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Speaker 4: Welcome on into the Cougar Basketball pre game show, getting

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Speaker 6: Andrew Peterson here filling in for Ronald here Man Weaver.

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As always, it'll be a good one again. It's it's

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Speaker 5: So as always, Ronald.

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Speaker 6: Again. But Clemson game does fit in that category.

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Speaker 5: I don't put them there. I think they're a very

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Speaker 6: But that Clemson win is about the only win for

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is one of the great wins for this team. The

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other great teams b yu's played, they've played them close,

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and they've had chances, but they have yet to finish

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it off. That Yukon game, namely the number two team

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in the country right now, as we know, BYU was

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down big, they came back, made it a ballgame, had

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a chance to win at the end, rob Wright durribbled

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it off his foot and.

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Speaker 5: BYU fell in Boston.

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Speaker 6: Now Texas Tech BYU again had a big chance to

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Speaker 5: They're up by nine.

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Speaker 6: Late in the second half, and then Texas Tech rattled

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off a thirty two to six run over BYU before

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finishing off the Cougars, winning that game by thirteen. And

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then just last week, no excuse me, it was Monday

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struggling to put away Arizona State right now the top

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ranked Wildcats, and BYU battled in Provo on Monday. Again,

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game high lead for Arizona. BYU claude their way back

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into it again, had a shot to win it at

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the end, but unable to do so as rob Wright

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was swatted and Arizona closed that one out. So today's

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a really big opportunity for BYU to get the monkey

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off their back. BYU traveling to Alan Fieldhouse, one of

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atmosphere in college basketball, a big opportunity to get a

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Speaker 5: Jayhawks just one below BYU.

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Speaker 6: However, in the Ken Palm rankings, Kansas at fourteen, BYU

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at fifteen the net switches so BYU at fourteenth in

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that BYU currently averages eighty six point seven points a

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at fifteen point three, BYU at fifteen point two advantage Jayhawks,

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though again not by much. BYU with eight point four

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steals a game, Kansas with five point five. So Kansas

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Speaker 5: They'll turn BYU. Look look for BYU to have a

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Speaker 5: So as we go through all those statistics.

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says he's connecting right now. Both these teams are very

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evenly matched, and so the big difference to me is

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a game, Kansas averages ten point four. But as we

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significantly better at just over three more steels a game,

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be turnover margin. Now, the other big storyline of the day,

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obviously AJ Debounca Darren Peterson. AJ has been nothing short

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of amazing for BYU, and Darren Peterson is the same

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Speaker 5: He's a very very gifted basketball player, very.

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Speaker 6: Good and there's a legitimate reason why some have him

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listed as the number one pick over AJ. Now, obviously

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may be a little biased. I think AJ's the number

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one pick. I think AJ is a better prospect. He

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averages better in just about every category. Darren Peterson is

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at twenty one point six points a game. He's been

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very injury prone. Though very injury prone, He's only played

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in ten games so far, so this will be his

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eleventh game of the year. He averages four point six rebounds,

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one point nine assists a game, and one still, AJ

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averages six point seven rebounds, three point six assists, and

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one point three steals.

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Speaker 5: So again, AJ.

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a better player. And these two have gone at it.

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Speaker 5: Before in high school.

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Speaker 6: Last February, AJ and Darren Peterson played in a matchup

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that featured AJ going for forty nine and Darren went

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for fifty eight, And so these two have a history

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of going back and forth at each other. That game

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Darren Peterson hit a game winner to beat AJ's team

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in high school. And I'm curious if this game we

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Speaker 5: Go a little one on one.

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Speaker 6: Now, obviously they play very different positions, so they might

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necessarily they might not necessarily be matched up with each

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Speaker 5: But I wonder if if you might.

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six straight points and Darren Peterson takes it on himself

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to go answer that, and you have a little bit

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of a back and forth battle between the two players.

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Will these players get in their heads and start to

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go back and forth and almost just play ISO ball

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because with players of these this caliber, I think that's

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Speaker 5: I really do. I think it's a It's.

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up against each other, they want to go one on

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one and prove that they they're the better player, especially

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when there's draft picks on the line.

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Speaker 5: What pick are you going to be? Are you the

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number one pick? Now?

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Speaker 6: The other storyline I want to get to here as

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it's taking a little bit of time for the technology

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to work for Ron to connect here. Excuse me, Ron

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just barely got connected, so we'll just welcome him in as.

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Speaker 7: It really is.

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Speaker 2: If they lose this game, I really think you can

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of basketball left. But this team, this roster was assembled

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for an elite a for an opportunity to play in

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a final four a game. I said it's an elite

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eight team, not gonna really say it's a final four team.

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with the way it's looking, it has not been there.

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This has not been the first half team. The name

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of the game for this team is second half team.

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In college basketball, it's set pretty much on every single broadcast.

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The over under that Caleb Lions and myself set yesterday

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it was six and a half. Andrew don't know if

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you heard that. How many times they'll say, BA use

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the second half team. But they can't afford to get

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off to this whole start, not in a one thousand game.

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Baus two to zero against Kansas and entering the Big

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he overcame a fourteen point deficit. Now you would have

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to think if this team were to get down, this

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team is better assembled than the team of twenty twenty three.

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three play more together than this team currently, so that

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am worried about this game. I'm not worried about Robin

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on the team they don't? I feel like the issue

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why you were late. No, I was just I rewatched

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that get Kansas game from last year. That's what I

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the ball. Ben has set it a few times and

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that cover bou that explained that you can check all

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Speaker 7: But I do agree.

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Speaker 2: I sometimes feel that this is on the players, it's

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not on the coaches. The coaches have the game plan,

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the coaches are telling them they have them locked in,

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they have them thought I know they're going over this

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in practice. I feel that they need to lock in

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on I mean they need to lock in those with

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the basketball, AJ, Rob, Richie, don't force shots, find the

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open man. What I would love to see this game

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going early is I would love to see Richie and

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Kimba get going. I don't need to see AJ and

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Rob get going early. I don't they can. Robkin is

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so quick and it's so athletic. Andrew he can get

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in the paint when he wants to, how he wants to,

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and he can get to the basket pretty much all

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the time. He really can do that. And I really

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feel that Rob is dynamic and get to the bat.

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But yeah, he's height his size, but he's supposed to

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be at a draw and kick now.

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Speaker 7: Couldn't do that in the Arizona game.

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Speaker 2: Obviously the type King found out Brandon Burry's and Canard

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Davis Junior was lighting it up. He left him and

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he blitzed off the weak side. He made a tremendous block.

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Some will say some hand. Nonetheless, they let him play

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in Arizona scape provo with the victory.

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Speaker 7: I think it needs to be a little bit different.

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Speaker 2: If you get Richie going and you move the basketball

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and you're getting Richie to the basket is gonna cause

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Kansas to collapse. It's gonna cause Kansas to force to

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play one on one. Then if Knar is able to

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sprinkle in the three, then if Alexi coaches, if he

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comes in the game, if he's able to get one,

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that happens. If my highlight Bucketvich is able to get one,

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all of that entails Kansas playing man and man. The

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reason why Bo he struggles, the reason why he is

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getting doubled so much, or Rob is not working. No

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one else is contributing. The ball is not moving. Go

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look at the assist the last couple of games. You

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have to be able to move the basketball. We're not

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talking about an all time great performance. Well, Utah guy

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in foul troum, you could play one on one. We're

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talking about the league teams. I don't want to hear

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any more of the Utah's, the Oklahoma stays to TCUs.

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No one coming to me with that anymore. No BYU

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supposed to beat those teams. We're talking about BYU not

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beating Texas Tech unraveled in the last seven to nine minutes.

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was completely turned off, went cold, couldn't find a bucket.

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We're talking about losing against Arizona at home, Yukon. It

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was a neutral site in their backyard. That game came down.

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That's what we're talking about. Those are the teams you're

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gonna see in the Elleia eight potentially or maybe even

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so sixteen to get to an Elite eight. You saw

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Alabama and they had a record day shooting. But those

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are the type of rosters and teams you can see

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that they have one off performances like that and knock

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you out of the tournament. We are talking about BYU

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basketball playing against and beating these teams right now, so

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when they get to March, it's not just setting yourself

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up in the non con it's winning conference play.

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Speaker 7: And right now, this team doesn't have a Premier.

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Speaker 2: Crawl one win in all the road, not overall, but

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on the road, they don't. They beat Villanova, Okay, cool,

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Villanova's thirty three to the net. That's nice, But we're

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not talking about though, we're talking about top fifteen to

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twenty teams. You lost you on number eight team in

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the net, you lost a Texas Tech, the number seventeen

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team in the net, you lost to Arizona, number one team.

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Than that, you're number fourteenth, you're seventeen to three or

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overall five and two. And I know people like Ron

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you're nitpicking. Well that's that's you get the nitpick when

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the potential number one overall pick in the twenty twenty

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six NBA drafter is on your roster.

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Speaker 5: Well, well, also, Ron, I just want to jump in,

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no glad, jump in.

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Speaker 6: Absolutely, you got a nitpick when you're talking about it.

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When your aspirations and AJ said, this is to get

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to a final four.

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Speaker 2: Or bus he said national championship a bus he said that.

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Speaker 6: And and so if you're gonna get there, the margin

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for error is thinner than ever in BYU basketball.

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Speaker 5: You have to be able to beat these teams.

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Speaker 7: Yep.

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Speaker 6: And I talked about it a little bit before you

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went on air that BYU, as you're saying, has not

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done it. They haven't there one they're one time they

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did it was Clemson, who's ranked twenty two right now

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in the AP poll.

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Speaker 7: Yep.

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Speaker 2: And they are even the top thirty two minute at

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And that's okay. And it's like that one's like borderline,

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like that's the only again that was neutral and granted

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you came back from that, but you got to look,

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we gotta go to break my joint. La Ap was

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holding down for you guys. He was giving you, guys

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all the game notes and the storylines coming out. We'll

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give our score predictions in the last segment, but coming

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to next. Had a great interview yesterday with Sean Kellerman.

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He's a radio host for pre and post game for

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KU men's basketball. Look, this guy's very knowledgeable. He breaks

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it down very well. You're not gonna want to miss that.

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Some people did. We're gonna replay that coming up next.

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We're just gonna get right into it. It's from yesterday's show,

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so you'll hear the sponsor and everything. Actually, you know,

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we'll bring it back and I'll have Andrew cut it up.

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We'll bring it back and then we'll pitch it to

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you guys.

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Speaker 7: Will go there.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to the Cougar Basketball pre game show on

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one of three nine ninety eight three.

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and showing out.

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Speaker 7: We're gonna get into My interview with Sean juse M

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into it. My interview yesterday was Sean Kellerman in preparation

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for this Top fifteen matchup.

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Speaker 2: Now, welcome back to Cougar Sports here on one O three,

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nine ninety eight three ESPN. The Fan, Ronald, the Three

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show that showed up and show out. Gonna close out

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the show with hoops talk. Gotta talk about a big

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time matchup, Top twenty five, Top fifteen matchup tomorrow.

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Speaker 7: B YU traveling.

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Speaker 2: I believe right now as we speak to Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas,

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to be exact, they'll probably fly into obviously you know, Missouri,

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I think, or somewhere over there in Kansas and Missouri, Kansas,

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you know, or whatever it is. I don't know, and

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then go to Lawrence, unless that's another airport.

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Speaker 7: I might not know. There's a guy on the line

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who I'll welcome in momentarily. He might know.

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Speaker 2: There might be another airport closer, but nonetheless that's where

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the game will be played. Fag Allen field House. If

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you thought the Marriott Center is a good atmosphere, which

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one off Kansas and Conference play going there. Can they

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do it again this time? I think it's gonna be

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even tougher. I think it's gonna be even louder. I

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looked online at Twitter fans are already camping out. Students

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were let in, Look, this is gonna be loud, rambunctious.

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But look that's what aj Demonsi said in one of

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his his mediavailabilities in the post game after Utah. He

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came to the Big twelve to not duck any smoke.

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He came to play in these big time environments. What

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hotline and welcome in our wonderful guest to close out

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the show with us is gonna be a great segment.

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He is the radio co host of the pre and

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post game for Kansas Basketball. We have Sean Kellerman on

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the line. Sean, how are you going today?

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Speaker 8: What's up? Ron doing great?

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Speaker 3: Man?

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Speaker 8: How are you?

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Speaker 7: Hey?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great. I have to ask this first one.

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Get out the way. Kind of a funny one, you know.

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I saw Kellerman the last name. I'm like, is there

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any relation to you know, Max Kellerman? I have to

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get it out of the way. You probably have gotten

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at your whole life.

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Speaker 8: I've gotten it. Yeah, ever since Max got big on

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ESPN and all of his escapades. No, no relate at all.

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I thought it was so interesting when I first saw

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him because I come from a big family. But I

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actually don't see a lot of Kellerman, so no relations

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So I guess I got to home my own road here.

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Speaker 2: Hey, you're holding a down, no doubt about it. Us.

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Speaker 7: Sean.

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Speaker 2: Just give us a little bit of background. What you do,

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where you do it at. I think this is the

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first time we had you on the program.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, man, So, like you said, I am the host

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of the pre and postgame show for the Jayhawk Radio Network.

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I'm in my eighth year doing that. Also do postgame

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on the network for KU football. We do the Crimson

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a Blue Show and the Jayhawk Locker Room Show once

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pre one's post and basically are on thirty plus stations

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across the state of Kansas and of course online as well,

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so we're the place to go for all the pre

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game postgame coverage and we go on essentially before the

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game broadcast and come on again after and then I

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also host a sports talk show during the week called

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Rock Chalk Sports at Kansas Nation. Kansas Nation is a

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studio that we have downtown Massachusetts Street in Lawrence. That's

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kind of the big downtown place to be in Lawrence

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is Massachusetts Street. So got a nice studio down there,

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and yeah, host our show for Kansas Nation. But yeah, separately,

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Game Day covers Jayhawk Radio Network and it's been a blast.

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Speaker 2: Man, you got a lot of hats that you wear

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and you do a phenomenal job. I was obviously when

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I when I talked to you this morning about what

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I was like, this dude is phenomenals, Like how have

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we missed having them on, especially with that last name Kellerman,

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no doubt before I know this is a basketball segment,

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but I do need to ask you. I guess about

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football too, because white football runs the ship at every

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you know program unless it's Arizona football drives the ship.

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The basketball drive the ship there. Excuse me, but just

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thoughts on you know, lands light Pole. The Kansas Jayhawks

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by US zero and two against the men in football,

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Batuno and basketball. So far Jayalen Daniels leaves the program,

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but you pick up a nice pickup and Dylan Edwards

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in the offseason.

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Speaker 7: I like his game from Kansas State.

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Speaker 2: What do you what do you feel like, uh Kansas

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takes in football going into the off season?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: Straight?

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00:25:00,279 --> 00:25:00,440
Speaker 2: Is that?

477
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 8: First off? The two to zero BYU is against Kansas

478
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,319
and basketball and oh and two in football? You wouldn't

479
00:25:05,319 --> 00:25:08,359
have you wouldn't have guessed that right since never BYU

480
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,000
joined the conference. So yeah, that's kind of how it's gone.

481
00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:13,519
But you know, the last two seasons of KU football

482
00:25:13,559 --> 00:25:16,039
have been have been disappointing. I would say it's fair

483
00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:19,799
to say that five and seven both years and disappointing

484
00:25:19,799 --> 00:25:22,319
because I mean, you know, everybody knows where Kansas football was.

485
00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:25,359
From about two thousand and eight until twenty twenty. We

486
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,680
had season where we didn't win any games, and it

487
00:25:27,759 --> 00:25:29,880
was it was down in the dumps. You hired Lighthole

488
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,160
than twenty twenty one, and then he really brought the

489
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,119
program up from the dead. I mean, it was the

490
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,400
bottom program in terms of power conferences, and you won

491
00:25:38,839 --> 00:25:41,200
six games, went to the Liberty Bowl in twenty two,

492
00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:44,880
you won nine games, You won the rate Bawl at

493
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,400
Chase Field in twenty three, and then you had Jaylen

494
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,319
Daniels coming back for twenty four and you were thinking,

495
00:25:50,319 --> 00:25:51,599
all right, this is the last year JD.

496
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 7: And he was.

497
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,480
Speaker 8: Rusty the first half, didn't play well the second half.

498
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,480
So then he got another year of him in twenty

499
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,359
five and he was great the first half and then

500
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,119
didn't play well the second half. So he had like

501
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,400
a thirteen game stretch where he was as good as

502
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,400
any quarterback in KU history. But it was across two

503
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,839
seasons and Kansas, you know, just didn't get consistent play.

504
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,160
You pair that with losing so many close games, blowing

505
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,519
so many fourth quarter leads, and it led to back

506
00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:20,400
to back five and seven seasons. But this upcoming season,

507
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,799
like you said, it'll be the first time since Leifhold

508
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,359
got here that there's a quarterback battle. Isaiah Marshall I

509
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,880
think is going to eventually win that. He is a

510
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,880
guy who's going to be third year in the program,

511
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,119
a dual threat, kind of can do a little bit

512
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,599
of everything, but he'll be a little raw still with

513
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,359
not having as much game talent. And you mentioned Edwards.

514
00:26:38,519 --> 00:26:40,319
I mean, he came over from k State and they

515
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,839
hate us, so that was kind of funny for us.

516
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,759
He's the type of scatback that we needed. The big

517
00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:50,000
story for Kansas football heading into this upcoming season, Ron

518
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,799
is we're bringing back our offensive coordinator from those two

519
00:26:53,839 --> 00:26:57,039
bowl seasons that I mentioned, Andy Kolmicky is coming back

520
00:26:57,039 --> 00:26:59,799
as the associate head coach. He spent the last two

521
00:26:59,799 --> 00:27:03,359
seas as Penn State's offensive coordinator. So we're keeping our

522
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,920
offensive coordinator, but we're bringing Cotl Nikki back as the

523
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,880
associate head coach, and I think having the dual threat

524
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,440
QB that I think again Marshall will win that job.

525
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,039
With Edwards who comes over from k State and some

526
00:27:14,079 --> 00:27:17,240
other nice pieces, there's reason for hope for sure. And

527
00:27:17,519 --> 00:27:19,480
we got a new stadium that's going to be finalized

528
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,200
at the end of twenty twenty six. I think there's

529
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,240
a decent amount of pressure to win this upcoming season.

530
00:27:24,519 --> 00:27:26,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like what the jay Awks have. I love

531
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,000
Lance light Pole, what he brings and he he runs

532
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,319
his program. It's been fun to watch Jalen Daniels, Andy

533
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,759
col and Nicky. Like you said, I'm excited to see

534
00:27:34,759 --> 00:27:37,680
what he does. And look, I know Kansas State hates you,

535
00:27:37,759 --> 00:27:41,240
but look things that went wrong and that's how it goes.

536
00:27:41,279 --> 00:27:44,359
We all know all about eight over here. It would

537
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,000
b YU and Utah, so I trust me. I know

538
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,039
about those in state Robberie games for sure. I'm excited

539
00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:49,559
for that new stadium as well. So this is going

540
00:27:49,599 --> 00:27:50,559
to be a fun time.

541
00:27:50,599 --> 00:27:50,839
Speaker 7: Bay.

542
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 2: You will travel to Lawrence in November. I don't like

543
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,079
that that matchup's late. I won't lie to you, Sean.

544
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,839
That might be the one that could help bo you

545
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,480
out of the big tol Chip. We'll see, because yeah,

546
00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:03,240
it's hard to win in Kansas. It's hard to win

547
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:04,279
in Kansas, man.

548
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 8: Yeah it is. It is no doubt about it. And yeah,

549
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,240
we're actually going we got a London game the first

550
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,880
game ever played at Wembley Stadium September nineteenth, KU, Arizona State.

551
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,839
We're kind of forfeiting a home game for that, which

552
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,319
is going to make it four home games and or

553
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,559
five home games, whatever it is, forfeiting one to go

554
00:28:23,799 --> 00:28:26,279
play the first ever game against Arizona State because the

555
00:28:26,319 --> 00:28:28,559
stadium is gonna be half under construction and it's a

556
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,079
quasi rebuilding year. They say, But but that'll be a

557
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:32,119
good experience for the guys.

558
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 2: It will be that's you can't be taking those international trips,

559
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,119
especially as a team, got to enjoy those. Well, let's

560
00:28:38,119 --> 00:28:40,720
get to what everybody wants to hear. The premier matchup,

561
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,279
the projected number one, number two pick going at it

562
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,680
number thirteen BYU number fourteen Kansas tomorrow. Just your overall

563
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,799
thoughts on this game. It was announced earlier yesterday. I

564
00:28:50,839 --> 00:28:53,920
believe Darren Peterson will play. Bill self confirmed that. I'm

565
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,359
excited for that. I didn't there was no doubt in

566
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,559
my mind or I don't think yours anybody else that

567
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,000
Darren would miss this matchup at all.

568
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,039
Speaker 8: Oh absolutely, I mean, you know, I think he could

569
00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:07,359
have played at k State when KU won there on Saturday,

570
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,839
but I thought it was interesting and maybe a semi

571
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,200
flex to case State postgame when coach said, oh yeah,

572
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:17,440
he'll plays as we didn't need him today necessarily, but

573
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,640
he's gonna want to play. I mean, it's just there

574
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,920
have been games that Darren's missed, and you know, there's

575
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,359
a lot that's gone into that, and it's been tough

576
00:29:24,359 --> 00:29:26,920
for KU fans honestly. I mean, you know how fan

577
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,960
bases get. I mean people say, oh, you collecting the

578
00:29:31,039 --> 00:29:35,000
nil check and all that. He legitimately has had leg issues,

579
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:37,519
whether it was a hamstring or cramping and that sort

580
00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:41,240
of thing, and it just hasn't been a one hund situation.

581
00:29:41,359 --> 00:29:43,319
And I think you know, a couple of weeks ago,

582
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,119
he was getting close to one hundred percent and then

583
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,279
rolled his ankle at Colorado. Did finish that game, but

584
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,599
you knew with the fact that Kansas bye week coming,

585
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,119
you know, happened to be in between k State and BYU,

586
00:29:56,119 --> 00:29:58,319
It's like, okay, only one game in the next ten days.

587
00:29:58,559 --> 00:30:00,680
Let's see if we can rest up DP and see

588
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,599
if he can go. So I'm not saying he's going

589
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,759
to be one hundred percent, but I think he'll be

590
00:30:05,079 --> 00:30:06,920
as close to it as he's been. We haven't heard

591
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,920
much from the leg side of things. I assume that's

592
00:30:11,039 --> 00:30:13,319
subsided the past month or so, so that's been big.

593
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:14,599
Speaker 2: I'll say this.

594
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,039
Speaker 8: Regarding ka You. You know, with Peterson being in out

595
00:30:19,039 --> 00:30:23,160
of the lineup, it's been pretty choppy for Kansas until

596
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,640
the Iowa State game. K you lost to West Virginia.

597
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,720
They were sitting at eleven and five, one and two

598
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,720
in Big twelve play. You lose to West Virginia, who

599
00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:32,039
you know, at that time, you're thinking it was a

600
00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:33,759
bottom feeder. All of a sudden, you look and they're

601
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:36,400
five and three, but you lose to West Virginia and

602
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,039
you're like, man, this is not right. We're falling out

603
00:30:38,079 --> 00:30:39,759
of the rankings. And now we got number two Iowa

604
00:30:39,839 --> 00:30:42,839
State coming in. I don't know what changed, but Iowa

605
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,240
State came in and Kay, you just put it on them.

606
00:30:45,559 --> 00:30:48,440
And it was the first time with DP out there

607
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:53,039
that k You really was showing aggressiveness from all spots.

608
00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:56,240
With Peterson in and out of the lineup, there had

609
00:30:56,279 --> 00:30:59,720
been times where Kansas looked better without him because the

610
00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:02,559
guy had just so many more reps without him, and

611
00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:04,200
then when he came back it was a lot of

612
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,880
ball watching kind of stagnant because it was a lot

613
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,759
of all, right, let's just stand in the corner and

614
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:12,319
watch DP go to work. Something clicked to where the

615
00:31:12,359 --> 00:31:16,000
guys started being aggressive when VP was out there and

616
00:31:16,119 --> 00:31:19,160
DP was aggressive, and all of a sudden, the guys

617
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,720
were kind of jelling. And now we saw, even though

618
00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:26,240
DP didn't play against k State, it looked like a

619
00:31:26,319 --> 00:31:29,400
team that's kind of found its rhythm. So K's rolled

620
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,519
off four straight after the Io State game. It hasn't

621
00:31:32,559 --> 00:31:34,640
been the most difficult stretch, but they needed to win

622
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,880
those four games to kind of get back in the conversation.

623
00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:40,000
And again, most importantly is it seems like the guys

624
00:31:40,039 --> 00:31:42,799
are gelling more whether Peterson is out there or not,

625
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,240
which was a really big story around here while he

626
00:31:45,359 --> 00:31:47,319
was in and out during most of the non con.

627
00:31:47,559 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 2: Look, those four games are valuable. You beat a top

628
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:51,559
ten opponent at home. I know it was on the

629
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,119
road for them, but that's difficult. You beat him by twenty,

630
00:31:54,319 --> 00:31:56,559
then you have to play Baylor, a top quad one team.

631
00:31:56,599 --> 00:31:58,000
You beat them, then you got to go on the road.

632
00:31:58,119 --> 00:31:59,400
We know how difficult it is to win in the

633
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,519
Big twelve you get a Colorado team and then you

634
00:32:01,599 --> 00:32:03,920
get a Kansas State team. Both of those places aren't

635
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,160
easy to play. So I mean, I look at that schedule,

636
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,680
people could say not formidable, but to me, that's that's

637
00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:11,000
tough regardless. But that leads me to my next question.

638
00:32:11,599 --> 00:32:14,440
This team Elite eight team, you know, where do you

639
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,160
see the ceiling? Obviously you need a player like Darren

640
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,720
Petison to compete for a national championship, but you just

641
00:32:19,759 --> 00:32:21,480
mentioned it. At times when he's not in the gamer

642
00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:23,759
on the floor, they look better at times.

643
00:32:24,319 --> 00:32:27,279
Speaker 8: Yeah, they have, And I think that that's going to

644
00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:30,599
eventually not be true because I think assuming DP is

645
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,200
going to be healthy. You know people, I mean people

646
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,640
around here again, like I said, you know how fans get.

647
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,839
I mean they get salty and they get tried full

648
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,559
about their program and you know, oh, you know, they

649
00:32:41,599 --> 00:32:45,599
want him to be tiring enough about Kansas to play

650
00:32:45,599 --> 00:32:47,839
out there no matter he does. It's not that, it's

651
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,359
just you know, everything's better when you're winning, and everything's

652
00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:53,240
worse when you're losing, and so if you're losing, all

653
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,839
of a sudden, it feels like the wheels are falling off.

654
00:32:56,039 --> 00:32:57,680
This guy doesn't want to play here. Do the guys

655
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,599
even like each other? There hasn't been any of that.

656
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,759
But I think with a healthy Peterson out there, I

657
00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:05,519
think Kansas could get to the Final four. And I

658
00:33:05,559 --> 00:33:09,160
know that's saying a lot, but what's changed compared to

659
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,079
the last couple of years which have been I can't

660
00:33:12,079 --> 00:33:16,400
even overstay this incredibly disappointing from a kau basketball standpoint.

661
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,880
You're a four seed and a seven seed. Kansas had

662
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,920
never been lower than a four before getting a seven

663
00:33:21,359 --> 00:33:24,519
last year, so people were hungry for a roster turnover.

664
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,720
The difference is they've gotten these other guys in who

665
00:33:28,119 --> 00:33:31,079
they've hit on in the transfer portal, primarily Melvin Council

666
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,880
and Trey White. Melvin Council is the heartbeat of this team.

667
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,799
I mean, he's unbelievably fast. He plays, you know, with

668
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,279
that dog type energy that you'll see a lot. And

669
00:33:42,319 --> 00:33:45,200
then Trey White, he's having the best year of his career.

670
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,279
I mean he's shooting upwards a forty percent from three.

671
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,359
He's only six six probably, but he's got five double

672
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,720
doubles and he's not afraid to be in there with

673
00:33:53,759 --> 00:33:55,640
the trees. It seems like every other game he's got

674
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,680
a bloody nose in there, and they're just kind of

675
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,920
embracing the Kansas culture and the tough that coach self

676
00:34:01,559 --> 00:34:04,440
has always wanted and has always had so much success for.

677
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,119
So I do think Final four could be a ceiling

678
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,079
for this team. A lot has to come together, and

679
00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:13,639
I honestly think, even though we don't like talking until

680
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,320
it gets closer to March about seating, my big thing

681
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,920
is you got to get up to that three line

682
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,719
if you can, because Kansas is being on the four

683
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,320
to five. I mean, you know how the tournament is.

684
00:34:22,559 --> 00:34:24,840
You're to four to five. I mean your first game

685
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,480
is hard, and then your second game is against a

686
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,320
four or five, and then your next games against the one.

687
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 1: Like.

688
00:34:28,519 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 8: You don't want that, so you want to try to

689
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,840
get up to the two three line. And as hard

690
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,559
as Kansas schedule is moving forward and a lot of

691
00:34:35,559 --> 00:34:38,320
big twelve teams, it also is an opportunity to do

692
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:39,840
that and continue to build your resume.

693
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 2: So we'll see.

694
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,199
Speaker 8: But if everybody's able to stay healthy, I love what

695
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:44,719
I've seen in the last couple of weeks in terms

696
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:45,400
of a ceiling.

697
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, we mentioned obviously the schedule and everything let's go

698
00:34:49,519 --> 00:34:51,360
back a little bit at i Always State game. He said,

699
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,440
Trey white Man, was he special in that game? Nineteen points,

700
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,480
those ten rebounds, like you said, one of those double

701
00:34:56,559 --> 00:35:00,440
doubles leading obviously Kansas in that game. And look that

702
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,559
dude gets ht He's scary. I was watching him a shoot.

703
00:35:02,559 --> 00:35:04,559
I was like, if look you go back to Iowa

704
00:35:04,559 --> 00:35:06,639
State last year, when you think of the guys that

705
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,639
they had, I'm forgetting the guy that was lighting it

706
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,960
up from from thee. Yeah, Curtis Jones, Yeah exactly, you

707
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,840
just took it. He reminds me of that. Like when

708
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,880
he gets going, he's a problem. And like Frank Freschilda says,

709
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,280
you better stop him because if you don't, he's gonna

710
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,880
punish you a lot. And and look it's not just

711
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,559
offensively like you mentioned, he will go in there and

712
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,599
being a guy of six five six six bang down

713
00:35:26,639 --> 00:35:30,039
on and grab boards, which look this big the Big

714
00:35:30,039 --> 00:35:33,039
twelve Conference is so talented. From your standpoint, what do

715
00:35:33,079 --> 00:35:34,960
you observe because you just said schedule right, you're gonna

716
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:36,920
play BYU. Do you go on the road to play

717
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,800
number eleven Texas Tech and then you know the schedule?

718
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,079
The rest of all, you got Iowa State again, Houston

719
00:35:41,159 --> 00:35:43,719
at home, you go on the road to number one Arizona.

720
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,840
Is this this conference is elite from top to bottom.

721
00:35:47,519 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 8: Oh, it's brutal. And I know Arizona's got a tough

722
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,000
schedule this stretch too. They gotta play you guys twice.

723
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,840
They gotta play us twice. And uh, it's nice being

724
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,039
a good program like KU and by you have because

725
00:35:58,039 --> 00:36:00,199
then you can you can have that mindset of yeah,

726
00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:01,360
we had to play these teams, but they got to

727
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,079
play us, right. But that's the situation this next month,

728
00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:07,119
and that's why those last four games that we talked

729
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:08,960
about were so important for K. You just kind of

730
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,880
getting back to where they need to be at five

731
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,280
and two, a respectable conference record at this point. But yeah,

732
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,800
it's kind of the one game at a time mentality

733
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,840
and knowing that it's not going to be fun when

734
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,320
Arizona comes to town or when Houston comes to town,

735
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,920
and Lubbock's become one of the tougher places to play

736
00:36:26,119 --> 00:36:27,920
in the conference, and that'll be a quick turnaround for

737
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,239
KU also. But you know, one other thing I want

738
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,880
to point out about the roster. You mentioned White and

739
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,320
he really has been a dog. And these guys in

740
00:36:36,079 --> 00:36:38,719
the portal, because you look Kansas the last couple of years,

741
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,639
I mean, they missed on aj Store that didn't work out,

742
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,679
Ryley Griffin didn't work out, Nick Kimberlake the year before

743
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,000
that didn't work out. They've had some misses. But Counsel

744
00:36:47,079 --> 00:36:49,920
and White, those are the guys who have really, like

745
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,440
I said, embraced the culture. And the other thing that

746
00:36:52,559 --> 00:36:56,159
makes Kansas ceiling getting to the Final four, in my opinion,

747
00:36:56,679 --> 00:37:00,400
is Flori Bidunga, who's a guy who remember remember he

748
00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:04,000
went into the transfer portal briefly and Kau essentially had

749
00:37:04,199 --> 00:37:07,800
to get him back. He's a sophomore. The whole chatter

750
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,159
around here in the offseason, Ron was the one two

751
00:37:11,199 --> 00:37:14,400
punch of Darren Peterson and Floyd Badunga and Prow. The

752
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,519
non kink kind of went on, and Kansas did have

753
00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:19,119
some great moments and won all three games in Vegas.

754
00:37:19,159 --> 00:37:21,480
The players there and all that. The non kink kind

755
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,480
of went on, as you had the DP saga where

756
00:37:23,519 --> 00:37:26,199
he was in and out of the lineup, and Flori

757
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,360
was okay, had some good moments, but it was a

758
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,119
lot of Melvin council Trey White grinding out these wins

759
00:37:32,199 --> 00:37:35,000
and a lot of good things in that. But the

760
00:37:35,039 --> 00:37:37,519
last couple of weeks you've still had counsel in White.

761
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,480
But then you've got DP, who's just an incredibly special talent,

762
00:37:42,039 --> 00:37:45,320
and we've seen that at times, and then all of

763
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,519
a sudden, Flory's coming about. He had twenty one to

764
00:37:47,639 --> 00:37:50,320
ten against k State. He doesn't have the whitest body,

765
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,440
but he's very bouncy and he's a great rim protector.

766
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,960
Now this stat isn't taking into account Wilts because it

767
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,039
goes back to seventy four to seventy five, but Flory

768
00:37:59,159 --> 00:38:01,320
was the quickest to a hunt Blocks and KU history

769
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,360
since that was supported. And he also has shown the

770
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,239
ability the last couple games to guard one through five.

771
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,199
I mean PJ. Haggerty couldn't get by him Case State.

772
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,960
I mean he had that kind of ability to keep

773
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,320
PJ down and not allow him anything easy. And then

774
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,239
when they do shoot, he's able to protect the rims.

775
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,960
So that's gonna be big, I think, especially tomorrow against Buyu,

776
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,559
because you guys got a lot of dudes, and certainly

777
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,519
Rob Wright was our absolute nightmare in Waco last year.

778
00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:30,800
Oh they remember second half. Yeah, I'm sure, I'm sure

779
00:38:31,039 --> 00:38:33,199
and we remember too. We had had a lot of

780
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,039
games that we want to forget in recent years. But

781
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,920
he was a nightmare. But again, you know, we're gonna

782
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,039
switch a lot. We have the guys. I'm hoping for

783
00:38:42,079 --> 00:38:44,239
a big game from Bryce and Tiller because he's he's

784
00:38:44,679 --> 00:38:48,360
really talented, raw freshman that'll start at the four, but

785
00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:50,800
you know, not quite as quick twitch as some of

786
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,239
those other guys. But the ability to switch four or

787
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,559
five is big. And Flory the Dune gets a big

788
00:38:55,559 --> 00:38:56,679
reason why Kansas can do that.

789
00:38:57,119 --> 00:38:59,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, you look at Floria obviously, the sixteen, two hundred

790
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,960
and thirty five pound. Look, their big Bay is gonna

791
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,719
go big. Is gonna be a great matchup? Is that

792
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,199
the guy to guard Aj? Look, I know everybody's gonna

793
00:39:07,199 --> 00:39:08,760
be like, all right, AJ and Darren go out of

794
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,360
which they guarded each other in high school. The last

795
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,559
time they matched up, I think Darren dropped fifty eight,

796
00:39:12,599 --> 00:39:14,239
the buzzer beater in ajad forty nine.

797
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,559
Speaker 7: That's not happening tomorrow.

798
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,519
Speaker 2: I don't think guys are gonna go one on one,

799
00:39:17,519 --> 00:39:19,239
and if you do, I think you're gonna lose the game.

800
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,159
I don't think you can buy into the NBA narrative

801
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:22,679
of let them go out of you have to play

802
00:39:22,679 --> 00:39:24,880
team basketball. But it is Floria that guy to to

803
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,800
take Aj, you know, to start the game, just with

804
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,719
how athletic he is in that size and like you said,

805
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,719
coming off with twenty one ten performance.

806
00:39:33,199 --> 00:39:36,280
Speaker 8: My gut would say yes. But I'm worried about all

807
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:40,320
your guys because because Caba Keda.

808
00:39:40,039 --> 00:39:40,760
Speaker 5: Is a load.

809
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 8: I mean, he kind of reminds me around these parts

810
00:39:43,039 --> 00:39:44,960
of kJ Adams, who I know, you guys respond, but

811
00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:47,760
Caba is even bigger, a better imp protector, and even

812
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,599
stronger than kJ, who is just a freak athlete in

813
00:39:50,639 --> 00:39:53,719
his own right. But I could see just from a

814
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:58,519
quickness standpoint, Flory being matched up initially with AJ, and

815
00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:02,719
then BT, who usually plays the four, would be matched

816
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,400
up with with Cada, and again, I'm tiller potentially getting

817
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,000
in foul trouble would be a concern because we don't

818
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,079
go we don't go deeper. I mean, Trey White kind

819
00:40:11,119 --> 00:40:13,519
of plays the four at times and he's, like I said,

820
00:40:13,559 --> 00:40:16,800
only six six, So that's gonna be a big is

821
00:40:17,159 --> 00:40:20,400
a big deal? Is can Kansas too? Big stay out

822
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,599
of foul trouble and uh, and they do have the

823
00:40:22,639 --> 00:40:24,880
ability to switch, like obviously if if AG's got the

824
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,159
ball and Kansas is switching, you know, Council is a

825
00:40:27,159 --> 00:40:30,480
really good defender. And then DP obviously hasn't links as well.

826
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,599
But yeah, I mean, I'm it's not just the big

827
00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:36,880
three that you look at that that's Scario with a

828
00:40:37,039 --> 00:40:40,320
J and and Saunders and right it's Jones hit five

829
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:44,960
threes or Davis rather hit five threes. And then you

830
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,199
know Cada I already mentioned is averaging nearly two blocks

831
00:40:47,199 --> 00:40:50,119
a game. But but Saunders has given me some nightmares too,

832
00:40:50,199 --> 00:40:52,920
so I'm interested to see if Kansas can can keep

833
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,159
him off the line. The other thing that that you know,

834
00:40:55,199 --> 00:40:57,079
as you know, is a rarity is is b why

835
00:40:57,159 --> 00:40:59,719
used beating Kansas the last two years? And in our

836
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:04,079
true our beautiful trip to Provo and Salt Lake City

837
00:41:04,159 --> 00:41:08,039
last year was about as rock bottom as this program

838
00:41:08,079 --> 00:41:10,599
has been since Coach celt has been here, not just

839
00:41:10,599 --> 00:41:12,519
because you guys got us by thirty four, but then

840
00:41:12,559 --> 00:41:15,880
we went to Utah and lost. Yeah, and you can

841
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:20,519
imagine how people here are feeling about Kansas basketball listening

842
00:41:20,559 --> 00:41:22,719
to Utah. I mean, I don't want to be disrespectful,

843
00:41:23,199 --> 00:41:27,320
but what are we doing, guys? So it was definitely

844
00:41:28,119 --> 00:41:30,960
a trying trip that I know. There were some interesting

845
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,320
locker rooms after that, and k you never could quite

846
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,840
figure it out. But yeah, I think there may be

847
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,719
a little bit of a revenge factor. But at the

848
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,679
end of the day, it'll be all that in the

849
00:41:40,679 --> 00:41:42,440
pomp and circumstances of game day. It'll be one in

850
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,679
between the lines, and it should be an awesome game.

851
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,760
Speaker 2: It should be, like I said, students already camping. I

852
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,840
was going to be loud, raucous. I mean, that's the

853
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,840
environments you want to play. And if you're Darren Peterson,

854
00:41:52,519 --> 00:41:54,000
you got the home crowd this time. But going on

855
00:41:54,079 --> 00:41:56,199
the road in AJ as well as definitely gonna be

856
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,920
a game, no doubt. Yeah that I had never seen

857
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,039
Bill self and A I mean you probably saw it.

858
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,719
He cost two timeouts in the first like six minutes,

859
00:42:04,119 --> 00:42:07,119
and he after the second one, he put his hands

860
00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:08,960
behind his head and lean back and said, Yep, it's

861
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:09,280
gonna be.

862
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:10,760
Speaker 7: I'm like, is he admitting defeat this.

863
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,679
Speaker 2: Or and it was it was. It was defeated in

864
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,719
the first like five minutes a so wow. I don't

865
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,039
think I've ever seen a college basketball game where the

866
00:42:18,079 --> 00:42:21,039
players and the coaches feel feel that pressure and like

867
00:42:21,079 --> 00:42:23,639
it's it's over. Like it was over in the first

868
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:24,679
five minutes of the game.

869
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,599
Speaker 8: We actually had a on the Jayhawk radio network. We

870
00:42:28,639 --> 00:42:31,039
had a coach who's no longer on staff come on

871
00:42:31,199 --> 00:42:33,559
and he didn't say this on air, but he had

872
00:42:33,599 --> 00:42:37,280
told one of my coworkers basically that we were going

873
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,920
to know in the first five minutes if it was

874
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,239
going to be a blowout or if or if we

875
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,199
were going to be able to hang and we did

876
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,440
right away no, that it was not gonna go Ky's way.

877
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:50,239
But you know, KU, last year, like I said, they

878
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,239
were the seven. They've never been lower than a four

879
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,480
before that since coach has been here. But they didn't

880
00:42:55,519 --> 00:42:57,679
have the ceiling, which is silly because the last two

881
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,920
years KU was preseason number one. But you look at

882
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,199
the roster and it's like, well, why you know, like

883
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:06,719
Hunter Dickinson obviously was was a good player in terms

884
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:08,840
of points and rebounds, but he was kind of slower.

885
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,000
And Dwan Harris was a nice floor general point guard,

886
00:43:12,119 --> 00:43:16,239
but he wasn't like these ridiculously talented guys that we're

887
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:19,400
seeing in college basketball right now. And and k you,

888
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:21,800
like I said, missed on some of those portal guys

889
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,199
just didn't work out either. But yeah, it was a

890
00:43:24,559 --> 00:43:27,800
it was a rough three day stretch to Utah for

891
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,960
kau and and honestly, last year what did it for KU?

892
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,159
They had a late January game at home against Houston.

893
00:43:33,199 --> 00:43:36,239
I don't know if you remember, I yeah, I mean

894
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:40,000
Kansas had a six point lead and regulation down the

895
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,360
stretch blew it. Overtime happened, then he got a six

896
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,719
point lead and you're shooting free throws a few seconds

897
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,679
to go and you blow that somehow, And it's just

898
00:43:50,159 --> 00:43:52,039
I think that was something they never recovered from. But

899
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:55,400
vibes are much better around here this year because you

900
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,800
do have the guys who have kind of embraced the

901
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,639
culture and and uh, you know they're they're hoping to

902
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:02,800
hoping to grind through this thing here.

903
00:44:02,679 --> 00:44:05,199
Speaker 2: With Sean Kellumer radio co host for the pregame and

904
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:08,000
postgame with Kansas basketball so on Jayhawk Radio, does a

905
00:44:08,039 --> 00:44:09,519
lot of other things. You gotta check them out, you

906
00:44:09,519 --> 00:44:12,039
gotta follow them on extra Twitters or whatever. The kids

907
00:44:12,039 --> 00:44:14,239
in the adult call it these days. I'll get you

908
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,320
out of here on this sean and appreciate your time.

909
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:17,760
I wish we could go longer, but we have to

910
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:19,599
end the show. We're gonna have to bring you back

911
00:44:19,679 --> 00:44:22,519
later in the season when BYU football definitely comes along.

912
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,400
How do you see this one playing out? BYU has

913
00:44:25,559 --> 00:44:27,559
yet to get a quad one win on the road.

914
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:29,280
I know Ag and Rob are coming off a nine

915
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,639
and forty performance, but to go to beat Kansas three

916
00:44:32,679 --> 00:44:34,960
times in a row, to go back to back trips,

917
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,400
to fall to Lawrence Kansas, to winning fog allen Field OUs,

918
00:44:37,639 --> 00:44:39,800
I feel like that's a tough ass to have a

919
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,360
team to do, especially when you have a projected number

920
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:43,559
one overall pick on the roster.

921
00:44:44,639 --> 00:44:44,880
Speaker 5: Yep.

922
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,519
Speaker 8: And we know that that's not something that's between the lines,

923
00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:51,000
but it also is very real, right, and I think

924
00:44:51,039 --> 00:44:54,000
that that may be a factor. I think it might be,

925
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,719
at least as a k fan. K fans are hoping

926
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,280
it would be kind of one of those Allen Field

927
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,800
House games where you know down the stretch you're able

928
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,840
to get that extra juice and get it done. I'll

929
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,039
tell you I felt great about Kansas against Iowa State.

930
00:45:06,079 --> 00:45:07,920
Everybody thought I was crazy, but Kay was one and

931
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,519
two and reeling Bill Selsley in postgame. West Virginia. We

932
00:45:10,519 --> 00:45:12,719
suck right now. I just felt like the guys would

933
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:15,519
bounce back because that's how they've done a majority of

934
00:45:15,559 --> 00:45:18,159
Coach Sell's tenure. And they went out in cloverdhom. I

935
00:45:18,199 --> 00:45:21,039
felt good about the other three games. This one, I

936
00:45:21,039 --> 00:45:22,840
don't feel as good about it. And I think a

937
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,840
lot of that is the talent of BYU. And you know,

938
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:30,159
I saw Kansas was a small favorite. I think it's

939
00:45:30,199 --> 00:45:32,079
going to be even closer than that. I think it's

940
00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:34,119
going to be one of those down to the last

941
00:45:34,159 --> 00:45:37,440
one or two possessions. And like you said, you know,

942
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:40,760
we don't want it to be a Peterson versus Bonsa thing.

943
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:44,519
But hopefully college basketball fans, NBA fans, whoever is tuning

944
00:45:44,559 --> 00:45:47,320
in can appreciate the greatness that both these guys have

945
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,840
and enjoy it. And I know that the message that

946
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:53,599
I'm sure coach self and Coach Young have said is, Hey,

947
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,239
this is a team effort. We got to do it together.

948
00:45:56,679 --> 00:45:59,920
It's not just about all this, but enjoy that show.

949
00:46:00,039 --> 00:46:01,800
And I think it'll come down to the wire. I

950
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,920
think it's important for Kansas to limit the three ball,

951
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,079
whether it's Saunders or Wright who hello is shooting forty

952
00:46:08,079 --> 00:46:11,840
three percent from three, or or Davis as well. That's

953
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:13,239
always going to be key. And the other thing that

954
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,880
scares me from a k fan perspective is BYU cleans

955
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,519
up the offensive glass. That's where KU has been susceptible

956
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,519
this year too. So can the bigs of KU stay

957
00:46:21,519 --> 00:46:24,960
out of foul trouble? Can they clean up the defensive rebounds?

958
00:46:25,079 --> 00:46:27,239
That sort of thing. All that is going to be important.

959
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,440
But yeah, man, it should be should be an instant classic.

960
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,159
I wish we got you guys twice this year because

961
00:46:31,199 --> 00:46:32,880
I know the mary out then it would be just see.

962
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:35,199
Speaker 2: I'm glad that you mentioned that Bret Or Martini, who

963
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:37,480
to have a conversation needs to be investigated. I want

964
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,519
a thirty for thirty. Why is that not twice? Like, look,

965
00:46:40,519 --> 00:46:41,840
I know the winner of this is probably going to

966
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:43,599
be the number one draft pick, let's just be honest.

967
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,360
But like that, do you feel that's just as criminal

968
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:48,679
that BYU and Kansas when we get this matchup once?

969
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 8: Absolutely? And I know they went from twenty to eighteen

970
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,119
games and they want to keep Ku with kse State,

971
00:46:54,159 --> 00:46:56,039
which I'm honestly we hate. In the Zoo. I could

972
00:46:56,079 --> 00:46:59,159
care less about facing Casey Ksetate hates us, but but

973
00:46:59,639 --> 00:47:01,679
you know, Zoo is who we really hate. But they

974
00:47:01,679 --> 00:47:05,519
want to keep those those teams together. But yeah, even self,

975
00:47:05,519 --> 00:47:08,480
I remember said at some point during the season last year,

976
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,239
because in January or something last year talking about scheduling.

977
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:13,480
When asked, he said, you know, what are the chances

978
00:47:13,519 --> 00:47:15,599
kind of rhetorically, what are the chances that Peters and

979
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:17,880
Debonta get each other twice next year? Like assuming it

980
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:21,079
would happen because everybody assumed it would happen because it's

981
00:47:21,079 --> 00:47:25,800
such a showcase. But yeah, very strange. We get I

982
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:28,480
would stay in Arizona twice, which is not exactly fun.

983
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,760
I know that Arizona get gets Us and you guys twice,

984
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,480
So I don't know who did all that, but only

985
00:47:34,519 --> 00:47:37,239
get three teams twice. You still think they could have

986
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:40,079
probably made room on the schedule for one versus two

987
00:47:40,119 --> 00:47:41,719
A couple of times, you definitely would.

988
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,039
Speaker 2: Someone in Vegas is not doing anything right, Someone's not

989
00:47:44,079 --> 00:47:47,679
nice anyway. But look, yeah you gotta Kansas limit the

990
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:50,119
old boards. Don't get in foul trouble. If your BYU

991
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,679
number twenty two last time hit a buzzer beater against

992
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:56,440
AJ's team, it could happen again game days there. You

993
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,320
said they were setting up earlier when we talked earlier

994
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,840
this afternoon, I'm excited for this matchup.

995
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,199
Speaker 7: And look, I think you would agree.

996
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 2: Whoever wins this game, this is going to determine who's

997
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:06,679
the five or the six and give full advantage in

998
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:08,599
the Big twelve standings and going into the tournament.

999
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:11,800
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's going to be important, right, the tie breakers,

1000
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:13,679
all that's important. The seed that you get in the

1001
00:48:13,679 --> 00:48:16,360
Big twelve tournament, all that matters. And like I said,

1002
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,360
in terms of the NCAA tournament, I just I'm just

1003
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:21,960
hopeful Kansas is able to hop over the four or

1004
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:24,360
five line, just because you know you're facing a good

1005
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:27,079
team pretty much pretty much throughout they're all good teams.

1006
00:48:27,119 --> 00:48:29,519
But but yeah, if you could sneak up to a

1007
00:48:29,559 --> 00:48:31,760
two or three, that'd be big. And there's only so

1008
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,920
many marquee games that you can really do that. But yeah,

1009
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,480
it should be shaping up to be in the one

1010
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:41,119
thousandth game at Allen Field House special it's ever played. Yeah,

1011
00:48:41,119 --> 00:48:42,320
it should be a really special one.

1012
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,320
Speaker 2: Hey, best time, number one, number two pick. Going at

1013
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:48,400
it BYU number thirteen, number fourteen Kansas tomorrow in the

1014
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:51,159
one thousand game in fag Allen Field House with Bill Soff,

1015
00:48:51,159 --> 00:48:53,880
one of the greatest college coaches, will BYU. As I

1016
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,199
keep joking put Bill self into retirement. I always keep

1017
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:59,199
joking about that. But we'll see. I think Kansas might

1018
00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:02,320
get this one tomorrow and it might solidify a lot

1019
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,360
of things. Sean, Before I let you go, it has

1020
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,000
been great having You've got to get you back on

1021
00:49:06,039 --> 00:49:07,599
when especially when you get back to pro. I got

1022
00:49:07,639 --> 00:49:09,599
to take you out to dinner for sure. Best way

1023
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:12,039
our listeners can support you what you're doing, how you do.

1024
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:13,639
Speaker 8: It, Hey, I appreciate that.

1025
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1026
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,280
Speaker 8: Well, you can follow us on socials at the Kansas Nation.

1027
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:20,079
That's where we have our daily show called Rock Talk

1028
00:49:20,119 --> 00:49:23,079
Sports Talk All Things KU at the Kansas Nation on Twitter,

1029
00:49:23,119 --> 00:49:26,000
and then I'm on Twitter at Sean Kellerman as well.

1030
00:49:26,039 --> 00:49:28,559
But yeah, on the Jayhawk Radio Network, we'll have all

1031
00:49:28,559 --> 00:49:30,800
sorts of coverage. Hoping to get Jay Billis on pregame

1032
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,360
and yeah, hoping to have a great time. But really

1033
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:37,719
appreciate it. Ron and enjoyed coming on absolutely well, return

1034
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:40,119
the favor when you get to Lawrence. Would love to

1035
00:49:40,119 --> 00:49:41,840
take you out here as well, and hopefully a lot

1036
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:43,840
of a lot of great conversations, a lot of great

1037
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:46,639
matchups and breaking bread down the line as a conference post.

1038
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,079
Speaker 2: Absolutely, we definitely will break bread. You'll break bread with me.

1039
00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:51,159
Actually earlier. I'll be there in March for that big

1040
00:49:51,199 --> 00:49:53,320
twelve tournament, so you'll catch me that first, and then

1041
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,760
definitely I'll make my way down to Lawrence, Kansas. I

1042
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,280
going to the graduated last April, and we went and

1043
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:00,199
we saw all of the buildings and everything down there.

1044
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:03,840
Got to go tout fag allen Man. Beauty, beautiful campus,

1045
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:04,639
beautiful campus.

1046
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,559
Speaker 8: Yeah it is appreciate it. Yeah, I went to school

1047
00:50:07,559 --> 00:50:09,960
here and it's never left. Oh that's how That's how

1048
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,920
strong I feel about it. But I've heard great things

1049
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:13,639
about That.

1050
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,519
Speaker 7: Was my interview with Sean Keller. Meuni to hear.

1051
00:50:15,519 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 2: At the end of that, we were just discussing the

1052
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:19,000
buildings I went on the trip. Not not important, But

1053
00:50:19,039 --> 00:50:22,039
what is important is this BYU Kansas matchup two thirty

1054
00:50:22,079 --> 00:50:25,119
PMS Mountain time, tip off three thirty pm Central. That

1055
00:50:25,199 --> 00:50:27,599
coming up next AP and myself will give the keys

1056
00:50:27,599 --> 00:50:29,960
to the game. You're listening to the Cougar basketball pre

1057
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,079
game show right here on one of three, nine ninety eight,

1058
00:50:32,079 --> 00:50:32,639
three years.

1059
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:38,079
Speaker 1: The Cougar Basketball pre game Show on one O three,

1060
00:50:38,159 --> 00:50:41,480
nine ninety eight three ESPN Fan.

1061
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:44,320
Speaker 2: No, Welcome back to the Cougar basketball pre game show

1062
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:46,599
here on one of three, nine ninety three ESPN. The

1063
00:50:46,639 --> 00:50:49,719
fan of Ronald the three Man Weaver, Andrew Peterson r

1064
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:53,159
A p R LJ. Martin ar Shooter here on the

1065
00:50:53,159 --> 00:50:57,719
one O three nine uh Utah, ESPN Radio Sports and Eric. Look,

1066
00:50:58,519 --> 00:50:59,920
we got to jump right into it. We don't have

1067
00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:02,559
much time. It's very simple here my keys to the

1068
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:04,039
game that I'll turn it over to AP. In order

1069
00:51:04,039 --> 00:51:06,400
for you to get a victory, you must win the

1070
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:10,519
offense around or excuse me, offensive rebound battle. Kansas gives

1071
00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:13,559
them up. They play good defense. You gotta push in transition.

1072
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,480
BOI has to good. You have to stay out of

1073
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,840
foul trouble. There there's your three and then the last

1074
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:22,519
one you need to unlock. The tot King Richie needs

1075
00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:25,000
to get down here early and often. And then outside

1076
00:51:25,039 --> 00:51:26,880
of that, the last one that I would add, what

1077
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:28,679
you already doing because you build on stuff is not

1078
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:30,360
really a key to the game. Keep doing what you're doing.

1079
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:34,199
Keep allowing Canard to hit those shots, Alexi to come in,

1080
00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:37,679
but offensive rebounds, stay out of foul trouble, pushing transition

1081
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,920
and I locked the top King and that should get

1082
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:40,400
your victory.

1083
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:40,920
Speaker 7: This matters.

1084
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,159
Speaker 2: This game does bo you fifth currently right now in

1085
00:51:43,199 --> 00:51:45,239
the Big twelve standings. Beating Kansas will give you that

1086
00:51:45,519 --> 00:51:48,320
tie break that game above you lost to Texas Tech already,

1087
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:49,480
You've already lost Arizona.

1088
00:51:50,199 --> 00:51:52,360
Speaker 7: You know they are a handful of games back.

1089
00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:56,239
Speaker 2: BAYU three and one, excuse me three and two probably

1090
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:58,280
don't scoose me five and two in conference play three

1091
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,639
on one at home and two and one on thorough Kenna,

1092
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:02,960
get that first Premiere Quad one matchup.

1093
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:03,760
Speaker 7: It's gonna be tough.

1094
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:06,599
Speaker 2: It's going to be tough, indeed, and look, it doesn't

1095
00:52:06,639 --> 00:52:08,920
get any easier. You play Houston, you play Iowa State,

1096
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,280
you play UCF, you play West Jenny, you already beat TC,

1097
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:14,920
you play Oklahoma State, you play Colorado, you play Cincinnati.

1098
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:15,800
Speaker 7: You play Baylor.

1099
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:18,440
Speaker 2: All of those games matter in terms of seeds can

1100
00:52:18,519 --> 00:52:20,239
be what you get it done today and lock themselves

1101
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,960
into that five spot going forth. Those are my keys

1102
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:23,239
of the game.

1103
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:25,239
Speaker 7: AP. What you got for is before we close it out.

1104
00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:27,800
Speaker 6: I'm gonna say you need to take care of the ball.

1105
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,920
I think you need to win the turnover battle. I

1106
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:31,920
think you need to turn Kansas over and I think

1107
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,559
you need to take care of the ball. Kansas isn't

1108
00:52:34,599 --> 00:52:36,719
great at getting steals compared to Byu.

1109
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:38,599
Speaker 5: I think b Yu should have an advantage there. I

1110
00:52:38,599 --> 00:52:40,119
think that's what you need to lean into.

1111
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,199
Speaker 6: My score prediction is gonna be BYU wins this one,

1112
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:45,480
seventy six to seventy two. I think it's gonna be close,

1113
00:52:45,679 --> 00:52:48,440
and I don't think either team gets to the eighty mark.

1114
00:52:49,079 --> 00:52:50,920
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm with you. I think it stays under eighty.

1115
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:51,480
I'm gonna go.

1116
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,360
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go sixty eight seventy four. I think Bayu wins,

1117
00:52:56,519 --> 00:52:59,039
you know, not by that many, but enough. They should

1118
00:52:59,039 --> 00:53:00,480
win by ten. But I think that that's what they do.

1119
00:53:00,519 --> 00:53:02,719
And I know I was maybe a little bit yesterday,

1120
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:05,360
I wasn't sure. I think that BAU does get that

1121
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:09,039
first quad one road. When Kevin Young knows how to

1122
00:53:09,079 --> 00:53:11,800
bounce back after his back is against the wall, he

1123
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:14,239
doesn't back down, and I think basab to get it

1124
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:16,760
done today on the road one thousand game in fog

1125
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:20,840
Gallenfield House. Paul Pierce is there College Game Day. I

1126
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:23,039
think they show up. They show it, he has. I'm ready, guys,

1127
00:53:23,079 --> 00:53:24,360
that will do it for all of us. Shout out

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1132
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,480
tip off. Hopefully we will come back on Monday on

1133
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:40,320
Cougar Sports. Have been crittle re recapping the victory. If not,

1134
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:43,920
then we'll be objective metrics of whether they lose. But

1135
00:53:44,199 --> 00:53:46,440
from all of us here for the Cougar basketball pregame show.

1136
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:50,000
Enjoy your weekend, have a good Saturday afternoon, have a

1137
00:53:50,039 --> 00:53:52,400
safe day, travel safe. We'll be back Monday. Here you're

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you taught. ESPN Radio Network one three nine ninety eight

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three ES