1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Welcome back to this so March's right around the corner 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:04,519 and the Cougar's. 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 2: Are written on metal of it. 4 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,439 Speaker 3: It's time to talk some college basketball on Cougar Sports. 5 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,199 Speaker 2: With Ben Cripples. 6 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Cougar Sports here on one O, three 7 00:00:13,199 --> 00:00:14,560 nine and ninety eight three ESPN. 8 00:00:14,599 --> 00:00:16,879 Speaker 2: The Fan Ronald the three Man Weaver here. 9 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:22,039 Speaker 1: Bringing you a special edition of Cougar Sports, a Christmas 10 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,440 Eve edition. Here Brett always bringing the hammer, joined me 11 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,719 in the first hour, be holding it down for the 12 00:00:27,719 --> 00:00:31,359 rest of the show. Happy holidays to everybody. 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Little basketball. 24 00:00:55,759 --> 00:00:59,399 Speaker 1: Aj Debonsa recorded a triple double, first thirty point triple 25 00:00:59,399 --> 00:01:02,640 double and b history. Another guy came close, Danny Ainge. 26 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,840 He had twenty seven ten and thirteen. AJ had thirty three, 27 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,319 ten and ten. The crowd was going crazy. Man, I'm 28 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:10,959 gonna ask the guy right now. Let's get out to 29 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,120 the ESPN the Fan Hotline and asked a color analyst 30 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,799 for bou Men's basketball friend of the program, Great friend, 31 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,599 Mark Durant. Mark, I know you guys had our close 32 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,519 view of it. I would not have wanted to be 33 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,079 Mihailo Boskovic on Monday to be able to take that shot. 34 00:01:25,159 --> 00:01:27,200 He could have been a hated man in Provo if 35 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:27,920 it didn't go down. 36 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's as different ways you can feel pressure in 37 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,200 the basketball game, and that was a unique one. 38 00:01:36,239 --> 00:01:38,439 Speaker 4: But there was a lot of pressure and everybody. 39 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,799 Speaker 3: Everybody knew, and the fans knew, and the team knew, 40 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,599 and we had about five guys ready to check in. 41 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:49,719 So it was kind of all or nothing on that 42 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,480 shot because AJ was coming out and the Mihailo. 43 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 4: Stepped up and hit a big shot. That was a 44 00:01:56,599 --> 00:01:59,560 cool moment. That was that was fun. You know. 45 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 3: We kind of got a little spoiled with Kyle Collinsworth. 46 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,400 I think he had twelve triple doubles over his career. 47 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,960 So we started to think, well, maybe that's something that's normal, 48 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:15,560 but the triple double is pretty rare, and for a 49 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:21,120 freshman to do it is incredible, and to get thirty 50 00:02:21,159 --> 00:02:24,159 plus points and do it is even more rare and incredible. 51 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:29,000 So another another amazing thing we see from AJ. And 52 00:02:29,039 --> 00:02:32,479 we're not even halfway through the season, so you know, 53 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,360 as there's more to come, but man, that was a 54 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:34,960 cool moment. 55 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 2: It debly was a cool moment. 56 00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:38,479 Speaker 1: I want to be too early, Mark, and it's my 57 00:02:38,599 --> 00:02:41,240 job to push his you know, agenda and this this 58 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,039 narrative and driving that message of that chip. 59 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:46,759 Speaker 2: I'm already I'm already sold. I think I've seen enough. 60 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: I think I've seen the number one pick in the 61 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,280 twenty twenty six NBA draft. I've seen enough fit the 62 00:02:54,319 --> 00:02:57,039 skill set at the next level. I know scouts has 63 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,719 he has to do it in conference play, of course, 64 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,960 and in the tournament, but that's all just gonna be validating. 65 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,039 I think AJ's already proven. Hey, I'm gonna play. I'm 66 00:03:05,039 --> 00:03:06,560 gonna be able to play this way at the NBA 67 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,080 because he's done it on NBA courts, he's done it 68 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,159 in the Marriott Center. I mean, do you want him 69 00:03:11,159 --> 00:03:12,879 to do it internationally for crying out loud. I think 70 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,280 that's the last thing we would maybe need to see. Wait, oh, 71 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:16,960 by the way, he already did that. He won the 72 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,919 gold medals. So what else do you need to see 73 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:19,439 from him? 74 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I'd hate to be the guy who 75 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,240 passes on him because you're gonna look dumb down the road. 76 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,759 Speaker 4: And yeah, I mean, the thing about him is, I 77 00:03:33,759 --> 00:03:34,400 think it's. 78 00:03:34,199 --> 00:03:36,879 Speaker 3: Gonna be easier for him the next level with the 79 00:03:36,919 --> 00:03:39,479 way the NBA plays and how they call things. I mean, 80 00:03:40,719 --> 00:03:43,199 it just suits him so well. He's got all the tools. 81 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,800 I've looked for weaknesses. You think, well, maybe his three 82 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,120 point game is not where it should be, and then 83 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:51,479 he hits you know, a couple of tough ones last night, 84 00:03:51,639 --> 00:03:53,879 and and he'll. 85 00:03:53,719 --> 00:03:55,919 Speaker 4: Get better at that. But he's got he's got it all. 86 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,599 Speaker 3: I mean, that little kind of back down, pull up 87 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:03,520 over the defender jump shot is as good as I've 88 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,960 ever seen. It's just so cool. It's a cool shot. 89 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,439 It's an NBA shot, and he can just live on that. 90 00:04:10,639 --> 00:04:12,800 Good luck trying to block it. And then if you 91 00:04:12,879 --> 00:04:15,400 do try and jump the gun, you're gonna put him 92 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:17,040 on the line or he's just gonna step through with 93 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,040 that big drop step or euro and get to the 94 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:24,959 hoop where he shoots an amazing percentage at the rim, 95 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:26,240 drawing contact. 96 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:29,519 Speaker 4: I mean, you just kind of expected to go in. 97 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,079 Speaker 3: But those are hard shots he's shooting. He's shooting almost 98 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,759 sixty percent from the field, which is incredible. And then 99 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,240 of course he's got the amazing dunks and all that. 100 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,639 But he's a great defender and he's showing that he 101 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,920 can be a great offensive rebounder. A couple of those 102 00:04:45,959 --> 00:04:48,360 putbacks he's had have just been off the charge. Maybe 103 00:04:48,399 --> 00:04:51,639 the best dunk I've ever seen in that one put back. 104 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,240 And so I've tried to figure out what you could 105 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,399 do to stop him, and a lot of really good 106 00:04:57,439 --> 00:05:01,319 coaches so far have tried this stop him, doing a 107 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:03,240 lot of different things on him, trying to be real 108 00:05:03,319 --> 00:05:05,720 physical with him, double team him. 109 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 4: Whatever they've done. 110 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 3: He's figured out and and learned how what he can 111 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:14,199 do against those those teams and those coaches and those defenses. 112 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,079 Speaker 4: And he'll he'll get better and better. 113 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,519 Speaker 3: I mean, it's just now a matter of just getting 114 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:21,519 more experience for him. And as he does, he's going 115 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,040 to put that in the in the mental Bank and 116 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,519 and he's just he's just going to be an all 117 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,000 time great, not just a b YU. I think he'll 118 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,879 he'll have one of the great NBA careers. That's how 119 00:05:31,959 --> 00:05:34,879 highly I think of him. And I've always kind of 120 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,600 hesitated to put too much on guys that are that young. 121 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,120 But like you, I mean, there's there's been nothing to 122 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:45,279 dissuade me from the fact that he has greatness in 123 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,759 him and will be a great, one of the all 124 00:05:47,759 --> 00:05:49,439 time greats at b YU and will be a great 125 00:05:49,519 --> 00:05:50,160 NBA player. 126 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 4: So I'm just kind of. 127 00:05:51,519 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 3: It's cool to be watching it up close where kind 128 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,439 of all beginning and see his see him kind of 129 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,600 just do his thing, and you know, twenty thirty forty 130 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,920 years from now, we're going to be saying, yeah, I 131 00:06:05,959 --> 00:06:08,319 saw aj play in person, I saw when he got 132 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:11,920 the triple double and all those things, and that will be, 133 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,600 you know, a pretty cool bit for BA you fans 134 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,319 to be able to say, yeah. 135 00:06:16,199 --> 00:06:17,399 Speaker 2: Definitely will be right now. 136 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,879 Speaker 1: I mean, it's very obvious it's going to be between 137 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:22,319 him and until you find out more health wise about 138 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:25,480 what's going on with Darren Peterson, but Cam cam Boozer 139 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,800 and aj Aj is right behind Cam for scoring leaders 140 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,519 in all of college basketball. Cam's at twenty three point 141 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,160 three and AGS at twenty three point one. If he 142 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,800 keeps doing this, he's going to be the next gym 143 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,360 or he's going to be the Nasimith Player of the Year. 144 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,600 He's got a great opportunity to win that award if 145 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,279 he keeps us up. 146 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,959 Speaker 2: So we will definitely definitely see. 147 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: But I got to ask you this, you know, because 148 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:49,120 you've done this with Greg a long time. I don't 149 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:51,120 know if you guys have had this discussion maybe on 150 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:52,000 sparking something. 151 00:06:52,399 --> 00:06:54,439 Speaker 2: That dunk by AJ it was nice. 152 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: It's up there and being in have a DISCUSSI As 153 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,480 we're going back and forth and Jonathan talvinar even pushing me, he says, well, 154 00:06:59,480 --> 00:06:59,920 then you got to. 155 00:06:59,879 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 2: Get my call, is credit? Where does that dunk rank? 156 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:04,000 Long time? 157 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,959 Speaker 1: Because the only Child's baptism where you catch a body 158 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,399 was nice too, Mark and is against a rival on 159 00:07:10,439 --> 00:07:11,240 a neutral site. 160 00:07:11,319 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: AJ's is up there. 161 00:07:12,279 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: But then I forgot about my calls that don't Why 162 00:07:14,759 --> 00:07:15,680 do you rank that dunk? 163 00:07:18,759 --> 00:07:22,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's hard. Those are all amazing. Trump 164 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,759 Place Ted had one that is kind of before calling 165 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,279 it kind of shook me at the time. 166 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:34,079 Speaker 4: They're all cool, kind of in their own way. 167 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 3: I mean, Yoli doing it against Utah and just going 168 00:07:37,879 --> 00:07:42,480 through two defenders and that picture, I mean that's iconic, 169 00:07:42,759 --> 00:07:46,759 and and Mike Hall seemed to defy all the laws 170 00:07:46,759 --> 00:07:50,680 of physics and just kind of raise and throw that 171 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:55,120 one down. But I'd probably i mean recency bias. 172 00:07:55,199 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 4: I'd probably go with aj just because it wasn't just. 173 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,879 Speaker 3: The dunk, the athleticism and the coolness of the dunk, 174 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,360 but how he was able to reach back and kind 175 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,600 of grab it with one hand and then in the 176 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,600 same motion kind of gathered in that hand, bring it 177 00:08:14,639 --> 00:08:18,439 back over to the middle, and then with the rebounder 178 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:19,160 in front of it, and. 179 00:08:19,959 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 4: Then to throw it down. 180 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:26,519 Speaker 3: I mean, just it wasn't just about sheer athleticism. It 181 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:31,759 was a really skilled and amazing basketball move with one 182 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,840 hand to bring that ball, I mean, he was I 183 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,000 didn't think he could even get his hand on it 184 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:39,639 for the rebound, and he got it corraled that brought 185 00:08:39,639 --> 00:08:43,120 it under control back to the to in front of 186 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:43,960 himself and. 187 00:08:43,879 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 4: Then throw it down. 188 00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:48,759 Speaker 3: I mean that was just a It just wasn't kind 189 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:50,240 of an overpowering wow. 190 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,519 Speaker 4: Athletic dunk. It was like, how did he do it? 191 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,399 Speaker 3: I mean, that was such a hard play to make, 192 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,960 just to control the ball and then to be able 193 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,000 to throw it, and it was so out of nowhere. 194 00:09:03,039 --> 00:09:05,480 I mean, you just weren't expecting it. He didn't have 195 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,679 the ball in his hands. It was a miss three 196 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,080 and you're like, oh, a miss three. And then you're 197 00:09:10,159 --> 00:09:14,440 just you're like, what happened? What just happened? And it 198 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,919 was it was really cool. So I mean they're all great, 199 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,159 They're all good in their own way. But I think, 200 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,799 just fresh off the off, the memory of watching that 201 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,559 play and the difficulty of that dunk was I think 202 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,320 probably the best dunk I've seen in person. 203 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,399 Speaker 1: I will say this, The only two dunks, and I 204 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,840 know I'm a wee we lad, but the only two 205 00:09:33,879 --> 00:09:35,639 dunks they've ever got me off my feet were the 206 00:09:35,639 --> 00:09:38,919 only Child's dunk and then the A J dunk I 207 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,720 was at the I was at both games. One I 208 00:09:40,759 --> 00:09:42,399 was a fan back in the day and the other 209 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,120 is a media member. And I will say this, and 210 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,320 I broke rules and so do other media members. I 211 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,960 I reacted one hundred because I didn't. 212 00:09:51,039 --> 00:09:52,799 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I feel sorry. 213 00:09:52,879 --> 00:09:55,159 Speaker 3: For your media guys that are supposed to be all 214 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,480 calm and collective. I mean, uh, there may they may 215 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,240 want me to be that way, but I I don't 216 00:10:00,279 --> 00:10:01,600 got I don't have it at you. No no no 217 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,000 no no no no no no no. 218 00:10:03,399 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: It shouldn't be. You guys are the home broadcast. I 219 00:10:05,279 --> 00:10:07,240 don't think it should be. Though, you guys are objective. 220 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:10,279 You guys say a good play. I've listened to you guys. Look, look, 221 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,080 you have to be honest. Kelowne going crazy, Brian Santiago, 222 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,000 Dae dabbed up. Uh, you know the pulla twin. Look, 223 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,399 I'm giving people a testament. Guys, we have to be objective. 224 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,200 But I was next to Sean Walker and Jake Hatch 225 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,279 was there, and then you know Stu for BYU, Oh 226 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,519 my goodness, and I I like, I grabbed Sean and this, 227 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,440 and I looked at other people on the front where 228 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:33,120 I won't name them. 229 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,519 Speaker 2: I know Sean wouldn't care, and we were just like WHOA. 230 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,879 Speaker 1: If you didn't react to that, if you didn't move 231 00:10:38,919 --> 00:10:41,200 as a human, then you just don't have emotions. In 232 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,279 my opinion, my friend Kayla Keiso, she's been going viral 233 00:10:44,279 --> 00:10:46,159 because she was under the rim getting caught in four 234 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,240 K like look like just no one thought that like 235 00:10:49,279 --> 00:10:51,360 when you saw that, And I don't know what's better, 236 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,200 Like Mark, is the dunking better or the staredowns every 237 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,080 time he stares down. I'm really trying to myself just 238 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,759 as a competitor of having played pickup ball like her, 239 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,559 like not like he stare downs or even better. 240 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:06,879 Speaker 2: When he makes these dunks up. Man, he's a phenomenal athlete. 241 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,399 Speaker 3: I know, I wish I could have ever done anything 242 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,399 in my career that I could have stare at someone down, 243 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:13,080 but oh yeah. 244 00:11:12,919 --> 00:11:13,639 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna ever have. 245 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,799 Speaker 3: But but listen, you know I do get excited when 246 00:11:17,799 --> 00:11:20,639 BYU does things like that, but sometimes you just have 247 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,960 to get excited about the play that you just are, 248 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,440 regardless of the team. I mean, there's been some dunks 249 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,799 against BYU that I really thought were amazing and I 250 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:34,120 really enjoyed them because it's just I mean, sometimes you 251 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,559 just got to respect the game and the player and 252 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,360 what he does and regardless of what's on his uniform. 253 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,120 So yeah, that was I think anybody who saw that, 254 00:11:43,399 --> 00:11:45,759 regardless of your feelings about b why you had to 255 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:48,559 respect that that particular. 256 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,759 Speaker 2: Playa fans will get mad at me. 257 00:11:49,799 --> 00:11:53,879 Speaker 1: But when Darren Darien Williams gave him what the business 258 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,960 last year on one of those plays and one of 259 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,360 those dunks, I said, oh, I said, oh. 260 00:11:58,519 --> 00:12:02,039 Speaker 2: That's nice as a man. 261 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,159 Speaker 1: That's a bad man, as a very very bad man. 262 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:07,200 He's a Hey, you gotta respect that. I love that 263 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,440 you say. And that's something that Greg he has even 264 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:10,000 talked about. 265 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 2: Right. You know, at the end of the day, you 266 00:12:12,919 --> 00:12:14,000 got to give credit. 267 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: To the athlete. You have to do. You have to 268 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:16,919 have respect for the game. You can't just be the 269 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,480 why on the shirt. It has to be all of 270 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:21,759 college basketball. You know, there's some BA basketball players that 271 00:12:21,799 --> 00:12:23,440 have been baptized. There have been something that have gotten 272 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,559 their ankles took and look, that's the game. Sometimes you're 273 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,919 on a highlight for someone else and sometimes you put 274 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,879 someone on your highlight. 275 00:12:31,879 --> 00:12:32,639 Speaker 2: It goes both ways. 276 00:12:32,639 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: Here with Mark Durant, the BYU color analysts, let's change 277 00:12:35,759 --> 00:12:40,440 topics though still in basketball, but really off the court. 278 00:12:40,879 --> 00:12:43,080 I need to know what pair of shoes did Aj 279 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,279 get for you? If he did get you some got 280 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,000 Greg some On Monday, I saw him. I took a 281 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,440 picture of to put it on my Twitter man even 282 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:55,320 better human to get everybody on the staff, contributors, managers. 283 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,720 He got everybody at Christmas Gift, which I thought was 284 00:12:57,759 --> 00:13:00,120 phenomenal and that really touched one of my friends to 285 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,759 Mussey is one of the managers, and you know, he 286 00:13:02,919 --> 00:13:04,639 was just it was really cool to talk to him 287 00:13:04,639 --> 00:13:08,480 and just hear how Aj is so competitive on the court, 288 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,399 but when he's off the court, who he is as 289 00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:11,679 a person is ten times that. 290 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:19,799 Speaker 3: Yeah, I've yet to receive my my Christmas shoes, but 291 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,960 I'm not I'm not expecting anybody. Aj is awesome. I mean, 292 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,840 I I just pinched myself. I think, is this real life? 293 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,000 When I watch him out on the floor, and I 294 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,000 think at times you just kind of take for granted 295 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,279 that he's on By's team. 296 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,279 Speaker 4: But he's a huge deal. 297 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 3: I mean, we were walking the streets of New York 298 00:13:41,519 --> 00:13:45,399 and crowd would gether and want his picture, and you 299 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:49,200 know he's getting he's getting a hug from Lebron after 300 00:13:49,279 --> 00:13:52,000 the game of the Jazz game, and he's doing commercials 301 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,480 with Shaq. I mean, he is a superstar and he 302 00:13:56,639 --> 00:13:59,279 chose to come to b y U. Still I can't 303 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,759 I can't fathom that that happened. And and he's such 304 00:14:03,799 --> 00:14:07,080 a great representative of BYU. I mean he's always talking 305 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,559 about BYU and and the opportunities and and all the 306 00:14:11,639 --> 00:14:12,639 good things about it. 307 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 4: I mean, what what what what? 308 00:14:14,759 --> 00:14:17,879 Speaker 3: You know, whatever money he is getting by he's getting 309 00:14:17,919 --> 00:14:20,759 his money, their money's worth and getting a bargain with 310 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,200 AJ with the publicity and the exposure and the games 311 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,279 they're getting and and and the nightly highlights. I mean, 312 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,399 so as a player, he's terrific. But I love it 313 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,879 that that he's a great teammate. I mean, he gets 314 00:14:34,919 --> 00:14:39,960 thirty three last night, and I never once thought, well, 315 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,240 he's he's getting his right, he's he's getting his shots up. 316 00:14:44,279 --> 00:14:47,519 I mean, he's so efficient and he's not you know, 317 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,840 he's not a black hole out there. 318 00:14:49,879 --> 00:14:50,159 Speaker 2: He's not. 319 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,679 Speaker 3: Everything's got to go through him. And he's making his 320 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:57,279 teammates better. I mean, Richie gets over twenty points last night, 321 00:14:57,759 --> 00:15:00,519 and Rob was right there with him, and Move is 322 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,639 right there. You got seventeen and and you know it's 323 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,159 not all about AJ, and he gets to the triple 324 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,279 double and ten assists. I mean he's making his teammates better. 325 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,600 And you can see when when they do stuff, he 326 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,879 gets excited when they do stuff. He loves his teammates, 327 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:20,080 and he's very respectful, and I mean, you just couldn't 328 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,480 say enough things about him, and the fact that he 329 00:15:22,559 --> 00:15:25,320 wants to share the good things that are happening to 330 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,639 him and the things he's getting and resources with his 331 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,600 teammates and the coaching staff and managers and all that. 332 00:15:32,039 --> 00:15:33,159 Speaker 4: Says a lot about the kid. 333 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,159 Speaker 3: I mean, I just I don't have anything bad to 334 00:15:36,159 --> 00:15:38,720 say about his game or him as a person. He's 335 00:15:38,759 --> 00:15:45,279 handling all this intense, intense media exposure perfectly. I mean, 336 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,759 he's doing it all the right way. So I'm gushing 337 00:15:48,799 --> 00:15:51,039 about the kid, but I you know, just sometimes, like 338 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,320 I said, I got pinched myself that this is real 339 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,039 life for BYU and that fans get to see him 340 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,679 and and you know, we'll see what happens with the 341 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:03,120 conference play and all that in the postseason. But whatever happens, 342 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,399 he is a great young man and represents BUYU so 343 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:08,320 well and it's amazing to have him here. 344 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: Will be an all time great generational player, generational talent. 345 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,360 And I love that this has happened at market BYU 346 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,440 because the fear was of guys. When I say guys 347 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:23,039 like AG, I mean the publicity, the talent. You know, 348 00:16:23,639 --> 00:16:28,080 could there be egos, very culchable, not entitled at all. 349 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:29,879 That's the biggest thing in this day and age, especially 350 00:16:29,879 --> 00:16:33,159 with nil and high level players. That was a worry, 351 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,720 especially with BA and the culture. And he is fitting 352 00:16:35,759 --> 00:16:38,120 in and thrived in this and that's I love. What 353 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,159 I love more than anything of on the court is 354 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,120 when he's walking back to the huddle and Kevin Young 355 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,000 needs to tell him something, but Tim Fanning will void 356 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,200 Nate Austin, Chris Burgess. He's so attentive and he's so 357 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,399 listening and he says yes, and then he goes and 358 00:16:52,399 --> 00:16:55,200 he does that. And I said, man, to be that humble, 359 00:16:55,759 --> 00:16:58,879 to be that open minded is really tough to find 360 00:16:58,879 --> 00:17:00,759 in this day and age, you know, when you look 361 00:17:00,799 --> 00:17:04,720 at college athletics, because these kids sometimes are their parents' bosses, 362 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:06,880 right well, the paychecks that they pay and how hard 363 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,039 that they've worked. So sometimes you know parents for maybe 364 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:12,039 forget the parent or people in your group can't tell 365 00:17:12,079 --> 00:17:14,079 you anything. That's not the case at all, Mark what 366 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:14,400 they j. 367 00:17:16,519 --> 00:17:17,559 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's right. 368 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:24,039 Speaker 3: And you know from my experience watching greatness and great players. 369 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:29,400 They kind of have two really defining characteristics. One is 370 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:39,440 that they are supremely ultimately and just confident. They believe 371 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:44,880 in themselves. And you think, well, you know, they got 372 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,440 a big ego. No, it's they know what they've got 373 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,680 and have a complete belief in themselves. But along with that, 374 00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:56,119 and this is important to have this second characteristic because 375 00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:01,200 they have a thirst to know more and get even better. 376 00:18:02,079 --> 00:18:06,680 And if there's a coach or someone that can give 377 00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:12,119 them insight or they can learn something new, they have 378 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,480 a thirst for that. And so you can have an 379 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:20,920 have enormous confidence and yet still be humble enough to 380 00:18:21,039 --> 00:18:26,559 want to learn more and to absorb all the information 381 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:27,279 just to. 382 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 4: Be the best you can be. 383 00:18:28,279 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 3: And from what I've seen from Aj, he's kind of 384 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,680 got that and from what everything Coach Young has told 385 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:38,480 me about him, and he's super coachable and Coach Young 386 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,400 likes having him out there because it's almost an extension 387 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,720 of himself out there. He just has a good knowledge 388 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,799 of the game and Coach Young can trust him to 389 00:18:45,839 --> 00:18:49,160 do the right things, make the right decisions, and. 390 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:49,759 Speaker 4: Do what's best for the team. 391 00:18:49,839 --> 00:18:53,839 Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean super confident kid as he should 392 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,640 be because because why not, why wouldn't you be? But 393 00:18:56,799 --> 00:19:00,000 also humble enough to know that he doesn't know everything 394 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:03,240 thing that he can get better and can learn more 395 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,160 about the game, and he has a thirst for that. 396 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:07,519 Speaker 4: So I think it's really cool. 397 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 2: Definitely really cool for sure. 398 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,279 Speaker 1: Here with Mark duranty Ba you call it analysts on 399 00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:14,839 the line here with this on Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve 400 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,000 edition of Cougar Sports Wins A December twenty fourth Mark, 401 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:19,599 last couple of things and I'll let you get out 402 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,400 of here. The biggest thing that this team needs to 403 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:27,279 improve on going in a conference play next Saturday, January third, 404 00:19:27,279 --> 00:19:29,920 Crazy that we're in twenty twenty six, already eleven am 405 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,480 mount the standard time they will tip off to begin 406 00:19:32,599 --> 00:19:33,480 Big twelve play. 407 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 2: On the road against Kansas State and Manhattan. 408 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,400 Speaker 3: Well, you know, I think they're in a good spot. 409 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:46,440 I mean, but you know, there's some consistency issues. Obviously, 410 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,880 There's been a lot of talk about first half, second 411 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,359 half team, and again last night, they just they didn't 412 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,519 look they didn't look good, particularly. 413 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 4: On defense in the first half, and I worry. 414 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 3: You know, you can get away with that sometimes, but 415 00:20:02,279 --> 00:20:05,759 I worry that with the level of competition in the 416 00:20:05,759 --> 00:20:08,160 Big Twelve, which is just off the charts, man. I mean, 417 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:11,440 there's so many good teams in the Big twelve that 418 00:20:11,839 --> 00:20:14,599 you can't afford to have, you know, five or six 419 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,240 minutes where you're not you know, you can't have those lapses, 420 00:20:18,319 --> 00:20:19,960 I guess and expect to recover. 421 00:20:20,039 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 4: But LBA, he's done a. 422 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 3: Good job of having tough halfs or tough times and 423 00:20:24,839 --> 00:20:28,200 winning games still. But I just don't think you can 424 00:20:28,319 --> 00:20:30,880 do that or expect to do that in the Big twelve. 425 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,759 There's just two good and so you need a little 426 00:20:32,759 --> 00:20:38,920 more consistency on both ends for forty minutes. Obviously, bench 427 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,799 plays a little bit of an issue. You've got Beato 428 00:20:43,519 --> 00:20:47,640 Aukman and coming in and he's I love, I just 429 00:20:47,759 --> 00:20:50,799 love having him because they need some size and shop 430 00:20:50,839 --> 00:20:54,079 blocking and rebounding to spell Cata and so. But overall 431 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,440 bench play, you know, this four game stretch was nice 432 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,400 to get Tyler Moruss and like I said, cost it 433 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:02,960 some time and some conf evidence and you know, the 434 00:21:03,079 --> 00:21:05,920 Hallo and they're not going to need a lot from 435 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,880 the bench with this team, but you know there's going 436 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,599 to be forty fifty bench minutes and you need to 437 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,599 have some production or at least that have some threats 438 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,119 out there, so teams can't just focus on the Big three. 439 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,000 And so there's a couple areas certainly you can get better, 440 00:21:22,039 --> 00:21:25,160 but that that starting five is really really good, and 441 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,720 I think can can win and win the Big twelve. 442 00:21:28,799 --> 00:21:31,519 Now that's that's tall order a lot of good teams, 443 00:21:31,599 --> 00:21:34,279 but they certainly be ways a team that will be 444 00:21:34,319 --> 00:21:35,920 in the mix and we'll have to be dealt with. 445 00:21:36,559 --> 00:21:39,720 And but in a lot of ways, I think this 446 00:21:39,839 --> 00:21:43,039 team Ron is just scratching the surface too. So I 447 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,359 think they can get better, which is exciting. And and 448 00:21:46,759 --> 00:21:48,400 we'll see how It's going to be tough. 449 00:21:48,519 --> 00:21:50,319 Speaker 4: It's tough for everybody in the Big twelve. 450 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,519 Speaker 3: But I'm excited to see what this team can put 451 00:21:54,559 --> 00:21:56,680 on the floor and have a lot of confidence in 452 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,000 this group of young men. 453 00:21:58,039 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 4: It's certainly with coach young. 454 00:21:59,839 --> 00:22:01,839 Speaker 3: And staff, I think they'll be ready to go, and 455 00:22:02,559 --> 00:22:05,279 this preseason will have done a good job of getting 456 00:22:05,279 --> 00:22:09,160 them ready for the rigors of a Big twelve play. 457 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,559 Speaker 1: They've been tested in a non conference, they've experienced different atmospheres, venues, 458 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,319 parts of the world, and they've passed all the tests 459 00:22:16,319 --> 00:22:18,640 as far Man. You just wish, if you wish, if 460 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,480 they'd have had two more minutes in the Yukong game 461 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:22,720 where they have passed all the tests, but they've learned 462 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,759 a lot about themselves. And I'm just gonna tell everybody 463 00:22:25,759 --> 00:22:28,079 in a big twelve, look out for BYU Kansas State. 464 00:22:28,079 --> 00:22:30,079 You gonna have to look out Arizona State. You tall 465 00:22:30,079 --> 00:22:32,759 the boys up north TCU Texas Tech. 466 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 2: All of these games. 467 00:22:34,279 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: Number one Arizona man Bo has an opportunity to finish 468 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,640 I think as a top five team in the country. 469 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,359 If you take down the likes of Kansas number one, Arizona, 470 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,640 number eight, Houston, number three, Iowa State. All of those 471 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,960 games that you get some of them at the MC, 472 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,440 the best college basketball place that I've experienced atmosphere on 473 00:22:52,519 --> 00:22:54,759 the planet. It's a privilege to cover this team and 474 00:22:54,759 --> 00:22:55,160 talk to you. 475 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 2: Mark. 476 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: I'll let you out of here on this the hard 477 00:22:57,519 --> 00:23:01,519 hitting jade journalism question. Need to know what are the 478 00:23:01,599 --> 00:23:05,319 Christmas traditions? The Christmas song and the Durant home. What 479 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,519 are you guys doing for Christmas? 480 00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 3: Well, uh, you know, we got some different things. We 481 00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:16,079 got some movies we like to watch, you know, elf, 482 00:23:16,079 --> 00:23:18,400 and Christmas Story and Christmas vacation. 483 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 2: Great movies. 484 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:28,039 Speaker 3: I mean that's always fun singing Yeah, Papa Elf, the 485 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:32,720 North Pole, those are those are good things. Oh, it's 486 00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:35,000 so funny, so fun I was in New York City 487 00:23:35,079 --> 00:23:37,160 the other day and I just, yeah, I went in 488 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,440 the Empire State Building and pressed all the buttons on 489 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:45,640 the elevators. But yeah, but it really is just about 490 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:48,880 family and being together and Christmas Morning together. And my 491 00:23:49,319 --> 00:23:52,759 son and his three kids were from They live up 492 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:54,359 in Idaho. They were down for this weekend, so we 493 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:55,920 got to spend some time with them. But it's just 494 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,680 about family, man, It's about being grateful and uh, and 495 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:03,880 being around family and loving each other. And uh, I'm 496 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,000 a I'm a blessed man round around, as you know. 497 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,200 And uh, you know, I'm just so grateful to be 498 00:24:09,319 --> 00:24:12,880 able to call the BYU games and to associate with 499 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,440 b YU and and be around BYU fans. 500 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:16,079 Speaker 4: I love it. 501 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,039 Speaker 3: It's it's an honor for me, and I know it's 502 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,799 you know, it's a real cool thing for me to 503 00:24:20,839 --> 00:24:21,359 be able to do. 504 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,039 Speaker 4: I don't take it lightly. And it just makes me. 505 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,440 It makes me feel happy to be able to do that. 506 00:24:27,759 --> 00:24:31,319 Speaker 3: And and it's important to me and my family and anyway, 507 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,079 I'm kind of rambling on, but it's I'm just grateful. 508 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 4: I'm grateful to. 509 00:24:35,279 --> 00:24:37,759 Speaker 3: You for all that you do and uh and just 510 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:40,440 uh to be a part of b y U sports 511 00:24:40,519 --> 00:24:43,400 in general and a little bit and UH, it's blessed 512 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:43,799 my life. 513 00:24:43,839 --> 00:24:44,759 Speaker 4: So I'm grateful for it. 514 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: It's a blessed my life too. 515 00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: Man, right back at you, I'm blessed you to be 516 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,759 able to talk to you and uh, to cover this 517 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,039 great team, this great coaching staff, Tyson Jackson, information director 518 00:24:54,079 --> 00:24:55,880 does a great job. And to be able to tell 519 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,920 the story this is b a your basketball team, and 520 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,319 tell your story through your eyes. That one of the 521 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,480 reasons I got into journalism is the story and the relationships, 522 00:25:03,559 --> 00:25:05,839 not about the money. It's about the story and the 523 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,319 connection that you build with people. And I felt that, Well, 524 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,559 Merry Christmas, Mark, happy holiday, is happy new Year, and 525 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,400 we will definitely catch up with you in a few 526 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,559 weeks kicking off twenty twenty six, and we'll see where 527 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,200 BYU is that in conference. 528 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 2: Playing a few weeks. I definitely think it's gonna be glorious. 529 00:25:20,599 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 4: All right, my friend, I appreciate you. 530 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 2: Thank care YEP, I'll let you go. 531 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,799 Speaker 1: That was Mark Durant, everybody and a little talking basketball 532 00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:29,400 college basketball here on Cougar Sports. And it was brought 533 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,720 to you by one of our favorite sponsors, Premo Golf Apparel. 534 00:25:31,799 --> 00:25:35,039 Premogolf Apparel dot com. Guys, Primo Golf Apparel's biggest sale 535 00:25:35,279 --> 00:25:38,759 of the years. Here shop their premier joggers, pullos and hoodies, 536 00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:41,359 the same brand that's worn by Phil Nicholson and the 537 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,759 High Flyers team. 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