WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.640 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:21.079 day. Now here's Nick Coffee. It doesn't surprise me at all anymore. 3 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:25.879 The things that we discussed on this show that have nothing to do with sports 4 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:30.600 at all usually end up getting the most reaction, which doesn't mean that like 5 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:34.479 it's something that everybody wants to talk about, but it's relatable, right, 6 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:36.640 And we'll get into that in just a moment. I do want to let 7 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:39.880 you know it is Coffee and Company, that's us. It's actually our number 8 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:44.159 two, but it is five o'clock because we had a shorter show today than 9 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.679 usual because of some UK baseball. But that's okay, really odd week with 10 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:51.920 the schedule. But next week back to routine and uh not that I want 11 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:53.840 the weekend to go by fast, but I'm looking forward to it. I 12 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:58.520 need structure, I need some consistency, and I feel like the last couple 13 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.759 of weeks have kind of just been hectic and all over the place, all 14 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:04.640 right, So trust me, we are going to get to some hard hitting 15 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:08.359 sports analysis and conversation because that's what you tune into this show for, because 16 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.040 we're just I mean, that's what we do nothing but sports, sports, 17 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:15.680 sports, sports, sports. But I asked the question when we came back 18 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:21.280 from our last break, is it frowned upon to drink beer at a kid's 19 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:23.680 birthday party? A kid who's turning four years old? So my son's birthday 20 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:27.239 party is tomorrow, and it's going to be a pool party. It's at 21 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:32.599 my mother and stepfather's house they host each and every year. And somebody made 22 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.239 a good point on the text line say, Nick, I think it all 23 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:40.799 depends on the situation, right, if it's And one thing I got to 24 00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:45.359 do better at is highlighting certain parts of these texts that you know are really 25 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:48.959 the overall comic because I can't read all I mean, I can't read, 26 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.359 but I can't read all of it if it's like, you know, eight 27 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.680 sentences. But yeah, somebody's basically say, Nick, you're good. If 28 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.879 it's a poll party, people wouldn't be surprised or bothered at all. If 29 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.239 somebody's having a cold beer by the poll that's kind of what people. And 30 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:01.480 you're right, But I guess if I was, like, I don't know, 31 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:05.280 if I snuck beer into some you know, chuck E cheese, which 32 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:07.439 I think they sell beer too, there actually, so maybe I wouldn't need 33 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:10.639 to sneak it in. But look, the reason I ask is because if 34 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:15.560 I mean, I have friends who like if I told them, and I'm 35 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:19.560 not kidding you, if I had buddies who and I do, but some 36 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.520 of my friends that are I'm really close with, if I told them, 37 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:27.120 like, hey, we're having Mason's party Saturday. Should be a lot of 38 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:30.439 fun, but just remember, you can't bring beer. They would send their 39 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:35.319 kids and their wife and they wouldn't come. I mean they might, but 40 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:37.199 like I'd never heard the end of it. You can't let me drink beer 41 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.280 to kid like It's so we're not a bunch of raging alcoholics, but it's 42 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:43.360 just you know, it's a social thing for parents too. But the reason 43 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:45.240 I bring this up is because there are going to be kids there that I 44 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.599 don't know much about, because there are kids from his baseball team or his 45 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:51.919 daycare, and I don't know their parents, but they're going to bring them, 46 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:53.120 and that's you know, I want to make a good impression. Right 47 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.879 he's only four years old, but right, like I don't want his friends 48 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:00.680 from daycare. I don't want their parents to think bad of him because you 49 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:05.039 know, Moose's dad was just pounding bush lights at his kid's birthday party. 50 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.560 Like, you know, you never know what people are gonna think, right, 51 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:12.840 I mean, the majority of my friends that have kids that are around 52 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.599 my kid's age, and like, we all know each other. But it's 53 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:20.319 you know what if first impression matters, probably wouldn't be good. But what 54 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:22.879 if you joked with the parents who didn't know and said, you don't put 55 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:25.759 a bush light in your kid's lunchbox every day? Yeah? I again, 56 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.879 somebody who doesn't know me at all probably wouldn't think that that's a serious comment. 57 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:32.439 But you never know, if they don't know me, maybe they don't 58 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:37.199 pick up on sarcasm, which I've I've gotten pretty good over the years of 59 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:39.840 you know, really saying things in a certain way that even though it sounds 60 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:43.919 like there's no way he's being serious, the way I say it makes people 61 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:47.840 think I am being serious. But yeah, we're not going to play beer 62 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:52.840 pong, you know, with with the four year olds, but if parents 63 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.439 want to get a quick game in after we open up presents and cut the 64 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:59.360 cake, I'm I mean, I'm down. As long as you know, 65 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.960 we keep our eye on the kids and keep them safe. But again, 66 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:05.840 most people have chimed in on the text line here the Llen and Federal Credit 67 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:12.000 Union text line to say that it's fairly common for a summer party with kids 68 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.560 to see people with, you know, a cooler full of some drinks, 69 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:19.560 as long as we're all being responsible, in which we are. Now, 70 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:25.839 once the party ends and you know that's over, maybe I, you know, 71 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:31.040 maybe maybe I really let loose. Maybe Kekestan Nick comes back. Yeah. 72 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:35.439 I haven't done Kekestan since that that tailgate before the Notre Dame game. 73 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:41.680 I probably will never do one again because I'd never been good at it before. 74 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:46.240 But the momentum was there before the game. The vibe check was going 75 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:47.560 well, we were about to finish it, and I, I mean, 76 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.399 I don't think I'll ever have a Kexstan that's as good as that one. 77 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:54.360 And it was Miller Lite too, which I hate, but I powered through 78 00:04:54.399 --> 00:05:00.600 because the adrenaline was was taken over all right, So something we did discussed 79 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:04.439 the beginning of the show today, the Coleman Hawkins situation, which I guess 80 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:08.199 we can call it a situation. He is available in the portal. He 81 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.160 pulled his name out of the draft at the last minute. Louisville was involved 82 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:14.279 a few weeks ago, but then they landed a handful of players in the 83 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:18.639 front court, which maybe just assumed that there wouldn't be any any any future 84 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:23.319 there. And I still don't know for sure if it's going to be something 85 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.720 that really materializes, as Louisville is one of a few schools that's going to 86 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:30.199 get a visit, but it's it's certainly possible, you know. I I 87 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.959 know they have thirteen scholarships that have all been taken taken at this point. 88 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:38.079 But I remember a few weeks ago talking to somebody who said, if there 89 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.360 was a player that they felt could really help them, which Coleman Hawkins, 90 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:46.720 is that the transfer from Illinois, And you know, they knew they had 91 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:50.439 they knew they could land him with the nil money they have available and his 92 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:56.160 interest in joining the program, that they would make that they could make it 93 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.439 work. Now I don't know what that means. I don't know what they 94 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:02.199 do to make it work, but they have I think a plan in place 95 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.879 to where if in fact they could go ad somebody, they could make a 96 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:10.040 scholarship available. I don't think that's booting somebody off the team and you know, 97 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.279 making it to where you're telling them, we took your commitment, but 98 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:15.600 now we don't need you any more. You know, pack your bags, 99 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.759 hit the portal. But they have some type of plan in place that if 100 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:25.120 need be, they could free up a scholarship. So I would say by 101 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:30.120 Monday, we will probably have a better idea as far as which schools are 102 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:35.399 really pursuing him. Have I guess an offer that's in the range of what 103 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:42.879 he's looking for, and see where he wants to schedule visits. I'd say 104 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:46.879 thirty percent chance Louisville's in the mix there, But that's just me guessing. 105 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.839 It's just a guess because it wouldn't shock me at all if he's doing the 106 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:56.519 UFL flirtation online which he sends deleted because he wants to drive up the price 107 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:00.519 and let others know that. Louisville again, because Louisville, as much as 108 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:02.240 it is all exaggerated, and I don't mean just for Louisville, I mean 109 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:08.759 everybody. Louisville is one of maybe five six schools in college basketball that has 110 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:13.519 been tabbed by many as one of the bigger spenders in NIL. So again, 111 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:16.600 I think if you're And I don't know if Great Osibor ended up doing 112 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:21.160 that or not, but I remember throughout his entire recruitment, during that few 113 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.399 weeks where he was taking visits, I gave him the benefit of the data, 114 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.120 and I guess I still do. But like, this is a different 115 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.600 ballgame now, Folks like it could like it's not. I'm not like reaching 116 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:38.199 and throwing out something that's just insanely unrealistic to say that he might have all 117 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:41.279 along known he was going to go play for Danny Sprinkle at Washington, but 118 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:44.959 he needed to draw it out, Go visit Louisville, go visit Kentucky, 119 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.759 go visit Texas Tech, and then finish that visit at Washington to where they 120 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:53.759 know that all those schools want him. They know that innile money's been offered. 121 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:57.360 And that's the way in which Danny Sprinkle can let his people know the 122 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:00.279 collective, whoever it is, hey, we need this guy, and we 123 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:03.920 got to pay big, big, big dollars because schools like Kentucky, Louisville, 124 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.360 and even Texas Tech are involved and they can pay. Like it seems 125 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:11.160 silly to waste all that time, not only your time, but other schools 126 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.079 times to do all that if you really know where you're going to go. 127 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:18.399 But it's also there, you know there's something in it now money right the 128 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:22.519 end of the day, you're doing these things for the big payoff at the 129 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:26.519 end to get the big bag from a school. It's probably not time wasted 130 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.600 on your end. That was the strategy. That's how you were able to 131 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:31.680 get it done. So I don't know what Colemanhawkins is thinking as far as 132 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:33.879 which school he prefers. He did say he wouldn't want to play in the 133 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.000 Big East or the Big Ten. I would imagine that's probably just you know, 134 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:41.559 Colemanhawkins kind of being the character that he is. But make no mistake 135 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.200 about it. If he's interested in Louisville, as I believe, could make 136 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.039 it work. As far as getting him a scholarship available and they have nie 137 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:52.360 all money, that would be you know, enough to get him Hell yeah, 138 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.519 he'd be I mean to be honest with you, he'd probably end up 139 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:58.679 being your best player. As far as just portal rankings, depending on where 140 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.480 you look. I know some people are really really high on Terrence Edwards Junior, 141 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.000 which I am too fat. I mean he's he's a top twenty, 142 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:13.360 top fifteen guy in the portal depending on where you look. So I'm not 143 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:15.559 getting my hopes up just yet. I'm not really you know, I don't 144 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:16.919 think we need to spend a ton of time tracking it just yet. But 145 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:22.759 Monday, or maybe Tuesday of next week, I would imagine there'll be some 146 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.000 clarity as far as which schools appear to be really in the mix, and 147 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.559 I think Arkansas is certainly going to be one of them. And then from 148 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:35.519 there, I don't really know, like if let's think, let's see, 149 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:41.720 like who Marquette, Let's use Marquete as an example or maybe I don't know, 150 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:46.000 maybe I you maybe you know, not a good example who should be 151 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.360 good in the Big ten next year? Produce still projected to be pretty good. 152 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.120 But I was going to try to, like I'm what I was trying 153 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.919 to get at is that if those if there's a school from the biggies to 154 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.960 the Big ten that had a very attractive role for him, a lot of 155 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.080 minutes, yeah, and a lot of money, maybe Ohio State, he'd 156 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.720 go there right like he wouldn't, not mean like for those wondering around even 157 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:09.840 asking this, he said at the NBA draft combain he did not want to 158 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:11.679 play in the Big East or the Big Ten, but he said it was 159 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:16.320 because of football, which I don't understand, Like, you know, that's 160 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:20.279 just I think him being you know, the character that he is. But 161 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.919 again, really good player. If you could get him, that would be 162 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:26.879 that'd be huge, all right. So we also talked bracketology, and we 163 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:28.759 had a good point that was made by somebody in the text line as far 164 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:33.679 as how you could find yourself in the tournament next year if you're Louisville. 165 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.720 So Leonardi again, it's so stupid to talk about bracketology in May, but 166 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.600 here we are in Louisville. This has got to be their first appearance in 167 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:45.559 any of joe Lenardi's brackets. And by the way, they're not even really 168 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:48.639 They're in the bracketology, but not in the field. Leonardi has Louisville and 169 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:54.200 Pat Kelsey is the first team out. But I would be willing to bet 170 00:10:54.440 --> 00:11:03.960 that Louisville hasn't been involved in any of Joey Brackett's updates in three years. 171 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:09.440 Like when Mack was in his last season. At the beginning of the year, 172 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.879 they might have been in but then again, maybe not because if you 173 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:16.480 remember that that season never really got started off very I mean that season never 174 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:24.320 really got rolling, right, I mean that was they were not terrible, 175 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:26.919 but I mean they's lost. Yeah, they lost to Furman in like the 176 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:31.320 third game when Mack was suspended. So it may have been the you know, 177 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:37.679 Lenardes because Leonard's bracket, his last bracket in the twenty twenty one tournament 178 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:41.960 was the year Louisville was essentially in and then bid Steelers and then they ended 179 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:45.240 up being the first team like they were the first team out in that year. 180 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:48.120 So it's been a long time, but anyways, he has Louisville as 181 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.679 the first team out. Kentucky has a seventh seed, Indiana as a four 182 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:56.879 seed. But Louisville, if they're on the bubble, if they're in this 183 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:01.799 position where they're like, you know, that close and you really need a 184 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:03.519 break to go your way or just the committee to kind of side with you, 185 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.480 I think, and again credit to this person on the text line who 186 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:09.600 brought this up. It really comes down to how good the acc is, 187 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.200 because when you're in that position, your conference affiliation matters, right, You're 188 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.639 gonna get the benefit of the doubt from the committee. If your league is 189 00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:22.240 competitive, and you know, I mean, your numbers are going to be 190 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.360 influence. Your numbers are going to be dependent upon that too, right Like 191 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.840 if you know, if there's not a whole lot of quad one, quad 192 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.840 two opportunities in your league, that's going to keep you from being able to 193 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.799 really climb in those rankings, the net rankings, the Ken Palm, all 194 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:39.840 that kind of stuff, your strength to schedule. So I don't think the 195 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.360 ACC to be honest with the's gonna be a lot better than it was last 196 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.480 year. I could be wrong, but it needs to get I mean, 197 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:50.919 that's that's a big factor. And I know people say, well, the 198 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.840 Big twelve they just manipulated these rankings because they played nobody in the non conference 199 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:58.799 and then when they get into conference play, they just beat up on each 200 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.320 other and they all have good records at that time. When they first get 201 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.919 in the league play, they all have good numbers in the initial net and 202 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:09.799 the Ken Palm because they're playing teams ranked in the two fifty and up and 203 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:11.399 they're demolishing them, right, because you have to do that or you won't 204 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:16.559 or you won't climb in those in those numbers, and that's true. However, 205 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:22.279 the reason the ACC has slipped and no longer gets the benefit of the 206 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:24.840 doubt is because in the non conference they don't they don't win. You know, 207 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.159 you'll you'll have a handful of games. In fact, you have now 208 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.480 the ACC Big Ten Challenge or no, I'm sorry, it's the A C 209 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:37.200 C SEC Challenge, and you know other non conference games out there in these 210 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:43.600 mtes, the Christmas Turn the Christmas you know, I guess it's more Thanksgiving 211 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.440 tournaments or whatnot that you know, the Maui, the Battlefort Yeah, the 212 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.159 Battle Forortlantis and whatnot. And the ACC just hasn't done good enough in that 213 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:54.639 stretch of the season to where you're worthy of the benefit of the doubt. 214 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:56.120 And here's the thing. When you end up getting the benefit of the doubt 215 00:13:56.120 --> 00:14:01.879 as an ACC member, in recent years, it's been your Duke Carolina. 216 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:05.120 I mean, those are the schools that will get the benefit of out because 217 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:11.799 of who they are. So if you're gonna play quality caliber opponents in the 218 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.720 non conference, you need to beat some of those teams. And also, 219 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:20.399 let's be honest, the ACC has had teams that have scheduled two point fifty 220 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:22.399 plus and lost to those teams. I mean, Louisville is as guilty as 221 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.600 anybody. Louisville losing Quad three and Quad four games the last two years killed 222 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:30.679 the ACC. I mean they weren't alone. There were other bad teams too, 223 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:33.759 but Louisville was clearly the worst of the worst. So, you know, 224 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:41.039 if Louisville is in fact right there on the bubble, and it's just 225 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:46.080 gonna come down to maybe stealing a game in the ACC tournament no bid stealers. 226 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:50.320 I think a big factor in them getting getting in rather than being left 227 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.879 out, will be did the ACC have a solid year? And you know 228 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:58.200 right now and already has the ACC with just six teams in. I'm sorry, 229 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:01.360 I don't think that would be a solid year. And the six teams 230 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:07.320 he has in from the ACC, Miami is an eight seed, Duke is 231 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:11.600 a one seed. Who else? I would imagine Carolina is in there somewhere. 232 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:18.360 Yeah, they're a three seed. Who else from the ACC? And 233 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:22.320 they don't They mentioned the number of teams, but they don't tell you which 234 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.960 ones it is. It's Virginia in there, I'm sure they are. They 235 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:31.720 usually get the benefit of the doubt from Joey brackets. Let's see, although 236 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.879 maybe they see Pittsburgh. Okay, so yeah, so that's kind of like 237 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:37.039 so they're in but kind of not in, right, Yeah, yeah, 238 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:46.879 so Pitts, Pittsburgh, Miami Carolina, Duke. Who else is there that 239 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.639 I'm that we're missing? Wake Forest is a non seed? So look, 240 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.759 this is I mean, and again, like I know, there's still people 241 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.799 that really always defend the ACC and act like because they've had teams go like 242 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.399 n C State going to the final four. I'm sorry, great does not 243 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.039 mean that the league was great, Like it doesn't at all, doesn't really 244 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.159 prove anything, to be honest with you, I know, winning in the 245 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:11.759 tournament is how you're evaluated, and I get it wouldn't really have it any 246 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:17.440 other way. But it's what's unique about college basketball, right sixty eight teams 247 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.879 get in and if you get in and get hot and make a deep run, 248 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:22.320 that's all you're gonna be remembered for, and that that's what makes it 249 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:26.480 cool. But it also doesn't change history, like the ACC having NC State 250 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:32.159 in the final four. You know, to me, State team was was 251 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:34.279 lost from Louisville away from losing its head coach. Yeah, I mean they 252 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:38.279 were terrible. I mean they played. I mean again, they were I 253 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:44.320 think they won like three of their last eleven games going into the postseason. 254 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:51.039 So not only is six teams getting in realistic, you got to keep in 255 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.799 mind what's also realistic is some of these teams are barely in wake as a 256 00:16:53.840 --> 00:17:00.159 non seed pit playing playing its way in. So that's another reason to be 257 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.480 honest with you why I think Louisville can get in and why I think they 258 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:07.559 can ended up having a much better year than most would have expected because they 259 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.480 don't play in a great league. I wish they did. I used to 260 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:12.599 love it when Louisville was in the ACC in the Big East and week in 261 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:15.559 and week out, one of your two games was going to be against a 262 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.839 good team where if you won, there was real value there, there was 263 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:23.079 currency for you to collect and add to your resume. And now you have 264 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:29.079 in recent years you'll play one game a month. It seems like where there's 265 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.279 real value there. And that's not an exaggeration. Go look it up. 266 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:38.640 So we shall see. I also, real quick before we move on and 267 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:41.519 take our first break here in the five o'clock hour, Duke being a one 268 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:45.559 seed kind of surprised me in this Linardi bracket because you know, Duke is 269 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.720 Duke. They get the benefit of the doubt. They usually have talent, 270 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.200 They're never terrible, but they were kind of I mean, they've let's just 271 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:53.440 be real, they've been pretty black, pretty mid as the kids say in 272 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:57.240 the early John Shire era, right like, they did make the Elite eight, 273 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:00.920 and therefore that's that's a pretty good run for a in his second year 274 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.680 as a head coach. But he also had, you know, I mean, 275 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:06.720 with Duke, there's expectations, and you could make the claim that with 276 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:11.359 Kyle Pilapowski back, they still kind of underwhelmed. But either way, one 277 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.759 reason why Duke may be getting an extra bump more so than they typically get 278 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:18.599 is because Cooper Flag may in fact be like the best freshman we've had in 279 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:21.000 college basketball in a long time. And I know, freshman don't impact the 280 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:22.880 game the way they used to because there's a lot more old guys that are 281 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:26.559 sticking around and a lot of teams are old now because you can be with 282 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.519 the portal, you don't have to be young if you're a head coach, 283 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.400 and most coaches are going to prefer not to be young. But if he's 284 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:37.039 one of those guys, meaning an elite of the elite is Zion Williamson, 285 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:42.400 Trey Young, Anthony Davis, those kind of I mean, if you know 286 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.519 John Wall and I'm not comparing him to that, but if if he's got 287 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:48.599 that kind of talent, which it sounds like he does, and he physically 288 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.839 is ready to go, then he could, you know, he could be 289 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:56.200 a superstar. And I think college kind of needs those guys, because again, 290 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:59.880 Hunter Dickinson could play seven years in college basketball, which he probably already 291 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:02.000 has another I think about it, and he could be a first team All 292 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.359 American putting up great numbers for a great team. But he's not going to 293 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:11.920 sniff the NBA and that limits the overall, like national publicity that he's going 294 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:15.000 to get. But anyways, real quick, the last time we had one 295 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.279 of those freshmen that were just you know, next level, I mean, 296 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:22.440 Zion I feel like was probably it. And you know, I'm going to 297 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.480 go through this list here. So in twenty nineteen, the year after Zion 298 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:29.480 Anthony Edwards was the number one player in American he was as good as advertised, 299 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:32.599 but he played for a bad, bad team that Tom Cream coach did 300 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:36.759 Georgia and it really limited like he was. Georgia wasn't appointment viewing because they 301 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:37.640 were so bad. I mean they weren't even just like, I mean, 302 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.160 they were terrible. James Wiseman was number two. There was a lot of 303 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:44.400 hype for him, but he didn't deliver on the hype. I don't think 304 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:47.440 did he. I mean, in fact, he's actually going to go down 305 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:49.240 as a humongous bust because I think his NBA career is about to come to 306 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:55.440 an end. Cade Cunningham was in the twenty twenty class. He was really 307 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:57.480 good and I feel like there was a lot of national intention on him, 308 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:02.119 but like his team wasn't. In fact, his team actually had a postseason 309 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.880 bad but they wouldn't have made it anyway. And that was a really weird 310 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:07.960 class too, by the way. Like that class had Jalen Green who went 311 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:11.119 to the G League, Evan Mobley, who you don't really remember a whole 312 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:15.599 lot about him. I know he's in the NBA having success. BJ Boston 313 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.279 was the number six player in America. We all know that didn't really pan 314 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.240 out to be legit. In twenty twenty one, I think Paulo Benkerro. 315 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:27.359 I would say he was. He was probably like the closest thing we've had 316 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:32.400 since then, wouldn't you agree, Like he was really highly superstar. Yeah 317 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:34.119 he wasn't drawing headlines every single day, but yeah, he was really good. 318 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:37.720 They look. Part of it is when you enter college, are you 319 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:42.839 a marketed star yet? And that may sound silly like Chet Holmgren was and 320 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.599 he was a good player again zaga, but he I mean he was like 321 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.359 the fifth best player on his own team. Was that the same year with 322 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:51.839 Brandon Miller as well? Or to the follower? Yes, yeah, so 323 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:55.680 I you know Brandon Miller. Let's see, let me see here, I 324 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.839 think I think you know. I'm sorry. Brandon Miller was the year after 325 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:00.559 that. But here's a good example. Bari Smith at Auburn was really good, 326 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:03.960 you remember, Yeah, but nobody knew who he was because he wasn't 327 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:07.200 ranked that high, Like he didn't have that much like he wasn't expected to 328 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:10.079 be. Like the best case scenario for you to be the ultimate hype machine 329 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:12.880 as a freshman in college basketball is for you to have like top five billing. 330 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:18.240 Your recruitment plays out to where you're picking from the big schools. Everybody's 331 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:21.000 watching to see which one you pick. And then you get there at one 332 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:23.839 of these big schools, you're already hyped and then you deliver like that is 333 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:32.440 that is notoriety pub you know, marketing that you can't buy anywhere else, 334 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.559 and you can't get it anywhere else, Like go to the G League, 335 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:37.720 nobody's gonna watch play. Go Overseas, nobody's gonna watch play. So like, 336 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:44.480 yeah, and then twenty twenty two was the year where Brandon Miller was. 337 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.440 I mean he was, I mean he was. Some people think he 338 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.759 might have been National player the year had it not been for Yeah. Yeah, 339 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:51.960 and you know he was. He was the top. He was like 340 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.680 twentieth in the country. So it's been a long time since there's been a 341 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:57.160 freshman I'm not saying we have to have that, but I do think it's 342 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:00.880 good to have it every now and then because it does bring, you know, 343 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:03.640 a different type of fan to the college basketball game, pro fans who 344 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:07.559 want to see the next NBA star in college and maybe that is who Cooper 345 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.640 Flag is. All Right, terrible clock management on my part. Apologies. 346 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.960 We'll have a couple more segments here before we get out of here for the 347 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:19.920 weekend. It's Friday. Let's get it started. I was talking to John 348 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:26.440 about this during the break, and it's there's an obvious reason for it, 349 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:32.400 but we have talked so much basketball in the last couple of months, more 350 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:34.759 like more so than we usually do this time of year. But I do 351 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:40.160 think moving forward, basketball is going to be talked about more so in the 352 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:44.400 spring and early summer months because we have free agency season and there's a lot 353 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:47.519 of moving parts and it's actually pretty fun to cover. It's hard to keep 354 00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:49.359 up with the times, and it's been really hectic with Louisville and even Kentucky 355 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:56.279 because both programs are starting completely over thirteen new scholarship players. But Louisville football, 356 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.880 like I talked a little, actually, we talked more football yesterday than 357 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:00.880 we have in a while, just talking about some of the some of the 358 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:04.240 pieces back on defense and whatnot. And we'll get there. But I don't, 359 00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:08.680 you know, I don't want to act like we're ignoring or Louisville football 360 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:11.480 because you know, Jeff bron being home coming off ten wins, going to 361 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:15.400 the a SEC Championship game in his first year, like it's perfect situation for 362 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:18.039 Louisville, and I see no reason why they can't do the exact same thing 363 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:22.279 they did last year. I mean, we'll see against schedules tougher, but 364 00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:25.359 it's just been all basketball. But not because we don't love football, not 365 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:29.359 because we don't love brom Again, I think most fans agree that this year 366 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:33.079 could be just as good as last year. But with basketball being in the 367 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:37.279 dump for the three years that it was, and now you have reason to 368 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:41.160 be excited, you have reason to be you know, optimistic. The team 369 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:45.200 could actually be pretty damn good next year. We don't know that for sure, 370 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:48.880 but you have reason to believe, and I think you're justified in thinking, 371 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:51.799 hey, we should be a tournament tournament team next year. I think 372 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:56.599 because of the drastic difference in vibe in the last couple of years compared to 373 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:00.400 now. I think that's why there's just such a like People are his hell 374 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.480 about Louisville basketball for obvious reason. But again, I don't want people to 375 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:07.279 think I'm, you know, like not as madly in love as Jeff Brahm 376 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:10.519 as I was years ago. I still love the man and have him happy 377 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:15.480 that you know that he's here as I now. Transition to a basketball thing. 378 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.079 So Pat Kelsey did one of his social media videos yesterday. Look, 379 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:22.359 these things are so like I always knew that engaging your fan base mattered. 380 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:27.279 I always knew that doing things to get people excited can only help you. 381 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:32.960 It can generate interest and engagement with your program, People buy tickets, there's 382 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:36.400 more people into it, like it's the best of both worlds. But always 383 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:40.359 thought deep down that that stuff doesn't really matter and it's not needed if you're 384 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:44.400 winning at a high level. And Patino never did anything like that. He 385 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:48.000 didn't even have social media. Mac would do the occasional stuff on social media, 386 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:52.319 but you know, he wasn't a showman by any means. And Pat 387 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:59.200 Kelsey is, and this stuff matters more now given the recent situation for Louisville 388 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:02.400 than it ever has. And last night he did a minute video just talking 389 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:06.640 about the talking to the fans and also talking about each of the players. 390 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.799 I mean, he didn't do a full breakdown of the roster, but he 391 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:11.920 named all the guys. And I'm not making fun of anybody, because I 392 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:17.119 was just as excited and fired up to see it as anybody. But man, 393 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:21.559 like, we needed a guy like this to come in and inject energy, 394 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:26.039 enthusiasm, passion, and you know, say things like you know he's 395 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:29.000 ready to win now, like there's no you know, this program isn't broken, 396 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:32.000 that kind of stuff, and we'll see, you know again. Only 397 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.599 time will tell as far as what the results are, and the results are 398 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:40.759 really all that ultimately matters. But Kinny Payin had no results other than horrible 399 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:44.559 poor results. And he also didn't do anything like this, and that's why 400 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:48.079 it ended up being, in my opinion, the worst hire in college basketball 401 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:52.920 history. Yo, cardination, PK here, big week. I'm sure you've 402 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:59.440 been following on social media all our guys being announced. They're all starting to 403 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:03.440 arrive for summer workouts. So excited. See if I can do this. 404 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:11.799 Cadre Javon, Chucky James Terrence aka Fat Frankie, Reino, Ali Kobe, 405 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:19.079 Noah, Cason, Kanai and Corn I call him Scoring Korn, little nickname 406 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:23.119 drop there. Why not? Ton of buzz, ton of energy around the 407 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:27.799 city. We've had a great spring putting this roster together. Fired up about 408 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:32.720 getting in the gym. Hey, there's big stuff going on this weekend up 409 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:37.440 the street at football, coach Brahm has a huge recruiting weekend. Those guys 410 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:41.319 are getting it done. Huge shout out to all the head coaches at the 411 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:45.799 University of Louisville Athletics just bending over backwards to help my staff and I in 412 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:49.559 this transition. This truly is a family, and I'm lucky, lucky, 413 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:52.440 lucky to be a part of it. Hey, we'll see you all soon. 414 00:26:52.720 --> 00:27:00.119 Go cards. L's up. So Koran scoring. I don't know if 415 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.079 that's score and core and I don't know if that's if that's gonna hit or 416 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:07.400 not, but it might just be cheesy enough to where like it just becomes 417 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:10.880 a thing, you know what I mean. Like also like Reino for Raine 418 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:14.039 Smith. Yeah, because he's he's a marksman, he's a shooter. But 419 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:17.079 yeah, that I would imagine that's why they call him Reino Draino, that 420 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:19.839 kind of thing. But fans, and I don't just mean Louisville fans, 421 00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:26.519 college fans, who college sports fans, you know, the diehards. They 422 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:34.839 get aroused at unreal levels when their coaches hype up the other coaches in their 423 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:41.079 in their program, you know what I mean, Like Pat Kelsey hyping up 424 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:45.119 brom for the visits he's having this weekend, Pat Kelsey going out and you 425 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:49.119 know, participating in a spring practice, putting on pads. You know, 426 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:53.559 Jeff brom doing national interviews this spring and talking about Pat Kelsey and talking about 427 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:59.039 how great he is. Like fans love that stuff. I mean, I'm 428 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.440 I'm I'm with you. I'm one of the fans too. But it's just 429 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:06.160 I can't explain why it is, but like people love that. Like when 430 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:11.480 Chris Mack and Sadderfield were here and they had their little bromance and Mac would 431 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:17.680 do a video with the social media group to help promote Sadurfield and him did 432 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.640 a video or ma I don't even know that. I don't remember the story 433 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:21.119 of the video, but Matt, I don't know. Was Mack had a 434 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.920 guitar and it was basically a way to get people to buy tickets to the 435 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:29.640 Music City Bowl when Louis was playing in Nashville. But the toilet papering the 436 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:34.519 house houses, that was like it was just it was so different because we 437 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:38.599 had relatable coaches that kind of seemed you know, like you know, relatable, 438 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:42.039 more down to earth than the previous two leaders we had in those sports. 439 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:45.599 Rick Patino, who is the most unrelatable human I've ever been around in 440 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.400 my life maybe, and Bobby Petrino, who I'm convinced is not human. 441 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:52.960 I think he's a robot. And then you have guys who you know kind 442 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:59.079 of one of the boys, and Mac ended up tpeeing Sadderfield's house because they 443 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.880 lived just down the street from me each other, and it was to congratulate 444 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:04.720 him for winning ACC Coach of the Year. I think Christy videoed it and 445 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:10.079 they went up on social media, and like, I'll always remember that reaction 446 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:12.200 from fans because it did kind of blow me away as how much people thought 447 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:15.720 that was the coolest thing ever. But it was more than anything. It 448 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:19.400 was just a drastic difference than what we were used to. But it also 449 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:25.480 reminds me that stuff matters now when you're not getting when there's no opportunity to 450 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:29.720 get results right, it's good to do that kind of stuff, win or 451 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:32.240 lose. You should do these kind of things, I think, just because 452 00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:34.640 I think it's in your best interest if you're not winning enough, and it's 453 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:38.480 borderline, if fans like you, they'll be more willing to give you the 454 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:42.200 benefit of the doubt and let you write it out now fans don't decide who 455 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.119 the coaches. But you know what I mean, like it is in your 456 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:48.160 best interest to engage your fan base. And you know, don't be faked, 457 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.559 don't be phony. People will leave that. But like be relatable, 458 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.960 you know, make it it seem as if you do enjoy having the position 459 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:55.720 that you have, and it could go a long way. And I think 460 00:29:55.799 --> 00:30:00.960 Kelsey's clearly going to do that, whereas Kenny Payne didn't. But I always 461 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.759 use this example, like, you know, Sadderfield was, you know, 462 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:08.160 all you know, all shucks, loving them up, you know, and 463 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:11.759 we loved it because it was different than what we had with Bobby. He 464 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.279 was all about loving them up culture and you know he was corny, but 465 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:17.759 he was our cornball when he went when he went eight and five in his 466 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:19.359 first year. But like you know, as soon as they start losing, 467 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:22.880 all you better quit loving him up. You better, you better toughen those 468 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:25.440 guys up. They're gonna get their ass kicked if they don't start acting like 469 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:30.599 men like things you loved about him initially. When they don't win, it 470 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:34.799 gets weaponized against them. The best examples Mac Macca is a pretty normal dude. 471 00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:38.079 In fact, Mac in my opinion, is a really good basketball coach. 472 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:42.799 He was too normal for this job because like, you know, at 473 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:45.519 some point, like he didn't really enjoy that. You know, I don't 474 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:48.799 think he was ever like bothered by the amount of people who knew who he 475 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.759 was. But you know, he wasn't a showman. He didn't want to 476 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:55.960 be out in front of the fans doing some of the stuff that Pat Kelsey's 477 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:59.000 doing, just because that's not his personality. So they you know, he'd 478 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:02.400 lose a game and you might see him the next day watching the Bengals at 479 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:06.359 roosters, or you know, in the summer, he might get off a 480 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:11.240 recruiting trip. They might miss on a player, but he'll probably be at 481 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:15.240 the lake with his family, crushing beers, having a good time. So 482 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:18.000 like those are things like man like he eats at roosters like me, we 483 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:22.920 get the same kind of wings. I saw him at the lake. He 484 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:25.519 goes to the same lake I go to. Man, I love this guy, 485 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:29.319 he's one of us. But then start losing results aren't there. He 486 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:32.880 better get his ass out of roosters and get back to the gym and start 487 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:34.920 working with this team, because they suck. You better get off the lake 488 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:40.160 and hit the recruiting trail and get us some five stars. We're crazy. 489 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:45.960 We're crazy people as fans like, and it really is a it's a psychological 490 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:51.079 thing that I just, you know, I can't really compare it to anything 491 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:55.759 else, but I wouldn't have it any other way. The one and the 492 00:31:55.799 --> 00:32:00.480 only Tony Venetti one time said something that has never really it's never really left 493 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:04.880 my brain when I think about college athletics, and it hasn't changed my mindset 494 00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:07.920 as far as how I you know, am as a fan. But like, 495 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:12.519 and I'm not saying it, he said it like it like college like 496 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:17.079 dialhard college fans are suckers, especially within the world of nil Like like who 497 00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:22.000 else would pay a donation just to be able to buy season tickets to something? 498 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:25.519 People who are obsessed with their alma mater, their school because they love 499 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:29.400 it and if they have, you know, they'll make it work financially because 500 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:35.440 they love it that much. Fans donating money while they also pay a lot 501 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.640 of money for tickets and all that kind of stuff to get to pay the 502 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:43.720 players is if you really think about it, insanely stupid. It's just it's 503 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:46.920 it's crazy However, it's the way that it is, and if you don't 504 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:51.519 do it, you probably won't get good enough players, and that's not what 505 00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:53.039 anybody wants. You want to succeed. Now, maybe that you know, 506 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:55.759 maybe that changes a little bit whenever they become employees, if that's what ends 507 00:32:55.799 --> 00:33:00.000 up happening. But in al's not going away. It'll just be looked at 508 00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:05.000 as the additional money that they get that kind of separates them from just the 509 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:08.720 other guys who are getting paid it as an employee, but not as you 510 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:14.319 know, like they are not getting as big of anil deal. But anyways, 511 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:17.240 with Pat Kelsey, he's doing all the right things, saying all the 512 00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:22.119 right things, which is really all you can do right now because you know, 513 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:24.480 he can't coach a game until we get to we get to the season, 514 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:27.920 which is still many many months away. But I am curious to see 515 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:32.960 how involved in how active he is during the TBT because Louisville again is hosting 516 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:37.440 at Freedom Hall, and you know, that'll be a good opportunity for him 517 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.279 to be around fans and stuff, because there'll be a games, I'm sure, 518 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:44.359 and I would imagine they'll interview him during one of the games. Just 519 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.359 like they did last year with Josh Hurd. They would have interviewed Kenny Payne 520 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:50.480 probably, but you know, he only went to one game, and this 521 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.599 is silly. We don't need to talk about Kenny. It's Friday. I'm 522 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:57.799 feeling good. But Jeff Brown went to more of the TBT games for Louisville 523 00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:00.799 last year than Kenny Payne did. Like think about that. All right, 524 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.440 quick break, we'll come back on the other side with very little time left, 525 00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:08.119 but we do have the tip time and the date for the Louisville Kentucky 526 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:12.440 basketball game next season, So we'll get to that as we finish it up 527 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.880 here and get chat here for the weekend right here in Sports Talk seven ninety. 528 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:21.840 So we will see Louisville and Kentucky play each other next season. By 529 00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:24.360 the way, first obvious game between the two new coaches, a new era 530 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:28.280 here within the rivalry Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope. It's going to be on 531 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:30.320 Saturday, December the fourteenth, and of course at rupp Arena, a little 532 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:35.719 earlier, I feel like than what it's typically been, and that's okay by 533 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.360 me. I liked it. It's a Saturday. I don't really care when 534 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:39.800 the game is because I'm gonna watch it regardless. But what this does is 535 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:45.039 this is the Saturday after the college football conference championship week, so no major 536 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.079 bowl games have happened just yet, and you're not going to be going up 537 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:51.280 against a whole lot. It's actually going to be a pretty light weekend when 538 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:53.840 it comes to football, and that is usually like the first and really only 539 00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:57.679 day in December where college basketball's got a time. You know, He's got 540 00:34:57.679 --> 00:35:00.800 the spotlight on a Saturday because of that, and that's when this game will 541 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:04.199 be played. So again, I don't know when it's gonna start as far 542 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:07.199 as tiptom, I'm mistake. I thought they put out imagine it probably be 543 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:09.480 the middle of the afternoon. But yeah, can't wait. There's gonna be 544 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:14.599 a lot of three point shots taken, given the fact that Charleston and BYU 545 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:19.199 last year were both in the top three when with three point attempts per game. 546 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:21.440 All right, let's talk about Evelin and Eland. 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I feel like whenever I get asked this question, 556 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:59.519 it's easy to just not think about what I have going on this week because 557 00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:02.719 I don't really care and think of anything. Man, Sometimes weekends are are 558 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:07.159 are great when you don't really have a whole lot going on. Not you 559 00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.400 know, you don't want to be bored all weekend, Although sometimes it is 560 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:10.920 nice to have a chill weekend and not do a whole lot. However, 561 00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:16.239 I will say this, my favorite weekends at this point in my life are 562 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:19.960 where I don't really have a whole lot playing, but I end up, 563 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:22.159 you know, kind of spontaneously getting into something and having a good time. 564 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:25.679 Yeah, that's that's a lot of fun. Or do have my son's birthday 565 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:28.960 party tomorrow, which will be which will be fun, but other than that, 566 00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:32.159 it'll be four. Moose is getting older, which makes me sad, 567 00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:36.119 but uh yeah, four years old. All right, John, You have 568 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.800 yourself a good weekend, my friend. To talk to you guys on Monday. 569 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.280 Take care,