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We got a great show for you as always. Hopefully

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he had a wonderful weekend and you enjoyed the dub,

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the big dub that b Yu was able to obtain

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at the marriage center. I thought it was a fantastic game.

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I've heard from everyone that was in attendance that it

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was the loudest they'd heard them out the Marriage Center

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in a long time. And so the Cougars continued to believe.

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The Cougarnation continued to believe that this team could find

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its way. I don't think that Kugarnation had given up

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on this team. I just think that the ceiling wasn't

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as high and the floor was much lower than than

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they would have liked. But they Cougarnation does not give

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up hope. In my opinion, they show up, show out,

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Speaker 5: We saw essentially a sold out crowd storm the court.

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Speaker 4: Whether you agree or disagree with it, some people are

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gonna hate on the Cougars and the fan base, the

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student body for.

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Speaker 5: Storming of the court.

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Speaker 4: It was a big win because yeah, there had been

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a you know there. This Cougar nation was incredulous that

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this team could start off with such high expectations and

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maybe not fulfill on those after so many season ending injuries.

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And as k Y pointed out, there's been three iterations

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the team that they adjusted to become, which was still

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a top twenty five team and then the current iteration

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without Richie Saunders.

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Speaker 5: You lost late in the season.

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Speaker 4: So it's tough for a coaching staff to adapt to

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injuries and rotations and keeping the culture and keeping the

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mindset of like of of belief in oneself and belief

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as a team. And that was the thing that he

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brought up in that and that lost prior to Texas Tech.

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I just need this team to believe in itself again,

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and I think it is. I think they are believing

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in themselves. And they put forth a great effort defensively,

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rebounding wise, and they did enough offensively versus the Texas

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Tech Red Raiders. So we're gonna break it all down

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and I can introduce you to my coast and the

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rest of the start set of cash joining us for

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this Monday, March ninth edition of Cougar Sports. Behind the

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Glass up in Salt Lake City. Are our executive producer,

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our point guard. Let's welcome in Ronald the three man weaver.

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Speaker 5: What's up, Rodny?

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Speaker 6: What's up?

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Speaker 7: I got a way for later in the show for

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us to talk about it because Cougar's and the pros

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aren't yet. But I was disappointed. You know, Friday had

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a rough day. It's been a glue this weekend, you

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know BYU one Ben, And there's some Cougars in the

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pros that got some pay days as well.

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Speaker 6: We'll discuss it in the second hour, but there's been

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a way better money.

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Speaker 7: It's beautiful day outside, Ben, if you notice my goodness,

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I'm in a short sleeve shirt. I do miss the snow.

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I'm a Midwest boy. But it's a great start to

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Speaker 6: Ben, what a great way to open up Big twelve

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Speaker 4: The sun is shining. All manner of optimism is abounding

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after Buyu beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders to break

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it all down. Let's welcome in, Brett. Always bring the hammer,

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hammertime show what's up?

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Speaker 5: Brett?

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Speaker 8: Look, I hate to burst the positivity bubble that I disagree.

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Speaker 5: It is not a glorious day.

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Speaker 8: The Monday after Spring Daylight Savings should be a federal

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holiday because I feel I just feel like my whole

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at six it felt like five am. I've just not

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feeling myself today. We got a whole bunch of federal

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holidays that can get moved around. We need to put

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one of them right after the super Bowl and one

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of them the day after Daylight Savings. Outside of that,

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it was a great weekend. Yeah, I'd be open to

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Speaker 4: I do think voting day, you know, election Day, Yes,

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that also needs to be a federal holiday.

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Speaker 8: People are going to work and they can't vote because

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they got stuff to do.

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Speaker 4: No, like they need to make that into a federal

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holiday and like really promoted as such, like your vote

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counts engage in your community. Uh, it's I think it's

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Speaker 5: I really do, so I'm with you. I'd be open to.

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Speaker 4: The Daylight savings holiday, especially as you move forward.

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Speaker 5: To move forward, we don't need that.

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Speaker 4: We do at least a half day, right, at least

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half day. I'm down with that. I think I think

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we could get on board with that. You can only

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you know, you'd have to only work in the afternoon.

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So yeah, nobody has to come until noon. No one

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comes until noon. I'm up for that. Hey, sleep is

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a good thing. You need your sleep in order to

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keep that immune system high and staying healthy, healthy and

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happy and strong. Shout out to Vic fram on the

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Speaker 5: As always, we're going to.

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Speaker 4: Get into the k Y Kevin Young postgame commentary. Also

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maybe the head coach for Texas Tech as well his compass.

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He has some great things to say about this BU

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basketball team and as well as as well as the

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environment the marriage center, and we'll discuss maybe the attendance

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for BYU men's basketball this year. Also in a following segment.

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Little let's talk about statsg BA one of the best

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at attracting loyal, strong and true fans that are willing

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to buy tickets here and then you out and show up.

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So we're gonna get into Jared McGregor, Kepacata, b Kilo,

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Bucket Witch, and Rob Right the third post game sound

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as well from Texas Tech. We'll break it all down. Also,

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welcome in U to the show. Well, we'll have some

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reading between the lines with Kaladie Satake. Kyler Casper, BAU

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wide receiver, who's the transfer from Oregon. Big expectations for

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him stepping into a much long role. He's large and stature.

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hundred and twenty pounds and he moves extremely well. One

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of the faster guys on this team. Kyler Casper gonna

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necessitate a much bigger role than he's experienced in his

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collegiate career that has been somewhat derailed by I think

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some injuries there at Oregon as well as a depth

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in the creator of the relative athletics score, Kent Lee

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intrigued by. Data that goes all the way back to

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scores and you compare and contrast performances and you get

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a rating. And look, both Jack Kelly and Chase Roberts

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I think had great outings. I think Jack Kelly had

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an eating and I think he really improved his draft stock.

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and compare and contrast some of those numbers. Brady Papinga

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Utah dot Com. All right, let's start off here with this.

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Let me just break down a little bit of the

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the eighty two to seventy six victory over the number

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ten team in the country, Texas Tech. The glorious thing

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was you wan on Senior Night right. You did it

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for your seniors. You did it for the guys. You

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did it for Richie, you know what I mean. And

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it's like that whole that meme of Froda or excuse me,

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of Aragorn running towards the Black Gates and the Lord

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of the Rings is like for frod that was for Richie, baby,

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that was for your seniors, right, bringing out the nerd

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and me there right, So like, you did it for

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your seniors. You did it for your guys. You did

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hi low bucket, bitch. You did it for kebec keta

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kebec Ketta did it for.

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Speaker 4: Dude, man, that guy had a nice performance in this game.

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So yeah, you won for for your seniors. And it

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was awesome. And after trailing by eight at half time,

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BA outscored the tenth ranked Red Raiders forty four to

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thirty over the final twenty minutes for its second top

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ten win of the season eighty two seventy six. The

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Cougar's held Texas Tech to just twenty five percent from

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behind the arc in the second half, despite giving up

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a season high sixteen three pointers.

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Speaker 5: Not good.

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Speaker 4: The Cougars also have twenty offensive rebounds, the second highest

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the season for BYU. Just allowed the Cougars to double

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the Red Raiders second chance points with Boy scoring twenty

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to Texas Texa nine. And that's been a standard for BYU.

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it's not because they've been the most efficient scores. It's

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because they get second chance points. One of the devastating

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things losing Richie Sunders. Yes, it was the scoring element,

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but I would actually make an argument for all the

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second chance points that Richie Saunders created. He wasn't always

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getting the rebound, but he was tipping it to his

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teammates time and time again. He had great vision, he's

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that was beneficial while forcing So the poor passing that

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really poor passing, really poor defense, and poor poorly uh,

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just subpar efficiency from from the offensive offensive side of

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the ball. All of those I think were to a

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degree remedied in this game. The only one you can

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maybe complain about is the offensive efficiency, but the other

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two fantastically done, well, well executed. Rob Wright had twenty

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seven on nine to seventeen, shooting nine to nine from

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the charity stripe. Really nice work from him. The sophomore

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transfer hauled in six rebounds as well and recorded a steel.

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Speaker 5: Aj I think had a.

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Speaker 4: Solid night twenty one points, added six rebounds with two assists.

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The true freshman has now scored in double digits in

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every game the season, and twenty plus in the last

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ten games. This is also the fourth time the product

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out of Brockton, Massachusetts product has played a full forty

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minutes on the floor. So Cannard Davis Junior solid out

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and scored in double digits for the first time since

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the Cougar's beat Iowa State. Obviously, you need Cannard Davis

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Junior to pick up the pace and score and fill

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the shoes of Richie Sanders on the offensive end. Sixteen

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points against the Red Raiders and the junior had four

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three pointers and grabbed two offensive boards, recording two assists

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and his steel.

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Speaker 5: So maybe the best.

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Speaker 4: Thing that happened though, kebe Keta getting a double double,

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almost getting a double double, nine points, four or five

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shooting while picking up eleven rebounds and was fantastic defensively,

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six of those coming on the offensive glass. Alexikostik did

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get his first career start that is a note note.

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Scored five points, want to have three rebounds and assist.

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Adem Bou added four points and six rebounds in was

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a defensive stopper. Let's get in to some of the

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sound bite, shall we, head coach of the Texas Tech

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Red Raiders gave some love to Cougar Nation and uh,

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we want to read between the lines here in this segment.

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Speaker 5: Let's get to it.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, credit to BYU.

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Speaker 5: What a great what a great environment.

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Speaker 9: I mean, it's not like they've been playing, uh their

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best basketball, and I thought they had a second half

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where they played they played great and this environment really

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made a difference in this game. I love our team,

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I love what we can be, but when you give

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up twenty offensive rebounds and you get crushed in the

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paint like we did today, it's gonna be hard to

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win any real games. And this is a real game

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against a great team. That I thought found their edge

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tonight in a physical way and didn't. They didn't shoot

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it great early, but they didn't look discouraged. And I

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thought their defensive grit was better and their switch ability

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really caused us problems.

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Speaker 5: H Cada on the on those.

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Speaker 9: Switches late in that second half. I thought he was tremendous.

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I thought he was great, and then his ability to

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offensive rebound and and what they did as a team

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on the glass really was the was the difference?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 5: Question Okay, So let's level set.

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Speaker 4: East Texas Tech a top ten team in college basketball

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right now? Ken Palm right now says they're seventeenth. I

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believe net ratings somewhere similar to that. A people has

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it had them at ten prior.

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Speaker 5: To this game. The reason why I bring this up

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is just how good are they without JT.

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Speaker 4: Topp and what are their strengths of weakn Why don't

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you start off with this yere hammertime and then Ronnie

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and then I'll bring up the caboose.

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Speaker 5: Are they a top ten team? I don't think so.

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Speaker 8: And what's difficult in having this conversation is like I

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don't want to yuck the yum of this win. Because

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it is a good win, especially when you consider the

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other bad Big twelve teams that BYU lost to.

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Speaker 5: This is a good win. Is it a top ten win?

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I don't know. But you look at a lot.

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Speaker 8: Of these games over the course at BYU season where

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they maybe had a lead with ten minutes to go

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and then they lost it and they gave it up,

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and like the emotional battle just became too much for

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them and they gave it up.

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Speaker 5: Is Texas Tech a top ten team? I don't know.

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Speaker 8: I do know that not too many weeks ago they

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beat Arizona they like they had they beat Iowa State.

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Speaker 5: I believe it last week, but yeah, they were so.

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Speaker 8: Like, this is still a Texas Tech team that is

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very very good. Without JT. Toppin are the top ten? No,

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But without JT. Toppin, Like you don't look at this

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Texas Tech team and go, oh, well, you know that's

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an easy win. It doesn't mean that much paper Tiger

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like top ten win. No outside the top twenty five.

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Absolutely not. Now, they did fall six spots in the

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AP poll today. They fell from ten to sixteen, which

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I found really interesting. BYU didn't they actually last week

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were the team with the most received votes outside of

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the top twenty five. They are not the most receiving

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votes today, which I found really interesting. We know what

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it is with Texas SEK Losing JT Toppin means their

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bigs have to play their more minutes.

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Speaker 5: Their bigs are not very good.

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Speaker 8: However, they shoot the three ball incredibly well because they

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shot forty six percent on the game. Not a top

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te ten team necessarily, but still top fifteen, which to

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me is a massive win considering the teams that you've

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lost in research.

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Speaker 5: So you believe they are a top fifteen team. Yeah?

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In college basketball, yes.

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Speaker 4: So their ceiling in the NCAA tournament is sweet sixteen.

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Speaker 5: Is that what you're correlating it to. Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 4: I don't know how to guarantee, but like, no, no, no,

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but I'm saying their ceiling, Yeah, I'm saying their ceiling

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is is it? Elite eight is at sweet sixteen.

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Speaker 8: I if they went through LADEA that I think would

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push past, Like that's over quotes it, I'd be like, Wow,

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I'm really impressed.

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Speaker 5: I think this team will win two games into the

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nca believe. Okay, Ronnie, give me your thoughts. On this.

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How good is your Texas Tech without JT topping? Yeah?

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Speaker 7: I thought about this a lot in a level with

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Brett said, I'm with their their top fifteen team. If

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you look at the AP Top twenty five ball of

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the last of it, you know, I'm looking at Okay,

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who are these teams between ten and fifteen? Okay, they

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can compete with the Lights of Kansas without JT. I

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think they can do that, right, They've done that, improving

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that Saint John's. That's a tough matchup, right, Might not

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get that one, get Zaga?

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Speaker 6: Maybe not? Maybe they can compete with the Nebraska, you know.

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Speaker 7: Or Virginia type and you look at Okay, they can

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with the Alabama, Arkansas Purdue. But when you talk about

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Elite eight, Ben, you're talking about your best player being

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able to take you to that place. Darian Williams who's

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at NC State, he did that for him last year.

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Like they're playing against Florida, Like that's so tough, Ben.

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In order to get to the Elite eight, you have

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to have your best player on the floor. Neither Texas

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Tech nor BYU has that. So to me, the ceiling

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is sweet sixteen. If they mess around and they get

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in the Elite eight, then two things are true. One,

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it means they're truly overachieving. And the guard play that

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we saw against BYU really got going. They got great

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guards ben and these are young guys like they're gonna

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be a problem for the future.

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Speaker 6: Just want everybody to know that.

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Speaker 7: But that also means that Christian Anderson is a true,

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legitimate not just All American for the future, but NBA

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pick because he's a problem and like he can shoot

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at lights out and look, any player can win you

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one game in the tournament. Now you obviously have to

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get it earlier rather than later because it gets difficult.

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But to me, I'm taking Texas Tech top fifteen team.

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There's an argument if you want to say top twenty

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out here, but I don't got them above fifteen band

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and I think that they will be in the sweet sixteen,

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competing for an Elite eight like b YU ceiling. I

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think that's where they're at, but I don't think they're

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going past that.

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Speaker 4: I look at what they've done since losing JT toppin right,

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that's the objective data that we have. You lose to

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Arizona State at Arizona State Okay, it's in away a

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game at Arizona State has been kind of a bottom

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feeder this season, but they've shown some great beat Kansas.

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They beat some teams well, they showed some great on

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the back end. They're trending in the right direction and

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that's awesome for them. They end up beating Kansas State

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at home in Cincinnati home both. You know, the Kannasate

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win not as impressive as the Cincinnati win. Cincinnati win

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was a twelve point win at home.

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Speaker 5: It's great.

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Speaker 4: But then you go on the road and you beat

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Iowa State at Iowa State, that was a good win.

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That was a great win in fact, a nine point win,

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and you're like, okay, they but I also look at

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Iowa State. Iowa State doesn't have the bigs they are.

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They played small ball versus small ball shooters versus shooters

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with like that tenacious doubling, blitzing defense of Iowa State.

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And quite honestly, I mean Texas Tech guardline is fantastic

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and they can they can go tit for tat with

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any any defense like Iowa State. So they match up

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well as soon as they win against some bigs that

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that would rebound against them. And Texas Tech doesn't cause

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a whole lot of turnovers. They're one of the words

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that creating turnovers defensively, they lose to TCU and then they.

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Speaker 5: Lose to BYU.

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Speaker 4: To me, this is a top twenty five team with

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a ceiling of sweet sixteen.

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Speaker 5: It's similar. They're very similar I.

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Speaker 4: Think in some ways in their ceiling and potential of

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that at BYU. Like if BYU played Texas Tech on

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the road with the you know, kind of same similar

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it would it probably go the other direction.

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Speaker 5: Quite honestly. It's it's gonna be.

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Speaker 4: Predicated I think off of home court advantage between BYU

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and tex Sex. So still an awesome win. Yeah, you

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don't want to undermine the win. This is massive for

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BYU's resume because so many people had jumped off the

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vandwagon and thought they can't win without Ritchie. They are

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in a death spiral and some Bway fans had lost.

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So but it's more of the the the the you know,

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the the the metrics generators, the the the voters, the analysts.

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Like everyone was off the train, now you're back to Okay.

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The ceiling is sweet sixteen, especially if AJ is playing

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good basketball, if he's playing great basketball.

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Speaker 5: Man.

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Speaker 4: I don't know what the true potential is like right now.

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I'm like, with what we know about this team, it's

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still it's it's the the ceiling of Sweet sixteen.

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Speaker 5: They could possibly get there. They can't.

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Speaker 4: They can't be a one and done though. If they're

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they got to hit quota. They gotta win one game

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in the NCAA tournament. And listening to Grahama Castle and

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discuss this BAU basketball team, it makes you a little bit.

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Speaker 5: More optimistic that they can do such. Let's get back

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to the sound.

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Speaker 4: Listen to head coach of Texas Tech in the post game,

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given some love to the Cougars.

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Speaker 6: What do you feel like.

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Speaker 2: In the second half? Give you guys.

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Speaker 5: First half you were twelve nineteen seen from outside.

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Speaker 9: Second half the forces, Yeah, they switched a lot more,

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you know, they they were fine with the switch and

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you know, and then.

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Speaker 6: Playing in space.

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Speaker 9: Uh, we had more confusion in the first half from them,

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and I thought we got loose more and got more

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paint and then got them behind and then they were

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kind of chasing us and we were shooting inside out threes.

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In the second half, we had to shoot more off

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the bounce until we had that one possession where I

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think we got four offensive rebounds and couldn't get any

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of those to go, And I thought that was a

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pivotal play in the game where we just needed one

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of those to go to kind of give us life again.

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But you know, I don't know what the number we

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got down by was about ten, and just loved the

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loved our team's ability to stay in there and get

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the game back to a number that we could possibly

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win the game. But their ability to get to the

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free throw line it fouled and make free throws was

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effective too, on top of their ability to rebound.

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Speaker 5: Switching with.

476
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Speaker 6: Did you expect that was an adjust.

477
00:23:13,279 --> 00:23:14,519
Speaker 2: Spoot you guys?

478
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean we just haven't seen it a time.

479
00:23:16,319 --> 00:23:17,960
But I mean it's one thing to switch, but it's

480
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,839
another thing for it to be effective. I mean, I mean,

481
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,400
you know, Rob on the ball, Agent on the ball.

482
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,160
I mean, those guys are good, but Kada on.

483
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Speaker 6: The ball causes problems.

484
00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:32,759
Speaker 9: And we you know that that early in the game

485
00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:34,880
they were getting stuck on the ball screen and couldn't

486
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:37,400
get over it, and late they just said screw switching it,

487
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,559
and that that created it. We just didn't have any

488
00:23:40,599 --> 00:23:42,359
paint touches out of it. You know, that's kind of

489
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,799
what you want to get, is you want to if

490
00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:46,880
you get the mismatch. I mean, obviously you can settle

491
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,400
for a three, and that doesn't mean that you don't

492
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,640
want to shoot some of them. But really it's like,

493
00:23:52,079 --> 00:23:54,160
get that guy to pass it and then play the

494
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,920
next action and make him be in help and have

495
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,519
to chase around somebody bigger, and felt like we just

496
00:23:58,559 --> 00:24:00,920
got into a dribble mode where playing one on one

497
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,160
with them out there, and that wasn't as effective as

498
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:03,799
it needed to be.

499
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 4: Look, I mean, the only way that BYU is gonna

500
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,160
probably be able to stop great guard line play, perimeter play,

501
00:24:16,319 --> 00:24:19,400
great shooting is probably to have the ability of a

502
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,480
head deem and Keva on the on the court that

503
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,279
and you just switch it all and and they close

504
00:24:25,319 --> 00:24:27,640
out well and they use their length and athleticism in

505
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:33,920
lateral ability to stay in front of highly touted, highly athletic,

506
00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:37,559
highly proficient guard line play. Now, I will say this

507
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,400
much in the NC DOUBLEA Tournament in the modern era,

508
00:24:42,319 --> 00:24:45,680
guard line play wins basketball games. In the NC Double

509
00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:48,680
A Tournament, the era that I grew up in a

510
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,079
lot of big men, a lot of big men balling right, dominating.

511
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,640
That's what the nineties in the early two thousands was

512
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,839
about in college and to a certain degree into the NBA.

513
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Speaker 5: That's why so many big men were taken like first overall.

514
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 4: That's why Sam Bowie back in the day got picked

515
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,359
in the eighties over MJ. You know what I mean,

516
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,599
Like you look back at those those eras and and

517
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,599
big men still matter.

518
00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:11,839
Speaker 5: They totally do.

519
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,319
Speaker 4: But in the NC DOUBLEA tournament, I always feel like

520
00:25:14,519 --> 00:25:17,720
in college basketball's kind of like running backs in college football,

521
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,359
they're just more valuable than they are in the NFL,

522
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,559
especially when they have a fantastic running back. In the

523
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,960
NC Double A that especially in March Madness, it's all

524
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:28,759
guardline play.

525
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:29,559
Speaker 5: It really isn't.

526
00:25:29,599 --> 00:25:32,160
Speaker 4: So it gives me hope that b YU can figure

527
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,599
it out and play great defense. Ronald, your thoughts on

528
00:25:36,319 --> 00:25:38,759
you know, Grant mccaslan's postgame commentary.

529
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,519
Speaker 7: Yeah, this comment was made and it really intrigued a

530
00:25:41,559 --> 00:25:42,440
lot of the media members.

531
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,279
Speaker 6: In post game we all have the discussion, you know about.

532
00:25:46,079 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 7: It being because been everybody can switch one through five,

533
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,240
but it being effective like your work, Yeah, and I

534
00:25:51,319 --> 00:25:53,799
brought this up and says, guys, remember this reminds you

535
00:25:53,839 --> 00:25:56,640
of last year when because Ezra Sar for Utah, remember

536
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,640
last game and year was doing the same thing, was

537
00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,880
cooking them and and they switch Kaba onto Ezrasar. Now

538
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,799
it's not a guard, right, but it slowed him down.

539
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,799
And it was the same thing that happened with Christian

540
00:26:07,839 --> 00:26:11,319
Anderson slowed him down. But then this was the point

541
00:26:11,319 --> 00:26:13,119
they got pinged. I didn't say this. Someone brought this

542
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,400
up to me was well, that's working because they don't

543
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,119
have a rim protector and someone in the paint.

544
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 6: And I said, oh, that's a good point. This can

545
00:26:19,599 --> 00:26:20,119
this can work.

546
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,799
Speaker 7: Probably in stretch has been against teams, but I don't

547
00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:24,319
know if BYU is going to be able to go

548
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,079
sell out fully and do this, because if you match

549
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,359
up against the Houston, who has a tuggler who can

550
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,440
beat you inside, when you have Arizona and you just

551
00:26:32,519 --> 00:26:34,319
think of all the other top teams ben as you

552
00:26:34,319 --> 00:26:36,759
get deep in the tournament again, Zaga or whoever, you

553
00:26:36,839 --> 00:26:39,599
might get matched up with the Duke, you can throw

554
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,200
Cabean hideim out there. But now you're asking them to

555
00:26:42,319 --> 00:26:44,559
really guard one on one and you have to be

556
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,519
very quick if you switch, because ben if Keba has

557
00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:49,640
to be occupied with someone in the paint.

558
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 6: Okay, do you trust a dean with that?

559
00:26:51,519 --> 00:26:53,279
Speaker 7: Like, and now you're truly leaving them on the island,

560
00:26:53,319 --> 00:26:55,119
like I think we're missing in fact, and we'll get

561
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,599
to Kevin Youngstown in the next segment. It worked with Kaiba,

562
00:26:57,839 --> 00:26:59,559
but it also worked because you had a dean, But

563
00:26:59,599 --> 00:27:01,839
it also because J. T. Tappa wasn't on the floor

564
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,920
and he didn't have any big and no post game guy.

565
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,640
They put it back to a basket. You put it

566
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,240
back to your basket. Guy, that's not working, Like Cable's

567
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,359
gonna get either eaten up in foul trouble or they're

568
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,400
gonna cook you. So I just want to I want

569
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,319
to give the ejective, right, give some pushback of it

570
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,359
work because there also wasn't a certain big on the floor.

571
00:27:17,599 --> 00:27:21,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's no no bigs that that were a threat

572
00:27:21,559 --> 00:27:24,519
with their back to the basket. That that's that's one

573
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:25,680
hundred percent accurate.

574
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 5: And so.

575
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,039
Speaker 4: This is where, like I said once when Richie went down,

576
00:27:31,599 --> 00:27:35,799
the immediate declaration that I had was Kevin Young's gonna

577
00:27:35,799 --> 00:27:39,359
earn his paycheck. This year and what he came out fighting,

578
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,680
Like you remember what kay White said, He's like, you know,

579
00:27:41,759 --> 00:27:45,039
my back's against the wall, it's against the ropes. This

580
00:27:45,079 --> 00:27:48,519
is where I coach, Like, this is where I get

581
00:27:48,519 --> 00:27:51,160
my best coaching out of myself. And I don't know

582
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,640
if we've seen it until like I want to say,

583
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,119
like we saw it, and I was staying we saw

584
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,559
it in Texas Tech, but it was small ball. So

585
00:27:59,599 --> 00:28:02,920
you better hope that we don't go up against any

586
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:08,559
big stem of rapport of prominence because we may be Yes, So, well,

587
00:28:09,559 --> 00:28:13,720
do you feel like this team had more pride in

588
00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:14,880
their work on Saturday?

589
00:28:15,039 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 8: Because I felt like there's been a whole conversation about effort, right.

590
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 5: We have that conversation, yeah, every day on the show.

591
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,839
Speaker 8: And it's hard to quantify when it's down when it's

592
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,880
up because it's really an eye test thing. The one

593
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,119
place you can quantify here is you say, be all,

594
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,319
you beat a top ten team again. I can't truly

595
00:28:33,519 --> 00:28:36,400
quantify it, but second chance points are a great way

596
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:36,960
of looking at it.

597
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 5: Offensive rebounds are a great way of looking at it. Rebounds

598
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,920
in general, great way we're looking at it.

599
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 8: It just felt like on Saturday whatever the attitude issue

600
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,519
may have been, whatever the slump was. For a couple

601
00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:51,440
of those games, I felt like on Saturday, they took

602
00:28:51,519 --> 00:28:53,519
pride in their work, they took pride in the name

603
00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:55,599
on their chest, they took pride on the name of

604
00:28:55,599 --> 00:28:57,319
the back of the chest, and they said, look, this

605
00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,920
is basketball. It's you versus me, and I'm not giving

606
00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:02,000
it up, so if you want it, you better come

607
00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:05,119
take it. And I felt like everybody, even though not

608
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,240
everybody played perfect, I felt like everybody wanted to give

609
00:29:09,279 --> 00:29:13,519
their best effort purely out of basketball pride in just

610
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,200
not wanting to get beat. And then on top of that,

611
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,200
man Hadeem was a fire to these guys, clapping at

612
00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:24,480
Christian Anderson thirty feet from the basket as the possession starts.

613
00:29:24,559 --> 00:29:27,640
There's still thirty seconds left on the shot clock. I'm like, okay, Deem,

614
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,640
if you're gonna bring that, you better back it up.

615
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:30,839
Speaker 5: And he did.

616
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 8: Got He's falling guys, and then he's looking at the

617
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:34,960
stands and hyping people up.

618
00:29:35,359 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 5: I felt like.

619
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 8: There was just a renewed energy in this game, And

620
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,440
to your point, I think that comes with the coaching.

621
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,559
But the coaching can only get you to the floor.

622
00:29:43,599 --> 00:29:45,920
Once you get on the floor, you have to believe

623
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,599
in the energy yourself and they did. And that wasn't everything,

624
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,960
but it certainly felt like a major key to this game.

625
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,640
As to why they want it is because they just

626
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,200
had pride in themselves this one.

627
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 6: Can I give a hot take and yeah, and Brett

628
00:29:58,559 --> 00:30:00,960
you know, can give his push. You know, he told

629
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,400
me this morning. I think this is their best win

630
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:03,960
of the season.

631
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,319
Speaker 7: I do, And if you don't want to make that argument,

632
00:30:07,359 --> 00:30:09,640
is definitely their most competitive win. They had a ten

633
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,240
point lead, Bin and Texas Tech fought back and we've

634
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,359
seen by you let those slip. But and I know

635
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,000
people are gonna be wrong in the Iowa State game,

636
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:19,920
totally hear you. The difference in that game was you

637
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,440
need AJ to play well all the time. AJ one

638
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:24,279
didn't play well in this game, and they still want

639
00:30:24,319 --> 00:30:25,680
If I'd told you a J would have shot eight

640
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,920
of twenty four, you probably think they lose. If I

641
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,799
told you they'd have been down at halftime, you probably

642
00:30:29,799 --> 00:30:30,440
think they lose.

643
00:30:30,599 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 6: That didn't happen against Iowa State.

644
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,359
Speaker 7: Ben that didn't like Bredg just said that you have

645
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,640
a guy clapping in a guy's face, walking him down

646
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,079
and packing him up and sending him home in the

647
00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:40,519
second half like I didn't think. And then when Byu

648
00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:42,319
let him back into the game and said, oh yeah,

649
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,400
Christian Anderson's gonna go on a tear and end him,

650
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,079
he hit his last couple of shots and it didn't happen.

651
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,359
So to me, if you don't want to say best win,

652
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,079
this is definitely arguably their most competitive win of the season.

653
00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:54,559
They both had the best players out. It didn't matter.

654
00:30:54,839 --> 00:30:57,720
Tough opponent throwing a three game skid. They've been playing very,

655
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,640
very bad non effort defense, and I mean they came

656
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,000
out like when you're turning dudes over in their end

657
00:31:04,039 --> 00:31:06,839
in the first ten seconds of the play coach, and

658
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,759
look the game I felt like change. And I've been

659
00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:11,240
saying this for a long time. Christian Anderson was on tear.

660
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,599
It was wasn't until Alexi said you're not getting by me.

661
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,720
I'm going to body you and knock you behind half

662
00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:21,480
cord and get physical where it slowed Christian Anderson down.

663
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,119
And then Kevin Young capitalized off of that and said

664
00:31:24,279 --> 00:31:25,920
let's get hadem. So I'm gonna say this and this,

665
00:31:26,079 --> 00:31:28,680
I hope this isn't hyperbole, but I think Alexi, with

666
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,680
his shooting ability and toughness and throwing his chest into people,

667
00:31:32,079 --> 00:31:33,799
I think he needs to start. And then I think

668
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,039
Kadeem can come in and keep that tone going. But

669
00:31:36,119 --> 00:31:37,400
this was their most competitive win.

670
00:31:37,839 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 5: I'll be honest.

671
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:44,079
Speaker 4: Did you guys start off Monday like Hadem plays defense?

672
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 5: Uh?

673
00:31:46,039 --> 00:31:50,759
Speaker 4: Absolutely, face that gay face getting wide clapping?

674
00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 5: Yeah? Did did you? Did it get you going? Daylight

675
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,960
Savings did that to me this morning? Get you? It

676
00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:57,880
had the Hadi energy for me when I woke up.

677
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,920
You're like, no, it was more Christian Anderson when I woke.

678
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:03,039
Speaker 7: Up, licking his lips being in front of people, you know,

679
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,920
like bro Ben he's got I love social media, He's

680
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,240
got his tongue out, Ben looking and Brett not talking

681
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,240
about this. He did just enough to not get a

682
00:32:11,279 --> 00:32:13,759
technical because been the refs told him to stop and

683
00:32:13,799 --> 00:32:15,000
he kept going and.

684
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 6: I'm like, dude, you're gonna get a technical. And what

685
00:32:16,759 --> 00:32:17,160
does he do.

686
00:32:17,319 --> 00:32:19,799
Speaker 7: He turns around, doesn't get in trouble because he's like,

687
00:32:19,799 --> 00:32:21,079
I'm not giving a ball up. Now you're not taking

688
00:32:21,079 --> 00:32:22,319
it from me. The ref gotta take it from me.

689
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:23,960
And then he turns around and hypes up the card.

690
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,359
If you do that, Ben in front of the Texas

691
00:32:26,359 --> 00:32:29,240
Tech player, that's a technical And he did and I said, Okay,

692
00:32:29,599 --> 00:32:31,799
that's the edge guy. That's the more what Matt guy.

693
00:32:31,799 --> 00:32:33,559
I have been waiting for to be like, I'm gonna

694
00:32:33,599 --> 00:32:35,160
knock you on your butt. I'm gonna take you out

695
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,240
the game. And I'm serious. If they can play like that,

696
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,160
it's a big if, right, But if a deem can

697
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,799
play like that without fouling, I think Alexi starting is

698
00:32:41,799 --> 00:32:44,039
the way to go. If they do that, then they

699
00:32:44,039 --> 00:32:45,640
got a good shot. But I'm gonna be honest, and

700
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,960
this again might be hot. Take this team, with the

701
00:32:48,079 --> 00:32:50,599
level the talent, even with the struggles, this team should

702
00:32:50,599 --> 00:32:52,759
be playing Houston Ben in the quarterfinal on Thursday. They

703
00:32:52,759 --> 00:32:54,480
should be. They really should be. They should be able

704
00:32:54,519 --> 00:32:56,839
to get Kansas State tomorrow and get West Virginia the

705
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,559
day after with that momentum, and they should lose to Houston.

706
00:32:59,599 --> 00:33:01,359
That's what should be. And if that happens, I think

707
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,319
they could be a six seed again. But right now

708
00:33:03,359 --> 00:33:04,480
I still think they're a seven.

709
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:05,759
Speaker 5: I'm gonna ask.

710
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,599
Speaker 4: I'm gonna text Evan mia Kawa to give it kind

711
00:33:09,599 --> 00:33:12,839
of give us a rating of who is Texas Tech

712
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:18,440
without JT topping because right now, so because I'm trying

713
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,839
to kind of just trying to ingest this win while

714
00:33:22,039 --> 00:33:25,240
not being overly optimistic about everything. I'm wanna be a

715
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,279
pragmatist about the win, is what I mean, and I

716
00:33:27,319 --> 00:33:30,640
want to underscore it, but I want to be a pragmatist.

717
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,400
Evan Miakawa has Texas Tech right now at twenty three,

718
00:33:35,119 --> 00:33:40,200
Ken Palm is at seventeen. NET rating is fifteen. Obviously,

719
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,359
ap Pole is is you know, a top fifteen team

720
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:48,279
as well. So you know, I'm gonna try to get

721
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,920
a better, better visibility on this for Kugarnation. I'll get

722
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,079
back to you later on the show Kugarnation. But that's

723
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,480
kind of where I stand with his great win. I hope,

724
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:02,480
I pray if AJ plays great ball in March Man

725
00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:08,000
Quite honestly, anything's possible, really almost anything is possible if

726
00:34:08,039 --> 00:34:09,119
AJ can hit.

727
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 5: I mean, remember he was like eight of twenty four

728
00:34:12,039 --> 00:34:12,639
in this game.

729
00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:17,679
Speaker 4: Okay, if he can do some magical things in March,

730
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:19,920
you can get to sweet sixteen.

731
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,079
Speaker 5: That's where I kind of stand with his squad.

732
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 8: What's interesting about this idea that AJ didn't play exceptional.

733
00:34:27,079 --> 00:34:29,760
Guess who didn't play exceptional against Siloa State. I don't

734
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,480
know if you guys remember Rob Wright had six points.

735
00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:32,599
Speaker 5: In that game.

736
00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:37,119
Speaker 8: He's So you've had two top ten wins, both in

737
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,840
which one of your duo did not play up to

738
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:44,840
their standard, and again AJ still got twenty points. It's

739
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,599
above average for a regular college basketball player. I think

740
00:34:47,599 --> 00:34:51,039
we'd say it's an average for AJ Debontsa. But the

741
00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:55,400
point still being AJ didn't play exceptional, Rob didn't play

742
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,639
exceptionally inside of State. If you get both of those

743
00:34:57,679 --> 00:35:01,920
guys shooting lights out, playing exceptional together, and then you

744
00:35:02,119 --> 00:35:05,960
have everybody else doing what they're supposed to do, that's

745
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,480
I think what makes the team dangerous offensively. However, we're

746
00:35:09,519 --> 00:35:11,400
not worried about their offense. Well, we're worried about is

747
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,719
the defense. We saw it against Silo State, because look,

748
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,280
Texas Tech and Iowa State, those are some of their

749
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:20,400
lowest points allowed all season. What sixty nine I think

750
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,320
was what they held out of state too. Yeah, seventy

751
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,639
six over their last eleven games. I think they're giving

752
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,159
up I think eighty four points per game.

753
00:35:27,199 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 4: It might be higher than that, eighty point threshold is

754
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,800
just like that would be worse.

755
00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 5: Than the Big twelve.

756
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 8: So for them to bring that number down against two

757
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,880
top ten teams, and again you may not feel that

758
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,639
Texas Tech is elite, but again you're giving up eighty

759
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,639
five point performances to the ucfs of the world. So

760
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,679
to do this against a ranked Texas Tech team, whatever

761
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,679
you think they should be ranked, is still very impressive.

762
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 5: From a defensive standpoint, Let's just be liked is possible?

763
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,840
Speaker 4: Hey, you know what, I as soon as I watch

764
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,679
AJ playoffs, like he just he reminds me of like

765
00:36:03,679 --> 00:36:04,920
a Kevin Garnett body.

766
00:36:05,199 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 5: Like quite honestly, if you ever.

767
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 4: Watched Kevin Garnett with the USA team, like when he

768
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,480
wasn't forced to be you know, a big man four

769
00:36:12,559 --> 00:36:14,719
or five and he could like handle a little bit internationally.

770
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,119
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you just like to.

771
00:36:17,039 --> 00:36:19,159
Speaker 4: Pull up Kevin Garnett when he's when he's got the

772
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,440
rock in his end, he's handling it like full court.

773
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 5: He's got a little AJ vibe too.

774
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,679
Speaker 4: I'm not saying, you know, he's got a he had

775
00:36:24,679 --> 00:36:27,719
a smooth hand over Timberwolves KG Man.

776
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:28,599
Speaker 5: He's silky smooth.

777
00:36:28,639 --> 00:36:31,840
Speaker 4: That high point that high release too kind of reminds

778
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,519
me of of AJ Let's take a time out, We'll

779
00:36:34,519 --> 00:36:37,679
be back. Don't go anywhere more comments from Ky Kevin

780
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,599
Young in the big win over Texas Tech.

781
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 5: We'll discuss it coming up next.

782
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,800
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791
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Kalani immediately regretted that decision set Crittle on the bench

792
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in Juco Ball and told Gary Krute to recruit Wald

793
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Williams to Provo instead.

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Speaker 6: Walt didn't show Ben.

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Speaker 1: Crittle, however, well you know the storage. Now he's rocking

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point three ESPN The Ban I'm the I'm the wild

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one today.

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Speaker 5: It's been a wild one.

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Speaker 4: It's it's a great day to be a Cougar when

803
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you're winning basketball games at home versus top ten opponents.

804
00:37:53,639 --> 00:37:57,280
But let's all agree, it's been a wild season. The

805
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:02,679
ups and downs, the undulations, the jekylin hiding, it's, it's, it's.

806
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,599
Speaker 5: It's been a struggle for many in Cougar Nation.

807
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,199
Speaker 4: But right now all is well in Cougar Country because

808
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,679
spring ball is underway. A lot of optimism brewing around

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00:38:10,679 --> 00:38:13,039
Brigham as it pretends to the college football team in

810
00:38:13,119 --> 00:38:16,599
Provo and bou basketball getting back on the right the

811
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,880
right track, and the winning ways. Maybe they found a

812
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,920
good enough rotation to get them to a Sweet sixteen

813
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in the NC Double A Tournament. They're going to be

814
00:38:24,559 --> 00:38:27,599
taking their talents to the Big twelve Tournament. Hopefully they

815
00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:30,159
win a couple of games there and can solidify a

816
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,239
solid seating in.

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some ky sound celebrating the victory over the Texas Tech

831
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:13,920
Red Raiders.

832
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,199
Speaker 5: Let's see what he had to say. Let's get into it.

833
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,800
Speaker 4: Kevin describe the preparation this week to get the win

834
00:39:19,199 --> 00:39:20,079
over Tech.

835
00:39:20,639 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 2: Goods good, It's good.

836
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 11: Some of our best days this year on the practice court.

837
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,960
And you know, large large reason was we just we

838
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,679
really had I mean, look, it's collage space of space

839
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,039
has been it's been a tough year, you know, coaching

840
00:39:34,199 --> 00:39:36,320
basically three different iterations of the team.

841
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:36,760
Speaker 2: The team.

842
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,199
Speaker 11: We thought we were going to have a couple of

843
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:40,719
guys get it done for the year than Richie and

844
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,480
that group, and then he gets hurt and now you're

845
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:45,320
on your third iteration. So you know, you never stopped

846
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,320
learning as a coach, particularly when your team's constantly changing.

847
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,199
Speaker 2: And so, you know, after.

848
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,320
Speaker 11: That, that trip out east was difficult. It was it

849
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,440
was a tough trip, and so we had to do

850
00:39:54,519 --> 00:39:55,280
some soul searching.

851
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 2: I had to do a lot of you.

852
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:02,599
Speaker 11: Know, just thinking and the kind of the what the

853
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,119
conclusion of that was, Now, we just got to simplify

854
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,320
things and just dumb it down and just not try

855
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,960
to get cute on defense with scheme and this and that.

856
00:40:11,199 --> 00:40:14,039
Just make it pretty solid and simple for the guys

857
00:40:14,039 --> 00:40:16,960
and to just hold them accountable, to play a little

858
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,400
bit harder, rotate harder, rotate longer, stronger.

859
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:20,639
Speaker 2: Things like that.

860
00:40:21,159 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 11: And so that's really what our message was over the

861
00:40:23,519 --> 00:40:27,119
last two days. And you know, I thought that it

862
00:40:27,199 --> 00:40:29,719
really came to fruition. Now, obviously it took forty minutes

863
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,280
for it to happen based on what they did in

864
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,760
the first half, but you know, our guys stuck with it,

865
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,480
and I think it's a credit to what they did

866
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:37,679
to your question in terms of the preparation.

867
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 4: So best practices all season long is what he said.

868
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,239
It's the third iteration you got to give the man

869
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,679
and this Cougar basketball team a little bit of grace.

870
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:51,280
That being said, it is still a very talented team

871
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:55,199
and BWA fans have high expectations for this team despite

872
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:59,159
the five season ending injuries and losing Richie late in

873
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:03,679
the season. Uh, still still high expectations. But uh, congrats

874
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:09,000
Ky making his money this year. There's no doubt about

875
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,719
it earning that paycheck with two top ten wins essentially

876
00:41:14,119 --> 00:41:17,920
UH to to end the season Iowa State and Texas

877
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,960
Tech the jekylin hiding the ups and downs.

878
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:21,159
Speaker 5: Uh and UH.

879
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 4: Now the question is is this team do they do

880
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,840
they continue to put forth the same similar effort you

881
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:33,159
know what I mean? Do they put forth that same

882
00:41:33,199 --> 00:41:36,360
similar effort that got them to win versus Tech to

883
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:40,360
tach or they fall back to their their complacent ways

884
00:41:41,159 --> 00:41:43,599
thinking that they can just show up and win based

885
00:41:43,639 --> 00:41:44,159
off talent.

886
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,599
Speaker 5: That's my question. Like, and I I don't know.

887
00:41:48,679 --> 00:41:52,039
Speaker 4: That's what I'm not convinced of, Like, cause the mentality

888
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:53,400
is is.

889
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 5: One of like, we're good enough to beat anybody.

890
00:41:56,559 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 4: It's you know, AJ says what like, oh, we're gonna

891
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,320
be fine in March is kind of a laid back guy.

892
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,159
We're gonna be fine. In March, We're gonna be Okay,

893
00:42:04,159 --> 00:42:10,000
We're gonna be fine. I do think Richie being there consistently,

894
00:42:10,119 --> 00:42:14,639
having presence at practice, having presence on the bench is important.

895
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,519
Speaker 5: I do think hadem boops energy.

896
00:42:18,159 --> 00:42:22,559
Speaker 4: And his effort is something everybody else can feed off

897
00:42:22,599 --> 00:42:26,119
of and should. Right, you need that Keba even like

898
00:42:26,199 --> 00:42:30,760
Keba brings energy sometimes it's not that he doesn't want

899
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,119
to bring it. I just think like his personality is

900
00:42:33,199 --> 00:42:36,679
also kind of a little bit more laid back.

901
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 5: Does that make sense?

902
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,079
Speaker 4: But if if those three guys are involved and everyone

903
00:42:40,079 --> 00:42:42,079
else can kind of feed off of them and these

904
00:42:42,199 --> 00:42:44,679
energy spikes within games, does that make sense?

905
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,760
Speaker 8: Yeah, you asked me this morning when you came in,

906
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:48,920
you said, how good of win was that on Saturday?

907
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,480
I said, I'll tell you tomorrow, because again we saw

908
00:42:52,519 --> 00:42:54,639
them beat Iowa say, and then the next day they

909
00:42:54,679 --> 00:42:56,719
fell flat. Yeah, I think that was a great win.

910
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:57,920
I think they had a lot of effort.

911
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 5: But it's.

912
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,079
Speaker 8: My mom always told me, you want to marry someone

913
00:43:02,119 --> 00:43:04,920
who's like this, who's just always even killed. You don't

914
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,199
want to marry someone who's up and down like you

915
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:09,119
just want to marry someone who was always online with

916
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:09,519
that and.

917
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,360
Speaker 5: Shout out to my wife because she always is that.

918
00:43:11,639 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 8: But and that's why you have to look at some

919
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,760
of these teams in general, BYU being one of them

920
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,559
where it's like, okay, do they have high highs and

921
00:43:18,559 --> 00:43:21,280
low lows? Because if so, like, yeah, it means you

922
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,519
have a high ceiling. But it also means if I'm

923
00:43:23,519 --> 00:43:25,320
betting on you, I don't know what I'm getting out

924
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,920
of that. So with this Texas second win, great win,

925
00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:31,760
I'm love that I'm here for it. But what will

926
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,199
say more to me is what you look like when

927
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:35,679
you show up against Kansas State.

928
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:37,920
Speaker 5: And I don't even need them to shoot the lights

929
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:38,880
out to start the game.

930
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 8: But because if you watch the Texas tecond, they didn't

931
00:43:42,039 --> 00:43:45,159
shoot the ball particularly well to start that game, but

932
00:43:45,199 --> 00:43:48,840
they played well defensively and they got rebounds and they

933
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:50,159
didn't turn the ball over.

934
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 5: They just played smart basketball.

935
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 8: And know they didn't jump out to a ten point

936
00:43:55,039 --> 00:43:57,239
lead early in that game, but that game was a

937
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:01,079
one or two possession game for majority of that first half.

938
00:44:01,119 --> 00:44:04,199
They just stayed even killed. They just stayed online with

939
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,400
Texas SEC. And that's all they have to do against

940
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:09,280
Kansas State tomorrow to win that game. So how good

941
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,760
was it a win on Saturday? We'll find out tomorrow.

942
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:16,280
Speaker 4: Kevin, what was the difference in switching? Keepukeda on Christian

943
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,199
Anderson specifically.

944
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,599
Speaker 11: All the difference in the world. You know, he Anderson's

945
00:44:20,679 --> 00:44:23,599
is a very, very skilled basketball player. I think he's

946
00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:27,159
one of the most skilled guards in all of college basketball.

947
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Speaker 2: He's a tough cover.

948
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Speaker 11: So you know, they were getting us a little too

949
00:44:30,639 --> 00:44:32,960
strong out on the pick and roll when we weren't switching,

950
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and so.

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Speaker 2: We we basically had to go to it, to be

952
00:44:38,599 --> 00:44:40,480
honest with you, and Kiva answered the call.

953
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Speaker 11: And obviously what Hadeem did to the combination of those

954
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:44,960
two guys with their size to be able to move

955
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,639
their feet and contest, you know, it changed the game.

956
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Speaker 5: Oh no, we got some breaking news. Hopefully this can

957
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,079
you this be good news. Last time we did this

958
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we had bad news.

959
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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 5: It's a a little bit good and a little bit better,

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all right.

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Speaker 5: All right, who's giving me the breaking news?

967
00:45:14,159 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 8: You know they say that journalism is dead, that nobody

968
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,840
does real boots on the ground, big jay journalism anymore. Well,

969
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,159
friend of the program, Jackson Payne has done some big

970
00:45:23,639 --> 00:45:27,199
j journalism today when the Big Twelve put out the

971
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:33,360
press release for Big twelve Men's Basketball Weekly Awards. Unfortunately,

972
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,159
the image they uploaded was not the image that you

973
00:45:36,159 --> 00:45:38,239
will see if you go to that website today, which

974
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is yes ifu from Baylor.

975
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Speaker 5: The image that.

976
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 8: They uploaded was their Big twelve Yearly Awards allegedly. So

977
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,159
if you go and it's on Jackson Payne Twitter, you

978
00:45:49,199 --> 00:45:51,519
can see it as Jaden Bradley's Player of the Year,

979
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which means it's not Ajdabonsa. AJ is Freshman of the Year,

980
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,840
and it has the rest of the awards. Now, we

981
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:01,519
will not officially have this confirmed until tomorrow, but the

982
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fact that website.

983
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Speaker 5: About ten.

984
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 8: So we probably got the news early, which is a

985
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:11,360
little bit interesting.

986
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:12,199
Speaker 5: Uh.

987
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 8: It's a shout out to Jackson Payne for catching this

988
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and putting it out.

989
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,320
Speaker 7: Ben, I want to know what intern is going to

990
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,960
lose their job because I was I was told that hey,

991
00:46:20,039 --> 00:46:23,119
three pm, the awards will drop Mountain time, and somebody

992
00:46:23,199 --> 00:46:25,079
actually schals that, Ben Bretton, and I know we all

993
00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:26,599
schedule stuff for two pm.

994
00:46:26,639 --> 00:46:27,119
Speaker 6: I don't worry.

995
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:27,760
Speaker 5: I've done it too.

996
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,559
Speaker 6: I've had type those too. But that's uh.

997
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 7: Some someone gonna get a talking to Ben because you

998
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,320
weren't supposed to reveal that until ten minutes.

999
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,559
Speaker 6: But I think that's confirmed because they took it down Ben.

1000
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,639
Speaker 5: So the Big twelve just changed the photo.

1001
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:43,800
Speaker 4: Looks like those yearly awards are going to be real,

1002
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:45,639
and if they are, a Jada Bunton will not be

1003
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the Conference Player of the Year.

1004
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,079
Speaker 8: I think we may have to run the tape back

1005
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,960
because I believe last week when you asked me who

1006
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was big tall Player of the Year, I said, hey,

1007
00:46:58,559 --> 00:47:01,280
jayde and Bradley might get it, just to give it

1008
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:02,960
to the whole team for how.

1009
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:04,480
Speaker 5: Unbelievable they're undefeated.

1010
00:47:04,559 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 8: Ron was and I will say I take no pride

1011
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,320
in being correct because I wanted it to be Ajdabonta. However,

1012
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,039
it's pretty hard to argue with twenty six and er

1013
00:47:13,119 --> 00:47:16,239
or whatever they were, and Jaden Bradley really is he.

1014
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 6: Is good and I need to find a sound clip.

1015
00:47:18,039 --> 00:47:19,880
Speaker 7: Did you hear what Jamie Dixon said when it came

1016
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:23,320
to this voting for MVPs Chancellor Johnson's video? And this

1017
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,039
is the sad part. And I'm losing if this is true.

1018
00:47:26,039 --> 00:47:27,840
In nine minutes, I've lost some respect for some of

1019
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:29,920
the Big twelve coaches. I want to see the polls

1020
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,639
and who voted for who. But Jamie Dixon obviously revealed

1021
00:47:32,639 --> 00:47:33,000
who he is.

1022
00:47:33,039 --> 00:47:34,760
Speaker 6: He's like wins. That's what it comes down to.

1023
00:47:35,079 --> 00:47:38,679
Speaker 7: MVP is wins, and I'm just like, okay, but that's

1024
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:41,000
like that's at the NBA when everybody's at the same

1025
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:43,119
like a team was plagued by injuries.

1026
00:47:43,159 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 6: I get it. Like him.

1027
00:47:44,039 --> 00:47:46,559
Speaker 7: To Brett's point, Jayden Bradley's not better than aj Like

1028
00:47:46,639 --> 00:47:48,639
Jaydon Bradley is probably gonna be a two way, might

1029
00:47:48,639 --> 00:47:50,360
not even make it to the NBA, even though I

1030
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:53,159
believe he has the talent to do so. But I mean,

1031
00:47:53,159 --> 00:47:54,920
that's what they're voting for, Ben, They're voting off of

1032
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:56,559
the wins and doing it and not And this is

1033
00:47:56,559 --> 00:47:57,719
why I get upset with the wards.

1034
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,400
Speaker 6: Is it truly player or is it oh that?

1035
00:48:00,519 --> 00:48:03,280
Speaker 7: Because I don't believe always the best player who wins

1036
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,719
the award. Just because they come from the best team

1037
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:07,519
doesn't mean they're the best player. And I don't agree

1038
00:48:07,519 --> 00:48:10,039
if this is true. I don't think Bradley's the better player.

1039
00:48:10,079 --> 00:48:11,840
I just think he was on the better team. And

1040
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:15,239
like Brett said, they're giving it of congratulations Arizona men's

1041
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:16,119
basketball team.

1042
00:48:17,119 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 4: Yep, Hey, look, I understand MVP of the best team.

1043
00:48:25,559 --> 00:48:28,400
He's the he's the most valuable player of their team,

1044
00:48:28,519 --> 00:48:31,960
right and yeah, and they're the best team in the twelve.

1045
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:34,039
Speaker 5: That's why they gave it to him.

1046
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,559
Speaker 8: And I believe he is top five in betting odds

1047
00:48:36,639 --> 00:48:38,880
right now for point guard of the Year in the

1048
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:39,519
whole country.

1049
00:48:39,559 --> 00:48:40,599
Speaker 5: So, like, he is good.

1050
00:48:40,639 --> 00:48:42,880
Speaker 8: But to your point, Ron, no one is sitting here

1051
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:47,360
legitimately saying he's a better player than aj De Bonsa.

1052
00:48:47,519 --> 00:48:50,159
And if he was, then I think we would be

1053
00:48:50,199 --> 00:48:52,039
good with this or if he was in this Like,

1054
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,960
but like, that's not Jaden Bradley is not your Hey,

1055
00:48:55,039 --> 00:48:57,639
put the team on my back, MVP. I'm gonna drop

1056
00:48:57,679 --> 00:49:01,000
a forty point game. Like, that's just not how Arizona's designed.

1057
00:49:01,079 --> 00:49:04,760
That's just not who Jayden Bradley is. So to your credit,

1058
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:06,400
run That's kind of where I take a little bit

1059
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:09,159
of an issue with it. I understand their logic. Their

1060
00:49:09,199 --> 00:49:12,119
logic is what we saw Arizona do we rarely see

1061
00:49:12,159 --> 00:49:16,519
in college basketball, which I get, but that like, we

1062
00:49:16,519 --> 00:49:17,480
don't need an award for that.

1063
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,280
Speaker 5: Guess what, you're the number one team in the Big Twelve.

1064
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:24,119
Speaker 8: That there's your award, you won the regular season whatever.

1065
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 4: So well, is the most valuable player the best player

1066
00:49:29,119 --> 00:49:31,519
in the tournament or in your in your conference? Like

1067
00:49:31,559 --> 00:49:34,239
to me, the most valuable is like I don't know, Like,

1068
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,760
is AJ the most valuable player to.

1069
00:49:38,119 --> 00:49:41,480
Speaker 5: His to in to his team?

1070
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:42,039
Speaker 2: Right?

1071
00:49:42,159 --> 00:49:45,760
Speaker 4: Is Bradley the most valuable player to his? I think

1072
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:49,039
it's hard to give the MVP to the tenth best

1073
00:49:49,039 --> 00:49:50,000
team at the Big twelve.

1074
00:49:50,079 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 5: Agreed, That's where I.

1075
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:53,400
Speaker 4: Stand with it. Like I wanted a j to win.

1076
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,960
I think he's obviously he's the best scorer in the league.

1077
00:49:57,639 --> 00:50:01,760
He would have been even more up early effective in

1078
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:06,559
points production if he would have got more fouls generated

1079
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,519
off of him and he didn't always get those calls.

1080
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:15,199
Speaker 5: But I just think it's very difficult to to put.

1081
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:18,760
Speaker 4: Your the tenth best team and elevate AJ is the

1082
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,199
most valuable player at the conference as the face of

1083
00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:25,719
the conference. So I think if BYU was a top

1084
00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:27,679
five team in the Big Twelve, which that's where they

1085
00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:31,800
were trending early in the season and even into mid season.

1086
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:36,400
Speaker 5: He probably he probably would have gotten it. I think.

1087
00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:39,800
Speaker 8: So what you're saying is the Big Twelve told their

1088
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:42,840
officials don't call fouls on ages because then he'll have

1089
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:44,480
too many points and he'll be.

1090
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 5: For the award.

1091
00:50:46,679 --> 00:50:50,239
Speaker 4: At thirty points a game, then you're the guy. So

1092
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,960
like you could probably be tenth, but you're probably they

1093
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,239
wouldn't have been tenth. They probably would have been more so,

1094
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:59,039
like you look at those they would they would have

1095
00:50:59,079 --> 00:51:00,960
been closer to them, you know what I mean. And

1096
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:05,079
at that point AJ gets it. AJ gets it, but

1097
00:51:05,119 --> 00:51:05,559
he got it.

1098
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 7: If they beat UCF, if they beat UCS splitting a

1099
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:10,159
road trip and beat Texas Tech, I think they are

1100
00:51:10,159 --> 00:51:11,960
a six man if nine to seven, and I think

1101
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:13,800
he gets ste award, Like I really do. I think

1102
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,519
he does. I think the coaches would have no choice. Okay,

1103
00:51:16,599 --> 00:51:19,000
top six team, that's the best he could have done. No,

1104
00:51:19,159 --> 00:51:21,800
Richie Saunders, they beat this team two top wins. He

1105
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:23,280
had they win on a road trip. I think they

1106
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,239
would have no choice, but because they're the ten team,

1107
00:51:25,559 --> 00:51:26,880
Like you said, I agree with your point.

1108
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 6: That's why he.

1109
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:27,840
Speaker 2: Didn't get it.

1110
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 5: Here's the other weird part.

1111
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,639
Speaker 8: If I would have told you preseason, Jaydon Bradley's gonna

1112
00:51:32,639 --> 00:51:34,440
win Player of the Year, you would have said, no way.

1113
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 5: There's a list of guys in front of him.

1114
00:51:36,119 --> 00:51:39,119
Speaker 8: Kingston Flemings would have been on that list, Richie Saunders,

1115
00:51:39,199 --> 00:51:42,360
I don't know if he would be pers j T.

1116
00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:46,199
Toppin would have been on that list. Like this incredible

1117
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:49,880
class of athletes in the Big Twelve, unfortunately due to

1118
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:54,800
athletes or injuries, cramping and other things kind of fizzled out.

1119
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:56,679
Speaker 5: And like, I don't want.

1120
00:51:56,559 --> 00:51:59,480
Speaker 8: To say it's a consolation price because Jane Bradley is

1121
00:51:59,519 --> 00:52:02,760
that good, but there's other guys on the list. I

1122
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,320
don't know what the preseason odds were, but my guess

1123
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:09,639
is Topping Fleming's Debonta Peterson all would have been higher

1124
00:52:09,679 --> 00:52:12,880
on betting odds than Jaden Bradley. It just so worked

1125
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:16,000
out that their seasons fizzled out and it fell to Jeni.

1126
00:52:16,079 --> 00:52:17,639
Speaker 5: And maybe that's the argument as well.

1127
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,559
Speaker 8: Maybe they're like, well, none of these guys definitively won

1128
00:52:20,639 --> 00:52:23,199
it because their seasons didn't end the way they thought

1129
00:52:23,199 --> 00:52:25,639
that we're going to, So we'll give it to Jaden Bradley.

1130
00:52:25,679 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 5: Maybe that's the logic.

1131
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:30,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, Look, I mean this is We've brought it up

1132
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:34,440
a few times. This is BYU's most difficult schedule that

1133
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:36,400
they've ever faced in the Big Twelve. This is their

1134
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:40,000
third year as of right now, well end of season

1135
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,719
twenty twenty three, two over sixty eight. Their their strength

1136
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:46,360
of schedule per Ken Palm twenty four, twenty twenty five,

1137
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,760
forty third in the nation right now twelfth in the

1138
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:50,920
nation twenty twenty.

1139
00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:51,519
Speaker 5: Five, twenty six.

1140
00:52:51,599 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 4: Obviously, the Big Twelve has elevated their play and elevated

1141
00:52:54,519 --> 00:52:56,920
their athletes, and you know they got great coaching as well.

1142
00:52:57,079 --> 00:52:59,119
Let's get into a few more sound bites and then

1143
00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:02,679
we'll call it a segment. Kevin Young, can you discuss

1144
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:07,400
Hadim's edge and how he contributed defensively against Christian Anderson.

1145
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:08,639
Speaker 2: It was incredible.

1146
00:53:08,719 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 11: You know, we honestly, we've you know, we've missed it though,

1147
00:53:11,599 --> 00:53:14,599
like we've missed that energy in the last few games.

1148
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:18,000
You know, I started him in Cincinnati, you know, didn't

1149
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,800
have the same impact, right and so tonight and again

1150
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:24,559
going back to you know, just continuing.

1151
00:53:24,039 --> 00:53:25,119
Speaker 2: To learn about your group.

1152
00:53:25,199 --> 00:53:27,280
Speaker 11: You know, when he's able to, you know, get out

1153
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:29,800
on certain guards like that, particularly ones that like to

1154
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:32,360
play off the shoot, off the dribble, he's able to

1155
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,960
use his length to contest and you know, he's a

1156
00:53:35,039 --> 00:53:37,280
he's a major spark plug for the rest.

1157
00:53:37,079 --> 00:53:39,119
Speaker 2: Of the guys, you know, similar to Richie. You know

1158
00:53:39,159 --> 00:53:40,400
what I mean, when.

1159
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:41,639
Speaker 11: You have a guy that plays that hard, you have

1160
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,280
no choice but to play hard as well.

1161
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,519
Speaker 2: And that has a major impact on the rest of

1162
00:53:45,559 --> 00:53:45,920
the group.

1163
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:50,760
Speaker 4: Need that energy, need a little bit of that catalyst,

1164
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:53,280
no doubt about it. A couple of other things here, Kevin,

1165
00:53:53,679 --> 00:53:56,400
how was it having Richie on the bench? How about

1166
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,480
that catalyst coaching his teammates up.

1167
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 2: It was amazing. He is amazing.

1168
00:54:01,199 --> 00:54:04,440
Speaker 11: Richie's just you know, he wants to see us win.

1169
00:54:04,639 --> 00:54:06,639
You know, he just wants to do anything he can

1170
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:08,480
to help, you know. And I thought he was a

1171
00:54:08,519 --> 00:54:12,360
steadying kind of voice over there during the game. And

1172
00:54:12,559 --> 00:54:15,159
you know, his leadership, you know, is a reason we're

1173
00:54:15,199 --> 00:54:15,880
able to get to win.

1174
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:22,400
Speaker 4: Richie needs to be present. Richie has to be communicative.

1175
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:27,840
I do think, like we've brought this up before, obviously,

1176
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:31,280
I think k Y gets after the players, right. We

1177
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:33,360
can all agree about that, whether it's in the post game,

1178
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,400
what he says in the post game, it has to

1179
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:40,840
be it's got to be more aggressive when he's in

1180
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:44,079
the locker room, right, We kind of agree on that.

1181
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:47,199
I don't know how many of the other coaches get

1182
00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:49,480
after the guys though. I always kind of felt like

1183
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:51,559
there's a lot of players coaches on this squad. They're

1184
00:54:51,559 --> 00:54:55,039
all professional coaches type of deal. It's a little bit

1185
00:54:55,039 --> 00:54:58,280
different when if Richie, your peer is getting after you.

1186
00:54:58,679 --> 00:55:01,639
Peer run organization, it's peer run accountability.

1187
00:55:02,199 --> 00:55:02,480
Speaker 6: Uh.

1188
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:06,679
Speaker 4: Broncomenen Hall Kolone has talked about it. When you have

1189
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:13,199
players holding other players accountable for performance, for doing the

1190
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:17,719
little things right, It's it's just different because it's your peer.

1191
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:19,920
You don't get his butt hurt, you don't get his

1192
00:55:20,079 --> 00:55:24,119
like emotionally tied into it as you maybe do with

1193
00:55:24,159 --> 00:55:25,719
a coach for whatever reason.

1194
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:27,960
Speaker 5: So I think it's an imperative.

1195
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:33,159
Speaker 4: Kevin, Uh, what did you think of Canar Davis's performance

1196
00:55:33,159 --> 00:55:36,360
after missing his first five shots and then still remaining

1197
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:37,519
confident down the stretch.

1198
00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:38,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, he was great.

1199
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:42,039
Speaker 11: You know, I've really been impressed with with Mu's approach

1200
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:45,639
in a lot, honestly since since Richie went down.

1201
00:55:45,679 --> 00:55:48,639
Speaker 2: You know, he's he and even even.

1202
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,119
Speaker 11: In practice, like he's a guy that you know, he's quiet,

1203
00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:54,280
right and so but his his level of competition is

1204
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:57,280
not quiet, like he his his care factors high. He's

1205
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,679
very competitive and you know, I think what he did

1206
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:03,559
was a was indicative of what the rest of the

1207
00:56:03,599 --> 00:56:06,239
team did where it wasn't going his way and he

1208
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,679
didn't blink. He just stayed with it. Found you know,

1209
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:10,639
he had that little cut and dump off the cave,

1210
00:56:10,679 --> 00:56:12,639
I found other ways to impact the game, and then

1211
00:56:12,639 --> 00:56:16,719
he started to make shots, right, and so it was

1212
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:18,440
it was good to see for him and that'll be

1213
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:21,360
a big, hopefully confidence booster for him as we uh

1214
00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:23,480
head to the next phase of the season.

1215
00:56:25,519 --> 00:56:26,480
Speaker 5: That next phase.

1216
00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:30,880
Speaker 4: Uh, it's you hope this is this third iteration of

1217
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:35,719
the the BA basketball team can reach its potential and

1218
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,199
it's gonna take tremendous coaching from k Why to do

1219
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:41,039
it and then maybe from Richie too. What was the

1220
00:56:41,079 --> 00:56:44,840
difference where you guys dominated how'd you guys dominate the paint.

1221
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:48,280
Speaker 11: Kay, Why, Yeah, just just a determination.

1222
00:56:48,599 --> 00:56:52,519
Speaker 2: You know, you know we we got we have guys

1223
00:56:52,519 --> 00:56:53,320
that can get downhill.

1224
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:55,880
Speaker 11: You know, we got guys who can can offensive rebound,

1225
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,159
and so you know, I thought it was we imposed our.

1226
00:56:58,039 --> 00:56:59,920
Speaker 2: Will on them. You know, they're a team.

1227
00:57:00,039 --> 00:57:03,119
Speaker 11: It's obviously a prolific three point shooting team, and so

1228
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,880
that you know, that's their style of play, and and uh,

1229
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:07,920
you know we've been able to you know, do a

1230
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,599
decent job getting to the to the rim all year, honestly,

1231
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:15,400
and so I thought that, combined with the rebounding effort,

1232
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:18,639
was was tremendous. And you know, to play any basketball

1233
00:57:18,679 --> 00:57:21,280
game and only turn the ball over three times, you

1234
00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:23,320
know you're gonna give yourself a really good chance to win.

1235
00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:26,519
Speaker 5: Got to give that chance.

1236
00:57:26,639 --> 00:57:29,559
Speaker 4: Uh look without those offensive boards or second chance points,

1237
00:57:29,639 --> 00:57:30,679
just b whay you win this game?

1238
00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 5: Probably not?

1239
00:57:32,039 --> 00:57:34,239
Speaker 4: I don't know if they win this game. So great

1240
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:37,079
job on the offensive board. Offensive boards?

1241
00:57:37,079 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 5: What got Rob Wright going against Texas Tech? Do you think? Ky? Why?

1242
00:57:40,679 --> 00:57:41,239
Speaker 2: I mean? Rob?

1243
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:43,719
Speaker 11: I mean that's twice now against these guys that Rob's

1244
00:57:43,719 --> 00:57:46,440
played really well. So you know him and him and

1245
00:57:46,519 --> 00:57:49,039
Christian Anders and have grown up playing against each other.

1246
00:57:49,119 --> 00:57:51,039
Speaker 2: You know, I think that it's a you know, just a.

1247
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:53,960
Speaker 11: Friendly level of competition in respect between the two of them.

1248
00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:58,159
And I think Rob feels like, you know, you can

1249
00:57:58,199 --> 00:57:59,800
get to his spots, and when he kind of gets

1250
00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:02,239
in the mode, you just try to just stay out

1251
00:58:02,239 --> 00:58:03,960
of the way or just try to put him in

1252
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:06,800
position to you know, do what he's good at, which

1253
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:08,800
is get downhill. And I thought he made some good

1254
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:11,920
reads tonight. You know, you know, we did all that.

1255
00:58:12,039 --> 00:58:13,880
You score eighty two points and you go, you know,

1256
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:15,840
you go six to twenty six from three Madge. If

1257
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:17,320
we were able to knock a couple of those down,

1258
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,000
then you know, the we would have been able to

1259
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,880
put a bigger spread. But I thought Rob's decision making

1260
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:23,840
was was was really impressive.

1261
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:29,360
Speaker 4: I mean Rob, Rob getting buckets, no doubt, tremendous offensive

1262
00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:30,079
performance from him.

1263
00:58:30,079 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 5: A couple less things from K.

1264
00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:34,639
Speaker 4: Why what's your message, K, Why two guys that haven't

1265
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,039
played in March Madness?

1266
00:58:38,760 --> 00:58:42,079
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, just my experience of just postseason basketball,

1267
00:58:42,239 --> 00:58:46,800
whether it's March Madness or NBA Playoffs, is you just

1268
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,880
you just have to rely on your habits, right. You

1269
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:53,199
can't come out and do something uncharacteristic. You got to

1270
00:58:53,239 --> 00:58:55,920
rely on what's gotten you to that point. You know,

1271
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:57,960
rely do what you're good at. You know, do your

1272
00:58:58,039 --> 00:59:01,320
job ultimately, and if you do that, you know then

1273
00:59:01,519 --> 00:59:04,119
you're able to you know, execute and hopefully you know

1274
00:59:04,159 --> 00:59:05,199
that leads to wins.

1275
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:10,079
Speaker 4: And then finally, how does this win help the team

1276
00:59:10,119 --> 00:59:11,639
going into the postseason?

1277
00:59:12,679 --> 00:59:13,880
Speaker 2: Obviously it goes without Sam.

1278
00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:16,400
Speaker 11: I it was, it was huge, but just you know,

1279
00:59:16,559 --> 00:59:19,119
just in terms of I'm just proud of our guys

1280
00:59:19,159 --> 00:59:21,280
because you know, like I just said, it has been

1281
00:59:21,679 --> 00:59:28,360
an adversity field season and you know something, and I'll

1282
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:30,159
actually share this with you guys. I shared it with

1283
00:59:30,239 --> 00:59:34,559
the team. Like something Richie's said several different times since

1284
00:59:34,599 --> 00:59:37,559
I've been with him is just how much adversity brings

1285
00:59:37,599 --> 00:59:41,159
teams together and how much it brings groups closer. And

1286
00:59:41,239 --> 00:59:43,119
obviously we've faced a lot of it, and so to

1287
00:59:43,199 --> 00:59:45,039
be able to get on the other side of that

1288
00:59:45,079 --> 00:59:49,639
and beat a really good team, given where where we

1289
00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:53,519
currently are, coming off that road trip and that ucf fiasco,

1290
00:59:53,679 --> 00:59:56,559
like to have the grit and the fortitude to beat

1291
00:59:56,599 --> 00:59:58,639
a really good team.

1292
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:00,360
Speaker 2: I do think it can be some and that we

1293
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,760
can bottle up. You know as we head into, uh,

1294
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:03,920
you know, to the postseason.

1295
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:09,920
Speaker 4: What did you guys make of the storm? Stort stort,

1296
01:00:10,119 --> 01:00:12,840
court storming? I combine those two words court storm. Are

1297
01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:14,280
you guys cool with it? You're good with it? Or

1298
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:15,400
do you think it's embarrassment?

1299
01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:18,599
Speaker 8: Usually I feel like I'm pretty critical of court storming.

1300
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:21,800
Speaker 5: Hot cold, neutral, hot cold neutral? Where are you at?

1301
01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:25,159
Speaker 8: This one's hard because my number one rule for court

1302
01:00:25,159 --> 01:00:28,320
storming is unless it's a rivalry game, you can't court

1303
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,119
storm if it's ranked un ranked. B YU wasn't ranked

1304
01:00:31,119 --> 01:00:33,079
in this games and it was a top ten team.

1305
01:00:33,519 --> 01:00:36,760
And also you never beat Texas Tech in Big twelve play,

1306
01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:39,360
which is the other thing we haven't talked about now.

1307
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:43,840
The pushback is, yeah, you're not ranked, but you basically

1308
01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:46,480
are because you're like the first team outside.

1309
01:00:46,039 --> 01:00:47,079
Speaker 5: The top twenty five.

1310
01:00:48,519 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 8: I don't know that the court storming was so much

1311
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:55,039
of hey, we beat a top ten team. I think

1312
01:00:55,079 --> 01:00:58,159
it was more of it was more for BAU getting

1313
01:00:58,159 --> 01:01:01,199
a big win than it was for BAU beating Texas Tech,

1314
01:01:01,239 --> 01:01:03,920
if that makes sense. It was like, hey, emotionally, we

1315
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,559
feel like we figured something out. This is a big deal.

1316
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:08,519
It's the last game of the season. We want to

1317
01:01:08,519 --> 01:01:11,039
celebrate it. I think it had less to do with

1318
01:01:11,199 --> 01:01:13,360
oh my gosh, we beat Texas Tech than it did

1319
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:16,559
with hey, this has been an emotional wild season.

1320
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:20,280
Speaker 5: Look what we just did. Yeah, I'd agree with that wholeheartedly.

1321
01:01:21,880 --> 01:01:23,239
Speaker 4: No, we have answered, But the Bett it this was

1322
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:28,960
more of an emotional reaction to.

1323
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:28,639
Speaker 5: A big win, no doubt.

1324
01:01:28,679 --> 01:01:32,599
Speaker 4: But you had many of Kugarnation, including those within the Rock,

1325
01:01:32,840 --> 01:01:34,320
had maybe lost a little bit of hope that they

1326
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:35,360
could win a game like this.

1327
01:01:36,639 --> 01:01:38,159
Speaker 5: A lot of people didn't think they could win it.

1328
01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:42,719
Speaker 4: That's how they felt, and so uh, they were in

1329
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:48,599
maybe a mental state where the emotions of a win

1330
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:52,440
took them over the edge and had them storm the court. Hot, colder,

1331
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:56,360
neutral on the stort, on the court, storming a Ronald

1332
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:57,760
the three man weaver, Hot.

1333
01:01:57,559 --> 01:01:59,800
Speaker 7: Colder, neutral in the stort. Let's stay with that bag

1334
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:04,199
and I combined words all the time. Anyway, No, I'm

1335
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:08,119
I'm pretty much you know, I would say hot or cold.

1336
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:10,719
I'm cold. If like Brett said, you're ink throw rank,

1337
01:02:10,800 --> 01:02:13,239
why are you storming? But I'm all hot about this?

1338
01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:13,719
Speaker 5: Do this?

1339
01:02:13,719 --> 01:02:17,199
Speaker 7: This was an emotional reaction, right the Iowa State them storming.

1340
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:17,840
Speaker 6: I was like, no.

1341
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:21,760
Speaker 7: But outside of that, like they were on a three

1342
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:24,000
game skit like fans again, and Ben I revealed I

1343
01:02:24,039 --> 01:02:26,360
was coming back from you know, doing the pregame show

1344
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:29,840
for Cincinnati last week with people from Bou students doing

1345
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:33,000
classes at the Salt Lake Center. They're throwing phone, slamming laptops,

1346
01:02:33,039 --> 01:02:34,719
throwing hands up. All right, don't want to play defense.

1347
01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:37,000
I can't reveal everything that was said because there's some

1348
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,400
guidelines that will be broken, but it was it's an

1349
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:43,280
emotional reaction. Fans were like po they were upset, very furious,

1350
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:46,039
so this was great for them to storm. Hadean boop

1351
01:02:46,039 --> 01:02:48,559
in the middle with it been fan favorite. People are

1352
01:02:48,559 --> 01:02:50,880
gonna love him for a long time if he's back

1353
01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:52,559
next season. But no, I thought it was okay, and

1354
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:54,639
this is just a third court storm. I think in

1355
01:02:55,039 --> 01:02:58,280
in program history, Jimmer for that San Diego State. Ben

1356
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:00,400
I'm pretty sure wrote about this in my post a Marcle.

1357
01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:03,480
You can check it check it out on espnfan dot com.

1358
01:03:03,639 --> 01:03:07,760
Gonzaga when they beat Gonzaga right and then now Texas Tech,

1359
01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:09,800
so they.

1360
01:03:08,199 --> 01:03:10,559
Speaker 5: Go way third third in the modern era.

1361
01:03:10,639 --> 01:03:12,320
Speaker 6: I think I think, I think I might be wrong.

1362
01:03:12,519 --> 01:03:13,679
I'm pretty I would.

1363
01:03:13,519 --> 01:03:17,320
Speaker 4: I would be text to to to maybe the s

1364
01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:19,000
I D on that, Well, that'd be interesting and.

1365
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:20,679
Speaker 7: I would have to ask there was a different s

1366
01:03:20,719 --> 01:03:23,280
I D before Gonzaga, But like those are the three

1367
01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:24,039
that I remember.

1368
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:27,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, man. Uh.

1369
01:03:27,679 --> 01:03:31,159
Speaker 4: Also in other news, uh Yegor Gentleman will miss the

1370
01:03:31,199 --> 01:03:34,119
remainder of the season due to increased plench fasciais in

1371
01:03:34,199 --> 01:03:37,599
his left foot. Gentleman is expected to return to Basketball

1372
01:03:37,679 --> 01:03:40,000
Tipic early in the off season due and and to

1373
01:03:40,119 --> 01:03:44,000
be a full participant in the summer development program. Speaking

1374
01:03:44,079 --> 01:03:48,000
of tanking, you know, is the NBA gonna send out

1375
01:03:48,159 --> 01:03:53,679
a uh independent physician fasciitis?

1376
01:03:54,280 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 5: You know what I mean?

1377
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:57,320
Speaker 4: Because I mean they're in the bottom wrong of the

1378
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:00,840
I mean they they've won sixteen games, and Joeman in

1379
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:02,960
many ways in shapes and forms, is one of their best,

1380
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:05,320
if not their best player right now. So they're just

1381
01:04:05,360 --> 01:04:07,440
shutting them down. Can't win any more games, don't win

1382
01:04:07,480 --> 01:04:10,199
any more games taking I mean, we.

1383
01:04:10,159 --> 01:04:13,239
Speaker 8: Already know that Ryan Smith is working out a deal

1384
01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:15,239
with Adam Silver to make sure he hits the number

1385
01:04:15,239 --> 01:04:15,679
one overall.

1386
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:16,880
Speaker 5: Pick my conspiracies.

1387
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:19,559
Speaker 8: That's why Adam Silver is going so hard at Utah,

1388
01:04:19,639 --> 01:04:22,239
so that when Utah suddenly gets the number one overall pick,

1389
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:25,280
no one will say, oh, Adam Silver is buddies.

1390
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:26,880
Speaker 5: With Ryan Smith. They'll be like, oh, well, I mean

1391
01:04:27,119 --> 01:04:27,679
it must.

1392
01:04:27,559 --> 01:04:30,840
Speaker 8: Have worked out organically because Adam Silver was going hard

1393
01:04:30,880 --> 01:04:31,760
after the Jazz.

1394
01:04:32,079 --> 01:04:34,039
Speaker 5: Oh, how's that they ended up with a Jada Bontson

1395
01:04:34,119 --> 01:04:34,760
number one pick.

1396
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:37,840
Speaker 4: I'll give you my conspiracy theory about a couple of

1397
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:39,960
things coming up next as it relates to the NBA.

1398
01:04:40,079 --> 01:04:40,719
Speaker 5: Don't miss it.

1399
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:43,280
Speaker 4: We're gonna break it all down here on your Utah

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01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:46,039
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01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:48,039
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