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Speaker 1: So March's right around the corner, and the Cougar's are

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written the metal of it.

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Speaker 2: It's time to talk some college.

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Speaker 1: Basketball on Cougar Sports with Ben Cribbles.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to Kruger Sports here on one of three,

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nine and ninety three ESPN the Fan. We're on up

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the three man. We were here thought Ben credit will

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But look, that's why I'm here, especially with these segments.

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These these talking basketball segments are my favorite, especially every Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: Football season is almost over, so we're moving to Monday.

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Speaker 3: Thank goodness. Uh nothing, I don't. It's not that I'm

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against the football. You guys know that I'm the basketball

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guy the teas. We have some news that we'll talk

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about that will be coming up momentarily. Can't say everything yet,

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but you're gonna like the basketball news that we announced

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sooner rather than later.

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Speaker 2: But we got a ball or shot collar on the line.

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and the Fan Hotline and welcome in our ESPN the

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fan college basketball analyst former BYU Basketball Great. You can

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catch him as well helping out with BYU TV on

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the the pre posting half half.

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Speaker 2: We got JT for three. JT Brother, how we doing.

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Speaker 1: I'm just grateful that you know, people that actually know

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basketball are on a call today. Ron.

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Speaker 4: You know, it help, it helps, it helps the cause.

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Speaker 3: Oh Ben, Hey, look, we don't know football, so that's

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why you rely on Ben. But yes I do know

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a little bit of basketball. Look, I mean when you're

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getting dunked on in church ball by Jabari Parking. Then

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your school plays him and he runs you like one

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hundred to like forty. I think I know a little

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bit about ball and watching tape and being like I

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wasn't good enough to get on the court that much,

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but I watched a lot of people. I think I'm

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actually on Tyler you List's highlight tape. I think I

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might have to go find it JT. But look, I

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saw a lot of good athletes play, So I know

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a little bit about ball. Appreciated with you, But let's

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start here. I got to get your rent in at

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the beginning rather than the end. Thanksgiving is this week?

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What are you thankful for? And what piece of food

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food item I guess at Thanksgiving is overrated? What would

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you take off the menu?

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Speaker 1: Can I tell you Barry sauce is a waste of

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space and so it's a naver on my menu? So

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you know there's nothing to remove because it's already gone,

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and so that would be mine.

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Speaker 3: Okay, ALRIGHTY said it is already removed. Hey, I like short, simple,

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to the to the point. I always asked that esqucially

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around this week, what do you not want? What you

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want off the table, and like, hey, it's not a problem.

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Speaker 1: I got a question for you, like, what what's the

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perfect things getting played for you?

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Speaker 4: For me? You know, mashed potatoes. I'm not a gravy guy.

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Uhshed potato really creamy? And then uh from there, I

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Speaker 5: And then let's see. I I like some My wife

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Speaker 1: Baby carrots, and it's like, you know, it's like cooked

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with sugar and it's it's incredible.

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Speaker 4: So we have those.

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Speaker 1: And then I'm gonna say, you know, turkey is always there.

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I'm not a turkey guy. I'm a ham guy.

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Speaker 2: Ay man.

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Speaker 3: I think turkey should be removed at Thanksgiving. I'm trying

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Speaker 2: No here we go bowl takes get rid of the turkey.

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Speaker 3: I'm in charge of cooking the turkey this year. Shout

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out to Ronald Virginia. Pops is not here, so I'm

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cooking up and I don't want to do it. I

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had done thought. I hate it seeing it. Give me

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the ham. Nobody puts turkey on. They plated things, at

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least Ronald the three Man. We don't my ideal play JT.

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Give me the hams, Give me the Hawaiian rolls fresh

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out the oven with the butter, Give me the mashed

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potatoes with the gravy. And I am married to Idaho

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and so potatoes will always be on the medium.

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Speaker 4: And I said, I like my salad on the side.

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Speaker 3: I was gonna say, give me the little caesar salad

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on my little side. Played my bowl on the side.

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I have that too, And then let's keep going the

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Southern mac and cheese JT. My family's from the South,

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Speaker 2: With the mac and cheese.

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Speaker 1: Gotta have that, and I need to make then I

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need to make an extra to save to you because

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my wife makes a brisket mac and cheese. O, my friend,

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I might have. I mean, you know, so that woman

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raised in Georgia, Hot Planta, Georgia, and uh you know,

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my goodness, her brisket macan cheese.

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Speaker 4: My friend. Yes, and so, but I have a question

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for you. Okay, let's let you know. Sends b Yu

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basketboys off to such a sweet start. Desserts, what do

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Speaker 3: Well again, Southern ways. You can go that sweet potato pie,

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you can go that pecan pie.

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Speaker 2: Pecan pie. Man, I really, I don't think you can

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Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I'm a I'm a pumpkin pie guy.

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Speaker 3: Pumpkin pie guy. Pumpkin pie is not bad, you know.

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I just eat pumpkin pie Halloween. That's when I eat

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the pumpkin pie. So Halloween. So I'm not against it,

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but eating the Halloween. And if you're not gonna go that,

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here's some Southern stuff banana pudding or peach cobbler.

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Speaker 2: There you go, boom boom.

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Speaker 4: Oh my goodness.

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Speaker 1: So my wife is a twin and her twin sister

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Speaker 4: That, oh my goodness. I mean, we're making me hungry

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just talking about these things.

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Speaker 3: Ron, Look, it's Tuesday right now, like like three ten.

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I'm over here, like I need some food. I might

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have to pull up to your house Thanksgiving for show.

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Speaker 2: We could train.

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Speaker 3: Actually, let's do what we would do in the hood.

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that's what you do. Whether they be pies and go

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mac and cheese, whatever it would be. So I'm gonna

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bring you a plate, and i'might have to get a

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player to you, especially if the twin is cooking up

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you know some stuff.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, already know, man, you'd be pulling out of my

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house dirt and Avinsky playoff style.

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Speaker 3: Baby, Hey, I just pray, I just pray my knees.

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Hold up, you know, JT is like, let's get to basketball.

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We've talked of food, but it is the week of

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giving b yu JT.

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Speaker 2: Have they gived? Have they lived up to the expectation?

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Speaker 3: Know that they didn't get the game against Yukon, but

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the way they battle back was phenomenal. Then they put

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a they took Wisconsin behind the shed and just kept

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laying on them over and over. And that was with

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AJ having four fouls. What did you like about this

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last victory?

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Speaker 1: Well, so, so I always say this is ron, you know,

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and and I'll make I'll make a statement, and then

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Speaker 4: Then I would love for you to got to it.

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Speaker 1: And this statement, this statement to you is BYU played

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Wisconsin seven months ago, roughly or so, in the NCAA

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Tournament has Byu improved And it's my question for you Ron,

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has Byu improved drastically in that period or did Wisconsin just.

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Speaker 4: Get bad in that period or is it a little

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bit of both.

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Speaker 2: No, I don't think so.

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Speaker 3: I mean, look, John Tanjay's playing for the Jazz G

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League team, so we got to give credit. Anytime you

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drop thirty seven in a game and you score thirty

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six in the first half, he got to tip your

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hat to that guy. Look phenomenal basketball player. But they

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still got John Blackwell, who's averaging about twenty a game.

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Spoke to Rob Right in the post game. They got

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Nick Boy, who balled out in San Diego State. They

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brought him over. He was he's been playing phenomenal. So no,

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I don't think Wisconsin got bad. I think the team

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looks different, but they still are talented team. It was

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a top twenty five team, So I don't want to

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hear that argument from fans are from Badger fans of whoever.

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So I think Bay you got tremendously better aging and

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Rob Right alone is the end of discussion.

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Speaker 2: So yes, be what you got better well?

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Speaker 1: And I say that because you know, in the span

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of seven months, Buyu went from being neck and neck

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with Wisconsin to beat them by a thirty two at

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Speaker 4: So I think my point of asking you that is.

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Speaker 1: You know, can we say that this team has already

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arrived and that.

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Speaker 4: Their ascension is done? I certainly hope not.

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Speaker 1: Because it is the end of November and you don't

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want to peak in November. But it is scary to

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think that these guys have twenty five more games left

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ahead of them and they're already peaking at this time.

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Can you imagine if they keep this up, where they're

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going to be in in the beginning of February?

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Speaker 2: Goodness?

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Speaker 4: Can you imagine where they can get me, you know,

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in March? Like are we are we?

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Speaker 1: You know, are we starting to see what a dynasty

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looks like? Of a Gonzaga esque run or a Baylor

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esque run of sweet sixteens and Elite eights and final

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fours all led by Kevin Young and co.

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Speaker 4: You know, like this is insane.

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Speaker 1: I mean to your point, you know, to see you know,

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at the at the Wisconsin game and to see you know,

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like Ritchie Saunders come to life and to see you know,

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Dawson Baker and be effective and Robert Wright, you know,

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just a little bit shy of a triple of a

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triple double, and so.

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Speaker 4: I think it's fantastic, right and you know.

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Speaker 1: A j with a quiet eighteen points right, and so

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a quiet eight t and six. And so you know,

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I think just going out of the conversations that we've

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on is, uh, you know, offensive rebounds. You just it's

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not doing a good job this year on defensive rebounds.

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double figures on offensive rebounds. Giving up I'm that to

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me is definitely a number that they need to work

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on now. Conversely, eight turnovers, right, that's incredible. And then

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forty one from three, with seventy six from the free

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to eighty percent from the three throw line.

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Speaker 4: And so you know, you look.

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Speaker 1: At the Wisconsin game and you know it's a thirty

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point gap. For lack of a better explanation and my gosh,

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Speaker 4: And you know the conference ranking and all of that.

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I don't know if this BYU team is beatable. And

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you know, and again, Houston under Ralph Simpson has been

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a powerhousing. So lots to talk about, you know, in

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regards to this YU team, but you know, the future

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looks bright.

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Speaker 2: Nonetheless, the future definitely is bright.

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Speaker 3: And look, what did you like from the bench specifically

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you mentioned Dawson Baker. I've kind of got, you know,

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got on board with you. Whatever the the the development

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staff has done. Dawson Baker's shot looks amazing, Like I

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can't even I don't even know what to say, Like

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it looks more silky smooth than it did before. And

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he just seems to be extremely confident now that he's

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fully healthy. But the bench, though, and that could include

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Dawson of course, we know he's started in place of

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Cannard who's still out.

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Speaker 2: No timeline yet. Maybe we'll hear something soon.

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Speaker 3: I'm still overly optimistic about what actually will all come

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of this, and that they'll get Canari back sooner rather

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than later. Bone stuff to wait for BYU to say something.

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The point is JT. Dominic, d Monday Kadema boop. Look

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when your best players on the on the bench with

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four thousand, Kevin Young says, I was scared.

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Speaker 2: I didn't know actually how that was gonna go, and

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it worked.

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Speaker 3: Well, what did you like about who stepped up on

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on Friday?

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Speaker 1: Well, so you know, I think it goes back to

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the conversation round then you me and de Hammer have

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have been having.

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Speaker 4: You know, doing basketball season and even a little bit before.

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Speaker 1: You know that the big three are going to get

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about sixty percent of the points, right and so on

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the night where they were at about fifty five percent,

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if I if I, if I remember the math correctly,

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I actually loved the fact that you know that Dawson

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stepped up big time. I love the fact that the bench,

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you know, if you include Dawson, uh, the bench had

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you know, forty points, which is you know, just looking

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at they had they had pretty much the rest of

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the points and so you know, proud of the way

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that proud of the way that the bench stepped up.

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And you know, I think it was you know, aside

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from AJ four files and aside from kevas uh, you know,

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only playing fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes because these are.

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Speaker 4: Covering, right.

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Speaker 1: But I think that's as close to a perfect game

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for this squad, for this roster as you can get.

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with what I saw. And statistically, you know, again, when

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you score, you know, when you outscore your opponents, you know,

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by twelve and then by you know, almost you know,

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for for for sixteen, it's difficult to find flaws.

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Speaker 4: But again, I think if BI you can figure it out.

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Speaker 1: The offensive rebound situation, they're gonna be set.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're definitely gonna be set. Figuring out the offensive rebounds,

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no doubt. I think that's the biggest thing. How do

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you correct that, JT. I think it's easier said to zone, well,

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just go box guys out, just be more physical. Look,

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that's easier. It's not the symtom no. Right after the

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last use one of the last u C l A Games.

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The coach had a press conference. I said, you know,

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I said, rebound is effort. It is you know, and

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I forgot what he said.

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Speaker 1: It was here.

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Speaker 4: Let me let me make sure that I don't I

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don't watch.

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Speaker 1: This, but he said, you know, rebound is effort, rebound

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is hard work. And uh, and then he goes and uh,

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you know, and.

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Speaker 4: And God help if you don't have any of them, right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, at that point, you just braying for for

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things to fall on your lap. But I thought, was,

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you know, rebounding is one hundred percent effort. You're either

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too cool or too salt or too lazy, you know,

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God forbid, you're all you are all three at the

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same time. And so you know, I I don't think

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that it's a lack of effort. I just think it's

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a lack of you know, being. I don't think, well,

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let me take that back. I don't think that they're lazy,

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and I don't think they're acting acting cool. I think

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it's a matter of can they be locked in at

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every single and that is difficult to do. I get it,

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I totally get it. But man, if this b YU

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figures out how to give up. You know, around six

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of less than five offensive rebounds a game.

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Speaker 4: Man, this comes to as close to.

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Speaker 1: A perfect roster and execution and stats as you can get.

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And so you know, to me is you know again,

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it's a little bit of a detail, but it can

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be a detail that hurts you, especially at a one

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and done game, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a one and done game definitely can know, definitely

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hurts you.

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Speaker 2: So you gotta be gotta be careful.

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Speaker 3: Got to be on point here with Jonathan Tavinari, former

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BAU basketball great our ESPN the Fan College of Basketball

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analysts catching them every.

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Speaker 2: Tuesday throughout the football season.

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Speaker 3: And we'll move to Mondays want to basketball season starts

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to ramp up a little bit more. Let's turn our

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attention now JT to the Terries Chocolate Invitational BYU plays Miami.

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I mean, depending how football goes, b A, you might

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play Miami in basketball and football. I guess we'll just

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have to wait and see on that. Football fans are

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not liking that I'm saying that, but it doesn't matter.

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What is your prediction of this game coming up on Thursday?

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Give us a quick scot of report on Miami, Like

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You've already mentioned an offensive rebounds regardless of who the

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team is, But how do you see this one playing

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out on Thanksgiving?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so I will say this right, I mean,

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you look at Miami, who they played.

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Speaker 4: So far, hadn't really played anybody.

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Speaker 1: You know, all of their games have been blowout So

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this is their first real test, back to back games

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against buy U and O Miss, and so you know

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Miami is going to have a rude awakening, and so.

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Speaker 4: It will be interesting to see how they step up.

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Speaker 1: The only matchup that they've had that's been a real

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matchup has been against number ten Florida, and so you

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know it will be it will be to me looking

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at the way the team is. You know, they have

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a couple of forwards that are really really good guards

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that are lightning quick and so, but you know they

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also have a big three, almost a big four that

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they have four guys on double figures, and so you

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know that their team is spread out and they have

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they have a solid player. I think it's uh uh yeah, Renaut,

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like the car brand, and so I think you know

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it's gonna be a fun game, a fun matchup.

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Speaker 4: I think AJ is gonna have a really good.

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Speaker 1: It will be good to see a j on the

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defensive side of things, along with Richie, along with Dominique,

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you know, having to step up and play some defense.

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Speaker 4: You know. I think Dominique fits a little bit of that.

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Speaker 1: Mag role that we're talking about, you know, And I

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said it, you know, I think Canard is a great player.

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Speaker 4: We all know the value. He was a starter, you know,

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but if there ever was.

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Speaker 1: Someone that you were like, oh geez, who could we

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make it without?

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Speaker 4: You know, again, take this as a grain of salt.

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Speaker 1: I'm not I hope he doesn't come across his criticism wrong.

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And again, you know, the kid is is dealing with

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the things as he's dealing. But d y U has

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all the pieces to replace canards impact in the game,

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right with Dominique and with Dawson and that sort of thing,

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you know.

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Speaker 4: And so I I see a big game for Dominique

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where he's.

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Speaker 1: Gonna have to step up defensively and we'll see how

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that's gonna pan out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're definitely gonna have to step up. Yeah, I mean,

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if other pieces are able to step up and start performing,

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that just is gonna prove the Kevin points point of

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everybody we brought here for a reason. In the Wisconsin game,

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right now, the Canard Davis junior piece, you know you

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it's not showing that you miss him yet. I hate

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to say that that sounds really rude. I hope people

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don't fel like I awesome and harpin. But you've been

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able to do it and it will showcase more this week.

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But if you come out to and oh it's like okay,

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well you might be able to play with them for

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out a while, and obviously want you to get the

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conmerce play, we'll see. But right now they're they're cooking,

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cooking with you know, with gas. A lot of people like,

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why did you say gas? It's oil peanut oil. Not

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gonna get into that. That's a conversation for a different day.

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But no, you mentioned it is Miami team formidable. Malik

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Renot he averages twenty one and a half and then

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Trey Donaldson's behind him with seventeen and like you mentioned

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offensive rebounds, you better rebound this. This Miami team grabbing

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forty one boards per game. But the guy you talked about, AJ,

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let's get you out of here on this because we

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do have to end turn it over to UVU basketball

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and I'll get.

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Speaker 2: Killed if I go for a time. What does that

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say about?

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Speaker 3: AJ was three of eight but finished with eighteen points,

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eleven to twelve from the freakent line, drew eight fouls

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JT in that.

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Speaker 1: Game, Dad, he probably sleeps in the hyperbaric chamber because

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if he is able to do Dad night in and

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night out, his body's.

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Speaker 4: Gonna take a toll. But you don't see it, you don't.

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Speaker 1: Like you look at him and you're like, I'm good,

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I'm ready to go what you need me to do.

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Speaker 4: And so what a phenomenal young man. You know, great parents.

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Speaker 1: You know, I haven't had a chance to meet eighties personally,

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but I hear wonderful things about him. And you know

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everything about AJ is doing the right thing.

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Speaker 4: You know, knows how to move, and you know on

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and off the court.

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Speaker 1: You know, just again, you know, everything we see it

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from AJ we've never seen before. With View all your hoops,

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I don't care who you are, I don't care what

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you did. And it's rarefied air, and you know every

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day is a new piece of history that he's riding

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for View all your basketball.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely a new piece of history, no doubt.

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Speaker 3: So look, if they're on their way slowly, but sure,

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like you said, don't play your best basketball now, But

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a couple of wins do matter if I was looking correctly,

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over the next month until non conference is an opportunity

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right now, currently about four or five Quad one wins

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and about one or two Quad two wins. So you

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take care of business even with that Yukon loss, and

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depending where Yukon is and how Arizona's looked, you go

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into conference play JT. I think they're setting themselves up

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directly as we talked about, for a top four seed

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come March, no doubt.

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Speaker 4: Well at minimum, I will say that.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think it will be difficult to see

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by U as not one of the top sixteen teams

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come March, and.

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Speaker 4: So I think they're ceiling. I think their potential is

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much higher than that.

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Speaker 1: And so but again, you know, if you know, if

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if if if some butts were candy and nuts, all,

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what a Christmas we would have, right, And so it's true,

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you know, potential has to be materialized, but I think

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it's by your team has a chance to do it.

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Speaker 3: Hey, like Andy Retail, Patrick Holmes said, when is grim

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be the grim Reaper a j It's okay to be

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on the buyu's nice list, but hey, if you got

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to scout this Bou basketball team, Uh, they're naughty and

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uh they're gonna be coming to steal your toys and

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your presence. But anyway, that's Christmas. But it is holiday season.

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Be thankful Thanksgiving, j T H. Thank you for joining

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us today, bro, We always appreciate it. What's the best

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way we can support you? What you do and how

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you do it?

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Speaker 1: Man, I just want to tell you guys, go ahead

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and give me a follow on Twitter at at four

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with with fellow with fellow uh you know b YU

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community members, and uh you know again, Happy Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 4: I just a quick note round.

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Speaker 1: I wrote a piece for the Salid Tribune a couple

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of years ago after I became a naturalized and they

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you know, I wrote something there that there really shows

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my love for Utah, and I said, you know, Utah

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is my Ellis Island and the Rocky Mountains. My lady

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Liberty now tell me that that doesn't sound poetic.

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Speaker 4: My brother, that.

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Speaker 2: Does sound sound poetic, no doubt.

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Speaker 4: And so it's and so I appreciate. I just want

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to share it, my love for Utah, my love.

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Speaker 1: For bu Yu, and I appreciate you guys supporting the show,

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always tuning in to find the latest with Vieyu News

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and always in forever Go Kobs.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate you. JT. We'll catch it with the next week.

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We'll let you go.

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we got to get the UVU basketball, so I'll let

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