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Number let me just read some some stuff really quickly

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before get into the sound. Number thirteen BO. You taken

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on Number fourteen Kansas. Number thirteen BOU begins its two

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game road trip on Saturday, January thirty. First one, the

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Cougars head to the Sunflower State for a Top fifteen

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matchup against Number fourteen Kansas. Tip off guys to schedule

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for three thirty pm centertime at Allen Field House in Lawrence, Kansas,

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fag Gllenfield Man. It's gonna be a great game. It's

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gonna be on ESPN. You're gonna have Jay Billis as

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the talent. Gregor Bell and Mark Durant will also be

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on the call. Dan Schleumann is gonna be doing a

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play by play as well. This is gonna be a

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great game. I mean, I don't know how you beat

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a game like this. Number one, number two pick going

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at it. This game will determine who the number one

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overall will pick will be. In my opinion, tomorrow's matchup

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is going to be the eighth all time meeting between

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the programs by u's third ever trip to allen Field House.

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Kansas hold a four to three advantage in the series,

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but the Cougars have won the last two meetings since

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joining the Big twelve Conference, including overcoming a twelve point

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deficit at allen Fieldhouse to win in twenty twenty four. Man,

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you remember about that win, im if I'm not wrong.

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Dallahall May Hunter Dickinson, his kid, he was the daddy

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dead day. He hit a big time shot in a

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big time game against a seven footer and b what

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you got to win under Mark Pope.

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Speaker 2: By the way, too, fans are frustrated.

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Speaker 3: With B Way you basketball so far. I think that's

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accurate to say you talk to people and it's just

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not coming together like you thought it would, right. And

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what I remember about that Kansas game is that's when

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B Way you got it together. And if you look

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at what B Way you dealt with last year, they

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weren't really together until this time, right. And you look

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at Kevin Young's experience. I remember coming on this program

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B Way he was two and four in conference and

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I had the thought, yeah, it's it's fine. Kevin Young

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the hoops to drum the acclamation to college football basketball.

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It just wasn't what he thought. It's gonna take some time,

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It's fine, and then what he did do he put

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it into gear, got it going be where he was

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playing its best at the end of the year. And

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in basketball, it's as important as anything else. You just

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need to get tournament ready. That's all it is. Just

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get ready for that tournament and go. And I think

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that's what be what he's gonna do. You look at

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what Kevin Young has to.

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Speaker 4: Do this year.

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Speaker 3: Everyone's new on this team, everybody even more so than

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last year. Right learning that system, getting cohesive and all that.

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this prep time, they're going to perform very well against Kansas.

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I really am. I watched Kansas play this year. They're good,

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they're not great. I think b Way You's going to

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come out of this game with a win. I really do.

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I believe in Kevin Young. I believe in his system.

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I believe in how he brings guys along. And the

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thing I like most about this last game was Canard

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Speaker 2: If he can six of six in the second half, just.

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Speaker 3: Hit forty of your threes, and man, that's gonna be

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a big for this Bway basketball team. If he can

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keep doing that, throwing Costage Boskovic.

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Speaker 3: That's been the narrative for the team the entire year. Yes,

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we know the big threes good, but no one else

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is right, Kevin Cata's kind of hit or miss whatever, man,

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but Cannar Davis has to be that guy. The other

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guys are nice pieces and all that. Well, what Canar

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I have this niche I can do things. That's gonna

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be tremendous for the way you moving forward. Because I

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think against Arizona, what that game proved is you can't

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depend on just those those big three Arizona's two.

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Speaker 1: Not against Arizona, it's not against the not against the

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probably not against Houston, Probably not against Iowa State. But

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what Canard Davis, It needs to continue though. You just

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hope that was just a flashpoint moment where man, I'm

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gonna take off from here.

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Speaker 4: And it takes a while for these guys to.

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Speaker 3: Maild in, to get congrue and understand their spots, and

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Speaker 2: He's getting confident.

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Speaker 4: That takes time.

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Speaker 3: Kevin Young understands that that's what he understood last year.

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at this time last year. And I believe it's very

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likely that they're gonna do the same thing. So yes,

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Speaker 1: Love that you gave that take killer bullget your thoughts

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and then we'll get here into the sound as well.

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But just a reader where Gurney said, Canard Davis Junior

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did I think I think he found something. He needs

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to solidify it now and you need to do that

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tomorrow on the road. Hostile environment thousand game being played

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in Allen Field House. Thousand games gotta go out there,

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you gotta take care of it. And if you're able

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to do that again on the road, it means a

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lot of supremier matchup. But a AJ is too good

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of a player to say it's me versus Darren. Ag

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is gonna understand the moment by U is not gonna

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let allow a J and Robbie go nine to forty.

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Speaker 2: It's not gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: So with that shooting ability and with CoA, with with

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the Lexi coast is doing what he did, you can

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sprinkle that and and this is what it is. I've

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said this take away bench points. I want to hear

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that outside of the Big three, who's helping you. It's

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got to be Canard, It's got to be Cab And

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then you know, Beto is gonna be a guy that's

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gonna shot block, so he's just gonna rebound. But you're

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gonna need Alexi and Mahailo and Hadim whoever comes in

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with those guys to provide valuable minutes and scoring. They

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have to be able to hit threes and do that.

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in and do that because if you don't, you're not

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gonna walk out Allen Field House.

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Speaker 4: With the win.

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Speaker 1: You have to be able to provide that because to me,

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outside of the Big Three, everybody else's bench points. It is,

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and that's why what we saw from Canard to go

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the mag role literally full against Arizona. That's why I

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got back in the game. In my opinion, state state

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of live is the pressure defense and hitting threes. He

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finally realized where he needs to be. Don't pull threes, brother,

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when you got the ball in your hand, pull it.

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rob Ag and Ritchie pass the team you spot up,

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that's when you take the threes. Don't try to dribble

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set no, no, no, no no. Don't create your own shot.

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Dem what Mack ever tried to create his own shot?

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was slashed. But when he got shots in the corner

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or at the top of the key, he took them

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because they're pa and he did that in the Arizona game.

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So I love that point, GM, and I love that Caleb.

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Your thoughts on the matchup tomorrow and what he needs

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean going back to talking about Moo Canard Davis, right,

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we're talking about how he went off. I think he

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was five for five or six for six in the

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second half of that game from three, the production that

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he gave it was almost that feeling of this is

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the spark that we've been missing, this is what we need, right,

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Speaker 4: This isn't bench production. This is a starter.

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Speaker 5: But the way he had been slumping a little bit

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and almost felt like his production being brought back into

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play was that of a bench player. Now that's another starter, right,

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that's your starting five who now we're hoping is gonna

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be a little bit more productive moving forward. So you

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gonna bring that spark Now Again, that felt like a

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little bit of a bench spark because it wasn't necessarily

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there within the starting five rotation before. But who can

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of the season last year. I went to a game

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one of the early games. I was way high up

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in the nosebleeds, but I saw him almost bring that

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hoop down with how hard he slammed dunk that ball, right,

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know if he can necessarily create his own shot as

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well as somebody. I mean, it's not really a fair

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comparison for somebody like aj Debonsa. But can he really

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get down to the paint consistently create his own shot.

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I'm not sure if that's the kind of game plan

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we're gonna be calling for Boskovic, but I'd almost like

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in the paint, a little bit more around the rim,

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get to the rim with those tougher shots. That's not

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necessarily where he's been playing. They're kind of stretching him

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Speaker 4: I think you're right.

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Speaker 5: If he can get an open shot in the corner,

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take that shot, drain that shot. Let's hope we can

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get that going for him.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, to me, it's this is, uh, this is

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very simple. I think you really have to make sure

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that you just lock in defensively, grab your offensive rebounds,

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which Kansas does give up, and you give yourself a

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better chess second chance.

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Speaker 2: Place Mahalo below the Freitrow line is good. A lot

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of people don't understand that.

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Speaker 1: I know he's committed a lot of fouls, but that

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Western Indian game when he was in the pick and

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roll with that.

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Speaker 2: Mihailo is has a high i Q. He was on

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the last play.

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Speaker 1: He was the one that inbouted the ball to Rob

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right now, obviously Richie was fouled out of the game,

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but Mihilo has been in these hihest pressure moments. Remember

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gave the ball to Rob to hit the buzzer beater.

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He was the third option on that play in the

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clemsing game. So Mihilo has an IQ. So I would

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love to see Mihilo step up big, and we had

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him on the show I think last week of the

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week before. He's played in way bigger hostile environments. That's

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a guy that's not going to be phased by the

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atmosphere tomorrow in Kansas. But without for the do let's

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get into the sound and play it. This is Kevin

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Young from earlier this morning, the media availability from the media.

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Speaker 6: Kevin, a lot of hypes running this game, obviously with

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AJ going against Darren Peterson. Do you think that's being

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overblown or do you think that's the kind of the

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key to how this whole thing turns out.

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Speaker 2: I don't, I haven't, I'm not, I don't live in

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Speaker 7: I understand that there's some talk about it. I don't

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know the overblown I don't know. Is it just I

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don't know how big of a deal that's being made.

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As far as the key to the game, like those

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two going head to head, No, I don't think that's

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the key to the game at all. I think was

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executing our game plan, which obviously he's a large part of,

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is is wildly important. But they've got you know, they've

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played a lot of games without him and a lot

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of other guys I think have found confidence and so forth.

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So you know, just having to you know, execute the

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game plan, like I said, with him clearly being a

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large part of that.

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Speaker 6: How do you think aj will respond not only did that,

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but the performainst Arizona? How is he kind of responded

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in predit.

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Speaker 7: He's responded great in practice that we've had two outstanding

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practice the last few days, and so you know, relative,

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you know, sometimes you look at a game you're like, oh,

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you know, how you evaluate a game if a guy

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played well or didn't play well? You know, oftentimes I

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think it's really easy to go to shot making, particularly

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for you know, stars, and that's life, right, You got

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to make shots to win. I thought, you know, there

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was probably four shots he took.

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Speaker 4: I didn't love.

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Speaker 7: The rest of them are shots he's made out an

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extremely high clip. They didn't go in. So I don't

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necessarily say, oh, he had a bad game. He didn't

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make shots, but I thought he did a lot of

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other things.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I'm gonna stop right here and then bring

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very interesting this commentary. First of all, JJ ropens up

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asking I think a very you know, important question, because

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this is a question I'm going to ask, you know,

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Sean Kellerman in the five point thirty segment, is how

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do you pay attention to winning the game, because you

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can't get caught up in Darren Agen. There's a lot

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that the last time they play was high school. We

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know what high school ball is. Gurney and these big

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time things we have players like that. I mean, Darren

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dropped fifty eight, age drop forty nine, no defense even

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though they were a guarding so they really weren't. It's

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not as physical as the Big twelve. But that's what

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everybody's paying attention to. Everybody's paying attention to the numbers

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and is that gonna happen and then versus each other,

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and that's how you lose a ball game.

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Speaker 2: And I love that.

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Speaker 1: Kevin Young responded with, yeah, there's noise, it's overblown. Don't

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care if it is or isn't. That's not what it is.

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And then a confidence from ajf he's had two great practices.

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You love to hear that the best player on the

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team didn't like his performance first of all, just miss shots.

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Anders responded the best way, because just as much as

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Darren Peter is on that'scot on report, it's gonna be

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on Kansas, it's got a report, Gurney.

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Speaker 3: What was notable to me in those comments were when

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you interview coaches, you get a lot of throwaway coach

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speak comments. So it's just like, okay, that means absolutely

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nothing one thing. And I want to do a research project.

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And when I said I'm gonna do a research project,

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it means I'm never gonna do it. But I do

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believe that this would be interesting when coaches volunteer that

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their team has had a good practice this week, when

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they when they just say it, if they're not prompted,

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irregardless of so it has all the great practices. But

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when they volunteer that it tense. It makes me believe, no,

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that's legit. They're speaking true.

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Speaker 2: That happened all the time.

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Speaker 4: Would be way football this.

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Speaker 3: Past year, when Jayal would get out and from that

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microphone and say I really like how we practice this week,

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you would see it translate on that field. Kevin Young

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did that in that interview. He says Aja's had a

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fantastic week of practice. I think that's true. I think

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that's one hundred percent, and I think you're gonna see

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him have a really good game. I don't think that

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is a throwaway comment, that's just something you always say.

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I think he said that because it's true. And when

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a coach volunteers that, that's what you look more in

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these interviews.

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Speaker 4: This is journalism one on one guys.

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Speaker 3: Okay, if you ask coaches how practice has been and

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they say, yeah, good, I really like how we practice,

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you can't read into that.

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Speaker 2: But when they volunteer it, yeah you can.

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Speaker 4: You can read into that.

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Speaker 3: Of course, not every coaches are the same, but that's

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what I believe is true, and I think that's what's

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become relevant. So anywhere I'm gonna go home and I'm

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gonna research all pregame interviews and compare to how they

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do on the field, which I know I that would

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take too much time, but I believe that is a thing.

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Speaker 1: That's definitely a thing. I really liked that you brought

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that up. And Caleb, I'll get your comments here right

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after this. And that is journalism.

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Speaker 4: One on one.

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Speaker 1: Coaches don't want to volunteer and give anything. They don't

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give you nothing, knock. They want to be stone faced

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or they're gonna be like Mark Pope and it's not

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a shot, but it's true.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna talk around and not answer your question, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, just completely go differently. He gave that information up

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and shot out to Jay on asking the probing question

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at least, and Kevin Young gave information. And that's what

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you want to hear that comment of he's had a

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great week of practice before the game. You want to

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hear that before because what else is gonna give you confidence?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: You need that, So you need that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well we'll say it come relevant. And I do

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believe that the schedule and prep thing is a big thing.

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Arizona was far better prep for that game. They had

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scouted out bwah, you very well.

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Speaker 4: I've never seen the.

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Speaker 3: Way you have to attempt so many difficult field goal attempts.

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Speaker 1: The season, Richie was getting ripped up at the opposite

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side of the court like Bradley and Burry's.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I know they're they're bullies on defense, they're

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just phenomenal.

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Speaker 1: But Gurney, there are times where before Richie's moved, they

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blitzed off the weak side. If you go back and

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watch a tip, That's why I tell everybody go to

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rewatch the game. They blitzed off the weak side, not

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just on the last play to block rob but when

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Richie had the ball four or five times before he

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even made his move, and then he would.

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Speaker 2: Turn the ball over.

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Speaker 1: Like Richie really struggled, not because he's a bad player,

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but because you just said it. They scouted the hell

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out of BYU and they really had it down to

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a t and court. Pete, who's the guy on that team. Honestly,

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he didn't even have a good game. He was in

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foul trouble with four and they still were up you

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know eleven at one point. Arizona is the deepest team

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in college basketball.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was all about defense in that game all

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about defense and aris almost phenomenal. So I think, what

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b where you is it behind the eight balls as

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far as prep goes, I think you're gonna see good returns.

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I think that's what you're gonna see this Kansas game.

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Speaker 1: Gotta see it, gotta see it. All right, let's get

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back to it. Kevin Young sound from earlier today. This

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is the media availability of him addressing before Kansas before

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they I actually might be in air right now, but

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this is before they left for the trip for Kansas today.

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Speaker 7: So I think he'll respond to answer your question. I

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think he'll respond fine.

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Speaker 4: And the kids.

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Speaker 7: A gamer, He's been in the spotlight his whole life.

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He knows what, he knows what it is.

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Speaker 6: How important is it to get Davis going.

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Speaker 5: Again like the other night?

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Speaker 7: Uh, I think it's very important, you know, just from

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his own confidence, our spacing, you know, being able to

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you know, do what he does, which is, you know,

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make shots from three and play defense at a high level.

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And uh, you know, he's a big part of what

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we do. So it's good to see him kind of

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get get on the right track.

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Speaker 4: The other night.

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Speaker 6: Have you have you ever been to Foggy allenfield House.

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Do you have any history with it at all?

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Speaker 4: Yes, I have been there.

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Speaker 7: When I was with the Sixers, we practiced there because

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we played a preseason game in Kansas City and we

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had Joe El Embiid on our team and so it

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was kind of like go back to his stomping grounds

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type deal. So yeah, I've been in there.

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Speaker 6: Is there a danger in maybe over hyping this game

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because Afterologism one of only eighteen Big Twelve games, you

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know game day is going to be there. Are you

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kind of having to calm your guys down. I don't

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know if that's the right word, but to not overplay

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this is being bigger than the rest.

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Speaker 7: No, I'm not like, well, I don't like you know,

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we just worry about doing what we have to do.

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Speaker 4: Like I don't.

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Speaker 7: I think our guys are mature, Like I don't bring

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it up like, oh man, don't worry about that. It's

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just it's a it's a game. They're good, We're good.

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They have a good player players. We have a good

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player and players, and it's just, you know, it's what

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you want. You want to play in games that matter

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and are meaningful, and you want people to watch you

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know you wanna, you wanna we want that, like we

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want that, and so because I think it speaks to

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like where our program is. You know, if no one's

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talking about you, no one's doing there are no big games,

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no one cares, and so you know it's a big

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twelve game to your point that we need to go

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win because we need a big win in the Big

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twelve and and all that that, But that doesn't make

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everything I just said not not true either. So I

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think I kind of see it both ways.

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Speaker 1: Gonna stop it right, They're gonna bring good Gurney and

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Kila been here. Look even you know, and that question

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has to be asked. We know why that question has

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to be asked because it is valid, right because you

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know some so some it might matter. But Kevin's like, nah,

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like it's it's not And Kevin Young, I mean, nothing's

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gonna face this man, Gurney because I mean, when you

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have a coach's coach in the NBA college game day,

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this is nothing to him. Like we asked him about

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a performance that AJ had or or I can't remember

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who had to play, and he like was nochalant, Oh yeah,

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I saw it, and I had to take a moment

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to enjoy that, because you know, I'm already think about

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the next player moving on, Like he's even kill He's

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not thinking about stuff like that. Like that's all of

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this is just noise to Kevin, Like he really doesn't care.

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He cares about winning the game and that's it. He like,

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I'm not trying to be rude. If you really would

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have asked Kevin off record, he'd be like, I think

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it's great for BYU. But like if you if he

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really were to say it, I think Kevin would feel

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like And this is me projecting, right, and I'm speculating.

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I don't want people think that I've talked to Kevin,

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but I think Kevin and this is me out of words.

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I don't think he uves a damn about it. I

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think his job is like I gotta win a basketball game.

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That is what I gotta do. My job is go coach, win,

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get these guys right, come back to Provo.

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Speaker 2: That's it.

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Speaker 1: Like the rest of this stuff is just a distraction

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to him because I think he's coached at the high

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he's been at the highest level.

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Speaker 2: He doesn't care, like he really.

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Speaker 3: Doesn't, no, no, but he's been there. It's it's not

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a thing for him, and that's why I think is going.

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Speaker 4: To be prepared.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Kevir, let's get back to it.

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Speaker 1: Last couple of things him Kevin Young from earlier today,

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We'll give.

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Speaker 7: Me a break, Jay Jay was going rapid fire that

474
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that was impressive.

475
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Speaker 8: Hey, hey, Kevin, I'm joined a little late.

476
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Speaker 3: And this has already been.

477
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Speaker 8: Asked, but Kate Cato was named to uh Nie Smith

478
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list of best defensive players in the country. I wanted

479
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to get your thoughts on what makes Cap such a great.

480
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Speaker 7: Defend This is feel. You know, he's got a really

481
00:20:31,319 --> 00:20:34,559
good feel for the game. Uh, particularly on that end

482
00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:38,319
of the floor. He's got great timing but ill but

483
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,519
obviously uh you know, you overlay the athletic ability and

484
00:20:42,599 --> 00:20:44,559
just his body on top of that and then you're

485
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able to get things done like he is on that

486
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that into the floor. But he just I think I

487
00:20:49,839 --> 00:20:52,640
don't know if the outside world would could would realize

488
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,319
just how good of a feel he has.

489
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Speaker 4: For the for the game.

490
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna stop it there, gim and I just want

491
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to bring this in because I think this is this

492
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on my scout of report and I'll break this more

493
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tomorrow down during the Cougar Basketball pre game show. But

494
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I do want to say this, Kabakada is going to

495
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be the big, one of the biggest factors in this game,

496
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if not the biggest. Not people gonna say Ron but

497
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,039
aj barrob but Richie. We know what the victory can

498
00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:17,440
do this game in paint presence, since offensive rebounds is

499
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,519
going to be massive. Kansas struggles at that, they give

500
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them up a lot they do. Bay you excels that

501
00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,079
at one of the top two rebounded teams in the

502
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conference and offensive rebounds, the other one is Arizona who

503
00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:34,119
they just played, and his presence in stopping Kansas, stopping

504
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,640
Darren Peterson people from getting to the basket is going

505
00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,079
to be huge tomorrow. And I think that's where boor

506
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He is gonna have to win this game. Remember the

507
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Iowa State game, Gurney, do you remember that one?

508
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Speaker 2: What did he do? Coreer High is all over the place.

509
00:21:45,839 --> 00:21:52,519
Speaker 1: What he had sixteen offensive rebounds ridiculous, ridiculous. So to me,

510
00:21:52,599 --> 00:21:54,960
I think what the fifty to fifty balls is gonna

511
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come down? I think CABA's presence is going to be

512
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the difference maker tomorrow. Bay he wins this game.

513
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it needs to be.

514
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:04,119
Speaker 3: keV has been too inconsistent this year. He's He's been

515
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phenomenal at times and then he just kind of disappears.

516
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You need that consistency, you need him to be a presence.

517
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And I think Bay's liked the in the last two

518
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games they played.

519
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they've definitely liked that.

520
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,279
Speaker 1: Caleb, your thoughts on that Kabakada's defense and college game

521
00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,119
they'd be Inny Kansas for BAU basketball.

522
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Speaker 5: Yeah, speaking of his defense, I think I don't know

523
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if this is really a controversial or hot take or

524
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if I just feel like a tiny bit is, but

525
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I would rather be beat by Kansas from the perimeter

526
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,880
than from the inside. I'd rather see Kabakata get in

527
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,039
there and make his presence felt and make it known

528
00:22:39,079 --> 00:22:40,559
and without getting into foul trouble.

529
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Speaker 4: I feel like BA has.

530
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Speaker 5: Been doing a better job defending the perimeter as of late,

531
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getting their hands up in shots and being more difficult.

532
00:22:47,759 --> 00:22:49,599
I mean, even see boot coming out on the perimeter

533
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,680
to help defend and not just defending inside.

534
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Speaker 4: I don't want it.

535
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,039
Speaker 5: I don't want any easy buckets in the paint to

536
00:22:55,079 --> 00:22:57,079
the point where I'd rather get beat from the outside

537
00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,440
than to see any anything giving up easy And we're

538
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,359
talking Aboutdarren Peterson, if we can keep him out of

539
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,599
the lane, keep him out of easy shots at the rim, Like,

540
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,359
I don't want to see an easy shot, and I

541
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think the easy shots are coming in the paint in

542
00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:12,400
the game of basketball, So as long as we keep

543
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,039
them out of there, I think I think we can

544
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,480
beat them with our perimeter defense. So I hope that's

545
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what we see tomorrow with Kibakida again without getting into

546
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,680
foul trouble, without having like a minute's restriction for for

547
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his health or anything. I know Greenney's talking about him

548
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being hot and cold. I really want to see a

549
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hot Ka Kaida tomorrow.

550
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you might see a hot kPa Kiddy. He was

551
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,319
hot in at Iowa State game. But look, that's what

552
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,119
the difference is gonna come down to. I really think

553
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:36,920
how BA you detern it, b what you wins this game.

554
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,720
I think you're gonna see him. Plus in the rebound category,

555
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,359
they're gonna they're gonna out rebound Kansas.

556
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Speaker 2: You have to.

557
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,680
Speaker 1: Most people are gonna tell you, oh, well, you have

558
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,920
to rebound teams in general. Yeah, but things cannot go away.

559
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,000
You can miss shots, but I truly believe you have

560
00:23:49,079 --> 00:23:52,480
to be able to get plus offensive rebounds and defea

561
00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:54,960
Kansas that way, let's finish up last second chance points,

562
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:55,920
you know, second chance points?

563
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Speaker 2: Yeah, go ahead, Vic. Yeah.

564
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Speaker 9: I was just gonna say, uh, to win the game,

565
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,400
I think b YU needs to bring that same defensive

566
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:08,559
intensity they had the last four minutes of the Arizona game. Yeah, uh,

567
00:24:08,599 --> 00:24:11,319
into Kansas, into Lawrence.

568
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,559
Speaker 1: See, this is a conversation that we've had though like

569
00:24:13,599 --> 00:24:15,599
what is it? What's wrong with this team? And Jim

570
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,640
and I'll get your thoughts like first half woes, like

571
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,680
why does this it takes this team like to the

572
00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,240
second half to wake up. Been described it as sometimes

573
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,119
it feels like I soball at first half and said,

574
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:26,759
all right now we're gonna go to the game plan

575
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,240
NBA go college basket. I don't think that's what what

576
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,160
what is on the game plan. I think that's just

577
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,359
how it feels and looks to us because of all

578
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,440
the NBA talk and affiliation, and we might just you know,

579
00:24:36,519 --> 00:24:38,599
be be and tone death not the right murder. We

580
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,440
might just we just we we lack I think the

581
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,200
ability to see anything differently outside of NBA NBA.

582
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,319
Speaker 2: But I feel like that's what it is now, is

583
00:24:46,319 --> 00:24:47,640
we just Yeah.

584
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 9: I think that if you look in the second half,

585
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they bring that defensive intensity. I think that their defense

586
00:24:54,519 --> 00:24:56,799
gets better in the second half.

587
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,519
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it needs to be there in the first

588
00:24:58,519 --> 00:24:59,599
because they're gonna lose this game.

589
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,039
Speaker 9: Yeah, exactly.

590
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,839
Speaker 1: I'm being honest with that, Like, whatever they're doing in

591
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,400
the first half needs to stop. And what I'd rather

592
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,720
see them do, g Man, is I rather them shoot

593
00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:12,240
like twenty three throws in the first half and then

594
00:25:12,279 --> 00:25:14,559
shoot like ten in the second or shoot six. I'd

595
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,319
rather it be that, And I know that that would

596
00:25:16,319 --> 00:25:18,440
really affect the game. But the big thing is is

597
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,640
the offense just goes dead. It goes into mud. I

598
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,960
call it a dead possession. They have too many possessions

599
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,200
g man, where they get to like ten to twelve

600
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,799
seconds and Rob is dribbling too much, or Aj is

601
00:25:27,839 --> 00:25:29,079
driven too much, or Richie gets the ball.

602
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,000
Speaker 2: Rich's like, well, I can't create mall shot. You got

603
00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:31,759
to take the ball back.

604
00:25:31,759 --> 00:25:34,119
Speaker 1: And I'm just they have so many They've gone on

605
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,960
multiple scoring scoring drafts of three minutes plus in the

606
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,119
first half. And if they do that tomorrow. I'm telling

607
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,599
you if that's going to be very difficult to overcome.

608
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,920
Speaker 9: Hopefully move getting in there will get hot in the

609
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:47,480
first half.

610
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think what you need more is you know

611
00:25:50,519 --> 00:25:52,279
that Aj, Robb and Richie will get going.

612
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,319
Speaker 2: I agree. VI can bring up a good point.

613
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Speaker 1: You want MoU, you want Mahilo, those guys company, You

614
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,920
want Keba, you want Alexi if he gets flashes boop.

615
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,680
You want those guys to be able to get off

616
00:26:02,799 --> 00:26:05,440
from a very fast start being on the road and

617
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,480
coming off the bench, not even coming off the bench,

618
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,799
the non three Big three. Everybody needs to come in

619
00:26:09,839 --> 00:26:12,480
and impact the game right away and forget that confidence.

620
00:26:12,599 --> 00:26:14,200
So that way, when the second half is there, it's

621
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,160
already there. It's hard to pick up conference in the

622
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,680
second half in the hostile environment.

623
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 2: Then start with it. You need to do what you

624
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:20,359
did against Iowa State.

625
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 1: Like that team was oozing with confidence, and that's why

626
00:26:23,039 --> 00:26:24,880
I believe they wanted to dove it overtime, even though

627
00:26:25,079 --> 00:26:27,759
the officials were letting you know, never seen you know

628
00:26:27,839 --> 00:26:30,559
a guy in you know, shoulder out, haul out of

629
00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:32,200
bounds and knock them and knock call the foul. But

630
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,039
I guess you're allowed to play football in the Big

631
00:26:34,039 --> 00:26:35,039
twelve at times, but.

632
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 2: You're gonna be in that type of environment.

633
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,559
Speaker 1: Fisher is not gonna be on your side, and you

634
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,200
have to do something to be able to make it work.

635
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,880
Speaker 9: Luke can hit some shots there in that first half.

636
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,960
I'm telling you, it's gonna open up. It's gonna make

637
00:26:45,039 --> 00:26:48,839
them change their defense. And because they're you know, the

638
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,039
first st half, they're on the AJ, they're on.

639
00:26:52,079 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 4: To him, they're like glue. It seems so.

640
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 9: MoU hits a few shots opens it up a little bit.

641
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,400
I think they'll score a little more in the first half.

642
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, go ahead, Yeah, I gotta I gotta say. I

643
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,559
think the difference in the Arizona game, I think what

644
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,119
changed the trajectory of the game in a very negative way.

645
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:12,599
I don't remember the exact score. We were up by

646
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,799
about two points, twenty to eighteen. I think it was

647
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,079
for a solid three or four minutes a gameplay. I

648
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,279
felt we were up by two points. We couldn't get

649
00:27:19,319 --> 00:27:21,880
anything above that. Now I know they didn't really score

650
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,000
during that point. I actually think that is where they

651
00:27:24,039 --> 00:27:27,599
catapulted into eventually taking the lead. Was around that same time,

652
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,519
but we were up by two and had plenty of

653
00:27:29,519 --> 00:27:32,599
possessions where we could have pushed the lead to four, six, eight,

654
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,839
maybe even double digits, and we kept it a two

655
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,920
point game. With that we weren't able to connect. I

656
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,160
don't know if it was the shot quality or the

657
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,799
shot selection that we were taking. I really wish we

658
00:27:42,839 --> 00:27:44,799
could have opened up that lead a little bit more,

659
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,200
and eventually I think that's where we started to give

660
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,359
them the lead instead. So if we're in a situation

661
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,880
where it's a tight game like that and we're locking

662
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,440
it down defensively, I really want to see Bo you've

663
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,160
been able to put up points on the other hand,

664
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,640
on the other end instead of just keeping it two

665
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,720
point games, because that was the turning point in the

666
00:28:01,759 --> 00:28:04,519
game in my opinion, and maybe statistically was the turning

667
00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:06,400
point in the game, was when we weren't able to

668
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,720
pilot on and create a lead in that first half

669
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,640
around the ten minute mark. I think if we were

670
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,079
able to do that, it's a completely different game against

671
00:28:13,079 --> 00:28:16,039
the Arizona team, and we can't do that against Kansas.

672
00:28:16,079 --> 00:28:19,279
So we gotta get some of that second half juice

673
00:28:19,319 --> 00:28:21,759
into the first half and build a little bit of

674
00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:22,759
a lead in the first.

675
00:28:22,519 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 2: Half, must win. You drop one at home.

676
00:28:24,519 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: You didn't protect home court, so you have to go

677
00:28:26,759 --> 00:28:29,079
and steal this one on the road, and even a

678
00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:30,519
couple of more to be able to do it. No

679
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,400
Quad one win on the road yet Premiere Quad one

680
00:28:34,519 --> 00:28:38,359
Rin want to be read percent and those teams happened

681
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,599
to be Texas Tech, Yukon and Era Zona. So you

682
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,359
need to beat that because we talk about a lead

683
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,720
eight for a final four opportunity. Those are the teams

684
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,000
you could potentially match up with later. You gotta beat

685
00:28:50,039 --> 00:28:51,720
him now in the season, even though it'd be on

686
00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:54,000
a neutral Later. Well, let's go to break well, which

687
00:28:54,079 --> 00:28:56,279
Jamni Frewell appreciate him showing up and showing out.

688
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 2: We have to let him be to do. We have

689
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to go to break before I do.

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704
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Thank you Gerny for tuning in for the first hour

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and forty five. We wish him safe trips and to

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enjoy the baptism you know in a few weeks, and

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also watch the game. We'll be praying for you, g Man.

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We love you, wish we fare well and bid you

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ado and have a good and safe weekend.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to break.

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Young sound we were playing it in the last segment.

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We're going to finish it up.

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Speaker 2: Here for you.

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Speaker 1: He addressed the media earlier today, discussing previewing this number

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thirteen BAU team against their foe, which is number fourteen

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Kansas on this top fifteen matchup.

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Speaker 2: Let's tune it in.

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Speaker 8: And the feel part of it would be kind of

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knowing his role on the team twos as.

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Speaker 7: That play a big part, no, I mean yes, for

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his success and our team's success as it relates to

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this watch list he's on. I don't know if I

765
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would say that as much, but I just think he

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you know, his feel for when to come over and

767
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block a shot, when to stay back and go rebound,

768
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you know, when to be aggressive, you know, with his

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deflections and so forth. So he just he has a

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real good, just natural I think, knack for those things.

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Speaker 8: And then by the numbers, defense looks like it's pretty vulnerable.

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What what kind of challenges is for you guys play

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effectively against them?

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Speaker 7: I'm a and that's the beauty of playing in our league, right,

775
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I mean, Arizona is one of, if not the best

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defensive teams in the country. And uh, you know, we

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we finally crack the code on Nama, score fifty two

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points in the second half. So it's more about identifying

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to the players the things that we stand kind of

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stand on.

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Speaker 4: Offensively, I thought.

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Speaker 7: Our ball movement was way way better in the second

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half than it was in the first half of that

784
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Arizona game.

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Speaker 2: And how do you relate that to Kansas?

786
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Speaker 7: You know, they do a tremendous job protecting the rim,

787
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you know, but doing as a as a force in there,

788
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and and you know they make it hard in the paint,

789
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So our spacing is gonna have to be good. You know,

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our bid of playoff two feet when we drive and

791
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not throw up reckless shots is gonna have to be elite.

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Speaker 4: And if we do.

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Speaker 7: Those things, that'll give ourselves a really good chance to

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have a good offensive night.

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Speaker 6: And then at the other question, Kevin, has been made

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of this first half second half team with your club?

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That attributed to your your adjustments a half time or

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is there really anything to the.

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Speaker 4: Fact that you just see to play better in the

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second half.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's more attributed to and I'm more

802
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of a positive kind of outlook guy, but on this one,

803
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I gotta go. We just we don't do enough to

804
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start games from an execution standpoint. There's too many mistakes.

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And so I think it's more like, you know, we

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start executing better in the second half and and and

807
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and that's the challenge, right is how do you how

808
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do you do the right thing for an entire game?

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And that doesn't mean shot making, That means execution and

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being focused on the task at hand with the details.

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You know, every team presents a different challenge, and there's

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certain things that we point out to our group and

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when we execute them at a high level. So far,

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that's usually been in the second half. We have to

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be better there and then and then from a scheme standpoint,

816
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that's what I'm looking at. You know, what are we

817
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doing schematically that's different in the first half versus second half?

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You know, is the ball movement and unselfishness? Is that

819
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being done at a high level for both halves? What

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play calls are we run and things like that. There's

821
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clearly deep dives that are going on, you know, internally

822
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with that stuff. But I think the number one factors

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we just have to execute and focus. I think a

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little bit better than we currently are the start games.

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Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna bring Caleb in here.

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Speaker 1: I really like this comment, and we were waiting to

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hear why, and Kevin Young has been asked, but there's

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the direct quote and discussing why maybe this team has

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close starts are roted down. We don't do enough to

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start games from an execution standpoint.

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Speaker 2: So what is accountability?

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Speaker 1: A live Pat trod off accountability, as we always say

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here in the stations that coaches players. I would believe

834
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the coaches are taking accountabilit because they're getting those guys

835
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die coming back in the second half, So this is

836
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very simple. This is on the players now. In my opinion,

837
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I really believe in Caleb be love to get your

838
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thoughts on this. But if they're saying we and obviously

839
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it is a team thing, if they're not doing a

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job executing, where does it come now to that? Because

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the coach is corrected in the second half, get it

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all done. But this is on the players now. I

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think that you're not executing the game plan, you're doing

844
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too much or doing stuff that you shouldn't be doing.

845
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And we know that Moose sometimes is taking threes that

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he shouldn't have, so I'm starting to think that this

847
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and this is not the past blame, but this is

848
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that the players just need to play better at times,

849
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and they're not doing that in the first half. And

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you heard from Kevin that the ball's not moving. So

851
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,760
sometimes they get stagnant too, and they forget what it is.

852
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And I love sometimes watching Kevin Young do nothing because

853
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:10,840
at some point the coach can't walk you through everything

854
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,960
you have to sometimes execute. He can't walk it through. Okay,

855
00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,760
a double team's gonna come here out of a time out.

856
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,800
He can, but when it's free flowing and you're just

857
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going up and down the court, you as a player

858
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,519
have to figure out. You have to be able to understand, Okay,

859
00:36:21,599 --> 00:36:22,519
let me manouver here.

860
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 2: Oh go make a play. You know that.

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Speaker 1: And so I love that this comment was said because

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some of the times in the first half I said,

863
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I think that's on aj. I think that's on Richie

864
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,639
Mihalanis to not shoot that one, gotta rebound better, and

865
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those are things coaches can tell you, but at some

866
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,719
point you have to do it yourself as a player.

867
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So I love that Kevin Young brought this up because

868
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this has been an issue the entire season.

869
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's an interesting man. Like we've been

870
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talking about it, right, I mean, the reporters talk about it.

871
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Kevin Young knows about it. Like second half Bou basketball.

872
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,000
Outside the city of Utah, it's talked about, right, like

873
00:36:55,039 --> 00:36:57,360
that's a nationally known thing. You watch the Bou games

874
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,960
now and the first thing they say during their pregame show,

875
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and you know what, what's the over under un mentions

876
00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:06,000
tomorrow at college game Day for basketball on BYU being

877
00:37:06,039 --> 00:37:06,800
a second half team?

878
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Speaker 4: Are we gonna put that at five? Like?

879
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Speaker 2: No more more more than that. Six yeah, six, seven,

880
00:37:12,679 --> 00:37:13,679
don't do that. Don't do that.

881
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 1: We're not promoting again, We're not promoting yet. I mean

882
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,760
we make takes. But what over under six and a half? Yeah,

883
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,039
I think right in the middle. I think that's a

884
00:37:22,039 --> 00:37:24,000
good one, right, I think.

885
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Speaker 5: It could be seven and a half and I might

886
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take the over, but I'm yeah. I mean, it's not

887
00:37:27,199 --> 00:37:29,719
just a provo utah thing that's talked about BUE being

888
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,679
the second half team. People know about it, people know, right.

889
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,079
I think the first person to ask about and it

890
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:37,760
was just really asked about of how that, how that

891
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,880
comes to be and why that is is Kevin Young.

892
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,360
I'm not gonna say that I know better than Kevin

893
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,719
Young as to why by U is the second half

894
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,719
basketball team. I think there are times where maybe the

895
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,760
players look a little bit more dialed in in the

896
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,840
second half, with a little bit more intensity, with a

897
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,960
little bit more on the line. Is it because they

898
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,920
know they have to play these next twenty minutes, execute

899
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,519
somewhat flawlessly to get back into the game, give themselves

900
00:38:00,559 --> 00:38:02,320
a chance like they had to do in those two

901
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,960
minutes down stretch against Arizona. I don't know, and you're

902
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,280
talking about Ronnie about well, how much of that is

903
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,039
coaches and how much of that is players? Do the

904
00:38:09,119 --> 00:38:11,159
coaches instill that and the players in the first half?

905
00:38:11,199 --> 00:38:13,760
Is it up to the players to do it? What

906
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,719
I can appreciate though, is I don't feel like I

907
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,559
see khy go into panic mode in the first half

908
00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:22,840
when this starts to happen. Now, there can be an

909
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,039
argument made or conversation had about the amount of adjustments

910
00:38:26,119 --> 00:38:28,159
when they happen when we're cold in the first half,

911
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,679
But what I really feel like I haven't seen is

912
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,199
panic now. I don't think it's overconfidence. I don't think

913
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,000
it's a hey, I don't think there's anything wrong with

914
00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:39,639
the game going on. I think he's fully aware that, yeah,

915
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,079
we need to be doing better right now. But I

916
00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:44,679
appreciate that. I don't feel a panic from Kevin Young.

917
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,599
I feel like he takes it methodically, He approaches it

918
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,280
probably correctly because we're able to fix it in the

919
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,440
second half. So I guess that's kind of an answer

920
00:38:52,519 --> 00:38:54,519
on the fix of what happens now, how to.

921
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 4: Prevent this first half slump. I'm not sure.

922
00:38:57,119 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 5: I'm not sure what Boy's gonna have to do to

923
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,800
step into that, like you're talking about maybe some people

924
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,679
shouldn't have put up these shots. Maybe maybe they should

925
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,119
have drove it to the basket. Maybe we shouldn't have

926
00:39:07,159 --> 00:39:10,119
taken a bad, contested double team shot with twenty seconds

927
00:39:10,199 --> 00:39:12,280
left on the shot clock in the first half. Maybe

928
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,199
we're doing less of that in the second half. I

929
00:39:14,199 --> 00:39:16,480
don't know what it is, but again, I think the

930
00:39:16,559 --> 00:39:18,679
silver lining in all of this is I don't feel

931
00:39:18,679 --> 00:39:22,519
like ky has panicked when it's happened. I feel like

932
00:39:22,519 --> 00:39:24,639
he's remained calm of control and tried to take the

933
00:39:24,679 --> 00:39:26,719
bull by the horns aggressively and fix what he needs

934
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,679
to and that instills more confidence. Is if I needed

935
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,039
another reason to have more confidence in what Kevin Young

936
00:39:32,159 --> 00:39:36,639
is doing for these bou Cougars. But I appreciate that

937
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,679
we have a coach that's calm and collected, and if

938
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,000
you can't tell by the way I've repeated myself over

939
00:39:42,039 --> 00:39:44,280
the last thirty seconds that he hasn't panicked. In case

940
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,840
you didn't hear me say that, I trust Khy and

941
00:39:47,199 --> 00:39:48,559
I think he'll figure it out, and I think the

942
00:39:48,599 --> 00:39:49,800
players will figure it out too.

943
00:39:50,119 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 4: I think we talked about excuse we talked.

944
00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 5: With Gurney about BYU gelling at the right moment last

945
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,320
year before the NCAA tournament, And in my mind, I

946
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,400
feel like that's kind of when.

947
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 4: They did GEL.

948
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,159
Speaker 5: I feel like it was towards the end of the season,

949
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,559
towards when the conference attorney was gonna happen. We hadn't

950
00:40:06,599 --> 00:40:10,280
really geled the way we knew we could until that

951
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,400
end of the season. Now, am I saying, hey, let's

952
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,679
lose five six more games and as long as we

953
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,320
gel later we're fined.

954
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 3: No.

955
00:40:17,519 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 5: I don't want to lose five six more games. Are

956
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,880
there a lot of tough games left on the schedule. Absolutely,

957
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,119
I want to get this first half thing figured out

958
00:40:24,159 --> 00:40:27,079
as soon as we can. But again, it goes back

959
00:40:27,119 --> 00:40:28,880
to my trust in Ky and I know that this

960
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,239
team will come together. I mean, this team has come

961
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:34,079
together more than they did in the first three four

962
00:40:34,119 --> 00:40:37,159
games that they played at to begin the season. So

963
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,039
there's already that GEL that's happened, that thing that's figured out,

964
00:40:40,079 --> 00:40:42,000
and I think it comes down to just figuring out

965
00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:44,000
what style play is gonna work well for them in

966
00:40:44,039 --> 00:40:46,960
the first half of these basketball games. I mean, you

967
00:40:47,039 --> 00:40:49,159
think about it, Hey, if they fixed it in the

968
00:40:49,199 --> 00:40:50,760
second half of these games so many times.

969
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,559
Speaker 4: Why can't they fix it in the first half to

970
00:40:52,559 --> 00:40:53,039
begin with?

971
00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:56,559
Speaker 5: But yeah, no, I again, I think you know what,

972
00:40:56,599 --> 00:40:58,400
I'm going to predict it now. I think coops come

973
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,559
out hot tomorrow. I think the first half is our

974
00:41:00,559 --> 00:41:02,199
second half, and then I think our second half is

975
00:41:02,199 --> 00:41:05,199
our typical second half too. So I'm gonna see two

976
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:06,719
halves of second half Coupar's tomorrow.

977
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,199
Speaker 1: How about that first half, second half, second half, the

978
00:41:09,199 --> 00:41:12,360
typical second half. That's what Caleb Lines is saying. Look,

979
00:41:12,599 --> 00:41:16,519
three seeds, calm, cool, collected. That's who Kevin Young is,

980
00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:18,960
never too high, never too low, even.

981
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 2: Keel right down the middle.

982
00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:22,840
Speaker 1: But I will bring this up and I will say

983
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,159
this the slow start, so I put it more on

984
00:41:25,199 --> 00:41:28,159
the players. I'm gonna put it more on them because

985
00:41:28,199 --> 00:41:32,000
I think the coaching staff is excuse me, is getting

986
00:41:32,039 --> 00:41:36,079
them dialed. I think the players need to play better.

987
00:41:36,119 --> 00:41:38,559
You need to execute. I think the big thing of

988
00:41:38,599 --> 00:41:40,840
what coaches can do is maybe get Richie going. Games

989
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,960
where I've seen Richie attack the basket and get going

990
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,679
BYU is always I feel like being able to come

991
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,800
out on the side of victory because when you get

992
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,840
Richie going downhill and then he starts to hit threes,

993
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,280
it opens up the floor, but it goes back to

994
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,559
vis point. If MoU can hit threes, if you can

995
00:41:54,599 --> 00:41:56,440
space the floor will allow you to attack the paint

996
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,920
the way you want AJ and Rob to operate. And

997
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,000
then you get Kansas and foul trouble. And they don't

998
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,679
want to get it. They don't want their bigs to

999
00:42:02,679 --> 00:42:04,559
get in foul trouble. They don't want Flory getting in

1000
00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:07,079
foul trouble. They don't want Tiller getting in foul trouble.

1001
00:42:07,079 --> 00:42:08,760
I can tell you right now, I've watched enough tape

1002
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,880
on these guys. I've gone back guys, I actually watched tape.

1003
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,800
If they get in foul trouble, that's gonna stretch Bill

1004
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,079
self to the way he doesn't doesn't want to. So

1005
00:42:16,199 --> 00:42:18,599
you need to do that. You need to hit perimeter shots.

1006
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,480
Get the top king going. You heard Bill Self, he's

1007
00:42:21,519 --> 00:42:24,559
the Kansas killer. He's the canvy thrills man.

1008
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 2: That's the biggest thing.

1009
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 1: You can't go front iron now Age is gonna shoot

1010
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:29,920
his typical seventy percent.

1011
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,280
Speaker 2: So that's here nor there, But everybody else has to

1012
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:32,519
hit it.

1013
00:42:32,559 --> 00:42:35,320
Speaker 1: Arizona. I think what they missed sixty three three? Yeah,

1014
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,280
sixty three, So it's dropped a little bit. It's not

1015
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,119
even seventy dropped a little bit. So you're gonna need

1016
00:42:39,119 --> 00:42:41,440
aj to shoot eighty percent from the free line're gonna

1017
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,400
need this entire team too. I think Arizona they missed two,

1018
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:46,599
and I think everybody missed too a piece of different points.

1019
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,119
A Walker miss two, Burry's missed one. I'm pretty sure

1020
00:42:49,159 --> 00:42:51,800
Bradley missed too. Uh, Pete, I think miss one. If

1021
00:42:52,039 --> 00:42:54,880
you do that then it will be able to help you. Actually, Pete, Pete,

1022
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,760
miss two. But on the road, it's important. You need

1023
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,159
all the points you can give. Vix not Vix not wrong.

1024
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,960
So we'll see. But that's Kevin Young sound. We gotta

1025
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,519
get the break because we gotta welcome in Steve Clemens

1026
00:43:04,519 --> 00:43:06,199
on the flip side and then keeping up with the Cougars.

1027
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:07,800
But that Cougar byt was brought to you by big

1028
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,800
old Tires, an American fork. If you're looking for the honest, hardworking,

1029
00:43:11,039 --> 00:43:14,480
cost transparent mechanic, that's also a big baufan. Ryan Eldridge

1030
00:43:14,519 --> 00:43:16,239
is your guy. I was at the shop yesterday loved

1031
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,400
talking ball with him. You can talk it as well.

1032
00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:21,119
That's the best part about it. You get a place

1033
00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:22,960
where you can get your car fixed, you can talk ball.

1034
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,360
It feels like family. I mean, you give yourself a

1035
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,679
complimentary water as well. All brought to you by big

1036
00:43:27,679 --> 00:43:29,800
old Tires in American Fork. It's not just tires.

1037
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:30,320
Speaker 2: They do it all.

1038
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,679
Speaker 1: They do a mission sets, change your oil everything. They

1039
00:43:32,679 --> 00:43:34,119
got me and my wife a new set of tires.

1040
00:43:34,159 --> 00:43:36,199
And I believe if you buy four tires, you're getting

1041
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,480
free pizza four year from Papa Murphy's. You get one

1042
00:43:38,519 --> 00:43:41,039
free pizza month if I'm correct. So go to seven

1043
00:43:41,119 --> 00:43:43,519
four eight East State Road, American Fork. Give them a

1044
00:43:43,559 --> 00:43:45,960
call today. Eight zero one six nine two three seven

1045
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five seven. That's eight zero one six nine two three

1046
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seven five seven mentioned Ben Crittle. You'll get the VIP treatment,

1047
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the VIP products, the VPP service, the ESPN, the fan discount.

1048
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,159
Let's go to break. Let's welcome in Steve Clements on

1049
00:43:57,159 --> 00:43:59,440
the flip. Let's talk some football. You're listening to Cougar

1050
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:01,800
Sports right on one of three nine. In ninety eight,

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three