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Julian Larry sets career-highs in win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: I wanted to get to some Texas basketball talk real
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  Speaker 1: quick before ending up ending this hour. Texas back in
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  Speaker 1: action tomorrow night against New Orleans University of New Orleans
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  Speaker 1: after their win on Sunday beating Arkansas Pine Bluff one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and twenty one to fifty seven. You know, Pine
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  Speaker 1: and Bluff. You know, not to take anything away from
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  Speaker 1: Texas m Kin Palm's rankings, which is not the end
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  Speaker 1: all be all.
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  Speaker 2: You know, ranks all three hundred.
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  Speaker 1: And sixty four teams Pine Bluff three sixty two, And
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  Speaker 1: there was some moments in that game where it was
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  Speaker 1: pretty tough. But the good news is Texas and out
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  Speaker 1: looked bad against them and looked really good, especially with
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  Speaker 1: jew and Larry, the transfer point guard from Indiana State
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  Speaker 1: who played at Frisco lone star and more to come
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  Speaker 1: on that. But in the game against Arkansas Pine Bluff
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  Speaker 1: a career high thirteen assists just two turnovers. And asked
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  Speaker 1: his question earlier in the show, who was the last
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  Speaker 1: Texas point guard record thirteen assists in the game in
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  Speaker 1: April fifth, two thousand and three, did you figure it out?
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  Speaker 1: One more hand gave him the final four against Syracuse.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, TJ.
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  Speaker 2: Ford.
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  Speaker 1: Last time Texas has had a player with thirteen assists
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  Speaker 1: in the game twenty one years ago or almost almost
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  Speaker 1: twenty one years ago TJ.
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  Speaker 2: Ford.
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  Speaker 1: Larry also had a double double eleven points, thirteen assists,
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  Speaker 1: first time this year, a second career game or he's
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  Speaker 1: been He's recorded a double double. He's reached uple figures
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  Speaker 1: and assists for the first time this season, second time
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  Speaker 1: in his career, fourth time this year he's been in
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  Speaker 1: double digits in points, a team best plus minus total
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  Speaker 1: of plus fifty six and twenty five minutes on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Pope also with seventeen points. Those two guys are
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  Speaker 1: going to be huge for Texas down the stretch. Tremon
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  Speaker 1: Mark as well. You know what you're going to get
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  Speaker 1: out of Trey Johnson every single game. Arthur Klumba same
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  Speaker 1: thing those two guys, Steady Eddie. But out of the
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  Speaker 1: guards outside of Trey Johnson, who's gonna be the next
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  Speaker 1: kind of step up will be Jordan Pope, Julian Larry.
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  Speaker 1: What can what can Tremont Mark do is he gets
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  Speaker 1: more and more comfortable with this offense. But look the
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  Speaker 1: last two games, last two games, I know they're against
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  Speaker 1: non conference opponents to Mexigo State in Arkansas Pine and Bluff.
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  Speaker 1: But what I've seen since the lost to Ukon, I've
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  Speaker 1: been impressed with. Okay, mentioned we'ren get to some sound
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  Speaker 1: from Julian Larry. This is from yesterday media availability again
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  Speaker 1: coming off that thirteen assists game. The first question he
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  Speaker 1: was asked was about is he seeing the floor differently
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  Speaker 1: after recording those thirteen assists on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: I would definitely say so.
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  Speaker 3: I would say we're starting to bond more in jail
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  Speaker 3: More and my team I used to starting to know
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  Speaker 3: where to be at, and I'm starting to know where
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  Speaker 3: they're gonna be at as we continue to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: battle throughout these games.
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  Speaker 1: Thirteen assists already mentioned that career high for Julian Larry,
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  Speaker 1: and you know he's working with some great off ball
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  Speaker 1: guys who could move Kaluoma Johnson and Kennell Weaver. Kennel Weaver,
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  Speaker 1: who's been I think so far, he's been a lot
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  Speaker 1: of Texas Fans' favorite players, favorite player of the last
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  Speaker 1: two years because of his ability not only hustle the
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  Speaker 1: acrobatic duns, but also his ability to cut. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's great without the ball in his hands. It's what
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  Speaker 1: truly makes him special and Larry has been able to
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  Speaker 1: take advantage of that so far.
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  Speaker 2: What about being mentioned next to TJ. Ford. Oh, it's
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  Speaker 2: definitely great.
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  Speaker 3: I've seen TJ a few times, talk to him a
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  Speaker 3: few times, and you know, watch a little bit of
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  Speaker 3: his game. So it's definitely great being mentioned, having my
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  Speaker 3: name mentioned with his name, with these assists and being
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  Speaker 3: a point guard.
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  Speaker 1: So before the availability he Scott McConaughey, the Texas Long
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  Speaker 1: Orange basketball sports information director, mentioned it to the media that, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: the first time since TJ. Ford and Drew and Larry,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind of nodding his head like, oh, okay, dang,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know that. I didn't know that at all.
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  Speaker 1: So cool to see him get the right praise for that.
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  Speaker 2: TJ.
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  Speaker 1: Ford, you know, he's always sitting courtside or somewhere at
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  Speaker 1: a Texas basketball game. Now, Larry, of course, off the
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  Speaker 1: bench six man roll has not started. It's been mostly
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Pope as the starting point guard for Texas this season,
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  Speaker 1: and Larry was asked, is it a little bit tougher
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  Speaker 1: for him to be able to find his rhythm off
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  Speaker 1: the bench After transferring to Texas from Indiana State, where
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  Speaker 1: he was the starter.
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  Speaker 3: I mean it's a little bit different, but at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the day, like basketball is still basketball. So
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  Speaker 3: I mean just my hike kind of helped me out,
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  Speaker 3: Like when I come in and just be able to
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  Speaker 3: you know, bring energy and you know, being in my position,
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  Speaker 3: you know, getting out to other guys. You know, that
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  Speaker 3: just helps me get in the rhythm, getting the flow quicker.
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  Speaker 3: You know, once I you know, hit ahead and somebody
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  Speaker 3: gets the layup, it's like all right, Like we can
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  Speaker 3: get going now, Like I'm starting to pick up holes,
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  Speaker 3: see holes in that defense, and then we can just
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  Speaker 3: get that rhythm going.
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  Speaker 1: And also about you know, establishing chemistry as being the
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  Speaker 1: new point guard and playing with new players.
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  Speaker 3: I would say, you know, I've always always been a
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  Speaker 3: point guard, you know, so, but I would just say
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  Speaker 3: just throughout these games, you're gonna just continue to see
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  Speaker 3: more not just for myself, but from my team, just
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  Speaker 3: those high assist games, because that's just a big emphasis
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  Speaker 3: we put just really kicking it to each other, kicking
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  Speaker 3: it ahead, and you know, great ball movement.
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  Speaker 1: So with that ball movement, thirteen assists on Saturday against
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  Speaker 1: Arkansas Pine Bluff.
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  Speaker 3: What does he attribute that too. I would say that's
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  Speaker 3: a testament to our pace. So I mean just the
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  Speaker 3: pace of our offense. It can get people in rotations.
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  Speaker 3: And once I have somebody in a rotation, I'm really
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  Speaker 3: good at getting downhill super fast. So once I get
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  Speaker 3: downhill and then I'll draw, Like once we get that
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  Speaker 3: advantage and then I draw too, then that's when you
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  Speaker 3: see those guys coming open. So that's when you see
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  Speaker 3: spray out threes libs or kick one more. So I
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  Speaker 3: would just say it's off of our pace to start it,
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  Speaker 3: and then just once we get those advantages and I
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  Speaker 3: draw two to the ball and get off of it.
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  Speaker 2: As where those assists are coming from.
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  Speaker 1: I think so far this Texas team, they are better
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  Speaker 1: when they're pushing the ball with tempo in transition. You
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  Speaker 1: got guys who can fly down the floor like Trey Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: like Kenda Weaver, and then you have guys like Juw
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  Speaker 1: and Larry who be able to see the floor. Texas
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  Speaker 1: basketball is better when they're able to play at a
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  Speaker 1: quicker pace with more transition buckets. And I think that's
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  Speaker 1: something that Rtie in the staff are going to try
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  Speaker 1: and push as we get closer and closer to conference play.
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  Speaker 1: More from Julian Larry to come in the next hour.
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  Speaker 1: Here we're gonna wrap up the second hour. Texas back
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  Speaker 1: in action against New Orleans tomorrow night, seven o'clock tip
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  Speaker 1: off time, six thirty airtime.
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  Speaker 2: As we continue here on