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twalth edition. Can't believe we're already into Thursday and by

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you taking on the Houston Cougars a little Cougar on

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cougar action today and hopefully they come out victorious. They

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Joining us for this March twelth edition of Cougar Sports

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Behind the Glass in Salt Lake City, Let's welcome in

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former MVP of the BYU Basketball Media Tournament. We got

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Ronald of three Man. We were what's up, Roddy?

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Speaker 5: What's up? I mean when you speak of you know,

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you say MVP. Now, obviously AJ's the MVP, but AJ's

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only as good as a supporting cast. And last night

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a postgame recap. Knar was the Phillips sixty to sixth

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player of the game. They've unlocked something been with him.

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they want to get to the Sweet sixteen, if they

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want to beat Houston tonight. Tough matchup. Obviously, you played

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the two worst offensive teams.

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Speaker 4: You beat them.

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Speaker 5: You took care of business. They're for sure six seed.

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Hopefully they'll end up in Portland ben but we'll see tonight.

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It's a tough task, but it is March magical. You've

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never beat Houston since joining the Big Talk Commerce. You

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got Texas Tech. Could you knock off Kelvin Sampson the face?

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you have a magical moment tonight against the Houston coops.

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Let's also welcome into the show. We got Brett always

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bring the Hammer hammer Time show. I feel like we

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Speaker 6: I have a cousin who's been installing one of these

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led big twelve courts in a home of one of

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the rich and profitable here in the state of Utah.

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Speaker 4: I just sent him a Texas said, Hey, we may

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Speaker 6: Guys to get on one of those building it in

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the Marriott Center because from what I'm seeing, DYU just

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plays their best basketball court on this court that we

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Speaker 4: But you know what, if it ain't don't fix it.

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playing their best ball. Everyone else is slipping. Yeah, Boa

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slips every now and again, but like they seem to

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Lavelle Edwards Field. When everybody else is slipping, Bau seems

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to be surefooted. Maybe possibly you could do the same

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thing at the Marriots. And I don't know how Boa

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fans would feel about it initially, but if you wear

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in more sure footedness than your competition one inchest. Same

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thing to keep in mind for tonight's game. Houston has

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actually asked some of the players and Kevin Young in

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Speaker 4: Was gonna be an advantage. They didn't really give him

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a little bit of an adjustment period and BYU may

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be more ready to play on that court. Even though

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Houston has practiced on it, they have not yet played

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Speaker 4: BOU has already played two. They're gonna have a leg

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up on Houston in that department. Got the right shoes,

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got the right basketball where so that you're surefooted. Let's

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also welcome into the show. We got AP. Andrew Peterson

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Speaker 7: I'm doing pretty well. I'm gonna do what I used

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Speaker 4: A hot take. Okay, all right, let's go.

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Speaker 7: So this is based off of two of my tweets

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Speaker 4: Okay, we're gonna start off with a stat of the day. Okay,

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Speaker 7: Yesterday's when over West Virginia was BYU's first win where

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they scored less than seventy points since they beat Clemson

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to believe this. This is my hot take. Aj and

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Rob are definitely the stars of BYU. But BYU's identity,

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the new identity that we're seeing of this team is

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found in the recent emergence of Hadem Boop and Dominique Diamande.

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off the screen yesterday, both the screen on the floor

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and the screen on my TV. I mean, they to

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me have been the keys to BYU in this three

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game win streak. Hadem a little bit more than Dominique,

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just because Thedeem's getting more minutes and he actually played

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in that Texas Tech game. But I think BYU's identity

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I like it. You know another key stat of

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the day for me, you mentioned the defense. The lowest

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eight points. Holy Cross scored fifty three. You see Riversky,

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Riverside scored fifty three, Pacific scored fifty seven. Cal Baptists

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scored sixty. Okay, teams that maybe had no business getting

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into the fifties versus BYU. Does that bode well for

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Speaker 6: Scored seventy nine the last time you play you know

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what I mean, just I mean significant disparity there. So

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the fact that they're.

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Speaker 4: In the Big Teal Tournament, they're playing the best basketball Defensively,

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they played their best basketball offensive LEVERSU Kansas State. Right,

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isn't that that was the best offensive output all season long?

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on the the productivity. Right, they scored one oh nine

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Speaker 4: For a while. Now love it, man, Hey, I'm excited

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to see what this BAYU Cougar basketball team can do

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versus the Houston Cougars. Can't wait to break it all

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down here on your Utah ESPN Radio Network. We'll get

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Chris Collins were topped onto our show. Former b YU

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All right, let's get into it a little post game competentary BA.

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You got the dub over West Virginia in the Big

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twelfth Tournament. It was a great game. It was a

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fantastic like like well you we you guys all smiles

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in that game or what like, Like, how did you

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feel throughout that entire game?

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Speaker 7: It felt nice to have control of the game, control

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most of the game.

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Speaker 4: It was control like I was ear to ear for

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the most part in the Iowa State game, right Texas Tech. Yeah,

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you know, there's a little bit of oohs and ohs.

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It felt really good start to finish, To just be

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in control, no doubt ever ever creeped into my mind.

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And I think there's some people, non BYU fans who

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would say, hey, man, it's West Virginia, it's not that deep.

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But the pushback is you don't realize beating teams you're

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supposed to beat is a big deal because some teams

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struggle with the teams they're supposed to be and down

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the stretch with b YU, they struggled with teams they

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should have beat.

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Speaker 6: They couldn't beat the West Virginias of the world. They

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couldn't beat the ucfs of the world. To control a

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West Virginia team that you were supposed to control shows

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that you're back on track. Now what's the ceiling, what's

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the for all that good stuff we'll discuss, But being

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on track with where you're supposed to be is a

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big deal because BOU was not in that position a

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week ago.

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Speaker 7: Well, and I also want to add it felt nice

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that for the it feels like for the first time

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in a long time, BYU did not.

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Speaker 8: Showcase the career fair of some other player.

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Speaker 4: Last night, like all time performances from your competition seen.

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Speaker 7: I've said this a few to guard Line. I've seen

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this a few times on Ron's pregame show. Where By's

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career fair isn't where you show up in the wilk

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and you get recruited. It's when you go to the

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Marriott Center and some other team comes in and performs

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the best they've ever performed it.

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Speaker 8: It felt nice for the first time.

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Speaker 7: It feels like in a very very long time, b

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YU held an opponent to what their opponent normally does.

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Speaker 8: West Virginia not a great scoring team.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, and it was nice to see that actually happen

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when they're playing against BYU.

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Speaker 4: No doubt about it. It was. It was a boom

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to see it play out this way and not give

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up a great, you know, unique singular performance from an

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opponent that just goes off for a career high. Let's

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get to k Y and his commentary in the postgame

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celebrating the West Virginia game. This was his opening statement

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after the win, a heart, heart fought game.

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Speaker 9: I mean, West Virginia is a team that plays extremely hard,

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well coached team. Coach has done a great job being

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a first year coaching this league. This is a hard league.

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He's done a great job in his first year. But

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you know, we we just played them ten days ago

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and we we.

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Speaker 2: We felt like we left a lot to be desired

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in that game.

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Speaker 9: I thought our guys came out with a forty minute

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effort that was that had a will to win that

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was kind of unmatched. And I thought, you know, you

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saw it in a lot of different areas as far

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as the rebounding and how active our defense was. I

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thought our defense was tremendous tonight, arguably the best it's.

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Speaker 4: Been all year.

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Speaker 9: So it was definitely something well we can we can

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look at moving forward as a as a as a

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benchmark for how good our defense can be.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think kay Wise just relieved that his

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team's playing up to the potential right now, right Like

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I sense a confidence, but I sense more of a

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relief that they're they're finally meeting their potential and even

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with five six season ending injuries, like there's still too

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much talent on the roster to play if they've been

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playing in the final ten games or so.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and something really interesting came out of media yesterday.

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So Matt Orlander of CBS Sports, he put this out.

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Kevin Young told me something interesting. I don't know if

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he's told anyone this yet. He said after the Cincinnati

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loss that Bou had, just a couple of weeks ago,

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he threw out his playbook. He said he had overloaded

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his team. There was too much. There was way too much.

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They were giving them too many responsibilities. He said, the

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very first defensive set of that loss against Cincinnati, they

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practiced it, hammered it into their heads for two days,

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and they still blew it.

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Speaker 4: He said, I'm not doing this anymore.

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Speaker 6: He said, We're going to simplify this, and as a result,

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we've seen Bou play a little bit more relaxed, and

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it truly feels like that. I also think a big

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part of it is getting finding minutes for a guy

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like Dominique Diomande, who he may not be the three

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point shooter that you want him to be, but he

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gets his points by turning turnovers into points, which to me,

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like that's all you need him to do. And so

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I think it's a combination of getting guys in who

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can defend who maybe they don't show up on this

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score sheet as much as you like guys like Hadeem

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and Dominique, and then also it's hey, we're just gonna simplify.

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Speaker 4: Let you guys play ball and do things you feel

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comfortable with.

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Speaker 6: Both of those are finding their stride at the right time,

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which is why this bou basketball team is finding success

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in the Big Twelve tournament.

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Speaker 8: Well sorry, go ahead, go ahead, Well, I just want

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to build on that.

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Speaker 7: It's like, to me, it's not just Kevin Young feels

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like yes, it feels like it's coaching staff.

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Speaker 4: They feel relieved.

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Speaker 7: The players for the first time in a while, they

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look confident both on and off the court. It's been

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a while since I've seen people outside of AJ and

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Rob look very confident off the court and on it,

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to be frank.

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Speaker 8: So it's nice to see that.

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Speaker 7: But I also think, guys, when an injury like Richie happens,

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that's so devastating to the way that your team functions.

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Like like BYU basketball played a completely different brand of

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basketball when Richie was on the floor, and the minutes

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were completely different, and so it's like this team had

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to learn how to play together again, and I think

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that takes time, and you're just seeing, Hey, some of

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the quirks and the kinks that were pretty bad are

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starting to be worked out where these guys can trust

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each other a little bit more. On the defensive end,

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they can trust, say, Dominique to do his assignment, trust

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to Deem to do his assignment. It just looks like

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there's more trust on the court now than there was before.

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Speaker 6: And it feels like the players feel trust from the coaches.

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Speaker 4: I think it's a big thing. Ben and I were

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have this conversation before.

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Speaker 6: The show, like, I think what really held Alexi back

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and Dominique back is that they felt like as soon

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as they walked into game, they had a rope or

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they had a leash on, and they knew the second

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I do something I'm not supposed to, I'm gone.

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Speaker 4: And look, some people thrive with nerves.

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Speaker 6: Most of us don't, especially when you know you have

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one opportunity and then your opportunity is over, especially when

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you're that young exactly, and you haven't played American college

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basketball before in the Big twelve, and so keep getting

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Alexi and Dominique in a position where it's like, I

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don't know if Kevin Young said this to him, but like, hey, man,

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like we can't.

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Speaker 4: Really afford to pull you at this point.

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Speaker 6: Like, we need you to play convincing minutes because we

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don't have anybody to bring in for you, so I

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need you to just go and give me your best.

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I wonder if that has been a calming presence for

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guys like Alexi and Dominique to a no, my coach

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trusts me, whether it's because he has to or he

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wants to, he trusts me, and I have a little

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bit of wiggle room to do what I can do.

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You saw it in that the first tournament game, Dominique

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took a couple of threes that they were just not

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there for him.

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Speaker 4: So what was the adjustment yesterday?

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Speaker 6: Okay, Dominique sit out there, but instead as soon as

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AJ comes, when they blitz him, you run to the

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rim and we're doing an alleyup. Dominique was doing things

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that he was comfortable with instead of playing a game

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he didn't feel good with and then ruining the rest

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of his game as a result.

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Speaker 7: And I think it's also done away with the narrative

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that b WAYU needs to start clean next year. Like

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I'm looking at this roster two three weeks ago, and

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I think a lot of fans and a lot of

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media would say, you need to get rid of most

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of it, and today we're sitting here going there's a

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lot of potential. I like everyone that's playing for the

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most part, I feel like there's a lot of potential

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and a lot to build on going on next year.

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Speaker 4: The great point don't blow it up. You know, these

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are knee jerk reactions that media fans have, like he

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just get rid of it. There's not even anybody that

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I wanted to team next year. Rob's going elsewhere. He's

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gonna go to the highest bidder Canard. You know, we

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don't know what's up with Hey, he doesn't even want

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to be there at b YU. You know, actually the

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only person that people were talking about keeping was Alexi

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because he was hitting threes. Yep, it's space of the floor.

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Speaker 6: At that point, But just before that they weren't because

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he had been turning.

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Speaker 4: The all over. Yeah. Look, the fanatics for a reason,

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and we're media member for a reason. Sometimes we get

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emotional too. I mean I said the A word three

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consecutive times in one segment about their passing poor a passing,

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broke a defense and week a offense, and you know

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I got reprimanded. I was like, look, that was That

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was an emotional, childish, juvenile response from me. I said

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it jokingly, tongue in cheek. I was castigated and reprimanded

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for it, and I've repented.

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Speaker 6: While we are out here airing our mistakes, I would

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like to air mine. Since it's a little confessional here

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in our one of the program, I would like to

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address the fact that I, at one point last week

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said I don't know if this bou basketball team can

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win another game this season. I also, and I will say,

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I don't feel I was emotional. I believed that when

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I said it. I don't feel that it was emotional.

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But either way, I was wrong and that and look

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if I'm wrong, I'm happy to eat crow. I'm eating

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crow because not only did they win one game, not

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only did they win two games, they won three games.

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They may win a fourth one tonight, and they're gonna

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be dancing with a team that again, a week and

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a half ago, we were like, I don't know if

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these guys can win a tournament game based on who

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they get in the first round.

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Speaker 4: Sure they're gonna be winning a game, maybe two. We

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shall see.

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Speaker 6: I was wrong about them not winning another game, and

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I'm very happy to be wrong.

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Speaker 4: Everybody just confirmed like he's wearing a black hoodie and

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he's he's not on some crow right now, I'm in

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shane today. I'm in shame, shame.

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Speaker 5: I will also apologize. I backed Brent up on that

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ticke and I said I also agreed that they wouldn't.

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But I mean, I don't think it was emotional. I

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think it was based on the effort that we saw.

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I will say this, I said, I don't think the

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effort could get any better. Completely wrong about that, and

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they've completely ramped it up now. The NBA coach, you know,

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I don't know what he said to him, but honestly,

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whatever he said in the season wasn't working. And it's

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like it's playoff basketball now and they're all locked in.

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For some reason, Cannard decided to learn how to hit

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threes from everywhere on the court. And he looks like,

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you know, the second coming. And I'm not trying to

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be you know, like sacrileges at all, but like he

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looks so good, He looked so well last night. Been

473
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like he is. When Ag and Rob get you know,

474
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stuck or the double team, Canard needs to come alive

475
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and I'm I'm serious. Like at first we were like, okay,

476
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maybe just Alexi, maybe just Hadeen, But Canard has found

477
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himself a place on this roster next year. Like if

478
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you're looking for another ball handler, if you're looking for

479
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someone that career, not the primary guy, but a secondary guy.

480
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If someone gets in foul trouble, like his ability been

481
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to be able to create shots and pass, it's underrated

482
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and it gets overlooked and and shot out to him

483
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on staying confident. And look, he's gone first halves in

484
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,200
the tournament sometimes he's not been awake and in the

485
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,000
second half he's I guess what I'm about to wake

486
00:24:05,079 --> 00:24:07,240
up on you? And look, it's a great awakening of

487
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number thirty mood Davis as in the words of you

488
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know Franfra schillat b Y MoU and by Moo was

489
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present last night. You gonna need him because you know

490
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why they got a guy named Emmanuel Sharp over there

491
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,920
ben tonight and Canard's gonna have gonna have a tough task.

492
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But let's see if he lives up to it.

493
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Speaker 7: Well, like he looked like what b Yu wanted him

494
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to look, like what we expected. But I have this

495
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to say, can can he get a Chick fil A sponsorship?

496
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Can he get a I L deal with Chick fil

497
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A with that nickname MoU Yeah, I think that'd be great.

498
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Speaker 4: Yeah where Yeah?

499
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Speaker 5: Or fair or fair life or fair life?

500
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Speaker 4: Fair life? That's good too. Your life's delicious too. Uh.

501
00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:45,839
Let's get to a few more sound bites that we'll

502
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take a time out from the nitty gritty. We've only

503
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gotten into the opening statement. We've gone off and pontificated.

504
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Speaker 5: We've we've definitely repenting of our sins. That's what we're doing.

505
00:24:54,039 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 4: Take We've taken some privileges today as we as we've

506
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,920
bantered back and forth about BYU basketball. Uh, let's se

507
00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:02,599
what Kay had to say. Coach, your defense held West

508
00:25:02,759 --> 00:25:05,720
Virginia to just two of twelve from three in that

509
00:25:05,799 --> 00:25:08,160
second half. What were you seeing from your team defensively

510
00:25:08,519 --> 00:25:11,519
that was making that such a struggle for them?

511
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Speaker 2: Just effort? Honestly, I thought our rotations we were.

512
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Speaker 9: And we've just challenged our guys to do things just stronger, longer, harder, faster,

513
00:25:22,519 --> 00:25:24,839
more right, And that's really it. And so that's what

514
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,119
we saw tonight. And you know, we've we've opened up

515
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,759
our rotation just given the situation when with with you know,

516
00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:35,200
injuries that we've had and a lot of the guys

517
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,200
that we're bringing off the bench are you know, really

518
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,440
good athletes, have great length, and we've been able to

519
00:25:39,519 --> 00:25:41,359
you know, tonight we're able to use that to get

520
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,960
out and test a lot of their shots to hold

521
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into that number.

522
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Speaker 4: Boom shaka Laca. It was a great defensive effort. One

523
00:25:49,319 --> 00:25:51,720
last thing before we go to break, how is how

524
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has your identity changed for the last ten days? K

525
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Why from West Virginia now until this game, especially with

526
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a Deem and Diamond of the lineup and the defense

527
00:26:01,799 --> 00:26:02,680
they've been playing.

528
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Speaker 9: I mean, those two guys are dogs naturally, so I

529
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think it it.

530
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Speaker 2: Inspires these two with the rest of the group.

531
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Speaker 9: But you know, we we had we had a we

532
00:26:11,079 --> 00:26:12,720
had a moment where we had to just you know,

533
00:26:12,759 --> 00:26:14,559
I had I personally had to look myself in the

534
00:26:14,559 --> 00:26:15,960
mirror after that East Coast trip.

535
00:26:16,279 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 2: But it was the trifecta. It was the UCF game,

536
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:19,480
then the.

537
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Speaker 9: Trip out east against Cencia West Virginia, and you know

538
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,000
that that was a dark moment for our season. I

539
00:26:25,039 --> 00:26:29,039
had to just figure out, you know, we have too

540
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,440
much talent, Like, let's figure this out even without Richie.

541
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,440
So we just, man, we took it back to the basics,

542
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,400
and we just dumbed it down with our defense, got

543
00:26:36,599 --> 00:26:39,480
a lot less coachy and a lot more just do

544
00:26:39,559 --> 00:26:42,079
it harder, longer, stronger, faster, and kept it real simple.

545
00:26:42,319 --> 00:26:44,319
And our guys have really taken to that, you know,

546
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,960
led by these two tonight, and and not just these two,

547
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,079
but I thought, you know what, Keva does you know

548
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,359
what Dom's given us, what a deem? I thought Beato

549
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,799
came in tonight, Rob's playing with the busted mouth and

550
00:26:53,839 --> 00:26:56,400
so forth. So just the toughness that we're that we

551
00:26:56,519 --> 00:26:58,880
found over the last ten days has really been the difference.

552
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,839
Speaker 4: Man. A lot to take in there, right, my number

553
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,240
one thing because I'm a music guy. When he started

554
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,079
saying longer, stronger, I was like, down to get the friction, honor.

555
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,960
I was like, hey, baby got back.

556
00:27:10,079 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 2: Baby.

557
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:14,400
Speaker 4: Anyways, Uh, this Bay basketball team is back, is what

558
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,079
I'm saying. Could you do could you do a montage

559
00:27:17,079 --> 00:27:20,279
for me? Bread of like him saying longer, stronger, you know,

560
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,039
and then then we just transitioned it into like, baby

561
00:27:23,079 --> 00:27:27,839
got back, could you do a montage like transition for me, like,

562
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,880
could you do that for we please? Of the day?

563
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:36,759
I think, Yeah, I mean, baby, BYU got back. They're back, Baby,

564
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:43,039
They're back. We are right, I mean, I mean they're longer, stronger,

565
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:44,960
and down to get the friction. There's a lot of

566
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,079
friction on the defensive end, Am I right? That is true?

567
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,200
Speaker 8: There's friction, baby, friction on a very slippery floor.

568
00:27:51,559 --> 00:27:58,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, they have friction. Other people not so frictional. So anyway, Uh,

569
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,359
that's kind of what I would like right now. I

570
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,200
do not have the digital capabilities to do it, but

571
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,240
I know someone who does. Kidding, know, we don't have

572
00:28:06,279 --> 00:28:08,039
to do it, but if you do have time, let's

573
00:28:08,079 --> 00:28:11,400
do it all right, guys. Uh, that's our nitty gritty

574
00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:14,359
and I loved that. That's the model of the monster

575
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,200
right now. Simplification. Let your athletes be athletes, get out

576
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,839
there and get less coachy, get less coachy.

577
00:28:21,039 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 2: I love.

578
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Speaker 4: I'm look, stop stop being some damn coachy guys, you

579
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:31,920
know what I mean? Stop it. Stop being so day coachy, right,

580
00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:36,359
I mean, Ronald's always coaching sometimes Ronnie has to, you know,

581
00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:38,799
if you just let us be talented, I know you're

582
00:28:38,839 --> 00:28:41,519
the point guard. You're a coach here, your architect. Just

583
00:28:41,599 --> 00:28:42,839
let us do our thing. Ronnie.

584
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,720
Speaker 5: Stop being so coachy, Brody.

585
00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 4: Bet you haven't been. You've been letting us be simplify

586
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,000
your Hey, we're gonna have a simple show. I'm gonna

587
00:28:50,079 --> 00:28:52,160
let you guys banter and debate a little bit. I

588
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,240
thought it was a great segment. Look what happens when

589
00:28:54,279 --> 00:28:55,440
you're not so coachy? Ronnie.

590
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Speaker 5: Hey, Look, all I gotta say is sorry. I'm he's

591
00:28:59,519 --> 00:29:04,160
about to that's astray, and I apologize. I'm will void.

592
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,920
I'm not Tim Fanning. Let's go break.

593
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648
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the big win over West Virginia AJ. Actually sorry, this

649
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,160
is AJ, not Ky AJ. I noticed that in your

650
00:31:53,319 --> 00:31:57,200
technique when you drive, you hold the ball high in

651
00:31:57,319 --> 00:32:01,400
the air, your euro step, you move, you you slide.

652
00:32:02,079 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 2: Uh.

653
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Speaker 4: It's uh, it's it's it's very unique. Where does that

654
00:32:05,519 --> 00:32:08,920
come from in your training? Oh? With me?

655
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Speaker 10: When I was when I was younger, I used to

656
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,480
get the balls stone line in the post because would

657
00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:15,559
dribble it so low, and I was sawing a lot

658
00:32:15,599 --> 00:32:17,000
of guys, a lot of guys was just calling there

659
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,960
and get you know, their hands on it. So it's

660
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,119
trying to keep a highway from guys because I'm you know, tall,

661
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,640
a lot of guys and just raise up his shoot.

662
00:32:23,759 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 9: Yeah, and my son now mimics him, right, So my

663
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,559
my son's doing the high pickup.

664
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Speaker 2: But yes, of course I trust him.

665
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Speaker 9: You know, he's he's you know, I think he's the

666
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,839
best player in college basketball. Think he proves it every

667
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,480
single night. This guy brings it on both ends of

668
00:32:36,519 --> 00:32:39,319
the floor. And then what's great is he's able to

669
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,200
find guys like MoU you know, move has been taking

670
00:32:42,319 --> 00:32:46,039
really good shots, making huge shots for us, and AJ's

671
00:32:46,039 --> 00:32:49,039
trust and my trust in AJ is really rooted on

672
00:32:49,119 --> 00:32:51,680
one how talented is but to his decision making, and

673
00:32:51,759 --> 00:32:54,200
it's processing. That's what I said when I first really

674
00:32:54,279 --> 00:32:57,680
started to work with AJ, was, you know, it's like

675
00:32:57,759 --> 00:32:59,720
when I came from when I left the NBA to

676
00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:02,039
came college. One thing I noticed is just a lot

677
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of guys, their processing speed is way slower.

678
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Speaker 2: You know, his is extremely high.

679
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Speaker 9: So I can tell him something in the game or

680
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or in a film session's getting carried over.

681
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Speaker 2: Even tonight when he hit a few of those.

682
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Speaker 9: Cuts on the on the on the back cuts of

683
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the post doubles. I mean, that's not something we've really

684
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done all year, but we've we've fallen into it based

685
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on who we're playing.

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Speaker 2: So you know, the trust I have for him is unmatched.

687
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Speaker 9: And the trust that he has and his teammates, led

688
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,359
by the guy's sitting next to is part of the

689
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reason why to your question, Jay, why the tide is

690
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turning for our team.

691
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Speaker 4: The tide is turning for b Y Move U, b

692
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Y Move Moo. Davis, you had a great game tonight,

693
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but not only tonight, at the last three games all

694
00:33:48,119 --> 00:33:51,839
double digit scoring. What's working for you so well? Right now?

695
00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:54,079
Are you just seeing the ball go through the net?

696
00:33:54,119 --> 00:33:54,599
What's going on?

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Speaker 11: I would say, just let my defense turn into offense.

698
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You know, obviously coach putting me in a good by,

699
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,720
my teammates trusted me. So that's what I would say,

700
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with defense.

701
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Speaker 4: Defense to offense. Feed the beast, right. You know, we've

702
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:15,400
been trying to get Moo involved anyway anyhow, Like initially

703
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it was you know, you know, kind of in the

704
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offense vanage, these picking pop scenarios. Eventually it turned into

705
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,639
more opportunities to maybe take the ball off the bounce.

706
00:34:26,039 --> 00:34:29,320
But his defense has been solid, right yeah, right, Uh,

707
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,760
his defenses have been solid all season long. And but

708
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:37,239
it always it hasn't always turned into offense. Why why,

709
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,159
I'll be honest, Like his mechanics, Like I feel like

710
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,920
the stroke is a little bit smoother right now.

711
00:34:46,039 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 6: I My conspiracy theory is that he just doesn't hit

712
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,280
well from the top of the key, and he hits

713
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:51,360
really well from the side.

714
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:53,159
Speaker 4: And the corner, so only sit in the corner.

715
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,320
Speaker 6: And uh, there was another game in the middle of

716
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,920
the season where he shot really well and I don't

717
00:34:59,039 --> 00:35:00,920
remember why, but I remember in that game he was

718
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,320
shooting a lot more from the corner, and I was like,

719
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,480
and again, there's basketball analytics guys, the coaches obviously know

720
00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:10,039
more than I do. But just my pure observation, like,

721
00:35:10,559 --> 00:35:12,079
I don't know what the numbers is, but it feels

722
00:35:12,119 --> 00:35:13,880
like when he's shooting from the corner and from the

723
00:35:14,039 --> 00:35:16,199
edge of wing, he's shooting better than when he's shooting

724
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:17,039
from the top of the wing.

725
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 7: R To me, it just looks like he's more in

726
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:24,440
rhythm than he was because with Ritchie, rob and Aj

727
00:35:24,639 --> 00:35:28,519
on the floor at the same time, he's probably touching

728
00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:32,360
the ball once every two three possessions, right, But with

729
00:35:32,519 --> 00:35:36,360
the way this team plays now, where there's the ball's

730
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,800
moving around a lot more between five players versus three,

731
00:35:40,119 --> 00:35:43,480
and so it's easier for him to be in rhythm

732
00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:45,679
when he takes a shot. It's not this I'm getting

733
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,800
the ball now and yeah, this is the only time

734
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,039
I'm getting it. I'm gonna jack up this three, And

735
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,320
like he did miss a lot of open shots earlier,

736
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:54,920
it just feels more in rhythm.

737
00:35:55,679 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 4: Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme. Let's get on up.

738
00:35:58,039 --> 00:36:02,320
It's BYU Cougar's time. They're playing their best ball. Let's go, uh,

739
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,800
and b Y move is a big part of that.

740
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,840
The runs that b Yu have been has been getting

741
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,280
on in the last three games, many of those those

742
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,559
runs and the flow of the game is moving through

743
00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:17,719
MoU right like we're seeing an increase in efficiency. Uh,

744
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,440
and the defense is definitely turning into the offense now, AJ,

745
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,880
what do you feel worked pretty well for you guys

746
00:36:23,039 --> 00:36:24,000
offensively tonight?

747
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 9: And uh?

748
00:36:25,199 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 4: Coach also k why any early thoughts on the upcoming

749
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,679
matchup against Houston with me just staying aggressive.

750
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 10: Last time when we were up at West Virginia, I

751
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,360
think I was a little passive and then you know,

752
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,840
I started calling into me, sending me into double teams,

753
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,639
and I was kind of getting rallied up turnovers.

754
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:41,039
Speaker 9: Uh.

755
00:36:41,119 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 10: So me just trying to stay aggressive and you know,

756
00:36:43,039 --> 00:36:43,880
kick them on your toes.

757
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:45,159
Speaker 2: Yeah.

758
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,079
Speaker 9: In terms of Houston, UH, you know, great respect for

759
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,760
their program and what what what coach Sampson has been

760
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:51,599
able to build there.

761
00:36:51,639 --> 00:36:54,199
Speaker 2: It's pretty remarkable with what they've been able to do.

762
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:57,559
Speaker 9: You know, I love I love playing this team because

763
00:36:57,679 --> 00:37:00,840
you know, you gotta you gotta have the toughness that's

764
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,360
required like that we had tonight because that's how those

765
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,000
guys play. But you know, they're super aggressive defensively. I

766
00:37:07,039 --> 00:37:09,000
thought we played a really good game actually against them

767
00:37:09,039 --> 00:37:11,800
at home. We left money on the table. I think

768
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,599
we missed twelve free throws in that game, which is

769
00:37:13,639 --> 00:37:15,239
a really back and forth, really tight.

770
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 2: Tightly contested game. So it'll be fun to go out there.

771
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 9: You know, you want to play against the best, you know,

772
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,760
and they've they've had a track record. We're trying to

773
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,239
get on to where they have been for a long time.

774
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,039
Speaker 2: And you know, we played him in this tournament last year.

775
00:37:29,199 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 9: Learned a ton from that game that I think helped

776
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,559
us even prepare for them in our first matchup.

777
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 2: So we're really looking forward.

778
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 4: To it, looking forward to it. The Cougars are a

779
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,159
formidable fo on one of the bests, like what's the

780
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:47,880
ceiling for Houston this year? Are they a Final four team? Like?

781
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:49,880
Is that the ceiling for them? Are they a national

782
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,480
championship team this year? Are they better than they were

783
00:37:52,679 --> 00:37:54,719
a season ago? You know what I mean? Like they're

784
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,519
kind of looking at it. I'm like, I don't know

785
00:37:56,519 --> 00:37:57,719
if they as good as they were last year.

786
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,159
Speaker 8: I don't think they're better. I think they're ceiling. It's

787
00:38:00,199 --> 00:38:01,239
the same as last.

788
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:03,639
Speaker 4: Year, but their floor is lower. Yeah, I think their

789
00:38:03,679 --> 00:38:05,880
offense is better this year. I don't think their defense

790
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,519
is good. I think there's a little bit of trade

791
00:38:07,559 --> 00:38:10,920
off there. But I'm with you. I think it's pretty comparable,

792
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,199
like rebounding way. They just felt they felt so big

793
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:18,920
and long last year, like rebounding wise, athleticism wise. So

794
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,760
I'm kind of there too, Like I don't know if

795
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,559
they get to the Natty, but I feel like they're

796
00:38:24,679 --> 00:38:28,360
they're Elite eight Final four bound.

797
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 7: It's like, I think I looked this up like one

798
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,719
of their stuff. It's the worst that Houston has done

799
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,400
in the last I think since COVID is Sweet sixteen. Yeah,

800
00:38:37,519 --> 00:38:42,119
it's crazy, like that's the worst finish they've had. Kevin's

801
00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:45,159
a great coach, and he's a great culture builder, and

802
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,719
he's a retainer of talent, developer of talent. Canard, I

803
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,320
think you've made nine of your last eleven three point attempts,

804
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,639
and obviously the last three games you've been fantastic.

805
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 4: What change? What was it coach talking about giving you

806
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,239
more confidence? What changed with your game? Out now that

807
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,800
you're playing your best ball the season.

808
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,639
Speaker 11: Yeah, obviously I was in a slump in the season.

809
00:39:05,039 --> 00:39:07,280
Coaches kept trusting me. They told me do something else

810
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,320
to get going, Go get an offensive rebound, go good

811
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,360
in a sense, so I feel like they helped me

812
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:12,119
out alive.

813
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:20,360
Speaker 4: The confidence, you know, still instilling that that confidence in him,

814
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,840
stay in the course. Look, I mean we we all

815
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,320
lost confidence in MoU Right, everyone's lose The fan base

816
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:30,400
was losing confidence in buh K. Why didn't the coaching

817
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:36,719
staff didn't? So you wonder, like, does did anything change

818
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:40,239
in like in the form and fashion which he was practicing,

819
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,199
the looks that he was getting in practice. Right, we

820
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,199
remember last year. Let me let me give you an

821
00:39:45,199 --> 00:39:49,719
example that is tangible. Yego Gilman was not a good

822
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,679
three point shooter last year, not until the end. Not

823
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,280
until the end. What Like, I felt like, I think

824
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,800
we have this on record too, kay, Why said I

825
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,760
sat down with Yegor in film and I said, these

826
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,920
are the looks that you're going to get, This is

827
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,280
the looks that you need to get. And then he

828
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:11,039
he repped those in practice, He repped those in shoot around,

829
00:40:11,119 --> 00:40:15,880
He repped those looks and continually got those shots in games.

830
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,880
He was so good and you're gonna pull up the

831
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,079
data for me here to validate it. He was so

832
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:25,639
good in the postseason. That's when Yegor thrived. I just

833
00:40:25,679 --> 00:40:27,559
wonder if he's doing the same thing with movies, like,

834
00:40:27,559 --> 00:40:30,039
all right, these are the shots. Maybe, as Ronald and

835
00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:32,960
Brett had pointed out, it's like you're not taking shots

836
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,280
at the top of the gay anymore. You're wing in corner,

837
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,480
wing and corner, wing in corner. That's your look, that's

838
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:43,480
your vibe, that's your opportunity. And he's there's a reason

839
00:40:43,519 --> 00:40:45,239
why he's hit nine out of his last eleven three

840
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:45,760
point attemption.

841
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 7: Well, it's and it's translated to the NBA for Yegor,

842
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,519
he's shooting thirty eight point five percent from three boom. Like,

843
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,000
if you don't think that Kevin Young prepares his athletes

844
00:40:55,039 --> 00:40:59,719
well for the next level, think again, Like and I

845
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,800
think I think with MEU Like before he got into

846
00:41:04,039 --> 00:41:09,480
the situation early on the season, that unfortunate dealing with

847
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,119
with the with the police, and we don't really know

848
00:41:12,199 --> 00:41:15,280
what happened, but he was actually playing really well. He

849
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:19,199
was scoring fifteen sixteen points a game, and so I

850
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:22,119
think a little bit also is he's maybe got a

851
00:41:22,119 --> 00:41:25,159
little confidence back in him because what he went through

852
00:41:25,199 --> 00:41:29,679
at the beginning of the season. I don't know personally,

853
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,039
I don't have a source, but it's easy to imagine

854
00:41:32,079 --> 00:41:35,920
that takes a toll on your confidence everywhere in life.

855
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 4: No doubt, no, it totally cant That was extremely disruptive.

856
00:41:41,679 --> 00:41:45,760
And now now this is the first time, like when

857
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,320
was the last time like move got in front of

858
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:51,800
the media. It's been a minute. I think it's you

859
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,039
gotta go all the way back to before, you know,

860
00:41:55,199 --> 00:42:01,199
the Dui incident, so which he has legal presentation. We

861
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,320
haven't heard anything about it, you know since so you

862
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,760
you wonder, okay, well what happened in that regard, but

863
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:07,599
we haven't. He hasn't been out in front of the

864
00:42:07,639 --> 00:42:10,480
media ever since. Now he's out back out in front,

865
00:42:10,599 --> 00:42:12,840
and he's got the confidence and the swagger and is

866
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,719
uh he's getting his looks, he's getting his uh, he's

867
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,239
getting to his spots, and he's balling out for Brigham.

868
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,519
The fanfare of the Big Twelve is uh. There's a

869
00:42:21,559 --> 00:42:23,079
lot of uh. There's a lot of fanfare of the

870
00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:26,000
Big Twelve tournament Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, is there

871
00:42:26,079 --> 00:42:27,800
sitting inside of Pat Mahomes is in the crowd?

872
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 11: Uh?

873
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 4: Do you see any of that during the game? In

874
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:35,159
the pregame, do you kind of want to tap up

875
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,559
maybe Andy Reid through the process give us some thoughts

876
00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:37,719
on that.

877
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 2: I'll take it. Yeah, I adapt up coach read before

878
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,400
the game. You know, he's a he's a great guy.

879
00:42:44,519 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 9: Been able to chat with him a little since I've

880
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:50,320
taken his job, and it was awesome seeing him him courtside.

881
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,320
But just in general, man, I've said this before, I

882
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:58,119
think this is an amazing, very well run tournament. City

883
00:42:58,119 --> 00:43:00,639
of Kansas City does a phenomenal job of this arena.

884
00:43:00,679 --> 00:43:01,639
It's very super nice.

885
00:43:02,159 --> 00:43:02,280
Speaker 3: Uh.

886
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 2: Just the Big twelve deserves a lot of credit for it.

887
00:43:05,679 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 9: Just it just feels like a big time event, you know,

888
00:43:08,519 --> 00:43:09,880
and I'm happy that we could be in it and

889
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:10,840
continue to play in it.

890
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,880
Speaker 2: But in terms of seeing like the who's who in

891
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,000
the crowd, man, it's awesome.

892
00:43:16,199 --> 00:43:18,280
Speaker 5: Did you want one of the players, either of the players.

893
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,039
Speaker 10: On a yeah, adapt the coach read like at the

894
00:43:23,119 --> 00:43:24,199
end of the game, I didn't even know he was

895
00:43:24,199 --> 00:43:26,039
sitting there, and then I didn't know Patrick Mahomes was

896
00:43:26,039 --> 00:43:27,639
there until they put him on the big screen, which

897
00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:28,119
is kind of cool.

898
00:43:28,119 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 11: Though I didn't see either.

899
00:43:31,079 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 4: I was locked in. I shout up to move. I

900
00:43:41,039 --> 00:43:45,960
didn't see anybody. I was locked in. Clearly, dude just

901
00:43:46,199 --> 00:43:49,159
locked and loaded. AJ. I think when he did like

902
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,800
the flex too, Like, you know, he's probably looking around

903
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,440
you know what I mean with you getting after it?

904
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:57,880
Because look, AJ is an entertainer. Would we all agree

905
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:01,519
on that, Like he won't entertain Yeah, he likes to.

906
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,559
He like, like I don't know how many like b

907
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,800
y U basketball players and in seasons pass and the

908
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:11,000
modern era, like you know, after they throw down, they

909
00:44:11,079 --> 00:44:13,960
do something really nice, like do they turn around and

910
00:44:14,119 --> 00:44:18,119
flex and scream or even like stand down and stare

911
00:44:18,199 --> 00:44:19,559
down somebody Jackson.

912
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:22,800
Speaker 6: Robinson would a little bit depending on but not to

913
00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:26,119
the level of AJ. Obviously nobody's the level of AJ. Remember,

914
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,840
I do remember some fun moments with Jackson Jackson Robinson.

915
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,360
Speaker 5: And then if I had to go back before they've

916
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,119
been jumping like players, the last player will probably be

917
00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:36,119
Elijah Bryant. Eli talked and did some things, but outside

918
00:44:36,119 --> 00:44:38,920
of that, maybe TJ. Halls is your next one. He

919
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,920
would like maybe a throw, but like other than that, Ben,

920
00:44:41,039 --> 00:44:42,920
like you ain't never had a guy on the roster

921
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,079
that would get into it with the crowd, which is

922
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:47,920
sometimes disappointing. Football guys do it but a lot more

923
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,880
but it's easier, but the basketball guys not really.

924
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, mm hmmm. What I'm saying is that, you know,

925
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,719
like AJ, he's a man of entertainment and that's the

926
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,079
reason why the NBA wants him, you know, you know,

927
00:45:02,159 --> 00:45:05,159
going probably first overall, and he's a ratings boost. He's

928
00:45:05,159 --> 00:45:09,599
a ratings boost the NBA like other top three pick.

929
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:13,960
He's so good with the media, really good. He's he's

930
00:45:14,159 --> 00:45:18,079
phenomenal with the media. Like he just he's really good.

931
00:45:18,199 --> 00:45:20,360
And he doesn't even have to say a ton like

932
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,440
he doesn't always elaborate or anything like that, but he

933
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:26,719
always says something that's valuable, valuable quote for the media, Uh,

934
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:30,159
insightful and fair well.

935
00:45:30,519 --> 00:45:33,679
Speaker 7: And I think that I don't I don't want to

936
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:36,719
be too homer b Yu, but I think Boy has

937
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,320
been very good for him in that aspect because if

938
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,960
you go like if you go to Duke or Carolina

939
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:44,960
as the number one, like you're just like everyone else

940
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,119
in their history and that it's.

941
00:45:46,039 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 8: Like it's a big deal, but is it really like

942
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,400
that's what you're expected to do.

943
00:45:50,559 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 4: That's and that's one of the things that that Aj

944
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,639
has brought up is he wanted to do something different.

945
00:45:55,679 --> 00:45:56,480
He wanted a new path.

946
00:45:56,519 --> 00:45:58,760
Speaker 8: He wanted to find a new path, like when he

947
00:45:58,880 --> 00:45:59,840
committed to b YU.

948
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,320
Speaker 7: When he came to BYU, it was such a huge

949
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,199
deal that everybody's always wanted to talk to.

950
00:46:04,599 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 4: That's all the media focused on.

951
00:46:06,119 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 7: And if you go back to his early interviews, say

952
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,800
on Sports Nation, like his first one that was rough,

953
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:17,199
Like for age, I don't he was not great from

954
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:20,159
a media perspective, but he's really I think this has

955
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:23,239
really prepared him for a lot of his life in

956
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,920
front of the media. There's like he's always in front

957
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,119
of the media. He's become very very good at it.

958
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 4: Yeah. I had that conversation actually with a similar conversation

959
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:36,840
with Mike Wilson Alisa Wilson. I said, look like there's

960
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,079
pros and cons to being at BYU and having the

961
00:46:40,159 --> 00:46:43,559
season that Zach had and being the guy for so long,

962
00:46:44,159 --> 00:46:47,239
like he was pushed thrust into the linelight immediately as

963
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,880
a freshman and then you have a microphone in front

964
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,639
of you and camera's front of you, like all the time.

965
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,760
There's a certain level of like stardom there with the

966
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:59,400
media coverage. B YU was a top twenty five media

967
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:03,360
coverage team. Like the amount of media that that that

968
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,719
the throngs of meeting and the fans that recognizing the

969
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:10,639
community excether like, it's it's pretty intense. There are very

970
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,880
few teams, very few n cua A teams that can

971
00:47:14,199 --> 00:47:17,039
prepare you for the NFL and going to the New

972
00:47:17,119 --> 00:47:20,599
York Jets organization, it's like that's like the peak. It's

973
00:47:20,679 --> 00:47:23,440
like the worst, like it's so bad, but like if

974
00:47:23,559 --> 00:47:25,920
any like b YU was one of the places where

975
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,079
he could at least get somewhat desensitize the media coverage

976
00:47:29,119 --> 00:47:32,760
and the the slew of questions that you get and

977
00:47:33,199 --> 00:47:36,039
uh and at least prep you for it. So I

978
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,559
and I think they they saw the fruits of that.

979
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,480
I think Zach for the most part, did a pretty

980
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,000
good job. But nothing will.

981
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 7: Prepare you for the New York media. Nothing can prepare

982
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,800
you for the Jets. They're they are on another level

983
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:48,440
of dysfunction.

984
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:54,159
Speaker 4: I think they're just a social experiment that's why. I

985
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:55,760
think it's a social experience only.

986
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,280
Speaker 8: The only reason they go to the Jets is if

987
00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:00,360
you know your career is over and you want to bag.

988
00:48:01,199 --> 00:48:04,320
Speaker 4: I guess so, man, there's that the organization is cursed.

989
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,039
Uh just get rid of the ownership. That's the only

990
00:48:07,079 --> 00:48:09,880
way you're gonna break the curse. Sell it, sell it.

991
00:48:10,119 --> 00:48:11,800
A couple of last things from k Y and the

992
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,719
crew post game West Virginia. You've won three in a

993
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,880
row now, first time in uh In in a few

994
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:22,400
months now. How does the environment kind of contribute to that?

995
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:26,199
How does it help foster getting up and without having

996
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:27,800
maybe Richie in the lineup?

997
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,079
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we I talked about it before.

998
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:32,159
Speaker 9: We feel like I feel like we've had kind of

999
00:48:32,199 --> 00:48:34,320
three iterations of the season. The one the team we

1000
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:36,840
thought we were gonna have, then then we had some injuries,

1001
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,920
then we just go with Richie than that team, and

1002
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,719
now he's out of the mix and the team we

1003
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:45,360
have right now. So I think it's this current identity

1004
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,559
that our group's playing with I think is extremely timely obviously,

1005
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:52,280
but it's it's obviously well much needed as well to

1006
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,679
give the guys confidence that we can, you know, play

1007
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:57,400
really good basketball with the with the guys in our

1008
00:48:57,559 --> 00:48:58,719
locker room right now that are.

1009
00:48:58,639 --> 00:49:01,519
Speaker 2: Healthy and it's fun. It's fun. It's fun to be

1010
00:49:01,639 --> 00:49:03,320
around see a team come together like that.

1011
00:49:05,639 --> 00:49:07,800
Speaker 4: The third iteration ladies and gentlemen, by the way, stat

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1013
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:13,920
And it is interesting that by us four and oh

1014
00:49:14,079 --> 00:49:20,199
when Richie's on the bench coaching, When when coach Richie

1015
00:49:20,559 --> 00:49:24,639
is activated on four, when Richie is not on the bench,

1016
00:49:25,039 --> 00:49:29,159
maybe the most important stat of the day. It's pretty crazy.

1017
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Coach Saunders, Coach Saunders, Todd king Man, the Todd king

1018
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:37,920
Last thing, You're going to play your third game in

1019
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,360
three days on this particular fourth. Houston is going to

1020
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,039
play its first game on this floor, the glass four.

1021
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:45,920
Do you think that you have a little bit of

1022
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,360
a competitive advantage seeing that you've been here, done that,

1023
00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:50,119
and you're familiar with the playing service.

1024
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:53,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, you could say that.

1025
00:49:54,039 --> 00:49:57,760
Speaker 11: Obviously, we're kind of warm, we having good games, and

1026
00:49:59,199 --> 00:50:00,920
we used to the hope to who's kind of tight

1027
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,519
court got the led light, So I'm kind of used

1028
00:50:03,559 --> 00:50:05,880
to it now and I just think we'd be prepared

1029
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:06,159
for it.

1030
00:50:10,199 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 4: Hopefully it is a competitive advantage, right, fingers crossed? Can

1031
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:17,960
the Cougars would be while you shock the Houston Cougars tonight?

1032
00:50:18,639 --> 00:50:19,280
Where you leaning?

1033
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:23,480
Speaker 7: Guys, am I the only one who is I'm not

1034
00:50:23,599 --> 00:50:25,800
gonna say I want it to happen, but I'm very

1035
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,800
okay if b why you lose this tonight?

1036
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:29,199
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1037
00:50:29,519 --> 00:50:34,159
Speaker 7: Because if BYU keeps playing, especially on this Class four

1038
00:50:34,199 --> 00:50:37,159
where we've seen some injuries today and you're playing AJ

1039
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:42,159
forty minutes a night every day for five games, four

1040
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:45,840
three four, five games. Oh, I'm getting a little nervous,

1041
00:50:46,199 --> 00:50:48,480
especially with the injury history of this team. I'm okay

1042
00:50:48,559 --> 00:50:51,920
if they bow out and just say, hey, what's fun,

1043
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:54,039
let's worry about March.

1044
00:50:54,519 --> 00:50:56,639
Speaker 4: Well, I don't think you can approve your seating even

1045
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,639
like I well, okay, let's say, what would it take

1046
00:50:59,679 --> 00:51:03,320
to prove to a five seat win the Big twelve Tournament?

1047
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,599
You have to win it. You have to win it. Yeah, right?

1048
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,639
Is that kind of where we stand on the matter, Like,

1049
00:51:07,679 --> 00:51:09,039
you got to win the Big twelve Tournament? If you

1050
00:51:09,039 --> 00:51:11,840
get to the finals, are you a five seat? I

1051
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,480
mean you had to be who who they play?

1052
00:51:14,519 --> 00:51:16,719
Speaker 8: If they beat Houston Kansas.

1053
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 4: And I don't know that Kansas. Neither Kansas nor TCU

1054
00:51:20,639 --> 00:51:24,400
moves the neal in the committee's mind. I don't think yeah, so.

1055
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:27,679
Speaker 7: I'm very okay if they like, have a good game tonight,

1056
00:51:28,159 --> 00:51:29,679
lose by ten, yeah, you know.

1057
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:31,039
Speaker 4: I'm with you.

1058
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,320
Speaker 6: It would also be cool, like it would be cool

1059
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,639
to see them beat Houston. But the points that you

1060
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:39,960
bring up are all very valid. So you're kind of weighing, like,

1061
00:51:40,639 --> 00:51:42,519
do you want to beat a team that you've never

1062
00:51:42,679 --> 00:51:45,480
beat before, who has always been like your final bos

1063
00:51:45,599 --> 00:51:49,400
since you've been in the Big twelve, or do you

1064
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,639
want to take the l so you can go home

1065
00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:54,000
and rest. And I think every player on that floor

1066
00:51:54,199 --> 00:51:56,400
tell you, no, no, no, we want to beat Houston,

1067
00:51:56,519 --> 00:52:01,119
which we agree with, but also like it what's best

1068
00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:02,360
for you in the long term.

1069
00:52:02,559 --> 00:52:03,079
Speaker 4: I don't know.

1070
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 6: The good news is though, I think we're we can

1071
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,320
safely say, like, win or lose, we're good because if

1072
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:10,880
you AU loses and they don't have to play any

1073
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:12,960
more games on this floor and they can rest, we're good.

1074
00:52:13,079 --> 00:52:16,480
If they beat Houston, what a massive confidence boost that is.

1075
00:52:16,679 --> 00:52:18,800
Speaker 4: We're also good. So like either way, it's kind of

1076
00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:20,800
a win win, What a day on Twitter, we're all.

1077
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:24,119
Speaker 5: Gonna have Ben No, no, see, I don't think so,

1078
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:27,559
because here's my thing. Right, Let's say they'd be Houston,

1079
00:52:27,599 --> 00:52:29,360
like Brett says, and I'm in the court with everybody.

1080
00:52:29,559 --> 00:52:31,800
Rest is what they need. I think this team needs

1081
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:33,880
to heal up. And if they bow out right now,

1082
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:35,480
it's like, Okay, Houston got you last year in the

1083
00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:38,800
semi's final when you were healthy. So it is the final, Boss,

1084
00:52:39,119 --> 00:52:41,000
but it would be magical. As I said in the opening,

1085
00:52:41,119 --> 00:52:43,719
you know, a statement of the show. But in the

1086
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:47,760
same breath, Ben Brett Andrew, if you beat Houston now

1087
00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:49,480
you're looking at it of like, well, you better go

1088
00:52:49,559 --> 00:52:53,079
get that rematch against DNP because now that's what everybody wants, right,

1089
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:55,679
It's gonna be the primetime game. The last game in

1090
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,519
the semi final is like if you're BYU don't know.

1091
00:52:58,679 --> 00:53:00,760
Speaker 4: I can see Darren Peterson's P people telling them, Hey,

1092
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:01,400
you might get.

1093
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:03,400
Speaker 5: That's fine, that's fine, But I'm talking about for BOU.

1094
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:04,880
I'm not talking about for DMP. I'm talking about for

1095
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:07,320
b U and BOU fans. You beat Houston now, to me,

1096
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,559
at least as a media member, I'm like, you better

1097
00:53:09,599 --> 00:53:11,119
go win the whole thing, because if you beat Houston,

1098
00:53:11,199 --> 00:53:13,440
your bout against Kansas, it's like, really, it's like you

1099
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:15,880
didn't move anything, move any needle. Because now, and this

1100
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,679
is why it sucks being on this part of the bracket.

1101
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,440
You beat Houston, okay, never beat them before. Then you

1102
00:53:20,519 --> 00:53:22,559
beat Kansas, got to get back. Now you're in the finals, like,

1103
00:53:22,599 --> 00:53:24,440
now you gotta go win the whole thing. But then

1104
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:27,519
it's bad because you're like, okay, well, what's the point

1105
00:53:27,559 --> 00:53:29,119
of winning it and moving up to a five? Like

1106
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,960
I think their best opportunity is to be a six

1107
00:53:33,039 --> 00:53:34,960
and player three. I don't know if they because I've

1108
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:36,880
been looking at the projections. I think they have a

1109
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:40,119
better opportunity even as a six in Greenville or even

1110
00:53:40,519 --> 00:53:42,880
in what is it going to Portland Ben and beating

1111
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:45,239
a three seed than being a five and having a player.

1112
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,480
There's some tough fours out there, like to have to

1113
00:53:47,519 --> 00:53:49,960
play maybe Texas text or Saint John's. I don't think

1114
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,079
you want to get matched up against one of these

1115
00:53:52,119 --> 00:53:54,599
potential four seeds. It's just it's too tough. And then

1116
00:53:54,639 --> 00:53:57,320
you play a one. I think byus better chance to

1117
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:59,639
get to the you know, sweet sixteen or if there

1118
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:01,960
was a part in the Lait eight is running through

1119
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:03,719
a two seed not through a one. But that's just

1120
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:04,639
my personal opinion.

1121
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