Roundhouse podcast with Shocker basketball newcomers, No. 1

July 01, 2025 00:25:46
Roundhouse podcast with Shocker basketball newcomers, No. 1
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Roundhouse podcast with Shocker basketball newcomers, No. 1

Jul 01 2025 | 00:25:46

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We start our series introducing fans to the Wichita State basketball newcomers with guards Kenyon Giles and Dre Kindell and forwards Karon Boyd and Jaret Valencia. We discuss music prep, advice for youngsters and debate the NBA greatest. Giles talks about the importance of confidence for shooters and Kindell reveals why he wears No. 3. Boyd and Valencia share their love for playing defense and why coach Paul Mills is counting on them “taking the joy” from scorers this season.
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[00:00:15] Speaker A: Hello. Welcome to the Roundhouse Podcast with Paul Sullentrop of Wichita State University Strategic Communications. Thank you for listening. Today we are starting our series on Wichita State men's basketball newcomers. Our guests today are Kenyon Giles and Dre Kendall. Kenyon is a 5 foot 10 senior guard. He transferred to Wichita State from UNC Greensboro. At UNC Greensboro, he was on the All Southern conference team. Averaged 15.3 points. He shot 40.2% from 3 point range. He is from Chesapeake, Virginia. Dre Kendall is a six foot junior guard. He is from Cincinnati and Barton Community College. He earned honorable mention All American honors this season after averaging 15.8 points, 5.1 assists for the Cougars. Cougars went 26, 9. Advanced to the second round of the NJCAA tournament. As a freshman, he averaged 9.7 points for Barton and they won the national title. So we're talking to a couple point guards here. Dre, start us off. What's the most important thing for a point guard to do on the basketball court? [00:01:16] Speaker B: I would say just making sure everybody in the right spots, everybody on the same page, and just getting everybody involved with the game. [00:01:24] Speaker A: How do you do that in a situation where there are 12 newcomers on this team? What are you doing in the summer to kind of get that good feeling, that chemistry going? [00:01:32] Speaker B: Just really building chemistry on and off the court, talking, you know, just making sure everybody showing up to the team dinners, making sure we all communicating everything like that, being on time to practice, just all the little stuff like that for real. [00:01:45] Speaker A: Kenyon being a point guard, what's that mean to you? [00:01:48] Speaker C: It means just really just being there for everybody and then, you know, bring the most confidence. But that's what I try to do every time I'm on the court. You know, I'm more. I'm not really. I'm more of a scoring type of guard, but I make sure, you know, I want my confidence to bleed off everybody. So, you know, the shots I shoot might be a tough shot. I want everybody in the gym to believe that they can make that shot as well. So when I see Dre and he got an open three, lock it down. If somebody in the space, but it's in rhythm, knock it down. You know, I want to give everybody the utmost confidence. That's what it means to me. Give everybody the most confidence. [00:02:17] Speaker A: Why is confidence so important for a shooter? [00:02:21] Speaker C: You know, you hear everything. The law averages all that confidence. Got to override all that. You know, everybody gonna say, you can't shoot. You know, I come from. I shot 30% my first year and I shot actually my sophomore year, and even worse, my first, you know, confidence. I put the reps in and I stopped caring. You know, I had games where I shot bad. I had games where I shot really good. It just come with it. My confidence overrides everything. [00:02:41] Speaker A: Here's a question I like to ask every once in a while, Dre, Are there shooter's gyms or some places better to shoot than others? [00:02:49] Speaker B: For me it is. Maybe somebody like kg. No, because, you know, he a shooter shooting in the gym. But I feel like it really is a thing for the people who shoot value. [00:02:58] Speaker A: Where was the best place to shoot the basketball in the Jayhawk Conference? [00:03:03] Speaker B: I would say probably Barton. For sure. [00:03:05] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:03:06] Speaker A: Okay. We're going to make you an NBA coach. Kenyon, what NBA player, current NBA player do you draft to start your team? [00:03:15] Speaker C: Give me Shay Gilgis. [00:03:16] Speaker A: Shay Gilgis Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder MVP and NBA champion. Good choice. Dre, who's your pick? [00:03:22] Speaker B: Stephen Curry. [00:03:23] Speaker A: Steph Curry. All right, obviously, Golden State warriors doesn't need an introduction. Jordan or LeBron? Kenyon, who are you taking? [00:03:31] Speaker C: LeBron James. [00:03:32] Speaker A: And why? [00:03:33] Speaker C: He just does it all, you know, and he's on and off the floor. He's like just a role model. So, you know, he does everything, you know, the right way. For all we know, he does everything the right way. [00:03:43] Speaker A: Dre, how about you? Jordan or LeBron? [00:03:45] Speaker B: Jordan. And why the mentality? Mainly just attacking, you know, everybody knowing that he's the best, you know, I feel like that's what I'm trying to do. [00:03:56] Speaker A: So even for people of your age, is Jordan vs. LeBron still the locker room discussion, or are there other players that have entered into this? [00:04:05] Speaker B: There's definitely other players that entered, but it's definitely still one of the biggest conversations, for sure. [00:04:26] Speaker E: Hi, this is Rick Muuma, president of Wichita State University. Check out the latest episode of the Forward Together podcast. Each episode I sit down with different guests from Shocker Nation to celebrate the vision and mission of Wichita State University. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. [00:04:57] Speaker A: Kenyon, favorite movie? [00:04:59] Speaker C: Pretty much the whole Batman trilogy or Dark Knight Rises. [00:05:03] Speaker A: Those are good ones. Solid choice. Trey, how about you? [00:05:05] Speaker B: I like the Dark Knight too, but mine is probably the Warriors 1970s movie. [00:05:12] Speaker A: Okay. Old school. Very good. Kenyon, you mentioned this earlier. You had your best 3 point shooting season last season. Why did it improve so much? [00:05:22] Speaker C: My coaching staff, you know, when I went to uncg, they said they know I can shoot. You know, I've always been able to shoot my whole life. You Know, but that going into college, it was hard, you know, taller guys contesting your shot, and I was shooting the wrong ones. UNCG pretty much told me, like, hey, we're gonna get you easier shots and all that. You just gotta believe in it. So, you know, my summer was pretty rough. Shooting wise. I wasn't really confident. They put hope in me, and I put. I put in a lot of reps. And when the season started, I started catching my rhythm. And then all that confidence came back that I, you know, I can shoot the ball, really at an elite level. [00:05:54] Speaker A: Shooting the wrong ones. Okay, that's an interesting thing. What did you learn? What are the best three point shots for you? [00:05:59] Speaker C: Catch and shoot or rhythm? Just in rhythm shots when you're in rhythm. Let it go. Don't even think about it. [00:06:04] Speaker A: Okay, Dre, you will wear number three. Tell us the story with wearing number three for the Shockers. [00:06:11] Speaker B: And so in 2018, 19, three of my family members. Well, two of my family members, my best friend passed away that year. So that was when I really started taking wearing number three series. Just one for each of them in memory of them. [00:06:28] Speaker A: Meaningful, meaningful story behind that number. Kenyan music. What do you listen to to get prepared for a game? [00:06:36] Speaker C: I usually. I say I listen to a lot of young boy to get prepared, you know, give me in that mindset. But I usually try to stay calm. So, you know, simple, gunna. You know, simple like gunna lil baby. Anything simple. I don't want to listen to nothing too over the top. I don't want to be, you know, I try to stay level headed before games because I know when the competitiveness come out, I kind of. I get uncontrollable, so I make sure I keep it at a smooth rate. [00:07:04] Speaker A: Good. Dre, how about you? What are you listening to before a game? [00:07:08] Speaker B: First, I'll start off with a podcast, and then I'll probably listen to Lil Durk and Chief Keef before the game. [00:07:15] Speaker A: Okay, what podcast do you listen to? [00:07:17] Speaker B: Jeff Teague. 520. [00:07:19] Speaker A: Okay. The former Hawks guard, I guess, is what most people would know him play. Wake Forest, I think, and then the Atlanta Hawks. Okay, very good. So you both have been here, what, three weeks? Roughly three weeks now. Played some pickup games, had lots of practices. Give us a name. Shocker. Fans should pay attention to who's maybe one or two guys that have really jumped out at you. [00:07:42] Speaker C: Mike Gray. And I'd be saying his name wrong kind of on purpose, but. Brian Amunique or Aminique. [00:07:50] Speaker A: I got the pronunciation right. Here, I'm prepared. Amanek is what I'm told. Okay. Michael Gray is a guard transfer from Nicholl State. Brian Amounique, I'm going to practice there before he comes in. He's a sophomore guard, transfer from Fresno State. Okay. Both those guys made a good impression. Dre, how about you? Who's jumped out at you? [00:08:13] Speaker C: Really? [00:08:13] Speaker B: I say everybody just coming in. I feel like everybody surprised me and did more than I thought they would for sure, even though I thought highly of everyone. But if I had to choose three. Well, you said two, but actually I got four. I would say kg, Karan Boyd, Jerry Valencia, and Dylan. [00:08:36] Speaker A: Okay. Yeah. We've got Kenyon Giles here. Say something nice about Kenyon. [00:08:40] Speaker B: Nah. Kenyon, definitely a leader for sure. A shot maker. Definitely make tough shots. Any shot, he can make it. Just controlling the floor, you know, I like how he controls the floor. Coming off ball screens, being patient, seeing what, you know, what the defense is giving him, and just taking any opportunity, any space that he got to knock down shots or even create. Even though I know he's a scoring guard, but he also creates very high. [00:09:06] Speaker A: In the times I've slipped in and watched a little bit of practice, seems like Kenyon's voice is pretty loud. Is he a constant voice in practice? Am I seeing that right? [00:09:14] Speaker B: Yes, for sure. Definitely. Definitely. [00:09:16] Speaker A: Kenyon say something nice about Dre? [00:09:18] Speaker C: I could really say a lot. You know, one thing about Dre, I just love his competitiveness, you know? You know, my last schools, you know, it was competitive. But when I go, like, the first time I played against Dream, he picked me up full court, and I was like, this is like the first time where I said, like they say, iron sharpens iron. I was like, this is going to be a year. Like, we're going to make a big jump on both ends, you know, and then guarding Dre is like a blur. You know, fighting over a ball screen, you don't fight over that ball screen. Dre is making the layup. And then he really surprised me as well with his reads. Like, when he gets down there, you know, guards are high. We have a hard time maybe getting to the rim and then passing out of it. He's a lead passer, passing out of it. So, you know, these past couple weeks playing against Dre, I've got way better. Like, I've got. I can already see it. I'm getting way better. He brings the best because I know if I don't bring it, he's going to kill. He's going to Kill me that day. So I make sure I got to bring it. [00:10:15] Speaker A: Okay, Dre. With a good introduction to his new teammate. Okay. The new complement in basketball seems to be a demon. Your demon on the court, is that replacing. I guess it was dog for a long time. Is demon replacing that? And who on this team would you say is a demon or a dog? [00:10:34] Speaker C: I say you're looking at both of them. [00:10:36] Speaker A: Okay. Got the two point guards who are demons and dogs. Okay. Very good. Dre, if you weren't playing basketball, what sport would you play? [00:10:46] Speaker B: Probably be boxing. [00:10:48] Speaker A: Okay. Did you. So you boxed as a youngster? [00:10:50] Speaker B: Not really. Just fought a lot growing up, but, you know, not now, so. [00:10:56] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. Kenyon, how about you? Is there another sport besides basketball? [00:11:01] Speaker C: I'll say baseball. I like baseball. I like the swagger and all that, So I like to play baseball. I would be good, probably, but I love to wear chains and all that while I'm playing. [00:11:10] Speaker A: A lot of that, definitely. Dre, let's say your high school says, come on back. We'd like you to talk to our basketball team about the recruiting process, about handling college, academics, athletics, all that. What advice would you give a youngster? [00:11:26] Speaker B: I would definitely talk about the recruitment the most. My recruitment was very, very slow. I didn't have no offers coming out of high school. I had to bet on myself and walk on at a juco, where I end up leaving. So I would just tell them, like, bet on yourself and just keep putting the work in, because somebody gonna see you eventually with the recruitment process, so you just gotta keep working. And then what else did you say? [00:11:53] Speaker A: Yeah, what's your advice to someone who's, all right, I want to get into. I want to go to college. I want to play. I want to play sports in college. What should I know academically? What should I know athletically to get the best out of that experience? [00:12:04] Speaker B: I would say athletically, in college, you just got to keep putting the work in. I feel like I've seen a lot of guys who haven't put the work in, like juco, and they didn't end up where they thought they could end up. So I would just say, just keep working hard and obviously staying on top of your grades. You can't play without the grades anyway, so that's what I would go back and tell them. [00:12:25] Speaker A: Kenyon, what's your advice to youngsters? [00:12:27] Speaker D: Same thing. [00:12:28] Speaker C: Low key. Drew, Dre said hard work and belief, you know, in the recruitment process, especially in college, you might not go to your dream school. You might, you know, What? I mean, when you get to your dream school, they might not think you're that guy anyway. But, like, hard work, you gotta put in that hard work so the belief can come in. Like, that's it. All go hand in hand. And like, because beliefs are gonna be important because it's gonna be a lot of people that, you know, that doesn't believe you can go that high or, you know, because if you ask me, coming into high school, I was gonna be a D1 player. I was told I was gonna be a D2 player by a couple people. And, you know, now I'm at Wichita State. Never would have thought that. Well, I let other people think that I was a D2 player. I didn't have. I put the work in. I didn't have the belief then. You know, I felt like at the collegiate level, I feel like I overachieved because the belief came in. I always worked hard, but the belief came in, you know, and then when you believe in yourself so much, school and everything, that's gonna become second nature because you're not gonna let nothing else knock you off your belief. So if you feel like, okay, I want to play here, school, all that, you're gonna get that done because your belief is so strong, you're not gonna let that other things knock you off, like any distractions. So hard work and believe everything is gonna do us part. [00:13:36] Speaker A: Kenny and Giles, Dre, Kendall, thank you very much for your time, sir. [00:13:39] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:13:45] Speaker A: Hello. We've got our second group here. Introducing Wichita State fans to newcomers on the Shocker basketball team. Caron Boyd is a 6 foot 5 senior forward. He is transferring from East Tennessee State where he earned Southern Conference defensive player of the year honors last season. Averaged 8.7 points and 7.2 rebounds. Karon is from Concord, North Carolina, and he's been to Koch arena before. He scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds last season in ETSU's 9687 loss to Wichita State. Here. Jarrett Valencia is a 6 foot 9 junior forward. He comes to Wichita State from Monmouth. He is from Columbia. Played for shocker assistant coach P.J. cusnard at Legacy School of Sports Sciences in Houston. Jarrett averaged 6.7 points and 4.1 rebounds last season as a freshman. In 2023-24, he earned spots on the all rookie and all defensive teams. The Coastal Athletic Association. Okay, this is the defensive lockdown defenders part of this podcast. I think Karon, both of you guys come here with reputations as strong defenders. What do you enjoy most about playing defense? [00:14:53] Speaker D: Just being Able to stop anybody from scoring. I feel like when you offensive player, you got that joy, you want to go down and get a bucket. But like me just taking that joy from you, like not letting you be able to score, I like that a lot. [00:15:05] Speaker A: Taking joy from you, that's something coaches would like to hear. Have you always enjoyed playing defense? [00:15:09] Speaker D: Yeah, I always enjoyed playing defense as strong as an offense. So I had to strive at something so defensive what did that. And then slowly started to get better in offense. And now I'm trying to perfect that as my game too. [00:15:19] Speaker A: Jarrett, do you also enjoy sucking the joy out of the game for offensive players or what's your thoughts on playing defense? [00:15:24] Speaker F: I love playing defense. I love when like I get a block and I just turn that into offense, you know. And I love the joy like of blocking somebody because the person probably thinking that they gonna score and here goes me just block it. [00:15:36] Speaker A: And has this always been what you've loved about basketball? [00:15:39] Speaker F: Yeah, this was my strong sign since I was young, you know. [00:15:43] Speaker A: So why is that? Most people like I want to make baskets, I want the ball in my hand, I want to be dribbling, showing off my moves. Duncan, why do you enjoy defense? [00:15:52] Speaker F: I don't know. My favorite player growing up was Anthony Davis when he was in New Orleans. [00:15:56] Speaker A: So that's probably why he's quite the defensive player. [00:15:59] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:16:00] Speaker A: Okay, Karon, we're going to make you an NBA coach. What current NBA player do you pick first to start your team? [00:16:08] Speaker D: To start my team. I'm a big LeBron guy. I like LeBron a lot. I grew up watching him. So I gotta say Lebron build a team around him. [00:16:17] Speaker A: Hard to go wrong with LeBron. Jarrett, you're the NBA coach. Who's your first pick? [00:16:22] Speaker F: Anthony Edwards. He's young, so he got a lot of time. But I would probably five years ago I would have picked kd. But right now it's Anthony Edwards. [00:16:32] Speaker A: Okay, upside play on Anthony edwards. Jordan or LeBron? Karon. [00:16:38] Speaker D: Gotta go. LeBron. [00:16:40] Speaker A: Okay. Why? What do you like about his game? [00:16:42] Speaker D: I like everything. Like he's the reason why I really like got into basketball. From watching him with Cleveland and to like the Heat. He was really a big, big where it was at and then it just watching his game, see how he dominates and how his longevity still continues to be a force and affair in the league. [00:16:58] Speaker A: Jarrett, what's your opinion on Jordan vs. LeBron debates? Kobe, Kobe. I was gonna ask if Kobe. So Kobe would enter into this? [00:17:04] Speaker F: Yeah, Kobe. [00:17:05] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:05] Speaker F: When I was growing up, since I grew up in Columbia. They didn't put all the NBA games, so we only had Lakers games. So that was my favorite player growing up when I was a kid. [00:17:16] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:17] Speaker F: And he do defense and offense. So. Yeah. [00:17:19] Speaker A: Tell us about basketball in Columbia. Where does it rank among the hierarchy of favorite sports for people in Columbia? [00:17:26] Speaker F: For basketball? Basketball, it's probably like top three in Colombia. Not too many people practice the sport, but the community is strong, so it's getting there. [00:17:36] Speaker A: Soccer, number one. [00:17:37] Speaker F: Soccer, number one. I played soccer when I was a kid. [00:17:40] Speaker A: Okay, who's the best basketball player from the country of Colombia? [00:17:46] Speaker F: Well, right now, me. But back then probably my dad. [00:17:49] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:50] Speaker F: My dad. [00:17:50] Speaker A: Very good. Karan, tell us about choosing Wichita State. [00:17:54] Speaker D: Yeah. Going to the portal. I had a lot of options to choose, which I saved my first visit. So I came here. I already played in arena and I know how the energy felt and the fans came out. We played during Christmas break, so normally a lot of students go home. Not too many fans come out, but it was still a great crowd out there. So I like that already. But when I came here, I just fell in love with the coaching staff they planned for me in the future and how they gonna develop me. And I just feel like this is like the first place I've actually been in where I could see like my talent growing even more and like the hands on with coaching wise and helping me develop my game offensively and defensively. So I really like that aspect of it. So I thought Wichita stayed with the best fit for me. [00:18:33] Speaker A: Jarred, how about you take us through your decision to come to Wichita? [00:18:37] Speaker F: I mean, the decision low key was very easy for me because you know, Coach pj, he was my high school coach. And Jaime Chanike is from Columbia too. So it was a lot of guys that I know that went here. And I also played here last year, the second game after my comeback from my injury and Mufford was like just great. Like fans was. It was insane. And I remember I had the two free throws to like win the game and I missed it because it was too loud. So I was like, yeah, I like this. And the coaching staff, they just all about developing and they just show a lot of love. So I was like, yeah, I gotta go there. [00:19:17] Speaker A: So when you say the coaching staff is all about developing, take us inside that a little bit. Do they sit down with you and go over video? How did. How do they get that across? [00:19:25] Speaker F: Yeah, coach. Coach P. Mills, he just went. He just sit me down and told me that he loved watching film and he told me that I gotta be like, kind of like kp. I say kp. What's his name? NBA player, bro. The Dreads. He played the Lakers. [00:19:44] Speaker D: He played The Lakers? [00:19:45] Speaker F: Yes. 3 and D. 3 and D guy. Baylor. [00:19:52] Speaker D: No, I don't exactly talking about. [00:19:55] Speaker F: Man. Got it right here. TP Taurean Spring. Torian Prince. [00:20:01] Speaker D: Prince, yeah, Prince. [00:20:01] Speaker A: Oh, Torian Prince. [00:20:02] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:20:03] Speaker A: TP Baylor Guy. [00:20:04] Speaker F: So it had to be like a three and D guy. Guard the best player and knock down the three and just be athletic, be active. So I was like, yeah, I want to do that. I would love to do that. [00:20:15] Speaker A: You will wear number two. Jarrett, tell us the story with choosing number two. [00:20:18] Speaker F: The story about number two. I used to wear number 35 in High School Legacy with Coach PJ. And I remember it was like three straight games that I forgot my uniform. I was wearing two, and everybody was like, oh, I like how you look in number two. And then Coach Piggy was like, you know, I wear number two, right? And I'm like, oh, I'm gonna start wearing number two because of you. You helped me a lot to get where I am. So that's the story behind it. I wear number two. Coach Coach P.J. kuzenar. [00:20:44] Speaker A: Okay, describe playing for P.J. kuznar. What was that like? [00:20:49] Speaker F: He always treat me like family. He helped me a lot. And he always hard on you on the court and off the court. He just treats you like family and he makes sure you're straight. [00:20:58] Speaker A: Karon, what music are you listening to when you're getting prepared for a game? [00:21:03] Speaker D: It honestly varies depending on my mood. I'm the type of guy that's very diverse. I listen to anything, a lot of things. So I like, listen to jazz, country, R and B rap. So depending on the day, I might play some NBA youngboy or I might switch it up, play Rod Wave. I might go a little Morgan Wallen. So it all depends on the mood. Or sometimes I'll be a little. I'll go with like a little Alicia Keys. So, okay. [00:21:29] Speaker A: Quite a variety. Jared, how about you? What are you listening to? [00:21:32] Speaker F: I mean, yeah, like Karon say, he just. He's just barriers on my mood. That's why I like Karon. He don't. He got like. He listened to everything, you know, he don't got like, oh, I don't listen to that. He listened to everything. It's the same with me. If I'm too energetic, I probably go with like a sissa or something like that. If I'm like, missing home, I probably Go like Bad Bunny or Spanish music, you know, it don't matter. I can go. Young boy gonna. It don't matter. [00:21:56] Speaker A: Jarrett, you mentioned Jaime Echinike. I should go back to that. He played for the Shockers two seasons, went on, played briefly in the NBA and is having a successful professional career, also from Columbia. Do you know Jaime? Tell me about that. His perhaps being a role model, I guess. [00:22:12] Speaker F: Yeah. I met Jaime when I was very young. I used to practice for the. I used to. They used to have me practicing with the proteins just to, like, get the rhythm and stuff. And I met him then, and I was, like, very surprised because he was way taller than everybody else. But we built our connections when I moved to the states, and he always reached out and made sure I was straight. And he always helped me with advices and stuff like that. He always checking in, making sure I'm good. [00:22:42] Speaker A: Excellent. Karon, let's say your high school says, karon, come on back. We want you to talk to our basketball team. Give them advice about getting recruited, give them advice about academics, athletics in college. What are you telling the youngsters. [00:23:00] Speaker D: Growing up? My mom and dad always emphasized academics. So I would definitely say you got to take pride and take care of academics, because basketball, not forever. So the ball eventually will stop bouncing. So you got to figure out what's your plan B. And then I would go and say, you need to prioritize working out and do the little things like partying and going hang out with your friends will always be there later on. But this is the time where you really need to focus and develop on yourself and not just be in the gym for three hours shooting, like, actually do set workouts. That's going to actually build and develop your talent. So I would say that and also live in the moment. I feel like a lot of times as basketball players, we're always looking for the next thing or trying to reach the final goal, which is a championship. But we never celebrate the little moments. So I feel like the biggest thing right now for everybody to celebrate little moments, even if it's like, I got 10 points here. I made the last two free throws to win the game. So just celebrating little moments and your little achievements. So I feel like doing that helps you get further in the long run. [00:23:53] Speaker A: Jarrett, what's your advice to say, a high school sophomore who's just getting started in this whole process? [00:23:58] Speaker F: I mean, I would just tell them because growing up, I made a lot of sacrifices. I moved from home very young. So just bet on yourself, and if you really want it, you're going to make the sacrifices and go get it all. [00:24:12] Speaker A: Karan Boyd, Jarrett Valencia, thank you very much for your time. [00:24:16] Speaker F: Appreciate it. [00:24:32] Speaker E: Hi, this is Rick Niuma, President of Wichita State University. Check out the latest episode of the Forward Together podcast. Each episode I sit down with different guests from Shocker Nation to celebrate the vision and mission of Wichita State University. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. [00:25:03] Speaker A: Thank you for listening to the Roundhouse podcast courtesy of Wichita State University Strategic Communications. We encourage you to rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and you can find more roundhouse [email protected] it's over. It is over, ladies and gentlemen. Say it slowly and savor it. Wichita State is going to the Final four for the first time in 48 years. Unbelievable. [00:25:34] Speaker F: What a scene, folks. [00:25:35] Speaker A: The Shocker fans are just going crazy in the stands. Just maybe the greatest win in the history of Wichita State basketball.

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