November 4, 2025 • 14 mins
Mike Crispino joins the show to discuss the UConn Men's Basketball team before their season opener against New Haven!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Back on the Robtable show of Beendernell in your Afternoon Drive.
It is Championship Monday. Ben is telling me that the
Dodger Stadium is full of Dodger fans as the parade
ended up at Dodger Stadium. There at Chavez Ravine, we're
talking though basketball. College basketball. Yukon takes on New Haven
(00:24):
at gamble at seven o'clock. That's when they throw the
ball up in the air. Mike Crispin will be on
the call with Wayne Norman and Chrispy. Let's start with, man,
does it feel like opening night in college hoops?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
It does, except that we played those two exhibitions which
were against you know name opponents already, and I think
that helped get this team ready for the opener. New Haven's,
you know, moving into another echelon to try to play
Division one basketball, so it's going to take a while
for them to figure it out and get enough talent
(00:57):
to compete, although I think they can compete in their
conference during their first season. They'll have trouble against Yukon tonight.
So it feels like opening night, But you know how
it goes early in the season when you play these
by games, It doesn't have the feel of being a
huge game yet. And that's also because of the schedule
(01:19):
right coming up. You got BYU, you got Arizona, you
got Illinois, you go to Kansas, you play Florida Texas.
I mean, there's a lot of big games coming up
for this team. This will be one of them, but
it is the first that really counts.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Still missing a couple of guys. We don't know when
exactly we're gonna get Braydon Mullins on the court for
the first time in the Yukon uniform. Don't know Terras
Reed's status for tonight might see some Eric Raib and
Eric Ryber. I feel like I know his role as
the secondary center on this offense. I feel like I've
seen that secondary center's role for the last four years
done to perfection by some NBA players. But the guy
(01:55):
I scratched my head on now that's filling in for
Mollins is probably going to get the start tonight. Silent Jr.
Explain to me his game, his role on this team,
and what do you think he'll be like in the
end of the season around March time.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, I hope he is close to Stefan Castle defensively.
I mean, Stephan obviously rookie of the Year in the NBA,
helped you kind of win the title two years ago.
It is, it is, But Demery's got experience. He's got
SDSD experience at Georgia, two years of playing against the
best teams in the country, and I think every night
(02:32):
having to compete in that conference is going to help him.
And I think Dan Hurley's going to help him. He's
going to help him as a guard play at a
high level. What I've seen and I watched the whole
practice yesterday, he's got the ability to defend pretty much
anybody out there. Question is stay out of foul trouble,
stay on the floor, handle the ball, find the right
(02:55):
people on offense, create some offense yourself, and you know,
be a guy that can play thirty minutes if needed.
If you remember, guys, when Christan Newton started at Yukon
three four years ago, he has struggled to fit in.
I mean, you con brought him from East Carolina, he
didn't really have any great games until maybe three four
(03:17):
months in as a Husky, and then of course finished
with a flourish in the NCAA tournament back in twenty
twenty three, So I don't think he can expect Stylas
Demery to be what he can be in November or
even December. But I hope by the Big East schedule
in January or February, we're going to see somebody that
(03:38):
can really make a difference defensively and also moving the
ball on offense and running the fast break and getting
them into stuff offensively in terms of their half court game.
So I'm looking forward. I spent some time talking to
him yesterday. He has confidence, he does, and he I
think he's acclimating to what Dan Hurley talks about as
(03:59):
a coach in terms of playing you know, the full
forty minutes and you know, being president in every single
possession and all that stuff. So I'm going to give
him a past to start. I'm hoping for big things
for him, but I don't expect it to happen in
November and December. But who knows. He might surprise all
of us. I hope he does.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Talking to Mike Crispino yukon Broadcast Network, tell me about
some of the transfers and some of the guys that left.
I think we aiden Mahoney left obviously Amed Noel hit
the portal, so you're trying to replace them, rebuild the
structure and add some depth. How does that look for
(04:41):
you Yukon men's hoops.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I think it will be a much deeper team again
by January, right when you get Braylen Mullins on the
court and playing regularly. He is, you know, a six
six sixth Steven McDonald's all American. He can light it up.
He can play the game on a lot of levels.
You know, a great passer, good defender, hopefully a good rebounder,
(05:04):
certainly a good shooter. So he's big. They're not going
to have Jacob Burfey the freshman for a bit. He's
got a bit of an ankle going on. But I
think he at six six is kind of like a
combo guard small forward who will be a great ball
mover and be able to score and will really help them.
Malachi Smith comes from Dayton after four years there. Guy
(05:27):
to score ten a game, average five assists. He is
a real pest Defensively, I think he'll help defensively on
the perimeter. A couple guys we haven't talked a lot
about yet. I don't know fans don't really know them well.
But number four Dwayne Coroma. He originally was with Iona
and then later on was another school and now he's
(05:48):
with Yukon. He's got good size, he can play the
center position, he's got offensive skills, he's got toughness. I
think he can help. And Alec Millander is from a
University of Indiana at Indianapolis. He's a six to one guard,
but he's an experienced guy. He's a grad level guy,
and I think that would be the experience and toughness
(06:10):
of him in the backcourt will be something that maybe
we didn't see last year because that team was not
as deep as this team is with quality players. I mean,
this team goes ten deep, so they can afford to
someone getting in foul trouble, maybe a small injury here
and there. This team is more capable I think, of
standing up to this schedule and succeeding than last year's was.
(06:34):
And we haven't even talked about Solo Ball and Alex
Caravan and you know guys like that, and we haven't
even gotten to Jaden Ross and Jalen Stewart. So that's
the thing I found. This team is deep. This team's
got talent, and if they show toughness and defensive acumen,
I think they could be a real dangerous bunch.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Yeah, the ceiling is super high for both Solo and Caravan.
They're trying to improve their NBA draft stock. We think
we know what we're going to get her. At least
our expectations are really high for those guys, including Terris Reed.
Coming back you mentioned these freshmen. I agree with those
two that you mentioned in the middle. I think our
six to seven guys are the best six to seven
(07:14):
guys in the entire country. And Jay Ross and Jay
stew And I always wonder in the last couple of years,
are these guys is their role set in stone? Are
they coming off the bench no matter what happens, or
can they play their way into more playing time Because
I've seen glimpses of both those cats being sometimes the
best player on the floor.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Ben, I think both of them could end up starting
to start the season right Brayln Mullens not available, I
think at least one of them is going to start tonight,
Jayden Ross, perhaps maybe Jalen Stewart too. And I think
that's a great thing for them because they got a
chance to make more of an impression on Dan Hurley
and the coaching staff. I mean, Jayden Ross had one
(07:55):
of his best games as a Husky against Michigan State.
He can play at a high level. Well, he's a
good shooter. He hasn't shown that much of it yet,
but I watched him in practice yesterday and I've seen
him before in warm up and everything else. He's a
very capable offensive player. He has confidence. I think he's
just got to see it go in in games, and
(08:16):
if he does, then he's going to be a legit
starter that can play against anybody, whether it's Kansas on
the road or you know, BYU up in Boston or
Florida at Madison Square Garden. I think he is certainly capable.
And Jalen Stewart has shown flashes of being an excellent
player for Yukon too. He's got size, he's got toughness.
(08:38):
You know. The questions for them defense, can they d
up on the perimeter well enough? Can they rebound well enough?
They out rebounded Michigan State, which was a good sign,
and I think they held their own with BC. Although
BC missed so many shots, there were so many rebounds
that the Eagles you know, I think out rebounded to
my couple. But my point is those are the things
(09:00):
got him in trouble last year, even when they won
twenty four games, didn't rebound great every night, you know,
put the other team on the foul line way too much.
You know, lost the foul line category pretty much every night.
You can't do that if you hope to win twenty
five games and put yourself in a position for a
top four seed in the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Mike Crispino with the Yukon Sports Network. Dan Hurley, they're
in that Michigan State game. You know, they were up
I think nineteen at one point, and he's still coaching
and and it looks like tough love. But to the
outside world, it looks like he's screaming and yelling. Explain
the dynamic with Dan Hurley and this guy he could
be up twenty with two minutes to go, and explain
(09:45):
that's that's his demeanor. He's totally different off the court,
but on the court, he's he never he's so competitive,
he's always coaching, and I think people don't get the
rate impression.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I think you're right on some levels. I always feel
like he's our guy. We love him no matter what
because he's doing such great things and building teams and
winning championships and all that. I think from the outside
looking in, people look at him differently. Right if you
had to play against his teams, he'd say, oh, what
a pain this is going to be and the coach
is going to be blowing his stack every other, you know,
(10:20):
every other five minutes. So I think for people on
the outside looking in, they see it different Dan Hurley
than we all see because we see the things that
he does and he's not perfect. Come on, MAUI getting
the technical late in the game. He knows that was
a mistake. They end up losing the game. But my
point is he's not beyond changing a little bit. He's
(10:43):
a guy that is very adaptable, I think, and he's
got a sense of humor, and he's got a sensibility
about his impact on games and his teams and the
fan base and just about everything. Really, I give him
credit because he's not in his own world. You might
think that you might look at him and go, oh
my god, he got another technical? What's he doing this that?
(11:05):
But I think a lot of stuff that he does
is calculated to help his team, to get the crowd
juiced up. He's always about trying to win. He's not trying,
not trying to make a spectacle of himself. I mean,
the game is still more important, I think, to him
than he is to him, if you know what I'm saying. Yes,
(11:26):
he's not a guy that has an out of control
ego that's got to have attention. No, he's about winning
basketball games and whatever it takes. And again I'm glad
he's on our side.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Sometimes he just gets a little crazy about it. And
there's no better place to get crazy about it than
Gamble Pavilion, where Yukon will be tonight. It's easy to
get crazy in front of all your friends and brothers
and sisters. Be about eight thousand of them strong, going
nuts and gamble tonight six point thirty pre game, seven
o'clock tip off, Opening night Yukon men's basketball against New Haven?
(11:57):
Are you sure new Haven? You want to do this?
This Division one stuff? It might be a tough night
for them tonight. Both eligible football team Mike Chris beIN out.
They handled you ab on Saturday. What in the heck Blazers,
how did you not get the memo? That Skyler Bell
has to be guarded. He caught a touch like I
think it was his third touchdown of the day. Why
(12:19):
do the hell open like this? Dude's at the East
West Shrine. He's one of the best receivers in the
entire country. How is he not getting double covered on
every play?
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Well, I think he is being double covered. But I
think teams that try to play zone against Yukon's passing
attack have a little more trouble. Right. Zone's tough to play,
I think, And so you know, he was able to
find a little crease in the zone, and he's very
good at finding space in the pattern that he runs.
And I think Joe Finana was a quarterback has has
(12:54):
excelled in finding the open man when they come open,
not only Skyler Bell, but Ramelo Murphy, Sjamar Porter, the
tight ends Lou Hanson, if you notice. I think the
one thing that he Joe Fernano's really improved non since
he's been here is seeing the field, seeing a man
come open, delivering when he needs to as quick as
(13:16):
he needs to accurately. That's a great skill if you're
a quarterback, and it takes a lot, right, it takes
good protection. It takes a vision of the field, but
it also takes accuracy and ability to not only identify
a player coming open, but delivering the ball to him.
And I think that's one thing that Joe Fernano does
(13:36):
very well. So, I mean, if you're playing against U Kon,
I know the running it's actually been sort of secondary
this year for the last maybe four or five games.
But the fact is they're moving the ball through the
air very well. And that is a real problem for
any defense because you pick up bigger chunks of yards
when you throw it then when you run it. So
(13:57):
it's Tianano, it's Bell. The offensive line protecting him is
being smart with the ball. Again, no turnovers yet and
I'm knocking on Wood because that's a crazy stat but
he hasn't thrown an interception yet. But come on, now,
you do that kind of stuff, you're gonna win your
share of games.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Well said Chrispino. Have a great call tonight with the
one the legend Wayne Norman. We'll be listening and watching.
We appreciate your time
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Mikey Okay boys anytime,
Back on the Robtable show of Beendernell in your Afternoon Drive.
It is Championship Monday. Ben is telling me that the
Dodger Stadium is full of Dodger fans as the parade
ended up at Dodger Stadium. There at Chavez Ravine, we're
talking though basketball. College basketball. Yukon takes on New Haven
(00:24):
at gamble at seven o'clock. That's when they throw the
ball up in the air. Mike Crispin will be on
the call with Wayne Norman and Chrispy. Let's start with, man,
does it feel like opening night in college hoops?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
It does, except that we played those two exhibitions which
were against you know name opponents already, and I think
that helped get this team ready for the opener. New Haven's,
you know, moving into another echelon to try to play
Division one basketball, so it's going to take a while
for them to figure it out and get enough talent
(00:57):
to compete, although I think they can compete in their
conference during their first season. They'll have trouble against Yukon tonight.
So it feels like opening night, But you know how
it goes early in the season when you play these
by games, It doesn't have the feel of being a
huge game yet. And that's also because of the schedule
(01:19):
right coming up. You got BYU, you got Arizona, you
got Illinois, you go to Kansas, you play Florida Texas.
I mean, there's a lot of big games coming up
for this team. This will be one of them, but
it is the first that really counts.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Still missing a couple of guys. We don't know when
exactly we're gonna get Braydon Mullins on the court for
the first time in the Yukon uniform. Don't know Terras
Reed's status for tonight might see some Eric Raib and
Eric Ryber. I feel like I know his role as
the secondary center on this offense. I feel like I've
seen that secondary center's role for the last four years
done to perfection by some NBA players. But the guy
(01:55):
I scratched my head on now that's filling in for
Mollins is probably going to get the start tonight. Silent Jr.
Explain to me his game, his role on this team,
and what do you think he'll be like in the
end of the season around March time.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Well, I hope he is close to Stefan Castle defensively.
I mean, Stephan obviously rookie of the Year in the NBA,
helped you kind of win the title two years ago.
It is, it is, But Demery's got experience. He's got
SDSD experience at Georgia, two years of playing against the
best teams in the country, and I think every night
(02:32):
having to compete in that conference is going to help him.
And I think Dan Hurley's going to help him. He's
going to help him as a guard play at a
high level. What I've seen and I watched the whole
practice yesterday, he's got the ability to defend pretty much
anybody out there. Question is stay out of foul trouble,
stay on the floor, handle the ball, find the right
(02:55):
people on offense, create some offense yourself, and you know,
be a guy that can play thirty minutes if needed.
If you remember, guys, when Christan Newton started at Yukon
three four years ago, he has struggled to fit in.
I mean, you con brought him from East Carolina, he
didn't really have any great games until maybe three four
(03:17):
months in as a Husky, and then of course finished
with a flourish in the NCAA tournament back in twenty
twenty three, So I don't think he can expect Stylas
Demery to be what he can be in November or
even December. But I hope by the Big East schedule
in January or February, we're going to see somebody that
(03:38):
can really make a difference defensively and also moving the
ball on offense and running the fast break and getting
them into stuff offensively in terms of their half court game.
So I'm looking forward. I spent some time talking to
him yesterday. He has confidence, he does, and he I
think he's acclimating to what Dan Hurley talks about as
(03:59):
a coach in terms of playing you know, the full
forty minutes and you know, being president in every single
possession and all that stuff. So I'm going to give
him a past to start. I'm hoping for big things
for him, but I don't expect it to happen in
November and December. But who knows. He might surprise all
of us. I hope he does.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Talking to Mike Crispino yukon Broadcast Network, tell me about
some of the transfers and some of the guys that left.
I think we aiden Mahoney left obviously Amed Noel hit
the portal, so you're trying to replace them, rebuild the
structure and add some depth. How does that look for
(04:41):
you Yukon men's hoops.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I think it will be a much deeper team again
by January, right when you get Braylen Mullins on the
court and playing regularly. He is, you know, a six
six sixth Steven McDonald's all American. He can light it up.
He can play the game on a lot of levels.
You know, a great passer, good defender, hopefully a good rebounder,
(05:04):
certainly a good shooter. So he's big. They're not going
to have Jacob Burfey the freshman for a bit. He's
got a bit of an ankle going on. But I
think he at six six is kind of like a
combo guard small forward who will be a great ball
mover and be able to score and will really help them.
Malachi Smith comes from Dayton after four years there. Guy
(05:27):
to score ten a game, average five assists. He is
a real pest Defensively, I think he'll help defensively on
the perimeter. A couple guys we haven't talked a lot
about yet. I don't know fans don't really know them well.
But number four Dwayne Coroma. He originally was with Iona
and then later on was another school and now he's
(05:48):
with Yukon. He's got good size, he can play the
center position, he's got offensive skills, he's got toughness. I
think he can help. And Alec Millander is from a
University of Indiana at Indianapolis. He's a six to one guard,
but he's an experienced guy. He's a grad level guy,
and I think that would be the experience and toughness
(06:10):
of him in the backcourt will be something that maybe
we didn't see last year because that team was not
as deep as this team is with quality players. I mean,
this team goes ten deep, so they can afford to
someone getting in foul trouble, maybe a small injury here
and there. This team is more capable I think, of
standing up to this schedule and succeeding than last year's was.
(06:34):
And we haven't even talked about Solo Ball and Alex
Caravan and you know guys like that, and we haven't
even gotten to Jaden Ross and Jalen Stewart. So that's
the thing I found. This team is deep. This team's
got talent, and if they show toughness and defensive acumen,
I think they could be a real dangerous bunch.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Yeah, the ceiling is super high for both Solo and Caravan.
They're trying to improve their NBA draft stock. We think
we know what we're going to get her. At least
our expectations are really high for those guys, including Terris Reed.
Coming back you mentioned these freshmen. I agree with those
two that you mentioned in the middle. I think our
six to seven guys are the best six to seven
(07:14):
guys in the entire country. And Jay Ross and Jay
stew And I always wonder in the last couple of years,
are these guys is their role set in stone? Are
they coming off the bench no matter what happens, or
can they play their way into more playing time Because
I've seen glimpses of both those cats being sometimes the
best player on the floor.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Ben, I think both of them could end up starting
to start the season right Brayln Mullens not available, I
think at least one of them is going to start tonight,
Jayden Ross, perhaps maybe Jalen Stewart too. And I think
that's a great thing for them because they got a
chance to make more of an impression on Dan Hurley
and the coaching staff. I mean, Jayden Ross had one
(07:55):
of his best games as a Husky against Michigan State.
He can play at a high level. Well, he's a
good shooter. He hasn't shown that much of it yet,
but I watched him in practice yesterday and I've seen
him before in warm up and everything else. He's a
very capable offensive player. He has confidence. I think he's
just got to see it go in in games, and
(08:16):
if he does, then he's going to be a legit
starter that can play against anybody, whether it's Kansas on
the road or you know, BYU up in Boston or
Florida at Madison Square Garden. I think he is certainly capable.
And Jalen Stewart has shown flashes of being an excellent
player for Yukon too. He's got size, he's got toughness.
(08:38):
You know. The questions for them defense, can they d
up on the perimeter well enough? Can they rebound well enough?
They out rebounded Michigan State, which was a good sign,
and I think they held their own with BC. Although
BC missed so many shots, there were so many rebounds
that the Eagles you know, I think out rebounded to
my couple. But my point is those are the things
(09:00):
got him in trouble last year, even when they won
twenty four games, didn't rebound great every night, you know,
put the other team on the foul line way too much.
You know, lost the foul line category pretty much every night.
You can't do that if you hope to win twenty
five games and put yourself in a position for a
top four seed in the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Mike Crispino with the Yukon Sports Network. Dan Hurley, they're
in that Michigan State game. You know, they were up
I think nineteen at one point, and he's still coaching
and and it looks like tough love. But to the
outside world, it looks like he's screaming and yelling. Explain
the dynamic with Dan Hurley and this guy he could
be up twenty with two minutes to go, and explain
(09:45):
that's that's his demeanor. He's totally different off the court,
but on the court, he's he never he's so competitive,
he's always coaching, and I think people don't get the
rate impression.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I think you're right on some levels. I always feel
like he's our guy. We love him no matter what
because he's doing such great things and building teams and
winning championships and all that. I think from the outside
looking in, people look at him differently. Right if you
had to play against his teams, he'd say, oh, what
a pain this is going to be and the coach
is going to be blowing his stack every other, you know,
(10:20):
every other five minutes. So I think for people on
the outside looking in, they see it different Dan Hurley
than we all see because we see the things that
he does and he's not perfect. Come on, MAUI getting
the technical late in the game. He knows that was
a mistake. They end up losing the game. But my
point is he's not beyond changing a little bit. He's
(10:43):
a guy that is very adaptable, I think, and he's
got a sense of humor, and he's got a sensibility
about his impact on games and his teams and the
fan base and just about everything. Really, I give him
credit because he's not in his own world. You might
think that you might look at him and go, oh
my god, he got another technical? What's he doing this that?
(11:05):
But I think a lot of stuff that he does
is calculated to help his team, to get the crowd
juiced up. He's always about trying to win. He's not trying,
not trying to make a spectacle of himself. I mean,
the game is still more important, I think, to him
than he is to him, if you know what I'm saying. Yes,
(11:26):
he's not a guy that has an out of control
ego that's got to have attention. No, he's about winning
basketball games and whatever it takes. And again I'm glad
he's on our side.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Sometimes he just gets a little crazy about it. And
there's no better place to get crazy about it than
Gamble Pavilion, where Yukon will be tonight. It's easy to
get crazy in front of all your friends and brothers
and sisters. Be about eight thousand of them strong, going
nuts and gamble tonight six point thirty pre game, seven
o'clock tip off, Opening night Yukon men's basketball against New Haven?
(11:57):
Are you sure new Haven? You want to do this?
This Division one stuff? It might be a tough night
for them tonight. Both eligible football team Mike Chris beIN out.
They handled you ab on Saturday. What in the heck Blazers,
how did you not get the memo? That Skyler Bell
has to be guarded. He caught a touch like I
think it was his third touchdown of the day. Why
(12:19):
do the hell open like this? Dude's at the East
West Shrine. He's one of the best receivers in the
entire country. How is he not getting double covered on
every play?
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Well, I think he is being double covered. But I
think teams that try to play zone against Yukon's passing
attack have a little more trouble. Right. Zone's tough to play,
I think, And so you know, he was able to
find a little crease in the zone, and he's very
good at finding space in the pattern that he runs.
And I think Joe Finana was a quarterback has has
(12:54):
excelled in finding the open man when they come open,
not only Skyler Bell, but Ramelo Murphy, Sjamar Porter, the
tight ends Lou Hanson, if you notice. I think the
one thing that he Joe Fernano's really improved non since
he's been here is seeing the field, seeing a man
come open, delivering when he needs to as quick as
(13:16):
he needs to accurately. That's a great skill if you're
a quarterback, and it takes a lot, right, it takes
good protection. It takes a vision of the field, but
it also takes accuracy and ability to not only identify
a player coming open, but delivering the ball to him.
And I think that's one thing that Joe Fernano does
(13:36):
very well. So, I mean, if you're playing against U Kon,
I know the running it's actually been sort of secondary
this year for the last maybe four or five games.
But the fact is they're moving the ball through the
air very well. And that is a real problem for
any defense because you pick up bigger chunks of yards
when you throw it then when you run it. So
(13:57):
it's Tianano, it's Bell. The offensive line protecting him is
being smart with the ball. Again, no turnovers yet and
I'm knocking on Wood because that's a crazy stat but
he hasn't thrown an interception yet. But come on, now,
you do that kind of stuff, you're gonna win your
share of games.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Well said Chrispino. Have a great call tonight with the
one the legend Wayne Norman. We'll be listening and watching.
We appreciate your time
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Mikey Okay boys anytime,
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