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uh Man, by the skin of their teeth.
Speaker 4: They got out at the marriage center.
Speaker 3: We're gonna delve into that, get into all the knicks
and Gray's what happened, why it happened. Many BYU fans
are like, why did we go to rob right third
in that final possession? He's not big enough, he's not
strong enough, he's not fast enough. Why don't we go
with our best player on the roster. We'll delve into
that yky did that. We'll get into the postgame commentary,
why he justified the move, how BYU got down nineteen
of the first place, and how they came roaring back.
Speaker 4: They've done this so many flipping times.
Speaker 3: They are not a first half team, and they tend
to figure it out, I guess in the second half.
Speaker 4: They've come from behind.
Speaker 3: On three different occasions, sometimes finding a way to win,
other times falling just a bit short. Yukon and u
of A are the two biggest examples and the biggest
foes that BYU has faced in those situations, and they
came away with the big fat hel But they made
a competitive they made it respectful. We're gonna get into
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this Tuesday, January twenty.
Speaker 4: Seventh edition of Cougar Sports.
Speaker 3: Yes, we will weave, we will wail, We'll have national teeth.
As a BAU basketball team fell in there on their
the third game of the season. They're still a top
twenty five team.
Speaker 4: Uh and they uh they made it respectable versus UFA.
Speaker 3: Wildcast the number one team in the country. But break
it all down by my side. Actually he's not by ways,
he's up in Salt Lake City, but he's auditorily speaking
by my sidas.
Speaker 4: Welcome and Ronald the three man Weaver to the show. Ronnie,
how you.
Speaker 5: Live in Living Good?
Speaker 6: Ben was at this game, got there late because that had
a long day yesterday. I went back and watched the
first half, really sat there a long time to wonder
where the problem went. And Arizona is the number one
team in the country for a reason. They showcased that
last night with the league with everything. The bau's Big
three did not play well. I know Richie had eighteen
points on seven of eleven shooting, but Arizona is not
just a good offensive team. They're very good defensively too.
And BA, you definitely gonna have to adjust. And we're
not talking about the Utah's the TCUs. When it comes
to these games against the top fifteen opponents, they really
are gonna need to figure out, you know, where the
offense is gonna come from, because the double team at AJ.
Even though AJ, and we'll hear later the teasa says
he just miss shots. It doesn't matter. When you're six
to twenty four, something's going right, So it doesn't even
matter if you're missing the shots. There's not a lot
of offense. And what's crazy to think, Ben, is we
will break this down more. The big three were not
the reason why they got back in the ball game.
It was everybody else. So that's a little that's a
I guess the silver lining that you can take away.
But it's a little bit disheartening because the big three,
the guys who were on the payroll the most. Yes,
I'm gonna go there, those guys supposed to show up
and show out and make it happen. On AJ still
got to exactly and at least AJ, you know, got
to the free throw line sixteen times.
Speaker 5: But I know that we have to be objective here.
You have to.
Speaker 6: Wonder, you know, why is the ball in the guy's hand.
That's you know, a data point. I've seen you know,
you say two or three data points. Here's three. Okay,
I know you hit the buzzer beater. Cool, that's fine,
but Yukon, you didn't get it. Okay, there's another one.
You didn't get it last night. K that's one of three,
and then throw another one. You're three of sixteen and
you didn't really have anything going. And the guy that
was really on fire was number thirty, who really went
off in the second half five or five from the three,
made all of his six shots, got out of his
shooting slump after missing the first three shots, and I know,
I know that they took the second took the first
option away, and then if that's the case, then been
the accountability then goes to number fifteen.
Speaker 5: He can't file out of the game.
Speaker 6: Then because of number fifteen's in the ballgame, Brayden Burry's
doesn't blitz off the weak side to try to get
that block, because if you're gonna leave Richie Sunders wide open,
there's no coach in the Big twelve that would say,
if Rob Wright is driving and he bumps the guy off,
blitz off the week side and go for the block.
They're gonna say stay home on number fifteen. So it's
a lot of stuff that went wrong in this game
that they got to figure out. Guys managing their fouls,
getting better shots, the offense getting in mud. As I say,
or I call it a dead possession where if you
have not made a move by fifteen seconds on the
shot clock and you're not trying to kill the game,
when you get under ten men, it's a dead possession.
And that happened a multitude of times last night, and
AJ wasn't getting the foul calls. It's big to a
basketball and a lot happened and for a game where
coed Pete Ben did not play the best that he
could even had four fouls. If you would have told
me that he had had four foules, that Kenard Davis
would have done that, Alexi Kosticch would have come in
the gain me and do all of that. Mahilo would
have hit a couple. I would say, Ba, you wins
this game by six, but that wasn't the case, and
now you're sitting here.
Speaker 5: With the loss.
Speaker 6: I will say this though, for the voters and for
those all that watch to do the metrics, this does
help that it was a three point loss, because if
you got beat Ben by sixteen, that had dropped you further.
But I still think this team will be a top
fifteen team unless they lose on Saturday, if they're able
to split, because if you lose to the number one
team in the country by three in the way they
were able to come back, I think that's great. So
I know that's my opening monologue, but there's a lot
that I was disappointed about that they didn't do that.
I again still early Kevin Young made the fix in February,
but you would think the second year head coaching with
this staff, and again I'm nitpicking because they have three losses.
Speaker 5: I'm nitpicking, folks.
Speaker 6: You think they would figure these out against these great
teams and they got to get a win against a
great team, and they haven't done that. Still looking for
that Premier Quad one win against like someone in conference.
You're waiting for it. And I'm not talking about the
other things. I'm talking about Arizona's, Texas Tech, Houston's. Those
are the teams though we're talking about a lait eight
teams been. We're not talking how about Sweet sixteen around
the thirty two. We're talking about guys that can tend,
that can get to the final four, and we yet
to see them overcome the hump so far.
Speaker 4: Well, we'll delve into it.
Speaker 3: Appreciate the opening monologue from Ronald the three man Weaver.
Shoutout to Vic Cram on the data aggregation and the
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As always, we're gonna get it a ky post game
sound Richie Saunders, the Todd King as well as aj
D Bonza.
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Receiver at five o five, and we'll get into some
Cougar bytes along the way as well, all the sound
bites pertaining to BYU.
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Speaker 3: One of the couple of the questions I'm gonna be
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versus you of a game last night? Give me your
silver linings and what stood out to you about the
stat sheet?
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sound BYU versus U of A.
Speaker 4: It was.
Speaker 3: It was a tough loss. There's no doubt about it now.
Not what you wanted to see, uh From your Cougar's number.
Thirteen Cougars nearly erase that nineteen point deficit before falling
eighty six to eighty three to the number one team
in the Country the Wildcats at the Marriott Center for
a little fag a little family home evening with the Wildcats.
Speaker 4: Despite being down nineteen with ten fifty three left.
Speaker 3: In the second half, the Cougar's engineered a late comeback surge,
eventually making it a one point game with sixteen seconds left.
Ten three pointers on fifty percent shooting in the second half.
Speaker 4: Wouldn't be enough to seal the comeback.
Speaker 3: By the way, BYU Basketball is probably the best second
half team in college basketball.
Speaker 4: I don't think there's really any argument.
Speaker 3: In fact, college basketball analytics put out their efficiency metrics
for the second half really impressive.
Speaker 4: What BYU does in the second half just.
Speaker 3: Got to figure out the first half issues that we've
been experiencing for the entire season. The second half compack
was powered by Conawer Davis Junior. If you're talking about
silver linings here, he finally hit a three point shot.
Speaker 4: He finally hit.
Speaker 3: He went five for five from three point range in
the second half in route to fifteen points. Richie Saunders
finished with eighteen points on seven to eleven shooting alongside
three three pointers.
Speaker 4: The senior added nine rebounds.
Speaker 3: Those second chance points from Richie glorious two assists and
one steal. For the fourteenth time the season, ag Debonsa
reached the twenty point average.
Speaker 4: We hiss twenty four points.
Speaker 3: The bronckas you was just product added five just four
rebounds and one steel.
Speaker 4: Okay, that's what we saw. Other silver lining.
Speaker 3: How about Alexi Curry Coachtick combined for uh, he had
he had a couple of three point shots. You you
wonder if he earned himself some additional minute. It's what
we've been waiting for, right It's what we've been praying for.
Somebody to come off the bench and hit a standing
wide open maybe semi contents at three point shot.
Speaker 4: We finally got Alexi Curry Coastick.
Speaker 5: We did.
Speaker 6: We did been in no, no, no, I'm just I
was letting you finish because I've been doing a bad
job of interrupted people trying to get better at that.
But no, he he definitely did. I I'm teasing it,
but I don't want to give it away. But a
certain head coach said the same exact thing. You just said,
that somebody is going to be getting some more minutes.
And this is what I said been last week. I
said the guys that they've gotten on this roster. Your
limits are gonna your minutes and your and your reps
are going to be limited. They're gonna be two to
four at the max outside of Canard Davis Junior. And
unless you're providing something else to defense right and you're
gonna play that seven to twelve minute mark, you have
to perform and showcase and put your hand up in
order for Kevin Young to put you in the game.
Allah Trey Stewart from last year, if you or you
know you can do the opposite and you can do
the cannon captions and wine and then get yourself put
on the bench. But no one on this roster I
think is doing that. So you have to do the
opposite like Trey and put your hand up. If you
do that, Ben, then you can and Alexi I think
did that. And that's the thing. If you're gonna take
two threes, you hit him, that's gonna put your hand
up and get you in the game because you need
shooters around.
Speaker 5: Rob Richie and j Period. You can't.
Speaker 6: The guys that they brought in were three and D
guys and you need them to knock it down. And
he did that, and then Canard I was so impressed
in the first half. I was like, Okay, it's gonna
be another recipe. He's miss nineteenth straight now and he
shut me up and he shut a lot of people
up and it was good to see that.
Speaker 5: And this is what you know.
Speaker 6: And there's some other media members I won't say names
because they haven't give me permission that have talked about
when you put that post out on Twitter, but canard
the threes that he takes and where he takes are
more valuable yesterday Ben, last night, all of those threes,
if you look at him, weren't just of his own
free willing choice. He was in rhythm. He was stepping
into the shot. They found him off the bounce, and
that's what you need. You don't like to see what
he did in the first half of just take a
step back and pull up. That's not his game. But
when he's doing his magroll of where guys find him
and he's set, he's he's pretty man, He's so pretty
to see that. And if he's able to do that
more often, Ben, and I'm not talking about he needs
to go six or six.
Speaker 5: If he did, by is gonna blow a lot of
people out.
Speaker 6: You know, because I don't think the two best players
will go nine to forty from the from the field again.
But if they are able to, if Rob excuse me,
if Cannard is able to do that, BYU's in a
really good moment, especially going into the tournament, because you're
gonna need Canard Ben to give you about three threes
a game.
Speaker 3: Well, I gotta give some love to Jonathan Tabinari. He
tweeted out like two hours before the game, or like.
Speaker 4: Right a tip.
Speaker 3: Kennard Davis Junior is two nineteen from the from three
point line of the last four games, over twelve in
the last three.
Speaker 4: I think he's going five of eight.
Speaker 3: Ton Holy cot out spot on brother one point five
of eight Canard Davis Junior. Man, uh, he's he He
was dialed in a soothsayer of of college basketball at
b YU basketball these Jonathan Tavnari, so shout out to
JT for three the Brazilian bomber. Let's get into some
of the sound bites. Okay, shall let's get into number two.
Skip number one here, coach, was there an option?
Speaker 4: Right? Controversial thing?
Speaker 8: Right?
Speaker 3: Did they give the ball to the right guy for
the last possession? Was there an option to get AJ
the ball on that last possession.
Speaker 1: I mean it's a two option play.
Speaker 8: Uh, And so they did a good job of taking
the first option away and you know Rob got the ball,
you know, within two feet of the basket and felt
pretty good about that.
Speaker 1: Probably a little bit.
Speaker 8: More time on a clock they collapsed, maybe could have
found something.
Speaker 1: But you know, Rob's a gamer. You know, we saw
it at the garden.
Speaker 8: I trust him in those moments, you know, quite frankly,
him and AJ, neither one of them really had it going,
you know, but those are guys.
Speaker 1: We're gonna ride and die with him. So, like I said,
the first option was to get the AJ the ball.
Speaker 8: They clawed the area we were trying to get it
to and then uh, you know we got the We
got the ball in Rob's hands to make a play.
Speaker 3: So it was it was multiple right, Like you don't
you're not gonna just like force feed a a player, right,
I mean you can in that situation. I think most
thought that AJ was getting the ball Ronnie, but there
was there was multiple options on that on that inbounds,
they ended up tossing it out to to Rob, right,
and he got a head start, right, like a punt
returner kick returner, like just you know, sprinting in to
an opportunity to turn that kick. And look he penetrated.
He got to point blank range. You can't hate him
man getting potentially a wide open shot.
Speaker 4: It was right there.
Speaker 3: He just didn't see the help coming. He wasn't aware
of it, didn't use the peripheral vision. It was a
little bit clogged up. I wish he would have just
dipped with the left and laid it in.
Speaker 4: He didn't. He ended up raising up with the right
and Burray was right there to swat it. And that
was the end of it all. But there was.
Speaker 3: There was multiple concepts there that that could have gone
any direction. Do you agree with the the I guess
the play execution and the play set Ronald the three
man weaver.
Speaker 6: I just want to know why you know AJ's not
getting the ball at the point of attack and going
when you have twelve seconds.
Speaker 5: I guess that's my biggest thing. I know why you
have Rob and the balls been in his hands.
Speaker 6: You would have set Aj in the in the back
half got side. Yeah, I would have done that in
here because he's six'. Nine you're not gonna press him that,
hard and it risks fouling. Them you're not like they
they're not gonna do. That they might bring a double,
later but to inbound the, ball they're. Not and if
you look at how the play call, was they Put rob.
There they wanted to Get aj one on one to
get his spot to get to The semmer. FLOOR i
think that was the failure in the play because they
just put brought TO i think what you should have
done is to Put aj in the back, court let him.
Go you're not gonna have time for a quick giving,
goal but you set the screen and you Let aj
go to, work and then you Bring rob off and
If aj makes the play like that's the. Thing nothing Against,
rob BUT i, mean, dude he's listed at six to.
One i've stood next to, him don't. KNOW i think
it might be six to one with the basketball shoes.
Maybe but the point is if you have to bump
a guy, off which is a great, bump by the,
way and you have to hesitate and you just can't go.
Up AND i can know this from speaking as a
smaller guy that plays against people in, sports then that
means you don't have the height in the size and
we've seen this now twice been where a more taller
athletic guy be due to you just how the nature
of the man that was. Born it's not his, fault,
Right and the ball has been turned, over AND i
think that can't continue to happen because when you get
the march, madness no one's gonna tell me. That and
If I'M nba, scout no. Offense BUT i don't want
to see the ball in number one's. INN i want
to see the ball in the hands of number, three
the guy that's supposed to go top. To some said number,
one some said number. TWO i don't want to see
the ball in number. ONE i don't want to see
him do. THAT i want to see number three make
the play because the next, Level number three is going
to be the one making the. Play SO i think
that the execution could have been a little bit. Better
and here's also but beside, There kady took it away
Credit arizona type of caap for. Guys this is WHERE
i get. Blamed i'm Blaming Richie sunders in this. Moment
you're on the.
Speaker 5: Bench. Twice we've Seen richie on the bench this. Season stop.
Speaker 6: Fouling Stop AND i know you had to foul the
last time to stop the, clock but you picked up
two other fouls putting your hand in there and, reaching
and it's, like remember the team's under Mark. Pope stop
putting your hand when guys are, Driving stop doing. That
they're already past.
Speaker 4: You leave it.
Speaker 5: Be don't do that like that just makes it.
Speaker 6: Worse and If richie's not on the, bench Braden burrys
can't blitz off the week's. Side is he gonna leave number?
Fifteen you Think Tommy lloyd's gonna be okay with? THAT
i don't think If Richie saunders on the, floor because
that's who would be guarding, him Braden bury's would have.
Him bradley has, that and then they're gonna try to
double ag the best way they, can but they're not
gonna Leave richie.
Speaker 5: Open in my, opinion.
Speaker 4: Why do you? Think so?
Speaker 3: Okay so why didn't you force feet? Agent let's let's
put ourselves into ky. Shoes what did we see from
aj in the final five? Minutes he kept on trying
to draw foul after. Fallue he can't take a, Chance, no,
No AND i agree with, like, look you still give
the ball to your best.
Speaker 4: Player you try to get the ball to the best.
Speaker 3: Player but that being, said you, wonder, okay you wonder
what ky we was thinking in the lead up to
that final. Possession the only THING i can kind of
feel out here, is like number, one everybody knew at
least you, thought, right you're gonna out scheme the schemers,
right and you're gonna you're gonna, say, oh.
Speaker 4: They're all EXPECTING aj to get the.
Speaker 3: Ball we're gonna go With, rob who's been ice, cold
who's had his worst performance of the, season but he
can penetrate against the, best and we're gonna rely On.
Rob that was the thought process because the top king
was on riding the. Pine he was out riding, Pied
SO i understand. It and you know that coupled WITH
aj looking for shots THAT i don't know how many
times we've SEEN aj look for foul Calls lebron, style
LIKE i don't. Know there were a couple of them
were fouls like they. Weren't they probably should have been,
called they. Weren't they let the boys play.
Speaker 5: They, did by the, WAY i don't know how.
Speaker 3: Many times this season we've really SEEN aj flop on
contact and be looking for calls and they could look
off balance in his shot.
Speaker 4: Attempts does that make, sense like really look out of?
Speaker 5: Control this was the worst GAME i thought that he.
Speaker 4: Did, yeah in my.
Speaker 6: Opinion and, LOOK i know that he's gonna get the
superstar calls some of the, times but he needs to
understand and recognize that you're not going to get. That
and this is, Why, yes they went to rob for
that exactly. REASON i think you explained it. Perfectly but to,
me it's what you do is you go to the
agent and, says, hey we're putting the ball in your,
hands don't look to draw, foul look to score the,
basketball and if they, double you look to make a.
Play you say that to a player as smart as
a player like that is of, aj it is not
gonna go, okay let me go draw to draw. FOUL
i think when you're in those critical moments and you
tell a player we need you to do AB, cd
when you have that high que of a, player that
player that's been playing basketball for that, long who has
been on every single national, stage big time, performer if
you tell, him, hey we need you to DO, abcd
he's going to go do it. Now we other guy
and we've seen it. Before that's why we've SEEN aj
get the ball to people to make a. Play we've seen,
that and part of me, wonders you, know and this sounds,
TERRIBLE i, know but it's like shamahalave taken the last.
Speaker 5: Shot the guy that has been in hostile.
Speaker 6: Environments you, KNOW i know that's not going to, happen
but we've seen him in some of these plays of you,
know passing and. Developing SO i think at the end
of the, day they went to the. Guy like you said,
that no one thought it was going to be but
that's the risk that you, run is, okay his size
and his ability to not be able to have the
link THAT aj does is going to be. Actor and
then once again it was a. Factor it was a
factor in The yukon. Game it was a factor in.
This now it Didn't it didn't matter in The clemson
game because he rised up over everybody and drilled.
Speaker 5: It but they need to figure that.
Speaker 6: Out AND i think what you have to, Do ben
is they need to go TO aj and need to,
say go score if it's not, there make the make
the make the right read in the open play and
do so BECAUSE i firmly believe IF aj, goes gets the,
ball drives and kicks.
Speaker 5: It And rob is, OPEN i like that look a
little bit better than the look last. Night And i'm being.
Speaker 6: HONEST i know a lot of people would disagree with,
me but there's no weak side help, people because what's gonna. Happen,
Ben if you're a coach and you SEE aj, driving
what are you telling all your players?
Speaker 4: COLLAPSE i, mean Every.
Speaker 3: They didn't collapse all the time ON. Aj late in the,
game they were letting single, coverage you.
Speaker 6: KNOW i Mean Cole pete was was you're not faying
a single conference twelve. Seconds so that's What i'm saying.
Speaker 3: Right, Right and they may have doubled in that, situation
but they weren't always DOUBLING.
Speaker 4: Aj in the last five.
Speaker 3: Minutes they were letting that single coverage play out because
they saw a wild and a little bit like off KILTER.
Aj i'd say for the most of the game they were,
doubling but it felt, like And i'd have to go
through each individual set and go back and watch, tape
but it felt like some single coverage were still being
employed in ABSOLUTELY. AJ i do put a little bit
of this ON aj BECAUSE i Think ky lost a
little bit of confidence BECAUSE aj was looking for calls
rather than making the right controlled movements to get a better.
SHOT i think he settled a little bit for some,
shots and that's my take on. It LIKE i think
he settled on a few different occasions taking a somewhat unbalanced,
shot imbalanced, shot he probably could have got a better.
Speaker 4: Shot, anyway let's continue down the.
Speaker 3: Questionnaires if we will post, game take us through the
last minute of the, Game ky.
Speaker 4: Trying to come back and pull off the.
Speaker 8: Win, MAN i gotta break that one down on the
film because there was so much going.
Speaker 1: ON i just watched a little bit of. IT i,
mean we were down ten with.
Speaker 8: Like a minute two to, go which is, insane but you,
know it just says a lot about our team the.
Speaker 1: Fight you, know we spent a lot of time on situational.
Speaker 8: THINGS i, thought you, know we executed as bout as
good as you can to overcome that type of a,
deficit and so there's a lot of things we can you,
know take from that as far as putting it in
our kind of memory bank and, experience and that's that's
obviously a.
Speaker 3: Positive, yeah what's your biggest complaint post? Game would you,
say if you're A bau, fan was it the? Ress
was it a J debon's shot. Selection was it K
y Choosing Rob wright the third in that final possession
when when you felt like you should have went WITH.
Speaker 4: Aj was it the fact That richie was got into
foul trouble.
Speaker 3: And wasn't being judicious about his defensive his defensive. Execution
what is it that you're complaining about the most of
YOUR bwa fan right, now is What i'm getting.
Speaker 5: At that's a good.
Speaker 6: POINT i think YOU'RE i don't think the, officials Because
Kevin young said in the post game at which will
hear he thought that besides the, few he thought it
was a great officiated.
Speaker 5: Game SO i don't think it was, That and it's
that's a.
Speaker 6: Lot that's a lot coming from, him especially Because Tony,
PADILLA i Thought arizona was about to Get padi had.
Speaker 4: BEEN i won't.
Speaker 6: LIE i had to tweet ready on your, account BUT
i withheld because that wasn't the. OUTCOME i almost had it,
Though no all jokes. ASIDE i think the shots selection FROM,
AJ i think trying to force fousand having you, know
maybe THE i don't want to say lack of, confidence
but being, like all, right let's not go to, that
let's try this because that hasn't been. WORKING i think
that's What i'm more disappointed about IN i think that
because when you can't go six to twenty, four you
can't miss the. Shots players are supposed to make. Adjustments
when the officials aren't giving you, Calls, ben then you
have to try something. Different you gotta go off To
like remember the play where they're doubling hard and he,
says what does he? Do he, says f, This i'm
a dribble. Pass both of y'all get, through and he
goes and he dunks. IT i, said that's THE aj
That byu. Needs if you see the double team, coming
if you're going to force, it then blitz by, it
get downhill and then make the basket or make them
make a.
Speaker 5: Call don't go search for.
Speaker 6: It AND i think that was what was more, frustrating
BECAUSE i saw moments in this game WHERE aj Said
i'm not gonna let y'all double and if Y'all i'm
still going to get through, it and in the times
where he just went to draw a. FOUL i thought was,
unnecessary AND i think that has to. Change so that's
What i'm more disappointed.
Speaker 5: About not the.
Speaker 6: OFFICIATING i think that was the big thing was aj
shot selection because if he's doing this Against, arizona the
number one, team this could happen, AGAIN i think in
the sweet sixteen or in the lead eight.
Speaker 1: Game. Ben.
Speaker 3: Yeah so to, me there's four things, Officials Kevin, young last,
possision and his, schematics first half, inefficiencies and THAT i
mean that could have continually PLAYED byu. Basketball and then
The big three just didn't play well enough to. Win
like you rely a lot on Those big, three you,
know if you're gonna BECAUSE i feel, like did the
bench show up this?
Speaker 4: TIME i feel like they. DID i Mean camba brought
us back from the.
Speaker 3: DEAD i know he's a you, know in that starting
rotation Like Cannard. Davis YOU i, know he's in the.
Start but Like coastic thought played. WELL i guess you could,
say you, know you, Know beaty was was was off
like he THESE g league, players, man are they really that?
Good are they really that? GOOD i saw the comment
like these all THESE ge league guys that are brought
in to help these college teams win they they all
look Like Dodo, like they all look like lost out.
There they all look like they have no idea what's going.
On they they really don't. Produce it's, like oh, yeah
just big, bodied talented guys that don't fit into maybe the,
scheme the.
Speaker 4: Culture it's, like too, little too.
Speaker 3: Late they didn't work for hundreds of hours in the
offseason to developing, chemistry cohesion and being a part of
the culture. Anyway to, me, like the biggest COMPLAINT i
have right now is honestly our first half, woes and
it begs the question is that more of a product
of the players or is that more of a product of.
Coaching your thoughts on, that both of you think it's.
Both you're gonna you're gonna pie, chart if you're gonna
pae chot, Out you're gonna give it split right down the.
Speaker 6: Bill i'll go sixty percent, coaches forty percent, players because
the coaches are the, ones And Kevin young has been
on record, saying, nope coaches our job to put players in.
Positions So i'm gonna say sixty. Forty if you give
me a good argument and go and leave me to seventy,
Thirty i'll take. It But i'm gonna go sixty forty
Because i've seen last. NIGHT i saw moments where players
just took bad, Shots like remember the stretch with b
who gets three offensive rebounds and they're jacking up? Threes
is that, Coaches, no that's. Players that's bad. Execution that's
bad that's bad shot. Make it's a bad shot. Taking
what what are you? Doing LIKE aj jackuper Three Richiejack.
DEVEY i was, like all, right you're doing The Texas
tech all over. Again The Texas tech game was. COACHING
i felt, like but there are moments in this game
Where i'm, like that's Not Kevin. Young Kevin young's trying
to get you to reset and you're just. Ignoring get
pull in the. THREE aj pulled a very bad three
off of A bedoo rebound that they, had and they
should have backed down and.
Speaker 5: Reset and this is Where rob is.
Speaker 6: Phenomenal rob will, Reset rob will calm you, down and
that's why it's great Having rob on the. Team But
i'm going sixty to forty been that's the pie chart
of accountability for. THIS i thought sixty percent, coaches forty
percent players because there are moments where the coach ain't
telling you to continue to draw.
Speaker 5: Fout that was aj all of.
Speaker 6: That so that's WHERE i THINK i got to lean
a little bit more towards the players because they're in the.
Game they have to make the right. PLAYS a coach
can't coach it through.
Speaker 5: Everything ben.
Speaker 4: Watch a big complaint of the night after THE u
of a. Game chime in on.
Speaker 3: That just put that out at Cridel, Benjamin, kay why
let's get back to the. Sound we're encouraged By Kennar
Davis junior's moves. Performance he seemed to break out of
a shooting slump from the.
Speaker 1: PERIMETER i, NO i don't see how you can't be.
Here he's got a rough. Go he's a tough, kid you,
know and he stepped up and made.
Speaker 3: Place look what do we know About moo right? Now
is he finally getting into a? Groove was he a
little bit too complacent at times in his in his,
uh his. PREP i know he's been, injured right because
he's been out a few. Games was it the health?
Issue was it the controversy earlier in the season that derailed?
Him as he just finally not has he just not
been able to find a groove because of all of
these extenuating. Circumstances, ronnie your thoughts On Moo davis and
his role going.
Speaker 6: Forward, LOOK i think it takes time to adjust division in.
Basketball he didn't play terribly in non. Conference remember towards
the only saw him play, great Right.
Speaker 4: Ben, big, twelve, powerful, POWERFUL.
Speaker 6: I THINK i think, That, YEAH i think that's The
in non conference he played. Great he had, moments but
think of even the non conference, game the big, moments
the big, games he.
Speaker 5: Struggled it takes some time. Adjusting.
Speaker 6: Men where you have the ball in your hands every,
play you can and shoot, it you can drive to the,
basket and now you're, said, okay your role is to
be this and do, it it takes time to do to.
That it takes time to. Adjust AND i think at
times he has done, well you know in conference. Plan
at times he. Hasn't but last NIGHT i think Was
i'm gonna be, honest his best. Performance this won't show
up in the, statue but his pressure on all ball
on ball pressure helped by you in that game down
late been along with the shot. Making that's Why i'm
saw on top of him in The mawet mag roll
because even though mag wouldn't burn you with. Points his
defense and those shots that he would. Make that takes possessions.
Away it takes possessions away from number. Eight For, ARIZONA i.
FORGOT i don't want to butcher his last, name but
that guy that's who you're going up. Against he he
needs to understand he's not a part of the big.
Three it's him versus the other guys that are in
the starting lineup that their role is to play. Defense
that's what he has to.
Speaker 5: Do and he did that.
Speaker 6: Excellent he did that, excellent and when you're feeling, it
you can get more. Shots BUT i think the adjustment to.
POWERFUL i know people are gonna, say, oh he's. INJURED
i don't want to hear that he's out. There he's out.
There if he's out, there then he's then he gotta
play and he gotta have. Accountability so don't hit me
with the, oh he's. Injured if he's, injured then then
then be Like Xavier state in street close at the
end of the. Bench if you can't, go if you can,
go then you gotta play a. Role you gotta be out.
There we can't make that excuse of, all, well the
guy's nicked. Up, no you gotta, play you gotta find.
Ways many guys play, hurt many guys play injured and
they figure it. Out but when he's able to do,
that he didn't look hurt to, me you, know in
the second. Half so that's Why i'm not going to
give that. EXCUSE i think it's, role it's, fit and
he did it phenomenally last, night AND i think that's
what he has to.
Speaker 5: Do get threes from Aj Robbin.
Speaker 6: Richie when they find you the, shot make of the shot,
creators drill your, shots play good, defense and you'll. Thrive
because that's why we love MoU at mag was he
thrived when he took his shots And Trey stewart and
they played elite.
Speaker 5: Defense AND i Believe knark can't be that. PLAYER i
think he's just needing some.
Speaker 3: Adjustment then a couple of last things from K y post.
Game you called it the paint mentality coming into this.
Game how do you feel the team execute all that paint?
Speaker 4: Mentality?
Speaker 1: Good not, great you, Know and we only forced him
shoot twelve, threes you, know.
Speaker 8: Just too many, mistakes you, know and they they, shot
they were plus fourteen.
Speaker 1: From on the free throw.
Speaker 8: Line you, Know i'm not gonna go at the officials
that you know every, night he can go either.
Speaker 1: WAY i thought there was some marginal contact on some of,
them but at that part is what it. Is we
just didn't. Have we j not enough execution, defensively was
showing showing a crowd like we wanted. To you, KNOW
i will. SEE i thought our guys did a great.
Speaker 8: Job, ironically the paint points weren't even from the, bigs you,
know it's really the two guards that were having their.
Way he has to give them. Credit you, Know barry's
a really good. Player first time really seen him up.
Close you, know he's he's, big he's he's trying to
get great pace to his. Game THOUGHT i, thought, Uh
bradley was just an absolute. Dog you, know he's getting
wherever he want. To we started putting two on the
ball more to kind of keep him out of the,
paint which. Helped but, look, man they're a good team
and they exposed, uh you know us with their. Arts
but AGAIN i thought coming into, IT i was more
worried about their. BIGGS i thought we did a good
job on their.
Speaker 3: Biggs let's let's take a brief time out we'll come
back with some of the silver. Liners but any thoughts, There.
Ronnie before we close out through segment and get into
our next, SEGMENT i do want to talk About Alection
Coastick curry in the next, segment and there's some of
the silver linings of this.
Speaker 6: Game, YEAH i think you just have to you have
to Give arizona credit, there. Guys, okay they took the bigs.
Away you saw her. There it Looked Ben and this
is not. Me this is What Brett harman told. Me
and HE i know it is not feeling, healthy but
he's you, know he, said they might be one of
the most complete teams in, college but and then they.
Might they might be one of the most complete. Teams
and when you look at them top to, bottom this
is a really good. Roster and to the play of Aj,
CoA pete's fronting, them stopping, them and Then bradley's right behind,
them so they're making sure aj Doesn't, SO i, mean
that's what.
Speaker 5: Happened they had to take the first option. Away they did.
Speaker 6: That you See burry's kind of lagging off On. Canard
caba is being, guarded but that's what it. Did they
Leave rob, Right ben. There they're not even worried About.
Rob they're worried ABOUT. Aj SO i think that's what
they gotta they. Gotta they gotta Put rob there and
Put aj in the, back because if you PUT aj
in the, front front court like they Did, ben the
guys are gonna double On. Rightfley, so LIKE i, said
you're not gonna Play aja single with twelve seconds, Left
you're gonna make them beat. You and that's what they.
Did SO i just wanted to tell, people go watch
the last. Play you can look it up On Sports.
Center they'll show it to. You you got two guys
WITH aj and nobody With, rob so tip the of
the cap The. Arizona they were able to weather the
storm and get out of provo with the.
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what's what's gonna be going on with the bench? Rotation
now what Did alexi coast At Curry Earn, Okay so
he was asked a, question how do.
Speaker 4: You feel About? Alexi how he did in his?
Speaker 3: Minutes the comeback spark started to come when he checked
into the. Ballgame this Was ky's commentary post game games
about making.
Speaker 1: Shots, man it's bottom. Line so he can. Shoot that's
why he's on the. Floor and you, KNOW i also thought.
Speaker 8: He came in and executed defensively better than some of
the guys who played a you, know more.
Speaker 1: Minutes so probably earned, himself you, know you, know bigger.
Opportunity but you, know AROUND aj And, rob you know
we need guys that can knock shots. Down so you,
know he definitely turned it.
Speaker 3: TIED i, mean for the love of all that's, holy
that's what we've been complaining. About it's like somebody the
bench has to step. Up someone needs to hit a
standing three point. Shot LIKE i felt, like, uh you, Know,
rodny like you can sit there in the. Corner you
can sit there from the extended, wing just just right, there.
Stagnant she's, like give me the. Rock the double team
comes and you dish it out To ronald the three
man weaver to get. BUCKETS i feel like you could do. It,
okay it's like a it's like a thirty five yard field.
Goal your kickers should be able to make everything forty going.
In you got at least, okay you got if you're wide,
open you gotta hit at least fifty of.
Speaker 4: Those coastick did, It canard did it last. Night we
need More. Coastick.
Speaker 3: Coastick curry also played phenomenally. DEFENSIVELY i saw body. Up
he's in the paint like he was bodying.
Speaker 4: Up he was earning.
Speaker 3: It true, meritocracy baby and they're gonna check tape on.
That obviously he was good, defensively but when they go
back and watch the, film they're gonna see just how
physical he. Was you, know a flasher coming across the
paint and my Man coastick was getting after. It AND
i wouldn't Say coastic is a dog by any, means
but like he used that big body he. IS i,
Mean coastick is six, four he's all a six.
Speaker 4: FOUR i don't know how much does he. Weigh did
they put the weight on?
Speaker 5: Him don't, know let me find. OUT i.
Speaker 3: THINK i mean he's got he's got a little bit
of thickness to. Him that's All i'm. Saying he's over two.
Hundred you, know he seems thicker Than, richie but he
may be around the same, weight just.
Speaker 4: Not as tall As. Richie rich The Todd.
Speaker 3: King at any, Rate, Alex he's gonna see more minute
ladies and, gentlemen boys and.
Speaker 4: Girls he deserves. It so who who gets their their
minutes limited because of?
Speaker 6: That because of what, Happened, WELL i, MEAN i Think
tyler's gonna find himself out of a little, bit out
of the rotation for a little, bit unless it's a, matchup,
right because that was the guy that was coming in
and he hadn't done. It So, alexi but you and
MAYBE i should let the sound class play, it but
to tease, It hadee might lose a little bit more.
Minutes SO i think that's the biggest, Thing ben because
when you go and you look at this stat, sheet
it's really tough because B yu they only want to
play seven to eight. Guys but when B do is
not doing what he needs to. Do he even, was you,
know wasn't having. Minutes cable was even on the bench
for a little. Bit so he's probably gonna take minutes
been from that rotation of B, doo depending how it
is With, cable AND i Know cable's on the floor
with them a little, bit and And. HADIM i think
that's what it's gonna come. Down that's gonna be the
that that next three coming in the bench of that
guy who's gonna be the, Eight so we know the
seven guys that are going to play that eighth. GUY
i think it's gonna be, permanently it's gonna be. ROTATED
i don't think that's said In. STONE i THINK i
think the sixth and seventh guy are but that eighth ninth,
GUY i think that's just gonna rotate by game of
who wants to put their hand? Up now we Know
dominique was supposed to. Do it was overly aggressive and
got himself in some foul. Trouble like we, said you
try to sometimes do too. Much, hey coach them.
Speaker 5: HERE i want to.
Speaker 6: PLAY i want to, play but you have to execute
the game. Plan AND i need to find the sound.
Clip but it's from a podcast that THE byu people.
Do But Evan troy, said the best way you can
do form a. Player the best way to get on
the court is to do your.
Speaker 4: Job.
Speaker 6: Period if you don't do your, job you won't get
on the. Court And alexi did his job last. Night
and that's Why Kevin young said more minutes hand up
and it's very. Simple SO i think that's what he's
gonna do Between, hayaem depending how bead rotates and you, Know,
mihilo depending what the matchups. ARE i think he's gonna
take minutes away from. That and he played phenomenal last. Night,
man we've been waiting for him to do.
Speaker 8: That.
Speaker 6: NOW i want to remind people the two threes that he.
Cooked he took not the first, one but the second.
One that was a tough three to take top of
the key right there with a guy running at.
Speaker 5: You he hit.
Speaker 6: Him but that's exactly what LIKE i, said you're in
the game for that particular, role you gotta hit those particular,
shots and he did. That still haven't found his, weight but,
MAN i loved everything THAT i saw from. Him and,
LOOK i don't know if he's a. Stick he's not
as stick As Dalla, hall but he's got the height
like dall. Him SO i love that he was able
to buy in defensively because he lacks that a little.
Speaker 3: Bit.
Speaker 6: Ben but in that zone when they went to it
to Throw arizona off and slowed him, down he was.
Everywhere AND i think that's the strength. BEEN i think
with him on the, court goes on and let him
get after because he was. Handsy he was in pass.
Speaker 5: Lanes, yeah he was.
Speaker 4: Everywhere let me ask you, This, Okay coastick is. In
he's seeing. Minutes he hits two.
Speaker 3: Threes, yeah and those threes came not necessarily WHAT i
would deem as like these weren't designed plays half court
sets For kostick to get the. Look they came naturally
within the transition. Offense y, see, okay do you call
a player for your ky to heat Check coastick or
do you let your brig three continue to do what
they do because he never saw the ball, Again he
never saw a touch and he never got an opportunity
like it felt. LIKE i remember there was there was
one half court set where Like coastick was just you
could tell he was just asking for. It he was
on like the right hand wing and he was in
front of the B yu. Bench he was just like
calling for, it give it to. Me he was ready for.
It it never came back to, him he. Didn't so,
like is that on the coaching staff for not Letting Coastick?
Curry that's from calling him now just the. SHOOTER i
know he doesn't have to handle Of. CURRY i know
he can't penitrate Like, curry but, hey.
Speaker 4: You shoot, it let him let him, rip let him
let him fire. Away you?
Speaker 5: Know is that?
Speaker 4: On is that on the coaching staff for not letting
him get a little heat.
Speaker 6: Check maybe during the, timeouts that, is let him get
a little heat check on on? Here and AND i
think you can blame most of the coach staff when
they got the ball in there yelling and the crowd
has calmed. DOWN i think you can yell and, say,
hey find him and get him the ball and run
and play with the question is been you know how
much of him in the offenses run that you would
have to call that play out and then you, know
Hope arizona doesn't.
Speaker 5: Play it smart.
Speaker 6: Defensively BUT i, SO i think it's, AGAIN i think that's.
More that's more eighty. Twenty that's more coaches twenty percent. Players,
yeah but, uh if you're a, player you have to
know that he has the hot hand in that, moment.
Speaker 4: Because, Man i'm a heat.
Speaker 5: CHECKOUT i mean you know What i'm.
Speaker 3: Saying because they rattled, like you, know like me high,
lows they tend to like be like a little off
to kind of rattle in a little bit like nah
noa like.
Speaker 5: Coastics was, Pure you're, down it was. Smooth that sucker
can shoot.
Speaker 3: Cloth they look, LIKE i don't think it touched iron.
Baby So i'm, like, Dude i'm A i'm heat checking.
That i'm heat checking.
Speaker 4: Coasting, hey you can't give him the, Rock let's run
it fo.
Speaker 5: Three you, Know and he should have gotten in on
the heat. Checking you know. Why and this is where
numbers don't.
Speaker 6: Lie he had the best plus minus out of any
by player last night seven, minutes thirty seven, seconds two
or two from the three six. Points he had the
one rebound and it was, offensive by the, way which
is going to get you in the. Game if you
grab an no boards been because that's. Tough and he
him grabbing go boards On. Arizona that speaks a lot
to his. Defense and he was a plus eleven on the,
court so you know. Who the other guy was right behind,
Him Conard Davis junior plus. Seven but this will be
we've been, saying we've been, saying this is not just
guys on the.
Speaker 4: Bench this was the.
Speaker 5: Bench i'd hen't played five and a half. Minutes mihilo played.
Speaker 6: Twenty abdulah play ten even though he fouled, Out so
that's where they had to step up and play the.
Minutes but like he's gonna rotate between those, guys he's
gonna take time. AWAY i think you're gonna see him
on excuse, me On, saturday maybe have an. Opportunity he's
not gonna play as, much but he'll have moments to do.
That the next guy that was plus seven to go
back to my, point five of five of Eight Conard Davis,
junior and he was six or six in the second.
Speaker 5: Half all the shots, there you, Go.
Speaker 3: Yeah all, right come back with a few more soundbites
here With. Ky postgame Coach lloyd, said it doesn't matter
sometimes who's guarding aj because of the way he just
picks apart those. Matchups how do you Feel arizona's defenders
did against Aj?
Speaker 1: MAN i got a really dive into the film to
really get give a great answer on.
Speaker 8: That but, Look i'll be the first person to always
give the other team credit when they do.
Speaker 1: Something.
Speaker 8: Well he shot six to twenty, four so on, paper
they did a good. Job you, know he also got
to the line sixteen. Times but you, know AND i
experienced some WHEN i was in THE, nba like With
kevin as a as an, example like sometimes you can
do whatever you want on, defense it doesn't. Matter he's
either gonna make the shot or he's gonna miss. IT
i THOUGHT aj probably just. Missshots but you have to
give them. Credit they stuck their nose in there and.
Speaker 1: They made it hard on, them and so he'll learn from,
it and we'll try to be better next.
Speaker 4: Time gotta be better next. TIME a couple of last
things here From.
Speaker 3: Ky what are your immediate takeaways from stacking your team
against the top team in the.
Speaker 4: Country stacking up your, TEAM.
Speaker 8: I, mean we're right there with every team in the.
COUNTRY i thought that before the. GAME i think it
just as much AS i did before the.
Speaker 1: Game AS i do. Now so you, KNOW i have
a lot of respect For. TOMMY i, mean you, know
HE'S i don't know a lot of the college.
Speaker 8: Coaches he's a Guy i've gotten to know a little
bit of a mutual friend THAT i worked with with
the sons that knew him worked At gonzaga, together so
knew him through that a little. Bit he's a great,
coach you, know and runs a great, program understands what
wins at the college.
Speaker 1: LEVEL i, mean they're really, unique right modern.
Speaker 8: Basketball they shot twelve threes and scored eighty six, points
you know WHAT i.
Speaker 1: Mean so they've got a STYLE i think figured out pretty.
Speaker 4: Well.
Speaker 1: And clearly it's hard for teams across the country to play.
Against but you, know we didn't play.
Speaker 9: Good you, Know robin aj went if you told me
before the game That robin aj were gonna go nine
to forty and we were going to lose to the
number one team in the country by three, points you,
Know And i'm not here for moral.
Speaker 1: Victories i'm.
Speaker 8: PISSED i WISH i wish that they would have played
bet and we would have won the game. Comfortably so
it's just all about, improvement, man that's the bottom.
Speaker 1: Line you.
Speaker 8: Know you got to learn from your. Mistakes AND i
just said to the players conference, play AND i think
you're seeing you see it across the. Country you, know
in conference, play the margins are very. Small you can't
make you can't make mistakes, repeatedly.
Speaker 1: And so when you do, it you, know we got
ourselves into a.
Speaker 8: Hole now give ourselves credit because we did a great
job in the second half of digging out of. It
but that's a long winded way of SAYING i feel
good about our you, know stacking up with you, know
any team in this in this.
Speaker 3: Country, YEAH i feel like it's valid, right this team
can play with just about. Anybody there are some out
there watching this game that felt THAT byu At best
is a sweet sixteen. Team that's how that was their
takeaway from this and not not just one two. People
this is a takeaway by. Many and when you watch
the first half of ANY byu, game you do walk
away there like, this there's no way this team's going
to go to An elite. Eight there's no way this
team's going to A final. Four there's no way this
team is built for. That then you watch them in
the second half work their way, through play good. Defense you,
know unfortunately two players found. Out like how many times
IS byu had two players file out in a game
recently in the modern?
Speaker 4: Era very, few very few times DO i see? This,
Okay BYU's got to figure out their first.
Speaker 3: HALFS i love their. Grit if we're talking silver, LININGS
i love their. GRIT i love you, know how they
finish out. Games they never give, up they never. Surrender
shout out to grab ours hammer as well.
Speaker 4: For those that know the.
Speaker 3: Movie at any, RATE i love their. GRIT i love
their competitive. Fire we've got to figure out how to
be more effective in a vision in the first. Half and,
yeah nine to forty BETWEEN aj And rob who to
thunk it was bad not. Good richie had it going
though for a, minute but he fouled out for the
love Of. Pete richie had it going last, night but
only took eleven. Shots what we were seeing there From
richie the Todd, king.
Speaker 1: Yeah THEY i, mean, Look richie's getting guarded like no
other this. YEAR i mean people are smothering the.
Speaker 4: Guy you, know AND i GIVE i give.
Speaker 1: My russian, Friend i'm not even gonna try to say
his last.
Speaker 4: Name.
Speaker 8: Credit he's a tough nose, player plays really hard as
a good. Defender richie had a hard time getting a
step on. Him but also Give richie. Credit you, know
we we thought we did a decent enough job of
moving him around a little bit. More you, know he
hit a three in the first after timeout, play hit
that big three and another after timeout, play and so you,
Know richie's.
Speaker 1: A guy that will continue to try to get open
looks for the best.
Speaker 8: That we can.
Speaker 4: Fine.
Speaker 3: Thing final thing, here we Need richie in the. GAME
i mean that would have changed the dynamics there they.
Speaker 6: Win that game, GAME i think they wouldn't a. GEAT
i don't think you blitzed off the week. Side i'm
telling you right, Now, ben if you leave your if
Because burr's.
Speaker 5: Would have been on A.
Speaker 6: RICHIE i feel like that because At DUBLIN aj trying
to do that, right there's no way Of richie's in the,
game And burry's who would have been On richie he
leaves that For there's no way you do that if
you're gonna leave number fifteen. Open and you just Heard
Kevin young's, comments the guy that made seventy five threes last,
year if you're gonna leave him wide open at The
Marriott center on a Big monday in a top fifteen
matchup to shoot the game winning shot and he hits. It,
decio you know What donkey's butt when you get to
the locker. Room, now you're not gonna do. That so
that's why you need all those guys in because that
help doesn't. Come rob bumps them off and he lays
the ball up AND i think they win the, game
but that should it could have win.
Speaker 3: Us you, know last, Thing hadimo he played five minutes last,
night he played over twenty the other.
Speaker 4: Night was that just a matchup? Thing what happened?
Speaker 1: There, WELL i mean a lot of that was move
was hurt in that. Game you, know MoU goes five
to eight from.
Speaker 8: THREE i thought he gave us a big lift and
you Know, uh you, Know hadean's got to continue to,
improve you know.
Speaker 1: With certain things that we're trying to work on them.
With BUT i love MoU. O excuse my love For.
DEAN i love his. Mentality you, know he's a. Dog
he brings in. Intensity and you know some games just
matchups called for different.
Speaker 4: Things final thing, Here roddy and that will go to.
Speaker 6: Break, yeah silver lining for me to answer the actual,
question As i've thought about it a. While, look your
best players sometimes are gonna go nine to Forty.
Speaker 1: Ben that.
Speaker 6: Happens you, know you play. Football sometimes your BEST dB
gets cooked some of the. Football sometimes sat it doesn't
happen to both your best. Player, yeah sometimes you have those.
Speaker 3: GAMES i MEAN i feel like you got one guy
has an off, night not two of it for.
Speaker 6: Three, well sometimes you make bonehead decisions where, players you,
know forcing. Stuff SO i think IF i Think aj
forced about seven shots last, Night IF i don't think
if he forces, that it's different than half of those
the ref could have called half. Didn't but it's a
mixture of both because the human element still plays a. Factor,
right your best, Corner Evan, johnson the ball. Floats it's.
Weird you know, right the one That trey DROPS i
AND i bring up those moments in The Texas tech.
Game of those happen, sometimes like why Is evan waiting?
Old the ball, floats these weird things they. Happen but
anyway to the, point sometimes your best players they don't play.
Speaker 5: Well you, know they have those. Moments but the silver
lining Was canard got out of the.
Speaker 6: Slump he was six of six in the second, half
five of five from, three opened up zero to, three
finished five of.
Speaker 4: It like that is what you.
Speaker 5: Like six threes in a.
Speaker 6: Row you like Single Lexi coastitch come, in knock down
those shots you've been. Waiting, LOOK i know that the,
bench but outside of the big three that consider everybody the,
bench that's gonna be. Rude ron don't talk About caba
that way In, cannard But i'm. Serious outside of the
big three, points you Need, Canard kaiba and whoever else
coming off the bench to put in that. Work so to, Me,
ben you take away the big, three you Add, kiba
you Add, canard you Add. Alexi between those two they
had what twenty nine. Points that's what you. Need so
that's the silver. Lining the silver lining was to See
kaiba get after was to See canard drop some threes
in a Ce. Alexi they do, That, ben of those,
three not even those, three you Need Keba canard and
whoever is come off the, bench whether it's a shooter
or it's someone else's and it's Not beatle because he's
gonna be a shot. Blocker they can. Contribute. Ben that
really gives by you a great chance to one because
you saw. It you're telling me if aj is six
of twenty or you, know eight of twenty, two that
they don't win this game by, one even with the.
Foulouts so that's that's Why Kevin young, says you, know
he's pissed because that. Happens so Silver lining the guys
that needed to step up and shoot that we've been
seeing have been, struggling got out of.
Speaker 5: It they're gonna need.
Speaker 6: That On, Saturday Hostile Environment Fog allen Field, House Darren,
PETERSON aj De bonso we'll, see we'll see what happens
on the thirty.
Speaker 5: First i'm looking forward to, it no doubt about.
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