very emotional wins. Iowa State

620
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<v Speaker 1>we thought was fantastic right in the top five when

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<v Speaker 1>they came down here. Now they've kind of lost a

622
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<v Speaker 1>little momentum or mojo. And then Arizona beats Arizona State

623
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<v Speaker 1>and in an emotional game that how maybe the fall

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<v Speaker 1>could happen sometime soon.

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<v Speaker 13>Well, it's this league, and you guys know this. You know,

626
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<v Speaker 13>obviously the first year for Arizona in the Big twelve,

627
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<v Speaker 13>but playing in the Pac twelve, you know, you go

628
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<v Speaker 13>on the road and things are a little bit different.

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<v Speaker 13>It's been a long time since Arizona's been in the

630
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<v Speaker 13>Marriage Center, so it's an unfamiliar place for them. It's

631
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<v Speaker 13>it's it's a big arena too. It used to see

632
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<v Speaker 13>around twenty two thousand, and they restructured a little bit

633
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<v Speaker 13>with some of the seats to make them a little

634
00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:09.119
<v Speaker 13>bit wider, so it's about eighteen thousand capacity now. But

635
00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:12.880
<v Speaker 13>it's a big arena and the student section is huge

636
00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:15.680
<v Speaker 13>and they get really loud, and it'll be a good

637
00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:17.960
<v Speaker 13>test for Arizona to go on the road and play

638
00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:23.039
<v Speaker 13>in this environment. For BYU, you know, they they have

639
00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.240
<v Speaker 13>spent one year in the Big twelve and they got

640
00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:28.440
<v Speaker 13>some big road wins. Last year they beat Canvas at

641
00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.839
<v Speaker 13>Allen's Field House, which was might have been the BYU's

642
00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:32.680
<v Speaker 13>biggest win in the regular seas than ever.

643
00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:34.920
<v Speaker 3>I mean, who knows. That's that's for up for debate.

644
00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:37.319
<v Speaker 13>But this league makes it difficult for you to go

645
00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:40.680
<v Speaker 13>on the road with all these different environments and different venues.

646
00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.839
<v Speaker 3>And so it'll.

647
00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:44.200
<v Speaker 13>Be a big test for Arizona to come in here

648
00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:46.799
<v Speaker 13>and base a team that's been playing well the last

649
00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.799
<v Speaker 13>couple of weeks and putting things together at the right time.

650
00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:53.039
<v Speaker 1>I was curious, having been the beat writer for a while.

651
00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:55.319
<v Speaker 1>I was I was covering the team many years ago

652
00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:58.319
<v Speaker 1>as a journalist of the paper for twenty three years,

653
00:28:58.920 --> 00:29:01.440
<v Speaker 1>and I've gone to venues know flog Allen and a

654
00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:05.039
<v Speaker 1>lot of those good places. B whyus as well. I'm

655
00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.759
<v Speaker 1>sure you've traveled to a few of those spots in

656
00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:09.200
<v Speaker 1>the Big Twelve, and can you talk about some of

657
00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.920
<v Speaker 1>the better venues for fans?

658
00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:19.720
<v Speaker 13>Well, I feel like any place you go in this league,

659
00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:22.480
<v Speaker 13>it's pretty specific when you when you're a Power Conference team,

660
00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:25.359
<v Speaker 13>you have that kind of support, and there's a few

661
00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:27.359
<v Speaker 13>places like when B why you played in the West

662
00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:29.680
<v Speaker 13>Coast Conference, you know, going to Gonzaga and going to

663
00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:32.720
<v Speaker 13>Saint Mary those were crazy places to play. But B why,

664
00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:35.079
<v Speaker 13>you would go to Portland and they'd have more fans

665
00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:37.839
<v Speaker 13>than Portland would have. Yeah, or they'd go to Santa

666
00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:40.480
<v Speaker 13>Clara and they'd have more fans, And that doesn't happen

667
00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.319
<v Speaker 13>in this league very often. But B why you does

668
00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:45.519
<v Speaker 13>represent itself really well in some of these places. I know,

669
00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.960
<v Speaker 13>b why you're going down and uh, you know, playing

670
00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.799
<v Speaker 13>Baylor and TCU and some of those schools though those

671
00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:54.119
<v Speaker 13>are some pretty tough environments when those teams are playing

672
00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:56.519
<v Speaker 13>well and and but they always seem to have a

673
00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:59.920
<v Speaker 13>pretty good contingent of BYU fans, and the announcers always say, well,

674
00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.720
<v Speaker 13>BYU travels well, and that's partially true. But because of

675
00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:06.119
<v Speaker 13>the bau's association with the Church of Jesus Christ the

676
00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:09.640
<v Speaker 13>Lattery Saints, there are congregations in every city, so they

677
00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:12.400
<v Speaker 13>do get quite a few home fans that end up

678
00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.759
<v Speaker 13>driving a couple of hours if they need to to

679
00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.519
<v Speaker 13>go to the game and help support the team. So

680
00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:19.960
<v Speaker 13>d YU spared pretty pretty well. They struggled this year

681
00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.599
<v Speaker 13>on the road early, but they picked up a couple

682
00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:25.440
<v Speaker 13>of wins now and they feel like they've got that

683
00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.599
<v Speaker 13>all worked out.

684
00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:26.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

685
00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:29.200
<v Speaker 5>I think it was similar for the uv A coming

686
00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.960
<v Speaker 5>from the B twelve. I mean with a PAC twelve.

687
00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.400
<v Speaker 5>Wherever they traveled, I would say for the most part

688
00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:35.799
<v Speaker 5>it was a majority of U of A fans a

689
00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:39.599
<v Speaker 5>similar circumstance, so that that changed the Big Twelve, like

690
00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:42.279
<v Speaker 5>Steve was saying, is that. I mean, every house is

691
00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:45.240
<v Speaker 5>rocking and their fan base is huge, and I mean,

692
00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.319
<v Speaker 5>you know, for the U of A to travel to

693
00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:51.880
<v Speaker 5>BYU into a stadium that has eighteen thousand fans, it's

694
00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:54.200
<v Speaker 5>it's not a cookie cutter game like you would get

695
00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:57.319
<v Speaker 5>going to maybe COL in the past. Very similar situation,

696
00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:00.119
<v Speaker 5>so same kind of similar road maps as well.

697
00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:06.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I was gonna say, I don't think Arizona's

698
00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:09.079
<v Speaker 1>going to travel well here because they just don't. But

699
00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:12.160
<v Speaker 1>you talked about BYU fans all over in Phoenix have

700
00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:15.720
<v Speaker 1>a nice contingent. Arizona played the football against BYU and

701
00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:18.000
<v Speaker 1>Phoenix and that mutual game whatever it was with rit

702
00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:21.039
<v Speaker 1>Rod I think it was Vegas for the Bowl Bowl

703
00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:23.480
<v Speaker 1>game back in whatever it was to So there's a

704
00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.759
<v Speaker 1>history of the schools and playing one another.

705
00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:29.480
<v Speaker 13>Yeah, I was just recalling I went down to Tucson

706
00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.720
<v Speaker 13>for a game I believe it was two thousand and six.

707
00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.799
<v Speaker 13>Nick Foulk kicked the field goal in the final seconds.

708
00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:36.799
<v Speaker 13>I think it was sixteen thirteen with the final there

709
00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:39.759
<v Speaker 13>in that year, BYU finished eleven and two, if I

710
00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.640
<v Speaker 13>recall correctly.

711
00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:42.599
<v Speaker 1>So I like it.

712
00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:44.759
<v Speaker 13>I like the fact that there are some more regional

713
00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:48.000
<v Speaker 13>matchups in this league now with Arizona and Arizona State

714
00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:51.480
<v Speaker 13>BYU Utah Colorado. I just like that that it's close

715
00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:54.200
<v Speaker 13>enough where fans can travel and you can develop some

716
00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:56.240
<v Speaker 13>good rivalries. That's one of the things that's kind of

717
00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:59.559
<v Speaker 13>getting lost in this shuffling of conferences is you end

718
00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:01.880
<v Speaker 13>up with teams that don't play each other that used

719
00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:04.480
<v Speaker 13>to play each other every year. I think I was

720
00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:07.680
<v Speaker 13>seeing something about UH Texas Tech and Baylor aren't playing

721
00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.440
<v Speaker 13>this year for the first time. It's like the longest

722
00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:14.200
<v Speaker 13>running UH rivalry in the state of Texas. I mean,

723
00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:16.279
<v Speaker 13>you know, things like that happen. So I'm glad to

724
00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:20.480
<v Speaker 13>see some some closer matchups and to renew some rivalries

725
00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:23.119
<v Speaker 13>with Arizona, a Zona State, who were in the whack

726
00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.480
<v Speaker 13>with YU way back when.

727
00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:27.519
<v Speaker 1>What was the coach talking about when he talked about Arizona,

728
00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:31.079
<v Speaker 1>you know, facing you know, facing Arizona tonight the biggest concerns.

729
00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:34.039
<v Speaker 13>Right, Well, he says he knows Tommy Lloyd pretty well,

730
00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:36.839
<v Speaker 13>and so that that's something that you know as a

731
00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:40.440
<v Speaker 13>as a coach. He's been everywhere Kevin Young has been overseas,

732
00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:43.000
<v Speaker 13>He's coached in the what was then the D League

733
00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:45.880
<v Speaker 13>now the G League in the NBA. So he respects

734
00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:48.640
<v Speaker 13>Tommy Lloyd. He knows what a challenge it is defensively

735
00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:51.440
<v Speaker 13>to play against someone like Caleb Love, who's got so

736
00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:54.440
<v Speaker 13>much talent and kind of material. You know, some some

737
00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:56.400
<v Speaker 13>games are even within the game.

738
00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:58.160
<v Speaker 3>He may start off three for twelve and.

739
00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:00.640
<v Speaker 13>End up making his next six shots. So he's a

740
00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.559
<v Speaker 13>tough guy to defend.

741
00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.160
<v Speaker 3>There.

742
00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:04.680
<v Speaker 13>There's a lot of respect though. They understand what Arizona

743
00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:07.440
<v Speaker 13>went through in the non conference play with a very

744
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:10.519
<v Speaker 13>difficult schedule, and you know, going nine to one in

745
00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:12.440
<v Speaker 13>the first ten games in this league is not an

746
00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:15.359
<v Speaker 13>easy task for anybody, and Arizona's pulled it off. So

747
00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:18.440
<v Speaker 13>they're expecting Arizona's best tonight.

748
00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:21.240
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, of course, Uh with with Caleb, but of course

749
00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:24.160
<v Speaker 1>he's played you know, hot and cold. Uh, it's you

750
00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:26.960
<v Speaker 1>you expect to be a physical game. Arizona kind of

751
00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.680
<v Speaker 1>showed something that's not and to be physical against Iowa

752
00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:32.359
<v Speaker 1>State a little against a issue, but it's it's this

753
00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.519
<v Speaker 1>league is all about that.

754
00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:39.000
<v Speaker 13>Yeah, that that's that's interesting. I know when b Y

755
00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.920
<v Speaker 13>you played on.

756
00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.279
<v Speaker 1>All of it Saturday.

757
00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.319
<v Speaker 3>Uh, their their.

758
00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:49.279
<v Speaker 13>Last game, they kind of had some issues with the physicality,

759
00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:53.079
<v Speaker 13>especially early on that UCF put on them. And you know,

760
00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:56.960
<v Speaker 13>you see F, They're they're very physically talented team. They

761
00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:59.160
<v Speaker 13>were double teaming on the on the pick and roll.

762
00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:01.559
<v Speaker 13>They were putting a lot of pressure on Diego dem N,

763
00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:04.680
<v Speaker 13>BYU's freshman point guard, and caused quite a few turnovers

764
00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:07.640
<v Speaker 13>to start. BYU ended up adjusting. But this is this

765
00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:10.119
<v Speaker 13>is not generally a team that's been super physical in

766
00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.519
<v Speaker 13>Big Twelve play. They kind of had to adjust to that,

767
00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:16.880
<v Speaker 13>mainly because their non conference schedule was really not very good.

768
00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:19.239
<v Speaker 13>And even Kevin Young's admitted he wished he would have

769
00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:23.360
<v Speaker 13>played another, you know, two or three maybe Power conference

770
00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.679
<v Speaker 13>teams rather than the schedule theyhead. But you play here

771
00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:27.480
<v Speaker 13>out in front of you. But they've had to kind

772
00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:30.599
<v Speaker 13>of adjust to the level of physicality and and I

773
00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:33.760
<v Speaker 13>don't believe you see F. It's shown that double team early,

774
00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:36.199
<v Speaker 13>but BYU managed to find ways to beat it and

775
00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.559
<v Speaker 13>ended up with some some pretty good open threes. So

776
00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:41.760
<v Speaker 13>those in game adjustments are going to be important depending

777
00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:43.199
<v Speaker 13>on how physical.

778
00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.039
<v Speaker 3>That game gets.

779
00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:47.159
<v Speaker 1>Uh, you know, we tend to dabble and stuff like this,

780
00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:50.800
<v Speaker 1>but so there, Arizona's a three point underdog. But do

781
00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.519
<v Speaker 1>you know what the over under is because I know

782
00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:56.559
<v Speaker 1>that both teams score like crazy, Yeah, I would.

783
00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:58.480
<v Speaker 13>I would imagine the over run Wry'd be somewhere in

784
00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:02.440
<v Speaker 13>the maybe one sixty sixties sixties maybe, yeah.

785
00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.599
<v Speaker 1>Because if they scored near each should be around that area.

786
00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.519
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I think.

787
00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:09.800
<v Speaker 13>I think both teams are capable of putting eighty or

788
00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:14.199
<v Speaker 13>ninety points on the board. And I think that Byu

789
00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.159
<v Speaker 13>likes that pace.

790
00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.000
<v Speaker 3>Uh.

791
00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.599
<v Speaker 13>They play a little bit of what they call point

792
00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:20.199
<v Speaker 13>five basketball, where you know, you get the ball in

793
00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:21.760
<v Speaker 13>your hands and you want to in half a second,

794
00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.280
<v Speaker 13>you want to make a decision about what you were

795
00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:25.440
<v Speaker 13>trying to do. And they're trying to increase that pace

796
00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.119
<v Speaker 13>to move the ball and to find their shooters because

797
00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:30.679
<v Speaker 13>they do have quite a few guys. Richie Saunders is

798
00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:34.360
<v Speaker 13>having an MVP Tyme season for the Cougars. Trevin Nell's

799
00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:37.400
<v Speaker 13>a really good shooter. Cannon Catchings went eight for eight

800
00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:41.519
<v Speaker 13>last week in a game against Baylor in overtime. So

801
00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:44.559
<v Speaker 13>they've got some shooters and they'd like to play that

802
00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:48.480
<v Speaker 13>fast pace, and if Arizona does too, I do expect

803
00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.639
<v Speaker 13>there to be a lot of points tonight.

804
00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:51.519
<v Speaker 1>Well, it's kind of funny because, like I said, I've

805
00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:54.119
<v Speaker 1>covered this team forever. I guess I've been told that

806
00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:57.760
<v Speaker 1>the over unders one fifty and a half. But Arizona

807
00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:00.719
<v Speaker 1>thrives in these situations. You give them a put teams

808
00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:03.440
<v Speaker 1>put them in a half court situation. And it's been

809
00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:06.000
<v Speaker 1>since my time, since your time, Blake, where if you

810
00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.639
<v Speaker 1>put them in a half court situation, they kind of

811
00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:10.119
<v Speaker 1>get muddled. You get muddled and they get you know,

812
00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:12.719
<v Speaker 1>you're playing in the fifties, Arizona struggles. But if you're

813
00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:15.320
<v Speaker 1>in the seventies, I mean, Arizona's like twenty six and one,

814
00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.840
<v Speaker 1>they love it.

815
00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:21.440
<v Speaker 13>Yeah. And defensively, that's, like I said, a challenge for

816
00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.360
<v Speaker 13>BYU to figure out what they want to do to

817
00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:28.800
<v Speaker 13>slow them down. During the non conference play, BYU's rebounding

818
00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.559
<v Speaker 13>was really good. It hasn't been quite as good in

819
00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:35.199
<v Speaker 13>conference play because they're obviously playing better teams, you know,

820
00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:37.639
<v Speaker 13>so they're going to have to work the defensive boards

821
00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:41.679
<v Speaker 13>really well and they may try to, you know, get

822
00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:43.760
<v Speaker 13>a little bit more half court because they've been better

823
00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:47.760
<v Speaker 13>at executing in tough situations. They lost in games early

824
00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:50.159
<v Speaker 13>in conference play where they just couldn't execute down the stretch,

825
00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:53.360
<v Speaker 13>and against UCF in a very close game, the y

826
00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:56.199
<v Speaker 13>end up scoring on its final seven, well seven straight

827
00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:59.800
<v Speaker 13>possessions after the four minute mark. So I think they

828
00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:03.239
<v Speaker 13>worked out some things execution wise where they feel like when.

829
00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:05.079
<v Speaker 3>They need to they can execute in a half court.

830
00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.719
<v Speaker 3>But they do.

831
00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:07.199
<v Speaker 13>They do want to move the ball, they want to

832
00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.599
<v Speaker 13>be fast.

833
00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:09.639
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, not afraid to do that real quick. We got

834
00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:11.440
<v Speaker 1>to go, But give me a prediction real quick from

835
00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:13.280
<v Speaker 1>end Blake too, what's your prediction?

836
00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:17.320
<v Speaker 13>You got to get your prediction from the fan. You

837
00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:18.360
<v Speaker 13>can't get a prediction from.

838
00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:24.159
<v Speaker 5>The media now, ye, So yeah, I was going to

839
00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:26.599
<v Speaker 5>ask you Darnell actually before we get to go, who's

840
00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:29.679
<v Speaker 5>the X factor for BYU tonight? Who on that team

841
00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:31.880
<v Speaker 5>makes a difference for them?

842
00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:35.360
<v Speaker 13>Well, about six games ago, Kevin Young made an adjustment

843
00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:38.039
<v Speaker 13>and the starting lineup Ken and Catchings is a really

844
00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:40.840
<v Speaker 13>highly rated freshman who's been kind of struggling a little bit.

845
00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:44.119
<v Speaker 13>So he put in what mag He's a grad transfer

846
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<v Speaker 13>from Rutgers, six foot seven, really really good defender, and

847
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<v Speaker 13>I think that's made a big difference because of his

848
00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:53.320
<v Speaker 13>intensity on the defensive end. And then on Saturday at

849
00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:55.519
<v Speaker 13>UCP he scored to see some high nineteen points, so

850
00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:58.280
<v Speaker 13>he's capable of scoring. I think he's kind of the

851
00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.280
<v Speaker 13>X factor because he's going to have to defend Kayleb

852
00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:03.000
<v Speaker 13>a little, but he's gonna do it on his own.

853
00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.360
<v Speaker 13>But he's gonna have to spend I think, most of

854
00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:06.880
<v Speaker 13>the reps on him, and and then he has to

855
00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:09.719
<v Speaker 13>take advantage when other teams focus on Richie Saunders and

856
00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:13.760
<v Speaker 13>the Sandy Trari either the Yu's main scorer inside. So

857
00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:15.679
<v Speaker 13>that's the guy I would say would be someone to

858
00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:19.719
<v Speaker 13>watch tonight, is what mag He's a long, athletic defender,

859
00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:21.960
<v Speaker 13>kind of somebody that BYU really hasn't had in the

860
00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:25.519
<v Speaker 13>bag for quite a while, and so they take advantage

861
00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.679
<v Speaker 13>of his his abilities.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so real quick, your prediction seventy eight seventy five

863
00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:32.760
<v Speaker 1>you have a okay you Homer, what you okay?

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00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:35.239
<v Speaker 13>Okay, seventy five b YU had that.

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<v Speaker 1>On the bus. I will I'll go like a eighty

866
00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:46.320
<v Speaker 1>eighty two seventy seven b YU. Yeah, all right, Okay,

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00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:48.840
<v Speaker 1>we'll see what happens. We'll talk to you the next

868
00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:50.800
<v Speaker 1>time around. Darnell. Thanks, I appreciate your time.

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00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.760
<v Speaker 13>Yeah, sure, good talking again.

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00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:55.199
<v Speaker 1>Good stuff. Hey, we've got to take a break. You

871
00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:57.480
<v Speaker 1>can come back and then we'll talk more about this game.

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<v Speaker 2>Streaming live on the Ihearts Radio WAB. This is I

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<v Speaker 2>on the Ball with Steve Rovera on Fox Sports fourteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, welcome back to in the Ball here on Fox

942
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<v Speaker 1>Sports fourteen fifty on Steve Rivera.

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00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:28.360
<v Speaker 5>You're Blake Eager. Yeah, from the Southern Aer's on the

944
00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:29.719
<v Speaker 5>sports chowism in film Authority.

945
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<v Speaker 1>At some point I'm going to remember all that. No,

946
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<v Speaker 1>It's okay.

947
00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:34.559
<v Speaker 5>That's why I'm here, right, because I'm just a fan

948
00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:39.039
<v Speaker 5>that needs to remember those things, right, Yeah, we will you.

949
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<v Speaker 1>War fansers, No, no, no, no, kids. The kids are

950
00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:45.559
<v Speaker 1>fans too, because they're school until they graduate. They're not fans.

951
00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:49.159
<v Speaker 5>Okay, Now can alumni say us yes? Okay, And I'm

952
00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:51.679
<v Speaker 5>not alumni, but I'm a two son in I'm not

953
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<v Speaker 5>able to say. You can say what you're just no, no, no,

954
00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:55.559
<v Speaker 5>I like to have this debate. You're a guest on

955
00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:55.920
<v Speaker 5>the show.

956
00:42:56.000 --> 00:43:01.280
<v Speaker 1>You can say whatever you please except cursords. Dang it, right,

957
00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:04.639
<v Speaker 1>one of these days, it is what it is.

958
00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:07.400
<v Speaker 5>So we were we were asking Cody f off Air,

959
00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:09.840
<v Speaker 5>like what the most stressful part of his day is,

960
00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:11.039
<v Speaker 5>and Cody, you said.

961
00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:15.280
<v Speaker 1>It's class. I love it. Yeah, it's the greatest thing

962
00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:20.239
<v Speaker 1>to be twenty and going to college, right, best time? Yeah,

963
00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:24.679
<v Speaker 1>best time of your life? Honestly. I mean you you

964
00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:26.960
<v Speaker 1>you're from New York, right, yeah, I'm sure your parents

965
00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:29.519
<v Speaker 1>are doing okay, you're sending you here, right, what do

966
00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:32.440
<v Speaker 1>you have bills? Don't worry about No? I hate you?

967
00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:36.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah seriously, right? Yeah, No, sleepless nights.

968
00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:37.800
<v Speaker 5>You don't wake up at like three and with just

969
00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:41.639
<v Speaker 5>anxiety ridden, with anxiety, sweating, going what am I doing

970
00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:44.639
<v Speaker 5>with my life? Just wait a couple of years when

971
00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:46.719
<v Speaker 5>you graduate, it's going to kick in. So enjoy these

972
00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:50.679
<v Speaker 5>huh yeah, no, yeah, we're not going to go down that.

973
00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:55.280
<v Speaker 1>Well that's eventually. Well, yeah, that's my son is going

974
00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:55.519
<v Speaker 1>through that.

975
00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:57.440
<v Speaker 5>Now, how many And let me ask you this, as

976
00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:59.440
<v Speaker 5>a you have a student, current you have a student,

977
00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:02.559
<v Speaker 5>how many sporting events do you attend as a student?

978
00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:05.719
<v Speaker 1>The Marquee basketball and.

979
00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:09.199
<v Speaker 5>Football games mostly so like the ranked teams I go

980
00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:13.880
<v Speaker 5>to your friends go to, but not like baseball, softball

981
00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.599
<v Speaker 5>or volleyball.

982
00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.719
<v Speaker 10>No, not yet.

983
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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I always think it's it's kind of intriguing me.

984
00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:21.159
<v Speaker 5>And I know I'm a baseball homer too when I

985
00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:24.039
<v Speaker 5>say this, But because they have High Corbett and the

986
00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:25.679
<v Speaker 5>history at High Corbett and it's like kind of a

987
00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:28.440
<v Speaker 5>standalone arena, not on campus, and it was kind of

988
00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:30.880
<v Speaker 5>the first one that allowed students to drink at Like

989
00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:33.360
<v Speaker 5>I always thought as a student that would be especially

990
00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:35.639
<v Speaker 5>on a Friday or Saturday, you would go to like

991
00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:37.199
<v Speaker 5>start your night and you guys could all meet it

992
00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:40.079
<v Speaker 5>because it's it's more it's a more affordable ticket, right,

993
00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:43.079
<v Speaker 5>There's there's a capability of just starting off and then

994
00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:45.400
<v Speaker 5>going downtown from that. But that's is that not a

995
00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:48.840
<v Speaker 5>thing for you? Ving Some of my friends do do that. Yeah,

996
00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:53.119
<v Speaker 5>I think I'll start doing that this year. So yeah, Okay, Yeah,

997
00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:55.280
<v Speaker 5>what a life you guys have. I wish I had

998
00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:57.800
<v Speaker 5>that life. Again, you're tying to Cody, Yeah, you have

999
00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:59.960
<v Speaker 5>a good life too. I'm not complaining about my life.

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00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:00.840
<v Speaker 1>You know.

1001
00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:04.880
<v Speaker 5>This is not a complaint driven show. Sure if it was,

1002
00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:06.480
<v Speaker 5>I would be on every day.

1003
00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:08.880
<v Speaker 1>And you probably want to come on every day. Anybody

1004
00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:11.159
<v Speaker 1>want to call talk about tonight's game? Do you think

1005
00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:14.679
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna win? Do you think they're gonna lose? Why

1006
00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:16.280
<v Speaker 1>do you think they're gonna lose? Why do you think

1007
00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:17.480
<v Speaker 1>you think they're gonna win?

1008
00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:21.199
<v Speaker 5>I didn't know that the Marriott Center was eighteen thousand strong.

1009
00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:23.639
<v Speaker 1>That's big, and I knew that Utah was. It's going

1010
00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:25.320
<v Speaker 1>to be packed, and it's going to be you know,

1011
00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:27.960
<v Speaker 1>a lot of people that are going crazy.

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00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:32.280
<v Speaker 5>Our chair for Tourism, Vance Bryce, is from Graham County,

1013
00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:34.559
<v Speaker 5>but he went to buy U and he was talking

1014
00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:36.920
<v Speaker 5>about that. I actually saw him at lunch today. He

1015
00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:41.360
<v Speaker 5>was talking about the atmosphere on campus for when teams

1016
00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:44.559
<v Speaker 5>like you have a come to town that the fan

1017
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<v Speaker 5>base goes.

1018
00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:47.440
<v Speaker 1>It's just a rabbit fan base. They go crazy for

1019
00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:52.960
<v Speaker 1>these things, you know. So yeah, no, of course, thanks

1020
00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:56.440
<v Speaker 1>for coming in today. Oh me yees sa saving me today. Listen,

1021
00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:58.840
<v Speaker 1>I have a lot of stuff to do. Apparently, I

1022
00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:01.199
<v Speaker 1>know you're fine. It's it's not from it all. So

1023
00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:04.920
<v Speaker 1>let's go back to to the WBC. Are you nervous

1024
00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:09.280
<v Speaker 1>from a sales standpoint, from sales and whatever you're doing.

1025
00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:12.119
<v Speaker 5>I mean, you're asking somebody that's just nervous about life.

1026
00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:15.440
<v Speaker 5>That's unfair. I was talked to my mom today and like,

1027
00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:19.079
<v Speaker 5>I got that, you know, irish worrying gene from her.

1028
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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, I'm nervous, but I'm nervous with everything. You know,

1029
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<v Speaker 5>I've got to remember at the end of the day,

1030
00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:27.400
<v Speaker 5>it's still a group effort from our community in southern

1031
00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:30.119
<v Speaker 5>Arizona to bring Major League Baseball back in some capacity

1032
00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:32.559
<v Speaker 5>with World Baseball Classic that we haven't had.

1033
00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:35.079
<v Speaker 1>So is it driven by sales?

1034
00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:37.840
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it is for us from a financial standpoint where

1035
00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:40.840
<v Speaker 5>we don't want to lose too much money. But is

1036
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<v Speaker 5>it important for the community to have a footback in

1037
00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:45.920
<v Speaker 5>the door. And I think that's that's important, right, I mean,

1038
00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:48.360
<v Speaker 5>that's something that allows us to have I think I

1039
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<v Speaker 5>was telling you offline, or maybe I said don't.

1040
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<v Speaker 1>I can't remember now. My memory is so short.

1041
00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:54.440
<v Speaker 5>Our Kids in the Park days on Monday and Tuesday,

1042
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<v Speaker 5>March third and March fourth at eleven am. We've already

1043
00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:59.639
<v Speaker 5>got three thousand kids lined up for that and they're

1044
00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:01.639
<v Speaker 5>coming to the day they're coming to the day games

1045
00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:04.480
<v Speaker 5>as field trips. We've got all the school districts and

1046
00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:07.960
<v Speaker 5>in Kima County and Santa Cruz involved, And I mean

1047
00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:11.039
<v Speaker 5>it's things like that that you're able to maybe do

1048
00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:13.800
<v Speaker 5>something that we haven't done in a long time. So yeah,

1049
00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:16.880
<v Speaker 5>I'm nervous about sales, but that's again we're we're late market.

1050
00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:18.920
<v Speaker 1>Well that's brilliant too. You're gonna have a lot of

1051
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<v Speaker 1>a lot of fans that way. Yeah, kind of like

1052
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<v Speaker 1>built in right.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And we came up with that idea is that,

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00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:26.519
<v Speaker 5>you know, as a group of Eric Rhodes with the

1055
00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:29.000
<v Speaker 5>STOEP dug arison A Bowl. So yeah, I used to

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00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:32.280
<v Speaker 5>work with the Diamondbacks when they were still at TP

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00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:34.719
<v Speaker 5>then and now Keno Sports Complex, Keeno Veterans.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. No, that's a great because it's a great idea,

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00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:40.440
<v Speaker 1>great idea. Uh and and the kids, many of which

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00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:43.800
<v Speaker 1>will be interested obviously, yeah, some won't be, but you'll

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00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:45.840
<v Speaker 1>have them in the seats and having a great time

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00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:47.760
<v Speaker 1>and who yells louder than kids.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and we've got you know, the great thing about

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00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:51.719
<v Speaker 5>that is that we got the Tucson Children's Museum and

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00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:55.079
<v Speaker 5>Pema County Library on on site. The two Sun Children's

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00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:57.639
<v Speaker 5>Museum is going to be running a STEM program. Uh So,

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00:47:57.880 --> 00:47:59.360
<v Speaker 5>like you said, even if you have kids that don't

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00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:02.239
<v Speaker 5>care about the game of baseball, they have they have

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00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:04.800
<v Speaker 5>added attention when it comes to the STEM program. And

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<v Speaker 5>I will tell you from a playing experience, we used

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00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:10.880
<v Speaker 5>to have kids days on getaway games.

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<v Speaker 1>So getaway games.

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<v Speaker 5>We usually played the day after a night game at

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00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:18.679
<v Speaker 5>like ten am, And so I would if I pitched

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00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:21.840
<v Speaker 5>that night game and we enjoyed ourselves after the game

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00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:24.239
<v Speaker 5>that ten a in game. To have thousands of screaming

1077
00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:28.079
<v Speaker 5>kids singing SpongeBob SquarePants was a little bit of a nightmare.

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<v Speaker 5>But at the same time, it's pretty cool to see

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00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:34.920
<v Speaker 5>all those kids on site and watching baseball, watching sports

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00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:35.719
<v Speaker 5>in general is great.

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<v Speaker 14>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>You go through Monday through Thursday, right, Sunday through Thursday,

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00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:43.039
<v Speaker 1>Sunday through Thursdays. Sunday should be opening.

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<v Speaker 5>Day, right, Yeah, we've got opening ceremonies, We've got we've

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<v Speaker 5>got two games on Sunday in March second, eleven am

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00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:52.039
<v Speaker 5>and six pm. We're really excited about that. The six

1087
00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:55.159
<v Speaker 5>pm game, we're gonna have fireworks. We're gonna have opening

1088
00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:57.639
<v Speaker 5>ceremonies for both games. We're gonna get the cultural the

1089
00:48:57.719 --> 00:49:00.719
<v Speaker 5>Chinese Cultural Center involved. Hopefully they're going to come out

1090
00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:03.519
<v Speaker 5>and do a little show. We're really excited about it.

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00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:05.920
<v Speaker 5>And then Monday night you have a youth sports Night.

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<v Speaker 5>We're going to honor Bill Leith from Keno Baseball. Bill

1093
00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:15.079
<v Speaker 5>started Keno Baseball and that's if you've ever had a

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00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:18.079
<v Speaker 5>sunplay youth baseball, and two SUNY's probably gone through Keno

1095
00:49:18.280 --> 00:49:19.719
<v Speaker 5>in the last fifteen to sixteen years.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we've got a call. Great, Yeah, Hello, you're on

1097
00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:23.519
<v Speaker 1>the ERA and nine on the ball.

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<v Speaker 13>Who's this good afternoon, Steve?

1099
00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:27.360
<v Speaker 1>What's going on?

1100
00:49:28.800 --> 00:49:30.000
<v Speaker 3>They? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 13>I could have swore I looked on the spread this

1102
00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:34.920
<v Speaker 13>morning and the U of A was favored.

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<v Speaker 14>By one and a half.

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00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:36.800
<v Speaker 1>No, it was the other way around.

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<v Speaker 14>Well, I mean I looked this morning, and I guess

1106
00:49:40.840 --> 00:49:45.559
<v Speaker 14>my eyes were playing tricks on me. But I guess anyway,

1107
00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:48.480
<v Speaker 14>I think if they're getting two, they said two where

1108
00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:52.880
<v Speaker 14>you could play to three tonight in two to three points,

1109
00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:53.880
<v Speaker 14>depending on what.

1110
00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:56.480
<v Speaker 13>You want to do. And I think the U of

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00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:59.000
<v Speaker 13>A is gonna win. I think they're gonna I think

1112
00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:02.840
<v Speaker 13>they're gonna be cover the spread. And how you think

1113
00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:07.360
<v Speaker 13>they're gonna win? Outright? Are you by three?

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<v Speaker 1>Who's Who's who's saying this? Howard the fan or Howard

1115
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<v Speaker 1>the person?

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<v Speaker 14>No, Howard the person. I just they're good. I just

1117
00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:19.840
<v Speaker 14>look through their lineup. They are good. And that freshman

1118
00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:22.760
<v Speaker 14>is really good. And I didn't know they're eighteen thousand.

1119
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<v Speaker 14>So I'm gonna be up. I'm gonna listen to it

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<v Speaker 14>on the radio, I guess, because it should be good.

1121
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<v Speaker 14>It starts at nine o'clock. But you can bet the

1122
00:50:34.280 --> 00:50:37.000
<v Speaker 14>fans and attend the games of mckill. They're gonna be

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<v Speaker 14>in bed.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll they'll stand up once just one. Obviously. Yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a good chance they could lose this game. Obviously. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, you know, Howard you the you don't think

1127
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<v Speaker 5>let me ask you this question. Do you does the

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<v Speaker 5>b YU three point percentage scare you against you as

1129
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<v Speaker 5>perimeter defense?

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<v Speaker 13>Yeah? Yeah, possibly.

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<v Speaker 14>And they have a lot of guys six foot eight

1132
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<v Speaker 14>are over. They got a lot they literally have about

1133
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<v Speaker 14>eight p eight.

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<v Speaker 13>Or nine people six foot eight are over on the roster,

1135
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<v Speaker 13>and that's what a lot of teams are lacking. The

1136
00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:12.760
<v Speaker 13>Sons and the Wildcats are lacking six foot eight enough

1137
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<v Speaker 13>six eight players.

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<v Speaker 1>So let me ask you think it quick, real quick, Howard.

1139
00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:19.760
<v Speaker 1>Maybe within a minute. Yeah, so what do you make

1140
00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:21.960
<v Speaker 1>the whole thing within a minute? What do you like

1141
00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:23.840
<v Speaker 1>about Arizona? What don't you like yet?

1142
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<v Speaker 14>Okay, Well, I think what we like is the guard

1143
00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:33.239
<v Speaker 14>play is going good and we know as tournament time's

1144
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<v Speaker 14>coming that's going.

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<v Speaker 3>To be important.

1146
00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:38.079
<v Speaker 14>And in the Wildcats, I look at it just like

1147
00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:41.400
<v Speaker 14>at the Suns. Too bad we don't have but you

1148
00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:45.599
<v Speaker 14>are going to need taller players. And I just like

1149
00:51:45.679 --> 00:51:49.320
<v Speaker 14>to compare both the Sons and the Wildcats. They don't

1150
00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:52.360
<v Speaker 14>at least the stupid Son's coach is not coaching.

1151
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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 14>I think in college it's a different animal and you

1153
00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:59.239
<v Speaker 14>coach a little different. And I think Tommy has control

1154
00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:02.239
<v Speaker 14>of how you know to bed. He doesn't have the

1155
00:52:02.840 --> 00:52:05.280
<v Speaker 14>other big guy, but you play with what you got.

1156
00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:10.719
<v Speaker 14>So I think that's the thing I don't like is

1157
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<v Speaker 14>the players that God Tommy is such a great coach.

1158
00:52:13.880 --> 00:52:16.199
<v Speaker 14>I mean I'm Trucson should just.

1159
00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:19.079
<v Speaker 3>Really be happy what they have. They have no clue.

1160
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, well, thank you. Something we talked about Tommy

1161
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<v Speaker 1>earlier on. I think that we are very fortunate to

1162
00:52:25.679 --> 00:52:35.599
<v Speaker 1>have him here. And yeah he's so good. Yeah, okay, well, hey,

1163
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<v Speaker 1>we got a minute, no minute, it's to me. It's

1164
00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:41.119
<v Speaker 1>pretty close right about a minute. Oh, you can wrap

1165
00:52:41.159 --> 00:52:43.599
<v Speaker 1>it up, we got okay, uh, so good for st hour.

1166
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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna talk to you. Okay, it's okay. Small here on

1167
00:52:46.840 --> 00:52:50.519
<v Speaker 1>the other side, so, uh, talk more baseball. We're gonna

1168
00:52:50.760 --> 00:52:53.079
<v Speaker 1>breaking news. Okay, we'll probably get some calls. You probably

1169
00:52:53.079 --> 00:52:56.800
<v Speaker 1>don't have a whole lot of breaking news, right, Okay,

1170
00:52:57.159 --> 00:52:59.480
<v Speaker 1>so then we'll take some more calls during that breaking

1171
00:52:59.519 --> 00:53:02.320
<v Speaker 1>news and talk to Jim Small from the WBC, and

1172
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<v Speaker 1>then take some more calls after that. Okay, yeah, sounds

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<v Speaker 1>good to be cool. Thanks. I'm here for the right
