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Eye On College Basketball

BYU Freshman AJ Dybantsa isn't focused on STATS, only WINS. | College Basketball

Eye On College Basketball

CBS Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, NBA Draft

Basketball, Sports

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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AJ Dybantsa previews the BYU Cougars' season with CBS Sports' Matt Norlander. 00:00 - Start 00:15 - The meaning of the name AJ 01:26 - Looking forward to opening night 01:38 - Fulfilling the visions of college basketball 02:25 - Enjoying the college experience 03:00 - Living in Utah vs. Living in Boston 03:40 - Aj’s Differences between college ball vs NBA ball 04:15 - Maintaining the balance betwen NBA Dreams and College Dreams 04:48 - Team Dynamic 05:30 - Calls Richie Saunders “one of the hardest workers I’ve ever played with” 05:51 - Just started learning how to throw 6:26 - The best PG you’ve ever played with 6:48 - Taking in the NCAA tournament for the first time 7:49 - Trying to improve on the defense 08:30 - Hard to say you had a good game when you lose 09:06 - Not focused on individual stats 10:07 - Focused on rebounding 10:50 - Learning to block out the noise of road games 🎵 Theme song: "Timothy Leary," written, performed and courtesy of Guster Eye on College Basketball is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow our team: @EyeonCBBPodcast @GaryParrishCBS @MattNorlander @Kyle_Boone @DavidWCobb @NataTheScribe Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college basketball. You can listen to us on your smart speakers! Simply say, "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast," or "Hey, Google, play the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast." Email the show for any reason whatsoever: [email protected] Visit Eye on College Basketball's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFb_xyBgOekQPZYC7Ijilw For more college hoops coverage, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Gamblingware.org BYUuayu freshman AJ DeBanza joins us here on Ion College Basketball.

0:49.8

I appreciate you joining.

0:51.3

Curious, your name, AJ.

0:52.8

What's it stand for and what's the meaning behind it? AJ is short for Anisei Jr. I'm a junior, my dad. I'm named after my dad, and it means undefeated. Undefeated. That's literally the literal translation is undefeated. Do you remember how old you would have been when you actually learned what your name meant and if it meant anything? Oh, I learned it like a couple months ago. I just like randomly looked it up. Wow. Okay. Yeah, I probably looked it up when I was a kid, but I just forgot, but I just looked it up like a couple months ago and told my dad. How did that land with you when you actually like discovered what it meant? I don't know. I don't think my grandfather had, was trying to purposely name my dad that because of what it meant, but it's just cool that that's what my name meant.

1:30.9

I dig it.

1:31.9

We're catching AJ here at the long end of a long Big 12 media day.

1:37.7

Season is getting close.

1:38.9

I know you've had some exhibitions, got some more to come.

1:41.4

I'm just curious on, like, how you're wired.

1:44.1

I know that you look good in the Nebraska and you got another one coming, but are you just like champing at the bit to finally just play a game that matters? I just wonder, as all this buildup, we're almost there, where do I find your mindset less than two weeks out from real games? I mean, I feel like these games still matter, especially the one against UNC coming up, their high-level, high-value program. Obviously, it doesn't count towards that record, but I think it still counts. But, yeah, I'm excited to play against. I think opening night is Villanova and Vegas, so I'm looking forward to that. Just playing. What's different from your everyday life as a college student over the past, you know,

2:20.0

six to eight weeks versus what you thought it might have been, say, two years ago?

2:23.7

Because, you know, new experiences you're going through it.

2:25.4

What's been a little bit different from the images you had in your head at 15, 16, 17?

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