HODA AND CRAIG, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, STEPH.
BAYLOR HEAD COACH SCOTT DREW AND
STAR MVP GUARD JARED BUTLER.
YOU HAVE A PIECE OF THE NET TIED
INTO YOUR HAT, WHICH IS
APPROPRIATE THIS MORNING.
YOU OPENED YOUR EYES THIS
MORNING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SLEPT.
>> I DIDN'T.
>> PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE
THINKING WHEN IT FINALLY SUNK
IN, THAT YOU GUYS DEFEATED THE
NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY
LAST NIGHT.
>> THE FUNNY PART IS, I HAVEN'T
GONE TO SLEEP.
I'M STILL RIDING THE WAVE.
I'M STILL WEARING THE SHIRT I
WAS WEARING FOR THE GAME.
STILL HAVE THE HAT ON.
IT IS JUST AMAZING.
JUST A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS.
YOU SET OUT GOALS, AND YOU
ACCOMPLISH THEM.
IT IS A GREAT FEELING.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HERE TO PREACH
THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL, BUT OUR
LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, HE
HELD US THROUGH ALL THE WAY,
THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS.
IT IS JUST A GREAT FEELING.
ALL THE GLORY GOES TO HIM, FOR
SURE.
>> AMEN TO THAT.
AMEN TO THAT, BROTHER.
JARED, YOU PUT UP 22 POINTS, 7
ASSISTS.
YOU DROPPED TWO THREE-POINTERS
IN THE FIRST 33 SECONDS IN THE
SECOND HALF.
THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER,
JUSTIFIABLY SO.
SHOOT ME STRAIGHT.
HOW MUCH OF A MOTIVATING FACTOR
WAS IT, THAT ALL THE TALK HAD
BEEN ABOUT THESE UNDEFEATED
GONZAGA BULLDOGS FOR THE ENTIRE
SEASON?
HOW MUCH DID THAT MOTIVATE YOU,
JARED?
>> YEAH, I THINK COACH DREW FROM
THE STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB OF
SHOWING US CLIPS OF EVERYBODY
AND THEIR MAMA GIVING US TRASH,
SAYING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BEAT
US.
THAT ALWAYS ADDS FUEL TO THE
FIRE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE BIG-TIME
COMPETITORS, AND WE WANTED TO DO
IT FOR US.
THE GUYS WE HAD ON OUR TEAM, THE
SACRIFICES WE MADE, WE WANTED TO
DO IT FOR US AT THE SAME TIME.
COACH DREW AND THE STAFF DOES A
GREAT JOB DOING THAT.
>> COACH DREW, SOUNDS LIKE A
TECHNIQUE.
YOU PLAYED THESE TAPES AND GOT
THEM REVVED UP.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, WHAT DID
YOU SAY TO YOUR TEAM BEFORE YOU
GUYS STEPPED ON THE COURT?
THIS WAS A HIGH MOUNTAIN TO
CLIMB, OKAY.
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> WILL, I SAID IF WE WIN, WE'LL
BE ON THE "TODAY" SHOW.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WELCOME IN.
>> SO I DIDN'T GET ANY SLEEP
EITHER.
HE'S A LOT YOUNGER THAN ME.
WE CAN DO THIS STUFF.
I'M OLDER, IT'S HARD.
LOVE YOUR SHOW.
WE WATCHED IT DURING COVID, ME
AND MY WIFE ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW YOUR SPORTS.
I LOVE THAT.
OUR TEAM ENJOYS IT.
IF YOU'RE IN THE BUBBLE FOR FOUR
WEEKS, BE WITH GUYS YOU ENJOY
BEING WITH.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
>> COACH DREW HAS ME WANTING TO
GET BACK OUT THERE.
COACH, I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING
YOU SAID BACK IN 2003.
THIS IS A CLIP THAT WE FOUND,
PROBABLY BEFORE JARED WAS BORN.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SAID WHEN
YOU TOOK OVER THAT PROGRAM.
>> THIS IS DEFINITELY A DAVID
VERSE GOLIATH SITUATION.
IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU THIS, OUR STAFF
WILL HAVE THE WORK ETHIC, THE
INTEGRITY, AND THE COMMITMENT TO
SUCCESS NEEDED TO GET THIS
PROGRAM WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
>> WOW.
>> COACH, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARE SWEET, OBVIOUSLY, BUT A LOT
OF FOLKS PROBABLY DON'T
REMEMBER, YOU TOOK OVER A
PROGRAM THAT WAS IN A WHOLE HECK
OF A LOT OF TROUBLE.
IN 18 YEARS, YOU DELIVERED ON
WHAT YOU PROMISED.
HOW MUCH SWEETER DOES IT MAKE
IT?
>> WELL, IT MAKES IT REALLY
SWEET FROM THE STANDPOINT, JUST
LIKE A PROUD PARENT, WHEN YOU
SEE YOUR PLAYERS THAT'S LIKE
YOUR KIDS, PAST PLAYERS, YOUR
FANS, YOUR ADMINISTRATION, AND
THE CITY OF WACO, THE STATE OF
TEXAS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHAMPION SINCE
1966, TEXAS WESTERN.
THEY DID A MOVIE, "GLORY ROAD,"
THE LAST TIME WE WON A
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
TO SEE EVERYONE CELEBRATE AND BE
EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT
GIVES ME THE MOST JOY.
>> COACH DREW, THEY'RE GOING TO
DO ANOTHER MOVIE, OKAY?
I HAVE A FEELING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
YOU GUYS, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.
SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
SO HAPPY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
YOU BROUGHT HOME A BIG ONE.
>> COACH, THANK YOUR WIFE FOR
WATCHING US EVERY MORNING, AS
WELL, PLEASE, SIR.
>> I WILL DO THAT.
YOU GUYS TAKE CARE.
>> SLEEP WELL.
>> THAT WAS SO GOOD.
>> COME ON!
>> I CAN'T STOP SMILING.
>> THAT WAS -- I MEAN --
>> BEYOND DESERVED.
>> ALSO, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE
COACH IS, HE SAID THEY WERE GOOD
PLAYERS BUT EVEN BETTER PEOPLE.