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little let's talk about stats segment here talking to some
data points here on your Utah ESPN Radio, and we
want to talk some bou basketball if I can. There's
been four games in which BYU has gone down by
nineteen plus points and then rally the trail by no
fewer than maybe like four points later in the game
they've won. I believe one of those right, and they've
lost three of those BYU was outscored by an average
of sixteen and a half points in the first half
in these games, but flipped the script, turned it around,
and they outscored the opponent by thirteen point eight points
in the second half. Okay, the first study is Yukon.
We saw that one fell short. You were a little bit, okay,
little bit shorthanded in that game. Cam'pa went down with
an injury. Cannard Davis Junior was suspended for that game,
so you were down a few key pieces. What's that?
So they had their their issues there, they were a
little bit shorthanded. Clemson game, You found a way to
win that one. Felicidads Arizona just too much to handle.
But man came down to the final possession at home.
You had a chance. You had your hand on the button. Okay,
you decided, you know, what were you gonna do in
that last that last half court set, and you fell
short unfortunately, Kansas. That was the the the the You know,
it was a disappointing loss, there's no doubt about it.
But I never felt like we were going to be
in that game, Okay, and you got it within four,
but uh it was too much, too little, too late.
Those are the four different situations, okay, in which b
Yu has gone down big in the first half and
then rallied in the second half. How big of an
issue is this? Does it give you optimism or does
it make you more pessimistic about Byu basketball Ronald the
three man weaver? Does it make you optimist at bay
you can figure this out seeing these four set to data,
or does it make you pessimisticy that this is just
who Pyu is.
Speaker 3: It's a little bit of both.
Speaker 4: If I'm gonna be honest, you know, I definitely am
a little bit obviously, you know, skeptical because pessimistic is
the word you just describe because I've seen this happen
in the biggest game, or it matters most and where's
the biggest game of all been the biggest tournament, March Madness,
So it's a goain to shape his head, you know,
even in the first couple of rounds. I do believe
this team can get to the sweet sixteen, even with
the struggles it has. But if you were to meet
a Yukon, if you were a four seed, if you
were to meet in Arizona again, or a Clemson or
a Kansas. Who's to say that it doesn't. But I'm
also positive because look, I'll say this, when you play
Arizona at Arizona or you play at the Marriat, it's
a little bit different. When you're playing on a neutral site. Ben,
You're able to complete that comeback. That's why you know,
I have faith. When you look at Yukon, when you
look at Clemson, Ben, you look at the disparity, the
way they're able to guard better in the second half
and turn it around and then score. In March madness,
you have all the momentum and you can ride that. Honestly,
we see that. It's crazy stuff that's happen. People are
to break twenty points, twenty five point leads. We've seen
the number one team get upset by a sixteen. All
of it happened. So they've done. They came close against
Yukon in their backyard, been at TD Garden, right, and
then they be Clemson, you know, at the at Madison Square,
the Mecca. So I think it's possible that this definitely
could bolde well if by you were to get down
in March madness. Because things are different. You don't have
the crowd on your side. Bou fans travel really well,
and BYU has played well in the tournament the last
you know, last year, and I think under Kevin Young,
I think they really get a dial. But now's the
time to switch. Had been in the season, now's the
time for them to go in that glorious nine game
you know, ten game win streak. I don't know if
they can win ten, but you pull off nine and
one in these last ten, Ben, you're a three seed,
I think, and I think you have a shot to
go make it, and I don't. There's no way been
to BYU wins wins nine of its last ten after
dropping three out of his last four, and they got
eight quad one wins in there. If they got seven,
there's no way. I think the committee can't look at
this team a resume and say, you know what, there's
no way. Arizona Ben was a four seed and they
were I think, what four and five a non conference
and ba US nowhere near that. So I'd have to
think when I look at the numbers and the analytics
at BYU, if they were to take care of business
this last month, would be a three seed.
Speaker 1: A couple things here as we delve into this, Meek
Jonathan Tabinari was watching a big game last night. I'm
sure you were as well round at Thane Chaver right,
Kansas versus Texas Tech at Texas Tech, and he says this, Okay,
call me crazy, but I think Boi needs to go
nine to one in the last ten games to have
a fighting chance of being a four seed in the
NCAA Tournament. Kansas winning in Lubbock doesn't help the cause, Okay.
I put it to Twitter, ask the question, Hey, Kugarnation,
agree or disgree? Coming in about fifty to fifty. Robbie
mccobs shotting in on the thread and said, ba, you
would have a good chance to be a two seed.
In that scenario, they would end up with at least
ten quad one wins heading into the Conference Attorney. Last year,
every team that had ten plus quad one wins before
Conference Attorney was a one or two seed. Okay, except Kentucky,
and that's because they had eleven losses. They were still
a three seed. B way, you would have five losses.
I'm with him in this situation, look like number one.
I think BoA's gonna go nine and one. But if
you're nine and one in the last ten games, you're
a you're at worst a three seed. Unless I brought
it up, Yeah, yeah, that's that's what's gonna happen. You're
gonna be at worst a three seed. It goes back
to the bipolar Tha yesterday. It's like, what do you
think is gonna happen in these last thing games? Ten
and oh, nine and one, eight and two, seven to
three are worse? And I think the majority of people
that are betting men betting women would say that Bowie's
gonna be seven and three or worse.
Speaker 3: That's what I said, Yeah, seven and three, not because.
Speaker 1: It's not a good basketball team. It's just because they're
not a good first half team. And I know kay
Wise is gonna say, I'm sick and tired of hearing
about how we're a second half team, and I don't
want to hear the data. I want to hear the analets.
I can't remember this exact quote, but you know he didn't.
Speaker 4: He said, I'm gonna throw up if I hear and
see another analytic about how were the best offensive second
half team in college basketball.
Speaker 1: It's just gonna throw up. That is who b y
U is? So my question really like, when I look
at that analytic, does it make me optimistic or pestivator?
Like I said, listen, it makes me actually optimistic. I'm
I'm optimistic that they are able and capable of figuring
it out in the first half, that they're gonna figure
it out. They're gonna figure it out. Cougarnation. Okay, I
I I we saw it last year, Okay, I I
The best indicator of future success, in my opinion or future,
uh you know future, you know, you know unseen you
know situations like the best predictor of future, says is
past success. And right now, k Y showed me that
last year late January, early February. They were a little
bit off, but they dialed it in. They dialed it
in and played their best basketball in late February heading
into to March. So I think that that's gonna be
the standard going for I don't think they've gotten lack
a days ago. I don't think they've gotten lazy. I
don't think they've they've they're they're in a in a
poor situation. No, not not at all. Eric Meeker points out.
He says, look, I think if if they're six and
four in those ten games, that gets us a four seed.
I don't necessarily agree with that. I don't know if
six and four gets you a four seed. I would
maybe maybe I'm not that optimistic, but six and four
probably may in the in the last ten games, that
may get you a five seed. We'll see how it
plays out. But that Eric, that's Eric Meeker's opinion.
Speaker 4: Been of what I think what will happen. I think
they get their first quad and win to Marlgans Oklahoma State.
They finally get the monkey off their back, right they do,
But I still think Houston's light years ahead of you.
And when I mean light years, I mean depth. That's
what I'm saying, BIOI doesn't have the depth. You lose
that one in a close one, hate to say, another heartbreaker,
kind of how Trevor Nel he thought about it.
Speaker 3: You shouldn't. I've spoken to Trevan. He said he should
have shot it.
Speaker 4: He hesitated because he wanted to reload, and sometimes he
says that gets you as a shooter. I think they
lose to Houston, they get Baylor on the road, they
get Colorado, they lose to Arizona, but they bounce back
against Iowa State, they get UCF, they get West Virginia,
but then they drop the Cincinnati and then I think
they get Texas Tech at home to close out and
at seven and three, and at that point, Ben, you
got one two, what three?
Speaker 1: Four road? What is it?
Speaker 4: Quad one wins on the road, and then you add
in another what is it two at home? And that's ten,
So bili be what ten and six and quad one games?
And that would give him what you give add another
what six wins to so around twenty four maybe twenty
five wins like you said, So you're twenty five and
and seven.
Speaker 3: Look how does a team that's twenty five and seven
not be a three seed? You know at the worst, right,
I think they're gonna be a I don't know about two.
Speaker 4: Maybe they not a two because they can't play on Sunday,
so there are three, but they be a for sure
if you go seven and three, Ben and is able
to get those give four quad one wins and they
get the ten quad one wins like Robbie said, and
last year is the same thing. The committee values the analytics,
they'll be a for sure lock as a three seed,
and then you can make a push and you can
really go deep. But uh yeah, outside of that, anything
six and four, you know, five and five you're not.
Speaker 3: You're in trouble for sure.
Speaker 4: You got to be a top three seed because I'll
remind people, if you're the four seed, you end up
playing the five. If you're you beat that, then you
gotta play the one. That's just too difficult. Look what
Arizona did, Ben they won their game. Then the second
round was tough against Baylor. I'm pretty sure that's who
they played. No, No, baill Lo lost Duke. Actually I'm
sorry to one before and then they played Duke in
the next round and it is tough. You can't it's hard.
You don't want to get matched up with a one seed,
and that's just the way it goes. So I think
seven and three and you know, I think they do
figure it out and then down the stretch and we'll
be talking about Kevin Young is a guy that knows
how to turn it around.
Speaker 3: But now's the time, tomorrow's the game.
Speaker 4: You know, we'll hear from Scott right later in the show,
ask him about what's the defensive metrics for Oklahoma State.
They're not really that good at Garden the perimeter, even
if they do score.
Speaker 3: This is the game for me.
Speaker 1: In Oklahoma States that I mean, most people aren't even
concerned by Okahoma. They're worried about Houston. U of a
Iowa stayed in Texas state.
Speaker 3: Yeah but you got but you do got.
Speaker 4: But but you don't have a win on the road though,
So I don't care what those people are saying because
they don't have They don't. It's not on the resumes,
it's not on the analytics. You go neutral win, neutral loss,
neutral win neutral, when neutral win, away loss, home loss, away,
you don't have a big, big twelve away Quad one
premiere win, you know. So I know people aren't worried,
but you need to start by beating the lesser opponent.
To beat the Houston, to beat the Baylors, the Iowa States,
the Arizona's. You got to take care of business. That's
what I'm saying tomorrow.
Speaker 1: At worst, this team will be six and four at
worst agree, I agree. And then at worst they'll be
a five seed. That that's what I think. At worse,
I agree. Worse this team is going. At worst, this
team's going six and four in the next ten games,
and their five seed. I think at best, I really do.
I think at best, Uh, they're probably I mean, I
want to say eight and two. I believe they're going
to be seven and three at best in the in
this uh, in this situation. That's to me, it's ceiling
for I think they're gonna lose some games. They're gonna
be close, they're gonna be competitive. I hope I'm wrong.
I hope they're eight and two. I hope they're nine
to one. I hope they're ten and zero. Uh, but
I think that the ceiling and floor are pretty close
to each other right now for b YU, I agree
basketball in the final ten uh and uh, we'll see.
We'll see how it plays out, no doubt about it. Guys.
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do it. And final thing, Ronnie I teased it, Darren Peterson,
I mean, goodness, gracious me, oh why those final two shots,
those final two possessions the player screen with the hes
he pull up from almost the corner, just a beautiful
shot and then rising off of that ball screen just
you know, dribbling to his left, pulling up, squaring up
and knocking it down. A smooth operator, maybe the best
scorer in college basketball, but he doesn't see the minutes
or the game time to maybe get to the averages
that others are getting to. But man, when he's balling,
he's elite.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he definitely is a leade.
Speaker 4: I mean, look, would those two shots, even with the
bad shooting performance have been now I did to go
three to seven from three, which is not it's not great,
but it's not horrible. You know, it's right on part
of being just about fifty percent, especially for you know
a guy that's taking I mean shots. He was five
or fourteen from the field. But look, that's how you
make up for maybe a not so good shooting day.
And they made a tough Texas Tech is long and big,
and they packed the pain. They made him take tough
Two's right, but the game matters.
Speaker 2: Win.
Speaker 3: No one's gonna think.
Speaker 4: About the five and fourteen because when they got the
win and he hit the two biggest shots of the game,
he hit the one to tie off the flair string,
great flair string.
Speaker 3: By the way, I know JT topping.
Speaker 4: You know, they're trying to, you know, force him to
take a shot that's tough, but they don't want to
give it the lane. I think in the lane right
there when you got the three, I think you actually
want to completely close out and let Darren drive. Actually,
and especially when he's you know, shooting like what at
that point it had been three of twelve. Let him
shoot the tough two. Don't let him take the three
because he's so dynamic with the ball in his hand.
And j T didn't play that bad defense. I'm nitpicking Ben,
but that's how close it was. That slight hesitation then
they're able to raise up afterwards. It goes back to
ket what Kevin Young said, you know, and when every
time he leaves his hand, you think it's going in,
and it has been in that last shot. Look, I
know a lot of people are gonna say Ron, but
that shot was so deep.
Speaker 3: It's bad. It doesn't matter.
Speaker 4: I disagree with everybody in that situation. I've seen it,
and it's gonna happen when he gets to the NBA
when he's playing the late because they do with the
Anthony Edwards Darren Peterson's you know, ability to be at
a shoot and be that athletic and get to the
basket reminds me Anthony Edwards been even though and it's
bigger and stronger and thicker, but you can't let him
operate at the top. I think they should have doubled,
make someone else beat you. And I know it's I
know AJ's game is different, but people do that with Aj.
Aj dribbles and even before he tries to get set
up to throwing two at him, I thought they Texas
tex should have done that. But you got to give
DP credit. You know, he's solidifying that that one pick
in the NBA. The more it goes on and Kansas
is hitting the stride. I mean, look, Bill self is
someone put it on Twitter?
Speaker 3: This is not my words.
Speaker 4: He's learning, he's coaching with Darren Peterson and without and
for the fact that he's doing that, that probably should
be the biggest scare to people because I mean, and look,
I don't know if it is low management. He played
thirty five minutes right last night. He was there the
whole game. But if he's able to play the whole game.
You saw what he did last night in the final,
you know, minute and a half. You don't want that
guy touching the ball and twenty two is a problem.
So this is why the Big has so great, been
in the best basketball conference because of players like Darren
Peterson in Kansas. They're gonna have opportunity to make a
run if that guy's in the lineup.
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and Ben Crittle. All Right, a couple of things here
as we delve into the news and notes of the
college football world today. How about this one to start
us off. An individual that has coached a lot of football,
has made a lot of money in the game. Gus
mauls On is retiring. Okay, he's retiring. This is what
coach got I had to say after thirty five years
fifteen high school and twenty in college. I'm grateful for
the unbelievable journey God has allowed me to walk it.
He's stopped for me to step away from coaching. There
are so many people to think, and it starts with
my beautiful wife, Christy. We've done this thing together, and
any success I've had on the field, you deserve just
as much credit as me. To my daughters Kylie and Kinzie,
thank you for the many sacrifices if you made to
allow me to live out my dream. Thank you to
the administrators around my career that gave me incredible opportunities
along with coaches. The coaches I've been blessed to work
side by side with over the years, many of whom
are lifelong friends. Lastly, I would like to thank all
my former players. It's been a joy of a lifetime
to coach you. I'm proud of the many accomplishments and
wins we had on the field, but what has brought
me the most joy is seeing the husbands and fathers
so many of you have become. I'll always remember, I'll
always remember to use your influence in a positive way.
As I look ahead to the next season of my life,
I'm excited to spend more time with my family and
focus on what the Lord is calling me to do next.
Gus Malsan Now BYU and Gus Malson, I believe if
I'm not Gonnay, we should reach out to Gus. We
should totally reach out to Gus. See if he wants
to hop on our show. We want to celebrate. We
want to celebrate his career, what he did. He started
off in Arkansas, Man, that is where he was at
ninety one coaching career at Hughes High School, went over
to Shiloh Christian and then Springdale High School eventually after
from nineteen ninety one to two thousand and five. After
Springdale High School, and you guys could watch a documentary
on what happened, how it happened. But he became the
offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Arkansas in two
thousand and six. Okay, many people look at his trajectory
and how he jumped into the college football world. He
had a ton of pride. He had like five d
one guys on that Springdale High School team and many
of them were recruited to Arkansas. And so with that
he came over to continue to coach these guys up
and coached the offense. Well, it didn't work out. There
was a little bit enmity. I think they remember he
was in Arkansas winning a ton of football games in Arkansas.
So that two thousand and five squad at Springbald went
fourteen to zero, easily went the state state's Class five
A championship. Outscored its opponents six hundred and sixty four
to eight one hundred and eighteen, including a fifty four
to twenty victory over West Memphis in the state championship game,
and was consistently ranked among the top ten teams in
the nation. Including included on the champions team were prize
recruits Mitch Mustain, Ben Cleveland, Andrew Norman, and Damian Williams.
There's four of them, all eventually joined Malsan at the
University of Arkansas. See that our offensive tackle Partley Webb
decided to leave the state to play for the University
of Notre Dame. But there are five guys, but four
of them went to Arkansas with him. In twenty thirteen,
Malson was inducted into the Arkansas High School Coaches Association
Okay Hall of Fama Coach Association. So then he gets
the call up right, Arkansas calls him up and he
brings the recruit with the recruits with him. But there's
kind of this enmity between Houston Nutt, the head coach,
and Gus Malzan, the new offensive coordinator, has brought in
all these prized recruits. It only lasted for a year, okay,
two thousand and six. That two thousand and six season
served as a breakout for running backs to Darren McFadden.
He had forty seven yards with fourteen touchdowns, Felix Jones
crazy and sixty eight yards with six touchdowns. Wide receiver
Marcus Monk at nine or sixty two yards, receiving eleven
touchdowns despite catching passes from two quarterbacks. In January two
thousand seven, Mason received an offer from the University of
Tulsa and his friend new head coach Todd Graham. He
took the Tulsa job to be assistant head coach and
offensive coordinator. Shortly after the departure of coach Graham and Malson,
both arkanstar star quarterback Mitch Mustang and receiver Damion Wims
decided transit to the University of Southern California. Anyway, that's
neither here nor there. Miss Musinay never became much at
USC and it is what it is. But guess what happened.
Gus Malzan became the assistant head coach and offensive cornat
offense cordinet at Tulsa the year prior BYU. I was
a part of that team beat up on Tulsa in
six well in Nentwers Gus Malsan in seven. Gus Malson
ended up producing the number one offense in college football
that year at Tulsa. Pretty crazy number one offense. Okay,
it was pretty crazy. During the two thousand and seven season,
Malzan emerged as one of the premier offense coordinators in
the nation, as Tulsa ranked first in the nation in
total yards per game, ahead of Texas Tech and Hawaiian
with more more balanced attack than both teams. The Golden
Hurricane also ranked third in the nation and passing and
led their conference in scoring. Tulsa became the first team
in nc DOUAA history to have a five thousand yard passer,
a one thousand yard rusher, and three one thousand yard
receivers in a single season. That was the team, Like,
we had a really good team at oh seven. We
lost to Tulsa on the road at Tulsa. It still
pisses me off to this day. I was in that game.
We stopped them three consecutive possessions. I picked off a pass,
returned to the thirty. We missed the field goal. We
styman missed the field goal. They got it back and
came out with a check with me Gus Smalls on
specialty offense, and then they kicked the trash out of us.
They beat us up. It was crazy, Okay. In two
thousand and eight after that, by the way, Tulsa was
once again the nation's most prolific passing attack, leading with
nearly seven nine and eighty total yards of offense averaging
five hundred and seventy yards per game. The Golden Hurricane
were ranked second in the nation and scoring behind Oklahoma,
scoring over forty seven points per game. Tulsa not only
ranked second in the nation and scoring the year, but
finished with the second highest scoring offense in the in
history of major college football. The offense was also the
nation's most balance attack, ranking fifth in the nation and
rushing and ninth and passing. Tulsa quarterbacks David Johnson kJ
Kinney finished third in the nation and passing efficiency behind
all the Oklahoma Texas. For those that I'm for those
of you that you're wondering why I'm bringing this up.
I had four losses in my college career ok at
BYU while playing as a starter right and Tulsa was
one of them. All of them came down to the
wire game winning field goal fifty three yard field goal
from Nick Folk u of A at U of A
double overtime on the road top twenty five Boston College.
Matt Ryan, you lost to UCLA by one score. We
were knocking on the door. Bruce Smith came off the
came off the edge and sack strip, fumble recovery and
stimy Dad. There was other things that happened, but we
were knocking on the door. We ended up getting in
again him in the Vegas Ball. And then it was
the Tulsa game, which we gave up that that's the
most points I've ever given up ever being a part
of a team. Fifty five freaking points in this game.
And many Boa fans are like that, Thus team wasn't
that good. I'm like, not so fast, not so bad. Now.
We didn't know what we were getting into either. I
had never seen in my life. Bronco Mendenhall confused, but
I saw it on the sideline right. I saw what
was happening, and I was trying to communicate that to
the coaching staff. Look, they're running in the check with
me offense, and so I'm like, what we have to
do is change our play call after they call their play,
so we come out in our shell. We would we
would wait for their call to come in, he would
call it after looking at our show. I'm like, and
we're just chaying, like, all right, check cover six, check
over four, let's go cover three. Listen. You know, we
were trying to figure that out. It was the first
time we had implemented anything like that. Just look up
BYU versus Tulsa two thousand and seven, fifty five to
forty seven. I felt bad for our offense because they
put up points and our defense. By the way, despite
that fifty five points that they put up against us,
we were still a top ten team in scoring that
year in college football. So that tells you kind of
like it was a complete outlier. So what I'm saying
is Gus Malzan, I salute you man. You got the
better of us. You beat me, You beat us, And
like he just knew. I mean, he did some really
awesome things in that game that stressed certain weak points
of our defense that we had never seen before. These
delay wheels, like the third man coming out of the backfield,
putting stress on our linebackers having to run with some
really talented football players. They had some good football players
in O seven NFL guys, and and you know, tip
of the cap to Gus Mablezan. He was a revolutionary
he really was in his time, and eventually eventually became
the offensive coordinator in two thousand and nine for Aubert.
Malsan was named the offense cordinat Aubern University in the
first year of Gene Chizick December twenty, two thousand and eight. Okay.
At the end of the year, under Malsan, Auburn made
significant improvements over the preseason's offensive production right and eventually
you know, won the national championship with Cam Newton in
twenty ten. Malsan was given a raise, making him the
highest paid assistant coach in the country. He recruited Cam Newton,
the bounce back from Florida and the JUCO ranks. Malzan
worked to refine his throwing mechanics to become a true
dual threat quarterbacks and learn Malsan's offense number one in
the nation. Auburn Okay, good football team obviously in the
at that time, but you know, they had made changes
because they just weren't winning enough. Gus Malzan got him there.
Auburn led the sec and scoring offense, sol the offense,
rushing offense, pass efficiency, first downs and third down conversions
on its way to a thirteen to zero record in
twenty ten and a fifty six to seventeen victory of
South Carolina in the SEC Championship. Look how lopsided that was.
Malzan was warded the twenty ten Bars Award, recognizing him
as the top assistant coach in the nation. Auburn went
on to win the twenty eleven BCS National Championship game
against Oregon. In two thousand eleven, ESPN selected Malsan as
one of the best recruiters in the Southeastern Conference that year.
So pretty crazy, man, Pretty crazy. Congratulations to Gus Maldon
with a tremendous career and you know it was hard
to to top that, right. He has some great seasons
at Auburn as the head coach. Uh, but you know
it was never I mean, he went to the SEC
Championship games and things of that nature. He went over
to the UCF did some nice things, and then he
was at Florida State resigned as the as the as
the new offensive goer, the office coordinator at Florida State.
So pluish him well. Uh. In his time, in his prime,
he was one of the best to call plays. Let's
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in the NC double A. Right, we all know AJ's
been balling. He's played very very well. I didn't have
his maybe his best games. Versus if you're looking at like,
if you're gonna critique, right constructive criticism of AJ, what
would it be and why? Okay, uh, think about that
as I delve into this on three Freshman Impact List.
Number one on their list is Kamboozer. Du Why is that?
Cam Boozer has been awesome? He is? He? He kind
of reminds me to a degree. Okay, now work with
me here, tell me if you feel this way. Cam
Boozer reminds me a bit of the Big Fundamental Tim
Duncan Okay, six' nine two, fifty big, body smooth, operator really,
skilled really really, skilled makes the right play all the.
Time like he's a great, scorer fantastic. Scorer twenty one games,
played twenty one games. Started he's averaging thirty two point
four minutes per. Game he's shooting fifty eight point six
percent from the. Field the thing That cam has on
The Big fundamental is he can hit. Threes he's thirty eight.
Three you know WHAT i? Mean Big fundamental never took
no THIR i bet you we. Could Though Big fundamental
could have like he could most every, absolutely he just
didn't get those ops right within The popovich offense thirty
eight point one percent from the three point, line seventy
five from the charity. Stripe he's got nine point eight
rebounds per, game four point one assists pre. Game that's
what really stands out to me about the. Impact so
not only is he hitting, threes not only is he
play fascinted as a score, okay all three, levels but
he's also rebounding at a super high clip and assisting
at an elite point guard. Clip how many point guards
in college basketball are averaging four point one assists per.
Game he's also got twenty three point five points per,
game and he's not fouling a whole lot one point
seven fouls per, game two point three turnovers per. Game
he'll turn the ball. Over but when you're, passing when
you're distributing as much as he is at that, rate,
yeah you're gonna get a hand that that gets in the,
way and you know it's gonna be deflecd and you're
gonna turn the ball over on. Occasion you're gonna get,
doubles you're gonna get, monsters and sometimes they're gonna get,
ripped especially versus more you, know long athletic. Teams they're
getting into acc play. Now so, anyway LIKE i get
why Cam boozer is number one on their. List So
greer disagree with the assessment, Here ronald three Man, weaver
what do you make of?
Speaker 4: It, yeah there's some things that definitely coexist that can
definitely Be taking TRUM i mean the polish footwork right
that he, has how he, scores he doesn't. Rush you'd
like to See aj kind of have that instead of
trying to pump fake just being composed of two. FEET
i Think cam does that the best out Of darren And.
Aj he's just got good. Forward that's how it. Is
i'm not surprised with knowing who his dad. IS a soft,
touch you, know he can finish with either either, hand being.
Unselfish it goes with What Tim duncan, was you, know
but like you, said possibly the, best if not the
best fundamentals ever for a big, man, honestly and obviously
the difference will be can can be the defensive anchor
around the. RIM i Mean Tim duncan had elite protection
BAND i mean rotation. Communication so we'll see If cam's
able to do that as he gets. Older but that's
the big caveat difference other THAN i like it BECAUSE
i Mean tim was also, Unselfish he had soft touch
around the, room he was, calm he was, effective you,
know and he was, scary and they have those same.
Qualities you love the consistency and durability THAT iq was up.
There they both have, that so AND i, look both
these guys going to go dominate and. Flashes So i'm
excited to see what he. Does still needs to figure
out if he's gonna be the four or the, five
that's still a. Question but whatever he figures it, OUT
i think he'll be able to do, it because, look
this draft class is. Amazing whoever you, get you really
can't go, wrong and this game is still. Progressing that's
the best. Part so, Uh i'm gonna so we'll see
what his personality is on the, court what he, does
but all eyes definitely will be on On cam for
the rest of the season in the big. Part Band,
LOOK i Know darren's going off and not to change
the subject too, much but this draft class as a, whole.
Speaker 3: We're gonna see what they do With march. MADNESS i
think we're gonna really see WHAT DP, A. J cam
are gonna.
Speaker 4: Do AND i expect all of them to make good
tournament pushes and runs And i'm excited to see what
they make of.
Speaker 1: IT i Think cam has been the most. IMPACTFUL i,
mean the reason why you can't go With Darren peterson
is just because he hasn't played enough basketball and you
know in yeah, opinion, Right so BUT, aj you know, what,
what let's talk constructive criticism HERE A. J. D bonsa which?
Games These bonsters in which? Game since he struggled to
make a more pivotal impact that could have elevated be
waiting to a in their? Losses what would you?
Speaker 4: SAY i think the first game that people are gonna point,
out obviously is number One, arizona The Texas tech game
that just whole thing Unraveled ben, right you, know because
he was sick and he didn't practice, today so that
was missing a. Broadcast so everybody kind of gave a
pass for, that right you, know and he's not a
pass because it's the lost in the. Record but but ever, Said,
okay this, happens and he bounced back, well, right so
with the week off the. Career so that's why no
one really looks at that, Like, okay that makes. Sense
but The arizona game and then The KANSAS i think
the last two games REALLY i think showcased a negative
part and for us to be. Constructive you miss, shots
but six or twenty four and Credit arizona right then
they played good. Defense they guarded him without. Fouling Tommy
lloyd said that was the biggest part that seven the
scout is you're gonna have to guard this dude who
leaves the nation and getting to the freu throw line without.
Fouling got to give them props. There BUT i would
love to see ag not try to get the foul
and four. SHOTS i think that's his biggest down The kansas. Game,
yeah you would like to see him assert himself in the.
Beginning early he wasn't playing, bad but he wasn't playing.
Great it was, Good so you'd like to see a
little bit more aggressive and make.
Speaker 3: Sure but that's. Easy agent can pick that. Up but to,
me it's the four.
Speaker 4: Shots when he's not getting to the free throw, Line,
ben when he's not getting fouls, called he kind of
gets a little BIT i think stuck in. Mud and
The arizona game was that when shots didn't, fall he
didn't get the foul. Call he was forcing and you
can't do. That you can't go six to twenty. Four
that was his, word shooting out ins on the season
and so far in college. Basketball so that's my constructive
criticism is when you've showing up against these big time,
teams you're trying to slow the game, down get to
the free throw line to find a.
Speaker 3: Rhythm but you might have to.
Speaker 4: Do what you did in The arizona game where you
just bully yourself through two guys to Say i'm not
going to be denied and get to the basket and
have a quick first. Step and now what you brought
up maybe a month ago with showcasing and sulf that
quick first step needs to really be. There he needs
to fake and go because he doesn't have the quick
first step THE dp has And i'm even gonna take
it a step. Further he doesn't even have the first
step That Cam boozer has Because cam is a better
three point shooter than he, is so people have to
respect it and sometimes overplay and press too. Much so
he's really got to figure it. Out so that's my constructive.
Criticism when you're not getting, calls figure out a different
way to scoring and bully yourself to the basket Or
kevin needs to put them in a different, position but
you can't try to draw fouls bin and throw your
body up because he's done in a few times with THE, nba,
OH i feel contact go, up like they're not going
to give you that call that they give you a non.
Speaker 3: Conference you've got to find it a different. Way and
you can't blame.
Speaker 4: Officials kevin can't talk about that because at the end
of the, day when you go six to twenty, four
it has nothing to do with the. Officials in my,
Opinion i'm going to, Say, okay well you just didn't
play well and you four.
Speaker 3: Shots that's what the tables.
Speaker 1: Say, YEAH i love the constructive. CRITICISM i think it's.
VALID i think it's. Warranted and the great thing IS
aj debus IS i think only going to get. BETTER
i think it's get into more competitive. Play and when
you get into a situation where you know these games
are really going to be even more critical to be
what you're, SEEDING i think there's going to be a
sense of urgency that we haven't seen thus. Far AND
i can't wait to SEE aj really flourish in this
role down the. Stretch so CAN i, Guess, yeah of,
course of.
Speaker 4: Course AND i know we get with Constructor, CHRIS i
just wanted to say this because he put this out
six hours ago been aj De Bonsa basketball and this
on His twitter has given me a. Platform with that comes.
Responsibility that's Why i'm excited to launch THE aj De Bonsa.
Foundation of goal is to help create opportunities for young
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Speaker 1: Com love that, Man, NO i know he's been working
some some things behind the scenes with THE Aj Debonsa,
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Speaker 4: Release you Augre Richie saunders on a spot on The
big saut starting five but the second time in the.
Season after a standout week that saw him flirt with
the double double. Average The cougar's lost number One arizona
and number Fourteen. Kansas despite, That saunders put up twenty
five point five points and nine point five rebounds per
game while shooting in.
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beyond the arc and seventy five percent from the charity
strike the top came also contributed across the board with
four assists for steels and a block over the two.
Games the product out Of, Riverton utah finished with eighteen
points Against arizona On, monday hitty seven of eleven, shots
including three, triples while adding a team's best nine, rebounds
four of them came on the offensive. Lass On saturday In, Lawrence,
Kansas saunders delivered one of the best performances of his
career as he scored thirty three points in.
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bau nearly erased to twenty point, deficit marking the third
straight close call for The cougars against The. Jayawens his
thirty three points a time for the most ever scored
BY baa player against the ranked opponent dating back to
nineteen ninety. Six saunders also matched a career high with
six main three pointers and pulled down ten rebounds for
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