CHILLS: BYU's AJ Dybantsa Drops FORTY On Kansas State, Cincinnati SMOKES Utah, Big 12 Tournament

Well, AJ DeBonso did it again, and Cincinnati is an NCAA tournament team.

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where AJ DeBonso was AJ DeBonso.

And Cincinnati beat another Big 12 team on a neutral chord.

And by neutral, I mean LED television screen on the floor.

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You know, I told you, and I don't have to.

I don't want to continue to beat the dead horse here,

but I told you, AJ DeBonso is the best player in college basketball.

And the Big 12 did not give him the conference's player of the year award.

And then the commissioner of the Big 12 conference came out and said, hey,

he should be the player of the year in college basketball, like all of college basketball.

So if that's the case, and he's not the player of the year in your own conference,

how does that work?

The dude just dropped 40 points.

Again, the second time this season, the most in a Big 12 tournament.

Oh, and if the gripe is, well, he just shoots the ball a lot.

DeBonso was 15 for 21.

That's pretty efficient in his 37 minutes of play against Kansas state.

And a 105 91 win for BYU.

This is a man amongst boys in college basketball.

What this reminds me of is what Kate Cunningham was at Oklahoma State.

And that Oklahoma State team did not win the Big 12 in the regular season.

They did in the tournament.

That was the year Baylor won the national championship.

The Bears kind of bowed out early.

Oklahoma State saw it through when the tournament went to March madness and had the best player

in college basketball.

They had Kate Cunningham.

That's pretty, pretty good.

In this situation for BYU and AJ DeBonso,

I think we were going to continue to point it and say,

how in the world did he not get that award BYU over Kansas state?

I think what the Cougars can do, this, I've got tea brewing, boiling.

What's, I don't know what the word is,

stewing over here.

I think what AJ DeBonso did with BYU last night, what the Cougars can do

in the Big 12 tournament is move themselves into that succeed spot.

If they win the Big 12 tournament, there are five Cougars.

If you win the Big 12 tournament, the teams you have to get through a team you get through

today in West Virginia is completely underrated and should give you another quality win.

With the biggest storyline, AJ DeBonso's 40 points.

And BYU having the opportunity to further help, it's March madness positioning.

Arizona State over Baylor, this was the first game of the day.

And man, I don't talk about it a lot because I don't want my rooting interests to be the focal point

of the show. This is a show about the entire Big 12.

It was a really hard year to be a Baylor alum.

It's a hard year to be a Baylor fan, man.

I don't think I like it very much.

And look, Bobby Hurley's 10 year years on a state last one more game.

It's, it's done.

He's not.

I don't think there's any way Bobby Hurley's still the coach there next year.

Now their athletic department has done a terrible job in my opinion of stewarding that program

and making sure basketball stays relevant in the Big 12.

But Arizona State beating Baylor yesterday means that his job is at least extended for a day.

And at the Baylor Bears, their season's probably done.

I don't foresee them playing a postseason tournament this year,

representing the Big 12 at the crown or anywhere else in this for Cincinnati.

Look, I resume wise, schedule wise.

You've got to let this team into March madness.

And I know Utah is not very good at basketball.

But even if Cincinnati loses today the UCF, I think toward the end of the year,

they did plenty enough.

They beat UCF that there's a,

there is a stretch where they go six wins in seven games,

including against Kansas on the road.

How do you keep that team out of March madness?

You can't, you don't, you won't.

I don't think there's any possibility that Cincinnati can be left out with a resume they have

built over the last 10 games of the college basketball season.

They're one of the hottest teams in the country right now.

And that winning against Utah is another feather in their cap.

And today against UCF, I think you'll see two teams that are on the,

on the outs.

Yeah, like they're right there at the edge of the bubble,

but two teams that should be in March madness.

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And then Colorado and Oklahoma state.

If you stayed up for this one and you're a fiend if you did,

that game was awesome.

This was a back and forth to the wire fun game to watch for the majority of it.

They were, I thought they were tied at halftime.

They weren't Oklahoma state led 41 to 40 over Colorado at the break.

And man, I'm not saying Anthony Roy should have been

player of the year in the big 12.

He shouldn't have obviously.

But some people are more deserving than the guys that actually wanted.

I digress yesterday's game Oklahoma state.

And in Colorado has no real bearing.

I think I, Oklahoma state's 19 19 and 13, by the way,

their non-conference wasn't spectacular.

I guess strength is schedule wise.

But 19 and 13 of the big 12,

I mean, they didn't implode.

There's a lot to build on if your Oklahoma state going into next season.

They're building, they're building.

It was a good nightcap, a good game that has again,

no real huge bearing on the postseason of the big 12.

If Colorado, you probably didn't love the officiating in this game.

And again,

if this game counted for much, it's a little bit different.

I don't think either of these teams would win the big 12 tournament.

But Oklahoma state is alive for another day.

And that's your quick 10 minute big 12 tournament update.

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