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orthroprosoutah dot com. Kevin Young addressed the media earlier today.
Number let me just read some some stuff really quickly
before get into the sound. Number thirteen BO. You taken
on Number fourteen Kansas. Number thirteen BOU begins its two
game road trip on Saturday, January thirty. First one, the
Cougars head to the Sunflower State for a Top fifteen
matchup against Number fourteen Kansas. Tip off guys to schedule
for three thirty pm centertime at Allen Field House in Lawrence, Kansas,
fag Gllenfield Man. It's gonna be a great game. It's
gonna be on ESPN. You're gonna have Jay Billis as
the talent. Gregor Bell and Mark Durant will also be
on the call. Dan Schleumann is gonna be doing a
play by play as well. This is gonna be a
great game. I mean, I don't know how you beat
a game like this. Number one, number two pick going
at it. This game will determine who the number one
overall will pick will be. In my opinion, tomorrow's matchup
is going to be the eighth all time meeting between
the programs by u's third ever trip to allen Field House.
Kansas hold a four to three advantage in the series,
but the Cougars have won the last two meetings since
joining the Big twelve Conference, including overcoming a twelve point
deficit at allen Fieldhouse to win in twenty twenty four. Man,
you remember about that win, im if I'm not wrong.
Dallahall May Hunter Dickinson, his kid, he was the daddy
dead day. He hit a big time shot in a
big time game against a seven footer and b what
you got to win under Mark Pope.
Speaker 2: By the way, too, fans are frustrated.
Speaker 3: With B Way you basketball so far. I think that's
accurate to say you talk to people and it's just
not coming together like you thought it would, right. And
what I remember about that Kansas game is that's when
B Way you got it together. And if you look
at what B Way you dealt with last year, they
weren't really together until this time, right. And you look
at Kevin Young's experience. I remember coming on this program
B Way he was two and four in conference and
I had the thought, yeah, it's it's fine. Kevin Young
the hoops to drum the acclamation to college football basketball.
It just wasn't what he thought. It's gonna take some time,
It's fine, and then what he did do he put
it into gear, got it going be where he was
playing its best at the end of the year. And
in basketball, it's as important as anything else. You just
need to get tournament ready. That's all it is. Just
get ready for that tournament and go. And I think
that's what be what he's gonna do. You look at
what Kevin Young has to.
Speaker 4: Do this year.
Speaker 3: Everyone's new on this team, everybody even more so than
last year. Right learning that system, getting cohesive and all that.
I believe it's going to come together. I think with
this prep time, they're going to perform very well against Kansas.
And I'm expecting b Way You to win this game.
I really am. I watched Kansas play this year. They're good,
they're not great. I think b Way You's going to
come out of this game with a win. I really do.
I believe in Kevin Young. I believe in his system.
I believe in how he brings guys along. And the
thing I like most about this last game was Canard
Davis came alive.
Speaker 2: If he can six of six in the second half, just.
Speaker 3: Hit forty of your threes, and man, that's gonna be
a big for this Bway basketball team. If he can
keep doing that, throwing Costage Boskovic.
Speaker 4: They need help.
Speaker 3: That's been the narrative for the team the entire year. Yes,
we know the big threes good, but no one else
is right, Kevin Cata's kind of hit or miss whatever, man,
but Cannar Davis has to be that guy. The other
guys are nice pieces and all that. Well, what Canar
Davis can do defensively and throwing in that stroke and
and I think it's a competence thing, I really do.
And I think he may have overcome something and just realized, Hey,
I have this niche I can do things. That's gonna
be tremendous for the way you moving forward. Because I
think against Arizona, what that game proved is you can't
depend on just those those big three Arizona's two.
Speaker 1: Not against Arizona, it's not against the not against the
other Elite eight teams.
Speaker 3: No, you can't, not against the top teams, not against Arizona,
probably not against Houston, Probably not against Iowa State. But
what Canard Davis, It needs to continue though. You just
hope that was just a flashpoint moment where man, I'm
gonna take off from here.
Speaker 4: And it takes a while for these guys to.
Speaker 3: Maild in, to get congrue and understand their spots, and
they're not confident.
Speaker 2: He's getting confident.
Speaker 4: That takes time.
Speaker 3: Kevin Young understands that that's what he understood last year.
That's why b Way he was able to take off
at this time last year. And I believe it's very
likely that they're gonna do the same thing. So yes,
I believe b WA he's gonna win this game against Kansas.
Speaker 1: Love that you gave that take killer bullget your thoughts
and then we'll get here into the sound as well.
But just a reader where Gurney said, Canard Davis Junior
did I think I think he found something. He needs
to solidify it now and you need to do that
tomorrow on the road. Hostile environment thousand game being played
in Allen Field House. Thousand games gotta go out there,
you gotta take care of it. And if you're able
to do that again on the road, it means a
lot of supremier matchup. But a AJ is too good
of a player to say it's me versus Darren. Ag
is gonna understand the moment by U is not gonna
let allow a J and Robbie go nine to forty.
Speaker 2: It's not gonna happen.
Speaker 1: So with that shooting ability and with CoA, with with
the Lexi coast is doing what he did, you can
sprinkle that and and this is what it is. I've
said this take away bench points. I want to hear
that outside of the Big three, who's helping you. It's
got to be Canard, It's got to be Cab And
then you know, Beto is gonna be a guy that's
gonna shot block, so he's just gonna rebound. But you're
gonna need Alexi and Mahailo and Hadim whoever comes in
with those guys to provide valuable minutes and scoring. They
have to be able to hit threes and do that.
You have to you have to be able to come
in and do that because if you don't, you're not
gonna walk out Allen Field House.
Speaker 4: With the win.
Speaker 1: You have to be able to provide that because to me,
outside of the Big Three, everybody else's bench points. It is,
and that's why what we saw from Canard to go
the mag role literally full against Arizona. That's why I
got back in the game. In my opinion, state state
of live is the pressure defense and hitting threes. He
finally realized where he needs to be. Don't pull threes, brother,
when you got the ball in your hand, pull it.
When you get spot up and they find you and
rob Ag and Ritchie pass the team you spot up,
that's when you take the threes. Don't try to dribble
set no, no, no, no no. Don't create your own shot.
Dem what Mack ever tried to create his own shot?
Sometimes he fake and drive to the basket, or he
was slashed. But when he got shots in the corner
or at the top of the key, he took them
because they're pa and he did that in the Arizona game.
So I love that point, GM, and I love that Caleb.
Your thoughts on the matchup tomorrow and what he needs
to do to be ab to come out with the win.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean going back to talking about Moo Canard Davis, right,
we're talking about how he went off. I think he
was five for five or six for six in the
second half of that game from three, the production that
he gave it was almost that feeling of this is
the spark that we've been missing, this is what we need, right,
and then you remember, well.
Speaker 4: This isn't bench production. This is a starter.
Speaker 5: But the way he had been slumping a little bit
and almost felt like his production being brought back into
play was that of a bench player. Now that's another starter, right,
that's your starting five who now we're hoping is gonna
be a little bit more productive moving forward. So you
still have the issue of who off the bench is
gonna bring that spark Now Again, that felt like a
little bit of a bench spark because it wasn't necessarily
there within the starting five rotation before. But who can
bring that same bench spark? I mean spark? I mean
I think the way I saw Boscovich at the beginning
of the season last year. I went to a game
one of the early games. I was way high up
in the nosebleeds, but I saw him almost bring that
hoop down with how hard he slammed dunk that ball, right,
Like he can get production of the paint. I don't
know if he can necessarily create his own shot as
well as somebody. I mean, it's not really a fair
comparison for somebody like aj Debonsa. But can he really
get down to the paint consistently create his own shot.
I'm not sure if that's the kind of game plan
we're gonna be calling for Boskovic, but I'd almost like
to see him open it up a little bit more
in the paint, a little bit more around the rim,
get to the rim with those tougher shots. That's not
necessarily where he's been playing. They're kind of stretching him
out right, like you're talking about like Mama mag last year.
Speaker 4: I think you're right.
Speaker 5: If he can get an open shot in the corner,
take that shot, drain that shot. Let's hope we can
get that going for him.
Speaker 1: So yeah, to me, it's this is, uh, this is
very simple. I think you really have to make sure
that you just lock in defensively, grab your offensive rebounds,
which Kansas does give up, and you give yourself a
better chess second chance.
Speaker 2: Place Mahalo below the Freitrow line is good. A lot
of people don't understand that.
Speaker 1: I know he's committed a lot of fouls, but that
Western Indian game when he was in the pick and
roll with that.
Speaker 2: Mihailo is has a high i Q. He was on
the last play.
Speaker 1: He was the one that inbouted the ball to Rob
right now, obviously Richie was fouled out of the game,
but Mihilo has been in these hihest pressure moments. Remember
gave the ball to Rob to hit the buzzer beater.
He was the third option on that play in the
clemsing game. So Mihilo has an IQ. So I would
love to see Mihilo step up big, and we had
him on the show I think last week of the
week before. He's played in way bigger hostile environments. That's
a guy that's not going to be phased by the
atmosphere tomorrow in Kansas. But without for the do let's
get into the sound and play it. This is Kevin
Young from earlier this morning, the media availability from the media.
Speaker 6: Kevin, a lot of hypes running this game, obviously with
AJ going against Darren Peterson. Do you think that's being
overblown or do you think that's the kind of the
key to how this whole thing turns out.
Speaker 2: I don't, I haven't, I'm not, I don't live in
a hole.
Speaker 7: I understand that there's some talk about it. I don't
know the overblown I don't know. Is it just I
don't know how big of a deal that's being made.
As far as the key to the game, like those
two going head to head, No, I don't think that's
the key to the game at all. I think was
executing our game plan, which obviously he's a large part of,
is is wildly important. But they've got you know, they've
played a lot of games without him and a lot
of other guys I think have found confidence and so forth.
So you know, just having to you know, execute the
game plan, like I said, with him clearly being a
large part of that.
Speaker 6: How do you think aj will respond not only did that,
but the performainst Arizona? How is he kind of responded
in predit.
Speaker 7: He's responded great in practice that we've had two outstanding
practice the last few days, and so you know, relative,
you know, sometimes you look at a game you're like, oh,
you know, how you evaluate a game if a guy
played well or didn't play well? You know, oftentimes I
think it's really easy to go to shot making, particularly
for you know, stars, and that's life, right, You got
to make shots to win. I thought, you know, there
was probably four shots he took.
Speaker 4: I didn't love.
Speaker 7: The rest of them are shots he's made out an
extremely high clip. They didn't go in. So I don't
necessarily say, oh, he had a bad game. He didn't
make shots, but I thought he did a lot of
other things.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I'm gonna stop right here and then bring
Gernie and kleb beIN on this. I thought this is
very interesting this commentary. First of all, JJ ropens up
asking I think a very you know, important question, because
this is a question I'm going to ask, you know,
Sean Kellerman in the five point thirty segment, is how
do you pay attention to winning the game, because you
can't get caught up in Darren Agen. There's a lot
that the last time they play was high school. We
know what high school ball is. Gurney and these big
time things we have players like that. I mean, Darren
dropped fifty eight, age drop forty nine, no defense even
though they were a guarding so they really weren't. It's
not as physical as the Big twelve. But that's what
everybody's paying attention to. Everybody's paying attention to the numbers
and is that gonna happen and then versus each other,
and that's how you lose a ball game.
Speaker 2: And I love that.
Speaker 1: Kevin Young responded with, yeah, there's noise, it's overblown. Don't
care if it is or isn't. That's not what it is.
And then a confidence from ajf he's had two great practices.
You love to hear that the best player on the
team didn't like his performance first of all, just miss shots.
Anders responded the best way, because just as much as
Darren Peter is on that'scot on report, it's gonna be
on Kansas, it's got a report, Gurney.
Speaker 3: What was notable to me in those comments were when
you interview coaches, you get a lot of throwaway coach
speak comments. So it's just like, okay, that means absolutely
nothing one thing. And I want to do a research project.
And when I said I'm gonna do a research project,
it means I'm never gonna do it. But I do
believe that this would be interesting when coaches volunteer that
their team has had a good practice this week, when
they when they just say it, if they're not prompted,
irregardless of so it has all the great practices. But
when they volunteer that it tense. It makes me believe, no,
that's legit. They're speaking true.
Speaker 2: That happened all the time.
Speaker 4: Would be way football this.
Speaker 3: Past year, when Jayal would get out and from that
microphone and say I really like how we practice this week,
you would see it translate on that field. Kevin Young
did that in that interview. He says Aja's had a
fantastic week of practice. I think that's true. I think
that's one hundred percent, and I think you're gonna see
him have a really good game. I don't think that
is a throwaway comment, that's just something you always say.
I think he said that because it's true. And when
a coach volunteers that, that's what you look more in
these interviews.
Speaker 4: This is journalism one on one guys.
Speaker 3: Okay, if you ask coaches how practice has been and
they say, yeah, good, I really like how we practice,
you can't read into that.
Speaker 2: But when they volunteer it, yeah you can.
Speaker 4: You can read into that.
Speaker 3: Of course, not every coaches are the same, but that's
what I believe is true, and I think that's what's
become relevant. So anywhere I'm gonna go home and I'm
gonna research all pregame interviews and compare to how they
do on the field, which I know I that would
take too much time, but I believe that is a thing.
Speaker 1: That's definitely a thing. I really liked that you brought
that up. And Caleb, I'll get your comments here right
after this. And that is journalism.
Speaker 4: One on one.
Speaker 1: Coaches don't want to volunteer and give anything. They don't
give you nothing, knock. They want to be stone faced
or they're gonna be like Mark Pope and it's not
a shot, but it's true.
Speaker 2: They're gonna talk around and not answer your question, you.
Speaker 1: Know, just completely go differently. He gave that information up
and shot out to Jay on asking the probing question
at least, and Kevin Young gave information. And that's what
you want to hear that comment of he's had a
great week of practice before the game. You want to
hear that before because what else is gonna give you confidence?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: You need that, So you need that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well we'll say it come relevant. And I do
believe that the schedule and prep thing is a big thing.
Arizona was far better prep for that game. They had
scouted out bwah, you very well.
Speaker 4: I've never seen the.
Speaker 3: Way you have to attempt so many difficult field goal attempts.
Speaker 1: The season, Richie was getting ripped up at the opposite
side of the court like Bradley and Burry's.
Speaker 2: I mean, I know they're they're bullies on defense, they're
just phenomenal.
Speaker 1: But Gurney, there are times where before Richie's moved, they
blitzed off the weak side. If you go back and
watch a tip, That's why I tell everybody go to
rewatch the game. They blitzed off the weak side, not
just on the last play to block rob but when
Richie had the ball four or five times before he
even made his move, and then he would.
Speaker 2: Turn the ball over.
Speaker 1: Like Richie really struggled, not because he's a bad player,
but because you just said it. They scouted the hell
out of BYU and they really had it down to
a t and court. Pete, who's the guy on that team. Honestly,
he didn't even have a good game. He was in
foul trouble with four and they still were up you
know eleven at one point. Arizona is the deepest team
in college basketball.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was all about defense in that game all
about defense and aris almost phenomenal. So I think, what
b where you is it behind the eight balls as
far as prep goes, I think you're gonna see good returns.
I think that's what you're gonna see this Kansas game.
Speaker 1: Gotta see it, gotta see it. All right, let's get
back to it. Kevin Young sound from earlier today. This
is the media availability of him addressing before Kansas before
they I actually might be in air right now, but
this is before they left for the trip for Kansas today.
Speaker 7: So I think he'll respond to answer your question. I
think he'll respond fine.
Speaker 4: And the kids.
Speaker 7: A gamer, He's been in the spotlight his whole life.
He knows what, he knows what it is.
Speaker 6: How important is it to get Davis going.
Speaker 5: Again like the other night?
Speaker 7: Uh, I think it's very important, you know, just from
his own confidence, our spacing, you know, being able to
you know, do what he does, which is, you know,
make shots from three and play defense at a high level.
And uh, you know, he's a big part of what
we do. So it's good to see him kind of
get get on the right track.
Speaker 4: The other night.
Speaker 6: Have you have you ever been to Foggy allenfield House.
Do you have any history with it at all?
Speaker 4: Yes, I have been there.
Speaker 7: When I was with the Sixers, we practiced there because
we played a preseason game in Kansas City and we
had Joe El Embiid on our team and so it
was kind of like go back to his stomping grounds
type deal. So yeah, I've been in there.
Speaker 6: Is there a danger in maybe over hyping this game
because Afterologism one of only eighteen Big Twelve games, you
know game day is going to be there. Are you
kind of having to calm your guys down. I don't
know if that's the right word, but to not overplay
this is being bigger than the rest.
Speaker 7: No, I'm not like, well, I don't like you know,
we just worry about doing what we have to do.
Speaker 4: Like I don't.
Speaker 7: I think our guys are mature, Like I don't bring
it up like, oh man, don't worry about that. It's
just it's a it's a game. They're good, We're good.
They have a good player players. We have a good
player and players, and it's just, you know, it's what
you want. You want to play in games that matter
and are meaningful, and you want people to watch you
know you wanna, you wanna we want that, like we
want that, and so because I think it speaks to
like where our program is. You know, if no one's
talking about you, no one's doing there are no big games,
no one cares, and so you know it's a big
twelve game to your point that we need to go
win because we need a big win in the Big
twelve and and all that that, But that doesn't make
everything I just said not not true either. So I
think I kind of see it both ways.
Speaker 1: Gonna stop it right, They're gonna bring good Gurney and
Kila been here. Look even you know, and that question
has to be asked. We know why that question has
to be asked because it is valid, right because you
know some so some it might matter. But Kevin's like, nah,
like it's it's not And Kevin Young, I mean, nothing's
gonna face this man, Gurney because I mean, when you
have a coach's coach in the NBA college game day,
this is nothing to him. Like we asked him about
a performance that AJ had or or I can't remember
who had to play, and he like was nochalant, Oh yeah,
I saw it, and I had to take a moment
to enjoy that, because you know, I'm already think about
the next player moving on, Like he's even kill He's
not thinking about stuff like that. Like that's all of
this is just noise to Kevin, Like he really doesn't care.
He cares about winning the game and that's it. He like,
I'm not trying to be rude. If you really would
have asked Kevin off record, he'd be like, I think
it's great for BYU. But like if you if he
really were to say it, I think Kevin would feel
like And this is me projecting, right, and I'm speculating.
I don't want people think that I've talked to Kevin,
but I think Kevin and this is me out of words.
I don't think he uves a damn about it. I
think his job is like I gotta win a basketball game.
That is what I gotta do. My job is go coach, win,
get these guys right, come back to Provo.
Speaker 2: That's it.
Speaker 1: Like the rest of this stuff is just a distraction
to him because I think he's coached at the high
he's been at the highest level.
Speaker 2: He doesn't care, like he really.
Speaker 3: Doesn't, no, no, but he's been there. It's it's not
a thing for him, and that's why I think is going.
Speaker 4: To be prepared.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Kevir, let's get back to it.
Speaker 1: Last couple of things him Kevin Young from earlier today,
We'll give.
Speaker 7: Me a break, Jay Jay was going rapid fire that
that was impressive.
Speaker 8: Hey, hey, Kevin, I'm joined a little late.
Speaker 3: And this has already been.
Speaker 8: Asked, but Kate Cato was named to uh Nie Smith
list of best defensive players in the country. I wanted
to get your thoughts on what makes Cap such a great.
Speaker 7: Defend This is feel. You know, he's got a really
good feel for the game. Uh, particularly on that end
of the floor. He's got great timing but ill but
obviously uh you know, you overlay the athletic ability and
just his body on top of that and then you're
able to get things done like he is on that
that into the floor. But he just I think I
don't know if the outside world would could would realize
just how good of a feel he has.
Speaker 4: For the for the game.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stop it there, gim and I just want
to bring this in because I think this is this
on my scout of report and I'll break this more
tomorrow down during the Cougar Basketball pre game show. But
I do want to say this, Kabakada is going to
be the big, one of the biggest factors in this game,
if not the biggest. Not people gonna say Ron but
aj barrob but Richie. We know what the victory can
do this game in paint presence, since offensive rebounds is
going to be massive. Kansas struggles at that, they give
them up a lot they do. Bay you excels that
at one of the top two rebounded teams in the
conference and offensive rebounds, the other one is Arizona who
they just played, and his presence in stopping Kansas, stopping
Darren Peterson people from getting to the basket is going
to be huge tomorrow. And I think that's where boor
He is gonna have to win this game. Remember the
Iowa State game, Gurney, do you remember that one?
Speaker 2: What did he do? Coreer High is all over the place.
Speaker 1: What he had sixteen offensive rebounds ridiculous, ridiculous. So to me,
I think what the fifty to fifty balls is gonna
come down? I think CABA's presence is going to be
the difference maker tomorrow. Bay he wins this game.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it needs to be.
Speaker 3: keV has been too inconsistent this year. He's He's been
phenomenal at times and then he just kind of disappears.
You need that consistency, you need him to be a presence.
And I think Bay's liked the in the last two
games they played.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they've definitely liked that.
Speaker 1: Caleb, your thoughts on that Kabakada's defense and college game
they'd be Inny Kansas for BAU basketball.
Speaker 5: Yeah, speaking of his defense, I think I don't know
if this is really a controversial or hot take or
if I just feel like a tiny bit is, but
I would rather be beat by Kansas from the perimeter
than from the inside. I'd rather see Kabakata get in
there and make his presence felt and make it known
and without getting into foul trouble.
Speaker 4: I feel like BA has.
Speaker 5: Been doing a better job defending the perimeter as of late,
getting their hands up in shots and being more difficult.
I mean, even see boot coming out on the perimeter
to help defend and not just defending inside.
Speaker 4: I don't want it.
Speaker 5: I don't want any easy buckets in the paint to
the point where I'd rather get beat from the outside
than to see any anything giving up easy And we're
talking Aboutdarren Peterson, if we can keep him out of
the lane, keep him out of easy shots at the rim, Like,
I don't want to see an easy shot, and I
think the easy shots are coming in the paint in
the game of basketball, So as long as we keep
them out of there, I think I think we can
beat them with our perimeter defense. So I hope that's
what we see tomorrow with Kibakida again without getting into
foul trouble, without having like a minute's restriction for for
his health or anything. I know Greenney's talking about him
being hot and cold. I really want to see a
hot Ka Kaida tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you might see a hot kPa Kiddy. He was
hot in at Iowa State game. But look, that's what
the difference is gonna come down to. I really think
how BA you detern it, b what you wins this game.
I think you're gonna see him. Plus in the rebound category,
they're gonna they're gonna out rebound Kansas.
Speaker 2: You have to.
Speaker 1: Most people are gonna tell you, oh, well, you have
to rebound teams in general. Yeah, but things cannot go away.
You can miss shots, but I truly believe you have
to be able to get plus offensive rebounds and defea
Kansas that way, let's finish up last second chance points,
you know, second chance points?
Speaker 2: Yeah, go ahead, Vic. Yeah.
Speaker 9: I was just gonna say, uh, to win the game,
I think b YU needs to bring that same defensive
intensity they had the last four minutes of the Arizona game. Yeah, uh,
into Kansas, into Lawrence.
Speaker 1: See, this is a conversation that we've had though like
what is it? What's wrong with this team? And Jim
and I'll get your thoughts like first half woes, like
why does this it takes this team like to the
second half to wake up. Been described it as sometimes
it feels like I soball at first half and said,
all right now we're gonna go to the game plan
NBA go college basket. I don't think that's what what
what is on the game plan. I think that's just
how it feels and looks to us because of all
the NBA talk and affiliation, and we might just you know,
be be and tone death not the right murder. We
might just we just we we lack I think the
ability to see anything differently outside of NBA NBA.
Speaker 2: But I feel like that's what it is now, is
we just Yeah.
Speaker 9: I think that if you look in the second half,
they bring that defensive intensity. I think that their defense
gets better in the second half.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it needs to be there in the first
because they're gonna lose this game.
Speaker 9: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1: I'm being honest with that, Like, whatever they're doing in
the first half needs to stop. And what I'd rather
see them do, g Man, is I rather them shoot
like twenty three throws in the first half and then
shoot like ten in the second or shoot six. I'd
rather it be that, And I know that that would
really affect the game. But the big thing is is
the offense just goes dead. It goes into mud. I
call it a dead possession. They have too many possessions
g man, where they get to like ten to twelve
seconds and Rob is dribbling too much, or Aj is
driven too much, or Richie gets the ball.
Speaker 2: Rich's like, well, I can't create mall shot. You got
to take the ball back.
Speaker 1: And I'm just they have so many They've gone on
multiple scoring scoring drafts of three minutes plus in the
first half. And if they do that tomorrow. I'm telling
you if that's going to be very difficult to overcome.
Speaker 9: Hopefully move getting in there will get hot in the
first half.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think what you need more is you know
that Aj, Robb and Richie will get going.
Speaker 2: I agree. VI can bring up a good point.
Speaker 1: You want MoU, you want Mahilo, those guys company, You
want Keba, you want Alexi if he gets flashes boop.
You want those guys to be able to get off
from a very fast start being on the road and
coming off the bench, not even coming off the bench,
the non three Big three. Everybody needs to come in
and impact the game right away and forget that confidence.
So that way, when the second half is there, it's
already there. It's hard to pick up conference in the
second half in the hostile environment.
Speaker 2: Then start with it. You need to do what you
did against Iowa State.
Speaker 1: Like that team was oozing with confidence, and that's why
I believe they wanted to dove it overtime, even though
the officials were letting you know, never seen you know
a guy in you know, shoulder out, haul out of
bounds and knock them and knock call the foul. But
I guess you're allowed to play football in the Big
twelve at times, but.
Speaker 2: You're gonna be in that type of environment.
Speaker 1: Fisher is not gonna be on your side, and you
have to do something to be able to make it work.
Speaker 9: Luke can hit some shots there in that first half.
I'm telling you, it's gonna open up. It's gonna make
them change their defense. And because they're you know, the
first st half, they're on the AJ, they're on.
Speaker 4: To him, they're like glue. It seems so.
Speaker 9: MoU hits a few shots opens it up a little bit.
I think they'll score a little more in the first half.
Speaker 5: Yeah, go ahead, Yeah, I gotta I gotta say. I
think the difference in the Arizona game, I think what
changed the trajectory of the game in a very negative way.
I don't remember the exact score. We were up by
about two points, twenty to eighteen. I think it was
for a solid three or four minutes a gameplay. I
felt we were up by two points. We couldn't get
anything above that. Now I know they didn't really score
during that point. I actually think that is where they
catapulted into eventually taking the lead. Was around that same time,
but we were up by two and had plenty of
possessions where we could have pushed the lead to four, six, eight,
maybe even double digits, and we kept it a two
point game. With that we weren't able to connect. I
don't know if it was the shot quality or the
shot selection that we were taking. I really wish we
could have opened up that lead a little bit more,
and eventually I think that's where we started to give
them the lead instead. So if we're in a situation
where it's a tight game like that and we're locking
it down defensively, I really want to see Bo you've
been able to put up points on the other hand,
on the other end instead of just keeping it two
point games, because that was the turning point in the
game in my opinion, and maybe statistically was the turning
point in the game, was when we weren't able to
pilot on and create a lead in that first half
around the ten minute mark. I think if we were
able to do that, it's a completely different game against
the Arizona team, and we can't do that against Kansas.
So we gotta get some of that second half juice
into the first half and build a little bit of
a lead in the first.
Speaker 2: Half, must win. You drop one at home.
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and steal this one on the road, and even a
couple of more to be able to do it. No
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We're going to finish it up.
Speaker 2: Here for you.
Speaker 1: He addressed the media earlier today, discussing previewing this number
thirteen BAU team against their foe, which is number fourteen
Kansas on this top fifteen matchup.
Speaker 2: Let's tune it in.
Speaker 8: And the feel part of it would be kind of
knowing his role on the team twos as.
Speaker 7: That play a big part, no, I mean yes, for
his success and our team's success as it relates to
this watch list he's on. I don't know if I
would say that as much, but I just think he
you know, his feel for when to come over and
block a shot, when to stay back and go rebound,
you know, when to be aggressive, you know, with his
deflections and so forth. So he just he has a
real good, just natural I think, knack for those things.
Speaker 8: And then by the numbers, defense looks like it's pretty vulnerable.
What what kind of challenges is for you guys play
effectively against them?
Speaker 7: I'm a and that's the beauty of playing in our league, right,
I mean, Arizona is one of, if not the best
defensive teams in the country. And uh, you know, we
we finally crack the code on Nama, score fifty two
points in the second half. So it's more about identifying
to the players the things that we stand kind of
stand on.
Speaker 4: Offensively, I thought.
Speaker 7: Our ball movement was way way better in the second
half than it was in the first half of that
Arizona game.
Speaker 2: And how do you relate that to Kansas?
Speaker 7: You know, they do a tremendous job protecting the rim,
you know, but doing as a as a force in there,
and and you know they make it hard in the paint,
So our spacing is gonna have to be good. You know,
our bid of playoff two feet when we drive and
not throw up reckless shots is gonna have to be elite.
Speaker 4: And if we do.
Speaker 7: Those things, that'll give ourselves a really good chance to
have a good offensive night.
Speaker 6: And then at the other question, Kevin, has been made
of this first half second half team with your club?
That attributed to your your adjustments a half time or
is there really anything to the.
Speaker 4: Fact that you just see to play better in the
second half.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's more attributed to and I'm more
of a positive kind of outlook guy, but on this one,
I gotta go. We just we don't do enough to
start games from an execution standpoint. There's too many mistakes.
And so I think it's more like, you know, we
start executing better in the second half and and and
and that's the challenge, right is how do you how
do you do the right thing for an entire game?
And that doesn't mean shot making, That means execution and
being focused on the task at hand with the details.
You know, every team presents a different challenge, and there's
certain things that we point out to our group and
when we execute them at a high level. So far,
that's usually been in the second half. We have to
be better there and then and then from a scheme standpoint,
that's what I'm looking at. You know, what are we
doing schematically that's different in the first half versus second half?
You know, is the ball movement and unselfishness? Is that
being done at a high level for both halves? What
play calls are we run and things like that. There's
clearly deep dives that are going on, you know, internally
with that stuff. But I think the number one factors
we just have to execute and focus. I think a
little bit better than we currently are the start games.
Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna bring Caleb in here.
Speaker 1: I really like this comment, and we were waiting to
hear why, and Kevin Young has been asked, but there's
the direct quote and discussing why maybe this team has
close starts are roted down. We don't do enough to
start games from an execution standpoint.
Speaker 2: So what is accountability?
Speaker 1: A live Pat trod off accountability, as we always say
here in the stations that coaches players. I would believe
the coaches are taking accountabilit because they're getting those guys
die coming back in the second half, So this is
very simple. This is on the players now. In my opinion,
I really believe in Caleb be love to get your
thoughts on this. But if they're saying we and obviously
it is a team thing, if they're not doing a
job executing, where does it come now to that? Because
the coach is corrected in the second half, get it
all done. But this is on the players now. I
think that you're not executing the game plan, you're doing
too much or doing stuff that you shouldn't be doing.
And we know that Moose sometimes is taking threes that
he shouldn't have, so I'm starting to think that this
and this is not the past blame, but this is
that the players just need to play better at times,
and they're not doing that in the first half. And
you heard from Kevin that the ball's not moving. So
sometimes they get stagnant too, and they forget what it is.
And I love sometimes watching Kevin Young do nothing because
at some point the coach can't walk you through everything
you have to sometimes execute. He can't walk it through. Okay,
a double team's gonna come here out of a time out.
He can, but when it's free flowing and you're just
going up and down the court, you as a player
have to figure out. You have to be able to understand, Okay,
let me manouver here.
Speaker 2: Oh go make a play. You know that.
Speaker 1: And so I love that this comment was said because
some of the times in the first half I said,
I think that's on aj. I think that's on Richie
Mihalanis to not shoot that one, gotta rebound better, and
those are things coaches can tell you, but at some
point you have to do it yourself as a player.
So I love that Kevin Young brought this up because
this has been an issue the entire season.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's an interesting man. Like we've been
talking about it, right, I mean, the reporters talk about it.
Kevin Young knows about it. Like second half Bou basketball.
Outside the city of Utah, it's talked about, right, like
that's a nationally known thing. You watch the Bou games
now and the first thing they say during their pregame show,
and you know what, what's the over under un mentions
tomorrow at college game Day for basketball on BYU being
a second half team?
Speaker 4: Are we gonna put that at five? Like?
Speaker 2: No more more more than that. Six yeah, six, seven,
don't do that. Don't do that.
Speaker 1: We're not promoting again, We're not promoting yet. I mean
we make takes. But what over under six and a half? Yeah,
I think right in the middle. I think that's a
good one, right, I think.
Speaker 5: It could be seven and a half and I might
take the over, but I'm yeah. I mean, it's not
just a provo utah thing that's talked about BUE being
the second half team. People know about it, people know, right.
I think the first person to ask about and it
was just really asked about of how that, how that
comes to be and why that is is Kevin Young.
I'm not gonna say that I know better than Kevin
Young as to why by U is the second half
basketball team. I think there are times where maybe the
players look a little bit more dialed in in the
second half, with a little bit more intensity, with a
little bit more on the line. Is it because they
know they have to play these next twenty minutes, execute
somewhat flawlessly to get back into the game, give themselves
a chance like they had to do in those two
minutes down stretch against Arizona. I don't know, and you're
talking about Ronnie about well, how much of that is
coaches and how much of that is players? Do the
coaches instill that and the players in the first half?
Is it up to the players to do it? What
I can appreciate though, is I don't feel like I
see khy go into panic mode in the first half
when this starts to happen. Now, there can be an
argument made or conversation had about the amount of adjustments
when they happen when we're cold in the first half,
But what I really feel like I haven't seen is
panic now. I don't think it's overconfidence. I don't think
it's a hey, I don't think there's anything wrong with
the game going on. I think he's fully aware that, yeah,
we need to be doing better right now. But I
appreciate that. I don't feel a panic from Kevin Young.
I feel like he takes it methodically, He approaches it
probably correctly because we're able to fix it in the
second half. So I guess that's kind of an answer
on the fix of what happens now, how to.
Speaker 4: Prevent this first half slump. I'm not sure.
Speaker 5: I'm not sure what Boy's gonna have to do to
step into that, like you're talking about maybe some people
shouldn't have put up these shots. Maybe maybe they should
have drove it to the basket. Maybe we shouldn't have
taken a bad, contested double team shot with twenty seconds
left on the shot clock in the first half. Maybe
we're doing less of that in the second half. I
don't know what it is, but again, I think the
silver lining in all of this is I don't feel
like ky has panicked when it's happened. I feel like
he's remained calm of control and tried to take the
bull by the horns aggressively and fix what he needs
to and that instills more confidence. Is if I needed
another reason to have more confidence in what Kevin Young
is doing for these bou Cougars. But I appreciate that
we have a coach that's calm and collected, and if
you can't tell by the way I've repeated myself over
the last thirty seconds that he hasn't panicked. In case
you didn't hear me say that, I trust Khy and
I think he'll figure it out, and I think the
players will figure it out too.
Speaker 4: I think we talked about excuse we talked.
Speaker 5: With Gurney about BYU gelling at the right moment last
year before the NCAA tournament, And in my mind, I
feel like that's kind of when.
Speaker 4: They did GEL.
Speaker 5: I feel like it was towards the end of the season,
towards when the conference attorney was gonna happen. We hadn't
really geled the way we knew we could until that
end of the season. Now, am I saying, hey, let's
lose five six more games and as long as we
gel later we're fined.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 5: I don't want to lose five six more games. Are
there a lot of tough games left on the schedule. Absolutely,
I want to get this first half thing figured out
as soon as we can. But again, it goes back
to my trust in Ky and I know that this
team will come together. I mean, this team has come
together more than they did in the first three four
games that they played at to begin the season. So
there's already that GEL that's happened, that thing that's figured out,
and I think it comes down to just figuring out
what style play is gonna work well for them in
the first half of these basketball games. I mean, you
think about it, Hey, if they fixed it in the
second half of these games so many times.
Speaker 4: Why can't they fix it in the first half to
begin with?
Speaker 5: But yeah, no, I again, I think you know what,
I'm going to predict it now. I think coops come
out hot tomorrow. I think the first half is our
second half, and then I think our second half is
our typical second half too. So I'm gonna see two
halves of second half Coupar's tomorrow.
Speaker 1: How about that first half, second half, second half, the
typical second half. That's what Caleb Lines is saying. Look,
three seeds, calm, cool, collected. That's who Kevin Young is,
never too high, never too low, even.
Speaker 2: Keel right down the middle.
Speaker 1: But I will bring this up and I will say
this the slow start, so I put it more on
the players. I'm gonna put it more on them because
I think the coaching staff is excuse me, is getting
them dialed. I think the players need to play better.
You need to execute. I think the big thing of
what coaches can do is maybe get Richie going. Games
where I've seen Richie attack the basket and get going
BYU is always I feel like being able to come
out on the side of victory because when you get
Richie going downhill and then he starts to hit threes,
it opens up the floor, but it goes back to
vis point. If MoU can hit threes, if you can
space the floor will allow you to attack the paint
the way you want AJ and Rob to operate. And
then you get Kansas and foul trouble. And they don't
want to get it. They don't want their bigs to
get in foul trouble. They don't want Flory getting in
foul trouble. They don't want Tiller getting in foul trouble.
I can tell you right now, I've watched enough tape
on these guys. I've gone back guys, I actually watched tape.
If they get in foul trouble, that's gonna stretch Bill
self to the way he doesn't doesn't want to. So
you need to do that. You need to hit perimeter shots.
Get the top king going. You heard Bill Self, he's
the Kansas killer. He's the canvy thrills man.
Speaker 2: That's the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: You can't go front iron now Age is gonna shoot
his typical seventy percent.
Speaker 2: So that's here nor there, But everybody else has to
hit it.
Speaker 1: Arizona. I think what they missed sixty three three? Yeah,
sixty three, So it's dropped a little bit. It's not
even seventy dropped a little bit. So you're gonna need
aj to shoot eighty percent from the free line're gonna
need this entire team too. I think Arizona they missed two,
and I think everybody missed too a piece of different points.
A Walker miss two, Burry's missed one. I'm pretty sure
Bradley missed too. Uh, Pete, I think miss one. If
you do that then it will be able to help you. Actually, Pete, Pete,
miss two. But on the road, it's important. You need
all the points you can give. Vix not Vix not wrong.
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