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I'll introduce to you the co host, myself, the other
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star stud of cast for this Thursday, November twentieth, a
couple of days before BYU football takes on Cincinnati, the
bear Cats bear versus the bear Other bear Cats. I
guess without further ado, thus walking in. I like to
call him my right hand man. He is the digital
content creations manager here at ESP and the fan for us,
Brett always bringing the hammer, Brett Brother, how are we
doing today?
Speaker 6: Look, Ron, when you're a kid and you don't get
invited to a birthday party, you get offended.
Speaker 2: It's true.
Speaker 6: But here's the weird thing. It's the inverse as you
get older. As you get older, what you realize is
the more someone loves you, the less they invite you
to things.
Speaker 5: At least that's how I look at it.
Speaker 6: Back, unless I have to be invited to go do
something that travels, something to do something for somebody, the
more I feel like somebody loves me, I realize I
am saying that on the precipice of what I am
doing this sew again, which is driving to California for
my great brother. Shout out to Alex, good friend of
Beal and I. He and Ellen are getting married. That's
a wonderful weekend. And I think it's fair to say
that two things can be true. I can be so
happy for my brother to be getting married, and I
can be so happy for to have to speak at
this wedding tomorrow and to get to see all my family.
But I can also conversely not love the fact that
I get to drive ten hours to this wedding. Because
I'm gonna be real with you. I told this to
my wife last night. I love just sitting in my house,
not going anywhere, not packing a bag, doing nothing. That
is what I love. And so when my wife and
I are sitting there packing last night, I'm like, man,
I really do not want to go on this trip
now because I don't want to go to the wedding.
Speaker 5: I just don't like packing.
Speaker 6: I don't like leaving my house because what if you
get out there and you're like, oh, I wish I
would have brought this hoodio, I wish I would have
brought these shoes and all I brought was Jordan's. And
now we're going to Disney World and I'm walking all day,
so I realize I may be a curmudgeon, may be
the old man, get off my lawn.
Speaker 5: I'm happy that my brother's getting wedding married.
Speaker 6: I'm so excited to party at this reception, but also
I'm not excited.
Speaker 5: To travel out of state for this wedding.
Speaker 3: Yeah, when you travel places, weddings, family vacations. Look, holiday
season are coming up. My wife is pulled down now
the Christmas decorations, we have.
Speaker 6: A tex that's a whole separate discussion, discussion, another day
of absolutely.
Speaker 5: Because my wife and I have no one right now,
so I feel you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll just tell you right now not to go
too much on a tangents so we can get the
rest of our esp And the fans started lineup.
Speaker 5: I let people know I can't remember where I was.
Speaker 3: I think I was on the train actually, and I
heard Christmas music, so I'm playing whether it's that, and
I'm like, why are we playing Christmas music?
Speaker 4: I was like, and it's not Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3: So this was the rule in my family, and I
guess we should put this out maybe closer as we
get the Thanksgiving or we can I guess I can
have you put it out. What's too early to start
playing Christmas music for the holidays? To me, the rule
is once Thanksgiving happens, even though I guess, if it's
the week of, I guess okay, But next week you
can put all the Christmas decorations up, bread, you can
play all the Christmas music you want.
Speaker 5: But before that, I'm like.
Speaker 4: What are you doing?
Speaker 3: Like I know Benness pontificated upon this of Brook, and
I can confirm I've talked to Brook. She loves Christmas,
and I'm like, we can't be talking about Christmas like
a week after Hollow. We gotta wait. You gotta wait.
So it sounds like you and I are both in
the same page. Thanksgiving us when you're allowed to do it,
in my opinion, not before then. If you do, then
you're weird. You can't do that. Look, you gotta wait
until we have the turkey, the ham, the macaroni and cheese,
the mashed potatoes, the dressing stuffing, whatever you have, the rolls.
Speaker 4: Once you have that and you sit.
Speaker 3: Down after Thanksgiving is over, the day of, you can
start talking about Christmas, Black Friday, deal Cyber Monday. But
until then, do not hang up Christmas decorations, do not
have conversations about oh Christmas, and play music before Thanksgiving.
I do not approve of it. Now I get it.
You have to get your lights up early because you
know it's gonna be cold. That I understand, But do
not throw the Christmas tree up. I see people with
the Christmas tree up or like you haven't even begun
to thank you know, your Heavenly Father for your family
and the delicious food that you're gonna partake in, and
you're already going to Christmas, Like, come on, don't have
Brian Logan get let me get him on the show
and start talking about paging holidays and other things. And
that This is what I love about My grandmother. Not
a member of the church, by the way, Brett. She
is a born again Christian. She does not give you
gifts on Christmas. She refuses to think. She believes that Christmas.
She's it's the birth of Christ, we celebrate that. So
and she will not accept the present either.
Speaker 4: So it's two folks. She keeps the same energy.
Speaker 3: She does not give and she does not receive Christmas presents,
So I respect her for that fact. And yeah, she
gets bugged by Christmas time because everyone just puts up
their trees, and she's like, you need to put up Jesus.
You need to celebrate Jesus in the gift of life
and that we will be resurrected.
Speaker 5: So I always find that funny that she does that. Yeah,
there's a hard upsentibility to that.
Speaker 6: And however you celebrate the holidays, like whether it's Christmas, Honikah,
whatever it is, like, we support you, we love you.
Speaker 5: My wife is already having the conversation.
Speaker 6: She said when we drive back from the wedding on Wednesday,
she said, the tree is going up. And I said,
and so I'm having a little bit of a fight
in my home because I'm like, look what.
Speaker 5: Thanksgiving is Thursday.
Speaker 6: I can't wait forty eight hours from First of all,
the last thing I want to do when I get
home from vacation and drive those ten hours. First of all,
the last thing I want to do is drive over
to my in laws, go up into the attic, grab
the tree, drive it back over to my apartment, lug
it up there, and then find a spot for it
in my apartment. That's the last thing I want to do.
Second of all, to your point, I'm on board with you.
So I'm gonna put this out as a poll today
because I'm very curious.
Speaker 5: But I'm with you.
Speaker 6: You're telling me that you're going to be celebrating Christmas
before you've even celebrated Thanksgiving.
Speaker 5: Because look, if.
Speaker 6: That's the case, then we should just stop calling it
the holiday season and just start calling it the Christmas season.
If we're just gonna disrespect Thanksgiving like that, which might
be sleeper holiday of the year, it's not holiday of
the year, because that's probably Christmas, sleeper holiday of the year,
even though there's nothing sleeper about Thanksgiving, that might be
holiday of the year. I don't think enough people understand
how great Thanksgiving is. I got so many great memories.
But yeah, we're having a little bit of a fight
in my home about how often and how acceptable it
is for us to be putting up a tree just
prior to Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4: I'm with you, brother, It could be the opposite.
Speaker 3: You could be the husband that wants to put it
up in your wife could say no, So there might
be some.
Speaker 5: Conflict in your family home.
Speaker 3: Whatever it is you need to work it out, but
the wife knows the expectation. Christmas decorations do not go
up before Thanksgiving. You do not play Christmas music until Thanksgiving?
What say you, kugarnation. This is why I'm gonna agree
with the bread Thanksgiving slept on underrated. You do your
holiday shopping for people Black Friday. Some of you are
running around last minute in December. I don't want to
deny that I've done that too. I don't want to
act like I haven't. But Cyber Monday, Black Friday deals,
you get your Christmas presence for people then, so don't
act like you don't.
Speaker 4: And again I let everybody know, be thankful.
Speaker 3: Be thankful that BYU football it controls their own destiny
a big game coming up on Saturday, they beat Cincinnati,
that he gives them an opportunity to clinch. Other things
have to happen on Saturday. But first you have to
do is you have to win. So be thankful, get
some turkey, get some stuff, and we'll have shows next
week for you. But just want to preface that, that's
my little Ronald the three Man weave a rand about
the holiday season. I saw Christmas trees and I'm not
going for it. I stand against it. I promised that
we won't ask any of our guests that this week.
Maybe next week though, check the rest of our ESPN
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He addressed the media in preparation for the wiscons Again.
He also addressed the situation about Canard Davis Junior, not fully.
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the university handle it. Give you a little bit of
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But Jay's gonna join us and tell us about what's
the updates around Canard. Jay was on the Zoom call
as well, asking Kevin Young the questions it's safe to
say that Canard is not gonna play tomorrow against Wisconsin.
I think every nobody could have projected that, But at
the same time, you never know. Kevin Young sound a
little bit optimistic.
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Speaker 3: Kevin Young addressed the media yesterday. B YU taking on
was Canson. You can't say Wisconsin got to say it
was Canson? Uh taking on Big ten Country? Headed up
there the Badgers. I believe they are here down now
and here in Salt Lake City. Game is going to
be at two pm at the Delta Center. Interesting tip
off time, I think. Kevin Young was also asked that question.
We're gonna get into it. Let's start with number one
coach Young. All coaches have to enforce disciplinary measures at
b YU can get a little complicated because of on
a code. What in general is your philosophy or approach
when it comes to disciplinary issues.
Speaker 8: Do the right thing and if you don't, there's there's
consequences you know, based on uh, you know, our own
internal team rules as well as the rules of the university.
So I mean there's there's nuances to that's obviously a
deep question, but that's just my general philosophy of just
trying to get these guys to do the right thing.
Speaker 1: And at the same time, if you.
Speaker 8: Know, if there's ever a situation that comes up where
that's not the case, then you know, we handle it appropriately.
Speaker 1: And that's, uh, that's my philosophy.
Speaker 3: Look appropriate. For the most part, I feel like they've
they've done that right. I don't feel like they're hiding
Kunar made the trip right. Brett he didn't play, doesn't
do I don't think he's playing tomorrow either, but he's
with the team. So look all of this, I feel
like it's going about it the right way.
Speaker 4: You know, Obviously, our job in the media is to
ask b why you.
Speaker 3: Ask for the reports from the police, to report everything
the right way. We know my room Metcalf of ESPN
have put out more information than Jay Drew who were
gonna have later.
Speaker 4: As already previously mentioned, it's.
Speaker 3: Our job to do that, whether the pr whether the
image is positively or negatively, it's our job just to
report it. But Kevin Young is right, and look, do
the right thing at the end of the day. And
if you don't, their consequences right and you don't get
to determine those consequences. It's something my dad says, you
can do whatever you want. Ron, you can say whatever
you want, you don't hold back. He's like, I love
how bold and straightfor you are. But just know whatever
you say with that boldness, in that directness, you don't
get to accept or you don't get to determine what
comes back from someone else what you're saying, what you do,
you have to accept it and stand on that business.
Speaker 4: So I think that's a good rule of thumb of
what Kevin Young is saying.
Speaker 3: Just do the right thing and know whatever you do,
if it's not the right thing, there could be consequences.
Speaker 6: Brett This is one of those situations where I don't
envy Kevin Young's job at all at all. To your point,
Cannard Davis got to choose his choice. He doesn't get
to choose how this affects other people. He doesn't get
to choose how Kevin Young is affected by the questions
that now.
Speaker 5: He has to answer.
Speaker 6: And this isn't This is a really tough spot for
him to be And again, he's only been at this
school for a year, he's only been a head coach
of college basketball for a year, and this is the
biggest issue, the biggest public facing issue he's had to
deal with.
Speaker 5: In that time.
Speaker 6: And I can remember a number of times we've been
on the air and situations like this come up. I'll
always remember when the Jake Rutzoff news dropped twenty minutes
before we started the show. Spot Because you don't know
what you can say, what you should say, what you
don't say, because anything you say can.
Speaker 5: And will be used against you.
Speaker 6: And spoiler alert for those who are listening, this is
not the last question that Kevin Young is gonna be
asked about this just in this media availability alone, So
that one question was just one pitch he had to
bat off, and he's gonna have to take a couple
more throughout this media availability. And again, it's just tough
because this isn't a choice that Kevin Young made, but
is one that he is having to answer questions for.
Speaker 3: Look, and this is I'm gonna give you guys a
little bit of insight. This doesn't this even affects the
people that cover, whether it once directly or indirectly, right,
because it may change the stories that you may want
to write about, right, Brett, Like, if I have a
certain thing as the producer and wanting Ben and you
know there's been a sideline. If you're trying to go
a certain angle and something else comes up that affects
out the storyline and you have to.
Speaker 4: Change and evolve.
Speaker 3: Like, look, I'm not trying to rip on anybody, but Brett,
you were right before me.
Speaker 4: You saw how not frustrated I was.
Speaker 3: But I was stressed because I'm like, I just planned
this whole four hour show with Ben did this, you know,
was getting ready to have you know, everything, put everything
out on social media, and then the Jake Retzi have
news drops and now was like, well, the entire show's
not thrown out. But it's like you have to make
adjustments and in game adjustments had to you know, have
time or whatever. Sometimes you have to do that. So
news always, regardless whether it's negative or positively, will affect
those involved in those that cover. So I just wanted
to give that little bit of insight. But you're right, Brett,
Kevin Young is gonna be asked this question until a
decisions made, and even after decisions made, this is not
gonna go away at all, and looks nothing good about
this situation. I guess the only good is Canar Davis
Junior getting help, you know, And this is a learning lesson,
like this is a lesson for Kevin Young going forward,
for future recruits for the team he has now and
in the future of Hey, maybe this is something that
you know needs to be harped on more. Ben always
says watching babysitters more and around student athletes. But I think,
like he says, you need more mentors, You need more
people like I would have made bad decisions where I
was and where I grew up at if I did
not have a lot of people goid I mean not
a lot trust me, and from a rough neighborhood.
Speaker 4: Commar to the church.
Speaker 3: Like, if it wasn't people on my ass I hate
to swear do as I say, not as I do,
I probably wouldn't be in this position. And sometimes you
just have to have people hounding you on top of you.
You have to have people just you know, checking in
on you doing the right thing, maybe doing more than
they would like to. And look, that goes. In athletics,
that goes, and you know, business, it doesn't matter. Everybody
has a part to play. And I really believe that's
how you can love your neighbor and really do the
Lord's work is mentoring people.
Speaker 4: So you need some mentoring, that's okay.
Speaker 3: And look, I believe the perfect place to have mentoring
is BYU. I feel like they're a flagship of doing
that the right way. So number two, though Wisconsin has
a lot of length like they did last year, how
will that influence your rotation, Coach Young?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean they're a big team obviously, but at
the same time, their style of play, they're not necessarily,
you know, browbeating you with their size. They do it
with their continuity offense. I mean there's certain things that
they try to punish you if you switch. They look
for some high lows and things like that. So you know,
I don't think it's as big of a concern, you
know as the way other teams utilize their size. But
at the same time, size and size, you know, and
it's hard, it can be difficult to rebound at times.
But then there's also advantages you know, if we if
we elect to go a little bit smaller, can be
really challenging to keep up with the you know, the
space and pace and the perimeter attack. So I think
there's a give and take. So we'll have to kind
of feel the game out. We've studied what happened last
year when we played them, given different lineups and so forth,
and feel pretty good about having multiple plans of attack.
Speaker 4: Look, this Wisconsin team is good. They're really good.
Speaker 3: I mean, they bring in Nick Boyd to transfer for
San Diego State kicking ball out.
Speaker 5: Obviously, they get John Blackwell back.
Speaker 3: Remember he dropped twenty one in the game, also grab
five boards. I mean he's also what the say, leading
rebounder on this team. Think about that, Brett the second
leading rebounder for you is a point guard, a guy
that goes up crashing the board. So if you're rob right,
if you're Richie, other guys in the pant you got
a box out. John Blackwell is a good player. I remember,
you know him flexing on getting into it. You know
what's bo he plays. This game was very chippy. If
you go back and watch this game, it really was
a March Madness game. Ninety one to eighty nine BYU
knocked him out to go to the what is it
in the Sweet sixteen? Excuse me not a Sweet Si
tea in the second round to go to the Sweet
sixteen before they played Alabama and this game, look, it's
gonna be another high tens and pressure to the game.
Like Nolan Winters, he grabs boards. Like this team. They rebound.
They grab thirty eight boards a game, and some people like,
oh that's the average. Like, no, they they grab offensive rebounds.
This team is long, athletic, They shoot the three ball
kind of like it was last year. But like I
think this team, I don't want to say, is a
little bit more talented at the guard line, maybe Brett,
But I feel like when you lose a player like
John Tonge you have to go replace it. And I
feel offensive wise, at least they done that in the offseason.
Speaker 5: I thought. Kevin Young's response to the question was interesting.
Speaker 6: Obviously, he addressed the length, but I love how he
pointed out, like, we may have an opportunity in this
game to go small. And BYU has this unique situation
where your two of your best players in aj Debonza
and Richie Saunders can kind of play a two through
four if they have to, even a one through four
if you really want to get real about it. And
so there may be opportunities in this game against Wisconsin,
and BYU has guys like me Hilo, like they have
guys who if they have to go small and they
have to get fast, they can do that. The question
then just will be are you able to basically outdo
their length with your speed, run the court, get fast
break points. That'll be really interesting to see how BYU
decides to handle this, especially given the situation of Kebuketta.
Speaker 5: We don't know everything with him.
Speaker 6: Is this a game where Davion State and the guy
they didn't have the last time they played Wisconsin? Is
this a game where he steps up to match that
Wisconsin link.
Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be a lot of fun to watch.
Speaker 3: Gonna be a lot of fun to watch and I
just remind people some people may get mad by USI
D's might get to I don't care.
Speaker 5: Fans might, I don't care. This is true.
Speaker 3: The X factors to me in this game is just
like it was last year. He got ejected from the
game on that rule. Dawson Baker. This is a revenge
game for him. Look, I'm gonna take you guys back.
I'm gonna take you guys back to a moment as
I'm banging on the desk here, Dawson Baker was playing
to me light side in that game with what he
had coming off the bench before, trying to rip and
get away, and the NCAA said no. And you know
the jokes about on our code violations and things like that.
It was unfortunate that happen because I thought Dawson had
a chance to finish in double figures. Didn't happen when
they shout out to BYU basketball. And I want to
make sure I get in the people at Maddie Annabauer,
all those people like they did a phenomenal job getting
the locker room footage of Dawson with this family.
Speaker 5: He didn't know he's being recorded. I thought that was
great right off.
Speaker 3: How locked in he was was his teammates, but he
was balling out in that game until that happened. I
think this man is going to remind people tomorrow that, hey,
if I had to finished that game, look what would
have happened. Again, I keep saying, I think Dawson Baker
could be the sixth minute the year bread. I really
believe that, and not just that. Did you see the
shot that he made over those two guys against Yukon
coming out of timeouts? Kevin Young is the best coach
of drawing up plays period in a discussion, and guess
what he drew up a play? Dawson Baker gets it.
I'm like, that's a tough three, even though that's the
shot you won. And what he's doing, he buries it
like Dawson's motion. Look shout out to Jordan Brady development staff.
Dawson's motion. Like the stroke looks silky smooth. It's way
cleaner than it was last year. Like Dawson, everything looks
refined to reform. And he wasn't healthy and now that
he's getting more healthy, you're starting to see that ramp up.
He could start tomorrow. I don't know if you will
Maybe because of the size, you might start my Hilow.
I know he didn't have the game. Maybe he wanted
to as his first career start. Dawson Baker higho to
me or the X factors tomorrow, the way they shoot
the three and that the size and a link in
the ballhand in ability, I think they can put pressure
on Wisconsin Bread.
Speaker 6: There's definitely roles for Dawson Baker to fill. What will
he fill we don't know. Will Dawson Baker just be
his own guy?
Speaker 5: Probably?
Speaker 6: But I go back to something I've harped on every
day of this show, which is you gotta find a
way to replace three point production.
Speaker 5: I don't care.
Speaker 6: If you want to say, well, they're not going to
be as good as they were last year, that's fine
with me.
Speaker 5: I don't need them to be as good as they
were last year.
Speaker 6: But what we've seen so far this season, that's not
the standard, and frankly, it's not acceptable. Now to that point,
Dawson Baker in your game against Utah was actually incredible
shooting the three ball.
Speaker 5: So you have a.
Speaker 6: Couple of roles on this team that need to be
filled between that three point production, between that Nate Pickens
backup ball handler role. Dawson Baker is now in a
unique position to be able to fill both of those
and I think it's a really cool story, especially when
you look at it from the standpoint of Dawson Baker
has just never felt like he got to be a part.
Speaker 5: Of the big moments with this team.
Speaker 6: We know two years ago he got injured, then we
know he was coming back from injury, and then we
know this last year during the game that you alluded to, isn't.
Speaker 5: Able to play that game.
Speaker 6: This may be the Dawson Baker break I don't even
want to say breakout because he doesn't even need to
break out. You can right, He's incredible, So I don't
think breakout is necessarily the right word.
Speaker 5: But I think this might be his prime season.
Speaker 6: This I think is going to be his best season
at BYU, based on what BYU needs, based on the
position that he is in his unique position in terms
of he's able to go get a bucket on his own,
and also he's a great catch and shoot guy.
Speaker 5: I'm sure there's probably parts of Dawson.
Speaker 6: Over the last couple of years that say, man, why
did I have to get kicked out of that game. Man,
Why did I have to get hurt? Why am I
still sitting in this? Well, guess what, Dawson here you
are look at the unique opportunity that you now have
to fill these roles on this team. So for you
to say this could be the X factor Dawson Baker game,
I'm with you.
Speaker 3: And hopefully Dawson the Bucker getter, Baker making me a
cake as fast as you can't. Hopefully he's bacon and
shaken tomorrow and I believe he will be number three.
Coach Young, what's the status of Kiva Keda and do
you expect him to play tomorrow against Wisconsin?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean he's he's trending in the right direction.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 8: Obviously, anything that deals with medical I just whatever the
medical people say I do. I feel I've gotten good
feedback in terms of he is doing better, but at
the same time, you know he's currently still out, so
it's more positive than it's not. But it's the situation
that he's in is more of a day to day
type thing.
Speaker 3: Get into this more bread in the question of today
of you know, rotations and things tomorrow for the game
that will be the question of today. But I think
he's not gonna play like he says he's still out.
Him saying he's still out. Look, concussions are tough. I've
had some.
Speaker 4: They don't feel too well.
Speaker 3: They don't feel good for in high school, like like
it's it's a day to day thing, and honestly is
I don't think Kaiba will play. I remember Caba had
something last year before Thanksgiving. He rolled his ankle kind of,
but Kevin ungidon't expecting to be out. That's different than
being not able to walk off the court and almost
like tipping over, like my goodness, like it's like a
UFC fight. Looked like he was like got slept and
need everybody to help him up, and it was so unfortunate.
So I don't think CABA's playing them all, nor should
he if I'm gonna give my honest opinion, but I
think that's okay. Another week recovery. These games, look, non
conference games are starting to ramp up. After Wisconsin, you
got the Terry Chocolate Chocolate Invitational, then he got Clemson.
You got some some tougher games on the backstretch. Let
Kiba get healthy because that guy can jump out the gym.
You want him extremely healthy going forward. Number four kind
of an odd tip off time tomorrow, Coach, was that
out of your control? How do you feel that is
going to affect your guys for the game.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it was out of our control.
Speaker 1: I don't know all the nuances.
Speaker 8: I just show up and play the game where they
tell me, whinning where it is.
Speaker 1: I like day games. I'm good with it. I think.
Speaker 8: I also like as the season goes on when you
have different tip times. I think it's a good preparation
for the postseason because you don't know when you're gonna
be playing and so forth. So you know, bottom line
is the ball goes up, you gotta be ready to play.
And that's just been the message with our guys.
Speaker 5: Brett.
Speaker 3: I don't know all how these works, discheduling TV times.
You worked in TV a little bit more. Always lean
on you. I do find this interesting that this is
a two pm tip off. And don't get me wrong,
like women's basketball, I think December third is having a
game also the Delta Center at three, you know, and
I think they're having like three games that a BYU
is also playing. But I was surprised by this game.
Is gonna be on Peacock, So subscribe to Peacock at
two pm. But I was intrigued at a two pm
tip off time for a Friday college basketball and I
can see that for Saturday, but this was kind of
interesting to me for a Friday.
Speaker 6: I have the answer for you, Ron, why if I
had to ask you, why do you think they're playing
this game early?
Speaker 5: What's the easy answer?
Speaker 6: Because where's the well, let me ask you this, where's
the game being played?
Speaker 4: Delta Center?
Speaker 5: Saw, So why do you think they're playing the game early?
Speaker 3: If you had to guess, If I had to guess,
I mean, there's an NBA game that's probably taking place
maybe that night.
Speaker 5: They also have a hockey team. So answer is.
Speaker 6: Survey says the Jazz will be playing the Thunder in
their NBA Cup Group play game six hours after this
thing tips.
Speaker 5: Off, by the ways, so that game.
Speaker 6: Is gonna be going on at two o'clock. They're gonna
get over probably my guest would be four thirty five ish,
and then the crew at Delta Center will turn around
and get that place ready for an eight pm tip
for the Utah Jazz game just a couple hours later.
So yeah, it is a weird tip time. It's also
weird that you schedule that game that day, because my
guess is, I mean, let me go take a look.
The Jazz don't play on Saturday. So why you wouldn't
just schedule that game for Saturday and make this whole
thing a lot easy on yourself.
Speaker 5: I don't know. I worked in that arena for a while.
Speaker 6: I know that that crew that gets that building ready
is fully capable, ready for anything. They quick, Yeah, the
turnarounds they do, like what they'll do monster jam and
then have a hockey game a couple hours later, Like
it is unreal. They're fully capable of everything. Why you
wouldn't just schedule the game the day later? I don't know.
I'm my guess is it's a network NBC broadcast thing.
Speaker 5: But yeah, it's gonna be fun Friday game. We'll be
doing the show.
Speaker 6: Well I'll be on vacation, but y'all will be doing
the show while this game's going on. So but but
Kevin Young made a really good point, which is, and
I don't think we're thinking enough about this.
Speaker 5: It is so incredible to me.
Speaker 6: How for a guy who's only coached in college basketball
for one year, like the way he talks about the
game and the preparation. It's like he's been coaching college
basketball for twenty years. Because his response is, well, I
love this because this is this helps you get ready
for the NZAA tournament. Hey, Kevin, it's November, dude, you're
already thinking about the tournament.
Speaker 5: Let's go saying.
Speaker 6: Look, when you play in the tournament, you don't know
what time you're gonna be playing, you don't know where
it's gonna be, so you have to prepare for certain
aras like this.
Speaker 5: So that's what this is for, Kevin.
Speaker 6: I promise you you're playing three dimensional chess as they
did in the great sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
Speaker 5: The rest of us are all playing checkers.
Speaker 6: This is a guy who he's only been coaching in
college basketball for one year, but you'd think he'd been
doing it for twenty.
Speaker 3: This team, look, they're gonna drown out the noise, just
like b what you football. Excuse me with the rankings
and things like that, Riightfley. So it's our job to
talk about that with the media. But they know what
they have and they know that they should be competing
for a final four. There's urgency in this building of
the annex down there in Provo BYU, they feel it.
Speaker 4: Speaking of the Delta Center in this game, I just
want to give a quick tip.
Speaker 3: But I was watching the video one time they had
a Kings game, bro a Lakers game, and they had
a Clippers game, I think, all in the same day,
and just watching how they got that done, and I
was like, wow, the crew moves fast. So just a
shout out to your point and your boys. Because he
used to work at the for the Utah Mammoth. Well,
now the Utah Mammoth was hockey club. Look, all I
want to know is this bred. I just want to
run into any bad issues because I remember December third,
twenty twenty two, by you played South Dakota.
Speaker 4: That was a terrible game.
Speaker 3: I remember doing media availability because that game took so long.
It took like thirty minutes for the last ten minutes
to happen, and it was Rudy Williams trying to hit
a three pointer on one leg with like one second left.
Speaker 4: Shouldn't have been in that position.
Speaker 3: But I remember getting yelled at, cursed out by security
because you're not supposed to be like I'm just trying
to find a post game for the basketball we can't find.
And guys, look, the last thing you want to do
is mess with security that comes to the NBA NHL.
Like I almost got himmed up, bro, Like I'm normally like,
I consider myself a pretty tough guy. I don't mind
to scrap up and throw Duke's bow like I almost
got like mauled by like six to four offensive lineman.
Speaker 5: Dude.
Speaker 4: I was like, look, I don't want no smoke. Where's
the postgame?
Speaker 3: And then I went into the post game and then
people he had me and they said, hey, brother, they
moved it upstairs so they don't play when it comes
to these professional goals.
Speaker 7: No.
Speaker 5: I mean, look, I used to work there.
Speaker 6: I had full access the entire building and even I
had people checking me if I was supposed to be
in places crazy. The thing you never know about the
Delta Center is you never know who's gonna be there
walking around that area down there.
Speaker 5: Obviously you have all of the players.
Speaker 6: I've been there for NBA All Star Weekend as well,
Like I've seen everybody here is there c there. I've
run into shock down there. You never know if post
malone is pulling up to Delta Center Roo. So look,
even if you work there ron like I did, you
got a full access badge to go everywhere, you still
gotta be careful. So even when I was working there,
I was scared every day that somebody insecurity was gonna
check me, even though I was ware I was supposed
to be.
Speaker 3: Look, I was supposed to be there, and I was
scared out of my mind. I did not want to
get hurt.
Speaker 4: That's it. So I just pray that this time.
Speaker 3: Because we did the interview with Mark Pope by one
of the interests. I've never done a post game with
the coach by a door, but that shows you how
young I am in doing this anyway. Just all I'm
saying is, if you're in the Delta Center, you're a
fan students, be very careful underground if you're not supposed
to be there, especially once it gets closer to tip
off on NBA and NH players show up because they
not gonna play with if you trust me, had a
credential around my neck and the it's not ready to
hear your boy up.
Speaker 4: Anyway, let's keep going. Last last couple of things and
then we really got to get to break.
Speaker 3: We've gone long in this first segment number five, Kevin,
as far as the Yukon game, after watching film, is
there anything you could have done differently?
Speaker 8: I thought to start the game we had some pretty
good defensive execution. I think, you know, I think we're
a lot of internal discussion about just the lineups who
were playing. There's always a debate of size versus shooting,
things of that nature. I mean, we opened the game
up in the second half with I thought, our spacing,
let Aj get the spots, you know, open up driving
lanes for Richie as well. So there's definitely some things
we're analyzing there.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 8: I would have definitely done some different things with reading
the post. I thought we gave him too many angles
and he just got too many easy baskets. I thought
our rim defense was as poor as it's been to
start the year. So that's some stuff that I wish
we would have addressed a little bit more.
Speaker 1: Strongly during the game.
Speaker 8: But all in all, there was a ton of things
we could learn from there, and I think that's more
where I go. I'm less about all kicking myself about
should have done this, should have done that, and more
about what can we learn Even on that last play,
you know, I elected out to call it time out.
Trusted Rob. He tried to make a play, it didn't
go our way. I have full confidence in Rob's decision making,
and you know, he's a dynamic player, and I really
feel comfortable when the ball's in his hands.
Speaker 1: And we'll do that again moving forward.
Speaker 3: I should have got this video cued up, and I'm
going to get to number six here quickly because it's
going back to Canard Davis drening that situation. There was
a video of Kevin Young talking about stacking days is
not easy. It's losses sometimes the accountability portion. I think
this is a guild where you have the NBA head coach.
They lose a lot of games. In the NBA, they
won a lot of games. You can't focus on games
like this and look from the fans standpoint in the media,
Bo playing Yukon Wow. You can't lose, like be down
like that and then lose and almost have to come
back victory. For Kevin Young, he's like another day at
the office, and that's how you have to treat it. Look,
he still trusts Rob and he said that's a learning moment.
Maybe they call the time out in that situation he trusts,
not that he doesn't trust Rob, but call the time out,
put the ball back on Rob's hands, do something differently.
Speaker 4: Love that mentality.
Speaker 3: Love how he's moving forward with that and thinking you
have to be positive when you come out of things
that are not the same, not maybe they don't go
the same or the way you would have liked. Number six, Kevin,
here we go. Are they allowing you, and we say they,
we mean BYU all the personnel and athletics communications to
speak on the Canard Davis junior situation? Or are you
going to let the spokesperson take care of that? If
that makes sense it makes sense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna let them, man, Yeah, it makes sense.
Speaker 8: I mean, obviously I know exactly what happened, very aware
of all the details. But at the same time, I'm
gonna let the school handle it the way that they've
asked me to handle it, and that's for them.
Speaker 1: To be the people that talk about it.
Speaker 8: If there's a forum where I opened up to speak
on it, I'll further. I will, But I think to
this point they've said what they've said.
Speaker 3: Are gonna go to number seven really quickly? Just because
it follows up with this safe to assume that Canard
is out for Friday.
Speaker 1: I think it's safe.
Speaker 8: But I also think there's a you know, there's a
lot of stuff still being sorted out.
Speaker 5: All right, Brett, here we go, we'll finish on this,
and we do got to get a break.
Speaker 6: I cannot believe that they asked that question, by the way,
like that is uh wow, for him to ask that,
For him to say, are they allowing you to speak
on it?
Speaker 5: It's crazy.
Speaker 3: Look, I understand why, and I think here's why. To
give some context of people listening, I had texted people
in Athletics communications regarding the situation of Canard had traveled,
and I got the same response from two individuals. Right,
you know, hey, we have nothing further to say on
this matter. Sorry, YadA, YadA, YadA. So for Jay Drew,
because he was the one that asked a question, I
think that's a valid question to say that some people
might say no, it's not like he's the head coach
of the program, high profile NBA guy right coming in,
recruited this player and his staff. He should be allowed.
And I think that's the thing you hear from Kevin
they've asked me to, I'm gonna let them handle. He
respects the process, but just also said if you give
me a forum in which to do so, if they
gave so, then I would speak on this situation. So
he's saying, I got thoughts and I got opinions, and
I want to say something, but I trust those in
power to say something.
Speaker 4: That's what I'm gathering from that.
Speaker 6: I am gathering that as well, which is a little
surprising to me because again, that's not typical coach talk.
That's not typical coach anytime you don't say coach talk,
you know me, my ears perk up. I'm I'm curious
what the rest of the broad cram the bread crumbs
are on that one.
Speaker 4: And not just that.
Speaker 3: To finish on this, I wasn't optimistic when he said that.
I said, oh, well, that's not good. And then that's
why I played number seven. He's like safe to say
he's out.
Speaker 5: Yeah. But but Bo, just like who you.
Speaker 3: Gonna trust, You're gonna trust the look trust us a
report in the situation. But this is the this is
the head coach of the program. He's in these meetings.
He knows he's getting waves of it one hundred percent.
He's talking to Bron Santiago, He's talking to Shane Reeves,
talking to Keith Vorkin.
Speaker 4: When I heard that, I was like, you.
Speaker 3: Know what, Actually, maybe I'm a little bit more positive
about this situation.
Speaker 4: He has safe to say. There's still a lot more
going on. It needs to be worked out.
Speaker 3: I'm like, wait, so is there a chance that could
you know, Knark could still play this season? Because the
first I'm like, a maybe not read some other reports. Brett, Yeah,
this doesn't look good.
Speaker 4: I hear that.
Speaker 3: I said, wait a second, this okay, this might maybe
not be as bad as we thought. There's still more
to come out, but we're gonna have to wait and see.
But this is the head coach speaking.
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Speaker 5: All right, getna get into our question and pull today.
Speaker 7: One of the things that we have been delving into
off the air and you heard the sound from Ky
earlier in the segment. We have a status update on
KBA Cata Canara Davis Junior status update as well Cannar Davis.
You know, will I be playing for the Coogs this
week versus Wisconsin. That hurts cou the Cougar basketball team,
no doubt about it. Kenna Cata may be a bigger
loss though. That dude's a game changer on both sides
of the floor. So without those two, you kept it
pretty competitive versus a Yukon team that is arguably the
best team in college basketball. They did fall to the
UFA Wildcats last night by a bucket. They were down
two guys, though Yukon was down two guys. This this
go around, they got BYU and BYU was down two.
Speaker 5: Guys essentially, and they got the win.
Speaker 7: They lost to U of A the Wildcats last night
when they were two men down. So Dan Hurley was
actually pretty impressed with his team, but he was ticked
off that they missed on that opportunity in the in
the pre or I guess the non conference schedule.
Speaker 5: So how does BYU bounce back?
Speaker 7: And who are you going to rely on from this
roster in order to elevate you to greater heights. Wisconsin's
a really good basketball team. Yes, they lose Tom Jay,
who scored thirty seven points in the in last year's
NCAA tournament against the Bau Cougars. But they have plenty
of firepower to replace him. So who steps up in
the absence of Campa Cata? You're looking at guys like
Xavian stateon cadeven but boom right, You're looking at maybe
others also to step up. Now they are they as
good as kepanill not even close yet? Can they be
as good at Taba by the end of their career
in the middle of their career as possibly?
Speaker 5: Those are big shoes to fill.
Speaker 7: The ability to play as effective and disruptive defense as Cabaketa.
Xavian has great potential with his length. Our version are
the Kimbe Mudumbo our Jameel McGee, if you will. But
Cava's different on all those p and rs, you know,
pick and rolls.
Speaker 5: Lob dunks and putbacks.
Speaker 7: No way Xavian's gonna be able to body up in
the paint and get the put backs that CABA's got.
And so you'd like to be able to combine the
length of Xavion and the physicality of Kadeem. You're not
gonna get that though, So there's gonna be a weak link.
There no doubt about it as far as Canar Davis
Junior is concerned. We've seen two different, you know, starting
lineups now without him, Dawson Baker gonna start and be
Hilo Boskovic's gotta start.
Speaker 5: Start.
Speaker 7: My question is who gets the start tomorrow night, Ronald,
If you're gonna pick a starting five, who do you
pick without Kiva and Kaonar Davis Junior and why?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I mean, if you're asking, who are gonna be the
other guys that are gonna get the start? Ben, Look,
I'm gonna throw a curveball in a lot of people
think Dawson Baker, and that might be the right answer.
Speaker 4: Dawson and Mahilo.
Speaker 3: Remember Mihilo played last year a lot against Wisconsin because
of aside, So I think you could see Mahilo get
the start. But I'm also gonna throw Dominique Diamande in there.
I think Dominique Diamonde's length, his athleticism is ability to
be able to be a three and D guy guard
the perimeter. He showcased a lot of good stuff in
the Yukon game. So Kevin Young mentioned it in the
last second with the sound Ben, I think there are
guys that they are gonna rotate to figure out what
they want to do. So look, it's probably gonna be
Dawson and Mihilo. That would make the most sense you
know of guard wise to be able to put pressure
on Wisconsin a space to floor and shoot.
Speaker 4: But don't be surprised.
Speaker 3: If you saw Mihilo and Dominique Diamande both out there.
Speaker 5: Six' seven maybe two hundred.
Speaker 7: Pounds Is Dominique timonde good, athleticism high, upside still developing
as a what red shirt, Freshman but he's got the
he's got the, talent he's got the, ability no doubt about.
Speaker 5: It watch out For Dominique.
Speaker 7: Demonde another guy that we're wondering when he's going to
step up and be the guy that was uh that
was showcased back at The Marriott center just a season
ago With Tyler. Moross do we Foresee Tyler maruss evolving
into a starter on this?
Speaker 5: ROSTER i don't.
Speaker 7: Know the expectation was, yes uh up to this. POINT
i don't know if he's met that. Expectation and that's that's.
Okay we're still early on in the. Season how you're.
Speaker 5: Playing now is? It and how you're playing In.
Speaker 7: February another guy we're looking at as you know now
that you Have Nate pickets out for the, Season Cnnard Davis.
JUNIORS a little bit questionable as to what role he's
going to be playing on this, team his, eligibility et.
Speaker 5: Cetera by the, way he did plead not.
Speaker 7: Guilty we'll get a little bit more detail on on
that is it relates to his.
Speaker 5: Duy but what About Alexi?
Speaker 7: Coasting are we buying or selling the stock and impact
Of Alexi coasting this?
Speaker 5: Season what do you Think rob Or ronald the three man? Weaver?
Speaker 7: Uh do you feel Like alexi's going to be going
to be required to step up as?
Speaker 5: Well?
Speaker 3: Please please nobody refer to me As Rob right the
third as much AS i would love that. Attention you, know, guys,
look if you put me on the, court.
Speaker 5: It's gonna be. Ugly that's All i'm gonna. Say no
all jokes is. There you're You're you're a slightly lesser
version Than Rob. RIGHT i don't have the handles Like,
rob but you know you're. Nice though you're. NICE i
can hold my. OWN i can hold my own IF
i play pick, up no doubt about. It, look, hey
you're The temo version Of rob right the.
Speaker 3: Third, hey, look you know what everybody orders teams, say,
hey thank, you appreciate you, guy appreciate.
Speaker 5: You guys putting me in your.
Speaker 4: CLOSET i got some good looking here. Too i'll take.
Speaker 3: It yeah, yeah uh, No, Look, BEN i to your
point About. Tyler, Look tyler had his best game Against.
Yukon you, know shooting from the. FIELD i know the.
Points three points doesn't say a, lot but he played Better,
BEN i think in that game Against yukon than he
would have had or waiting for him to. SEE i
think he's gonna get some opportunity. TOMORROW i really think.
So BUT i Think Alessi alexi. Coasters excuse, me say it,
right but there's a reason why they brought him in.
Here Kevin, young his word's not. Mine that sucker can.
Shoot he's more off. Guard you, know you could say
Maybe comba guard because he can't ball, han but he's
really Like Steph curry WHEN i mean, that if how
he plays off the, ball if you lose, him it's.
Speaker 4: Over SO i still am buying stocking at.
Speaker 3: It but, again you're not gonna see maybe guys like
that show up in this game unless you're at the
point now injuries off the court, situation so he.
Speaker 5: COULD i think he will be showcased tomorrow a little.
Speaker 3: BIT i think you're gonna see a handful of guys
defensively play in you, know off offensive Live Dawson. BAKER
i think this is a revenge. Game remember being he
got kicked out last. Year he was starting to turn
up and finishing double, figures but then you, know unfortunate
rule Sat. DAWSON i Think miilo's gonna have bounce. BACK
i Think Alexi coaster is gonna play. WELL i Think Tyler,
moruss all of these guys with the length been in
three point shoot to remember last. Year now you Khon
wisconsin can shoot the three ball. Well they take threes
at a high, level pick and. Pop they will go
pick and roll if you overplay and overload to dump it.
Off but, look those guys to spread the. Floor And
Kevin young said it going small might. Help so you
could See, alexi you could See Tyler, moruss they might
go Been where CAN i be honest with, You AJ's the.
Five i'm being. SERIOUS i don't think that's out of the.
Norm so, look it's. POSSIBLE i think you could see him.
Speaker 5: Tomorrow it's a rematch and name only.
Speaker 7: Right Friday's top twenty five showed out At Salt Lake
city at The Delta, center bringing two teams whose identities
have maybe shifted a bit since the last OUTING ba
edged Out wisconsin ninety one to eighty nine and last
season's And Cuba.
Speaker 5: Tournament the situation is interesting for both.
Speaker 7: Teams both have a little bit of, revamped, remodeled restructured,
rosters but still returning some some pivotal talent that's gonna
be relied on for the for productivity throughout the. Season
SO i BELIEVE byu opened as a.
Speaker 5: Favorite four and.
Speaker 7: A half points total projected points in this game one.
P fifty, three And i'm sure the money's going TOWARDS
byu right. Now But wisconsin's actually four to zero this.
Season they just haven't had a true. Test this is
their first true test and they got to do it
on technically a technically it's a neutral Corporate it will
be a home game for The byakugz last, somehow some,
way the ticket prices are so high THAT byu fans
don't show. Up are we gonna see a packed. House
are we going to see empty? Seats we have seen
way too many empty seats this season at The Marriott
center and at The Delta. Center does that change this?
Game ronald the three Man, weaver.
Speaker 4: That's a good.
Speaker 5: Point.
Speaker 3: Ben look when it comes to, money you get mad
sometimes WHEN i use the sea. WORD i won't say
it WHEN i, say you, know, cheap sorry to call you,
guys it's. Not but, look no one wants to, pay
And i'm gonna be, Honest i'm. CHEAP i wouldn't if
it weren't having a credential to go to The Delta,
CENTER i would not pay one hundred bucks and set
all the way at the. Top, like there has to
be some type of you, know you, know revenue ad
or some good ad that discount that you give TO byu,
Fans like there has to be something for normal fans
just showing up that Aren't Cougar club, members that aren't.
STUDENTS i know you get return on investments in that,
factor but, look you gotta have, That. Ben i've been
at both home. GAMES i see those people who have
the tickets in the lower. Bowl you need to give
them the. Friends if you can purchase tickets and give
them someone everybody that, look you're not gonna bad and
not have been from giving a free ticket or two
away or buying. Something WHAT i really love to see
is buying those that are trying to come to the
game with their kids or the wards those of you
that benefit really well in your.
Speaker 4: Award if you really want.
Speaker 3: To get back to holiday, season Black forria to Get christmas,
gift give someone in need or someone looking to go
to a game that hasn't had the opportunity, to might
not be able to afford to do, so a chance
to sit maybe upper bowl or lower. Bowl you can
do that because if you're going to you got, six
you don't need all.
Speaker 5: Six you're gonna be going all. Season help someone.
Speaker 3: Out but to your, question, YEAH i think you could
see some empty seats because that's a lot to pay
one hundred and twenty to sit up top and then
to pay three hundred and thirty to sit down.
Speaker 4: Below but some people have it like.
Speaker 7: That as far as the tickets are, Concerned i'm looking
at seat geek right, now eighty four.
Speaker 5: Dollars let's see where they're.
Speaker 7: Now lower bowls at three, Hundred upper bowls at like
ninety ninety.
Speaker 3: Four but it's gonna increase to when you go to
checkout and they add on those all those add. Ons,
man it's not gonna stay at. NINETY i promise no
go to checkout right now with.
Speaker 4: Ninety see what. Happens it goes up by twenty.
Speaker 5: Dollars it's.
Speaker 7: INSANE i Don't you're gonna have a ton of empty.
Seats you're gonna have a ton of empty. Seats look
byus fad base has a bit of the. Loop they're
not filthy luker though right now where they just spend
it without any sort of like, remorse right buyer's remorse
like that they still want a.
Speaker 5: Deal there's gonna be a ton empty. Seats that Lower
bawl still has.
Speaker 7: Plenty of openings right. Now three, hundred two hundred and
thirty eight. DOLLARS i, mean that's that's pretty. Pricey upper
bowl ninety four, dollars one hundred ninety four, dollars one
hundred and forty. Nine, anyway it's, uh gotta figure it, out.
Guys you gotta have some so you gotta have butts
in the.
Speaker 5: Seats you. CAN'T i think this is a bit of
a of.
Speaker 7: A trial and error, situation high high level, games non.
Speaker 5: CONFERENCE i get.
Speaker 7: You you're you're trying to make the most money that
you can't all these neutral, courts and everybody's, happy right
they get a share of the ticket sales if you
Will wisconsin AT. Buyu but you may have overpriced these.
Tickets All i'm saying, Is i'm just, saying WILL byu
fans show up for this game with ticket pricing being
so high right now in.
Speaker 5: This, economy in this, economy you gotta be kidding. Me,
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