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and family members, consuming all of the wonderful sporting events,

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both in the NFL and obviously on the hard with

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with BYU basketball. Getting that dug in that victory over

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the Mighty Utes of the North sent him home with

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a fairly convincing loss. It definitely wasn't as close as

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it was the first go round. BYU and AJ de

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Bonsa I thought took it to him pretty well. They

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did let them squeak back into the game a little

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bit towards the end, but goodness, gracious meal, my forty burger,

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AJ was able to drop on the utes. I believe.

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AJ put it out on Instagram and stated that this

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one was personal. It was a personal vendetta. He didn't

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know about the rivalry prior to signing and committing to BYU.

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I think he got a good taste of the rivalry

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and that's why you saw what you saw at the

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Marriott Center and one of the most iconic performances from

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a freshman shoot all time for a BYU cougar dropping

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forty three on the heads of Alex Jensen and the

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mighty utes of the no So we'll break that down.

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rest of the Star City Cash you wanting us for

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this Monday, January twenty six edition of Cougar Sports. Can't

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believe we're already almost done with January. That means we're

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inch and closer towards March Madness. Got a little bit

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of taste of the March Madness on Saturday. We're gonna

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get a true taste of the madness of March. I

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believe tonight at the Marriage Center as the BYU Cougars,

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welcome in the Bobcats of Tucson. That's what they are.

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Those are Bobby Wildcats. They're these little inny bitty bobcats

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that roam around. They're like there's a slightly bigger housecats,

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is what they are. Hopefully the Kougs show up, show

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out tonight at the Marriage Center. Let's welcome into the

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show behind the glass up in Salt Lake City, Executive producer.

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We got Ronald and three and man, we were behind them. Mike, Ronnie,

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how you living?

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Speaker 4: I'm living good. I got the experience in person. The

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forty three point performance. I know Washington get on TV

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is great, but I'm always gonna say experiencing something in

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person is way better, whether it's tragedy, heartbreak for your team,

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or an incredible moment. Because I love all sports. It's crazy.

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I would love to see the lebron block in person.

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Not the case, though, that's how it goes. Order Jordan

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was remarkable being standing room only in that Utah game.

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I was just amazed again. Every time we're on press row,

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not supposed to celebrate. We try our best, but we

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just are always taking back, grabbing each other like this

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kid that's wearing number three is ridiculous. I don't know

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when I know what happened, but I believe at some

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point a lot has to happen. I believe his jersey

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will be up in the raptors because he had a

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bear Bachmeyer type moment and those.

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Speaker 5: Puts you in the history books at Bay.

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Speaker 4: You to drop forty three and not just forty three,

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Ben on a day where college basketball was crazy just

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in itself. I loved what I saw and yes that

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was the first round atmosphere type game, but tonight Ben

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will be an elite a type game.

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Speaker 2: Can't wait to break it all down. Let's also welcome

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in Brett always bringing the hammer hammer time show what's happening? Brother?

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Speaker 1: My wife had laryngitis for the last week, which I

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realized I didn't contract laryngitis, That's not what I'm saying,

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but through her having larenitis, she missed I think three

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four like she teaches school for people who. Yeah, so like,

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she like she couldn't even whisper, so like I'd just

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these she's just like she's literally texting me and I'm

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Speaker 2: I'm just sitting there like reading her text. Gave her

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Speaker 1: Anyway, somehow, someway, I ended up contracting.

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Speaker 2: So I'm happy to be here.

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Speaker 1: But you know what, it's gonna make it even better

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when the Boy Cougar is cure my sickness tonight, when

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they bring down the power the spirit of Gimmermania and

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everyone else in the rafters and they take down.

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Speaker 2: The number one team in America in the Arizona Wildcats. Hey,

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I would love to see the Bayu Cougar's knock off

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the the IDYBD two Sons Bobcats. He'd be fantastic. It

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would be be Hey, they are man. Hey, look you

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gotta realize we have a bit of a house divided

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within the Crittle Home because we grew up in Arizona.

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We have two of my brothers that attended you of

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undergraduate and one for a graduate degree and becoming a

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medical doctor. Went to medicals there. So they are They

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are tried and true Wildcat fans, both of them and

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secondarily only when like I don't. I don't think they're

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BYU fans right now because neither one of their younger

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brothers are playing for Billy. But they had to root

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on BYU once upon a time. Sure, uh. And I

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told them I sent them, and we may have to

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play it in the nitty gritty, I may have to

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send it to Ronnie. But Elder Holland and Elder Oaks

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rest in peace, Rest and love Elder Holland. Not too

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long ago, to celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary,

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I pulled it up. I checked tape. Okay, I pulled

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up the video podcast in the quote. Okay, uh, I

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pulled it up. It's a in Essen's Elder Oaks and

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Elder Harland. They bore testimony that Brigham is the University

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of the Lord, the Lord's university. They said it. I

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didn't say they said it, And I had to show

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that to him, like, Michael, you're you've fallen away, You're

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falling astray. You know, the prodigal son must return. He

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is the oldest, he is the eldest, and he's rooting

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for the wildcatch to night. And I told him, like,

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what would Elder Oaks do? What would Elder Holland do

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be cheering on? What would Elder rash Man? And who

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else was that? Who else? Elder Christofferson, Elder Benner? What

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would they do? They cheer for Brigham baby, this is

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true and Neil Anderson, they're all there speaking of the

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Lord's School.

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Speaker 1: Though I forgot to ask you guys about this, so

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I don't know if you saw it, But on X

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there were some mock ups of the jersey patches on

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the logo. So I made a video because somebody had

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mocked up the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint.

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Speaker 2: Let's go and man, there.

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Speaker 1: Were some people who really loved it, and of course

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there were some people who really hated it. And I

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honestly don't know how I feel about it.

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Speaker 2: It's interesting. I see both sides.

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Speaker 1: Part of me is like, oh, man, that's so cool,

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and then part of me is like, yeah, but is

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that like like you know, Jesus is flipping tables because

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people are selling stuff in the temple. Like, I'm not

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really sure how I feel about the logo of the

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church being put on a jersey.

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Speaker 2: Who says they have to pay for it, this is

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their university.

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Speaker 1: But even they don't, I think there will still be

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that sentiment.

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Speaker 2: So that's why I'm like, I don't I don't know.

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waybe we put that out, Like, how would you feel

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if the Christians if that if that logo the church

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that Jus Christ the letter says logo was on the jersey.

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You they are the sponsoring institute. They sponsor this institution.

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They are the sponsoring entity of of of Brigham Young University.

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you think of them, right, do you not? I mean,

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with his scriptures on the EyeBlack point and and it

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was controversial at the time, but it it made people

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go to their scriptures too. That's comp Why don't you

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highlight that? Why not? To me, I think we're getting

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to the point, in my opinion, where there shouldn't be

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this this fear of what other people will say when

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you wear your religion on your chest. And it's not

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like you're monetizing it. It's not like bay All were

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monetizing it. No, we are the churches just Christ of

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Latinday Saints and Brigham Young. We sponsor them. This is

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our institution. It should be faith centered. It is faith centered.

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Once you stop being fearful of what other people think

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and say and do, your vision of who you're supposed

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to be and what you're supposed to do becomes a

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whole lot more clear in my opinion, Okay, in my

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humble opinion, it's about creating conversations around what's most important

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and that you are a represent What do you do

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with a what's that plaque supposed to be on your

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chest when you're out serving as a missionary. It's not

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to highlight necessarily your name rights. It should be highlighting Christ.

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on that placard. Yeah, we are representatives and so like

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to me, I think it's interesting. I know you went

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off on it on Instagram. Bret always bring the Hammer

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Hammertime Show, and you're gonna get the negative and the positive.

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Those that don't want, you know, the individuals that want

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to point out how all of the students at BUYU,

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and all of the athletes at b YU, and all

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the teachers and all the administrators, they all fall short

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of perfection of the standard that they've set, and they're

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willing to Hey, you, you're falling short. You're not a

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good representative. You're not. Is that a bad thing to

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fall short when you're striving to represent that, you're trying

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a big Utah fan about this, about like falling short,

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and he's like, well, how does the honor code operate?

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I'm like, I think they're still figuring it out. I

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think they don't want to publicly stockcate their student athletes

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when they fall short. Well, why don't they just suspend

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Cannard Davis Junior for the for the rest of his career?

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I'm like, is that what christ would do? Like, I

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don't know, Like, I think they're trying to figure it out,

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and they're gonna go buy the spirit of law now

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if it gets into legality and he's proven guilty. That's

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when you have to Okay, they're proven guilty, et cetera.

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like we're gonna fall short. Just Jake, did Jake Retslov

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deserve to be publicly stockaded. For some people, they say yes,

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because it became a legal issue. It was a civil case.

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I think everyone's trying to figure it out and when

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putting the insignia on your jersey if that's what you

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truly want to represent, if that's what you truly are

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striving for. That's my opinion. I think we need to

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stop being fearful of what other people are saying about

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us and embrace who we are and then engage actively

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in positive fruits. Go out and serve, go out and

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try to one body guard. Because as soon as you

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put that, right when you had that placard on your chest,

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you're like, I gotta raise the level. Yeah, I gotta

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raise my game. I need to be more christ Like, right, yeah,

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your time playing and I want you to envision that

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there is that in the same way that you had

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the placard for being a missionary. I want you to

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imagine you're playing in the Holy WARLRI, You're playing the

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University of Utah, and you have Christ on your chest.

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Speaker 2: How does that make you feel? Ah? Man, I feel

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like I have to prepare well, I have to execute well.

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Speaker 1: Guys now who do like the cross high black like

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or they'll have crosses tattooed and something.

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Speaker 2: I have to play with true sportsmanship. I have to

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give my best effort. I got to put my body

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in line. I have to be self sacrificing for my team.

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spirit of competition. That's what I gotta do. It raises

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you to that you raise me up, right, it raises

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you up You're not you know, you're you're not as

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prone to maybe the the uh, the follies that that

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because I was trying to think of like, what are

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all of these don't it is NCAA approved.

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Speaker 2: Now you can put logos on your jerseys if you've

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missed that correct, So like sponsorships and stuff like that.

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the sponsoring institution, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latteritie Saints,

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is going to put the Christians on the on the jersey. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I want to say it was top tier Koog's on

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X who put it out over the weekend. That's where

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that everyone feels like understood and included, Like I don't

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want to go overboard. So yeah, it's it's an interesting discussion.

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faith and like is that gonna make them uncomfortable?

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Speaker 2: Also like the Muslim fate Islam believes that Jesus was

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a prophet and they're great reverence and and and respect.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, but that's the spot you sign up

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exactly you signed up to go to a Christian university.

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Latteritay Saints School, right is what you signed up. So

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if you didn't want to be associated with that, then

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Speaker 2: So Yeah, Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I

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think it's a great conversation. I think you gotta embody.

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you stand for, and move forward with vision, with clarity,

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and without as they say in Espanol, sim verguenza, right,

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So BYU basketball, let's get into this. What a game,

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what a night? Ajd bonsadz Bonsa has dropped a freshman

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record four to three points as the number thirteen BYU

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Cougar's soared past the Utah utes ninety one to seventy eight.

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Speaker 3: UH.

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Speaker 2: AJ was in Fuego. AJ was unstoppable. You saw a

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different speed from AJ. I don't know if you guys

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noticed this. That was a motivated this is personal AJ sometime,

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the ability to have what I would deem as an

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MJ Kobe, that mamba mentality at the killer instinct. I

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don't know if we've always seen it consistently this year,

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but you know he has it. Sometimes it'll be a

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little lackadaisical with his body movement. Not always, but you'll

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see a sometimes. I feel like he can be at

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ninety percent and he's winning reps, he's winning sets, he's

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winning it on the court. Does that make sense offensively

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and defensively? We saw one hundred percent of AJ when

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he was willing and ready to turn it on the hell.

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Speaker 1: Early in that game, Like I think it was like

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the first three possessions, he was driving to the rack.

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He said, you're either gonna found me or I'm gonna

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score here. But I'm getting buckets today, dude.

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Speaker 2: It was a different speed that we saw AJ playing at.

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He wasn't trying to be this smooth operating some of

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the movements that were employed on Saturday night. You realize

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real quick why he has been dubbed the number one

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overall drafting. Now, I know there's been competition Darren Peterson,

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Carlos Boozer or any other guys that they've discussed, right,

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there's been plenty of towns, but you saw them in there.

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The ceiling. It's all about remember the talent, the ceiling.

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We've had this conversation about talent, the seiling. There's no

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doubt that ajd Bonsai these Bonsas is the most talented

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player to ever come through Brigham Young University. I don't

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think there's any question after what we saw that night.

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in all these different sports. Yeah, but I'm talking about

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just pure basketball talent, length, athleticism, his speed, his quickness,

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and then on top of that the polished scoring that

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he has, the great defensive effort that was showcase. This

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kid is so unique and we got we finally got

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to see what that ceiling looks like. And that's what

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was so impressive despite an even first half, right bwa

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is is Billy ever going to be a second a

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first half team. I don't know, Probably not, maybe hopefully

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in March. Hopefully in March is when we see the

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best of BYU basketball in the first half at any

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rate debots. It was unstoppable, and you also had a

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twenty one point showing from point guard Rob right the

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third He's trending in the right direction right now. It

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was impressive to say the least. And uh so the

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team earned forty eight points in the paint too, So

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that is a note. Throwing down three dunks in the process,

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a lot of a lot of Mamma jamas there at

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the Marriott Center, and the Cooper's out rebounded Utah forty

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to twenty four and allowed just eighteen points from the

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interier that the post defense has been extremely impressive. You

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don't get any easy shots when you're trying to get

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to the rack. Guys, let's get into some of the

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sound Kevin Young post game. Kevin, your thoughts on AJ's

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forty three point performance.

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Speaker 6: I was impressive. You know, while he was doing it,

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I just in my mind, I was like, man, this

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is a special, special player. I've said it a lot.

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I think he's the hands down to clear cut number

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one pick in the NBA draft upcoming, and it was

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on full displayed tonight. He was doing it every which way,

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and I think the thing I like about it more

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anything is, you know, it's coming off his worst performance

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of the year. You know, he didn't wasn't good at

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Texas Tech and came out tonight with a unfhazed and

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had a clear uh want to, I think, to just

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go out and dominate a game, and he got going.

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I also got to give a credit to the team,

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you know, I thought, you know, the execution was probably

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as good as it's been all year. You know, we

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were moving him around a little bit more than we

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usually do because of how they guarded him up there,

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so we want to get him on the move more

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and it was harder to double team him, and our

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guys did a good job of screening and getting him

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the ball, and you.

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Speaker 2: Know, it was fine.

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Speaker 6: Hopefully for everybody this a night, everyonet to look back

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on and have fond memories of it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Number one overall pick is what he says. I

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believe look up to this point in the season, over

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the last four months, I feel like all the mocked

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rashes put Darren Peterson at number one, even.

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Speaker 1: The ones that came out last week, even the ones

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that came out last week, because I was checking those

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as well, because I was like, you know, like to

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start the season, we thought it was you can say

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whatever you want now that you've seen Darren Peterson only play.

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Speaker 2: In half half.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, ten out of twenty of Kansas's games has Darren

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Peterson played in. And that's not including the ones where

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he's subbed himself out. Even up until the mock drafts

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of last week, given the injury history, they still say

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he's number one overall. So and part of that had

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to do with maybe he had his worst performance ag

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I did it versus Texas Tech.

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Speaker 2: It's like, oh, I'll see it. Look at what happens

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when he goes up against you know, a physically gifted, fast,

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physical team such as Tech, and maybe there's some I

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get it, there's probably some validity to that. Like you know,

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there were always reaction there. We're gonna neede jerk reaction everything.

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But then we saw the potential, we saw the ceiling.

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And is Utah a good basketball team. I mean they're

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good enough, they're talented enough. Alex Jensen is a good coach.

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A lot of respect on both sides of the floor

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from these coaches. And it's still extremely impressive getting a

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forty burger, even if it's on your home court versus

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a Utah team that has had their ups and down

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their undulations this season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think you get a couple points boosted,

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you get some stat ratings up. When you're playing in

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a rivalry game, things throw you go out the window.

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Interesting quote though, today from a man who knows ball,

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Brian Windhors today on the Hoop Collective podcast. Quote, I

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think aj Debonta is gonna be the number one pick.

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People I talk to think he's gonna be the number

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one pick. And this is why I tell people like

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you can't always buy into mock drafts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because what you have to understand is, if I am.

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Speaker 1: Let's just say, for example, the Utah Jazz, I don't want,

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or if you're the Oakland Raiders or whoever your favorite

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team is, you don't want everyone else in the league

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to know who you want.

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Speaker 2: You want it to be pretty under wraps.

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Speaker 1: So that's why you'll see a lot of like these

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main insiders, they don't put out mock drafts because the

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information that they're being given is legit. Where some of

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these guys who are putting out mock drafts, they have sources,

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but those sources know, hey, if I tell them something,

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it's it may end up in a mock draft. So like,

470
00:23:53,839 --> 00:23:57,000
what information do I want out there to the public.

471
00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,400
And so it's interesting that you're seeing some of these

472
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,720
mock drafts. Darren Peterson number one, and then someone almost

473
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,880
no one who knows better knows ball better than Brian

474
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,759
Windhorse at over at ESPN saying I think he's gonna

475
00:24:09,759 --> 00:24:12,279
be number one, And everyone I talked to says AJ

476
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,240
is gonna be number one.

477
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,440
Speaker 2: You know, my my conspiracy theory is that you know,

478
00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:20,240
eventually he's gonna be picked up by the jazz, like

479
00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:24,039
the Jazz are gonna get him and next year saying.

480
00:24:23,839 --> 00:24:26,039
Speaker 1: We saw conspiracy last year for the MAVs to get

481
00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:28,319
the number one overall pick. Is Ryan Smith working on

482
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,680
something with Adam Silver to get number One's been in

483
00:24:30,759 --> 00:24:31,519
work for a long time.

484
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 2: Okay, that's my that's my conspiracy theory that eventually the

485
00:24:35,799 --> 00:24:38,880
Jazz are gonna end up with a j no matter

486
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,240
where he's he's slotted at whenever the Jazz are slotted at.

487
00:24:42,319 --> 00:24:44,880
Speaker 4: Jeff went on the podcast man, he has a podcast

488
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,519
that he does, and he says, come on now, he's

489
00:24:46,599 --> 00:24:49,680
like the Utah getting the picked they taken aj Come on, man.

490
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,359
Speaker 5: He came to Utah played and be you he going

491
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:53,039
up north like.

492
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,880
Speaker 4: There wait wait wait, so Jeff T said it, yeah, yeah, yes,

493
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,200
Jeff said he believes.

494
00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 2: In jazz are and going to get Yes. I gotta

495
00:25:03,759 --> 00:25:06,119
tell you, I've been talking about this for probably about

496
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,079
a year. I'm like, look, this is a this is

497
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,039
gonna go down, this is gonna happen, and uh so

498
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,240
get excited. Get ready. He'll be a franchise player. He

499
00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:16,640
loves Utah, he loves b Yu, he loves the Jazz

500
00:25:16,839 --> 00:25:20,559
he's been going to the games. Look, that's that's the trajectory,

501
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,200
and that's what I believe is going to happen at

502
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,240
any rate. How glorious would that be? Though? Because was

503
00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:29,799
it in this last NBA draft? I'm not just saying

504
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,200
didn't was it. Weren't the Jazz the most likely to

505
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,400
be the to receive the number one overall pick? And

506
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,799
the lottery I think they were.

507
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,640
Speaker 5: They were the Jazz, the Wizards, and I think the Hornets.

508
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:48,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And so it's gonna it's gotta come back

509
00:25:48,559 --> 00:25:50,839
in the world of entertainment. It's gonna We're gonna figure

510
00:25:50,839 --> 00:25:51,079
it out.

511
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:56,920
Speaker 1: Lottery odds number one was Jazz tied with the Wizards

512
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,720
and the Hornets and the Avericks.

513
00:25:59,039 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 2: I told you, that, told you, And somehow they got it.

514
00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:08,480
They got it because of the ad the trade, right,

515
00:26:08,519 --> 00:26:13,359
the eighty trade, Yeah, Luca eighty and Lebron puppeteering from

516
00:26:13,519 --> 00:26:17,359
from from behind it all anyway, So let's get back

517
00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,400
to some of the sound bites real quick. A couple

518
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,279
more sound bites from Ky post game. Kevin, Uh, you

519
00:26:22,319 --> 00:26:28,960
guys shot what sixty from three? Uh? Were they making shots? Sorry?

520
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,000
I don't I don't know what this, uh, this particular

521
00:26:32,039 --> 00:26:34,279
question is. But he was talking about sixty percent from

522
00:26:34,319 --> 00:26:37,039
the three point line where they making shots. Were you're

523
00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:41,640
not happy with the perimeter defense three of them. I

524
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:42,960
wasn't happy with the rest of them.

525
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,839
Speaker 6: I thought they really shot the ball well, you know,

526
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,279
But at the same time, you know, mckenry and Brown

527
00:26:49,319 --> 00:26:51,359
are so good. I mean, that's that's as good of

528
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,640
a one to two backcourt punch that I've seen since

529
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,200
I've been doing this in college. And so they put

530
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,039
a lot of stress on you, and you got to

531
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:03,440
kind of help, you know. We wanted to, well, I say,

532
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,519
show them a crowd, and some of it was that

533
00:27:06,079 --> 00:27:08,680
and trying to make other guys beat you. I thought

534
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,440
with McHenry in particular, I thought our closeouts weren't good

535
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,079
in the first half. That was frustrating. But like the

536
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,200
three I was referring to that we were helping off

537
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,400
the corner too much. And then the rest of them

538
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,160
you kind of live with.

539
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:21,880
Speaker 2: But I mean, look, they go eight to ten.

540
00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:24,039
Speaker 6: And from three in the second half is impressing me

541
00:27:24,079 --> 00:27:26,559
that honestly, that game should have been a lot more

542
00:27:26,599 --> 00:27:28,960
of of a lead than it was. But you have

543
00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:30,799
to give them credit for making shots.

544
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 2: Give them credit for making shots. They got in Fuego

545
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:35,920
a little bit in the second half. A j was

546
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,839
also hot in the second half. Was the thought just

547
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,359
to ride the hot hand and give him the ball.

548
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:43,599
It was funny.

549
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,519
Speaker 6: And one of the timeouts, I was like, I want

550
00:27:45,519 --> 00:27:48,000
to run this play and I didn't say who for,

551
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,119
and then coach Hooight was like, no, let's.

552
00:27:50,839 --> 00:27:52,079
Speaker 2: Just keep going to the hot hands.

553
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 6: So, you know, like I said before, we try to

554
00:27:55,319 --> 00:27:57,680
put them in different spots to get the ball, and

555
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,200
the guys did a good job of screening form.

556
00:28:01,319 --> 00:28:04,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, sometimes you know, you want to set play. Other times,

557
00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:08,519
you know, that is the nuanced nature of coaching. When

558
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,400
to you know, call the time out, set up a

559
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,200
half court set, or just let your guys play ball.

560
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,440
That that's tough to do, I mean, because we criticize

561
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,880
his fans in his media either way. Yeah, you know

562
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,640
what I mean, Like we'll say bravo letting them play

563
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,519
and then if they get a horrible shot, they get

564
00:28:25,519 --> 00:28:27,599
a horrible look. Right, why did you call time out?

565
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,400
Why didn't you set up your offense? Why didn't you

566
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,559
get a set play there? And so kudos to the

567
00:28:34,599 --> 00:28:37,000
coaching staff. Eight, let's just keep going with the hot hand.

568
00:28:37,079 --> 00:28:39,759
Let's go aj and see what he can do. Kevin,

569
00:28:40,039 --> 00:28:42,960
was it a calculated decision to play a lineup of

570
00:28:43,079 --> 00:28:47,359
four guys that are six foot ten or plus taller?

571
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:54,279
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean similar to last year. You know, guys

572
00:28:54,359 --> 00:28:57,200
just they just put their hand up and say you

573
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,000
gotta play me. You know, all ot trace Toart last year,

574
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,240
and so I think, uh.

575
00:29:02,359 --> 00:29:05,559
Speaker 2: You know, Hadeem's guy like that.

576
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 6: You know, my high low has been in that space

577
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:12,599
as well, and positionally does it work. It does because

578
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,240
Mehilo is as he's a skilled player and he can

579
00:29:15,279 --> 00:29:17,839
give you some perimeter stuff. And then it works with

580
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,319
Hadeem because he can he can guard a guard on

581
00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:24,759
the perimeter. So there's just no substitute for size, you know,

582
00:29:24,839 --> 00:29:28,160
particularly wing side. I think it can be kind of

583
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,160
you can swallow teams up a little bit, and I do.

584
00:29:31,119 --> 00:29:36,319
Speaker 2: Think it's something we can do more moving forward. So

585
00:29:38,279 --> 00:29:41,000
you know that you are as extremely long, and you

586
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:43,319
wonder if there's a little bit of h I know

587
00:29:43,359 --> 00:29:45,279
they've been working on it in practice, especially as the

588
00:29:45,319 --> 00:29:46,839
game is closer to March and they're looking at this

589
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,839
big twelve Godling. You know Houston's long, obviouly, Texas Tech

590
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,000
is pretty long and athletic too, Ronald, When you see

591
00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:56,759
this lineup being showcased, what did what do you ponder?

592
00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:57,839
What do you think upon here?

593
00:29:58,119 --> 00:30:00,279
Speaker 4: Well, I'm gonna tease it for the next a little

594
00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:03,279
bit because I asked the question about a certain development

595
00:30:03,319 --> 00:30:05,680
player coach, because there's a certain guy that didn't attempt

596
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,920
to shot, but he was a plus eleven on the floor,

597
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,240
and I think that just speaks to that defense sometimes matter.

598
00:30:11,359 --> 00:30:13,920
I've said it on this program multiple times, the Texas

599
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:14,759
Tech the.

600
00:30:14,759 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 5: Arizona the Houston game.

601
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,119
Speaker 4: You're gonna need guys and go deep into your bench

602
00:30:18,359 --> 00:30:20,319
that just play defense, that just want to lock in

603
00:30:20,359 --> 00:30:24,359
and grab boards and look, Ben, that's why they failed

604
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,720
last year. It wasn't because they were a bad basketball team.

605
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,960
They didn't have the athleticism to keep up. And now

606
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,640
that they deal with me, when they have a lineup

607
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,319
of four guys that are six ten plus, that's crazy

608
00:30:34,319 --> 00:30:36,200
to think about, but that's what you need to do,

609
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,400
because that's how Houston was able to make a deep run.

610
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,759
That's how Arizona's been able to make good runs all

611
00:30:40,759 --> 00:30:42,799
of the other teams. Look at the National Championship teams,

612
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,440
go look at their rosters and the athleticism and the.

613
00:30:45,359 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 5: Guys that they have. Bau now finally has that depth.

614
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 2: I love. I love the like look hadem. It was

615
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,119
so impressive defensively in that Tech game. I think you're

616
00:30:58,119 --> 00:31:00,640
gonna need him tonight. What's the injurort right now?

617
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 4: Guys Canard Davis Junior is the only one questionable. I

618
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,440
believe Ben he went out early too in that Utah game.

619
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,519
And Haidim actually stepped up about tremendously.

620
00:31:09,279 --> 00:31:12,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, so something to keep an eye on, no doubt,

621
00:31:13,119 --> 00:31:15,160
Let's continue, Let's get through this year. You only had

622
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,359
eight turnovers. Is that the kind of clean game you're

623
00:31:17,359 --> 00:31:20,440
going to need against Arizona? Kay? Why? Yeah?

624
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,519
Speaker 6: I mean that's gonna be a major possession battle. I

625
00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:24,799
think we're the top two offensive rebounding teams in the

626
00:31:24,799 --> 00:31:28,160
Big twelve, and so possession game is going to be

627
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,359
very critical. But I mean, I think that's part of

628
00:31:30,359 --> 00:31:32,799
who we are, who we have been for the most part.

629
00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:34,720
We haven't had many games where we've been a super

630
00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:36,799
high turnover team. I give Rob a lot of credit

631
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:39,440
because he's that's a night Rob right, his Knight's probably

632
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,599
gonna go kind of unnoticed. But I thought he was tremendous.

633
00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:43,759
I thought his floor game was amazing. I thought he

634
00:31:43,759 --> 00:31:45,839
played the game like a true point guard, scored when

635
00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:48,960
he needed to and then realized AJ was going. Thought

636
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,839
he did a good job of orchestrating so that that

637
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,000
plays into that low turnover number, And honestly, I think

638
00:31:54,039 --> 00:31:54,720
he should have been six.

639
00:31:54,799 --> 00:31:56,759
Speaker 2: We had two like after we suck to be honest

640
00:31:56,839 --> 00:32:00,759
at the end, are you seeing talk about the different

641
00:32:00,759 --> 00:32:03,599
speed we're seeing from AJ. I think over the last

642
00:32:03,599 --> 00:32:05,400
two three games, we've been seeing a different screen from

643
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,839
Rob Wright too. Not to say that he's like, hasn't

644
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,359
been quick and cat like and Mangoo's like, I mean

645
00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:13,880
he's he's been bouncy, he's been quick, he's been athletic,

646
00:32:14,559 --> 00:32:17,680
his handle I think is improved. He's he's he's more

647
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,480
of an orchestrator and creator like it's it's a fine

648
00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:25,759
line between the two kind of the roles that he

649
00:32:25,839 --> 00:32:29,160
plays as a creator and orchestrator and distributor for others.

650
00:32:29,559 --> 00:32:31,359
But I'm seeing a little bit of a different speed

651
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,039
from from Rob Wright the third as well.

652
00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 1: Right now, I also think it's easier to notice that

653
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,559
when you're coming off of AJ's worst performance of the season.

654
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,880
Like I do agree with you, I think he is

655
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,880
playing better. But also I think a lot of times,

656
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,839
I think almost every game Rob Wright plays out like

657
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,079
out of this world, but he doesn't get all of

658
00:32:50,119 --> 00:32:53,319
the credit because he's playing next to the number one

659
00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:56,880
overall pick. So frankly, I'm glad that we're getting to

660
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,160
notice this from Rob right and we're not letting it

661
00:32:59,319 --> 00:33:01,839
get swept under the rug just because he's playing next

662
00:33:01,839 --> 00:33:02,240
to AJ.

663
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 2: Ben.

664
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 4: I got some numbers for you, because I know you

665
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,839
lack numbers. Check this give us Gregor Beel Rob Wright

666
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,359
the last five games twenty two point eight points, fifty

667
00:33:09,359 --> 00:33:11,759
percent from the field, my goodness, thirty nine percent from

668
00:33:11,759 --> 00:33:14,480
three goodness gravy, ninety five percent from the free throw line,

669
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,160
four point four assaysts, two point seventy five assist to

670
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,240
turnover ratio forty mounds and thirty four excuse me, thirty

671
00:33:20,279 --> 00:33:23,720
seven and a half minutes to play with one personal

672
00:33:23,759 --> 00:33:25,480
foul per game.

673
00:33:25,519 --> 00:33:26,279
Speaker 5: And then check this out.

674
00:33:26,319 --> 00:33:30,079
Speaker 4: Been zero fouls are committed against Utah by k Baketa,

675
00:33:30,359 --> 00:33:33,400
Rob Wright, and AJ all combined, but they drew sixteen

676
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:34,000
fouls together.

677
00:33:34,039 --> 00:33:36,279
Speaker 2: There you go, So is he fifty forty ninety?

678
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 4: Is that what you He's close to it almost? Yeah's

679
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,319
thirty nine percent, but he's close to it.

680
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:41,119
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's crazy.

681
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,519
Speaker 2: So he's almost fifty forty ninety.

682
00:33:42,519 --> 00:33:43,559
Speaker 5: Wow, that's absurd.

683
00:33:43,759 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 2: I don't know if a BYU basketball basketball player has

684
00:33:47,119 --> 00:33:50,279
ever at that volume shot fifty forty ninety. And we've

685
00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:53,039
had closer than Jimmer again and we've never remember, never

686
00:33:53,079 --> 00:33:57,000
had twelve play before. Yeah, Jimmer and Elijah Bryant are

687
00:33:57,039 --> 00:34:01,799
your most most efficient. I think score is in the

688
00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:07,599
modern era in that in those three statistical categories, efficiency, rankings,

689
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,519
and ratings. So anyway, last thing here, A couple last

690
00:34:10,519 --> 00:34:12,159
things here. Can you speak to Jordan Brady? Is this

691
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:13,000
Ronald's question?

692
00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 5: This is mine?

693
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 2: Yes? Yeah, little player development conversation. The player development coach

694
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,119
Hadeem had a stretch where we had two rebounds of

695
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,159
block and a forced tone over without fouling. Jordan Brady

696
00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:24,400
has been pretty impactful.

697
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:28,119
Speaker 6: Speak to him now, I mean, Jordan's a guy known

698
00:34:28,119 --> 00:34:28,840
for twenty years.

699
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 2: I trust him. He knows exactly what we want to do.

700
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:36,519
Speaker 6: He has our player development program extremely organized, and there's

701
00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:39,119
a team of people behind him as well, and had

702
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:41,039
Deem has been a beneficiary that, you know, I think

703
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:43,840
that's something that we pride ourselves on here. And obviously

704
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,960
the whole NBA thing gets talked about a lot, but

705
00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:48,840
like what what does actually mean? And so it's an

706
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,679
infrastructure of development and an environment where guys can really

707
00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:56,079
truly get better and the guys that utilize the resources

708
00:34:56,079 --> 00:34:59,559
that we have here, which are a plenty, really benefit

709
00:34:59,599 --> 00:35:01,679
from it. And Jordan's ahead of that, along with a

710
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:02,480
lot of other people.

711
00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 2: A couple of last things here, aj has one of

712
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,239
his tougher performances, or had one of his tougher performances

713
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,199
against Texas Tech. What does it say about his ability

714
00:35:13,199 --> 00:35:16,000
to learn from his mistakes after this game? Watching what

715
00:35:16,039 --> 00:35:17,039
he was able to showcase.

716
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,119
Speaker 6: I think he just speaks to his mentality to be

717
00:35:20,199 --> 00:35:24,960
honest with you, and that's something that that I'd like

718
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,239
to see him tap into more. And I don't mean like, oh, dude,

719
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,199
go have forty three every night. I'm not saying that,

720
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:34,440
but you know, there's a there's a humble I don't

721
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,559
even know, it's like a humble arrogance. If you will

722
00:35:36,599 --> 00:35:39,639
of just understanding that every time you step on the floor,

723
00:35:40,079 --> 00:35:43,400
you're an elite basketball player. And uh, you know, I

724
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,159
think because he plays the game the right way, maybe

725
00:35:46,199 --> 00:35:50,400
sometimes that that mentality that I'm talking about sometimes isn't

726
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,039
as present as maybe it should be, or as I

727
00:35:53,079 --> 00:35:55,199
would like it to be. And that's a challenge for

728
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,400
him as he continues to learn who he is as

729
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,639
a player. And you know, it's fun when he taps

730
00:36:01,679 --> 00:36:04,239
into it like he did tonight.

731
00:36:05,079 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 2: Love that breakdown from k Why. Uh, like I've said

732
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,840
many times, AJ is different because of his mentality. Uh

733
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,000
you know, like I said, I feel like he's got

734
00:36:14,159 --> 00:36:18,159
Mama mentality, MJ mentality, Candada Killering stink. He may be

735
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,400
a slot lower than them right now, higher into the NBA.

736
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,039
I wonder how sustainable it.

737
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,280
Speaker 5: Is he's got it for an you know what I

738
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:24,760
mean year old.

739
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,639
Speaker 4: I think it's that at the peak of where it

740
00:36:26,639 --> 00:36:28,480
could be for his age, right because.

741
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,639
Speaker 5: When he gets older. But he's been too.

742
00:36:31,039 --> 00:36:34,039
Speaker 4: He came out on the court and I know he

743
00:36:34,119 --> 00:36:36,440
jokes about the Utah thing and then not BNBA teases

744
00:36:36,519 --> 00:36:38,239
some stuff for later, but he came out on the

745
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,840
court beforehand and he just the way he like the

746
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,800
way he like puts fear into the opponent.

747
00:36:43,039 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 5: He looks at them of like I'm going to destroy you.

748
00:36:45,639 --> 00:36:47,519
Speaker 4: Like the way he just stares at them like he's

749
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,159
and he doesn't get technical fouls.

750
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,519
Speaker 2: I don't know if he always plays at the page

751
00:36:51,559 --> 00:36:53,880
now no, no, he didn't. Does that make sense?

752
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:54,519
Speaker 5: And that's what I'm saying.

753
00:36:54,559 --> 00:36:56,840
Speaker 2: Young, I don't know if he always plays at that page.

754
00:36:56,679 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 4: But it's exciting for the like when he gets to

755
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,199
the NBA playoffs, that he can turn it on like

756
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,480
y yeaheah, yeah, because if he's able to do that, Ben,

757
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,119
when he gets older than like what prime him like

758
00:37:05,199 --> 00:37:08,519
twenty seven, twenty eight, constantly he's going to be unstoppable,

759
00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:10,440
like because he put Honestly, when I see him play

760
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,159
him like that put the he would put the fear

761
00:37:12,159 --> 00:37:14,199
of God in the man, honestly, And I'm not trying

762
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,079
to be sacrilegious like playing because when he get when

763
00:37:16,119 --> 00:37:18,239
he turns it on, you cannot stop him.

764
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 5: He literally is unstoppable, you know. And again eighteen year

765
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,719
old guys, you know the twenty six going at it.

766
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,679
But he's phenomenal. It is great.

767
00:37:25,599 --> 00:37:28,239
Speaker 2: A couple last things here, what practice or prep we

768
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,320
get into before the Arizona game.

769
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 6: Yeah, we'll be able to have some great discussion with

770
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,960
our players, and we already started after the game, just

771
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,840
talking about the similarities of the game playing tonight and

772
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,199
with that, how that sort of, like I said, the

773
00:37:43,199 --> 00:37:46,039
similarities that we can draw from it for the Arizona game.

774
00:37:46,159 --> 00:37:49,519
So I actually like when the regular season schedule gets

775
00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:52,280
funky because I think it prepares you well for the postseason.

776
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,239
You know, you never know kind of like how quick

777
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,000
your turnarounds are going to be and that kind of thing.

778
00:37:57,119 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 2: So especially when you.

779
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 6: Have to do it, you get ready to play a

780
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,480
good team with is what will happen in March, and

781
00:38:01,559 --> 00:38:05,599
so I think it'll be a good I think we

782
00:38:05,639 --> 00:38:08,000
can reference even later in the year for that.

783
00:38:10,519 --> 00:38:12,519
Speaker 2: I mean, it's quick turnaround, baby, not a whole lot

784
00:38:12,599 --> 00:38:15,519
of time to prep. You know, what do you do?

785
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,719
You know? You know, Sunday can be a recovery day, right,

786
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,800
and you can pull up film and things that nature

787
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,519
and send out messages to everybody. You don't have to

788
00:38:24,559 --> 00:38:29,400
get physically on the court. But I'm sure they went

789
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,840
through their walkthroughs this morning and shoot around et cetera.

790
00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:34,000
So that's what you can do. You can do some

791
00:38:34,039 --> 00:38:37,639
walk around, you know, walkthroughs and shoot arounds, and that's

792
00:38:37,639 --> 00:38:40,320
what you do. A couple last things here. You've been

793
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,039
really outspoken about the top twenty five of the AP voters.

794
00:38:43,079 --> 00:38:45,519
What does this game speak to you about where your

795
00:38:45,519 --> 00:38:47,119
position should be in the top twenty five.

796
00:38:48,119 --> 00:38:49,719
Speaker 5: Well, I don't know if I would say outspoke.

797
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 6: I made one comment about it, But.

798
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,159
Speaker 2: Look, dude, I don't know.

799
00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 6: I'm still learning how college basketball works. Honestly. Well, here's

800
00:38:57,039 --> 00:38:59,800
what I do know about the rankings and the common

801
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:01,880
I'm made it. They don't really matter.

802
00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 2: You know, you want to be able.

803
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,199
Speaker 6: To put yourself in a position one to be playing

804
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,800
your best basketball later in the year at the right time.

805
00:39:08,639 --> 00:39:11,920
But more than anything, it's you know, it's all about

806
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,599
the seed line, right, And so I don't know. I mean,

807
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,159
theoretically the AP rankings shouldn't.

808
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:18,559
Speaker 2: Factor into that.

809
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 6: I think there's probably a little human element probably that

810
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,599
goes into that with the people that do the ranking

811
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:25,639
or the seeding.

812
00:39:25,679 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 2: I should say, you guys are.

813
00:39:26,639 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 6: Know better than me, because you guys probably have more experience,

814
00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:31,639
you know, I'd be curious Matt what you think on that,

815
00:39:31,679 --> 00:39:34,960
But that's really it. I'm still kind of learning how

816
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:36,599
the whole thing works.

817
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 2: All right, there you have it. Yeah, I would look

818
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,760
more towards like ken Palm analytics. That seems to be

819
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,280
more in lockstep in line with how the net rate

820
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,239
at KWA. That's a nice and analytic too, to kind

821
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,960
of give you a better pulse on on where by

822
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,679
you will be seated. Not necessarily A people, but we

823
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:54,760
love the A people. It's a conversation, and look, you

824
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,679
want as many you know, I want as many data

825
00:39:57,679 --> 00:40:00,639
points as possible when I'm when I'm a valued teams,

826
00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:02,960
I do want the human element. I do want the

827
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,840
the A people, which has a long standing relationship of

828
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,639
voting for these teams both in football and basketball, to

829
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:16,119
still have a part in the conversation. So yeah, I'm

830
00:40:16,159 --> 00:40:17,000
with Kevin Young.

831
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,199
Speaker 1: The A people doesn't matter in college basketball, certainly not

832
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:25,000
the way it doesn't football, because in basketball, everybody who's

833
00:40:25,039 --> 00:40:28,039
in the top twenty five is getting into the postseason,

834
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,960
where that's not necessarily the case with football. And again

835
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,519
to Kevin Young's point, it doesn't matter because there's not

836
00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:37,519
even really a direct correlation between the A people and

837
00:40:37,559 --> 00:40:39,599
what your seed line is going to be, So all

838
00:40:39,679 --> 00:40:42,960
you really are working off of is like what seed

839
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,599
are we projected to get? Because that's really the only

840
00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:47,599
thing that matters. The other thing I love about Kevin

841
00:40:47,639 --> 00:40:48,639
Young is.

842
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 2: A lot of coaches.

843
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,599
Speaker 1: A lot of coaches pretend like they don't pay attention

844
00:40:54,679 --> 00:40:56,719
to this stuff, and I commend them for it.

845
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:57,159
Speaker 2: They don't.

846
00:40:57,559 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 1: They don't have to talk to us about the me

847
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,159
and the rankings and all those kinds of things, but

848
00:41:02,199 --> 00:41:04,239
they lie to us and say they don't pay attention

849
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,559
to it when we know that they do. I love

850
00:41:06,599 --> 00:41:08,679
that Kevin Young's like, yeah, I pay attention to it.

851
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:10,880
I don't put that much stock in it. But I'm

852
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,480
not gonna lie to you and tell you that I've

853
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,119
never seen this before because I have.

854
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh no doubt. I mean, look, you want to

855
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,079
stay aprest of all information that's being disseminated, right, you

856
00:41:20,119 --> 00:41:22,119
want to be briefed on it. You don't have to

857
00:41:22,199 --> 00:41:25,440
understand it all. It's like, Okay, I guess, but he's right,

858
00:41:25,559 --> 00:41:29,360
he's it's it's valid. Uh, it doesn't matter, it's it's

859
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,760
it's more so net And I think even Ken Palm

860
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,119
and now I do believe there is a a a

861
00:41:35,119 --> 00:41:38,639
an analytic that that that other coaches are leaning into,

862
00:41:38,679 --> 00:41:41,800
at least coaching staffs. They're looking at VNBA Cowey's as

863
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,079
well because they like that analytic as well. Let's go

864
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:46,199
to break, guys. We'll get into our question Pull of

865
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,360
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Nobody does it better than Vanterwealth. Uh, Ronald the three

884
00:42:51,519 --> 00:42:53,800
Man Weaver and Brett always bringing the Hammer have chosen

885
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,840
the song the band of the day. I don't know

886
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,760
who this is really, really, guess you could guess, you

887
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:04,400
could guess, you could guess. Very very popular, round very popular. Really. Yeah,

888
00:43:04,639 --> 00:43:06,760
he hasn't released music in a while, but how when

889
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,679
was this song released? Oh?

890
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,199
Speaker 5: Let me look it up real quick, let me type

891
00:43:10,199 --> 00:43:11,119
it in as we keep going.

892
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,679
Speaker 2: You know this guy? I do I know this guy?

893
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's the it's the voice that gives it away,

894
00:43:16,159 --> 00:43:20,320
like the high pitched okay, twenty thirteen this song thirteen?

895
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,159
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna play it again for you, gonna

896
00:43:23,159 --> 00:43:26,760
start it over this. Oh this isn't a log and

897
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:28,519
it's a clean version, but it's in the log for sure.

898
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,239
Let's let's go back eight only eight. Look I've had

899
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,599
I've told that I have to play certain music in

900
00:43:33,679 --> 00:43:35,079
a certain place, and look this is on.

901
00:43:35,159 --> 00:43:36,840
Speaker 5: So if they're mad at me, you put it there.

902
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,079
Here we go again, and my fight.

903
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:42,119
Speaker 2: Very popular.

904
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 5: Come on, you gotta hit in.

905
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:48,679
Speaker 2: This guy just Travis Scott earlier than Travis Scott, like

906
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:57,639
up there with like eminem Yes, that era Tucci, right man.

907
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:02,039
Speaker 5: We start with the L next and then the next

908
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:03,480
next name starts with the W.

909
00:44:05,519 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 2: Little little Way. Yeah, yeah, that's little think about you

910
00:44:10,679 --> 00:44:12,440
the voice at no word.

911
00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:16,159
Speaker 5: I ain't got no wor the you ain't basketball, ain't

912
00:44:16,159 --> 00:44:16,960
got no worries, you know.

913
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:20,920
Speaker 2: All right? My like I like li Way. I think

914
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,199
he's got some good stuff. I don't necessarily like that song,

915
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:24,199
but you guys like it.

916
00:44:25,119 --> 00:44:27,320
Speaker 5: It's just to get your higher. It's about it's a

917
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:27,719
hype song.

918
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 2: It's not really my freshman year high school.

919
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,519
Speaker 5: That was for yeah, exactly sophomore year of high school.

920
00:44:32,519 --> 00:44:33,440
So it hits that's what it was.

921
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, I may have to I may have to choose

922
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:41,440
a few rappers from my era, you know, and introduce

923
00:44:41,519 --> 00:44:42,800
you to you guys to him a little bit.

924
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,639
Speaker 5: You couldn't get pumped up to that one, all right,

925
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:48,400
No pumped up is to get hyped. It's not a

926
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:49,079
really a good one.

927
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 2: I guess. Yeah, I could get it to it a

928
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:53,159
little bit. Yeah, okay, workout not really like that.

929
00:44:53,199 --> 00:44:54,599
Speaker 4: I'm not gonna play it in the car like that's

930
00:44:54,639 --> 00:44:57,360
not that's not a vibe with that. But no worries

931
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,880
tonight against number one worries, you know, worries.

932
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 2: We're gonna get them. We're gonna beat up on them.

933
00:45:02,159 --> 00:45:05,679
U of A Wildcats the podcasts and bobcasts little bobcats.

934
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:07,440
Look them up. See what a little wildcat and two

935
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,079
son looks like a little baby bobcats.

936
00:45:09,159 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I'm taking shots and you gonna catch a

937
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,159
straight baby bobcat north for feed a baby bobcat.

938
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Speaker 2: You know. Yeah, he's a little baby bobcat. One hundred

939
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,599
percent of you is. He's returning to Tucson to rep

940
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the U of A wodcast. It's gonna be a big game,

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your order. I want to get in to a J

949
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and Rob Wright comment Terry post game b Yu versus Utah.

950
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,719
I love these guys. They're balling out right now, playing

951
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:52,079
their best basketball of the season. Rob right the third.

952
00:45:52,119 --> 00:45:54,480
This was his opening statement post game after the win

953
00:45:54,559 --> 00:45:57,920
over the Utes. It was a great win today.

954
00:45:58,079 --> 00:46:00,559
Speaker 7: We came out in the second half, executed a game plan.

955
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,360
AJ plays spictacular, made some great shots open up for Christmas.

956
00:46:05,639 --> 00:46:06,559
Speaker 2: Getting it opened it up.

957
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,280
Speaker 4: These guys don't like media. I'm convinced that they just

958
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:14,239
do it because they have But they're Shawn Lynch because

959
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,320
Rob Rob. Okay, this is gonna sound terrible, Ben, but

960
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,320
Bear Blaka my Rob have a lot in common. They

961
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:21,280
don't say a lot, but they ball out on the court.

962
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:22,320
That's how it goes.

963
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,199
Speaker 1: And look, as long as you ball, I don't care.

964
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:27,280
You don't have to say anything in media. Others out

965
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:28,599
there and breathe.

966
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:34,559
Speaker 2: Be up there and yeah, just drink some water. A J.

967
00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:38,679
What point did you know you were gonna have a night.

968
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:39,880
You were gonna go off tonight?

969
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 8: When I hit like twenty six, I had him and

970
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,039
Tyler was I was saying, like, yo, keep being aggressive

971
00:46:47,079 --> 00:46:49,199
of Tyler actually said, Yo, you about to get forty.

972
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:51,760
I looked about the scoreboard. It was like eleven minutes

973
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,000
stef and I was like, I mean I might be

974
00:46:53,039 --> 00:46:55,440
able to get it, and I kept going off. I

975
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:56,199
can't paying shots.

976
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 2: Nothing wrong in setting a mark, a threshold, setting a

977
00:47:01,039 --> 00:47:03,719
goal in a game. I don't think anything wrong with that.

978
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,639
I feel like any of the shots were forced.

979
00:47:08,639 --> 00:47:12,039
Speaker 1: I mean honestly some and some of those threes at

980
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:13,440
the end, I was like, I don't know if that's

981
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:15,840
aja shott, but you know what it went in. So

982
00:47:16,079 --> 00:47:18,840
who cares if I feel like it's forced because it worked.

983
00:47:19,039 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 2: He was in fuego bro.

984
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,840
Speaker 1: He was in Jimmer mode. Like he truly was in

985
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,239
Jimmer mode on those last three threes that he hit straight.

986
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, what was the most impressive bucket? Would you say?

987
00:47:31,079 --> 00:47:33,199
Was it the dunk at the end that was the

988
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:33,960
most fun one?

989
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 1: But that one, well, here's what I will say, that

990
00:47:36,599 --> 00:47:39,639
to me was impressive because the reason he got that

991
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,440
dunk was why because he was going to take a

992
00:47:42,519 --> 00:47:45,639
three they closed out. He said, see uh, and then

993
00:47:45,679 --> 00:47:48,519
the lane was wide open, but it was only open

994
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,760
because of the three threes that he had hit.

995
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,760
Speaker 2: Prior to that, So I think you can make argument

996
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:55,400
for that one. Yeah, like that that one got everybody

997
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,719
up and rising and shouting. He looked like the Jumpman

998
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:02,079
logo when he did that legs spread wide open, it

999
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,719
looked like the logo. Yeah, there was a yamp sandwich.

1000
00:48:05,559 --> 00:48:07,280
Ronnie your thoughts, it's tough.

1001
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,039
Speaker 4: I think the two I have to go with is

1002
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:11,599
when he's on that because he scored thirteen points in

1003
00:48:11,679 --> 00:48:13,920
three minutes to give himself that forty piece.

1004
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:14,920
Speaker 5: He was going crazy.

1005
00:48:15,039 --> 00:48:16,840
Speaker 4: It's either the second to last shot that he hits

1006
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,679
at the top of the key or the one against

1007
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,480
Don't ever switch Haron Brown on to aj A, you stupid.

1008
00:48:21,519 --> 00:48:24,280
That's like switching me on to Jonathan Tavnari's cookies for

1009
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,880
JT all day. I think those because look, it's a

1010
00:48:27,159 --> 00:48:28,920
ball that you get is a guy you're moving to

1011
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:30,639
your left and you just take a step back. It's

1012
00:48:30,679 --> 00:48:33,119
a bad shot because you're just catching it, you going.

1013
00:48:33,639 --> 00:48:34,880
And the one at the top of the key, the

1014
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,880
one before he just pulls it like these are These

1015
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:38,559
are contested shots, man, That's what I'm saying. They're not

1016
00:48:38,599 --> 00:48:41,000
wide open or good scheme passes any drill.

1017
00:48:41,079 --> 00:48:41,559
Speaker 5: Both of them.

1018
00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:44,039
Speaker 4: But what I loved is he did not deny the

1019
00:48:44,119 --> 00:48:45,920
heat check. He demanded the ball, and that's what you

1020
00:48:46,079 --> 00:48:47,960
like to see out of a guy. So bad shots

1021
00:48:48,039 --> 00:48:50,280
absolutely did. They go in one hundred percent, and therefore

1022
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,159
it's not a bad shot. It's like he had a

1023
00:48:52,199 --> 00:48:54,440
Steph Curry moment, even though he's not Steph Curry, because

1024
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,400
he says, give me the basketball and I'm going to

1025
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:57,960
go to work, and that's exactly what he did. So

1026
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,400
I think the last two threes just because of the moment,

1027
00:49:00,639 --> 00:49:02,480
because we see guys trying to have heat checks been

1028
00:49:02,599 --> 00:49:04,760
and they don't succeed, and he hasn't been a good

1029
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,920
three point shooter, and I think it's just they haven't fallen.

1030
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:08,760
I don't think he's a bad three point shooter. They

1031
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:10,840
just haven't gone in because the mechanics are there. And

1032
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:12,559
to finally have him go down, I think it was

1033
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:15,639
It was amazing to see that from aj Aj.

1034
00:49:16,079 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 2: You were part of a historic day for freshman in

1035
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:22,440
college basketball. One dropping forty six, another dropping forty two.

1036
00:49:23,079 --> 00:49:24,559
It might be the first time that three freshmen to

1037
00:49:24,639 --> 00:49:26,360
drop forty plus points in the same day. Do you

1038
00:49:26,519 --> 00:49:29,960
know about either of those performances? Before the game was played.

1039
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:33,199
Speaker 8: Yeah, we're actually watching Ted versus Houston, so I've seen

1040
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,360
Kingston live. When he hit that forty two mark, I

1041
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:38,440
was like, at least freshman going crazy to I feel

1042
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:39,480
like we have a crazy class.

1043
00:49:39,559 --> 00:49:41,119
Speaker 2: I think we have one of the best classes in

1044
00:49:41,519 --> 00:49:45,039
recent years. Is that why Cooper flag Re, you know,

1045
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,800
just reclassed absolutely literally because he's a man that is heavy,

1046
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:51,039
that's heavy. It was right. It was the right decision

1047
00:49:51,079 --> 00:49:53,320
for Cooper flag no doubt was it. What was it

1048
00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:55,760
like to be a part of that freshman What is

1049
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,280
it like to be a part of this freshman class?

1050
00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:00,280
Pretty impressive? I mean I feel good.

1051
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:03,519
Speaker 8: I've been playing against these guys since I was fifteen,

1052
00:50:03,639 --> 00:50:06,519
starting at UIBL and different camps and Heckey Academies and

1053
00:50:06,599 --> 00:50:08,199
Curry Camps and stuff like that, so I've done seeing

1054
00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:08,840
these guys grow.

1055
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,280
Speaker 2: It's just amazing to be a part of it. Definitely

1056
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:15,320
something special cooking in this freshman class. It's even more

1057
00:50:15,679 --> 00:50:18,559
impressive that Agent could be the first overall pick per

1058
00:50:18,679 --> 00:50:21,800
many experts in the industry, especially after watching that Utah

1059
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,320
game and him taking it over. Now, Rob, what is

1060
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,079
it like to watch a guy like that go off,

1061
00:50:27,119 --> 00:50:29,960
even though you've had some pretty good performances and a

1062
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,639
good performance in your own right. It is great for me.

1063
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,599
Speaker 7: I mean, I know Aj since I was like sixteen

1064
00:50:34,679 --> 00:50:36,559
fifteen years old, So just to see him grow and

1065
00:50:36,639 --> 00:50:38,440
just keep getting better and then go out there and

1066
00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:40,079
get forty points, it's just amazing.

1067
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 2: It is, you know, it's it's impressive. I mean, both

1068
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:48,679
these guys are extremely impressive. These two acquisitions, one via

1069
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:51,559
you know you top Prep and then rob Right the

1070
00:50:51,599 --> 00:50:54,440
third from Baylor pretty pivotal. You wonder just how good

1071
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:55,719
b what you could be if they were running on

1072
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,800
all cylinders of Dawson Baker and they Pickens. I wonder

1073
00:50:58,840 --> 00:50:59,960
how good this team would.

1074
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:05,320
Speaker 4: Be, undefeated like Arizona undefeated. I mean, I mean probably,

1075
00:51:05,559 --> 00:51:08,679
like you know, I think still, I think.

1076
00:51:08,519 --> 00:51:10,800
Speaker 1: If you win that Texas Tech game, if you have

1077
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:13,719
Dawson Baker, and I think they had Dawson for the

1078
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:14,960
uk that's it.

1079
00:51:15,519 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 2: But if they have Dawson, they win Texas Tech. He

1080
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,519
didn't have, you had Kamba went out early with the concussion,

1081
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,039
and did can Cannard play in that Yukon game?

1082
00:51:24,079 --> 00:51:25,639
Speaker 4: He didn't, But that all that has to stand to

1083
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:29,239
a factor, you know, but I mean, well, yeah, but

1084
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,199
I don't think Nate Pickens would have been a problem.

1085
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 5: The big man were the problem in that game. Lack

1086
00:51:33,079 --> 00:51:34,000
of depth.

1087
00:51:34,039 --> 00:51:36,760
Speaker 4: Now, if they would have had Beato been and ha

1088
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,679
Deem would have been playing now, then yes, I think

1089
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:39,840
I think they are undefeated.

1090
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:43,199
Speaker 2: But that's you know, a j You said, a freshman

1091
00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:45,719
scoring record previously held by Danny Ainge. What does it

1092
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,519
mean for you to break that record? I mean it

1093
00:51:49,559 --> 00:51:49,960
feels good.

1094
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,039
Speaker 8: I mean it feels good to break any record, if

1095
00:51:52,079 --> 00:51:55,599
it was Dan or not. I just think my teammates

1096
00:51:55,639 --> 00:51:57,119
for just give me the ball on the right spots

1097
00:51:57,159 --> 00:52:00,800
and guy was on my side on hand shot how much?

1098
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:04,360
Speaker 2: What thing you got to realize is like AJ didn't

1099
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,519
grow up a BYU fan. You can tell it, and

1100
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,920
you can tell that when when he's discussing the rivalry,

1101
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:12,519
for instance, he's like, yeah, I didn't know about it

1102
00:52:12,559 --> 00:52:14,519
and I'm not supposed to wear red. Remember who played

1103
00:52:14,559 --> 00:52:18,519
some of those those comments. Does he appreciate and have

1104
00:52:18,639 --> 00:52:21,039
respect for Danny Ainge and the record he was broke, Yeah,

1105
00:52:21,039 --> 00:52:22,840
of course, But like it's not like he grew up

1106
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:26,400
like wanting to beat that record, You know what I mean?

1107
00:52:26,519 --> 00:52:28,920
Or he's like, I'm going for a forty burger. I'm

1108
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:32,320
gonna eat it up. You know, Maruss and the and

1109
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,480
the crew. You know, they they were pushing him. They

1110
00:52:35,559 --> 00:52:37,920
set the bar for him in the game. They gave

1111
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:41,400
him a standard to beat all. He's the only reason

1112
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:47,199
he knows Danny Ainge because he knows that's his future boss. Like, hey, Bob,

1113
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:48,960
you used to play at BUYU. That's cool. I went

1114
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,000
to school there too. But oh yeah, you're you're my

1115
00:52:51,039 --> 00:52:53,000
boss here at work. Guys, right, that's right. What do

1116
00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:54,920
you got from me? Ronnie? Were you gonna chat that

1117
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:55,519
on this? Yeah?

1118
00:52:55,519 --> 00:52:57,320
Speaker 4: I think I think what you guys said is the

1119
00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:59,679
correct way. And actually I'm gonna stop talking. Let's get

1120
00:52:59,679 --> 00:53:00,920
in next answer and I'll tell you everything.

1121
00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:02,840
Speaker 2: All right, let's go. How much does it mean to

1122
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:07,039
you to do what? To do that to Utah, to

1123
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:08,199
do it against Utah?

1124
00:53:09,199 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 8: See me, like I know too much about the rivalry,

1125
00:53:11,519 --> 00:53:13,559
Like I'm from Boston, but people were just dragging it

1126
00:53:13,599 --> 00:53:15,800
the whole time, talking about Utah this Uta. So I

1127
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:18,119
was like, I guess, I guess I'll go on for y'all.

1128
00:53:21,559 --> 00:53:25,119
Speaker 2: I guess I'll go off for y'all. I'm not buying it.

1129
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 1: He's okay, because we've heard him talk about how it

1130
00:53:28,599 --> 00:53:30,639
was personal, and then we turned we heard him when

1131
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:33,199
he was playing at the Huntsman Center and they're chanting

1132
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,639
overrated and he's like, Oh, I'm gonna go off, and

1133
00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:37,480
then all of a sudden, it's like, oh, yeah, it's

1134
00:53:37,559 --> 00:53:39,320
just like it's not a it's just like another game.

1135
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:40,880
Speaker 2: Like I'll do it for you guys, but like, I

1136
00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:45,280
don't really know that much about this. Really really, I'm

1137
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,840
not buying that at all. But yeah, he posted on

1138
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,079
Instagram that this was personal, apparently not because he sits

1139
00:53:51,119 --> 00:53:52,960
at the post game going, I'm doing this for you guys.

1140
00:53:53,039 --> 00:53:53,679
This is for me.

1141
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:55,920
Speaker 5: I think because I want to get you hyped away

1142
00:53:55,960 --> 00:53:56,719
from the mic right now.

1143
00:53:56,880 --> 00:54:00,679
Speaker 4: I think the reason why I been he posted he posted,

1144
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,679
and I think Utah just as escapegot in this. I

1145
00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:05,760
think the rivalry and everything is building up. I think

1146
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:07,760
he did want to beat Utah having been on the team.

1147
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,400
I don't think he necessarily cared that he dropped forty

1148
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:13,039
three on them. I think he cared the national media saying,

1149
00:54:13,079 --> 00:54:15,760
oh they turned off his water, Tony Jones calling me out, Tony,

1150
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:16,760
you know you called me out too.

1151
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:17,599
Speaker 5: You've commented on.

1152
00:54:17,639 --> 00:54:20,159
Speaker 4: My Twitter straight up said, you know, this is the

1153
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:22,440
first time I've seen someone turn Aj Debonnce's water.

1154
00:54:22,599 --> 00:54:24,159
Speaker 5: Remember that Texas that game, Brett.

1155
00:54:24,199 --> 00:54:26,440
Speaker 4: You saw it, then you saw everybody said yep, there

1156
00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:28,440
is yep se Darren wouldn't have let this have so

1157
00:54:28,679 --> 00:54:31,840
that narrative and he heard that, and he sat on

1158
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:33,840
that for a week and he was upset about it,

1159
00:54:34,039 --> 00:54:36,800
and he says, Okay, we'll check this out. Flemming's gonna

1160
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:38,559
drop forty two. I'm gonna drop forty three. Oh boy,

1161
00:54:38,639 --> 00:54:40,760
gonna drop forty six. I got a forty piece my own.

1162
00:54:41,079 --> 00:54:43,320
So I think the national tension is what made him mad,

1163
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:45,800
and I think Utah just had to be had to take.

1164
00:54:45,639 --> 00:54:46,119
Speaker 5: The l on it.

1165
00:54:46,199 --> 00:54:47,880
Speaker 4: But I don't think that was the main motivating I

1166
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:51,760
think it was probably ninety to ten ninety percent national

1167
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:53,280
attention and ten percent Utah.

1168
00:54:53,559 --> 00:54:54,880
Speaker 5: That's how I personally feel about it.

1169
00:54:55,159 --> 00:54:58,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, but wasn't Aj at the football game yu Utah

1170
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,760
if I remember correct. Yeah, but they he was having

1171
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:05,079
a I I'm not arguing like, oh yeah, he's pretending

1172
00:55:05,119 --> 00:55:07,039
like he didn't grow up a bou fan. I understand

1173
00:55:07,079 --> 00:55:09,440
he didn't know anything about BOYU before he got here.

1174
00:55:09,599 --> 00:55:11,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, however, he's.

1175
00:55:11,639 --> 00:55:15,119
Speaker 1: Pretending like he's been here for four or five months

1176
00:55:15,159 --> 00:55:17,480
now and he doesn't know anything about this when he

1177
00:55:17,599 --> 00:55:20,039
went to the football game he played at the Huntsman

1178
00:55:20,119 --> 00:55:21,679
Center a week and a half ago, where they were

1179
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:24,519
chanting overrated ye and then he happens to drop a

1180
00:55:24,599 --> 00:55:28,679
forty three piece against you, or at drops a forty

1181
00:55:28,679 --> 00:55:31,280
piece against Utah, Like, I don't know. He just seemed

1182
00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:34,039
way too nonchalant, like I did this for you guys,

1183
00:55:34,119 --> 00:55:36,360
but like I don't really care about the rival you're getting.

1184
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:40,599
Speaker 2: You're getting mixed messaging from AJ here. Yeah, you definitely are.

1185
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,519
It's just he's pulled back way too much in that answer.

1186
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:47,519
Is why I feel. Look ever since the interview with

1187
00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:50,400
Steven A. Smith when he announced that he was going

1188
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:56,079
to BYU right live on television, okay for million millions

1189
00:55:56,119 --> 00:55:58,360
of viewers, and the way that he acted in a

1190
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:01,559
comical collective manner with like torts to Stephen A. Smith,

1191
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:06,480
the biggest face and voice in the sports media world.

1192
00:56:07,599 --> 00:56:11,320
I can't play you everyway. You yep, you know, like

1193
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:13,559
you're not gonna come watch me. You're not gonna come

1194
00:56:13,559 --> 00:56:15,199
watch me. You're not gonna cheer on b A this year?

1195
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:19,360
Oh I will? I will when you're playing, right, Steven

1196
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,599
A said, so like that tells me everything I needed

1197
00:56:22,599 --> 00:56:28,159
about about a j for for some reason, it's it's natural.

1198
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:33,159
It may be it may be also learned. But he's

1199
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:38,360
been trained up to handle the media pretty well. You

1200
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:40,760
know what I mean. It's a little miss messaging there,

1201
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:43,840
but I dig it. I dig hey. You know, nonchalant

1202
00:56:44,039 --> 00:56:47,480
being all cold is BYU.

1203
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:49,320
Speaker 8: Y Khan.

1204
00:56:52,199 --> 00:56:54,440
Speaker 4: Now, if I remember correctly, the reports were the last

1205
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:55,719
four teams it was Kansas.

1206
00:56:55,519 --> 00:56:56,719
Speaker 3: North Carolina b YU.

1207
00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:57,960
Speaker 2: I'm not sure.

1208
00:56:58,000 --> 00:56:59,159
Speaker 5: I think Alabama did that.

1209
00:57:00,039 --> 00:57:03,639
Speaker 4: And I thought you were gonna pick North Carolina because

1210
00:57:03,679 --> 00:57:06,719
of the ACC and the duke North Carolina rivalry.

1211
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,440
Speaker 2: That's what I thought was going. I can't be right.

1212
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:14,400
He could play due and be Yu like when you

1213
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:19,840
get Steven H. Smifton, you caught him got well, it's

1214
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,239
just you don't really hear stephen A doing all that.

1215
00:57:23,599 --> 00:57:27,760
All that much I got said, AJ is nice in

1216
00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:29,960
front of the mike, A nice in front of the camera.

1217
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:32,400
One more for you been here we go, Yep. I'm

1218
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,559
gonna watch b YU basketball for the first time. Man,

1219
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:38,960
you're not watching this year? No, you know who this year.

1220
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:41,960
Speaker 5: No, I'm not watching them much this year. I will

1221
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:43,119
be watching them next year.

1222
00:57:43,719 --> 00:57:44,000
Speaker 2: I will.

1223
00:57:44,159 --> 00:57:48,760
Speaker 5: I will watch practically everyone. If you're around, I'm gonna watch.

1224
00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna have you on the show. And to

1225
00:57:51,119 --> 00:57:52,760
ignore you. You know, first of all, you got a

1226
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:54,480
fan of me. He's not gonna watch this year.

1227
00:57:54,639 --> 00:57:55,960
Speaker 5: No, No, I watched him this year.

1228
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:57,840
Speaker 2: I mean I watched him as a season progressive. I

1229
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,360
really listen between football and professional basketball.

1230
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 8: I'm inundated with a lot of stuff as March Madness approaches,

1231
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:04,760
and I really really pay attention to.

1232
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:06,280
Speaker 5: Who's in the mix and what they're gonna do.

1233
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:08,639
Speaker 4: I don't miss March Madness game, so I'll definitely be

1234
00:58:08,719 --> 00:58:09,159
watching that.

1235
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 2: This is a Stephen A.

1236
00:58:12,079 --> 00:58:15,199
Speaker 1: Smith, by the way, mind you who asked ESPN to

1237
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,480
be on their NBA Draft Night show. He wanted to

1238
00:58:17,519 --> 00:58:20,159
be breaking down the picks and everything. Jager was a

1239
00:58:20,239 --> 00:58:22,440
projected lottery pick at that point. So for you to

1240
00:58:22,559 --> 00:58:24,719
sit there and say I'm not watching I don't know

1241
00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:27,280
anything about by U when one of the guys that

1242
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:29,599
you're supposed to be breaking down in the upcoming NBA

1243
00:58:29,719 --> 00:58:31,920
Draft would have been at bou at the time.

1244
00:58:32,239 --> 00:58:34,039
Speaker 2: That tells me, I mean, Steven A.

1245
00:58:34,119 --> 00:58:36,719
Speaker 1: Smith's getting flamed today because he was talking about a

1246
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,039
coach on Denver that hasn't coached all season.

1247
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:41,480
Speaker 2: Like he just just tell me you don't know ball.

1248
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:43,599
Just tell me you don't know ball. It's hard to

1249
00:58:43,639 --> 00:58:46,320
stay at the date on every single lment. You get

1250
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,079
paid double digit millions of dollars. If you're gonna your

1251
00:58:50,119 --> 00:58:53,880
mouth and be like declarative, like, you better be right.

1252
00:58:55,119 --> 00:58:58,199
If you're gonna draw the line, you know you better

1253
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:01,679
you better be pretty on point with the information that

1254
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:04,760
you're opining on. That's all the background information. Better be

1255
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:08,679
on point. You can't be saying things about coaches that

1256
00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:11,920
are haven't been coaching all season. Yeah, that was That's

1257
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:12,559
a rough look.

1258
00:59:12,639 --> 00:59:14,679
Speaker 1: He's getting flamed for that one right now, as he

1259
00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:17,000
should look like he's getting.

1260
00:59:17,039 --> 00:59:19,679
Speaker 4: He's gotten flamed the last couple of weeks. That just

1261
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:21,239
I'm not trying to make a lot of harder situation.

1262
00:59:21,239 --> 00:59:22,760
I don't want people think of moving it. But and

1263
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:24,880
I'm being serious when I say this, you mistaken a

1264
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:28,559
wide receiver's name for a tragedy that happen he's had

1265
00:59:28,599 --> 00:59:30,679
some bad looks. Man, then he's had some bad looks

1266
00:59:30,719 --> 00:59:31,519
the last couple of weeks.

1267
00:59:31,599 --> 00:59:32,440
Speaker 2: Like love the man.

1268
00:59:32,559 --> 00:59:33,199
Speaker 5: He's done well.

1269
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:35,639
Speaker 4: He's got himself to this point. But you can't make

1270
00:59:35,719 --> 00:59:37,320
that mistake though on national televion.

1271
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:40,519
Speaker 2: You better have like a personal assistant that's data aggregating.

1272
00:59:40,639 --> 00:59:43,039
You better have like AI tools that are data aggregating

1273
00:59:43,079 --> 00:59:44,320
for you to keep sure he does.

1274
00:59:44,679 --> 00:59:46,760
Speaker 1: I'm sure he has an assistance to take care of

1275
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:49,880
all of this. Here's my question, though we haven't really

1276
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:51,320
gotten official word that.

1277
00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:53,559
Speaker 2: Stephen A has. I don't know if he's if he's

1278
00:59:53,599 --> 00:59:57,000
tweeted about any of AJ's games. He even watched BYU,

1279
00:59:57,159 --> 00:59:57,920
That's what I want to know.

1280
00:59:58,079 --> 00:59:59,280
Speaker 5: I don't know. That's a good question we have.

1281
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:02,119
Speaker 2: He wasn't at the Clemson game. Is that Madison Square

1282
01:00:02,199 --> 01:00:02,599
Guard game?

1283
01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:04,800
Speaker 5: Step by I think us in the media and they

1284
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:06,199
just said I can invite him, but he has to.

1285
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:06,960
Speaker 2: It's on him.

1286
01:00:07,239 --> 01:00:08,840
Speaker 5: You know, he might be busy good but he did

1287
01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:09,679
extend the invites.

1288
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:11,599
Speaker 2: So tonight would be the game time. I would be

1289
01:00:11,639 --> 01:00:12,639
the game playing number one.

1290
01:00:13,039 --> 01:00:15,079
Speaker 5: Actually, you know, not just tonight. I actually think two

1291
01:00:15,119 --> 01:00:15,840
games tonight.

1292
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:16,159
Speaker 2: Bretton.

1293
01:00:16,159 --> 01:00:18,039
Speaker 5: I also think Saturday, Yes, agreed.

1294
01:00:18,159 --> 01:00:20,239
Speaker 4: I would be surprised being if stephen A and other

1295
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:22,519
people weren't in the house, Like how many other people

1296
01:00:22,559 --> 01:00:25,119
played at Kansas, you know, Hall of famers or guys

1297
01:00:25,239 --> 01:00:27,079
maybe Curly in the league that are off for I

1298
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:30,199
anticipated if people aren't there to night Ben and by

1299
01:00:30,239 --> 01:00:31,559
the way, I'm sitting up pie, let's how you know

1300
01:00:31,599 --> 01:00:34,880
how many national people are there? But Saturday, I can

1301
01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:37,719
anticipate a lot of people because everybody's gonna have eyes

1302
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:37,920
on that.

1303
01:00:38,039 --> 01:00:38,960
Speaker 5: I'm gonna do.

1304
01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:41,000
Speaker 2: You know what game day is this Saturday?

1305
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:42,400
Speaker 1: Oh? Is it?

1306
01:00:42,599 --> 01:00:42,960
Speaker 2: Oh? Oh?

1307
01:00:43,119 --> 01:00:48,559
Speaker 1: Yeah? Oh it is Kansas b YU in fog Gallen

1308
01:00:48,639 --> 01:00:50,000
Field Houses College.

1309
01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:52,159
Speaker 2: This is the first time, right, I think it's the

1310
01:00:52,199 --> 01:00:55,119
first time b a U basketball got college game day. Yeah,

1311
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:57,519
not marriage center, right.

1312
01:00:57,440 --> 01:00:59,360
Speaker 4: But can I be honest they're gonna have two this

1313
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:01,159
year because I think that one. I think they're gonna

1314
01:01:01,199 --> 01:01:04,440
come to provo though February seventh. There's no way of

1315
01:01:04,519 --> 01:01:07,519
by you beats Arizona been tonight orbas Kansas this week.

1316
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:08,519
Speaker 2: You just need one win.

1317
01:01:08,599 --> 01:01:11,079
Speaker 4: You can't take two l's. There's no way that college game.

1318
01:01:11,199 --> 01:01:14,079
He doesn't come into Provo next week. Houston b Yu

1319
01:01:14,599 --> 01:01:16,840
come on now like there's no way.

1320
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:21,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, uh, it's nice to be featured. It'd be

1321
01:01:21,719 --> 01:01:25,159
even nicer to have Steven A. Smith help us be featured. Steven,

1322
01:01:25,199 --> 01:01:28,639
you promised. We're just asking you to be We're not

1323
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:30,920
asking you could do anything. You didn't see. You didn't

1324
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:32,519
have to watch this last year with the agor going

1325
01:01:32,639 --> 01:01:34,440
sweets of seam. We didn't ask you for that. Like you,

1326
01:01:34,719 --> 01:01:36,840
you don't want to watch, but you promised A J

1327
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:38,119
and A s you'd be watching.

1328
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:39,679
Speaker 4: You said you wouldn't have him on the show and

1329
01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:41,639
do that and way yet I haven't seen you. I

1330
01:01:41,679 --> 01:01:43,039
haven't spotted that forehead yet.

1331
01:01:43,159 --> 01:01:45,599
Speaker 1: I haven't even seen a tweet pretending like you watched

1332
01:01:45,679 --> 01:01:48,440
the game. Other ESPN people were tweeting. Lewis Riddick was

1333
01:01:48,440 --> 01:01:50,639
tweeting about AJ to Bondson.

1334
01:01:52,639 --> 01:01:54,280
Speaker 2: Jay, will you know you know it would be really

1335
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:57,400
nice to do. Let me give you it'd be really

1336
01:01:57,519 --> 01:02:00,840
nice to see who the orchitect orchestrator the tier of

1337
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:06,840
how you know, keeping it quiet right? A J being

1338
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:10,960
on Steven A. Smith Show to announce his commitment to

1339
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:13,039
b YU and then Ryder Lions getting off the Pat

1340
01:02:13,119 --> 01:02:17,639
McAfee show to commit to b YU. Who do you

1341
01:02:17,679 --> 01:02:18,039
think it is?

1342
01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:18,960
Speaker 1: Is it?

1343
01:02:22,159 --> 01:02:22,920
Speaker 5: It's a good question.

1344
01:02:25,199 --> 01:02:27,679
Speaker 2: I don't know who is it? Ryan?

1345
01:02:28,719 --> 01:02:31,920
Speaker 1: Probably, I mean friends with We know he's friends with

1346
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:33,199
Pat because he's been on the show.

1347
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:34,360
Speaker 5: Yep, this is true.

1348
01:02:34,639 --> 01:02:41,880
Speaker 2: I think possibly. I think Ryan Smith could be influential

1349
01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:42,480
in that regard.

1350
01:02:43,719 --> 01:02:45,920
Speaker 5: I could buy that that, Yeah, I could buy that.

1351
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:49,760
Speaker 4: I mean, the man's got the what the hockey game

1352
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:51,840
at Rice Ecle Stadium. No one thought that would have been.

1353
01:02:51,880 --> 01:02:55,920
I mean, this man definitely knows what he's doing, you.

1354
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:58,159
Speaker 2: Know what I mean, Like you wonder who who Puppeteera

1355
01:02:58,239 --> 01:03:01,880
because that's pretty good PR moves and the other one

1356
01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:05,679
that I would say, Tyson Hutchins. I think he's probably involved.

1357
01:03:05,320 --> 01:03:07,000
Speaker 5: Somehow social media team.

1358
01:03:07,079 --> 01:03:10,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, one hundred percent. Yeah yeah. I feel like,

1359
01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:11,880
you know, some of the connections maybe he's made, but

1360
01:03:12,079 --> 01:03:13,639
you know, you got to you gotta point towards Hey,

1361
01:03:13,679 --> 01:03:15,199
it's got it's got to be a connection.

1362
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:16,239
Speaker 5: And look, I respect all of it.

1363
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:18,079
Speaker 4: Do what you gotta do because b AU deserves to

1364
01:03:18,119 --> 01:03:19,920
be a part of the national brand, which they already are.

1365
01:03:20,079 --> 01:03:23,280
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yep, uh. A couple lessons from AJ and Rob Wright.

1366
01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:24,559
You put in a lot of work over the years

1367
01:03:24,599 --> 01:03:27,159
with your jump shot. How was it to go? Uh,

1368
01:03:27,599 --> 01:03:32,239
to be so efficient from the perimeter Tonight? Not feels good?

1369
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:34,760
Speaker 8: Like, I mean, I've been in like I want to say,

1370
01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:36,440
a slump. I mean, I'm behind shots, but it's been

1371
01:03:36,559 --> 01:03:38,920
like like fifty to fifty like and I know I

1372
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:39,719
put a lot of reps.

1373
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:41,320
Speaker 2: I know I put a lot of work in my reps.

1374
01:03:43,239 --> 01:03:46,280
I've been putting in work. He says, fifty fifty ain't

1375
01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:49,440
good enough. Fifty percent for field ain't good enough. Asian.

1376
01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:53,400
Your thoughts on facing undefeated Arizona Copete, Uh, tonight at

1377
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:56,039
the Marriage Center. That's gonna be a tough game. But

1378
01:03:56,079 --> 01:03:56,760
this is what you live for.

1379
01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:58,320
Speaker 8: Like, this is why I came to the Big twelve

1380
01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:00,639
to play teams like this, obviously known color for the

1381
01:04:00,679 --> 01:04:03,519
past three years, winning three gold medals with him. I've

1382
01:04:03,559 --> 01:04:06,880
been playing against Brandon Burry's with SMG guys like damn. Mean,

1383
01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:08,639
it's gonna be a great environment. We're looking at hand

1384
01:04:08,679 --> 01:04:10,559
him the first loss. Maybe I said, let's go behind us,

1385
01:04:10,599 --> 01:04:11,199
and we're prepared for.

1386
01:04:11,239 --> 01:04:16,000
Speaker 2: Him, prepping for him. Uh, the focus next game is Arizona.

1387
01:04:16,440 --> 01:04:20,320
But a week out you're facing Darren Peterson Kansas.

1388
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:23,559
Speaker 8: Your thoughts on that batchup, It's gonna be great bump again.

1389
01:04:23,880 --> 01:04:27,199
We're gonna focus on Arizona first, but looking ahead to Kansas.

1390
01:04:27,239 --> 01:04:28,679
I mean, they're a good team down a road right now,

1391
01:04:28,719 --> 01:04:30,800
I think on the winning streak, but we're trying to

1392
01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:32,119
go into the islanfield US. I know it's a tough

1393
01:04:32,159 --> 01:04:34,360
environment to play and I heard about that, but it's.

1394
01:04:34,239 --> 01:04:36,960
Speaker 2: So going there and with throwin, this is the game,

1395
01:04:37,039 --> 01:04:39,840
the Kansas game. They like hammer time and and Ronald

1396
01:04:39,840 --> 01:04:43,719
who's been geeking out about like the schedule was released,

1397
01:04:43,719 --> 01:04:47,679
that Daron Peterson actually shows up. Yeah, show Darren may

1398
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have a stub toe or like a bunion or like

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you know, like an ingrown hair. He's like, I can't

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play tonight, ingrown hairy guys, load neck, I got irritable back,

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I'll syndrome. I can't play tonight. You know what I mean.

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I got ibs scramping up. I just you know what

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I mean.

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Speaker 5: I tweaked fingernail. I can't plays.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I got an ingrown toenail. I just I got

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a pail situation going on right now. It's just the

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whole thing. Yeah, yeah, I'm telling you there's gonna be

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some excuse and.

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Speaker 4: He's ducking smoke. But there's one guy being not duck

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in smoke. I cued that up for you.

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Speaker 2: All right, Let's get into it in terms of environment,

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like in Lawrence, Kansas, places like the meryor Center. Are

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these places you dream to play? Yeah?

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Speaker 8: Like I was also like just one of the reasons

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why I picked BYU just to be able to play

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in these different type of environments that I know that

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get loud, Like I know at Take is loud at Arizona,

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at Kansas, and I know that here gets loud. So

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I didn't want to duck any smoke. I just wanted

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to play the best basketball I think in the best league.

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Speaker 3: I think.

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Speaker 2: That's agent not ducking any smoke, will he That's why

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he came to bring him to go to these places

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to play against the best, to go into the gauntlet

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of the Big twelve, the university, the university, like I

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call the g league with university the logos for a reason.

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You're seeing the reality of it. Not none of this

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SEC football gauntlet Shenanigan's tomfoolery poppycock. No, this is tried

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and true gauntlet in the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 5: That it is that it is, sir, And look there's

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a look.

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Speaker 4: AJ's not ducking smoke, but somebody who is low managing

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gets ducking smoke.

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Speaker 2: So there. Yeah, if you got a stat of the day,

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don't you and we will get into it. Let's talk

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about stat segment coming up next before welcoming in Drake C.

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Toll of the Lockdown Big Twelve Network.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of ducking smoke, there is one team in the

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Big twelve, only only one team that is yet to face.

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Speaker 2: One of the Big twelves nationally ranked teams.

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Speaker 1: There's only one person in the Big twelve who hasn't

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played a ranked Big twelve team yet.

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Speaker 5: I know who it is.

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Speaker 2: That is the Arizona Wildcast.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, everyone has played a ranked team in

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the Big twelve except for University of Arizona. Now, I

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don't know that that means that like they're fraudulent or

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they're being overhyped.

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Speaker 2: I still think they're that good.

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Speaker 1: But it is interesting that everyone has played at least

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one ranked team in the Big twelve except for the

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team who's undefeated in college basketball right now.

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talk about stats segment. Then we'll welcome in Drake Toll

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of the Lockdown Big twelve podcast. This is Cougar Sports

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on one of three nine Not to youwo point three