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So state of 51 00:02:31,159 --> 00:02:34,879 BYU right now, BYU basketball, let's talk about it. Big 52 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:40,680 twelve tournament time. How far will BYU go in the 53 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:41,960 Big twelve Tournament? Do you think? 54 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 3: Win two games and then probably bout against Houston. So 55 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,960 win today against K State B West Virginia, give a 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,240 little revenge not in Morgantown, and then three games three 57 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:54,960 day is gonna be a lot to take on a fresh, 58 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,919 really good Houston squad and Colin Good have a week 59 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,039 to rest up for the NCAA tournament and then go 60 00:03:01,039 --> 00:03:03,439 see if you can't win two games. 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: Go win two games. That's quote job well done, rest 62 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,199 up and get ready for selection Sunday in the NCAA tournament. 63 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think it. Like let's say the UY 64 00:03:15,039 --> 00:03:18,039 did pull off a Craig upset against Houston on Thursday, 65 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,400 should they get there, I don't know that it helps 66 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,199 you a ton like I don't know that the Uyu 67 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,759 would get up to a five seed. I think they 68 00:03:23,759 --> 00:03:27,199 would lock in a six. I think if YU wins today, 69 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,159 they've got a good chance of the six If they 70 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:31,199 beat West Virginia, they got a great chance of the 71 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,639 sixth seed in the anti tournament. If you happen to 72 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,159 beat Houston, which just feels like a crazy tall order. 73 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,879 Three games in three days, where Aj and Rob are 74 00:03:39,879 --> 00:03:42,879 probably playing almost forty minutes every game. That's a lot 75 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,199 to ask, even those young lives. So yeah, go get 76 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,000 you a sixth seed, which has been great to b 77 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:52,599 YU in two of the three Sweet sixteens. BU was 78 00:03:52,639 --> 00:03:55,960 a sixth seed, including last year. And that's kind of 79 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,599 the hope is that this team can catch a little 80 00:03:57,599 --> 00:03:59,159 bit of fire and get to that second weekend. 81 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,759 Speaker 1: Okay, so what does it look like? So if they 82 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,000 get a sixth seed, right, how confident are you that 83 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,080 by You can get to a Sweet sixteen? And what 84 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,400 does the bracketology look like? Would you say? On location 85 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:14,560 for BYU? 86 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, we know there are four possible Thursday Saturdays, right, 87 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:21,920 and then you got to look into the next spot 88 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,319 to see which regionals are Sunday or whatever. But yeah, 89 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,519 the four that are Thursday Saturday right now are Buffalo, Greenville, 90 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,079 South Carolina. That's how you say it. My dad is 91 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,160 from North Carolina, so I'm super legit. Oklahoma City and 92 00:04:36,199 --> 00:04:40,600 then Portland. And then the two regional spots are that 93 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,600 are Thursday Saturday are Houston and San Jose. And it 94 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:49,879 all depends ben On. If BYU can play defense at 95 00:04:49,959 --> 00:04:52,240 the level and give an effort and energy and rebound 96 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,079 like they did Saturday, it's going to be hard without 97 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,000 that little number next to the name. Like when BOAD 98 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,639 played the top ten team, they've been up for those games, right, 99 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,199 And isn't it wild that BYU had only played one 100 00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:09,240 top ten team in any given season when they played 101 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,439 them at home, and then they played four this year. 102 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,319 BYU went two and two in those and amazingly without Richie, 103 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,680 those are the two they won. So coach Ritchie, I 104 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,399 can verify is in Kansas City? Is it going to 105 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,680 be on the bench with by which is great news? 106 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,680 Is it causation? Is it correlation? It's probably just correlation, 107 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,480 but there's some juice that is there. And if BYU 108 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:37,240 gives a crap on defense and a rebounds, I think 109 00:05:37,319 --> 00:05:40,079 they have a chance to not only win two games 110 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,120 in this tournament, but next week perhaps win two as well. 111 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:46,079 Because what is the point of the Big twelve Gauntlet, Ben, 112 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,160 is so that in that first and second round game, 113 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,160 you go, okay, first yet and you should win, right 114 00:05:52,199 --> 00:05:54,360 if you're six, you're playing eleven, might be tricky, who knows, 115 00:05:54,439 --> 00:05:56,199 maybe you match up with like a Miami of Oira 116 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,399 or whatever. But that second round game, you go, we've 117 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,160 played hand of these kind of games in the WCC, 118 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,720 you would say we played that one non conference game 119 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,720 and maybe two or three in the regular seasons. BYU 120 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:11,480 should be a weathered, experienced team at this point in 121 00:06:11,519 --> 00:06:14,839 those kind of matchups, and they should give an effort 122 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,639 in on defense and rebounding. And then they got a 123 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,800 shot because in that three game losing streak to unranked teams, 124 00:06:21,399 --> 00:06:24,199 boy did not play hard on defense. They just didn't. 125 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,319 Against Texas Tech, they were super engaged and it was amazing, 126 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,959 like if Rob and Canard a AJ that's the tone. Defensively, 127 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:38,040 switching everything, moving their feet, hit in the glass, hadeen, 128 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:41,279 bloop energy, all that. Boy can do something. Man, they 129 00:06:41,319 --> 00:06:43,480 can They can get to the Sweet sixteen. We'll see 130 00:06:43,519 --> 00:06:45,800 on the matchups and all that coming up on Slection Sunday. 131 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,959 But I feel like if Euyu just it sounds weird, 132 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,920 tries harder, they got a chance to do something. 133 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: If they just try harder, is there a visible like 134 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,360 I mean, you're right, you know what I mean? Like no, 135 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:03,639 But I'm like, I'm watching it from home. Ronnie covers 136 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,319 the games, right, you know for ESPN the fan, you're 137 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,839 your court side, you're watching. Do you do you see 138 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,399 a visual difference in effort in these games in which 139 00:07:15,439 --> 00:07:17,839 b YU is playing like, you know, a top ten team, 140 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,959 and there's like maybebe the backs against the wall and 141 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,879 and the players are really efforting a little bit more. 142 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 3: I literally do against Iowa State in Tech with Tech 143 00:07:27,439 --> 00:07:32,160 Day tried harder than they did against UCF Cincinnati and 144 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,920 West Virginia. And it's not about what happens in the 145 00:07:34,959 --> 00:07:37,680 game in terms of made shots or not. Ben On Saturday, 146 00:07:38,279 --> 00:07:41,759 d YU allowed twelve for nineteen from the three point line, 147 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,639 yet they stayed engaged, They did not give up Canard 148 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,720 Davis goes zero for five to start from three. What 149 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,160 did he do? He's still staying games on the defensive end. 150 00:07:51,519 --> 00:07:54,519 He hit the offensive glass for two easy putbacks, and 151 00:07:54,639 --> 00:07:56,720 then and then second half, how did he how did 152 00:07:56,759 --> 00:08:00,519 he shoot four or five in his final five three 153 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,399 point shots? He stayed engaged. He has to be in 154 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,160 double figures for VUA to have a chance to compete 155 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,560 at a high level. And he's got to be that 156 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,879 third guy because you know, Aj and Rober are gonna 157 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:13,759 get it done. Aj was not super efficient on Saturday, 158 00:08:14,319 --> 00:08:17,639 but he was. He was rebounding, and he was finding 159 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,399 his teammates, and he was scoring when needed and so 160 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,879 on so forth. Rob Right's the third is a Texas 161 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,319 Tech demon. They don't have a guy that can guard 162 00:08:25,399 --> 00:08:27,560 him right now. Certain teams have not But that was 163 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,600 good to see too. But it's more important on the 164 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:34,159 defensive end, Rob to be engaged because that's the key 165 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,639 for this team. Is Like to me, defense is in 166 00:08:36,759 --> 00:08:39,320 basketball is less skill than offense, Like you got to 167 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,360 make a shot. That takes skills. It's rebounding and defense 168 00:08:42,399 --> 00:08:45,759 our effort, like just try hard and b aways. Again 169 00:08:45,759 --> 00:08:48,000 I've said a million times, but just be engaged on 170 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:48,399 that end. 171 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: Be engaged. Be engaged in a good cause, which is 172 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:55,919 winning basketball games right now, playing great defense, getting rebounds, 173 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,440 getting a second chance shots, and hopefully getting a bucket 174 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:02,159 or two on the offensive. Van Jerem Jordan talking to 175 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,039 some BYU basketball here on your Utah. ESPN ready a network. 176 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:10,759 What what Thursday Saturday situation is best for by you? 177 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:15,720 Would you say from a home court advantage and BYU 178 00:09:15,799 --> 00:09:18,000 fans showing up, showing out. Gone to Denver. 179 00:09:18,519 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 3: Last year, Yeah, that was sweet. There were a ton 180 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,039 of BI fans there and BOI dominated. And that includes Wisconsin, 181 00:09:27,159 --> 00:09:30,480 who is famous for how their fans literally travel. We 182 00:09:30,519 --> 00:09:32,919 say BUA fans travel, but we know they've mostly just 183 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,720 live there and fans do travel in but it's who 184 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:37,279 kind of lives with it. You dow like an eight 185 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,679 hour circle, like or with a pin on a map, 186 00:09:39,759 --> 00:09:42,519 and like all those homies show up, which is great. 187 00:09:42,879 --> 00:09:45,440 Portland seems like the obvious choice there. I lived in 188 00:09:45,519 --> 00:09:48,559 the five O three as a kid, and like there's 189 00:09:48,639 --> 00:09:50,879 some great BUI fans in the Northwest that would really 190 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:53,000 show up. My only fear there is what if gone 191 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,120 Zaga is a three seed and Boi matched up in 192 00:09:56,159 --> 00:09:58,919 the second round against them in the Great Northwest, like 193 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:00,879 all the Zag fans and all of a sudden, it's like, 194 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,480 is this or Leans Arena again? We've been here. I 195 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,200 don't want that a per se. If contact is not 196 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,679 a three there, then I am enticed by that because 197 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,639 I could say hi to the in laws who live 198 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,799 in Wilsonville, you know, and the whole thing. It'd be great. 199 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:17,440 But like selfishly, I kind of want to go to 200 00:10:17,519 --> 00:10:19,639 like Greenville or Buffalo, just like to see somewhere else. 201 00:10:20,039 --> 00:10:22,879 But UI did in twenty ten go to Oklahoma City, 202 00:10:23,039 --> 00:10:25,960 and that's the gym or for that junior year. That's 203 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,759 Michael Lloyd junior off the bench. That's you know, they 204 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,240 beat Florida, you know, and overtime, and then the next 205 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,720 game they lost to Kansas State. But you know, there's 206 00:10:36,879 --> 00:10:39,919 so there's some history of winning Oklahoma City. But it 207 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,960 doesn't matter all that much because if I guess, if 208 00:10:44,039 --> 00:10:46,320 you feel like you need some energy from the crowd, 209 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,879 then Portland is the most obvious choice there. If you don't, 210 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,679 then yeah, you go somewhere else. But what you don't 211 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,559 want is you're the sixth Miami will House. The eleven 212 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,360 and you're in Buffalo because then all those Red Hawk 213 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,039 fans are showing up, so it could be interesting, but 214 00:11:00,159 --> 00:11:02,200 ultimately you just got to go and win. It's like 215 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,799 people that have been to the NCAA tournament. It's a 216 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,799 more sort of uh gale environment than people like want 217 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,759 to admit it like a little super exciting, but there 218 00:11:10,799 --> 00:11:13,919 are four teams in there, so kind of who's whose, 219 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,720 other fans are rooting for who. It's a weird vibe, 220 00:11:17,879 --> 00:11:20,120 the weirdest game mode that I've ever been to. Ben's 221 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,840 Remember when Jimmer played in his hometown of Glens Falls, 222 00:11:22,879 --> 00:11:26,440 New York against Vermont to senior ear yep. I went 223 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:30,159 to that game. The people only cheered in the gym 224 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:35,279 for Jimmer, nobody for Vermont, nobody for Yu except for 225 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,960 when Jimmer scored. There was no like in house toun 226 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,240 of music. There were no cheerleaders, no mascots. It's like 227 00:11:40,279 --> 00:11:42,919 the weirdest game I've been for this, but it was 228 00:11:43,039 --> 00:11:43,960 really cool for Jimmer. 229 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,919 Speaker 1: It's always intriguing, right, the kind of the neutrality sometimes 230 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,720 in the the role those fans play in the in 231 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,200 these games. Uh, it's always uh of intrigue to me 232 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,279 and uh, you know, we're the momentum shifts Ultimately. You know, 233 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:04,639 b YU pass Ball is a great basketball team when 234 00:12:04,759 --> 00:12:06,679 they're playing in front of their home crowd. It seems, 235 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,799 at least recently, they have been without Richie Saunders. So 236 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,639 if you can create a home court environment, great, If not, 237 00:12:12,759 --> 00:12:14,600 they got to find a way to win. My thought 238 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,600 is this, I want to get your your eval on this. 239 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:23,360 AJ versus Tech didn't have his best game. In fact, 240 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:26,240 it was kind of an average to maybe above average game. 241 00:12:26,799 --> 00:12:29,200 If BYU is going to get to a Sweet sixteen, 242 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,720 doesn't Rob Wright and AJ have to play their best 243 00:12:33,879 --> 00:12:35,919 ball in March in order to get there? 244 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 3: I mean in Seria, yes, but on that day you 245 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,080 just have to be better than that team. What's the 246 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,879 sort of level that team is competing at. Maybe they 247 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,879 shoot poorly too. You just have to scrap your weight 248 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,600 to whatever that day requires, because every game is different, 249 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,120 right If yeah, if Robin and AJ play their best, 250 00:12:55,519 --> 00:12:57,360 I mean I think they're beating a lot of teams 251 00:12:57,399 --> 00:12:59,919 in the country, like all but like six or seven. 252 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,919 Maybe I have no idea, but yeah, those two are 253 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,240 super important to me. They Yeah, if one of them 254 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,320 is super off, it's going to be hard, but you 255 00:13:08,519 --> 00:13:11,279 have to have Canard Davis playing defense, hitting some threes. 256 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,320 If you need Alexic coast to a little bit, you 257 00:13:13,399 --> 00:13:15,840 meet Kava Cata and that injured hand to like be 258 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:18,120 able to get enough rebounds. Which, by the way, Kiva 259 00:13:18,639 --> 00:13:21,159 was fantastic against Kansas State and the two games he's 260 00:13:21,159 --> 00:13:22,759 played the less complete as I expect him to have 261 00:13:22,799 --> 00:13:25,519 a big game today. For BOI to go far, it 262 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,159 does depend on kind of the matchup. But the good 263 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,639 news is we have two reference points BOI playing tremendous 264 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,120 teams like two and three seed types in Iowa State 265 00:13:36,159 --> 00:13:38,399 and Texas Tech where BOI won. Those were in provo. 266 00:13:39,039 --> 00:13:42,120 But if you don't have a big home court advantage 267 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,399 for either team, BOI was six and one in neutral games. 268 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,759 Then they had more neutral site wins than any other 269 00:13:47,799 --> 00:13:50,200 team in the country in non conference play. This team 270 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,840 has been through it. Granted it's been a minute. What 271 00:13:53,039 --> 00:13:55,200 is that yield here in Kansas City? What is that yield? 272 00:13:55,279 --> 00:13:57,840 In the NCAA tournament. The hope is you avoid a 273 00:13:57,919 --> 00:13:59,879 upset in the first round. Right, I think Boa is 274 00:13:59,879 --> 00:14:02,399 going enough to get through the first round. It's this 275 00:14:02,519 --> 00:14:04,440 team will be defined by whether they win that second 276 00:14:04,519 --> 00:14:06,240 round game or not. If they don't, we'll go, hey, 277 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:09,799 injuries off too bad with aj he's going to be 278 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,360 the number one pick. Still a lot of positivity. But 279 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,279 if they do win a second round game and gives 280 00:14:14,279 --> 00:14:16,840 them Sweet sixteen, you go, hey, that was the minimum 281 00:14:16,919 --> 00:14:20,039 threshold for how much talent was on this team and 282 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,840 how much was fed on the team. And so that's 283 00:14:22,919 --> 00:14:25,720 my hope that next week BUA can kind of validate 284 00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:28,440 that it's not a massive failure if they don't because 285 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,120 they've had too many injuries, but if they can get 286 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,120 through that second round and get to the fourth Sweet 287 00:14:33,159 --> 00:14:35,159 sixteen ever do it in back to back years with 288 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,120 Kevin hung Now we're talking because Buy's future is in 289 00:14:38,559 --> 00:14:39,240 the right direction. 290 00:14:40,919 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this, speaking of a j to Bontson, 291 00:14:44,039 --> 00:14:46,799 do you feel like he got robbed? Did he should 292 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:48,320 he have been the Big twelve Player of. 293 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,679 Speaker 3: The Year Jerem Heck, yes, he absolutely got robbed. I'm 294 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:55,919 fired up about this man. I think that he should 295 00:14:55,919 --> 00:14:57,960 have been the player of the year. It's not the 296 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:02,200 leadership award, it's not the the best player on the 297 00:15:02,279 --> 00:15:04,600 best team, which I'm not even sure. Jaden Bradley is. 298 00:15:05,039 --> 00:15:07,320 I think Brayden, Burrays and Coed Pete are like as good. 299 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,919 Arizona and Houston have so much talent and they're good 300 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,559 and their balanced. I'm not saying Jayden Bradley is not 301 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:16,879 a great player, because he is. But AJJ. Box is 302 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,559 clearly the best player in the league. I don't understand 303 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,879 why this happens. Sean Farnham was on roy Sport station 304 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,480 to day and he brought up a great point which 305 00:15:24,519 --> 00:15:28,519 I agree with and I have discovered through some conversation 306 00:15:28,759 --> 00:15:32,840 that was likely the case, which is Jaden Bradley probably 307 00:15:32,919 --> 00:15:36,279 won because JT. Toffen and AJJ Box have probably got 308 00:15:36,399 --> 00:15:39,399 neutralized in the votes. I bet you it came down 309 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,960 to one vote and Jaden got one more among the 310 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,440 sixteen coaches, and you can't vote for your own guy, right, 311 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,960 and so that sways things or whatever. So yeah, I 312 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,799 do think aj got robbed. Does this really matter in 313 00:15:52,879 --> 00:15:56,039 the hierarchy of whatever? No, not even within like the 314 00:15:56,159 --> 00:15:58,240 season it would have been cool. I think we all 315 00:15:58,320 --> 00:15:59,960 get that he's the best player in the league. Though 316 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,080 he's going to be a first team All American. Jane 317 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,360 Bradley was not even and Sean brought this up a 318 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,240 great point. Jamee Bradley was not even a unanimous first 319 00:16:08,279 --> 00:16:12,120 team selection. What does that tell you again, Jane Bradley, 320 00:16:12,159 --> 00:16:15,679 great player, Jake Toppin amazing player. Ad was the best 321 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,600 player in the league though, no. 322 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: Doubt about it, no doubt about it. And hopefully he 323 00:16:22,519 --> 00:16:26,919 confirms that in the Big twelfth Tournament and hopefully confirms 324 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:33,360 that into March madness. For you, what is quota this season? 325 00:16:33,519 --> 00:16:37,720 Taking into account five season ending injuries, the three iterations 326 00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:41,759 of this BYU basketball team, the trials, the tribulations, the undulations, 327 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,600 the Jekkoelin hiding of Brigham this season? What is quota 328 00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:48,759 this year? And what would be overachieving this year for 329 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,799 this BOA men's basketball team in the NCAA Tournament. 330 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm kind of split between they have to win 331 00:16:56,639 --> 00:16:59,679 a second round game and no, you know, if they 332 00:16:59,759 --> 00:17:04,079 bout the after the first into the second, then maybe 333 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,319 with all the injuries, that's tough to say. Hey, you 334 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,400 got to beat a three seed if you're a six 335 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:12,279 seed aka top kind of twelve through fifteen teams. Yet, 336 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,880 we've seen some lows, we've seen some real highs coming 337 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,039 off the high against text of sex so hope this 338 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:19,720 boy can get to a Sweet sixt team. I think 339 00:17:19,759 --> 00:17:21,759 if they do, we go they did it, they probably 340 00:17:21,799 --> 00:17:23,960 over atch you by a little bit given where the 341 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:26,920 roster's at right now. But it's also just tough because 342 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,480 you have literally the best player that's ever worn a 343 00:17:30,519 --> 00:17:33,319 BA uniform, like AKG. Bompson is going to be the 344 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,279 number one pick in the draft. We can discuss another 345 00:17:36,759 --> 00:17:39,680 day whether this season for him was better than Jimmers, 346 00:17:40,039 --> 00:17:43,200 because I think that is an interesting conversation, Jimmer senior 347 00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:48,160 year or Danny senior year. Danny defined the year by 348 00:17:48,279 --> 00:17:51,079 beating Utah top ten team in the final regular season 349 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,880 game and then going to the Elite eight. One of 350 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,000 those things just happened for AJ. By the way, senior 351 00:17:57,079 --> 00:17:59,720 Knight's top ten win for him, it was freshman night. 352 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,680 He ain't coming back. That's by what he's saying. Come on, 353 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,440 so how is you? Are you going to be defined 354 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,039 not what they do in Kansas City this week, by 355 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,279 what they do next week in one of those four cities. 356 00:18:10,319 --> 00:18:16,640 Speaker 1: I said, yeah, you bring up an interesting debate here. 357 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:21,000 We discussed it as well. Today. You buying are selling 358 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,680 the rhetoric that AJ is seriously considering coming back to 359 00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:27,880 b Yu. He's now said it or three times. He 360 00:18:28,039 --> 00:18:30,519 does it with a smirk. He does it with maybe 361 00:18:30,759 --> 00:18:33,759 a chuckle each time. But you buying, are selling? 362 00:18:33,839 --> 00:18:39,799 Speaker 3: That selling? There's no way he's coming back, dude. There's 363 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,839 like I've talked to as and he's saying the same thing. 364 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,039 It's like, stop, there's no way he's coming back to me. 365 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,880 I don't care what he tells McKay coppins. I don't 366 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,319 care what he tells Spencer Linton. He ain't coming back, man, 367 00:18:53,519 --> 00:18:55,880 There's no way. Who would that, right? Mind is like, 368 00:18:56,079 --> 00:18:59,559 I'm cool with a third of the pay with anything. 369 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,119 That's what it'd be, right, Like, he can make you know, 370 00:19:03,519 --> 00:19:06,119 three or four mil, and next year he'd make thirteen 371 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,160 or fourteen miil, Like what are we talking about here? Also, 372 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,240 he's grown up wanting to plan in the NBA, he 373 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,400 didn't say I want to stay in college two years. 374 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,400 He can't even say it without a smile or a tuffle, 375 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,160 Like you said, he can't even finish. 376 00:19:19,279 --> 00:19:22,799 Speaker 1: But Jeremy, he said he loved his Book of Mormon class, 377 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,640 and he loves his teacher, and his mom wants him 378 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:27,480 to get his degree. 379 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,759 Speaker 3: The degree can still happen for Yegor and AJ if 380 00:19:32,799 --> 00:19:37,319 to want so, no, he gonna he gon' But what 381 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,519 a year it was for a j And let's uh, 382 00:19:39,839 --> 00:19:43,000 let's finish, let's finish strong hair and listen, here's the thing. 383 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:45,640 If it doesn't go well here at the end, whatever 384 00:19:45,759 --> 00:19:49,839 that means to you, it was still worth everything that 385 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,160 it costs for the donors and from YU, because this 386 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:56,400 dude is gonna rep BUYU in the NBA and he's 387 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,000 gonna be the highest drafted player ever from BYU unless 388 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:03,720 he goes too then he Tyshan Bradley, Right, But what 389 00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:06,839 he's repped really well, and he's carried himself in a 390 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,759 way that his parents have raised him really well, and 391 00:20:09,799 --> 00:20:10,839 the boy should be proud of. 392 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,319 Speaker 1: To him, no doubt about it. And do you think 393 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,799 did Jazz get them? Do you think the Jazz somehow, 394 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,240 some way fortuitously get you know, a little tank Lake 395 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:21,920 City and get the number one overall. 396 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,039 Speaker 3: Pick and they take a j Isn't there the stat 397 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,160 that the Jazz have never had their pick improved from 398 00:20:29,319 --> 00:20:32,079 where it was like it? And you think the NBA 399 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,559 and all the conspiracy theories about you know, the lottery 400 00:20:35,559 --> 00:20:39,160 and whatnot, you think after the fine that the Jazz 401 00:20:39,279 --> 00:20:42,039 is somehow going to get a top two pick. 402 00:20:43,079 --> 00:20:43,519 Speaker 1: I do not. 403 00:20:43,799 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 3: I'm hoping, you know, I would love to have aj 404 00:20:45,559 --> 00:20:49,119 on the Jazz. Trust me, I work like fifteen twenty 405 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,119 games a year. There's some tough nights in there. 406 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:51,279 Speaker 1: Man. 407 00:20:52,079 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 3: If they don't and they kind of fall, you need 408 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,319 to take best player available. But if they fall the 409 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,720 four or five, then, which is likely where they're going 410 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:01,559 to be again, give me a cuff junior, Give me 411 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,400 Kingston Plumbings one of those two. Now we make our 412 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:09,799 move with Walker Kessler, Jaron Jackson, Lay Laurie Markinen, de'ante 413 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,279 George and then TBD top five draft pick. That's a 414 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,559 fun roster that I think could be somewhere in the 415 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:17,160 seven eight nine seed range. You're in the plays for 416 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:17,640 the playoffs. 417 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:23,279 Speaker 1: Now we're going which fact of the day uh ticks 418 00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:28,559 off BYU slash Jazz fans. More? Is it the fact 419 00:21:28,599 --> 00:21:33,920 that they've never improved their lottery slot ever, or is 420 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,400 it that they've gone to more ZAA tournaments and not 421 00:21:36,559 --> 00:21:40,119 seeing a final four than any other team in college 422 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:40,920 basketball history. 423 00:21:42,519 --> 00:21:46,839 Speaker 3: Well, given the tanky nature of what's going on, promptly 424 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:53,480 the Jets, But I do hate the I do hate well, 425 00:21:53,519 --> 00:21:55,680 I don't hate it. Like what I love about it 426 00:21:55,839 --> 00:21:58,319 is well that means BI makes attorney a lot. Yeah, 427 00:21:58,319 --> 00:22:01,440 but yes, have they had that? Like team No? I 428 00:22:01,559 --> 00:22:04,359 want Boa to have some magical run in the attorney 429 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,920 that it feels like random teams get every year that 430 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,359 someone stumbles into the Elite eight as a ten seat away, 431 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,599 It's like, why kid by us? Then can b A 432 00:22:14,759 --> 00:22:16,839 do that? They have a daj bonter this year? Can 433 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,119 we just alection coastch goes for five threes and Canard 434 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,240 goes for four and a J and Rob do the 435 00:22:22,319 --> 00:22:24,400 thing and Kate like and Boom b aways in the 436 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,920 Sweet sixteen with one game to an Elite eight. Now 437 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,960 they've equaled the best run ever and you're one game away, Like, 438 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,319 can we do that? Because we talked about Final four 439 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,079 and when Gostren Baker was healthy and Richie was healthy, 440 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,839 BOI was a top ten team. I'd like to remind 441 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,519 people that they had a nice jump on the season 442 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:46,400 starting number eight. But yeah, unfortunately injury injuries happened and 443 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,440 BOI was even struggling with Richie, Like it's not like 444 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,680 having Richie Boy was perfect but they have discovered something, 445 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,400 hopefully here at the end that they can capture and 446 00:22:55,799 --> 00:22:58,559 hopefully that they packed packed with him from provo. 447 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll never know how Nate pickens, what role he 448 00:23:01,319 --> 00:23:02,920 would have played as well on this squad. 449 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:07,319 Speaker 3: Right, give rob just a few minutes to rest the 450 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,279 bench a little bit, like Brody Koslowski has a stretch 451 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,680 forward and like and and by the way, with Senior Knight, 452 00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:16,480 we learned that basically it's not a done deal, but 453 00:23:16,559 --> 00:23:18,880 that Dawson and Nate intend to come back because they 454 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,279 were not honored on Senior name. We have implied that 455 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,160 Nate would be from the beginning of the year, but 456 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,160 we didn't know on Dawson for sure. He wasn't honored 457 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,720 on Senior night. And I dapped up Dawson today earlier 458 00:23:29,759 --> 00:23:32,519 in the hotel and it was loud. So they're a 459 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,599 good vibes with Dawson Baker like earth earth shattering dapths. 460 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: By the way, the decibels were just off the freaking chart. 461 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 3: You know what I mean. You've you've been there, like 462 00:23:44,279 --> 00:23:47,519 you connectually, like, oh my gosh, did we just like 463 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,920 break glass somewhere? What's happened? 464 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 4: Jerem has the best DAPs been. He'd he gets everybody, 465 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,599 but that probably was. We have it every single time. 466 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: Jerem. 467 00:23:57,079 --> 00:23:59,559 Speaker 4: Just see that I'm jumping in. Jerem needs to continue 468 00:23:59,559 --> 00:24:01,400 to help the other, and I have to help brand 469 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,000 to see Gurney because it can't be forced. It's just casual, 470 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,640 you know, like growing up on the growing up there 471 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,079 in Seattle. JJ knows, he knows. 472 00:24:10,519 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 3: For whatever reason, it's just Goodbbes. 473 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 2: You know. 474 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,759 Speaker 3: Right now, next time I see it, Ben, we'll do it. 475 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,079 Speaker 1: We'll do it. Let's go, baby. 476 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 3: I want it in his like entryway. We'll like dap 477 00:24:19,079 --> 00:24:21,000 up and till it's super loud and it takes like 478 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:21,640 max three. 479 00:24:23,599 --> 00:24:26,519 Speaker 1: I want more of like a like top gun you know, 480 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:32,119 traditional o g you know Maverick Goose, like high five 481 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,039 up top around the windmill. You know what I mean, 482 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,519 That's what I want. I just did it. 483 00:24:36,599 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 3: I just did it thinking about it. 484 00:24:38,039 --> 00:24:39,839 Speaker 1: Yes, I did it too. 485 00:24:40,839 --> 00:24:42,559 Speaker 3: Do we have to lose the shirts if we do that, 486 00:24:42,759 --> 00:24:44,759 because like your. 487 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 1: Damn straight, we do. We may. We're gonna take them 488 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,759 off and then do the Windmio baby high five around 489 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:52,200 the wind meo baby around the clock. Let's go, Jerem Jordan, 490 00:24:52,279 --> 00:24:59,519 Ladies and gentlemen, Oh man, Jerem, let's go, let's get 491 00:24:59,519 --> 00:25:03,200 a win, let's go. Uh cougarnation. How can they support you? 492 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,680 What you do, how you do it? Jerem. 493 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,759 Speaker 3: First off, if you listen closely tonight, you'll hear Kansas 494 00:25:08,839 --> 00:25:10,799 Day Break one of the huddles can coon on three 495 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,359 because they're going to be done so after tonight. But 496 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,079 yeah continues to uh, hey, listen to this program. Watch, 497 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,160 listen to you ay Sports station. We got covered from 498 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,119 Kansas City all week. So keep up the good work boys, 499 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:22,440 love it. 500 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Jerem Jordan, Ladies and gentlemen, we'll go 501 00:25:25,319 --> 00:25:27,359 to break, don't go anywhere and more to get to 502 00:25:27,519 --> 00:25:30,160 on a beautiful Tuesday edition of Cougar Sports. That segment 503 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,000 was brought to you by Odion Menswear odiomnswear dot com. 504 00:25:33,079 --> 00:25:35,160 Get fifteen percent off all your men's wear are your 505 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,599 church attire as well as your missionary attire