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00:04Coming off a 90-82 win over BYU, the suddenly surging Kansas Jayhawks are heading into the
00:12toughest part of their schedule.
00:16It's been a great four-week stretch for your Kansas Jayhawks ever since the setback in
00:22West Virginia.
00:23On that day, Coach Self simply said, we suck right now.
00:27Guys have taken it as a challenge, this entire team has, and it's not just one guy.
00:33Bryce and Tiller is really growing.
00:36Council and White have both been outstanding.
00:39Melvin is our quarterback on offense.
00:42On defense, it's Flory.
00:43Flory has dominated games.
00:46That group has an identity.
00:49Kansas fans have been waiting for this the entire season.
00:53Hawks are back now if they want championship.
00:56KU on the verge of re-entering the top ten for the first time in over a year, and that's
01:01what's all out of pressure on Kansas.
01:03Jayhawks, let's see what you're made of.
01:05Let's see what you got.
01:26What did you get from the store?
01:29Steak, rice, some snacks.
01:32I'm so far the best at cooking.
01:34Excuse me?
01:36You heard me.
01:37He likes to add ketchup and mayonnaise to everything.
01:41First off, that's a lie.
01:44Ketchup only.
01:47When did you start playing basketball?
01:49I started playing organized basketball when I first got to the state, like, 2021.
01:55Sorry, when did you first pick up a basketball?
01:58Okay.
01:592020.
02:002020 was the first time you picked up a basketball.
02:03Yes.
02:07I grew up in the capital of the DRC, Kinshasa.
02:12My parents, you know, allowed me to leave my home at, like, 16 years old, and then I went
02:17to Kokomo High School in Indiana, which is, like, a big international program.
02:22I'm really glad that they trusted me to let me be on my own and then, you know, grow as
02:27a man.
02:28I remember one time I FaceTime my mom, because I brought, like, some Congolese food.
02:33I was like, how you cook this?
02:34I was excited that she can, like, teach me something, and she told me just to look it
02:39up.
02:39I was like, all right, babe, for sure.
02:41I'm not going on you anymore, for sure.
02:43That first meal that you learned to cook for yourself, how did it taste?
02:47How for?
02:50Yeah.
02:53Oh, my God.
02:54Yeah, he's probably the reason I committed to Kinshasa, because I wanted to play with him.
02:58Rebound, Peterson, up the floor, Benuka.
03:00This could be fun.
03:01A two-hand monster chance!
03:06I saw him at the NBA camp, and he was like a man amongst boys.
03:10Hey, dunking!
03:12Flory Bedunga, man, just dunking all over everyone.
03:16He's a guy the NBA is intrigued by because of his switchability.
03:21Great defense by Kansas.
03:23Look at Bedunga, he's pretty much double-teaming.
03:27Flory is an emphatic presence in the paint.
03:30He bobs on the other end, blocked by Bedunga!
03:32He has seven to the wingspan, but he has a 40-inch vertical.
03:36Seven blocks down, by the way, for Bedunga.
03:39Tall enough to defend the post guy.
03:40He's quick enough to defend the guard, and he has really good instincts.
03:46He's a freak.
03:46I feel like I just keep improving, being around this atmosphere of basketball.
03:53Make me grow as a player.
03:56He's just scratching the surface of the player he's going to eventually be.
04:07Catch, shot fake, one dribble to the middle right-hand finish, okay?
04:13Give me a good shot, fake.
04:13Here we go.
04:18We love Flo.
04:19I spent two years recruiting him when he was in high school.
04:23After last season, when Flory went in the portal,
04:26and we're trying to figure out what we want to do,
04:29a lot of people would call him raw
04:33because he doesn't shoot a lot of jump shots.
04:35He doesn't handle the ball a lot.
04:37But he's getting close.
04:41And so I was like, we have to get Flory back
04:44because we knew he could take another jump,
04:47and it was going to be a huge jump.
04:49We did everything we could to get him back,
04:51and it's been great.
04:53Yes, sir. Good.
04:54This year, he's improved offensively.
04:57He's a much better passer.
04:59He's got better feel.
05:00He's more competitive, a better defender.
05:03But now we're going against the big boys,
05:07guys that are all athletic like him,
05:09going against guys that are going to try to be physical,
05:11and now he's got to raise his level even another notch.
05:16He has a chance to do that tomorrow.
05:21Well, the stage is set for another epic battle here in the fog,
05:25and maybe even some Allen Fieldhouse history
05:28here in the 71st season of college basketball's best building.
05:33Never before in 1,001 games here
05:36has KU beaten a number-one-ranked team.
05:40We got the number-one team in the NBA League.
05:43We need to make sure we let them know that's our building.
05:46J-Hawks are going to be down their biggest star tonight.
05:50Darren Peterson dealing with some flu-like symptoms.
05:56We play some games without Darren.
05:59I think that make us stronger.
06:01We need to just play harder than ever.
06:05A rejection by White.
06:07Flinging elbows around.
06:09Krivos turns with a jump hook.
06:10It's good.
06:12Krivos turns, shoots, hits.
06:1429-22 Wildcats.
06:17Here come the J-Hawks.
06:18Council floats, shoots, and hits!
06:22Maybe that gets him going on a night with a doggy bandana
06:27on all the stand seats.
06:29J-Hawks trailing by four.
06:31Get it to Tiller.
06:32He shoots.
06:33Misses.
06:34Rebound kept alive by Flory.
06:36Goes up and knocks it down!
06:38Oh, no!
06:39Once you've cried, you're crazy.
06:41I get, like, pumped up.
06:42I'll just see him, like, people scream.
06:44I was like, whoa.
06:48Maurice, that won't go.
06:50And Badunga pulls it down.
06:51Now Council on the go.
06:53Council.
06:55Rejected by Krivos.
06:56Amazing.
06:56That's amazing.
06:58He is now the frontrunner for Defensive Player of the Year.
07:01Oh!
07:03Oh!
07:03And one!
07:04And this building about to blow the roof off!
07:09It's here.
07:11Badunga inside.
07:13Right top down!
07:14And finally, KU has pulled in front!
07:20I think we kind of felt like we were playing with house money that day.
07:23And when you're playing with house money, you're playing to win, not playing not to lose.
07:30Arizona tries to get a quick two.
07:33Get it in to Bradley.
07:3479-76 Kansas.
07:37Bradley driving on Jackson.
07:38Turns and flings it back to Burry's.
07:41Burry's now picked up by Badunga.
07:43Drives past it.
07:44Goes up.
07:45Rejected!
07:46Swallowed away by Flory!
07:48The best defender in America!
07:51And the Jayhawks will win a number one takedown
07:56for the first time in Allen Fieldhouse history.
08:01It wasn't good.
08:03It was exceptional.
08:05And when you do it without your projected number one pick,
08:08it's one of those moments where you look at the rest of the guys in the room
08:11and you say, okay, let's see what you're made of.
08:14Let's see what you got.
08:16I don't know where our ceiling is.
08:18I know that we're not close to it yet.
08:25I have to say marker.
08:27Hold up higher.
08:27Higher, right about to your face there.
08:29And say marker.
08:31Marker.
08:32Yo, watch.
08:33I would say that I started playing basketball
08:37because obviously I was taller than the other kids.
08:44I grew up in Zaragoza, Spain.
08:48I play a lot of sports, like soccer.
08:52As soon as I hit the post with my head and the top,
08:56that was one of the things that made me stop playing
08:59because I was a goalie.
09:02It was hard to move to Michigan.
09:05The culture from Spain to here is way different.
09:09But what connects me to home is the food.
09:19If I have like an off day
09:21and I wanted to feel closer to my home,
09:23I just make croquetas and a tortilla and patatas.
09:30I'm bad.
09:32When I came here,
09:34I knew Jax was Dominican.
09:37He speaks Spanish.
09:38So I asked him to speak in Spanish
09:41just between him and I.
09:43I try not to, but he always wants to do it, man.
09:46I'm like, all right.
09:47His Spanish is better,
09:48so he makes fun of me on that.
09:50It's just nice to be able to have a bilingual guy on the team.
09:53Someone who can connect with my family.
09:56Every time I speak with someone in Spanish,
09:59that makes me feel that I'm back at Spain.
10:11Do you feel like the NBA is becoming more of a reality
10:16or that hasn't hit you yet?
10:18I don't really pay attention to that.
10:21I read some things.
10:23It's not bad, you know?
10:26But...
10:27The media will, you know,
10:29they'll highlight certain things
10:31and run away with it,
10:32and every point starts to matter,
10:34every missed free throw,
10:35every possession, every turnover,
10:37because the game just becomes so close and tight.
10:48After two years in UCLA,
10:50not getting the opportunity
10:52that I was told that I was going to get,
10:55it was a really easy decision
10:57to come here and just be part of the team.
11:03It was key for me
11:05to be around a really good team
11:07that values the way I play.
11:09And look at the hustle by Amara.
11:12Tough luck it.
11:13We built our defense around him
11:15being able to protect the rim,
11:17to overrun any and every rotation.
11:21And he has a real joy
11:22in doing things to help his teammates.
11:25Amara is 7'3".
11:26You know, when you're up there,
11:27you're in your own world, right?
11:29We can't teach that,
11:30and so the sky could be the limit for him
11:33if he gets in a system
11:34which uses him correctly.
11:36The way the game's being officiated,
11:38they're beating him up,
11:39and so it's tough for him,
11:41every single possession,
11:42just to go through body checks
11:44and elbows.
11:45And because he's 7'3",
11:46he's a guy that's probably going to get fouled.
11:48We'll dump it down to the big fella, Amara,
11:50who gets tugged and fouled hard by Bacar.
11:54That'll send Amara to the line.
11:56He's only a 45% free throw shooter.
12:00He's 0 for 4 tonight,
12:02and he misses again.
12:04He's been struggling
12:05with making his free throws.
12:07If his percentages stayed that low,
12:09we wouldn't go and play him late in games
12:10when we had leads
12:11because teams would just go hack a shack.
12:14Yeah, I'm quite sure
12:15that's one of his New Year's resolutions
12:17is to be able to step up there
12:19and be able to knock down some free throws.
12:23I'm just trying to get better
12:26after practices,
12:28working on my free throws,
12:30working on my game.
12:32I know what I have to do
12:34to win the next game.
12:42Next thing.
12:43Slip it. Nice.
12:45Great slip, Adai.
12:46Great slip.
12:47Great slip, great slip, great slip.
12:49The Nebraska game is going to be
12:51the biggest game we've played so far.
12:53As far as stakes,
12:55they haven't lost yet.
12:56Undefeated in conference.
12:58Tons and tons of hype around their team.
13:01Well-deserved.
13:01Adai, get a hit on this ball screen.
13:03But I think also,
13:04we're still at the top.
13:06We're still one of the best teams.
13:10Yeah, we haven't been playing,
13:11you know, our best,
13:12but we're still right there.
13:14And I think we need a big game,
13:15to be completely honest.
13:17I think that we have a lot of guys
13:18who can rise up to that occasion
13:20and play well at that level.
13:22Play, Shaq! Play, Shaq!
13:23Get that in the game.
13:24Play, Shaq!
13:25Come on, let's pass it out.
13:28I've never been a guy
13:29to care about stats.
13:31It's just like,
13:32these last couple weeks.
13:34My three-point shot
13:35hasn't been falling at all.
13:39I'm going to jump off some.
13:40Nope.
13:41You're going to jump into the basket.
13:42I'm 5-36
13:44in the last three, four games.
13:45Cameron, don't listen to that.
13:47I'm not going to live with a miss.
13:49Well, if you don't make shots tomorrow,
13:51we're going to lose,
13:51so you better use it.
13:52Play defense.
13:53Play defense and make lives.
13:55Let's go, let's go, let's go.
14:02It's 20-0 Nebraska,
14:0419-1 Michigan,
14:05first place in the Big Ten
14:06on the line.
14:10I'm super nervous.
14:12National television,
14:13the first top five matchup
14:15I've ever been a part of.
14:16First time I've ever even
14:17been ranked this high,
14:18so it's just like,
14:20this is crazy.
14:21This is the battle of all battles.
14:25Jacobson and the Huskers
14:26strike first,
14:272-0 Nebraska.
14:28The Huskers seem to do
14:30everything right,
14:31a team where the hole
14:32is greater than the sum of its parts.
14:39I'm talking to myself
14:40in my head,
14:41you know, praying,
14:43hoping I deserve
14:44to be on this court.
14:45Lendeborg open
14:46for three in the lead.
14:47It's in and out.
14:48I want to be effective.
14:49I want to do whatever
14:50I need to do to win.
14:54There can't be any more lapses
14:56of concentration.
14:57Get to the next play.
14:59Yes, get to the next play.
15:03Defense, defense, defense.
15:06He actually was putting
15:07a lot of pressure on himself
15:08with making shots.
15:09I told him he doesn't have
15:11to make shots to impact winning,
15:13and so I wanted him to refocus
15:15on what was important
15:16and what this team needed of him.
15:17Case, another end.
15:19Barrels in.
15:20Missed the lay-in.
15:21Lendeborg jumps for the rebound.
15:23He goes back up.
15:24That one falls down on a rattle,
15:26and the Wolverines cut it to six.
15:28Right corner, three ball.
15:29Cheddar up.
15:30And Cheddar's first bucket tonight,
15:33and it comes in a big spot.
15:35Shot clock at nine.
15:36Jacobson leans in.
15:37Fades over.
15:38Lendeborg an air ball.
15:40Right wing Lendeborg.
15:42Right block.
15:42Pitches left corner.
15:43McKinney shot fake.
15:44Takes left baseline.
15:45He floats.
15:46He got it!
15:47That's in the ring!
15:49McKinney back to Johnson.
15:51Three to shoot.
15:52Lendeborg.
15:53It's short rebound.
15:55Mara!
15:55That's a nice and a foul!
15:57Lendeborg gets out of the air!
16:00And Adai Mara goes up
16:03for pressure free throws.
16:05You can't have any more pressure
16:07than this.
16:08I was nervous because
16:10I knew how big was that free throw.
16:15Definitely, I felt the pressure.
16:17Let's go!
16:19Let's go!
16:20Let's go!
16:20Let's go!
16:20Let's go!
16:20Let's go!
16:22Let's go!
16:23Let's go!
16:24Big one coming out
16:25and make it a two-possession lead.
16:29Now, Nebraska,
16:30the best three-point shooting team
16:31in the mid-10s.
16:3315 seconds left.
16:35Inbound,
16:35right corner leads in.
16:37Three for the top is no good!
16:40Impressive it!
16:41Rallies!
16:42For a huge win
16:43over previously unbeaten Nebraska!
16:4875-72!
16:50What a ball game!
16:57I've been that close.
16:59Out of the way, man.
16:59If I can make a damn shot.
17:05My game performance was an F.
17:08I did all that dang hyping up
17:10and, you know,
17:11hoping and this and that,
17:12and then I just pooped to bed.
17:16I feel like I'm letting my team know.
17:19I've been praying about it every night.
17:22Just asking for a guide us.
17:24And I feel like I'm just lost right now.
17:34The Big 12 race is heating up.
17:36That means KU is right back
17:38in the thick of the league title hunt.
17:40The road test like tonight
17:43must first be won.
17:45The swagger is back
17:46and so is Darren Peterson.
17:48Could this be the big bounce-back game for DP?
17:50Council curls back.
17:52Peterson,
17:52a desperation three.
17:54He buried it!
17:56Darren can take over a game at any time.
17:58He's got 20 already!
18:00And that's why they've been able to build
18:02big leads against really good teams.
18:04Peterson pulls!
18:05And hits!
18:07Three more for Darren Peterson!
18:11Peterson may have asked to come out
18:12after he hit that three,
18:14so we'll see how long he stays out.
18:16But it has been a little bit strange
18:18when he leads the second half of the game
18:20and he doesn't come back in
18:21and you're wondering, like,
18:22what's going on?
18:23Peterson, who had 23 points,
18:25in just 18 minutes played,
18:27but he watched the final 17-22,
18:29which begs the question,
18:30would he have played if it was closer?
18:33I've never seen anything
18:35like the Darren Peterson situation
18:36in all my years covering college basketball.
18:38Darren Peterson is pulling himself from games
18:41and the coach is like,
18:43I thought we were past this.
18:44I thought he was okay.
18:44I thought, nah,
18:46there's something else going on that's showing
18:48that it ain't just hell.
18:49How many cramps can you ask?
18:51And because we have visual evidence
18:53of Darren looking totally fine,
18:54hitting a shot and then asking out,
18:56now it feels like people have turned,
18:58like, okay, he wasn't hurt.
18:59We can accept that something is up here.
19:01Load management is alive and well
19:03in college basketball, fellas.
19:04The people around him
19:06are trying to protect their investment.
19:07I started to question
19:09whether or not you love the damn game.
19:11It's not fair at all to his teammates.
19:14Self has done a good job managing this,
19:15which is, like, an impossible situation,
19:17even for a coach of Self's
19:20Hall of Fame caliber.
19:27I think Darren's situation is sad.
19:34I feel for him.
19:36I love the kid.
19:39The national media has gotten a hold of it
19:42to the point where, you know,
19:44everybody's got an idea
19:45what they think is going on.
19:49How much does family or agent
19:51play a part in all of this?
19:53I think the narrative about Darren's agent
19:55trying to protect something
19:56is 100% false.
19:58It's laughable to us.
19:59The only people that want him out there
20:01as much as Darren in many ways
20:03besides the coaches and his teammates
20:05are his family and his people.
20:07They want him out there.
20:08They want him to kill it.
20:10There's also a business component to it.
20:13But that part hasn't been negative.
20:16If he was paying nothing
20:17or paid twice as much,
20:20he would have the same care level
20:22to doing what he wants to do.
20:24Period.
20:25So I don't get hung up on that.
20:28I've defended the situation
20:31all year long,
20:32but that doesn't impact how people think.
20:35You know what will impact how people think?
20:36When they watch him play
20:38and do it in a competitive
20:41assassin-type way
20:42that he's known for.
20:45He understands that.
20:46He just got to go do it.
20:56What do you think the outside
20:57has wrong about you?
20:59Craziest one?
21:00To me, it's just the one
21:01like not liking basketball.
21:04Because there's...
21:05Like, what are we talking about?
21:07I've seen something that said
21:08I was going to be out of the game
21:10because I had a belly button piercing
21:11or something.
21:12That one was funny.
21:15That was like...
21:16The funny ones like that
21:17I'm cool with,
21:18but the ones like
21:19I'm not playing
21:20because I didn't get my NIL money
21:21or something,
21:23like, it's just...
21:24It's like far from what's going on.
21:27I feel like the only way
21:28I can get people off my back
21:30is to go kill
21:32in the games and stuff,
21:34so...
21:35That's what I'm excited to do.
21:38So KU takes on Houston
21:40Monday night.
21:41This could be
21:43a season-defining moment
21:44for KU,
21:45hosting Houston,
21:46a top-ten team.
21:48How will the physicality,
21:49the style of play
21:50of Houston affect Peterson?
21:52Can he step up
21:53to the challenge?
22:05Good luck, dude.
22:06Bruh.
22:08What time y'all got practice
22:09later on?
22:10You don't never know
22:11your schedule.
22:11No, no, no.
22:12I didn't even answer that question.
22:13We got practice at 315
22:14and then the bus leaves at 530.
22:16We don't practice tonight.
22:18Oh, y'all don't practice tonight?
22:19Nah.
22:20You look awful
22:21in the last game.
22:23You didn't look like
22:24you wanted to be out there
22:26and play the game
22:27as much as you usually do.
22:30You wasn't trying
22:31to go for rebounds.
22:32You wasn't trying
22:32to get deflections.
22:34What made you go back
22:35to letting a guy
22:36and Merez
22:37get all the rebounds, bro?
22:39What I'm worried about
22:40is your mindset.
22:43Yeah, I don't know
22:43what's going on, man.
22:55I don't know.
22:55Yo lo conozco a él.
22:58Cuando él se siente triste,
23:00yo tengo ese sentimiento.
23:04Aunque él me diga
23:05que él está bien,
23:06yo sé que él no está bien.
23:10ahora mismo estamos pasando
23:12por una situación familiar fuerte.
23:16Fue casi finales de verano.
23:20Yo me sentÃa muy mala.
23:23Ese dÃa no pude dormir.
23:26Y al otro dÃa fui al doctor
23:29y allá me dijeron
23:31esa mala noticia.
23:34Yo estoy diagnosticada
23:37con cáncer de apéndix
23:40etapa 4.
23:42Ya hizo metástasis.
23:48A Yaxel yo no se lo querÃa decir
23:51porque le estaba jugando
23:54y yo no querÃa
23:55que eso le afectara.
23:58She wasn't telling me anything.
23:59You know,
23:59she would just say like,
24:00oh, she was at the hospital,
24:02like something about
24:02like a flu
24:03or something like that.
24:06And when she finally called me,
24:07I was on my way back
24:08from the gym.
24:10She ended up telling me
24:11she has cancer.
24:13And I immediately
24:14just broke down, man.
24:16Like,
24:17I couldn't say nothing.
24:19I remember throwing my phone
24:22and then I just sat there crying.
24:26She was crying.
24:27She was trying to talk to me.
24:29I couldn't hear it, man.
24:30I was broken.
24:32I was torn.
24:34You'd think your whole world
24:34is just coming to an end
24:36because my mom is everything.
24:48A veces no me puedo parar de la cama.
24:50Me siento muy débil.
24:52Pero yo sé que
24:53me va a ayudar a salir de esto.
24:58Yo siempre he dicho,
25:00ya tú eres grande,
25:01tú eres un hombre,
25:01tú tienes que ser fuerte.
25:05Yo viendo mis hijos
25:06que están bien,
25:07que están sanos,
25:08pues yo ya me siento happy por eso.
25:14It is super tough
25:15being far away
25:16and having her struggle,
25:17you know,
25:17and I can't be there to help.
25:20Only way I can help
25:20is financially,
25:21and it's like,
25:21that's not much.
25:24I'm gonna do whatever I can
25:25to make her proud
25:26no matter how much it hurts
25:27or how much, you know,
25:29pain I go through
25:30physically, emotionally,
25:31you know.
25:33The bigger I get,
25:34the bigger we all get,
25:35you know.
25:36The better I get,
25:37the better we all live,
25:38and I just wanna
25:40just be the best son
25:41I can be,
25:42you know,
25:42because she was
25:42the best mom she could be.
25:59Kansas.
26:00Tomorrow they welcome Houston.
26:01That's gonna be
26:02an all-out war.
26:03It'll be a great atmosphere,
26:05I know that.
26:05It always is at Kansas,
26:07all right?
26:08Let's play as hard as we can.
26:09The Houston defense,
26:11they could arguably
26:11be the best defense
26:12in the country right now,
26:13and this Kansas offense
26:14is kind of middling.
26:16Get it, Harmon.
26:16Let's go.
26:17One of the ways
26:18you can beat Houston
26:19is if you have guys
26:20that can make shots
26:21off the bounce.
26:22Darren Peterson
26:23can make shots
26:23off the bounce.
26:24The noise and chatter,
26:26everyone is talking
26:27about this dude.
26:28I'm sure Phil Self
26:29knows what buttons
26:30to push.
26:30Hey, hey,
26:31it's the best we look
26:32in a month.
26:33And if you just get him
26:34for a full, healthy,
26:35locked-in game,
26:36I think we could be in
26:37for something special here.
26:39All right, great attitude.
26:40Let's go.
26:41Family on three.
26:41One, two, three.
26:42Family!
26:49Hey, this is Strike right here.
26:52I caught it.
26:52Strike.
26:53Strike boys.
26:54Strike boys.
26:55Wait, hold on.
26:56Strike boys.
26:58Strike boys, baby.
26:59I caught it.
27:00I caught it, baby.
27:02I caught it.
27:02We've been in a situation
27:03with DP.
27:05The media,
27:06it's their opinion.
27:07We can't stop
27:07when nobody say
27:09it's life.
27:10But if I get a strike,
27:11you gotta do 10 money hops.
27:11Yes, I will.
27:12And you gotta start barking.
27:13Okay.
27:15Money hops.
27:16Money hops.
27:16He's gonna gut it right now.
27:18Cross!
27:19Oh, oh, oh.
27:21Wait, no, double nothing.
27:22That's like,
27:23if he doesn't get a strike
27:24right now,
27:25then that's double.
27:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:26The team has been working,
27:28improving day by day
27:29because I have a great
27:31opponent coming up
27:32in Houston.
27:35Oh!
27:36Great team.
27:37Great matchup.
27:37We're excited to show
27:38what we can do.
27:40Thank you, sir.
27:41I appreciate it.
27:43It's an explosion.
27:45I feel like
27:46that's what we signed up for.
27:47Whoa!
27:49I'll fail with you, sir.
27:50I'm with Darren.
27:51Personally,
27:52I haven't been
27:53destroyed by anything.
27:54We can't control the staff.
27:56Just go with it,
27:57run with it.
27:59Everybody on the team
27:59is like, he's back.
28:01Yeah, I'm not good.
28:03I didn't want to.
28:05Darren,
28:06I keep telling him,
28:07don't listen to the credits.
28:08Like, we all know
28:09what you're going through.
28:10We got you.
28:11I messed that up.
28:12I messed that up.
28:12I messed that up.
28:13We're all buying in right now.
28:15All of us.
28:18All the way up.
28:24Really good.
28:27Again.
28:28You're leaving those ones
28:29on the board.
28:29That's just got to be higher.
28:31Clean cross.
28:32Move the ball.
28:35Phenomenal.
28:36Good.
28:37A little bit higher.
28:39Dribble that thing.
28:40Dribble it.
28:42Pick up.
28:43Together.
28:44Perfect.
28:44Way better than last night.
28:46Really good.
28:46Come on.
28:50What will need you further?
28:52About load up.
28:53Oh.
28:55You've done a good job of,
28:57like, all this noise,
28:58all this BS,
28:59every,
28:59I'm on the treadmill
29:00and Stephen A's talking about,
29:02like,
29:02what you've done, though,
29:04is now you're figuring it out.
29:06Gotta get tougher,
29:07gotta play harder.
29:08Mm-hmm.
29:09Got to.
29:10Not, I mean,
29:11I know you're fatigued,
29:12it's different for you
29:12and you can't control
29:13some of that stuff
29:14with your health,
29:14with your body,
29:15your cramps,
29:15but still,
29:16make yourself get in shape.
29:18Like I've been telling you too,
29:19like, get so tired,
29:20you have to what?
29:21Ask for a sub.
29:22Ask for a sub.
29:23But shoot,
29:24you do that now,
29:25you'll be on ESPN,
29:26everyone will be talking about it.
29:27You can't ask for a sub if you're dying.
29:29Facts.
29:30Duffy.
29:33Tonight, KU hosts another
29:35top five team.
29:37Ah!
29:39Houston.
29:41The team that's one of the best
29:42in the country defensively,
29:43how will the Hawks attack here tonight?
29:47Kingston Fleming.
29:49It's passed,
29:50and they find Khalifa Sacco.
29:52Houston with the early lead,
29:5411-3.
29:56They're going to see him tough.
29:58Start off with, you know.
30:00Peterson is sharp on him.
30:02Nice.
30:02A little hesitation.
30:03Peterson, no point.
30:05Put back.
30:06Whoa!
30:07He's in.
30:08And he wanted a foul right there.
30:10I don't think he was right.
30:11Actually, he's winning.
30:13But he's got to play through it.
30:14Got to play through it.
30:16From a toughness standpoint,
30:18we need to learn how to play
30:20against the type of team
30:21that Houston is.
30:23Peterson back in there.
30:25And a hawk away.
30:27Got that little bandage in his nose
30:29from that driver.
30:29I said he was bleeding.
30:31Peterson at the basket.
30:33Swires here.
30:34And hits.
30:37To be able to take the pressure
30:39from what the rest of the world
30:40is putting on him
30:41and still go out there and kill him,
30:43that's the type of energy
30:44I need next to me.
30:46Wow!
30:47To be able to take the way.
30:48Trey White.
30:50See what?
30:52Kansas making a push.
30:54White will drop.
31:0019 for Trey White.
31:03Kansas knockoff number five,
31:06Houston, here tonight.
31:09I was thinking about
31:10Derrick Peterson
31:11hoping that he would
31:12come out and play minutes,
31:14right?
31:15It's all been through.
31:17The fact that he played minutes
31:18is a good sign for this team.
31:22Hey, guys.
31:23Great, great team win.
31:25He was unbelievable tonight.
31:27Yeah, Trent.
31:28I can't believe it.
31:29Yeah, Trent.
31:30This dude has been through
31:32more than anybody.
31:33All right?
31:34But he's a man
31:35and he can handle it.
31:36I'm proud of you.
31:37We're getting back.
31:38This is a good one.
31:38Good job.
31:55I'm a mom, man.
31:56You know, she's going through cancer.
31:59She's battling.
32:01She's not working anymore,
32:02you know,
32:02which is something
32:03that she loves to do.
32:06But, man,
32:07she's just going through life
32:09day by day, man.
32:09Just trying to stay composed,
32:11stay happy.
32:14Hello?
32:16Yes.
32:17Hi.
32:19Yeah, hola.
32:20So, yes,
32:21we're checking how you're doing.
32:23And how are you doing today?
32:25Here too.
32:28Yep.
32:29Yeah.
32:30Yeah.
32:34Yeah,
32:35more or menos,
32:35you know?
32:37I'm going to practice a little bit,
32:38so I'm going to go there.
32:40And it's okay.
32:42Practice hard,
32:42you know,
32:43I love you.
32:44Yeah, I love you too.
32:47And always be strong.
32:49I'm going to go ahead.
32:50Yes.
32:50I'm going to go ahead.
32:53I love you too,
32:54you know.
32:55I love you too.
32:55I love you too.
32:56Bye.
32:57Bye.
33:01We talk a lot about basketball being a roller coaster.
33:04I never really felt how much a roller coaster really is until this year.
33:11Michigan,
33:13a big time blowout over Penn State.
33:17I really leaned into my people.
33:19The fact that I was actually letting it get to me was making it even worse for me and frustrating
33:24me.
33:25Like, I don't want to be that guy.
33:27Michigan comes in here and goes wire to wire.
33:3182-61.
33:33This team's getting better.
33:35I love Yaxl.
33:37I'm just going to try to take it one game at a time and continue to go back to playing
33:41like
33:41how I used to.
33:42Yaxl's game has gone to a different level.
33:44He's starting to show that leadership right now.
33:48Lendeborg.
33:49At one point, I finally just switched.
33:5386-56.
33:54Yaxl Lendeborg is starting to play some of his best basketball of the season.
34:01From the Michigan War of the Week.
34:0391-80.
34:04Michigan, number one and looking every bit apart on the road.
34:08I'm sure they're hoping they're going to win it all, but a lot of work to do until you
34:12get to that point.
34:14Michigan and Duke, they have a big matchup coming up.
34:16When you get an out-of-conference, neutral-site matchup, that is going to have an NCAA tournament-style
34:31I have Yaxl.
34:34I have Yxembi.
34:36Yikari.
34:37And Yisiel.
34:39Here, the women predominantly.
34:43Let's prepare them, Paco.
34:47She's playing now.
34:50She's playing now.
34:51But I think the little girl is going to be a good player.
34:58I'm not going to say better.
35:00I'm not going to say better.
35:02No, I am better.
35:03Yes.
35:04Yes.
35:04They defend a lot, but they don't throw a lot.
35:07Yes, they have a good defense.
35:09There are rebotes, blockages.
35:11Who's the better defensive player here?
35:13Me.
35:14Oh.
35:16It's difficult to decide.
35:18But I like that everyone play.
35:20They can ...
35:22It's important.
35:23Don't get the lucky.
35:25We're a small family.
35:27Yeah.
35:27Yes.
35:28for my family, for this house.
35:31Bless each food that you provide us, Lord.
35:35Take care of us, take care of my family,
35:37take care of my son, Lord, who is far from us,
35:41but present here in our hearts, Lord,
35:43I ask you in your name, in your name, thank you.
35:45Amen.
35:46Amen.
35:54I know I'm nervous.
35:56I'm nervous too.
35:58I'm nervous too.
35:59But I know that Michigan will win.
36:02Let's go to Michigan.
36:03Duke will go to you.
36:05Very good.
36:07We are number one, and they are number three.
36:11I think Duke's game will be a great game for them.
36:16And in the name of God, he will play well.
36:20They know what we're going to do.
36:21He's going to take one step to you to try to confuse you.
36:25Because it's a lot of pressure.
36:27It's a lot of pressure for him as a player, for the team.
36:40It's a lot of pressure for him, and it's a lot of pressure.
36:54When he's playing at the gym, he's playing at the gym.
36:57He's playing at the gym.
36:57He's playing at the gym.
37:00And he's playing at the gym.
37:01como el de Duke, voy para allá.
37:32Seleccion Sunday.
37:33Yes!
37:36C-Cell, you see her there in the stands.
37:38She just finished up a round of chemotherapy,
37:41so she was able to make it today.
37:43The verdad soy la mamá más orgullosa del mundo.
37:47Porque él está haciendo lo que alguna vez soñamos.
37:50It's number one and number three.
37:53And here we go.
37:56That's it!
37:58Fouled, and the half Sebastian!
38:04What a play by Robbie Gale Jr.,
38:07the transfer from Ohio State.
38:09Lendebord comes down with it and finishes.
38:14Boozer lobbing over to his brother,
38:17and Cam Boozer banks and scores.
38:19He went right into the body of Mara
38:21that takes away his shot-blocking ability.
38:23And a final run to the Blue Devil.
38:26Mismatch inside.
38:28Lendebord scores again.
38:31Bam Boozer.
38:32Stimming into the tank.
38:34Picks it to Foster.
38:35Double it!
38:36What a play by Cameron Boozer.
38:39He has to figure out a way to get a dime Mara
38:42away from the basket.
38:43Leaves it right into his chest,
38:45and a foul is called.
38:47And Mara just picked up his second.
38:50So that could be it for Mara for the rest of the half.
38:54You know, he gets a foul trouble.
38:55He's just, you know, cursing at himself in Spanish.
38:57And I'm like, bro, you're good.
38:58Like, you know, we got you.
38:59It doesn't matter.
39:00Lendebord's open.
39:03Gets the three.
39:06A no-look pass to a win.
39:10Lendebord's got 15 of their 24.
39:21And it'll be Jig taking a two-point read
39:24at the end of the brink.
39:28What a matchup.
39:29Boozer to Lendebord.
39:33Boozer drives into a crowd.
39:34Lendebord got knocked down.
39:36Boozer a miss.
39:37A many-yard rebound.
39:40They are in a fistfight tonight
39:42with Duke, and right now Duke is running.
39:45But guys, they're kicking our ass
39:46every loose ball and every rebound.
39:49100% of them.
39:51That ball got a blast.
39:52That ball got a blast.
39:54And we're like, look at that.
39:54Somebody go get the ball and smack it up.
39:57It's like something.
39:58We can't lose every loose ball.
39:59We got it right now.
40:06Edes puts it on again.
40:09Somehow got it to Brown, and he got blocked.
40:12Big possession here for Michigan.
40:15But Michigan has got to find a way
40:17to move this defense.
40:19Mario to walk offensively.
40:21To go.
40:22Brandon Borg again.
40:28And they are back within one.
40:33No one loving it more than Ma.
40:36It looks like we are going right down to the wire.
40:40Boozer driving.
40:43What?
40:44But it's a goal-tending call.
40:46And it's a five-point lead for Duke.
40:50Michigan needs a quick score.
40:53Burnett.
40:55Misses the three.
40:56Tipped nice.
40:57Sons got it.
40:59And Duke did it.
41:17The Duke Blue Devils beat the number one team in the nation.
41:22I think there's a very good cast, man.
41:24And we see both these teams at Indianapolis at the Final Four.
41:30First of all, we got each other's backs.
41:32No one used this as a learning experience.
41:34We have four games remaining.
41:35All four of them are for a Big Ten championship.
41:37Let's make sure we stay together.
41:39Let's make sure you guys are all about each other.
41:41You trust us.
41:42We trust you.
41:43Let's make sure we turn this into the right thing.
41:45A lot went wrong.
41:46But once again, we've got to figure out ways
41:47if that happens again to win the game regardless.
41:50I do think we competed at a high level.
41:51And you can lay your head out at night if you compete.
41:54Stay poised.
41:54Stay connected, fellas.
41:55Yep.
41:56Good talk, man.
41:57Family on three.
41:58One, two, three.
41:58Family.
42:05Bruh.
42:06Yeah.
42:19We all know that we're capable of doing a lot.
42:22Just want to stick together and lock everything else out.
42:24We know how good we are.
42:25We know how good we can be.
42:27We do have a big challenge ahead.
42:29And I want Mom to be there.
42:32And I feel like we can bring the Natty home.
42:34That would be the best gift I can give her for now.
42:46What'd you get?
42:47Nashville hot?
42:49Are you sure you can have that?
42:50Yeah, I'm going to stay in the time.
42:51Can I get iced tea?
42:53Yeah.
42:53With the lemon?
42:54Does anybody else want anything to drink?
42:56In that bag.
42:56You already got lemonade?
42:59Is there anything that you guys think need to happen to give us the best chance to be
43:05our best here the last month?
43:07It's like when you play fast.
43:10But it takes a commitment to play faster.
43:13It can't just be one guy pushing and playing fast.
43:16It's got to be the bigs running, the wings running, and everybody running.
43:19What we got to do for us to go where we want to go is we got to be 100
43:23% at least aligned
43:25on what we think wins.
43:28I think that the hardest thing for anybody here is Darren.
43:32Darren hasn't been able to play like he's capable of playing and it's got to be so frustrating
43:36to him and everything else going on.
43:39But the bottom line is he's got to understand from this point forward, hey, I am going to
43:46do it.
43:47And all you got to do is put it together for three weeks or four weeks.
43:52But we got to help you.
43:53We got to do more to help you.
43:55Do you guys agree with me on that?
43:56Yeah.
43:58Let me ask you something.
43:59And I'm being serious here.
44:00Y'all jealous of him?
44:02I don't know.
44:03Are y'all jealous of him?
44:04I don't know.
44:05He got it.
44:06No, that's what I'm saying.
44:07That's what I'm saying.
44:07You guys want him to score and do well, don't you?
44:10Yeah.
44:12It makes the game easier for everybody else.
44:13You got to be aggressive.
44:15I mean, they're telling you.
44:17And in turn, when you help yourself, it helps everybody else.
44:20I think it's been a fun year.
44:23And the worst thing about a season coming to an end is for certain individuals, it's
44:31over for good.
44:34Trey, it's over for good.
44:38Darren, it's over for good.
44:40Mel, it's over for good, depending on what you other cats do.
44:43Bryson or Chloe with the draft.
44:45It could be.
44:46So if you guys are enjoying it, don't you want to last as long as possible?
44:55We've been on a roller coaster.
44:58That's why coming into the last month, there's new optimism.
45:03But there's also nervousness.
45:06Which Kansas team's gonna show up?
45:13The end of a dominant regular season.
45:18Arch madness is exhilarating in every sense of what that word means.
45:25The season lasts a long time, but the ending can be abrupt.
45:29If you have one off night, it's over.
45:32Michigan Wolverines are the third overall number one seed.
45:36And that LJ Cason injury is really gonna hurt them.
45:42Kansas extending its record.
45:4436 consecutive appearances.
45:46Three wins over top five teams this year.
45:49Been doing it a long time.
45:50Life in the fast lane a long time.
45:52Council accelerates.
45:54Oh, what a bye!
45:55I've had a pretty good run.
45:56Who knows?
45:58What a block!
45:59The story is unfinished.
46:01Step back three!
46:03One.
46:32The story is unfinished.
46:32From a identity perspective.
46:32They don't like me!
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