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Speaker 4: First and foremost, let's spoke.

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Speaker 3: In the point Guard the architect of the show Behind

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Speaker 5: We was up.

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Speaker 2: Ronnie Well, Rob Right and I might be one and

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the same. Ben. We both had to go see the dentist.

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Speaker 6: But fortunately for me, my tooth wasn't in the back

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Speaker 2: But I did get some work done.

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and you mentioned Rob Right the third Ronnie. I'm wondering

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if we're buying or selling the rhetoric that Rob Right

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We got Brett always bringing the hammer hammer time show

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was up. Bro, That's my bad, that's my bad.

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Speaker 4: I got you.

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Speaker 5: Yesterday had to be the craziest day in sports that

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had no business being that crazy. Between Team USA losing

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the World Baseball Classic because the manager doesn't know the rules,

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a random Tuesday had too many great stories, but none

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eclipse maybe what what BYU has in that era, in

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capable to get there. Right, could it happen in the

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big place? It's more likely it happened to the Big

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a lower seed. Right, could it happen? Would that give

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a little bit more juice to this season? Obviously how

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we're and worth having because I don't think it will

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whether it's the play by player Kevin Connors, they say

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the best conference in college basketball, which look, a color

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analyst can say that. A Steven A. Smithson who's giving

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that everybody believes that, or the Big Twelve in the

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tournament with less talented defense, which makes me think, to

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that you get a fifty point game in that first

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round than you do in this tournament. But I also

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gone for forty. I don't think Bo you could have

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scored one hundred and five and won that game. And

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they did it anyway. But again, it's March, baby, Let

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the madness begin.

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Speaker 3: Let the madness begin. Check out the rest of our

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Speaker 3: We're gonna get into ky media availability commentary, postgame sound

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what happened in the in this first round of the

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Rob right the third? And I know it's not an

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extremity right knee, ankle, hand, wrist, shoulder, but but you know,

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it's like, you know, he's there's a tooth removed and

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his his lip is bloody. Does that make him less aggressive?

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Speaker 4: To the hoop. Would you agree with that?

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Speaker 3: He's fair, He bodies up guys defensively. Maybe lacks a

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I was thinking about this because this is gonna

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be the big question of you know, and we're gonna

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Speaker 2: Right, I'll let the coach speak on that, But being

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Speaker 6: You know, if Rob is going tonight, if he does play,

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more calculated in how he maneuvers, which I think is

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what Rob has needed to do. He's phenomenal when he

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last time this team played West Virginia where there are

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moments where Rob should not have maybe you know, pushed

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the ball a few times now. He played great in

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not to go and where it's a little bit careless

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how it was good last night. Ben for no Rob

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right to be on the court. And if you'd have

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told me, Ben that b Yu would be down by

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you would be up by five with Kansas stated on

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a six zero round with no Rob and Kevin Young

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asking and the broadcast saying it saying where is he?

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I would be like maybe BYU's outsit. But look, they

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learned how to play without him, and AJ learned how

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to do something. You saw the depth get tested and

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they were proven true. So it was good Bue.

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Speaker 2: He needed that Ben. They needed to not have Rob

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Speaker 6: Now you need him obviously for the rest of the games,

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but you need it in that moment to see what

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Dominique and Hadema and that the players are made of.

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This is good for Rob because it will allow him. Okay,

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maybe I'm a little bit injured, how do I know,

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maybe pass a little bit more like when we played

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Speaker 2: I think you need that Rob right this.

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Speaker 6: Game against West Virginia if he goes because sometimes look

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they say six to one Ben, I think he's five eleven.

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Speaker 3: I'm not.

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Speaker 2: I'm just gonna go there. I think he is.

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Speaker 6: It's tough to, you know, take on guys who are

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he's able to be calculated tonight. But I think he'll

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remain aggressive, but he'll be wise on how he picks

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I just wonder how limited he will be less

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physical he will be due to the lip lasceration and

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the tooth that got knocked out and you know, put

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Speaker 4: I mean, look like, how stable is that tooth? You

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know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: If he gets in again, is he gonna be wearing

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a mask? We'll get into that sound from k why

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what he predicts will happen tonight. So stay tuned, don't

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go anywhere. Lots to get to today. Rocke Miller coll

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Speaker 4: At three h five.

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Speaker 3: Jojo Phillips caught up with us during springball. Could be

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wide receiver one. Jojo looking really good and should be

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a standout this year in that wide receiver room. Chancellor

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Johnson cougar byde he he conversed with AJ Debonsa in

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the post game about being not being Big twelve player

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of the Year and and uh had a couple of

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great quotes. Got a few awesome quotes from Aj to

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Bonsa in the locker room post game.

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Speaker 4: We'll get into that also.

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Speaker 3: Klinisa take is wrestling springball b YU wide receivers UH

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Speaker 4: All right, let's talk some.

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Speaker 3: BYU basketball got the dub, a nice convincing one. He

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was a competitive one, no doubt, in the first half,

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but a an offensively proficient one in the first and

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second half. They were able to get some stops in

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the second half and continue on their scoring output in

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the second half.

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Speaker 4: It was awesome to watch. AJ was tremendous.

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Speaker 3: Let's get Kevin Young's opening statement post game after the

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win over Kansas State.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, just hard fought game. You know, obviously a high

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scoring game. They got off to a great start. We're

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shooting the heck out of the three. Thought our guys

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did a good job of responding. I thought that run

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we made the end the first half was critical for

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us to you know, obviously cut the lead with then

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game gain momentum, and then you know, we were able

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to get some enough stops and string enough stops together

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there in the second half to get a spread.

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Speaker 4: So it was a good game for US.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess k Why was right he is bringing

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the NBA to b YU one oh five ninety one.

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Speaker 5: Well, yesterday we had a team in the NBA scored

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like one hundred and fifty plus, So maybe that that

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that gap is creating.

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Speaker 4: Against it just keeps on going higher and hire. Yeah,

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it looked like an All Star game.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 3: Uh and uh with Bam going off too, by the way,

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you know, I know we discussed it kind of in

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the beginning. It's like, man, what what what's the ceiling?

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Obviously up to this point it's fifty two points. It

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Wouldjimmer put for net put out in twenty eleven versus

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New Mexico. You know, you wonder what the capability is.

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And I don't know what the single game NCAA record

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is for for for total points.

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Speaker 4: I have to look that up. But last night I

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think was a big twelve tournament record. Correct, Yeah it

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was two points yeah, yeah, over kd oorait.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, you know are you talking about for the

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well's talking about eight record as well as the game

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record for points scored in the Big Twelve tournament. Yeah,

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so I mean you don't get into the one hundreds

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in college basketball.

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Speaker 4: I mean you didn't used to.

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Speaker 5: But that may be more reg because, like I was

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saying before, like if you go and look at how

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many points teams were scoring on average last year in

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the Big Twelve, like your best team last year, which

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I believe was Arizona, would be like the seventh or

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eighth highest scoring team in the Big Twelve this year.

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So I think just basketball as a whole, scoring is

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going up.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent. There's no doubt about that. So

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interesting conversations, no doubt to have. Let's get back to it. Okay,

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why discussing the performance of his team early is very

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Big Twelve Commissioner Brett Ormark mentioned you as one of

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the players he believes is deserving for nationalists is to

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aj for National Player of the Year honors. With the

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performance you put up today obviously helping your case quite

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a bit.

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Speaker 4: What do you feel, you.

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Speaker 3: Know, when you hear him mention you in that sort

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of regard, and why should that award be yours?

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Speaker 8: I mean, it's an honor for him to be the

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Big Twelve commissioner and I feel like this is the

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best league you know, in the world for college basketball.

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For him to recognize my talents and think I should

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be up there with one of the best players in

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the country, this means a lot. But I mean today,

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I was just trying to focus on the win, whatever

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it took. I'm just good the win.

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Speaker 4: And they got to win.

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Speaker 3: Look, I mean, AJ, you ask him whether or not

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he's the best player in the world, best player in

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the league, best player in college bats gonna say.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, man, I feel like I can. You know, I'm

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pretty good.

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Speaker 3: But he's also humble enough to recognize that there's a

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process of procedure and protocol that is ultimately followed with

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these types of votes.

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Speaker 5: So is that Brett Yormark's way of saying, why the

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heck did you guys vote Jayden Bradley's Big Toe Player

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of the Year? Because to me, logically, if you're National

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Player of the Year, then you're guaranteed the best player

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in your own conference, and the criteria for both of

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those awards remains the same. Now, to your point, AJ

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isn't There's not a single person on the planet who

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doesn't think AJ doesn't think he's the best player in

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the world. Like, we know that he believes that. So

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if he doesn't go out there and say, yeah, man,

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I deserve it, I'm the.

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Speaker 4: Best player in the world.

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Speaker 5: That's because he's respectful enough to not disrespect everybody in

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the conference.

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Speaker 4: But we know that he feels that way.

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Speaker 5: But I did think it was interesting that Brett remark

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said that yesterday, given the fact that, like you just

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I know, we had this conversation about Jamee Bradley, But

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it's just interesting, if AJ should be National Player of

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the Year, then shouldn't he have been Big twelve Player

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of the Year.

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Speaker 4: That's all I got to say.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's there's a debate, There no doubt about it.

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Speaker 4: Let's get back to it.

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Speaker 3: Coach, was there a turning point in this game, a

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singular moment in this game where you felt like it

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turned the tide in your favor?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that that first little spurt in the second half

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where we were able to get I think that the

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first kind of ten point cushion. I thought that was

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what really allowed us to think we could put him away,

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you know, challenge the guys in the timeout where you know,

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that was kind of how we started the game.

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Speaker 4: That they went on that big run, so.

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Speaker 7: I thought our guys did a better job of responding

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once we did get that lead there and kind of

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the midway through the second half.

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Speaker 3: Gotta have those turning points. I mean, look, this team

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was in fuego the entire game. Like the they were

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highly provision highly productive. The only thing that wasn't efficient

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was the tackiness of the basketball court. This is an

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issue guys, like we saw it in the women's tournament.

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And I know Brett Yormark's willing to do just about

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anything for a little filthy lucre, a little extra cash

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in the big twelve pocket. I think it outside the box.

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But I don't think this is a good thing. There

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could be a major injury. There hasn't been one yet,

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but there could be a major injury on this court.

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Because the men's tournaments just getting started. That means bigger, faster, stronger.

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And if there is not tack on that court and

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that glass is way too slippery, there's moisture, there's an

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issue there.

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Speaker 4: You can have an injury.

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Speaker 3: You can have an acl you can have achilles, you

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can have a hip injury, a back injury. You slip

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and fall, you can you can, you can break something.

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It's it's not good. This is this is an accident,

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a big accident waiting happen. This is a liability issue

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in my opinion, and players are sounding off about it

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right now. I think this is I understand we got

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to be risk takers, but when it comes to the

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possibility of injuries going up, that's where you got to

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take a stand and say, hey, we just got to

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keep things. Uh, you know, homeo into Homeostasius, go back

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to status quo with the court.

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Speaker 4: You know. That's kind of my thoughts on it.

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Speaker 3: We got a SoundBite from Who's this from Ronnie to

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Taj Manning of Cases State.

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Speaker 4: This is what he had to say about the floor.

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Little basketball question about toy. Everyone's been talking about this floor.

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What was it like playing on the floor again?

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Speaker 2: I saw a few pretty bad. Yeah, it's slipper. It's

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the lights and stuff cause Kamara to get a migraine and.

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Speaker 4: It's a it's a it's a bad floor.

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Speaker 2: They shouldn't bring it back, if you I'm honest.

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Speaker 3: Damn fun for the fans, but not for the players.

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Speaker 7: Maybe I haven't really talked to the fans any fans,

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so I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I'll probably ask my dad when you talk about it. Yeah, yeah,

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it's just it's just an eyesore.

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Speaker 6: It's constantly like it's constantly changing and stuff and flashing

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different lights.

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Speaker 1: And all that.

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Speaker 4: Just nobody wants to play on every movie just what

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the normal harror was. This is an issue.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Camaro's got to migrate because of one of his teammates, Slippery.

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Like to me, it's just but if you want like

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banners and you want like advertisements on there, do it

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in a in a traditional way off the court, I get,

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you know what I mean. Like, it's just it's just

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not a good thing. This is a bad look in

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my opinion for the Big twelve and brett yor Mark.

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Especially if there's an injury issue that rears its ugly

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head in this Big twelve bat men's basketball tournament.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that would make things look really bad.

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Speaker 5: And I don't know how contracts and liabilities work, but

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I imagine some people would be pretty upset, especially if you're

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a team that knows you can go on a deep

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tournament run and you get someone injured. We've given the

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court a lot of and I will say, like, I

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think it's cool that they have the animation when they

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dunk and the glasses breaking on the floor and the

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three point line lighting up. It is it's cool, but

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00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,880
it's one thing to try out a gimmick. It's a

477
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,960
whole other thing to try out something that risks players' safety.

478
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,880
And I was talking to my cousin. My cousin is

479
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,960
actually installing one of these floors at the home of

480
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,599
one of the rich and famous here in Utah, and

481
00:23:27,599 --> 00:23:29,640
so I was asking him. I was like, what is

482
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,480
the floor really like, what is the durability, what's the

483
00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:38,279
grip level? And he said, look, it's good, it's not great.

484
00:23:38,759 --> 00:23:41,880
But what it really comes down to is, and you

485
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,519
probably experienced this as a football player, playing on turf

486
00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:46,400
and playing on natural grass is not the same thing.

487
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,039
Speaker 4: And I'm not comparing that to this court.

488
00:23:49,079 --> 00:23:51,279
Speaker 5: But what I am saying is when you go from

489
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,519
playing on one surface the entire time, your body the

490
00:23:55,519 --> 00:23:58,319
way that how much give you know you have where

491
00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,960
you have to pull back in certain areas, You understand

492
00:24:01,079 --> 00:24:03,039
this is how my body has to operate in order

493
00:24:03,079 --> 00:24:06,960
to be successful on this playing surface. It doesn't matter

494
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,039
if you can say, because I know Kevin Young said

495
00:24:09,039 --> 00:24:11,079
the other day well, there's some teams in Europe who

496
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,160
this is what they use full time. I got it,

497
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,559
But is it the same thing that they are playing

498
00:24:15,599 --> 00:24:17,839
in every single night in the Merry Center and in

499
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,640
every other Big twelve corps And there's no version of

500
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,000
the answer that you can give me that says, well,

501
00:24:23,039 --> 00:24:24,119
it's basically.

502
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,839
Speaker 3: See how many hours did the each team get on

503
00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:28,960
this floor before they they actually start competing on it.

504
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,559
Speaker 4: That's the That's a huge thing too.

505
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 3: You gotta familiarize yourself with the playing surface, and you

506
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,960
gotta know what shoes you're gonna be wearing on that

507
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,240
playing surface because you've been you've been wearing a certain

508
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,319
shoe all season long, and then all of a sudden

509
00:24:39,319 --> 00:24:40,480
you have to switch it up just to be in

510
00:24:40,519 --> 00:24:43,119
the Big twelve tournament and you're like, man, I don't

511
00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,359
have these broken in or they just don't feel right.

512
00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:46,000
Speaker 4: Like it's just.

513
00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:51,279
Speaker 3: It becomes a huge issue in a competitive and a

514
00:24:51,319 --> 00:24:53,920
competitive issue and a liability issue at that Ronald, your

515
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:54,480
thoughts on this.

516
00:24:54,799 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, I was thinking about it right because there's been

517
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,640
a lot more complaints and I think the visual, you know,

518
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,079
aesthetic of what we see the arts of it, the beauty.

519
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,279
Speaker 2: It's fantastic, man, Like obviously I was.

520
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,599
Speaker 3: Does it really enrich the Yes, I think it's really cool.

521
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,960
Like I was, it enriched your viewing experience.

522
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 4: That's the point that it's worth injury.

523
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 5: But I really enjoy I really enjoy seeing the three

524
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,559
point line light up free throw with the last breaking animation,

525
00:25:21,759 --> 00:25:25,160
like it gemes like a video game vibe to the game,

526
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,799
which I love. However, not at the expense of players.

527
00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:32,279
And uh Manning brought up a great point that I

528
00:25:32,279 --> 00:25:34,519
don't think any of us had thought about, what about

529
00:25:34,519 --> 00:25:37,920
the migraines, Because my wife and I have this conversation

530
00:25:38,039 --> 00:25:40,000
the other day. I remember when I was a kid,

531
00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:41,960
and if I watch TV for longer than an hour,

532
00:25:42,039 --> 00:25:44,640
I'd start to get a headache. Kids today don't even

533
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,480
know what that is because they've become so accustomed to

534
00:25:47,599 --> 00:25:48,400
living on a screen.

535
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,440
Speaker 4: And as as of all.

536
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,799
Speaker 5: Of us headache, well, you just don't get the headaches

537
00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:56,000
anymore because you're adjusted to it. And I and I

538
00:25:56,039 --> 00:25:59,160
think with this court, that's another great point that nobody's

539
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,599
brought up, is you have that flashing animation that to

540
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,920
us in school because we see it on TV. Yeah,

541
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,640
but those players like, I don't think their bodies are

542
00:26:07,759 --> 00:26:10,720
used to seeing those flashes and everything, especially if you're

543
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,200
someone who's more susceptible to migraines. So there's just a

544
00:26:14,279 --> 00:26:17,079
whole lot of issues here with bad that doesn't outweigh

545
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,319
the good. And to you and Ron's point, like, if

546
00:26:20,319 --> 00:26:23,759
someone does get hurt here, that's not gonna be like, Wow,

547
00:26:23,839 --> 00:26:26,039
the Big twelve tried out a gimmick. It it didn't work.

548
00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:30,839
That is going to be a major mark on somebody's record.

549
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 6: Ben, all I have to say is this, and again,

550
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,119
the visual looks great, and I think that's what break

551
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,759
you and Mark went with Ben because to be different

552
00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:39,880
because last year there were negative reviews of the court

553
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,279
was terrible on television, so I think he said, Okay,

554
00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:44,119
I'm gonna give the viewers something way better.

555
00:26:44,319 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 2: I really believe that was one of the factors.

556
00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:49,559
Speaker 6: But in the process, if it gets like Mihailo's driving

557
00:26:49,599 --> 00:26:51,319
to the basketball has a wide up and Lane goes

558
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:52,960
to pump fake or tries to go and he just

559
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,119
eats it and travels because of the court, it's just

560
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,960
that slippery. And look, I don't want anybody to get hurt.

561
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,920
I don't, but I can say this full confidently. Now

562
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,119
that's zero for two for Rey or Mark on the court.

563
00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:08,160
In baseball, that is a not good batting average and

564
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,839
any other sport that means you did not do you

565
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,000
did not hit out of the park. So he needs

566
00:27:12,039 --> 00:27:13,599
to figure it out for next year, maybe just go

567
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,039
back to the basic court. Ben But year one, last

568
00:27:16,079 --> 00:27:17,759
year that we saw people did not like that. The

569
00:27:17,799 --> 00:27:21,039
eyes were hurting, and now this year the visual for

570
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,920
the fans and the viewers and me, I love it

571
00:27:23,039 --> 00:27:25,680
seeing the final score and the introductions and the different

572
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,759
size of the logos. But for those playing on it,

573
00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:30,039
safety is the most important. We got to think about

574
00:27:30,039 --> 00:27:32,440
the players, nots that are watching on TV.

575
00:27:32,759 --> 00:27:33,640
Speaker 4: No doubt about it.

576
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,400
Speaker 3: Let's get back to a few more sound bites before

577
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,880
we take a break. Kevin Young and a few of

578
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,720
the players addressed the media yesterday.

579
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:43,319
Speaker 4: Number four.

580
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,799
Speaker 3: You talked about that run at the end of the half.

581
00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:48,200
I believe Rob Right the third had a fast break,

582
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,920
wide open layup and instead kicked it over with AJ.

583
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,799
For Doug, can you talk a little bit about the

584
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,079
unselfish play of his team.

585
00:27:54,519 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 7: It's something that we've been really on our guys about

586
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,519
all year. You know, I thought, you know, that's just

587
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,960
we have talent obviously, and so we just try to

588
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,079
make simple plays and play together. And that's easier said

589
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,960
than done. But you know, I thought, you know that

590
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,279
play that you mentioned with Rob, I thought AJ made

591
00:28:12,279 --> 00:28:15,279
a lot of unselfish plays as well, and so that's

592
00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:17,480
something that just really helps the team when you've got.

593
00:28:17,319 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 2: A good when you feel like you have a good shot.

594
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 7: But your teammate has a great shot, being able to

595
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:21,599
share the ball.

596
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,079
Speaker 3: Got to be unselfish in this basketball game, no doubt.

597
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 4: AJ.

598
00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 3: Could you talk, Could you speak on the that play

599
00:28:31,519 --> 00:28:33,319
and the unselfishness of your teammates.

600
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:35,559
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean I actually slowed down. I want him

601
00:28:35,559 --> 00:28:36,799
to get the lay up, but he told me that

602
00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:38,519
he wasn't gonna dunk it and he needed some.

603
00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 4: Energy going into the half.

604
00:28:39,519 --> 00:28:42,119
Speaker 2: So just credits Rod for you don't give me that dunk.

605
00:28:43,119 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 3: AJ, you it ended with forty points. I don't know

606
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,559
if you knew the record of this tournament is forty three.

607
00:28:50,759 --> 00:28:54,519
Was there anything anytime in this game that you thought

608
00:28:54,519 --> 00:28:56,079
about breaking that tournament record?

609
00:28:56,079 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 4: You could get? You can felt like you could go

610
00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:58,319
for the record.

611
00:28:58,759 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 8: No, I'm just sure one game that's just the main goal.

612
00:29:02,279 --> 00:29:04,480
Try to get a Tech championship. Finally to score forty

613
00:29:04,519 --> 00:29:06,440
three for that and yeah, but I'm not going for

614
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:06,880
the record.

615
00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:11,359
Speaker 3: Don't need that record, don't need it. Hadeem all right,

616
00:29:11,799 --> 00:29:14,240
great game for him. Could you talk? Could you speak

617
00:29:14,279 --> 00:29:17,559
on the advantages uh that you bring to the glass.

618
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,839
It was a big deal in the second half. Got

619
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,640
you guys going. It seemed like you were pulling down everything.

620
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,759
Speaker 9: I mean, every time before I go through the court,

621
00:29:24,839 --> 00:29:27,000
Coach just gonna be in my ears, like you know,

622
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:28,839
I put a change to get the rebounds, so you

623
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,359
gotta get the rebounds. And he's just like a big

624
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,240
motivation for me. And every ball that bounce off the rim,

625
00:29:35,319 --> 00:29:37,240
I think it's mine, So I'm just gonna go get

626
00:29:37,279 --> 00:29:37,799
it for sure.

627
00:29:39,839 --> 00:29:42,759
Speaker 3: Anybody else loved that Hit team was like on AJ's shoulder,

628
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,119
like in the post game, just chilling, hanging out.

629
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:47,599
Speaker 4: It was just like a team interview.

630
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,799
Speaker 5: Is there anybody who has more fun playing basketball than

631
00:29:50,839 --> 00:29:51,440
Hitdean Boop?

632
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 4: I don't think so. Grateful man. You can tell he's

633
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,319
just grateful. So he just loves playing ball.

634
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:56,599
Speaker 6: Man.

635
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,119
Speaker 5: He doesn't care what the nil contract looks like. He

636
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,000
just wants to play.

637
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 6: I do love Ritchie in the back though, like like

638
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,839
you know, lurking back. Did you see the ayes been

639
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:05,960
like I did like the talk.

640
00:30:05,839 --> 00:30:08,319
Speaker 3: King there, Yeah, no doubt about it. Shout out to

641
00:30:08,359 --> 00:30:12,319
a dem big fan of his. We're all boot fans, Kevin.

642
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,400
Two questions on the performances you've seen from AJ the season.

643
00:30:17,039 --> 00:30:18,799
There's been a lot of great performance. Where does that

644
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,119
one rank versus Cansas Eke?

645
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:20,599
Speaker 4: And Two?

646
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 3: Did you expect such a good conct contribution from your

647
00:30:23,759 --> 00:30:25,519
role guys tonight coming off the bench.

648
00:30:26,119 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 7: Yeah, as it relates to AJ, I mean that he

649
00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:33,359
was doing was super impresive because I thought he was

650
00:30:33,759 --> 00:30:36,119
scoring every way possible. You know, he was scoring the post,

651
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,160
he was scoring in transition, he was scoring and pick

652
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,000
and roll. He was scoring in isolations, coming off some

653
00:30:41,079 --> 00:30:43,799
pen downs, you know, making good passes out of the post,

654
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,680
making good passes out of the pick and roll. So

655
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,920
I think it was probably one of his most complete

656
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,119
outside of the lob.

657
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 4: We already talked about.

658
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 2: That on the way the lobby threw short to the.

659
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:53,559
Speaker 7: Team at the end there.

660
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 2: But I thought it was just.

661
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 7: A full display of his his skill set. You know,

662
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,640
I think he's the most skilled offensive player in college basketball. Uh,

663
00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:02,559
and it was all full displayed at night. In terms

664
00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:04,720
of where that stacks up, you got to put it

665
00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:07,160
right near the top, just given the fact that it

666
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,200
was in the Big Twelve Tournament and help propel us

667
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,440
to a big win. In terms of the role, Guys'

668
00:31:11,559 --> 00:31:13,799
just super happy for those guys. You know, Dom's a guy,

669
00:31:14,079 --> 00:31:17,160
I'll speak to him, I'll speak about you. There's really

670
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,759
a lot of Alexey, you know, MoU a dem they all,

671
00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:24,119
they all uh contributed to the win. And the thing

672
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,799
I love about it is, you know, it's been you know,

673
00:31:27,559 --> 00:31:29,480
an up and down season obviously, but none of those

674
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,359
guys have batted and I that just stayed in the gym.

675
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 2: They stayed hungry.

676
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 7: They've they've you know, earned trust to get out there

677
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:35,920
and and and be able.

678
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,079
Speaker 2: To help contribute to a win.

679
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 4: So it was, uh, it was really cool to see.

680
00:31:39,759 --> 00:31:42,519
Speaker 7: I thought Dom's play was extremely inspirational for the team

681
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,119
and something we can build them.

682
00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:50,359
Speaker 3: You need, uh, you need a good rotation, a reliable lotation.

683
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,720
Need your rotation, You need a good bench if you

684
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,200
want to survive in advance in the Big Twelve Tournament,

685
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,200
as well as the NCAA tournament. You hope, you pray

686
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,240
your fingers are crossed that b YU has found their rotation,

687
00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:05,559
that they found this third iteration of the team and

688
00:32:05,599 --> 00:32:08,680
it's proficient and productive and can get dubs versus some

689
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,279
of the best teams in the country.

690
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 4: That's what you're hoping for right now. R b A

691
00:32:14,359 --> 00:32:15,680
fans believers right now to.

692
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:20,799
Speaker 3: The two consecutive good solid performances from this team, or

693
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,599
is they still wait and see mode? And uh, by

694
00:32:24,599 --> 00:32:26,240
the way, you just got another injury with Rob right

695
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:30,680
the third Like I'm concerned, Like I've never seen a

696
00:32:30,759 --> 00:32:36,440
team so injured, belaguered by by all manner of oddities

697
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:41,640
of injuries. Whether it's knees, foot, and ankle. We don't

698
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:45,119
know what Xavi and Staten's got. You know, Rob right

699
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,759
the third tooth getting knocked out on a lip laceration.

700
00:32:47,839 --> 00:32:50,799
You kidd me seeing to be wearing a one of

701
00:32:50,839 --> 00:32:54,400
the the the clear masks tonight, maybe.

702
00:32:54,039 --> 00:32:55,960
Speaker 4: I hope so those things are sick and it feels

703
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:56,960
like we guys just pop.

704
00:33:00,279 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 3: Who's the last guy to really go off in the

705
00:33:02,279 --> 00:33:03,319
NBA with a clear mask?

706
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:07,559
Speaker 4: Forgot it?

707
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, all those guys were a bucket.

708
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, so you know, if Rob has to do it

709
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,759
in channel, then so be it.

710
00:33:16,839 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 2: In channel or Kyrie, Rob you got the handles.

711
00:33:19,359 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 3: The difference is like the Kobe mask was just the

712
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,680
nose in the in the cheeks and the forehead.

713
00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:25,039
Speaker 4: Yeah.

714
00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 5: We I don't know that I've seen one that covers now,

715
00:33:27,319 --> 00:33:29,839
you know what I mean. He's like a freaking hockey mask. Yeah,

716
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:30,799
just go get a hockey mask.

717
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,839
Speaker 6: Look, it's a nice even fit the mask because if

718
00:33:33,839 --> 00:33:35,440
his lip is swollen, like will it fit?

719
00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:36,079
Speaker 2: Will it fit it?

720
00:33:36,119 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 6: Will that do more damage if they hit the mask

721
00:33:38,759 --> 00:33:41,720
into his lip? Like I'm kind of concerned if you

722
00:33:41,759 --> 00:33:44,240
understand what I'm saying, Like would the mask be a protection?

723
00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:45,599
Speaker 4: Would be more damage that?

724
00:33:46,119 --> 00:33:46,319
Speaker 10: Yeah?

725
00:33:46,319 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 3: I mean I think it's typically protection, but yeah, I mean,

726
00:33:51,359 --> 00:33:54,559
like I grew up watching Rip Hamilton, like that's who.

727
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,799
That's who always were.

728
00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 4: Man, that's it. That was the guy like that.

729
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:02,119
Speaker 3: He it was an iconic portion of it like all

730
00:34:02,119 --> 00:34:05,200
these other guys. They wear it intermittently, right like uh,

731
00:34:05,759 --> 00:34:08,119
you know Kyrie. I think I think Kyrie was actually

732
00:34:08,119 --> 00:34:11,840
a longer term mask user, maybe from like twenty twelve,

733
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,320
twenty fifteen six anyway, But I think a rip baby.

734
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,840
So if he's got to wear a full mask, good

735
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,079
luck man. Hopefully you can play with some ferocity. Let's uh,

736
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,000
let's go to break. We'll come back with more sound

737
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,400
from ky Aj and Hadem celebrating the win over Kansas

738
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,000
State in the first game of the Big Twelve Tournament

739
00:34:30,039 --> 00:34:34,920
in offensive. It was an offensive output, unlike any we've

740
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:36,039
seen this season.

741
00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:39,280
Speaker 4: It was with the most productive local perspective.

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That pick Black Rob Rob right the third may be

767
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limited tonight. We're gonna find out here shortly just how

768
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,679
limited he is or if he's gonna be full go.

769
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:13,360
He had a lip laceration and a tooth that got dislodged.

770
00:36:13,559 --> 00:36:15,639
I guess that's back in place. Maybe he's gonna be

771
00:36:15,679 --> 00:36:18,159
wearing a mask. Kevin Young says Rob is a tough guy.

772
00:36:18,199 --> 00:36:21,119
He's a competitor. He should be available, but we'll find

773
00:36:21,159 --> 00:36:25,400
out here in a moment. But WHOA like I'm like

774
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,440
like well, like just when you think like boy is

775
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,440
getting back on track and wining, and then there's like

776
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:35,760
another there's another, like albeit minor moderate injury that is

777
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:36,480
sustained by.

778
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 4: One of their key players. This this team really can't

779
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:39,559
buy or break.

780
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:44,159
Speaker 3: They just can't. It's unfortunate because this is a big game.

781
00:36:44,679 --> 00:36:47,119
This is a big game, you know what I mean, Like,

782
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,639
you gotta get to that Houston game. You gotta get

783
00:36:50,679 --> 00:36:51,320
to that Houston game.

784
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 4: You can win.

785
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,639
Speaker 3: Can b he win this game without Rob right the

786
00:36:54,639 --> 00:36:56,679
Third being one hundred percent, let's.

787
00:36:56,519 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 4: Say he doesn't play. Can they win this game without

788
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:00,239
Rob right the Third?

789
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 5: In your opinion, Well, they beat iwas state it without

790
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:11,119
Rob Wright playing well, and they won a game yesterday

791
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,199
without Rob played a big role early, but like down

792
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:18,920
the stretch, Rob Wright didn't necessarily play a huge impact

793
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,920
in the game. I do think, though, despite all of that,

794
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,280
even if he doesn't play well, his body needs to

795
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,800
be on the floor for spacing purposes, because if he's

796
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,800
not on the floor, then we're blitzing all five guys

797
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,159
at AJ and you make somebody else beat us. Sure,

798
00:37:35,559 --> 00:37:37,880
So I think at minimum he's got to be on

799
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,280
the floor and I think he.

800
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:40,320
Speaker 2: I mean, we don't.

801
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 3: I don't know who's your backup point guard if AJ,

802
00:37:43,159 --> 00:37:46,679
If Rob's not playing AJ, your priory ball hand AJ,

803
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:47,920
well yeah.

804
00:37:47,679 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 2: I know, I know you saw it. He got turnovers.

805
00:37:53,159 --> 00:37:58,519
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think is your backup point guard doesn't play?

806
00:37:59,719 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 9: Yeah?

807
00:38:00,119 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 3: Uh?

808
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,039
Speaker 2: Canardi has played the point guard, but just need can facilitate.

809
00:38:04,039 --> 00:38:04,840
He's got a nice handle.

810
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 4: He can, he can, he does, but he's a point

811
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:08,039
guard sometimes.

812
00:38:08,039 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 2: Oh boy, don't do that one.

813
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:14,639
Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, anyway, I'm intrigued. Let's get to number ten here.

814
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 3: Uh uh that, like I said, banda day brought to

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by fans. We're gonna get into some more soundbites. AJ

817
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,679
debonds a post game after the Kansas State wins. More

818
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,920
seriously here, AJ, because he gave some love to his sponsor.

819
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:32,119
By the way, he gave some love to his Red

820
00:38:32,159 --> 00:38:34,519
Bull sponsored You had six asses tonight. I know everyone

821
00:38:34,519 --> 00:38:37,880
focuses on scoring. How much has your passing started open

822
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,760
up scoring opportunities for you this year and others this year?

823
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:41,559
Speaker 4: Now?

824
00:38:41,559 --> 00:38:43,079
Speaker 8: I just trying to make just trying to make place

825
00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:45,800
in my teammates. Obviously, like I got like Milk Connard

826
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,440
Davis just trying to get him open shots and I

827
00:38:48,519 --> 00:38:50,360
know they definitely a line the post. So I was

828
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,840
just trying to make the early read. I think earlier

829
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,039
in the year, I was just trying to shoot over

830
00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:54,719
two or three people, but just trying to make that

831
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,920
early read to the cuts the people that are coming

832
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:57,800
and people that are just open.

833
00:38:59,519 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 4: Yeah.

834
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,760
Speaker 3: I think has definitely showcased his playmaking ability, which is

835
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:07,199
I think he's a better distributor than Darren Peterson. Right,

836
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,039
So we're gonna go back to the Darren Peterson AJ

837
00:39:09,159 --> 00:39:13,000
debonsa debate. It's like, okay, like who's a better well

838
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:13,960
rounded player?

839
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 4: It's AJ.

840
00:39:15,159 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 3: He actually looks for teammates. You can build a team

841
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,480
around him. He's a leader, he has lead leadership qualities.

842
00:39:21,519 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 4: He's a distributor, you know what I mean.

843
00:39:23,519 --> 00:39:25,639
Speaker 3: Like when you're a distributor, I don't care if you're

844
00:39:25,639 --> 00:39:29,840
like leading by your vocal accountability, like hey, get your

845
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,199
crap together, let's go, let's get after it. Like when

846
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,800
you get your teammates involved, and there's a benefit with

847
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,159
you handling the ball as yes a score and then

848
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,320
you distribute when doubles and blitzes come like you're a

849
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:46,519
great teammate. People like playing with you. There's good synergy, right,

850
00:39:46,599 --> 00:39:47,880
That's what I'm getting at here.

851
00:39:48,559 --> 00:39:50,599
Speaker 5: I don't even think you want to have the Darren

852
00:39:50,639 --> 00:39:55,039
Peterson assists conversation because there was a stretch of three

853
00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:58,760
games where he had one assist in three games.

854
00:39:59,039 --> 00:40:01,760
Speaker 4: He is Yeah, he averaged one point eight on the season.

855
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,159
Speaker 5: Darren Peterson assisted in Passing the basketball is just not

856
00:40:05,199 --> 00:40:06,480
his thing, but it is AJ's thing.

857
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,199
Speaker 4: And I think that's.

858
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:16,320
Speaker 5: Among every other tiny little thing that makes AJ proof

859
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,320
of concept for the number one overall pick.

860
00:40:18,559 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 4: It's also the fact that.

861
00:40:20,159 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 5: He can be a point guard if you need him

862
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,519
to be. He's he is a point forward. He can

863
00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:27,079
do everything you need him to do. And on top

864
00:40:27,119 --> 00:40:30,159
of that, what I feel like this season has really

865
00:40:30,199 --> 00:40:34,360
taught AJ, especially since losing Richie, is they're gonna blitz

866
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,400
you because they don't believe other people can beat you.

867
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,800
Find a way to distribute the basketball. And we knew

868
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,920
AJ could pass the ball beforehand, but he rose to

869
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,920
the level of what the Big twelve dictated and to

870
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,159
what the NBA will dictate, and again, just another just

871
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:51,679
another tool to put in the belt.

872
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:57,679
Speaker 4: No doubt about it. Yeah, it's Uh.

873
00:40:58,159 --> 00:41:03,360
Speaker 3: I love what AJ's doing as far as distribution is concerned.

874
00:41:03,639 --> 00:41:06,239
And uh, and then once again, you know, the Darren

875
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,000
Peterson train has slowed down.

876
00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:08,760
Speaker 4: Uh.

877
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,039
Speaker 3: He's also talked about returning to the NC Double A

878
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:17,119
and Kansas next season. But I think it's it's just

879
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,760
continually trending in AJ's direction as we get into high

880
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:21,559
competitive play.

881
00:41:22,119 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 4: AJ and Boot.

882
00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 3: There's been a lot of opinions going around regarding the court,

883
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:28,760
going back to that glass court, the digital court.

884
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 4: Could you give some of.

885
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,800
Speaker 3: Your thoughts, your feedback on what it's like to play

886
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,679
on the court, how if it impacted your game, how

887
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,119
and if it impacted your game.

888
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,519
Speaker 8: I like the idea of it led for the starting lineup.

889
00:41:40,559 --> 00:41:41,039
Speaker 9: I've seen it.

890
00:41:41,679 --> 00:41:43,679
Speaker 8: You had to be ayulia the can't say logan. I

891
00:41:43,679 --> 00:41:45,719
like the idea of it for sure, don't need negative.

892
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,280
I'll say it's slow, slippery just because it's class. But

893
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,039
other than that, now, I like the idea of the court.

894
00:41:51,599 --> 00:41:54,800
Speaker 9: Yeah, I'll probably say the same thing. You know, it's

895
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,119
really nice for sure having the logo over there, but

896
00:41:58,679 --> 00:42:02,400
you know, I think he's kind of slippery, you know,

897
00:42:02,599 --> 00:42:04,760
especially when you're trying to pick up point guards like

898
00:42:05,039 --> 00:42:08,360
you know, pull cord. He's kind of pretty slippery for sure.

899
00:42:11,559 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 3: One thing I love about Adrian he's getting a opinion

900
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,960
about everything. He's well educated about everything. Like you can

901
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,079
talk to him about just about anything.

902
00:42:17,079 --> 00:42:19,079
Speaker 5: He's probably gonna pine on it, and he says it

903
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:21,280
in a good way, right, Like. I like the way

904
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,679
he's like, look, there are a lot of great It's

905
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:28,039
not him just being like a stevenateseman, Like he's like,

906
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:29,559
there are some positives here.

907
00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 3: It's a great idea. You aread to say that twice.

908
00:42:32,039 --> 00:42:35,840
Speaker 5: It's a great idea in practicality, maybe not so much yet.

909
00:42:36,079 --> 00:42:39,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, that feedback will get to break your mark, no doubt, coach,

910
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:43,039
in regards to your role players. With Gnnard Davis having

911
00:42:43,079 --> 00:42:46,400
another nice night, how important is it for him to

912
00:42:47,079 --> 00:42:50,119
you know, ball out for your team here at March huge?

913
00:42:50,159 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 7: You know huge, I mean arguably the biggest X factor

914
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,320
on our team in a lot of ways because he's

915
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,280
a you know, we brought him here to be a

916
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:58,880
two way player. You know, he's a really really good

917
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,440
defensive player and he's on a nice offensive rhythm. I

918
00:43:01,519 --> 00:43:04,480
think in the last little bit, you know, when Richie

919
00:43:04,519 --> 00:43:06,079
went down. He was a guy that we started to

920
00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:08,800
put in a lot more actions and he's been getting

921
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:10,679
a lot more open threes as well, and he start,

922
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:12,440
you know, he's hit them out at a higher clip.

923
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,719
I think he's comfortable. But but more than the offense,

924
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,039
I just think he's playing with the edge that that

925
00:43:18,119 --> 00:43:19,119
permeates our group.

926
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:19,599
Speaker 3: You know.

927
00:43:20,159 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 7: I think the other night at Tech, when we played

928
00:43:22,039 --> 00:43:26,239
Texas Tech at home, he was kind of the Him

929
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,639
and Rob were the key to just a defensive intensity

930
00:43:28,639 --> 00:43:30,320
and our guys feet off of that. And then when

931
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,679
he's making shots, you know, it really uh you know,

932
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,559
kind of opens things up for for a j and

933
00:43:34,679 --> 00:43:36,599
Rob too. So he's a huge part of what we're doing.

934
00:43:38,519 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 3: Big part man and Canard, You're gonna have handled the

935
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,039
rock a whole lot more tonight. If Rob right the

936
00:43:44,079 --> 00:43:45,400
third is not able to go.

937
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 4: Uh.

938
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:51,079
Speaker 3: Rob left the game, k why and did not return?

939
00:43:51,199 --> 00:43:52,920
Do you have an update on him? Do you expect

940
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:57,880
him to play versus this West Virginia Mountaineers.

941
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:04,519
Speaker 10: Team Colin lip laceration, so uh, everything else checked out, so,

942
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,480
you know, barring anything unforeseen.

943
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:10,039
Speaker 7: You know, Rob's a pretty tough, tough young man. I'd

944
00:44:10,039 --> 00:44:11,159
assume he's gonna play.

945
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 3: So do you guys feel like he's gonna give it

946
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:20,920
a go and he's if he is playing, is he

947
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:21,760
wearing a mask?

948
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,320
Speaker 4: Is he just you know, do you know? Does he? Uh?

949
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,039
I feel like there's some question marks here, I really do.

950
00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:30,519
Speaker 2: I think he will go give my thoughts been.

951
00:44:31,679 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 6: I think they'll look into all, you know, safety precautions

952
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,440
as to how to protect Rob with that lip laceration

953
00:44:38,519 --> 00:44:41,280
on what that looks like. If it's not a concussion,

954
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:43,360
you know you're not playing. I mean, look, it's the

955
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:47,519
Big twelve Tournament, it's March. I mean, j Drew phenomenal job, right.

956
00:44:47,559 --> 00:44:49,360
I mean if you're talking to Jay Drew about you're

957
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,960
gonna come back to BYU or you're gonna go pro, Well,

958
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,639
I'm gonna tell you something that's gonna be harsh from

959
00:44:54,639 --> 00:44:57,199
the fan base. If you sit out for a lip laceration,

960
00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,320
this fan base is gonna take you to go pro.

961
00:44:59,559 --> 00:45:01,320
It's gonna keep it a buck with you. That that's

962
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,199
that's gonna sound harsh, Like you can't sit next to

963
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,679
the top two pick who played through the flu, who's

964
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,920
played through all this other stuff, you know, and you

965
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:11,360
can't say, well, I'm not gonna play through a lible

966
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,440
now if he had a concussion, completely understand Ben, But

967
00:45:14,599 --> 00:45:15,519
this is like, this.

968
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 2: Is the last go like Richie's right next to you.

969
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,239
Speaker 6: You think Richie wouldn't play through a lib laceration if

970
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:22,280
he could have, you know, unless it would like and

971
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:23,360
I know people.

972
00:45:23,119 --> 00:45:25,280
Speaker 3: Say, I don't think it's the lip. Well, I guess

973
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,519
he's got stitches. How many stitches did he say that?

974
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:29,519
Speaker 6: I don't know if he said that, you know, I

975
00:45:29,519 --> 00:45:31,599
don't none of the soundbites heard, but he got him.

976
00:45:31,639 --> 00:45:34,119
But that's my thing, Like, and that's my thing, Ben,

977
00:45:34,159 --> 00:45:36,119
if he if it's more severe than the lip, if

978
00:45:36,119 --> 00:45:38,880
it's a concussion, then that makes sense of not playing.

979
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,719
I get that because that was a pretty hard elbow.

980
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,000
I think we all can agree like that. That rocked

981
00:45:43,039 --> 00:45:44,039
him pretty pretty good.

982
00:45:44,119 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 4: Yeah.

983
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,360
Speaker 6: If p it's a concussion, obviously don't play. You gotta

984
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,039
think about that.

985
00:45:48,079 --> 00:45:51,039
Speaker 3: He was made available to the media and he took interviews.

986
00:45:51,119 --> 00:45:53,159
Speaker 6: Well it's open locker room, so but yeah, but that's

987
00:45:53,199 --> 00:45:54,400
what I'm saying. I don't think he's hurt.

988
00:45:54,639 --> 00:45:57,320
Speaker 4: Did he seem off in his interview at all?

989
00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 6: From everything that I've seen, on line and that I've

990
00:46:00,119 --> 00:46:01,400
I've watched no he seemed okay.

991
00:46:01,599 --> 00:46:02,039
Speaker 4: I think.

992
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,159
Speaker 6: So that's what I'm saying. That's why if you're saying

993
00:46:04,199 --> 00:46:06,039
come back to b A, you're goal pro. If you

994
00:46:06,039 --> 00:46:08,000
sit out for a lip lastration, it's not a concussion

995
00:46:08,039 --> 00:46:10,719
anything else, that's not a good sign. And people are

996
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,119
gonna be like that might be a little soft because

997
00:46:13,159 --> 00:46:15,639
you know, you know, I mean, it's gonna feel like

998
00:46:15,679 --> 00:46:17,400
the guy in Kansas you played through that lip last.

999
00:46:17,559 --> 00:46:19,039
I'm gonna tell you right now if I had a

1000
00:46:19,119 --> 00:46:21,079
lip laceration, if I had no tooth, I mean, for

1001
00:46:21,159 --> 00:46:23,079
crying out loud, you talk about the great you know,

1002
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:26,639
United States Rob you're playing basketball, Jack Hughes had lost

1003
00:46:26,639 --> 00:46:27,239
the tooth.

1004
00:46:27,039 --> 00:46:28,800
Speaker 2: For crying out loud. In one Gold.

1005
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:30,639
Speaker 6: You better get you behind out there and lace up

1006
00:46:30,679 --> 00:46:33,519
them boots, laser boots, skeithen Mary would say, and get

1007
00:46:33,519 --> 00:46:36,480
out on the court and play with the mask. I mean,

1008
00:46:36,639 --> 00:46:39,239
play with the bigger mouthguard. Do what you gotta do.

1009
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,320
But if you sit out for just the lip laceration

1010
00:46:41,639 --> 00:46:44,079
and not a concussion, Ben, I don't know if that's

1011
00:46:44,079 --> 00:46:45,920
gonna sit well with people. This is the this could

1012
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:47,719
be your final game in the tournament, and you got

1013
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:48,719
to make sure you're out there to play.

1014
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,400
Speaker 2: They need him.

1015
00:46:51,519 --> 00:46:53,119
Speaker 4: Does he wearing a mask? It's the question.

1016
00:46:53,519 --> 00:46:58,360
Speaker 5: I don't know if it's as simple as as Ron does.

1017
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,960
I do think playing with the because like chipping your

1018
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,199
tooth in hockey is not the same as a lip

1019
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:07,199
laceration in basketball, And.

1020
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,639
Speaker 3: Dude, I think the tooth being knocked out. And then

1021
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,880
because in hockey, getting chipped your teeth is not getting

1022
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:18,000
knocked out. So so I'm I'm with you on I

1023
00:47:18,039 --> 00:47:20,920
do think he's gonna play. I do think he's gonna hustle.

1024
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 5: But I do think it is kind of a big

1025
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,559
deal having a lip laceration, having had stitches, your teeth

1026
00:47:27,639 --> 00:47:31,360
in your mouth moved around, and guess what the odds

1027
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,480
of you getting hit in the face today at some

1028
00:47:33,639 --> 00:47:37,440
point throughout the game pretty likely. What It's not like

1029
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:40,119
playing with the flu, Like you can't get more flu.

1030
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:42,880
By playing with the flu, you can get your mouth

1031
00:47:43,039 --> 00:47:45,159
more messed up. By playing in that game, you.

1032
00:47:45,159 --> 00:47:47,679
Speaker 4: Can get another Yeah, you can get that opened up again.

1033
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,800
Speaker 3: So I do think he'll give it a go.

1034
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:55,519
Speaker 5: However, anyone who's been hit hitt in the mouth before,

1035
00:47:55,599 --> 00:48:01,280
like I wonder how much apprehension that gives Rob, Like,

1036
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:04,880
how free do you feel to play? Just knowing if

1037
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,320
this gets hit again, something could get messed up.

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00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:09,559
Speaker 4: That to me is the more interesting question.

1039
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Twelve Insider, he covers the Big Twelve. He's that he

1088
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,320
was out at the Big twelve tournament and entered the

1089
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locker room and chatted with Aj Debonso Byu in the

1090
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post game. Now, Aj had a tremendous season. He's the

1091
00:50:47,079 --> 00:50:50,360
lead scored in the NCAA. Obviously we'd all agree that

1092
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,079
he's the best player. Unfortunately, he did not become the

1093
00:50:53,079 --> 00:50:55,920
Big Twelve Player of the Year. That was given to

1094
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somebody else on the best team in the Big Twelve,

1095
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,440
which bakes the question what type of award are we

1096
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talking about here? But Chancellor followed up, Okay, the Big

1097
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Twelve Player of the Year has been debated for the

1098
00:51:07,639 --> 00:51:10,559
last twenty four hours. He caught up with AJ for

1099
00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:14,760
his thoughts, and this is what AJ said about the situation.

1100
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,159
Speaker 12: Going back to yesterday when the awards came out and

1101
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:21,079
another player was voted as the Big Twelve Player of

1102
00:51:21,119 --> 00:51:23,079
the Year, keep it a buck with me. What was

1103
00:51:23,119 --> 00:51:23,920
your initial reaction?

1104
00:51:24,159 --> 00:51:26,159
Speaker 8: Initial reaction, I was like, oh, damn, I thought I

1105
00:51:26,159 --> 00:51:28,119
should have won it. Seen I got Freshmen of the Year.

1106
00:51:28,159 --> 00:51:31,159
But when I look back at like record and everything,

1107
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,039
like he was ahead of the Snake on the number

1108
00:51:33,039 --> 00:51:35,360
one team in the conference. Harts sold the team senior

1109
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:36,239
so well deserved.

1110
00:51:37,079 --> 00:51:39,039
Speaker 12: Congratulations to Jane Bailey on that as well. I know

1111
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,039
you gave respect for him. But leading the country in scoring,

1112
00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:44,559
what did coaches miss on that end?

1113
00:51:45,559 --> 00:51:47,639
Speaker 8: I mean, it's not all about scoring. I mean they

1114
00:51:47,679 --> 00:51:49,679
were the number three team in the country. Like I mean,

1115
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:52,480
it's kind of like the NBA stand is, like you're

1116
00:51:52,559 --> 00:51:54,840
you can't really be the MVP was It's kind of

1117
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:56,280
like what there was he can't be the NBA found

1118
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,760
like a losing team. We finished five hundred, so I

1119
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:00,039
mean astually the domin wins.

1120
00:52:00,159 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 3: Going Ben to yesterday, I should have got more wins,

1121
00:52:06,079 --> 00:52:11,119
not we should have got more wins. You can't be

1122
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:17,000
the MVP if you're on a losing team. This is

1123
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:22,519
internal self accountability autonomy that I think is. I mean,

1124
00:52:22,559 --> 00:52:25,280
he's mature, beyond his age, beyond his years. Shout out

1125
00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:28,639
to his wonderful parents for teaching him the ways, really

1126
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:36,559
nice work. So I was honestly, I mean, I wasn't

1127
00:52:36,599 --> 00:52:39,480
taken back, but I was like, oh man, it's a

1128
00:52:39,519 --> 00:52:43,199
surprise to hear that from a young eighteen nineteen year

1129
00:52:43,199 --> 00:52:45,800
old young man who's gonna be the first overall pick

1130
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:46,639
in the NBA draft.

1131
00:52:46,679 --> 00:52:47,239
Speaker 4: Most likely.

1132
00:52:48,679 --> 00:52:53,480
Speaker 5: AJ has clearly had good media training, and whether that's

1133
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:57,000
just the way that he and his parents communicate, which

1134
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:58,840
I bet is a lot of it, in a way

1135
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:01,840
that this is just how he speaks. He wasn't trained

1136
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:04,199
to speak this way, like this is just who he is.

1137
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,719
But one way or another, when AJ steps up to

1138
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:09,840
the podium, he usually hits it out of the park

1139
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:11,880
with the answers that he gives.

1140
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,000
Speaker 4: Like It's not like he just gives you nothing.

1141
00:53:14,039 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 5: He doesn't avoid things because he's afraid to saying the

1142
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:19,320
wrong thing. He will give you everything and give it

1143
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:20,440
to you in the right way.

1144
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,119
Speaker 4: You can't be the MVP if you're on a losing team.

1145
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:24,800
That's an interesting comment.

1146
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,039
Speaker 5: But the interesting thing about it is that I don't

1147
00:53:27,079 --> 00:53:29,079
feel like any of us feel as.

1148
00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 4: Though that's a shot at BYU when he says it.

1149
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:31,360
It's not.

1150
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,079
Speaker 5: But I think if you wanted to, you could interpret

1151
00:53:34,119 --> 00:53:36,400
it that way. So it's interesting that he says that,

1152
00:53:36,559 --> 00:53:39,199
and then what you said. I love that he says

1153
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,480
I should have got more wins, because there's no part

1154
00:53:42,519 --> 00:53:45,559
of AJ that's saying I'm not where I want to

1155
00:53:45,559 --> 00:53:48,079
be because of you, or because of him, or because

1156
00:53:48,119 --> 00:53:53,199
of anybody. And so for AJ to be taking so

1157
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:57,079
much self accountability, that also throws me back to the

1158
00:53:57,119 --> 00:54:00,920
comment that he made in post game a couple a

1159
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:04,760
couple games ago when Kevin Young was talking about him

1160
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:07,079
kind of embellishing fouls a little bit, and then he

1161
00:54:07,119 --> 00:54:10,079
made He's like, I gotta stop making stupid turnovers and

1162
00:54:10,119 --> 00:54:13,239
doing this like that. This quote now shows you like

1163
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,000
that wasn't him being sarcastic. Now he really meant that

1164
00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:18,400
when he said it. This is a guy who takes

1165
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:22,000
full accountability, and that's a trait that NBA scouts love.

1166
00:54:22,199 --> 00:54:25,320
Speaker 3: It's one that you can't fully quantify all the time, but.

1167
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:27,639
Speaker 5: It's one that if you have it is going to

1168
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,400
project later success at the next level.

1169
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:31,239
Speaker 4: No doubt about it.

1170
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:33,559
Speaker 3: Sean Farnham hopped on by the Way to Be a

1171
00:54:33,639 --> 00:54:36,480
Sports Nation and commented on the Big Twelve Player of

1172
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:40,239
the Year debate. It sounds like he's you know, he

1173
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:44,480
liked AJ Debonsa's resume, But let's tune in. Let's listen

1174
00:54:44,559 --> 00:54:47,519
to Sean Farnum articulates his opinion on the matter.

1175
00:54:48,519 --> 00:54:51,880
Speaker 13: I believe that probably what transpired on that vote was

1176
00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:54,679
that JT. Topp and AJ probably split it so much

1177
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:57,039
that Jaden Bradley was able to win the award. I mean,

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Jane Bradley wasn't a UNANIUS selection of first team, yet

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he's the.

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Speaker 2: Comp Fens Player of the Year.

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Speaker 4: That's kind of weird because.

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Speaker 13: Normally when you're the conference player of the Year, you're

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usually unanimously a first team All conference player. But that

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was not the case this year. And look I get it.

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Their season was unbelievable. He's been the backbone of that

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team all season long. He's the heart and soul of

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that team defensively, how he impacts the game, how he

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orchestrates their offense and gets everybody involved.

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Speaker 4: He's a masterful player that deserves a lot of accolades

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in credit.

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Speaker 13: If you were asking me I said this a couple

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of weeks ago, I would have gone with AJ debonsa.

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Speaker 4: AJ led the nation is foring his efficiency.

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Speaker 13: He put a team on his back in games like

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he did against Iowa State in particular, when Dave Clemon

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and I were there. He's had an outstanding year and

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I thought he was the best player in the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 4: There's no doubt we all know he was the best

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player of the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 3: I don't think anyone's going to debate that from an

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individual production standpoint. The first reaction that we had, though,

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was the same reaction that AJ had. Now AJ said it,

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and I think you know a much better, more concise way.

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But ultimately, the tenth place team in the Big Twelve

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can't have the best Big Twelve player. I think that's

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that's what the votes are saying Sean Farnham brings up

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the case though of split votes and how JT Toppin

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and AJ split those votes. If j T Toppin had

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been healthy, do you think JT Toppen wins this thing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not even close.

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Speaker 4: He wins it all.

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Speaker 3: So that alone kind of like, lets me have you know,

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I guess I'm perfectly fine with jay and Bradley winning it,

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just like AJ's perfectly fine with Jayden Bradley winning it.

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But that being said, Statistically, thirteen point four points per game,

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three point five rebounds, four point six assists, forty six

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percent from the field, thirty eight point two percent.

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Speaker 4: All of those rankings within the Big.

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Speaker 3: Twelve players thirtieth, sixty, first, eleventh, sixteenth, seventh. We all

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know who the best players in the Big twelve, or

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who were the best players in the Big twel Well,

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