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pitch to covering drives on the Marriotte Center baseline. He's

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traded in scrums for statutes, creeps for courtside coverage, and

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somehow he draws more contact than half the Big Twelve.

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He's runnal the three man Weaver. He'll break down the

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match out, story levels and give you everything you.

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Speaker 2: Need to know before tim off. This it's the Cougar

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Speaker 1: On one O three nine to ninety ESPN BAN, part

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of Utah's ESPN Radio.

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Speaker 2: Network, And welcome back to the Cougar Basketball pre Game

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Show here on one O three nine and ninety eight

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three ESPN the Fan. You heard the inshow that's right,

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ron Off the three Male Weaver here gonna be taking

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you guys up into tip off. It is game day.

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My goodness. Uh never thought this game would come so fast.

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It is Saturday, January seventeenth. Whoa, whoa, whoa, things have

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gone by way too fast. Celebrate I remember Christmas, celebrating

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with my daughter, her second one, the one she can

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actually like remember. And basketball season's picked up, my goodness.

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I mean before we know it. We're gonna be, you know,

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in February, only a few weeks away, and that's crazy.

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You gotta enjoy the season while it lasts. I mean, look,

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spring ball will be around the corner, but right now

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it is hoop season and we're gonna talk all things

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related to this basketball game tonight. It is a good

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one BYU Top fifteen matchup. In case you live under

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a rock, and hopefully you don't, hopefully you'll be tuned in.

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Number eleven BYU is making its first of two trips

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to the lone Star State this season. They're facing Number

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fifteen Texas Tech. Like I said, Top fifteen matchup at

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the United Supermarkets Arena in lubb It. It is hard

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to win down there and lub It. Tip off the

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time our time. The game is gonna be on ESPN

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plus the wonderful Dave Fleming. Love Dave Fleming and guess what,

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we love Sean Farnham friend for BYU. Not really fan

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of the program. We've never had sewn on. Don't want

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to say that, but Sean's not going to be doing

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this game. It's gonna be friend for Schello, who is

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a friend of the program. We've had friend on many

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times on this show and at BYU wins, who might

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have to have him on next week. They're Cougar Nations

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predicting the victory. We'll get into that in the third segment.

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But this is going to be BYU's toughest matchup in

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conference thus far, not on the season, because they faced

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number three Yukon. Reminder, they lost that game by two.

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As everybody remembers. That was an eighty six to eighty

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four loss. That was wa ely in the season. That

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was a different BYU team, This team led by j Debonsa,

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who was playing phenomenal by the way, just in case

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you missed it, still averaging twenty three point one points

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per game as a top five score on college basketball.

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I think the biggest factor tonight. Excuse me, almost burked

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right there. He is going to be a problem. This

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man is a problem. He shoots over fifty six percent

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from the field. He averages a double double that's twenty

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one point three points and eleven boards and two point

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two assists. That is when j T Top and the

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six nine hundred and thirty pounder from Dallas, Texas, the

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I believe RICHERT Junior if I'm not correct, this kid

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the last game he played in, which was against Utah,

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who by you played this brother went bonkers. He had

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thirty one points in thirty six minutes. He shot sixty

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point nine percent from the field, seventy five percent from three.

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he had third to rebounds, seven assists, five blocks, one steal.

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This man is it? This man is an issue. Look,

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there is not a little of fear in my heart.

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about beating these big time teams. It is. That's exactly

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what it's about. Without further ado, let's go ahead. We're

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this guy JT. Toppin, that's the guy that's on the

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scout sheet. But it's not just him, it's a multitude

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of other people who will tell you momentarily, let's walk

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him in the running back Here at ESP and the

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fan for Cougar Sports with a Couger basketball pre game,

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I got answer Peterson behind the glass ap. Glad to

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be back with me again, brother.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, it's been a few games. I've had some scheduling conflict.

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Speaker 2: But we're back. We're back, We're back.

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Speaker 3: And uh yeah, I guess I would be a running back.

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Speaker 4: Who played football night basketball position. I'm a shooting guard,

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love it absolutely. I'm the corner three guy. Do not

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ask me to handle them. I don't have anything on

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my sleeve and I got the right hand and that's it.

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Speaker 2: That's okay. Everybody has to play their role on the tape.

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weekly show Cougar Sports has been uh critle and you

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to an interview with Jay drew A. Jay Drews thinks

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that they're missing that sniper shooter three pointer off the bench.

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team is different. You know, Robbie said, Mohilo is going

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to be the guy. They're gonna play Mohilo because teams

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have been crital a la cart but I liked ap.

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agree with him because spacing wise, Mahilo being six ten,

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six eleven, if you don't account for him, he can Bernie.

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on the road. Bay He's a big twelve opener. Conference

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opener was on the road. The Cougars came out with

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a victory, was glorious. It was wonderful to start off

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conference the right way. But you need that guy to

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come through tonight. You need him a step up. I

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know he does not He never unlike all he doesn't.

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He doesn't see a shot. He doesn't like that's the

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best way to put that, and I think you would agree.

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it's contested non contestant. I know last game was really

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rough for b Why you had was that man had

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a tremendous defensive stop on one side, then goes down

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and should have pulled the three, but decided he wanted to,

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like to say that didn't look at his footing, moves

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two steps to the left with the ball in his hand.

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and gentlemen, if you don't know the rules of basketball.

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win those. The Houston's, even the Texas tech Ap sometimes

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good basketball teams. Ioway states, she'll get it tomorrow scoreboard

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of basketball and listen the host of Locked on Arizona.

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basketball college analyst. This guy, uh, this guy knows ball

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right there to the big toe basketball. But more importantly,

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to win games like that AP. You need to have

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a couple of gritty wins that are ugly where you

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shoot bad. But it's like Kevin Young said, when you

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rebound at a high level, you get or plus eighteen

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rebound someone fifty one to thirty six, when you have

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twenty one offensive rebounds. That helps you be able to

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conference like Kansas State was a good win, then good

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wins double digits yep. But these Utah and TCU games

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were ugly. There's absolutely nothing pretty about him, and I

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want to bring the up. I think there's an argument

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to be made that those two games were Aj Debonsa's

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worst games as a BYU cougar, I agree with that,

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and yet he's still averaged twenty two and a half

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points in those two games.

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say that as a BYU fan? Is that Jimmer? I did? Jimmer?

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Was Jimmer able to say that that his bad games

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best performances of the season those last two games. Look, Utah,

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he was six of eleven. If you look at every

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of fifteen against cal Baptists, seven to twelve against Dayton.

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conference play. Since you start a conference you have you

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shooting performance there from the floor at least overall. He

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still had twenty five points and like you said, twenty

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two and a half. That's what he said. And he's

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still shooting above a forty five percent from there. Now.

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two of ten in those matchups. That's going to be

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on the scout on report tonight. He shot twenty eight

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point six percent against TCU. And I remember he also

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wasn't feeling the best. He was under the weather, he

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was sick. Richie Saunders said that in the post game,

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a bou TV Sports Nation was the one that caught

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as well, and this also was told per Spencer Linton

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as well. AG did no post game, he did not come.

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try to give you at least two players. Normally they

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they shut him down. He did no postgame interviews and

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they said on their way to love it. Aj Debonsa

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is in Lubbick. He will play tonight. Obviously, no reports,

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E Xavion Staten is out for this game. We'll get

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this and maybe this might be more offseason talk. They're

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year ap because when you're missing one of the guys,

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they're able to get by. But to really compete for

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a final four birth of even Elite eight, they need

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both of They need both Kibakida and Bedu to be available.

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starting to see signs of it. And the deeper you

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a deep run in March madness. You need all big

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multiple bodies. Look at what happened with Florida, they had

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multiple bodies. You cannot have one guy do that. So

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whatever it may be, for love, all this toldly, if

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you need some chicken noodle soup, if you need some

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niq will, I don't know what it'd be. You know,

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if there's sickness, get it together and then don't follow

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on your players, watch and watch it. I know Richie

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be a mad man out there and the other players listening.

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The opposing team, don't whack good dudes outside they had

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pull arms, fall on shoulders. I know basketball is a

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physical game, but you don't injure the BYU players because

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depth and help along this BYU team. They they've had

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their fair share of injuries and I don't think BYU

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can afford any injuries in that front court ap.

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Speaker 5: And we saw that just as recently as last game

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when Bido was out and Kaiva got in trouble, the

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Yu had to get creative with their rotations and everything.

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which is not a good team, they're not they Utah

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and they are notam justin TCU not good. Started off

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the season with a lost Newton.

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Speaker 2: You feel bad because that team defensively has been locked

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in and they've been able to compete in every game.

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But that loss up on the Hill is not a

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good loss at least right now at the moment.

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Speaker 5: If you played a better team last game, I don't

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know that b WAYU wins.

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Speaker 3: That's how important Beido is to this team.

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Speaker 5: Because Kaiba found himself in trouble, Ritchie found himself in trouble.

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AJ was sick, I don't remember was Boskovic and foul

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trouble at one point.

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Speaker 2: I don't think Mihilo got that deepenout. I'm actually len

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be double check on.

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Speaker 5: That last game, but I don't think he was this game. Hilo,

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to your point earlier, might be the most important player

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off the bench.

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Speaker 2: I agree.

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Speaker 3: I think he's played.

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Speaker 5: Really well the in conference play, he's played really well.

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I feel like even that Utah game he only had

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two points, but that bucket that he got off the

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offensive rebound was huge. Yeah, huge, And so he's giving

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you good minutes. He might be, I don't know, he

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might be your best player off the bench up to

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this point in the season.

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Speaker 2: Just give you a couple of Mihilo stats as ap.

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Andrew Peterson gave it to you. Mihalo has I think

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been the best player for you off the bench, No doubt.

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I bought it. Since conference play has has started, you

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are this will be the fifth game in Mihilo scored

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twenty two points. So if you divide that, it's about

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five and a half points per game as well. But

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the biggest factors, not that, is the rebounds that he's grabbing.

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You know, he's grabbed at least three rebounds in every

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single conference game, excuse me, minus the Utah game. He's

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grabbed at least three rebounds in every single game, had

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eight boards in the ASC game. And the combination of

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him and Bido and hiding him off the bench, that

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really is what's given it to b Billio. He had

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three thousand that game against TCU, so not bad. Had

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one was that travel So if you take that away

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and if he knocks down at three, that's eleven. That's

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eleven points. One turnover if that were not to happen,

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And remember he had the block. And I think that's

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the biggest thing is his defense in Arizona State game

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three points eight big time boards, uh five defensive three

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zero boards, that's what you like to see. To assist

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two blocks, that's what you want to see. Did have

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four turnovers and that's what happens when he does a

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little bit too much dribbling, when he's able to keep

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the turnovers down and when he just shoots it. That's

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what it's gonna have to be. And you're gonna need

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him tonight because this is a big time matchup Texas Tech.

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You have not beaten him since you've entered the conference.

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Don't know what to do. You have not under Mark

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Pope ap you remember it they played Texas Tech down

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there in Lubbock. I think they had a double digital

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lead and halftime a p I think, I don't know,

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I don't know. I can't remember for a seventeen. I'm

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gonna go look it up, but I know it was

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at least eleven. It was a big I think it was.

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It might have been fifteen, but still you can't be

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up that big down there in Lubbock. And then pop

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Eyacac said I'm gonna have the career game of my life.

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And man, he had thirty two. Yeah, I think it

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was two of seven or two of eight in the

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first half. And you kept him quiet and then he

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woke up in the second half and says, all right,

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I'm gonna go bonkers on you guys and pour down

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hall Man made him play one on one and you know,

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just made him piss down his leg and away eight

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to say that. But that's just that's just what happened,

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you know. It's just good players sometimes are able to

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get you. And that's what happened. And you blew that.

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And that wasn't the only lead. Remember, go back that season,

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they also had a double hits of lead against Iowa

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State in Hilton. Blew that lead too down the stretch.

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So and then you fast forward till later in the

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tournament they lost to Texas Tech. That was a little

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bit of a closer game respectable, but you never felt

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like BYU was gonna win that game. They didn't have

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the best shooting night against Texas Tech. So I was like, okay,

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I never felt like they were gonna beat him in

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twenty twenty three. I thought in twenty twenty four at

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the crib, I know what, was still early playing off

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the bench. Excuse me in a starter roll, Yeah, twenty

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twenty five, choose me, my apologies. I thought that that

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was really what it was gonna be. They were gonna

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get him then. But then Darien Williams, you saw why

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he's playing bond out of n C State, came back

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while they wanted them, while they were willing to give

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them back. Good basketball player. So that was tough, you know,

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to watch. But look, I mean, Texas Tech, you know,

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made a good run in the tournament. Grant mcchasm is

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a good coach, they have a good roster, uh, you know,

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and but at the end of the day, you know,

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you still got to get a win. And that's Owen

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three guys, that's Owen three on one at the crib,

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ap all one on the road, and then only to one.

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Neutral Houston and Texas Tech are the only teams b

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YU was not defeated yet in the Big Twelve since

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joining the conference in basketball.

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Speaker 5: And I just wanted to give us a little update.

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We're up by sixteen on the road there.

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Speaker 2: It is sixteen, so basically seventeen.

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Speaker 3: Wow, blew that lead.

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Speaker 5: You got outscored by twenty three points in the second

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half and lost that game.

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Speaker 2: She's goodness, gracious.

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Speaker 5: And that I mean to me, that shows you what

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a Mark Pope team would do, because they were a

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very streaky team. If they got cold, they stayed cold.

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It's I think Kevin Young's teams have been better in

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that area. I don't remember a game where they just

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can't find any answer at all offensively, defensively. That Alabama

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game never found an answer. But to your point, Texas

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Tech might be the one school in both revenue sports

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that has given BYU the most trouble. We have one

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win in six matchups, and you were playing.

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Speaker 3: A third string quarterback.

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Speaker 5: You relied on a ton of turnovers and got out

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gained to that game to win that game. Yeah, and

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and so Texas Tech, that oil money is giving us

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a lot of trouble. And so this, honestly, this is

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an interesting matchup because BYU comes into this game with

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a big three.

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Speaker 3: Texas Tech has a.

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Speaker 5: Really big two yep that I think are going to

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give by you some real problems tonight.

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Speaker 2: J T.

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Speaker 3: Toppin, you don't really have to say much.

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Speaker 5: Twenty one point two points a game, eleven point one

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rebounds per game, so players like Bido Kavaketa Mahilo are

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going to be absolutely.

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Speaker 3: Massive in securing rebounds.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely And then the player that people don't talk about

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when it comes to Texas Tech, who I think is

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just as dangerous, Christian Anderson.

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Speaker 2: He's a problem. The point guard.

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Speaker 5: Nineteen point seven points a game on forty three point

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one percent from.

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Speaker 3: Three good stat line, he is a problem.

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Speaker 5: And if by is not careful that one two punch

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is gonna get him in a lot of trouble.

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Speaker 3: You cannot afford afford to start slow here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this team likes Attorney over to and Christian Anderson.

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He's a downhill point guard. He will shoot it, but

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he likes to get to the basket. He likes contact,

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he likes drawing fouls. One of the guys that shoots

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the most retros on this team. But you know, we

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heard from Robbie McCombs yesterday, Texas Tech not a big

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free throw shooting team. Now will say you said big two.

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That's the next story line. This rotation for Texas text

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not deep, not really deep at all. They play about

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six guys. And the one thing coaches, hey, Ap, you

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know the is just like you know in football, if

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you're starting to expose one guy or a guy gets

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in foul trouble and you have to extend that rotation

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the way they do not want. That really starts to

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stress a coach and this roster and with the way

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they're going now, I believe for games like this, rotations

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they matter. When I say they don't matter, I mean, okay,

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we're only gonna play six guys this game. That goes

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out the window. Because when you have a team like

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DYU that has Rob Right, that has Richie, that has AJ,

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you're trying to throw everybody at him. You said, hey

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tonight to a Goodnight that you only maybe played eighteen

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minutes on the season, You're gonna play a lot tonight.

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You're telling your entire roster be ready, stay ready because

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this and this is what I was talking about AP

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earlier in the week when I was saying Okay, yeah,

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AJ and j T top and let's say they can't

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sell each other out, Bright always bringing the hammerstead this too.

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Let's say that rich the rob right and Chris Anderson

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a Richie them they can't sle each other out. This

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is where now the bench players come, the Texas Texts,

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the Houston's, the Iowa was STA. The starters will do

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starter things, same with Arizonas. But what will happen to

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the bench Like this is where BYU's bench needs to

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score the most points. It hasn't conference play tonight because

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I don't believe you could just rely on the big

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three to win you the game. Because Texas Tech can

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also put up numbers themselves.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, Texas Tech is not TCU, They're not Utah,

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and they're not Kansas State.

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Speaker 2: Or Arizona or Arizona State.

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Speaker 5: BA has had a pretty welcoming schedule to open up

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the Big Twelve. It's not been tough, and you've you've

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had some games that didn't look pretty.

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Speaker 3: And so I have a take here. You ready for this, Ready,

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let's do it.

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Speaker 5: The team that gets into trout into foul trouble first

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is the team that's gonna lose. It's a good take

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because neither team likes their bench very much at all.

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Speaker 2: Bottom both I think are about in the bottom twenty.

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I think Texas Tech is the worst actually in bench production.

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Speaker 5: If you have a game like Last Game where you

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find yourself in foul trouble, and we can talk about

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the officiating of Last Game, not a popular not very

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many popular decisions in that one. But if for whatever reason,

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you end up in foul trouble like you did Last Game,

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I don't think BYU's deep enough to beat Texas Tech

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because Texas Tech is a different animal from what BYU

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has faced this year. I understand you played Yukon, but

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I think JT. Toppin is the best player BYU's played

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this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, j T. Toppen is the best player. There's not

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even a question. Even the guys on Yukon. I don't guys,

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then they do, and they got three dudes that can

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really give it to you, and they were doing it

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to be at least in the first half before bo

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you got going. But I still think JT. Toppin's better.

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I think he's the best player gonna face by far

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up until you meet Cole Pete and Darren Peterson in

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that final week of January. Look, you're right it is JT.

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This skill will destroy you, no doubt about it. He's

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a phenomenal forward. Reminds you of Aha when he gets

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to a little bit of a different but agent like

473
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how he affects the game. AJ gets to the like

474
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you gets to the middle of the floor. Likes to

475
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,599
shoot it. So expect Texas Tech to throw a lot

476
00:22:03,599 --> 00:22:05,039
of bodies at him to keep him out of there.

477
00:22:05,039 --> 00:22:08,519
Expect him to hedge at every single rebound expected on them,

478
00:22:08,519 --> 00:22:10,680
blitz off the strong in the weak side. If you

479
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,279
thought that Utah was committing throwing bodies, Texas Tech, I

480
00:22:14,279 --> 00:22:15,680
think will do the same thing. They're gonna get the

481
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,359
ball at AJ's hands. So look, may give you a

482
00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,519
little bit of a teaser. I think the factor of

483
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,319
Rob Wright is really gonna be a big factor tonight.

484
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,200
And Rob, I think is gonna have to score not

485
00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,079
just the double figures. Rob might have to get into

486
00:22:28,079 --> 00:22:31,119
the twenty point range to really put pressure on TCU

487
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,039
And you have to shoot at a high clip from

488
00:22:33,039 --> 00:22:35,680
three to space. As I said, TC excuse me, Texas

489
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,640
Tech out on the floor now, don't know where bou

490
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,119
specifically ranked that in the bench points. I know they're

491
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in the bottom. I know Texas Tech is one of

492
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the worst. You know, we heard that from Robbie Macombs

493
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,359
yesterday if you missed any of that interview. As always,

494
00:22:46,519 --> 00:22:49,359
like I said now on the podcast, BYU is looking

495
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,200
to go five to ohero in conference play right now

496
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,839
four and oh a half a game behind Arizona and

497
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then tie with Houston. Houston and BOU both sixteen to

498
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,720
one overall. The Texas Tech rate Raiders thirteen four overall,

499
00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:03,400
three on one in conference play in Arizona, a crispy

500
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,039
eighteen and oh, we'll give you a couple of quick

501
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,559
quad game, give you update on the quad games and

502
00:23:09,559 --> 00:23:11,200
where ba US at. Then we'll go to break and

503
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,440
then we'll welcome in the guests. Will welcome in Leaf

504
00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:16,799
Twulan on the flip to discuss this matchup and get

505
00:23:16,839 --> 00:23:19,079
his thoughts and it's opinion, this will be a big

506
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,640
time win for b AU. Gets this win, you're in

507
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,680
the driver's seating, especially with everything that's related to college basketball,

508
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which ap can I can get to in the last segment,

509
00:23:26,559 --> 00:23:28,880
give you guys some score updates b YU if they

510
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,640
win tonight, I think there'll be a top seven, if

511
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,400
not a team for sure after what's occurred. I'll give

512
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you guys an update later, but b YU give you

513
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the update four and one now in Quad one game,

514
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,079
some things that moved around. Four and O on Quad two,

515
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three and on Quad three, and then five and on

516
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Quad four. It's a tremendous quad record. You have to

517
00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,880
love what you see there from BYU. Texas Tech also

518
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,440
has had a formidable quad game schedule a little bit

519
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,119
different though. They're two and four in quad games. Obviously

520
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,480
they got wins over number three Duke and obviously Colorado

521
00:23:57,759 --> 00:23:59,599
on the road. That was an impressive win, hard to

522
00:23:59,599 --> 00:24:00,839
win on the or in the Big twelve. And then

523
00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:02,759
they're three and oh in Quad two games that be

524
00:24:02,839 --> 00:24:06,000
wake for es LSU and then Oklahoma State at the Crib,

525
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,680
and then are five and oh in Quad three and

526
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,119
then three and oh in Quad four. So this is

527
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,000
truly a top fifteen matchup. Both teams will find out

528
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,559
what will happen tonight, but before we do, just always

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Speaker 2: O fad Now, welcome back to the Cooper Basketball Game

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way up until tip off. It is a doozy. It's

551
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a great game. BYU Number eleven taking on number fifteen

552
00:25:20,599 --> 00:25:23,240
Texas Tech down there in Lubbock. This is going to

553
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be their toughest challenge on the road thus far. Texas

554
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check opened up is two and a half. Just want

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to tell everybody this is why you don't gamble, and

556
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tell you don't do it. Do not gamble. Open up.

557
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It's two and a half. Then it jumped three and

558
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a half, went back down to two and a half early.

559
00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:37,440
I've been watching all day, then back up to three

560
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,680
and a half. People are putting the money on the

561
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,880
Red Raiders. And you heard it from ap Boa. He's

562
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,920
got a one win over the Red Raiders in basketball,

563
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,279
in football combined. You want to throw soccer in at two.

564
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,319
It's only two wins, I think because women soccer beat them,

565
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,359
but then they tied with them. So oh man, the

566
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,599
Red Raiders, like you said that oil money, they got

567
00:25:55,599 --> 00:25:58,079
some good athletes down there. We're gonna get into our

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Let's not wake my guy wait anymore. Let's get out

583
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to the Cougar Basketball Hotline and welcome in. We got

584
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leaf to and he is a college basketball end listen

585
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and he is the host of locked on Wadcatts. I've

586
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been saying wrong. I wanted to get the right way

587
00:26:45,599 --> 00:26:47,720
leap brother. How you doing Thanks for joining me today.

588
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,599
Speaker 6: Man, I'm doing well. It's a good day and lots

589
00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:52,880
of good college hoops and we got the Australian Open

590
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,279
starting as well, so life's good.

591
00:26:54,799 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 2: I won't go too far to tennis because you know

592
00:26:57,039 --> 00:26:59,000
you and I will go off and the people will

593
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get mad and I might have to do a special

594
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,440
show on Saturday. But I do agree the openness upon

595
00:27:04,519 --> 00:27:07,680
us and I got notifications going left and right. I'll

596
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,559
be staying up late until one o'clock watching some of

597
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:12,640
those games. You most definitely believe I'm gonna be tuned

598
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,759
in to Rod Labor Arena. You bet. You bet your

599
00:27:14,759 --> 00:27:16,920
bottom dollar. I am. But let's get back to the

600
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,599
basketball side of things. Big, big matchup tonight. This is

601
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,200
BYU's biggest toughest challenge on the road. Give me your

602
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,559
thoughts and your Scotter report on this matchup. BYU's only

603
00:27:27,599 --> 00:27:29,960
beaten the Red r Oh. Yeah, that's right. They've never

604
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,279
been the Red Raiders since they've entered the conference in

605
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:33,200
basketball leaf.

606
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, the Red Raiders are a different team than they

607
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,599
have been in years past. This is a team that

608
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:43,079
is very top heavy. There's there's not much production outside

609
00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:45,599
of their top two. And to me, this game boils

610
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,160
down to and the role players of Texas Techs score

611
00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:53,599
to supplement what JT. Toppin through, the reigning Big twel

612
00:27:53,599 --> 00:27:55,359
Player of the Year, the preseason Big twelve Player of

613
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,200
the Year, as well as Christian Anderson, who is in

614
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,960
my opinion, other than Darren Peterson is the best guard

615
00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:03,200
in the Big twelve. So if you were to look

616
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,400
at this this matchup, everyone's gonna talk about AJ versus

617
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:10,079
Anderson and topping and throwing Richie and of Keb of course,

618
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,279
but to me, it's really can Byu limit the other guys,

619
00:28:13,319 --> 00:28:16,200
the Donovan at Wells, the lawn Watts of the world,

620
00:28:16,319 --> 00:28:17,680
And if they do so, I think they've got a

621
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,759
good chance to come away with a victory and a

622
00:28:19,839 --> 00:28:22,200
looser one in Lubbock. And speaking of Lubbick, that was

623
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,039
not an easy place to play, not.

624
00:28:24,079 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 2: An easy place to play. You probably remember the match

625
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,359
from a few years ago, you and I talked to

626
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,279
BYU under Mark Pope. It was forty eight to thirty two,

627
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,839
and I think Pop Isaacs was like two of seven

628
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,880
in the first half. He only had like eight points.

629
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,039
He was not playing well and then drops a career

630
00:28:38,119 --> 00:28:41,400
high thirty two Burger eleven of nineteen win Bompers in

631
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,279
the second half outscored the Cougars fifty three to thirty

632
00:28:45,279 --> 00:28:48,720
in the second half. Leave You've been to some pretty

633
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,079
crazy college atmosphere environments. What is it about Lubbock that

634
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,559
makes it so hard to win? Fifty three points in

635
00:28:54,559 --> 00:29:00,000
a college basketball game, and the second half is utterly ridiculous.

636
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:03,279
Speaker 6: He's been in college basketball talent and recently, obviously the

637
00:29:03,279 --> 00:29:05,720
money's been put into football and they made the playoff.

638
00:29:05,799 --> 00:29:08,680
But this is a team that spent four million dollars

639
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,920
on JT. Toppin and then another two at least on

640
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,480
Christian Anderson, and then they had a notable guy walk away,

641
00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:16,759
Gary and Williams, who hit a big shot that sent

642
00:29:16,799 --> 00:29:19,640
him to the Elite eight. They were ahead against Florida.

643
00:29:19,839 --> 00:29:21,920
So this is a team that came in top eight picks,

644
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,880
second in the Big twelve, behind Houston, just ahead of BYU.

645
00:29:25,079 --> 00:29:27,279
And it's a team that I don't think that's complete

646
00:29:27,519 --> 00:29:29,200
as that I would take them fit in the Big

647
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,440
twelve if I were answering right now. Toppin scores twenty

648
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,599
one a game, Anderson twenty a game, lawon WATS thirteen

649
00:29:35,759 --> 00:29:38,319
lawn Watch scores in kind of bullyball, and I think

650
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,200
it doesn't work as well against Big twelve athletes. And

651
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:44,559
so the question is who can hit threes for Texas Tech?

652
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,119
As for BYU. The question as you've been talking about

653
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to me and I'm sure to your listeners as well,

654
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,680
is depth. Dyu's depth will be tested because these athletes

655
00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:56,960
have a better chance of guarding aj Debond, so they

656
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,279
have a better chance of closing out to Richie Saunders

657
00:29:59,519 --> 00:30:01,119
and take making away to the three point lib where

658
00:30:01,119 --> 00:30:03,599
he'shooting forty percent. So I think this is a game

659
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:09,440
where it's whose ancillary pieces performed better, because I think

660
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,319
the stars will kind of cancel each other out. I

661
00:30:11,319 --> 00:30:13,839
think they're both Austin, Richie and Aja an amazing duo,

662
00:30:14,119 --> 00:30:16,200
and if you look at Topen and Anderson, it's hard

663
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:17,920
to get much better than that. I think the ancillary

664
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pieces will be the answer, and typically home team that

665
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,839
the other guys end up performing better in their home stadium.

666
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So I think it's right to have a a line

667
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,680
that says Texas actually win, but ifin we're played on neutral,

668
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,039
I'd take BYU pretty comfortably.

669
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Speaker 2: Actually, oh wow, neutral b YU pretty comfortable. I like

670
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,599
that that comment, those odds, but that's not the case.

671
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:42,519
It is down there a lubbic Leith. You and I

672
00:30:42,559 --> 00:30:44,839
were at the b Yutah game. You got eyes on

673
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,599
this team. You've also been in another game you got

674
00:30:46,599 --> 00:30:49,079
eyes on b YU, who off the bench from your

675
00:30:49,119 --> 00:30:52,359
evaluation needs to perform and step up today because I'm

676
00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:54,480
with you. I think all these great players cancel each

677
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:56,440
other out and that's not really going to be a factor.

678
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Speaker 6: Well, the question really is how much Kevin Cata can

679
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,559
you get because JT. Top is a foul drawing machine,

680
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,000
so Kata will draw the natural assignment, but he can't

681
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,279
get into foul trouble. So is Abdullah a factor? Do

682
00:31:12,319 --> 00:31:16,599
you see Hadem Boop defending Guys like that I think

683
00:31:16,599 --> 00:31:18,960
are important, not in the stat sheet necessarily, but they

684
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,039
need to provide quality minutes against one of the best players,

685
00:31:22,079 --> 00:31:24,079
if not the best player in the Big twelve and

686
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,279
JT Toffin and then I think you need some threes

687
00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:30,240
from guys not named Richie Sunders. And I'm not going

688
00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:32,319
to name the whole BYU roster, but there's a lot

689
00:31:32,359 --> 00:31:35,799
of guys who's designated job. It's a knockdown threes that

690
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,720
are not named Richie Sonders. Right, like, you got a

691
00:31:38,759 --> 00:31:41,119
lot of attention drawn by AJ So there's going to

692
00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:43,640
be good shots. Teams will double, he'll spray the ball out.

693
00:31:43,839 --> 00:31:45,839
You got to hit a few of those, and the

694
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,039
ancillary piece has got to perform on the road to

695
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get a victory.

696
00:31:49,359 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 2: What's going to be the downfall of BYU going into Lubbock.

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You've watched it, You've seen it. What's gonna turn his head?

698
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,799
Is it going to be the ball getting laid in

699
00:31:58,799 --> 00:32:01,519
a shot clock? Quord rob Right Dead sets I call it,

700
00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:04,799
you know, dead possessions. You know when you yeah at

701
00:32:04,839 --> 00:32:06,960
ten seconds so you have no action going hey, you

702
00:32:07,119 --> 00:32:09,359
just expect to gotta go get you a bucket. I

703
00:32:09,359 --> 00:32:11,759
don't feel like you can do that in basketball, but

704
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,519
especially against good teams like Texas Tech, and when you're

705
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in a hostile environment.

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Speaker 6: For sure, and Texas Tech's not as defensively stout as

707
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they have in years past. So I want to point

708
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,160
that out that I think this game will be higher

709
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,759
scoring than the old Chris Beard and Norm Adams teams

710
00:32:28,039 --> 00:32:30,480
that were very, very good defensively. For those those of

711
00:32:30,519 --> 00:32:32,720
your fans who are thinking of them, this is a

712
00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:35,440
more uppaced team. But to me, the key is really

713
00:32:35,799 --> 00:32:39,960
who how well do what you can cancel.

714
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 7: Out the other guys, the Donovant at Wells, the Luwan Wattson,

715
00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:47,440
the Tyree Bryan's and Petties of the world, the four,

716
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,920
the guys three through six, in terms of most usage

717
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,799
rate for Texas Tech because if those guys hit threes.

718
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:59,039
Speaker 6: And supplement the forty points that you score from toppin

719
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,519
and that, it's really hard to beat Texas Tech on

720
00:33:02,519 --> 00:33:05,079
the road. But if they don't shoot particularly well, it's

721
00:33:05,079 --> 00:33:07,160
two guys trying to beat a team. And I think

722
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,920
Dyu's team is better than Texas Tech's. I'd give the

723
00:33:10,039 --> 00:33:12,480
slide edge. Actually, that's my anger some of the fans.

724
00:33:12,519 --> 00:33:15,319
I'd get a slide edge to Texas Tech's duo and

725
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,839
over even Ritchie and AJ, just because I think they

726
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,599
work better together and have more time to jail. I

727
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,640
think AJ is the second best player in the entire

728
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,599
country right now, and I think AJ needs a signature

729
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,119
game to go into Lubbock and win this game for BYU.

730
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,240
Like I said, this is on a neutral court. I

731
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,920
think BYU, though, I think they're a more complete basketball team.

732
00:33:36,319 --> 00:33:37,599
Speaker 2: I'm went do on that. I buy a little bit

733
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,799
of that stock because of chemistry. When JT and Anderson

734
00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:42,680
have been able to, you know, play together a little

735
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,359
bit longer and look and AJ and Ritchie are utilized different.

736
00:33:46,359 --> 00:33:47,960
That's why I want to go get Rob right right.

737
00:33:48,039 --> 00:33:51,079
You and I know that from playing and evaluating the game.

738
00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:53,200
But yeah, I think that duo does play a little

739
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,359
bit better than this other duo, you know. And look,

740
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,039
they're used differently. And when a guy shoots a you know,

741
00:33:58,119 --> 00:34:00,000
threes at a high volume and that's what you expect

742
00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:01,599
can do, but he still can get downhill. But when

743
00:34:01,599 --> 00:34:03,680
you have a dynamic point guard that can give you

744
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,839
twenty but is also giving you over seven assists, that

745
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,719
really is a problem for that can become a problem

746
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,000
for BYU. I'm excited to watch this because if you

747
00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:13,760
get this leaf, if you look at the quad wins,

748
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,159
and you and I both know that's how these end

749
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:20,000
of the year seeds for March Madness are determined. They

750
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,559
don't have a signature win yet what would the signature

751
00:34:22,599 --> 00:34:24,559
win do for BYU? A lot more still left on

752
00:34:24,599 --> 00:34:26,599
the season, but this is the start I feel like

753
00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:28,039
of how you can increase that resume.

754
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, you and I talked about this at the Utah

755
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,679
game where BAU won that game, and it was considered

756
00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,199
taking care of business. This game is one that does

757
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,920
not hurt you if you lose, but absolutely helps you

758
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,320
if you win. If YU wins this game, they perpituate

759
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,719
themselves into having a Tier one quad one win, a

760
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,559
road win over a team that will be a top

761
00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:52,079
four seed in March. I think BYU right now is

762
00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:54,679
a three seed. I think their peak is really the

763
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,880
possibility of being a two seed. And if you win

764
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,920
against Texas Tech on the road, take care of business,

765
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,119
as we know they will at the Marriott Center against

766
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,719
many many teams. Of course, you welcome Arizona some other

767
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,039
very good teams. You may take a lump there, but

768
00:35:06,039 --> 00:35:09,000
you're generally gonna take care of business at the Marriott.

769
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,599
I think BYU has a chance to be a two

770
00:35:12,639 --> 00:35:14,400
seed if they win this type of game. And this

771
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,119
is the type of game them and Kansas teams like

772
00:35:17,159 --> 00:35:20,840
that that I think are gettable because they have star power,

773
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,639
but they don't have the death. Teams like Arizona and

774
00:35:23,639 --> 00:35:26,000
Houston are harder to beat because you don't know who's

775
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,800
gonna beat you on any given day, and they're more physical.

776
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,119
So I think this is a game where BYU actually

777
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,639
is not physically outmatched, not that they are often, but

778
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,559
I think they're the physically superior team and the team

779
00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:40,880
with more death. Even though we talk about a weakness

780
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,360
for YU among a ton of strengths. A weakness I

781
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,000
would name would be death. And I think they're the

782
00:35:45,039 --> 00:35:46,519
deeper team than Texas Tech.

783
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 2: Definitely the deeper team. The Texas Tech only likes to

784
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,559
use six guys in their rotation. Maybe seven. Gonna find

785
00:35:51,559 --> 00:35:53,719
out in just a few minutes as tip off as

786
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,840
shortly here. It will be six pm Mountain time, seven pm. Center.

787
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,360
Of those of you that are listening, are down there

788
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,800
and love it going to the game, please travel safe.

789
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,960
As Leef just mentioned, this is a Quad one matchup

790
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,360
BYU has a chance to get a good premiere Quad

791
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,159
one tier win over a good opponent Texas Tech. And

792
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,719
then you got you Todd home that you welcome in Arizona.

793
00:36:11,519 --> 00:36:13,519
That game at home helps you. I don't know if

794
00:36:13,559 --> 00:36:15,039
you're gonna win on the road down there. Don't know

795
00:36:15,039 --> 00:36:16,920
if I could pick you. You got him last year and

796
00:36:17,199 --> 00:36:19,400
Tommy Lloyd does not get beaten at home offen. You

797
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,920
got one last year. Don't know if you'll get it

798
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,880
this year. You get Houston at the Crib, you get

799
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,400
Lucky and Iowa State. This schedule is tough. It's hard

800
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,280
to win in the Big twelve on the road, but

801
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,159
you gotta get it done. Leave. Let's just get your

802
00:36:29,199 --> 00:36:33,559
evaluation of the Big twelve. Iowa State, I am shocked

803
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,400
what happened. And when I mean shocked, not that they lost,

804
00:36:37,559 --> 00:36:38,800
but when you drop two, you know what I mean.

805
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,760
Don't see that from top ten teams lose that quickly.

806
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,599
Michigan also lost this week, Vanderbilt above by you lost.

807
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,599
Just your analysis on the Big twelve and then college

808
00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:50,880
basketball in general. We've had some pretty big upsets this week.

809
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,360
Speaker 6: For sure, and I think there's a lot of parody

810
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,960
this year in terms of just the Top twenty. Like

811
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,280
I don't think there's that much strength to like the

812
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,199
numbers five through fifteen this year. I think that was

813
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:06,079
will fluctuate a ton more than recent years. I think

814
00:37:06,159 --> 00:37:08,360
as for the Big twelve, Arizona's the best team.

815
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:09,320
Speaker 2: Clearly.

816
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,519
Speaker 6: This is funny. Actually it's gonna sound like hindsight, but

817
00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:14,480
I told you this when we were at UTA's. I

818
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,480
need you to vouch for me. I said, Houston will

819
00:37:16,519 --> 00:37:19,760
be better than Iowa State, and then Iowa State the UYU,

820
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,440
and honestly, I think BYU is gonna finish higher than

821
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,639
I was State. Now. I watched both those games. I

822
00:37:24,679 --> 00:37:28,400
was not impressed. I think they're overly reliant on spectacular

823
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,320
shooting that has the dwindle. Even though Milan Monschilovitch, if

824
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,079
you haven't seen him best shooter in the country right now,

825
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:39,639
I'd go BYU third. I was State fourth, Texas Tech fifth,

826
00:37:40,119 --> 00:37:43,079
Kansas sixth because I think Kansas you just got to

827
00:37:43,119 --> 00:37:46,079
have too much Darren Peterson health questions. But if they're healthy,

828
00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:48,239
I think they're better than Texas Tech. That'd be my

829
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:48,800
top six.

830
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's a vouch forly. I remember we talked

831
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,079
about this way early and it was it was really

832
00:37:53,119 --> 00:37:54,920
early because we were still in non conference. But I

833
00:37:55,079 --> 00:37:56,639
like to take it where it was at YU been

834
00:37:56,679 --> 00:37:59,079
at third, and it depends, right, if you maybe can

835
00:37:59,119 --> 00:38:02,320
get Houston ethic, if you maybe can get Arizona, you

836
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:03,920
split with them. You don't lose those if you win

837
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,239
your game against Baylor, if you get these other games,

838
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,400
maybe your second. But hey, that b why you was

839
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,559
picked in that preseason of being you know, the top three.

840
00:38:10,639 --> 00:38:14,159
So finishing third last year year tied for third quote unquote,

841
00:38:14,159 --> 00:38:16,679
but you're really fourth because Arizona owned you know, the

842
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,719
tie break of common opponents between you. But if you

843
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,400
if you improve one spot with this roster and this talent,

844
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,480
you know you got a great opportunity of going to

845
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,239
the Big twelve tournament. Excuse me, better than what you are.

846
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,920
Anything can happen in the tournament. So we'll find out.

847
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,880
We got Leaf tooling on the line. My brother appreciate

848
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,800
him joining me today. He is a college basketball analyst

849
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,159
and the host of Locked on Wildcats. Leaf. We'll get

850
00:38:37,199 --> 00:38:38,440
you out of here on a couple of things. But

851
00:38:38,519 --> 00:38:41,760
before I asked you the final question, where can we

852
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,360
find all of what you do? How you do it?

853
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,840
What's the X account for all of our listeners? Because

854
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,960
By is gonna be taken on Arizona here in the

855
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:48,719
next couple weeks.

856
00:38:50,199 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 6: Yeah, if you want to hear some previews from about

857
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,400
Arizona and BYU follow me on Twitter's just my name

858
00:38:55,519 --> 00:39:00,639
Leaf too lean and my YouTube channel is Locked on Wildcats.

859
00:39:00,679 --> 00:39:03,079
I do a daily show on Arizona and right now

860
00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:05,199
it's all about basketball all the time. So there's tons

861
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,599
of good basketball content breaking down the Big Twelve. There's

862
00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:10,119
actually a show doing the Big twelve preview from a

863
00:39:10,159 --> 00:39:13,039
week ago where I talk about the YU a little

864
00:39:13,039 --> 00:39:16,159
bit as well as do those previews standings. So you

865
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:19,320
can check their seats there as well as just tune

866
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,599
in and generally enjoy college basketball. There's plenty of good

867
00:39:22,599 --> 00:39:23,920
college basketball content there.

868
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,800
Speaker 2: Definitely putting a good college basketball content there. I've listened

869
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,719
to it. It's good stuff. And look, you guys are

870
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:30,920
gonna be mad at me. You can be like Ron,

871
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,679
here's your boy. No, look, look, look, Arizona is the

872
00:39:33,679 --> 00:39:35,360
best team in the country. They're the best team. It's

873
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,679
a Big twelve. And don't argue me because no one's

874
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,679
beating them until someone beats them. I don't want to

875
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,719
hear almost or whatever. That's the team to be. Last

876
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,840
year was Houston. I still believe overall, if you get

877
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:48,239
in the March Madnis Tournament, it is Houston. But Arizona

878
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,960
plays way more physical than I've seen them play in

879
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,039
a long time. I said they didn't last year. But

880
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,119
now with the depth that they have and how they

881
00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:57,320
can get you on the perimeter, my goodness, this young

882
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,880
talent is amazing. And Copeda Lebrn what is bring Burry's man.

883
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:02,840
We'll talk about that in a few weeks. We'll have

884
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,239
you back on. But this Big twelve is no joke.

885
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,679
I'm gonna get you out of here on this though,

886
00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:08,719
how do you see this one plant out? You gave

887
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,239
a lot of good Scout Scott of reports on both teams.

888
00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:13,719
Does by you pick up that first win on the

889
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,920
road against a good conference opponent leaf.

890
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,599
Speaker 6: Man, I was waiting for that question. I couldn't make

891
00:40:20,679 --> 00:40:26,280
up my mind. Really, I feel like BYU is the

892
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,559
better team. I don't love the matchup, to be honest,

893
00:40:28,599 --> 00:40:31,039
I think Kevin Kada gets in foul trouble that concerns me.

894
00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:34,519
I'll go Texas. I'll go Texas Tech. I'm gonna go

895
00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:37,280
Texas Tech by two. So right right about what the

896
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,760
spread is? High scoring game, I'll go like eighty four

897
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,719
eighty two. If I had to pick somewhere around there.

898
00:40:43,159 --> 00:40:46,639
Speaker 2: Hey, look, BYU has lost a close game before Quad

899
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:48,760
Wan matchup by two. Fans are not gonna like that

900
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,559
number three. You lost eighty six eighty four. That final

901
00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:54,719
possession look like you and I talked about. And this

902
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,880
is no criticism, but I've seen it, and Kevin's done

903
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,719
a good job of putting the ball in AJ's hands.

904
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,280
But if the ball ends up in Rob's hands, leave

905
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,480
you and I know what happened last time when Rob

906
00:41:03,519 --> 00:41:04,760
had the ball that late in the game. In the

907
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:08,119
Yukon game, the turnover came when you do a little

908
00:41:08,119 --> 00:41:09,000
bit too much dribbling.

909
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,679
Speaker 6: Yeah, and that's the thing. I think what Bau has

910
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,400
gotten better at is playing through AJ. But today you

911
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,199
got to hit some shots when teams double and throw

912
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,440
different coverages someone other and Richie's got to hit some

913
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:24,599
open threes that AJ can create. So that's my concern.

914
00:41:24,639 --> 00:41:28,400
I think home team usually gets better performances that role players,

915
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,800
and that is why I'm banking with Texas Tech, even

916
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,559
though I'm rooting for BYU on this one.

917
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,039
Speaker 2: Look, I got a text message Ron Kansas State is

918
00:41:35,039 --> 00:41:36,760
a good opponent. Yes it's a quad to one, but

919
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,960
you don't understand. No one's looking at the quad two wins. Guys.

920
00:41:39,559 --> 00:41:41,800
You want to see the quad ones. That's what you're one,

921
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,360
not the quad twos are bad. You're supposed to handle business,

922
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,840
as Leaf said, that is a handle business type game.

923
00:41:47,079 --> 00:41:50,320
Quad one wins, stretch and determined. Like you already mentioned,

924
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,639
they lock you in as that for sure two seed

925
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,800
in the NCAA tournament. Leaf, brother, I appreciate your time today.

926
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,320
I'm gonna have you back on in a few weeks

927
00:41:57,639 --> 00:42:00,320
because I need all the updates on this Arizona need

928
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,760
hope because the Mayor Out Center is a tough place

929
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,360
to play. But man, is this Arizona State team, excuse

930
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,840
not Arizona Arizona team really good. And I'm very frustrated

931
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,000
with Tommy Lloyd because I had them pick top four

932
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,320
and he is number one and he is proven me

933
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:14,760
wrong and I have an aft crow.

934
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 6: As of right now, they're really good. I'll be happy

935
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,960
to join you and break down that game because I'll

936
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,280
be I'll be out to marry out for that one.

937
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:23,119
I can't wait for it.

938
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,559
Speaker 2: Yep, we definitely both will be kay, brother, you travel

939
00:42:25,559 --> 00:42:29,599
State man, and definitely enjoy some some tennis, man, enjoy

940
00:42:29,679 --> 00:42:31,840
some Australian Open really quick. I'm gonna let you give

941
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,079
the plug. You know it's basketball, Pep Matt, give me

942
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a does does yonick center? Does he do it? Is?

943
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Does Carlito get that first Aussie Open?

944
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Speaker 6: I got Carlos. I'll never pick against Carlos, so I

945
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Carlos is the answer.

946
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Speaker 2: Carlos is the answer. All I gotta say is guy

947
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:51,159
was up a break match point and in a fifth

948
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set of a guy running a guy in at ten

949
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point tie break. I was up Pacific time and I

950
00:42:56,079 --> 00:42:58,760
was just in shock of what That's all. I gotta say,

951
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,480
great players always show up when it matters most, and

952
00:43:01,519 --> 00:43:03,519
Carlito definitely did so I'm gonna be watching. Thanks for

953
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your time today, leave.

954
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Speaker 6: Of course anytime.

955
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Speaker 2: That was Leaf too, and he's the host of Locked

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on Walcats and a college basketball analyst. Love the Breakdown

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AP and our recap it on the flip. I gotta

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You can catch the breakdown, but tip off schedule for

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six pm mounts of Time, seven pm Central. It's in Lubbock, guys,

986
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Lubbick at the United Supermarkets are in a tough place

987
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,880
to play. Excuse me. Last time Bou went, they were

988
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up sixty and a half number twenty BOU at the

989
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time over number twenty five Texas Tech. They outscored in

990
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,320
forty at to thirty two in the first half. You

991
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,639
know what happened in the second. They got beat down,

992
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,320
they got belt to booty, they got outscored fifty two

993
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:56,000
to thirty, lost by eight. It's crazy. Can't do that.

994
00:44:56,119 --> 00:44:57,840
Just had Leaf Tulan on the line at College of

995
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,199
Basketball Analysts and the host of Locked on Wildcats. He

996
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:03,119
predicts that this game is gonna be in the eighties,

997
00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:04,440
and I would agree. I think this is gonna be

998
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,440
a high scoring game. Bo plays better defense than Texas Tech,

999
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but Texas Tech is not as formidable or not. They

1000
00:45:11,119 --> 00:45:14,559
don't have the big shot blocking. JT. Topping and Christian

1001
00:45:14,599 --> 00:45:16,440
Anderson kind of do it not kind of they do

1002
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,400
it all for Texas Tech and then the other guys

1003
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,280
if they hit shots. That's the biggest thing. He don't

1004
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,199
have to do with pop Isaacs. But BAU is better defensively.

1005
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,639
I am excited the matchup I'm looking forward to tonight.

1006
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,440
I don't need to see AJ and JT switch and

1007
00:45:28,519 --> 00:45:31,320
keble I know that's gonna happen ap. The matchup I'm

1008
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:35,079
excited to see is Christian Anderson and Knard Davis Junior.

1009
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:39,559
That's what I'm excited to see because something that maybe

1010
00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:42,440
didn't get brought up. I think that by You can

1011
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,079
win this game like they did against Kansas State with

1012
00:45:46,199 --> 00:45:48,559
the defensive effort of what they happen. I don't think

1013
00:45:48,559 --> 00:45:50,719
they're gonna shoot that bad. But to turn it over

1014
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,039
to you, I'm liking that matchup because if you played

1015
00:45:53,039 --> 00:45:55,639
perimeter defense the way you did against Kansas State and

1016
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you don't let them get off threes and you just

1017
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,440
make it a two man game, which Kevin Young is

1018
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:03,119
really good making your weakness showcase, then BYU has a

1019
00:46:03,159 --> 00:46:04,960
really good chance of coming out victorious tonight.

1020
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1021
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 5: I think I think it's pretty similar for both teams.

1022
00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:13,719
You just shut shut down the big scores. Like that's

1023
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,920
easier said than done, very easier said than done. But

1024
00:46:17,159 --> 00:46:22,679
for BYU, shutting down Christian Anderson would be huge and

1025
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,039
Canard Davis is the best defender to do it.

1026
00:46:25,079 --> 00:46:26,280
Speaker 3: There's no doubt about it.

1027
00:46:26,559 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 2: Yep.

1028
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:30,840
Speaker 5: My question is does BYU have someone that we feel

1029
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,239
confident in matching up against J. T.

1030
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 3: Topping Because I don't know. I don't know.

1031
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,119
Speaker 5: It could be Kaiba, but if Keba gets in foul trouble,

1032
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:42,559
who do you stick on?

1033
00:46:42,679 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 3: JT. Top?

1034
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,519
Speaker 5: And I don't know that I trust really anyone other

1035
00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:47,239
than Kiba to be that man.

1036
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:51,159
Speaker 2: It's a good point. I'm thinking about what you said

1037
00:46:51,599 --> 00:46:54,119
and you just have to you wonder like and this

1038
00:46:54,199 --> 00:46:57,719
is the hard part, right, Is aj gonna take the

1039
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:01,559
responsibility of JT? Or is he gonna take Lawan Watts

1040
00:47:02,079 --> 00:47:04,599
like that? That's what you're wondering. You know what's on

1041
00:47:04,639 --> 00:47:06,440
the scatter report. Is he gonna try to take out

1042
00:47:06,519 --> 00:47:09,800
Lawan a six foot six, you know, a forward from Fresno,

1043
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:13,360
California who's averaging six and thirteen points, you know, six

1044
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:13,679
and a half.

1045
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:13,920
Speaker 4: Boy?

1046
00:47:14,159 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 2: Is he gonna take that guy? Is he gonna take

1047
00:47:16,239 --> 00:47:17,840
that guy who dishes out three assists? I would have

1048
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,559
to think yes. And you let Cable work because uh,

1049
00:47:21,119 --> 00:47:22,519
you know that's whe they're gonna go. They're gonna go

1050
00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:24,519
Top and Anderson, Watts at Well and Petty like that's

1051
00:47:24,519 --> 00:47:27,719
gonna be you know, their their lineup. So is that

1052
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,679
what you do? You let Cable work? But JT's footwork

1053
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:32,719
is so good and he's got a quick first step.

1054
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,000
Keba gets in foul trouble, you I don't want him

1055
00:47:36,039 --> 00:47:38,239
hand checking. I know you're gonna bring in Beato. Is

1056
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,400
this a game where you know you're bringing hottiem like

1057
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:44,239
Mahilo space and that's why to Leif's point about the bench,

1058
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:48,440
you need Mahilo to hit threes tonight. You need to

1059
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:51,480
stress Texas Tech because in transition, if you're not hitting

1060
00:47:51,519 --> 00:47:53,880
threes and they're just gonna keep attacking KEB and these

1061
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,159
other matchups. But if you make them play defense and

1062
00:47:56,199 --> 00:47:58,679
you're hitting threes, that slows them now and it makes

1063
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,920
them now come up the floor, slow play and a

1064
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:02,880
half court set, which is not what Tech. That's not

1065
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,280
what Texas Tech really wants to do.

1066
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:07,360
Speaker 5: No, one hundred percent, you can't. If you're gonna have

1067
00:48:07,519 --> 00:48:09,559
a player off the bench come in the game, they

1068
00:48:09,559 --> 00:48:12,199
have to make an impact. You can't have these games

1069
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:14,920
like we've had a few times this year where someone

1070
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,960
like Alexi Kostitch or Tyler Moruss comes in and they

1071
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:20,639
go oh for two or oh for three from the field.

1072
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:22,679
You just can't have a bench player come in and

1073
00:48:22,679 --> 00:48:27,599
give you empty minutes. And so for me, I I

1074
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,559
I'm thinking about what you said about maybe Aj guarding

1075
00:48:31,639 --> 00:48:35,760
j T Toppin, and if he does that, he's going

1076
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:39,639
to have to have his best defensive game of his career.

1077
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:42,559
We can't have any of these moments where you look

1078
00:48:42,599 --> 00:48:45,719
at AJ and go and wonder, are you giving one

1079
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,480
hundred percent on defense? You're you're from Chicago, so I

1080
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,239
think you'll agree for me with me on this, Mike.

1081
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,599
I believe Michael Jordan is the goat, and that's because

1082
00:48:55,639 --> 00:49:01,159
he gave one hundred effort on defense as well as offense.

1083
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,559
If AJ is going to take over a game, I

1084
00:49:05,639 --> 00:49:09,440
want him to go Michael Jordan mode Tye.

1085
00:49:10,119 --> 00:49:11,039
Speaker 3: He's not Michael Jordan.

1086
00:49:11,079 --> 00:49:12,920
Speaker 5: We're not gonna say that, but I want him to

1087
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:16,360
get in that mindset of you have to take over

1088
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:22,320
a game defensively as well as offensively, because you've got

1089
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:25,679
two other guys that can help you offensively, but defensively,

1090
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:31,679
I don't know outside of KBA, is there anyone outside

1091
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:34,199
AJ that's really gonna do much for JT.

1092
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 2: It's a good question. That's a very good question. And

1093
00:49:38,679 --> 00:49:42,440
uh it's and look, it's gonna be tough, right because

1094
00:49:42,559 --> 00:49:45,920
you're gonna challenge AJ because he depends. If Lawn Watson

1095
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:47,519
is not hitting threes, then maybe you can do that.

1096
00:49:47,559 --> 00:49:49,360
But again, they have a six man rotation. They're not

1097
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:51,400
gonna be rotating a lot. They're gonna work through those

1098
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,760
two guys, and his work's in Billy's favor. Teams got

1099
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,440
tired last year against Bayu and they able to exploit that.

1100
00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,880
You can exploit that and pushing transition, you're gonna get them.

1101
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,960
Then you get them in foul trouble. Oh boy boy,

1102
00:50:03,039 --> 00:50:05,199
make them take threes. They shoot thirty seven point eight

1103
00:50:05,199 --> 00:50:07,960
percent from the three, and that some of those numbers

1104
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,920
are going to be different because some guys are not

1105
00:50:10,199 --> 00:50:13,559
are have only played like six games. But if you

1106
00:50:13,599 --> 00:50:16,360
look at it like JT does not shoot well from three,

1107
00:50:16,519 --> 00:50:19,039
Lawanho's thirty four not the best. So you don't want

1108
00:50:19,039 --> 00:50:21,480
Anderson and you don't want at well hitting shots. You

1109
00:50:21,639 --> 00:50:23,320
keep that and then you get guys like Brian and

1110
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:25,360
the rest of these guys to shoot. Those guys are

1111
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,320
under thirty five percent, under thirty percent from three, You

1112
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,719
do that, that really makes it tough. So but then

1113
00:50:30,719 --> 00:50:33,400
we're in tune for a good one tonight. This is

1114
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,239
the eighth all time meeting between the two schools and

1115
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:40,760
second trip down to love it. Guys. Let's give our

1116
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:43,559
core prediction apill have you go really quickly and then

1117
00:50:43,559 --> 00:50:44,639
I'll bring up the caboose.

1118
00:50:45,199 --> 00:50:48,119
Speaker 5: So I'm gonna go a little lower scoring than our

1119
00:50:48,159 --> 00:50:51,480
guest gave. I still think it's relatively high scoring. I'm

1120
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:56,599
gonna give BYU the wine seventy seven to seventy four,

1121
00:50:56,719 --> 00:51:00,519
and I think the key is Rob Wright's three point shooting.

1122
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 2: Ah. I like that. I'm gonna take it as well.

1123
00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,199
I'm going seventy four to seventy b YU. I think

1124
00:51:06,199 --> 00:51:08,320
BOE picks up the big time or old victory tonight.

1125
00:51:08,559 --> 00:51:10,400
I think they get it that Premier quad one when

1126
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,559
Kevin Young win, his back is against the wall, He's

1127
00:51:12,599 --> 00:51:14,239
done nothing but show up and shot. I think they

1128
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,360
get it. I think they're able to get Texas Tech

1129
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,079
the Red Raiders. They avenge that BOI gets its first

1130
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:21,320
win over Texas Tech, and they do it in the

1131
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,519
lone Star State, no doubt about it. And I think

1132
00:51:23,519 --> 00:51:25,920
you get bench production tonight, no doubt about it. That

1133
00:51:26,039 --> 00:51:28,360
is my score prediction and keys to the game, guys,

1134
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:30,280
who gotta go to break But The Cougar Basketball pre

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1142
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think gets it up tonight. I think it will be glorious.

1143
00:51:49,039 --> 00:51:51,400
But then again, this is basketball. You never know. Remember

1144
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,719
tip off is in four minutes to six pm mounth

1145
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1146
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1147
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1148
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,400
want to lose for New York covenants, remember that. Hey,

1149
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:06,920
that's what matters most, is not the basketball game. You've

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