Mark Durrant talks BYU's Win over West Virginia
♪ ♪ ♪ TRANSITION TRIPLE! NOAH! HALL WILL HEAD FAKE T STEP BACK 3. IS THIS DAGGER? YES. IT IS. DALLIN HALL FOR 3! AND DALLIN HALL WITH A GAME FOR THE AGES. >>Spencer: COULDN’T AGREE MORE. GREG WRUBELL AND DRAFN MARK DURRANT ON THE CALL THERE. LIVE IN STUDIO B WITH YOUR DAY-BY-DAY, BYU SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY IN STUDIO B. I’M SPENCER LINTON. ALONGSIDE JAROM JORDAN. LET’S BRING OF ONE OF THE THOSE TWO MEN YOU JUST HEARD ON THAT RADIO CALL. HE IS ANALYST, MARK DURRANT. ONE OF OUR FAVORITES ON BYUSN. WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. I’M JUST
GLAD YOU MADE IT BACK FROM MORGANTOWN. ABLE TO GET OUT OF HOARD BYU BEGANS TO EXCITED TO MEET YOU. BYU FANS. >>Mark: IT’S TOUGH WHEREVER I GO. YOU GO GUYS WOULDN’T KNOW ABOUT THAT. BUT I’M PRETTY POPULAR. BUT NO, ACTUALLY FANS GREAT WHEREVER WE GO AS YOU GREAT REPS PICTURE YOU SHOW, 45 MINUTES AFTER THE GAME WAS OVER, I MEAN, IT WAS CRAZY. AND THEY COME OUT AND PLAYERS ARE GREAT WITH THEM. AND A LOT OF SUPPORT. SO EVEN IN THE MO MORGANTOWN WET VIRGINIA. GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR COUGAR BASKETBALL. >>Jarom: SHOUT-OUT TO
MY TO MY FRIEND MAN DIE TIE WENT TO THE GAME. MANTAI WENT TO THE GAME. WEST VIRGINIA STUDENT SECTION PICKS RANDOM OPPONENTS PLAYER TO BOO. IT WAS DALLIN HALL EVERY
LOVE THE BIG 12. I MEAN, THESE ARE MY PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, TECH, YOU GOT 15,000 PEOPLE SHOOTING GUNS ASTON YOU WITH THEIR FINGERS. I DON’T KNOW. IN CALIFORNIA, YOU G GET A ARRESTED FOR THAT. WE’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. >>Jarom: BRIGHAM YOUNG WAS RIGHT. >>Spencer: MARK DURRANT SURVIVED AND IS BACK. WITH US IN THE STATE OF UTAH. AFTER BYU IMPRESSIVE ROAD WIN AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA. YOU CAN TAKE ANY NUMBER OF ANGLE YOU WANT WHEN YOU’RE DISCUSSING WHAT BYU DID WELL HERE, MARK, JAROM DOCUMENTED WHAT FOUSS DID SO WELL. I THINK DALLIN HALL LARGE PART BEEN
THE MVP OF THIS TEAM. BOBOTHOF THOSE GUYS PLAYED WELL. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT WHY BYU WAS ABLE TO WIN SO CONVINCINGLY? >>Mark: WELL, I MEAN, FOR ME, THAT GAME LOOK BACK ON IT, YOU KNOW, TEN OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WILL BE THE FOUSSEYNI TRAORE GAME. I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS MAGNIFICENT. NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HOW WELL HE PLAYED TERRIFIC, BUT FACT THAT BYU REALLY NEEDED IT. WITH ALY KHALIFA I CAN BEING SICK AND NOT ON THE TRIP. I’M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS TEAM AND SITUATIONS AND THERE’S BEEN MANY WHERE THEY’VE NEEDED GUYS
TO STEP UP AND PLAY WITH GUYS INJURED. WHETHER IT’S SPENCER JOHNSON, WITH IOWA STATE, OR FOUSSEYNI HERE, I MEAN, IT’S REALLY IMPRESSIVE WHAT THEY GUYS HAVE RALLIED AND STEPPED UP AND THE GUYS THAT HAVE TO PLAY REALLY WELL, PLAYED REALLY WELL. FOUSS WAS JUST REMARKABLE. NOT ONLY WAS HE REALLY GOOD, BUT HE WAS DOING IT AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST CENTERS AROUND. AND EDWARDS AND HE’S SO LONG GEDA BIG AND TALENTED AN FOR FOUSS TO DO THAT AGAINST HIM, WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE. THEN OF COURSE DALLIN WAS TERRIFIC. BUT EVERYBODY KIND OF STEPPED UP AND MADE
A BIG SHOT. RICHIE SAUNDERS WAS GREAT WITH THAT B BANK SHOT MADE BIG PLAYS. JAXSON HIT A COUPLE THREES LAY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE GUYS STEP UP AND MAKE BIG SHOTS IN ORDER TO WIN ON THE ROAD. THEY DID IT. FOUND A WAY TO DO IT. SUPPERESUPKA YOUSUPER FUN TOO W. >>Jarom: CONTINUE EA TEAM CONTINUES TOSS GROW. TOUGHER, THE BETTER WITH SIGNIFICANT INJURIES AND MADELENE ENNIS. NOAH WATERMAN WAS INJURIES. NOAH WATERMAN WASN’T HAD HIMSELF TRIED TO GET THROUGH IT. DIDN’T CONTRIBUTE POINTS AN REBOUNDS. BYU OVERCAME. HOW IS THIS TEAM GROWING AND WHERE ARE YOU SEE
IT THE MOST SO FAR. >>Mark: I AGREE WITH THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE MOST ABOUT THERE TEAM. IS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER. AND LEARNING AS THEY GO THROUGH THE BIG 12. IT’S A LEARNING PROCESS. THAT LEVEL OF COMPETITION IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS YOU HAVE TO ALMOST LEARN HOW TO WIN AND THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME STRUGGLES ON THE AT BAYLOR. TECH. ONE THING I REALLY LIKE IS IN EVERY GAME, THEY’VE COME OUT AND STARTED WELL. AND FOR ME, THAT’S THE REAL CHALLENGE. ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD. COME OUT AND START WELL. THEY’VE HAD
THEIR TROUBLES FINISHING AFINISHING AT TIMES SE FIGURING THAT OUT AS WELL. AT HOME TEXAS MADE A RUN AT THEM AND THEY ANSWERED. HERE, AT WEST VIRGINIA, THEY CERTAINLY MADE A BIG RUN AND IT WAS NERVE-WRACKING BUT THEY ANSWERED IT. AND SO I THINK THEY’RE LEARNING WHAT IT TAKES AND EXTRA LEVEL OF EFFORT AND GUYS HAVE TO STEP UP AND MAKE BIG PLAYS. AND KEEP YOUR CALM OF TOUGH SITUATIONS. AND I THINK THEY’RE LEARNING THAT. SO I THINK THEY ARE MAKE PROGRESS WHICH GIVES ME A LOT OF HOPE. FOR FUTURE GAMES WHETHER HOME OR ON THE
ROAD. YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER. TEAMS ARE GETTING BETTER. WEST VIRGINIA IS A TEAM THAT WAS GETTING BETTER. THEY ARE HEALTHY. PLAYING WELL. AND SO YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER. AND BYU WAS ABLE TO MATCH EVERYTHING THAT WEST VIRGINIA THREW AT THEM AND GOT A WINNER REALLY IMPRESSIVE GOT A WIN. >>Spencer: MARK DURRANT ON BYU SPORTS NATION. IF BYU BASKETBALL WERE A CAR, I’M A CAR GUY, DALLIN HALL FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE MAKES EVERYTHING GO. A LOT OF IMPORTANT PARTS IN A CAR. BUT TO ME, ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, JUST WITH HIS ABILITY TO GET
GUYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AND CONSISTENTLY MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY, IN THE RIGHT READ, HE IS SO INTEGRAL. HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE WHAT DALLIN HALL MEANS TO THIS BYU MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM RIGHT NOW? >>Mark: I LOVE DALLIN HALL. I MEAN, IT’S PRETTY REMARKABLE WHAT HE’S DOING AND HE TAKES A BEATING. JUST WANT TO WATCH HIM, ONE GAME, AND JUST SEE WHAT HE DOES, AND TEAMS REALLY ARE PHYSICAL WITH HIM, HE’S GOT TO BRING THE BALL UP AGAINST PRESSURE OFTEN. PLAYING 35, 36 MINUTES. AND TO HAVE A KID THAT IS MENTALLY IF YOU TOUGH TO DO
THAD PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, BIG, STRONG, KID, AND YOU JUST REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE. NOW, YOU KNOW, HE’LL GO A LITTLE BIT WHERE YOU THINK, WE, HE’S NOT DOING MUCH. SCORING WISE. LET’S SAY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATS SHEET, GOT SIX ASSISTS OR FOUR REBOUNDS, I MHE’SALWAYS HELPING THE TEAM EVN WHEN HE’S NOT SCORING. AND ALSO A GUY LIKE IN THAT WEST VIRGINIA GAME, AND OTHER GAMES, I THINK HE PLAYS HIS BEST LATE AND HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE HIS OWN SHOT LATE. WHEN IT’S VERY CAN I HAVE TO DIO THAT. THE ABILITY TO DRAW CONTACT
AND GET TO THE FREETHROW LINE. BUT YEAH, HE’S OBVIOUSLY TERRIFIC PASSER WITH THOSE ASSISTS. THE OTHER NIGHT AND MAKES EVERYBODY BETTER. THE OTHER THING HE’S ABLE TO DO OFF THE DRIBBLE IS GET IN THE PAINT WITH THE BALL. NOT NECESSARILY SHOOT IT THERE. BUT GET IN THE PAINT WITH THE BALL. AND THAT COLLAPSES DEFENSE. A LOT OF HIS ASSISTS COME WHEN HE’S UNDERNEATH THE BASKET. KICKING IT TIE 3 TO A 3-POINT SHOOTER. REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS TEAM. OFFENSIVE NUMBERS WON’T SCREAM AT YOU. ASSIST NUMBERS PRETTY DARN GOOD. JUST ONE TURNOVER IN THAT GAME AGAINST WEST
VIRGINIA. REMARKABLE PUNISHMENT HE TAKES IN THE PRESSURE HE FACES ONLY HAVE ONE TURNOVER WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT ASSISTS IS TERRIFIC. >>Spencer:S’ SOPHOMORE. >> NOT LIKE SUPER VETERAN GUY. BECOMING THAT. AS BYU FIRST POINT GUARD IN THE BIG 12. ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT. BUT HE COULD BE A 3-AND-A-HALF YEAR STARTER HERE ALL-TIMER AT BYU. WE SHALL SEE. 10 GAMES LEFT FOR BYU IN THE BIG 12. LOOKING BIG PICTURE. CERTAINLY FAVORABLE IN THAT YOU DON’T PLAY HOUSTON AGAIN. NOT GOING TO PLAY TEXAS TECH AGAIN. PLAYING KANSAS ONCE TOTAL. PLAYING IOWA STATE AND TCU. BUT YOU HAVE WINNABLE GAMES
HERE IN THE FINAL 10. WHAT IS BYU CAPABLE OF IN THE FINAL STRETCH HERE? >>Mark: SO HARD TO PREDICT. IN THIS LEAGUE. I MEAN, CERTAINLY DOES BODE WELL FOR BYU. THEY KIND OF GOT THEIR TOUGH PART OF THIS SCHEDULE EARLY AND NOW, SEEMS MORE MANAGEABLE. BUT AS WE KNOW, I MEAN, ASK KANSAS WHO WENT TO WEST VIRGINIA AND UCF AND LOST THOSE GAMES, OR I MEAN, ASK OKLAHOMA WHO HAD TEXAS AT HOME AND GOT DRILLED BY TEXAS, I MEAN, EVERY GAME, EVERY GAME NIGHT, I JUST LOOK AT THE SCORES I’M LIKE, WOW, THAT’S SURPRISES ME.
BUT WITH THAT SAID I THINK ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD FOR BYU. IF THEY CAN GET HEALTHIER AND CONTINUE TO PLAY WELL. I THINK YOU’RE LOOKING AT PLUS 500 CONFERENCE SEASON. AND THEN YOU’RE LOOKING ATTAR NICE SEED IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. IF YOU CAN DO THAT. AND MY FONDEST DREAM I GO IN BED AT NIGHT BOYS AND I DREAM ABOUT JUST HAVING BYU AS A FOUR OR FIVE SEED IN SALT LAKE CITY. AND I MEAN, THAT WOULD JUST BE SO GREAT. AND I THINK COULD BE A GREAT SPRINGBOARD FOR SOME COOL THINGS. PUTTING C THE DART A
CARTER AHEF THE HORSE. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE O WORKING FOR. CART HEAD OF THE HORSE. DON’T WANT TO BE BOTTOM. CONFERENCE AND FIGHTING. PUT THEMSELVES IN A GREAT SPOT. GETTING BETTER. PERFORMED WELL. TWO ROAD WINS WHICH IS AMAZING. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO GOTTEN EITHER INCINCINNATI OR HOUSTON AT HOME WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE. BUT THEY’RE JUST RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. DEEP EA KEEP PLAYING WELL. GET HEALTHY. REALLY GREAT THINGS AWAIT. >>Spencer: BYU CURRENTLY 7TH IN THE BIG 12 STANDINGS. IT’S A LOG JAM REALLY FROM ONE TO ABOUT 12. >>Jarom: WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. >>Spencer:
BUT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ABOVE 500 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BIG 12 PLAY. IF THEY CAN WIN A TOUGH GAME AT OKLAHOMA NO N IN NORM TOMORR. WHAT TYPE OF — IN NORMAN TOMORROWMENT WHAT TYPE OF BYU TEAM DO YOU EXPECT O SHOW UP ON TUESDAY? AFTER TOUGH ROAD TRIP. COME HOME A LONG WAY, DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME TO PREPARE. ACTUALLY WENT STRAIGHT TO NORMAN. JUST TO AVOID THAT. SO LIKE WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM BYU WHEN THEY SHOW UP TOMORROW AGAINST SOONERS TEAM THAT IS TEAMTHAT REALING A BEATG TO BE MOTIVATED?
>>Mark: FOR ME TWO GAMES ROAD SWEEP, GET ONE, SECOND ONE IS GRAVY. AND SO I HOPE THERE’S A LITTLE LESS PRESSURE BUT OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN VERY GOOD AT TIMES. AND I’VE HAD SOME STINKERS. SO I THINK BYU WILL CERTAINLY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE BASKETBALL. LIKE THEY DID AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA. AND PROBABLY SHOOT THE 3 ‘A LITTLE BIT BETTER AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA. OKLAHOMA BETTER TEAM. BUT I THINK THEY’RE CONFIDENT. I THINK THEY’RE PLAYING WELL. LEARNING. AND HOPEFULLY, THEY CAN GO IN. IF YOU CAN GET 3 ROAD WINS AT THIS POINT IN THE CONFERENCE SEASON,
YOU REALLY DONE SOMETHING. AND SO THAT IS EXCITING PROCESS. PROSPECT. BUT WE’LL SEE. OBVIOUSLY OKLAHOMA IS VERY GOOD. AND PLAYING THERE I MEAN, THAT IS VERY TOUGH. BUT FROM WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TELLING ME, IT’S A SHOW-IN VICTORY FOR BYU, AVENGING ALL OF THEIR FOOTBALL LOSSES. >>Spencer: EXACTLY. >>Mark: SOUNDS LIKE WE DON’T EVEN HAVE TO SHOW UP. ASTON I WIN. CHALK IT UP IN THE W COLUMN. >>Jarom: WE HOPE. >>Spencer: WISH IT WERE THAT EASY. >>Jarom: SO FAR, IT’S ON. IT’S BEEN GAME FOR GAME. >>Spencer: CONTINUE THE FOOTBALL REVENGE TOUR. THANK YOU MEN’S BASKETBALL. MARK
THANK YOU. FOR JOIN US ON A MONDAY. RECAP NICE WIN AT WEST VIRGINIA. HAVE A GREAT CALL AGAINST THE SOONERS. >>Mark: LOVE YOU GUYS. SEE YOU SATURDAY. >>Spencer: SOUNDS GOOD. MARK DURRANT WITH US ON BYU SPORTS NATION. BYU BASKETBALL RAD
