What's up, JCCC? My name is Joseph McCray, and
I'm here with my partner. And my name is Prince.
And this is actually the first episode of the
Johnson County Community College Sports Podcast.
So welcome in to our first ever episode. So just
a little bit of background on me. I've been doing
I've been over here at Johnson County for about
the last three years, been a journalism major
for a good amount of time. And I've taken a lot
of classes just around getting into the sports
world, looking to get into sports, sports broadcasting
as a career. So really excited to get to to get
to this next level. And Prince, go ahead. Yeah,
this is my first year at Johnson County, you
know, looking to go into journalism as well,
wanting to do podcasting. So this can be a new
fun experience for me, but you guys can also
figure it out with me too. So let's be on a ride
here. All right. Well, hey, since this is a JCCC
sports broadcast, I bet you can't guess who we're
going to be talking about first. It's going to
be our very own Cavaliers over here on the basketball
side. Our men's and women's team is insanely
good right now. We're looking at the last game
with Labette and we're looking at the men's game.
Men's Cavs just won against the Labette. I think
it's Cougars or something like that. We're looking
at a 66 to 56 game and this is now the 26th win
in a row on top of that. We're looking at a team
that has potential to make a big time feat in
college in college basketball history. And we're
looking at a big time. We're looking at some
really big time plays from really big time players.
Tavian Cruz and Avian Webb are both really great
are both doing their thing. of avian he's a freshman
here um just getting started and just in this
last game had 15 points off five for eight from
the three and then tavian has been taking his
game to a new level with that rebound game of
averaging 10 a game this year and actually he's
tied for the most double doubles i believe in
jccc history so shout out to tavian man doing
your thing Keep doing your thing. That's a lot
of history to be making And I mean look at looking
at the stats by the way, they held Labette to
just 35 % from the field That's very low. That's
very good defense for sure And their highest
score was 19 points by Vonte Robinson, but that's
pretty good scoring in a game But to be holding
a team to just 35 % field goal Pretty impressive.
Really good. And I mean, it's not really just
off of the defense. I mean, you got to get your
rebounds and Tavion's really coming in clutch
with that. I mean, he's got he and the and the
other bigs on the team are getting us over. I
mean, in this game, they got 11 plus on the bet.
So, I mean, big time for them. Now, one thing
that they have been having a bit of a struggle
with is that free throw game. They only got to
about 40 percent this last game, and that's that's
a little rough. Yeah. It is rough. It is rough.
But if we look at the women's side of things,
you know, our averages for the season, they're
averaging more points than the men's at 93 points
per game, which is pretty impressive. And they're
shooting at 37 percent from three, which that's
pretty impressive, too. I mean, we're doing great
things out here. They are shooting amazing. They
also went up against Labette on the women's side,
who attempt the most free throws in the conference,
by the way. And they didn't shoot that well either
from the free throw line. So you can get to the
line, but can you make it from the line is the
question. Yeah. And I mean, the bet hasn't been
the greatest. I mean, they're one of the last
in the conference. So it was kind of a gimme
on this game. I mean, the bet only had about
like about they're averaging just under about
70 points a game. So it's not really it's not
really like it was a crazy one, but it is something
to really. you know give JCCC their credit and
It's coming after a huge season for the Lady
Cavs last year where they raised their own banner
And now I think they're looking to get it back
to back and I'm really excited to see it happen
again So shout out to the Lady Cavs shout out
to the shout out to the Cavs just doing their
thing over there and Potentially making some
really big college basketball history. I mean
you're looking at it at two teams who could make
history by getting Not only the national champion,
not only the championships further conference,
but also having an undefeated season at the same
time. That's never been done across division
one, division two, division three, NAIA. It's
never been done. And I think that is something
that you need to have a shout out for. It's just
crazy. That's something that could go on ESPN.
And I understand we're a community college here,
but because, you know, they go after Arizona,
all the big dogs. But sometimes you got to underline
the these types of teams that Nothing, no, no
division has ever done this you would think division
three might have maybe done this or something
like that But nothing no teams of women and women
or men and women have ever done something like
this The johnson county are looking forward to
and they might just have it and what's even crazier
They're not doing this by the skin of their teeth.
I mean they're doing this They're outscoring
both teams are scoring are outscoring. They're
at the other teams in every single quarter, every
single half, whichever one we have. I mean, they're
outscoring them, so that should tell you a lot
about what's going on. 90 % of the games, the
final score is a big blowout. A big blowout.
And the unsung heroes, always going out to the
coaches. Always going out to the coaches. Shout
out, because coaching is very important in these
types of games, in any game. The players, yeah,
they're doing a lot of performances, but... players
are only getting better from all the coaching
that they're getting. So a lot of development
going on. Yep. And I mean, with that, I mean,
there's so much success that we're seeing at
JCCC and we couldn't be more proud of them. But
going on through that, we're looking at how KU
really is doing and we're really looking at is
Darren Peterson the guy? Now, outside of just
success with JCCC, we're also looking at some
collegiate success in the division one. We're
looking at KU too. And I mean, we've had some
really good games as of late. I mean, KU, they
beat out Arizona, the number one seed in the
entirety of college football. But we're also
looking at losses to, you know, Iowa State. I
mean, even if they are number five, I mean, it
still brought us up from number nine to number
eight. But I mean, it still hurts at the end
of the day. That's an indivision loss and you
can't really have that. So when it comes down
to what we wanted to get with that, Darren Peterson,
are you really the guy? Are you the guy who is
going to take us all the way to the Natty like
you are supposedly trying to promise? Because,
man, I'm sorry, 10 points in 24 minutes is completely
unacceptable to have whenever it comes to a big
time game like that. Like Prince, what do you
got to say? Yeah, I mean, at the same time, when
we beat the big team. Arizona when we didn't
even have them. I don't think You know and I'll
be I feel like if we can beat teams without that
man Then is he that worthy and when we do have
him he's only putting up ten points in 24 minutes
So maybe there's some other people some other
guards out there that might need some more Raising
the minutes to maybe see if they can get a little
bit of a spike on their points. Yes You know
give it on that bench scoring that we need because
that's what we We're not good at right now. We
need that. But then we got we got to think like
who's really going to take over for him, because
I'm in Trey White. He's a senior. And then you've
got El Marco, who's a sophomore, but has been
really struggling in that three point game just
in scoring in general. I think he's on about
like five points a game. So we're really struggling
to find that bench scoring in general. I mean,
last few games, they haven't had almost any bench
scoring at all. And they're relying solely on
guys like Flory to get big time dunks and big
time blocks. And they're trying to get Bryson
to get going but Bryson I mean he's still a freshman
he needs time and I mean you can say the same
thing for El Marco you can say the same thing
for pretty much any soft any sophomore freshman
anybody in the anybody in college basketball
but what's really gonna happen until they actually
show some results yeah I mean again the game
against the Cyclones you know the six turnovers
compared to the 13 What does this really prove
about that team like we've talked we talked earlier
about they haven't really had the craziest schedule
But beating a team like KU who were also by the
way on a game streak leading up to that beating
a team like that What does that prove about them?
Can they do it all? I'd say Iowa State has a
good chance about like maybe getting into I mean
I can definitely see them in March Madness I
mean they're number five and they're number five
in the nation. It's not gonna act like It's not
gonna be a crazy thing to say they can't yeah
But it's really that are we really going to sit
here and treat Iowa State who has had no one
other than Purdue really on their schedule and
Syracuse who's also having it down here. Are
we gonna treat them the same way that we're treating
Arizona? Are we gonna treat them the same way
we're treating Houston even though I'm pretty
sure no actually No, Iowa State did knock them
off. Yeah. Yeah, Iowa State knocked Houston off
it too. Yeah, so maybe they are legit Yeah, I
mean I might just prove myself wrong my bad.
Yo. Yeah, you never know but it comes to the
March Madness time where is Darian Pearson gonna
pick his role back up and Really prove why he
should be You know, because he's only been being
here for this one season and then he set it off
So can he prove his worth and can you show why
he should be the number one pick in the draft?
And you know, where's he just give me another
load management guy like how the NBA looks nowadays
Well, I think it's I think there's a bit of everything
with that and I don't mean to disrespect anybody
with like any of the comments we're making Like
at the end of the day, we're just trying to you
know, we're trying to be analysis we're trying
to give analysis and think of what we're talking
about, but I just think that Darren Peterson
needs to put on some weight. He's 205, but he
does not look 205. We've got Flory who's 235,
but does not look 235. So we're talking about
some guys who should have a little bit more weight
and should be using that weight to that way.
Because if you're, I mean, even at 205, he's
still one of the heavier guards on the team.
I mean, I think Omarco's about 195 and you're
just sitting there saying... I mean, Omarco's
driving more than you. You're just shooting from
the three 90 % of the time, or that's what it
feels like it is. And now you're just, you're
saying you're not trying. Yeah. When you have
that weight, attack the paint. And well, you
might get free throws. If you're the number one
pick, do what you got to do to get points rather
than shoot that many threes. And also on top
of that, missing those threes every now and again,
because he was missing. Yeah, and it's been like
that since about Texas Tech and again. I don't
care I'm giving my I'm giving my boy a shout
out Donovan that well my cousin I am giving that
man a shout out lock Darren Petersson down long
enough to really put him in this kind of a slump
So I may I may not be supporting Texas Tech,
but Donovan will always have my votes That's
a brag a lot of people can't have mm -hmm, but
hey We'll see how it goes with KU. We'll see
how it goes with the Big 12. Also, another thing
with the Big 12, Jerome Tang out of K -State.
I know a lot of people are happy about that.
I'm personally sad about that. I really wish.
I'm saying that was the best coach they've ever
had, at least in my mind. You know, one in 10,
you can't ever get better than that. Oh, yeah,
never, never, never. They definitely were one
of the best teams ever for the last few years,
for sure. Man, always in the big, always in the
championship every year. Always, always. All
right in the real scheme of things yeah a lot
of bad comments made by a coach like that mm
-hmm and those I mean That's what it keeps you
from getting a job on top. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah
All right well for a first episode I hope this
wasn't insanely crazy, but yeah I've had fun,
and I'm ready for the next episode for sure JCC
stay tuned. We'll see you guys in the next one.
This is Jay. This is Brent We'll see you later.
Have a good one