WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:09.800 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Sortins on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:25.519 day. Now, here's Nick Coffee. All right, let's get it started. 3 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:29.519 Hour number two here on a It's Wednesday, right, yeah, Wednesday 4 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:33.560 afternoon. And appreciate you guys hanging out with us. Coffee and Company fueled 5 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:37.399 by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. And if you want to be 6 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:40.520 a part of the show today you can very busy, busy first hour with 7 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:45.960 an opening segment that really just was reacting to the news of Louisville included in 8 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.200 the ACC SCC Challenge. I guess for the first time. Right, this 9 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:55.240 is the second year that this event is happening because the yeah, the Big 10 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.719 ten ACC Challenge ended two years ago, and then last year, you know, 11 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:02.560 louisll was left out. And we'll never know, or maybe somebody will 12 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:06.840 inform me. And I don't say this to act as if I've got any 13 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:11.719 kind of inside info, but I do believe that Louisville, because of Kittie 14 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.719 Payne, didn't want to be in the ACC SEC Challenge last year. But 15 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:17.319 this year they're going to be in it for the first time, and they're 16 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:19.239 going to be taken on ole Miss going to host them, and that gives 17 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.879 them another chance to really improve their resume in the non conference portion of their 18 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.040 schedule if, of course, they can take advantage and win. So we'll 19 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.079 get back into that in just a moment. 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All 25 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:52.239 right, so Louisville's non conference schedule right now, I'm going to try to 26 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:59.560 find the and the most I would say when it comes to these college basketball 27 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:06.280 early you know, non you know, summer post portal, post NBA draft 28 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.360 deadline rankings, there's a lot of them out there, and the one that 29 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:15.639 probably gets more traffic and mentioned than any is the one that is for ESPN. 30 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:17.120 And that's not a knock to you know. I mean, I don't 31 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:20.800 say that as if it doesn't count, because I think Jeff Borzela does a 32 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.400 pretty good job. But you know, with the portal changing so much about 33 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:30.759 college basketball, I feel like now you could see four or five different early 34 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:37.960 rankings in college basketball that all look not so similar. Right, Like, 35 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:42.520 again, it's going to be pretty obvious. Kansas, Alabama, Yukon, 36 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:46.919 like those are going to be your preseason top three teams by just about everybody. 37 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:51.879 So you know you're going to see that. But from from really top 38 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.680 after the top three, you can you know, I think I don't want 39 00:02:54.719 --> 00:03:00.199 to say you're just guessing blindly, but there's so much more un known as 40 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:05.360 far as how teams are gonna go from one year to the other because of 41 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.800 the portal, right, and you just never know. So I say all 42 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:15.199 that to say when it when it comes to Louisville's non conference schedule. As 43 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:20.280 of right now, I'm looking at ESPN's rankings, and again these are the 44 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:25.120 work of Jeff Borzella, who again does a good job. And right now 45 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:30.080 I'm scrolling through here just to just to double check. So right now Louisville 46 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:34.120 their schedule in the non conference, here's what we know. They're gonna play 47 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:39.080 three non conference games against SEC teams. They'll host ole Miss and they'll host 48 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:46.280 Tennessee and then they'll play at Kentucky and then the Battle for Atlantis. I 49 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:47.840 don't know who they're gonna play just yet, the schedule's not out, but 50 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:52.680 they're gonna play Arizona day. Well again, I don't know who they're gonna 51 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.400 play, but here's who's playing in the event that they could end up meeting 52 00:03:54.680 --> 00:04:00.639 Arizona. Davidson, Gonzaga, Indiana, Oklahoma, Providence in what Virginia. 53 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.319 So right now, according to these rankings, Kentucky's not in the top twenty 54 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:08.039 five according to the ESPN ranking, but I'm sure if you look at a 55 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:11.960 few different other rankings out there, you'll see Kentucky feature in the top twenty 56 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.400 five, maybe even I don't know, top twenty. But Tennessee's preseason number 57 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:23.480 thirteen, and Ole Miss is preseason number twenty two. So depending on who 58 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.279 you play against, Arizona, you could face them in the Battle for Atlantis 59 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:31.040 and their number nine, and they're coming off of a good season and they 60 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:36.560 got Caleb Loveback who won PAC twelve Player of the Year last season. So 61 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:43.279 Davidson of course not going to be ranked preseason. Gonzaga is a preseason top 62 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:46.240 five team. According to Borsello, he's got to be a number five, 63 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:50.759 which we'll see. I mean, I don't. I mean, mark few 64 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:54.759 usually has good teams, and they did come on hot last year, and 65 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.480 it looked like a really down year for Gonzaga, but once again they made 66 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.480 the Sweet sixteen, and I mean their can consistently really good again. Last 67 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:03.240 year felt like the year where they'd taken a massive step back. They look 68 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:06.439 like they may not make the tournament because when you get to January and February, 69 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:10.600 they're in a much different situation than a lot of other schools because they 70 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.959 don't have really any big opportunities in conference play. So I don't know if 71 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.600 I think they're going to be preseason top five, but you know they're probably 72 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:21.399 going to be preseason top ten by just about everybody. And they could be 73 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:28.519 an opponent Louisville has to play in the Bahamas, Indiana, they could play 74 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.360 the Hoosiers. Indiana's in my opinion, done is good a job at anybody. 75 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:35.560 When it comes to roster management, they're number eighteen according to ESPN in 76 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:40.279 the preseason, and I know the portal it's really just about the big names, 77 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:42.639 right going and getting a guy who's already proven to be one of the 78 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:46.000 best players in college basketball. Adding him to your roster. That's as good 79 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.639 as it gets when it comes to additions that could be made in the offseason. 80 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:54.240 But I think if you really just looked at who decided to come back 81 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:59.319 and which guys you brought in, I mean, I don't I mean, 82 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:00.680 they're not going to get that kind of momentum. But I think you can 83 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.399 make the case that Mike Woods and Indiana did as good a job as anybody. 84 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:06.720 I mean, they brought back everybody that you would want to bring back 85 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.959 other than khalil Ware, who's going to be a top twenty pick in the 86 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.759 draft. And then in the portal they crushed it. They got Billow from 87 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.839 Arizona, who is the top ranked player in the portal according to ESPN, 88 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.839 Miles Rice from Washington State, Canaan Carlisle from Stanford. So you know, 89 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:24.959 they brought back Malik Renew, who's a good player, not to mention Mackenzie 90 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.519 and Baco coming into his sophomore season. So this schedule, I mean, 91 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.879 unless a lot of these teams are frauds and not nearly as good as you 92 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.360 would expect, this is going to be a very very challenging schedule for Pat 93 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:38.639 Kelsey, which, by the way, he's going to join us tomorrow at 94 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.399 three thirty, and I look forward to talking to him about a lot of 95 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:46.240 things, including this schedule in year one, and just curious to see what 96 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:51.040 his strategy is. Right. Is he somebody that is going to try each 97 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:57.519 and every year to make sure they schedule the best teams possible or is it 98 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:00.480 going to be based off of, you know, who you bring back and 99 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:04.720 experience. Right, maybe you go a little lighter in the non conference schedule 100 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.800 if you know you're going to be younger than you would expect. So we'll 101 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.399 see. But so far this schedule right now, and again we don't know 102 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.800 the entire schedule as of right now. And I'm not going to try to 103 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:18.879 act like when you play these low D one like not even mid majors, 104 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:23.240 but low majors, that it's going to be a big challenge. But Eku's 105 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:26.680 coming off a season where they were super competitive in their league and nearly won 106 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:29.639 it, and you're going to host them and morehead State, that's who you 107 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:31.199 open up with, and you should have no problem with them, And if 108 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:35.600 you do, then maybe maybe you've got big problems. But they won their 109 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:39.600 league last year, made the NAA Tournament, and gave Illinois a hell of 110 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.920 a game in the first round. So Pat Kelsey has a very, very 111 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.680 challenging schedule in year one, and I wouldn't have it any other way, 112 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:47.839 and I'm sure he's going to embrace it. But I guess only time will 113 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:49.959 tell as far as is this is going to be a consistent thing, and 114 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:53.160 I hope that it is. I really do. I hope that every year 115 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:57.439 with Pat Kelsey here you see a non conference schedule that gives you a bunch 116 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.800 of opportunities to really make make some early noise as far as you know, 117 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:05.920 being a contender, not only you know, not to win the whole thing, 118 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:07.800 but just you know, to kind of show show what you're made of 119 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:15.319 early on. All Right, So the matchups in the ACC SEC Challenge, 120 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.000 it seems like right now, and again I'm just basing this off of what 121 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:22.240 you're what I'm seeing on the Toxic Wasteland that is, you know, Twitter, 122 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:26.519 but a lot of folks seem to be unimpressed with the matchups here. 123 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:33.440 And I don't know if it's more so because the ACC is just not a 124 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:39.039 great league like it used to be. Or if it's the fact that ESPN 125 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.679 who by the way they decide. I shouldn't say they have full control, 126 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:46.759 because I'm sure the ACC and the SEC the leagues have somewhat of a say 127 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:50.519 so. But keep in mind, ESPN pays for this event. This is 128 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:54.080 this isn't a This is basically like them having a Bowl game, right. 129 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.480 This is an ESPN owned event, meaning they own the media rights to it, 130 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.840 and with their invent that they pay, you know, to put this 131 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.279 on, I'm sure they want a little bit of control as far as who 132 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.799 gets to play and who doesn't, which is why I still refuse to believe 133 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.440 that Louisville was left out last year because ESPN just decided, well, you 134 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:16.039 know, Louisville finished last the year before, We're not going to include them. 135 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:18.679 I mean, even though Louisville was awful two years ago and last year, 136 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:24.600 it's still a game in this event that would have given you more interest 137 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.840 in viewership than when you put you know, Boston College against somebody. So 138 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.600 Louisvill's going to play Ole Miss Kentucky is going to travel to take on Clemson, 139 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.799 and I know Clemson's coming off of an Elite eight, but I don't 140 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:41.200 think they've got a whole lot of momentum heading into this upcoming season. And 141 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.080 I'm not trying to do that, you know, I'm not trying to do 142 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.799 the rivalry thing here and make it a slide at Kentucky. But I'd be 143 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.840 a liar if I told you I didn't look at whoever decided, if it's 144 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:58.320 ESPN or the SEC, whoever decided to put these two teams together. It 145 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:03.759 almost is one of the early signs that like Kentucky just doesn't have the same 146 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.840 sizzle as they did when John cali Perry was there. And that has nothing 147 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:09.600 to do with Mark Pope. I mean, I guess in a way it 148 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.919 does. I mean he's the new coach, but like that's not Mark Prope's 149 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:16.960 fault. Cali Perry is a larger than life figure within college basketball. If 150 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:22.639 Arkansas is great, mid or terrible next year, that is still one of 151 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:26.279 the biggest storylines in college basketball. John cali Perry leaving Kentucky to go to 152 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:31.000 Arkansas, so they're going to be instantly more relevant at Arkansas, even if 153 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.480 they don't have the same success that they had with Eric Musselman. So, 154 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:43.960 I mean, I just I can't imagine that Kentucky would want that to be 155 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:48.840 the matchup. And maybe I'm under selling Clemson, but let's be real. 156 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:54.279 They've never been relevant in any way in basketball until last year. And even 157 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.600 last year, I don't think anybody, including myself, thought they were worthy 158 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.000 of any momentum or I'm sure I'm sorry any buzz or love because they were, 159 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:07.559 you know, a mid team in a very down ACC. But yet 160 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:09.440 they got hot, made it all the way to the Elite eight, and 161 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.080 you know that matters. That's a that's a that's a big season. That's 162 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.919 probably their best season in school history. But I doubt that they have that 163 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:18.440 same kind of success next year. All Right, so I'm going to rapid 164 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:22.840 fire through these matchups. Arkansas will play at Miami again, I think that's 165 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:28.039 a missed opportunity, Like put Caliperi in Arkansas against one of the better teams 166 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:33.519 in the ACC. Put him against Duke, put them against Carolina, put 167 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:37.519 him against uh He, put him against Florida State. Even I mean, 168 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.440 I don't believe they've been bad recently, but I feel like they're more relevant 169 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:46.120 than Miami overall. But either way, there are some that are you know, 170 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.399 claiming that they're hearing, which again I don't know. This could just 171 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:52.320 be internet nonsense, which you know, a lot of things that people talk 172 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:56.399 about these days I think can be chalked up as that Internet nonsense. But 173 00:11:56.440 --> 00:12:01.799 I would totally believe it if in fact it's true that I said I was 174 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:07.279 about to say Kentucky that Kenny Payne Cali Perry wanted to make it clear that 175 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:09.320 they didn't want to see Louisville in this event, and it would have been 176 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:16.279 a storyline. But it really would have been a storyline locally, like we 177 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:20.759 would have been salivating at the thought of Kenny Payne bringing his bomb ass back 178 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:28.639 to Louisville as an assistant to play against Louisville and Pat Kelcey like it would 179 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:35.080 have been like around here. It would have been crazy. But it may 180 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.720 not even be something that those who put these matchups together even think about, 181 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:43.720 because again, Kenny Payne, as far as just like results, is arguably 182 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.440 the worst coach that ever coached at Division one basketball, especially at a big 183 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:52.919 time program. So like it would have been a cool and I would have 184 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:54.679 loved it, by the way, I would have embraced it. I would 185 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:58.480 have loved the chance to see Louisville and Arkansas play each other. I mean 186 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:00.120 Takenny Payn out of it. I mean it' give you a chance to go 187 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.679 up against Caliperry, and you know I would love that. I embrace as 188 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:09.639 a fan matchups against teams or you have a chance to actually prove something. 189 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:11.480 And I think Arkansas, I if you could have played them and beat them, 190 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.960 it would have done that. Now playing Old miss also gives you a 191 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:18.960 chance because again as I mentioned their preseason top twenty five in year two for 192 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.960 Chris Beard, all right call at MISSOO. Nobody cares about that game. 193 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.480 Florida State at LSU. I think it's another non starter. Georgia Tech at 194 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:31.159 Oklahoma, UK at Clemson, as I mentioned, Notre Dame at Georgia, 195 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.080 South Carolina at Boston College, Syracuse at Tennessee, Wake Forest at a and 196 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:41.120 M Alabama North Carolina, Auburn at Duke pitt In, Mississippi State, Texas 197 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:43.960 at NC State, Vandy at Virginia Tech, and then Virginia at Florida. 198 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.720 So those are the matchups, and as I said earlier, I wouldn't be 199 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.080 shocked if the SEC wins this thing without a whole lot of trouble because their 200 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:56.480 league is just in a better spot. I mean, I know at times 201 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:58.720 it doesn't look you know, everybody bases it off of what you do in 202 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.879 the term, and I understand, and I really wouldn't have it any other 203 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:07.159 way as far as that being how we really dictate what matters. It's what 204 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:13.000 makes college basketball in a way awesomely unique but also like really stupid, because 205 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:16.080 you could have a thirty thirty win season and if you lose in the first 206 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.440 round, just about everybody involved, fan or not a fan, is going 207 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.519 to say that you didn't have a good year. I mean, and that 208 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:26.759 sounds insane because technically you had a good season, but it really means nothing 209 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:33.440 if there's not a run in March to go along with it. So I 210 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.480 hope the ACC is better because that'd be better for Louisville for sure. It's 211 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.320 never good if your league stinks. Even if you do end up taking advantage 212 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:45.480 and winning some games, you know, it's still not going to get a 213 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:52.440 whole lot of you know, credibility, and unfortunately that matters. Right we're 214 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:58.559 not using computers and just flat records to dictate who gets in the tournament and 215 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:01.679 what seed you get based off of humans, right, the human element, 216 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.799 human beings, the committee, those who decide who makes the tournament, Like, 217 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:09.600 if your league is not good, they're not going to give you as 218 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.799 much credit. And I can't say that that's unfair. And I know we've 219 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:18.120 talked about this before, but it really is crazy. Ten years ago, 220 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.399 the SEC as a basketball school, as a basketball conference was I don't want 221 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:28.600 to say a joke, but outside of Kentucky being dominant, because again that 222 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:33.120 was still during the early era of Caliparia, Kentucky and they were dominant, 223 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:41.879 but it kind of became a secondary conversation, a secondary storyline within college basketball 224 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:46.279 that man, Kentucky's great, but their league sucks. It didn't mean that 225 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:48.320 people were doubting Kentucky, but you knew you weren't. They weren't going to 226 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:52.600 be challenged in a major way for a good stretch there in in the early 227 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.399 era of Calipari because the league wasn't good. I mean, you had Florida 228 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:00.440 with Billy Donovan still there. They were good, and they made a couple 229 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:03.679 final fours. I think even during his last five six years or something like 230 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.720 that. And if they didn't make a final before, they were usually pretty 231 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:11.759 good. And then who else, I mean, you know, Tennessee, 232 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.039 Bruce Pearl got canned and they went through a stretch where they were awful. 233 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:22.799 I mean, who else was good. I can't really think of any school 234 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.879 that was, you know, consistently good. I mean, once Auburn got 235 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:30.200 Bruce Pearl, took him a while to get going when he was there. 236 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:33.879 I mean, Arkansas was really bad for a few years. In fact, 237 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:40.360 that's why when they got good under Musselman many years later, I think people 238 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.360 remembered, oh yeah, Arkansas, they used to be pretty good in basketball. 239 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:48.919 So it really was a league that did not take basketball serious because they 240 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:52.080 didn't really need to. And I remember hearing this on a sports media podcast 241 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.600 many many years ago, and I wish I could credit who shared this, 242 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:02.000 because it's always stood out to me. Once the SE launched the SEC network 243 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.079 and they had a lot more money, right, the rich got richer, 244 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.920 Somebody, probably the commissioner of the league at the time, told these schools 245 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:15.000 like, hey, we you have the financial means to do so now we 246 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.400 got a lot of inventory to fill on the SEC network. It'd be best 247 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:22.200 for everybody if these are good basketball matchups in the league gets good viewership. 248 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:27.640 So I'm encouraging you to invest in basketball. And they did exactly that, 249 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:34.200 and now the league is pretty damn good. I mean, you could make 250 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:38.720 the case that the SEC has the best coaches in college basketball, and it's 251 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:47.640 not even close. I mean, Rick Barnes obviously, Natoates is on fire 252 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:56.200 right now, Caliperi's still in the league. Bruce Pearl at Auburn. I 253 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.839 mean you could even throw in Lamont Pair at South Carolina, who is just 254 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.839 in his second season. I don't think people would say he's one of the 255 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.000 best coaches in the country, but clearly they had a monster second season with 256 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:11.079 him there. And I'm sure there's some names. I mean, Buzz Williams. 257 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:14.119 I don't know if I consider him to be like an elite coach, 258 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.680 but he's pretty damn good. He's made a couple of Sweet sixteens, so 259 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.960 they invested in basketball and it's paid off because now they they're good. I 260 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:27.359 mean Todd Golden at Florida. Some people think he's like the next rising star 261 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:33.240 in this I think he's like younger than me, so it is wild to 262 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:38.440 think ten years ago, the difference in how this league, the SEC is 263 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:42.480 viewed in basketball. I mean, I'm not saying it's the best league and 264 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.119 it's going to be the best league every year, but you know, the 265 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:48.200 Big Ten, I mean, i'd say it's better than the Big Ten. 266 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:53.359 Now, the Big Twelve, I think has earned the right to claim it's 267 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:57.880 the best league in college basketball with the dominance that you've seen from some of 268 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:02.480 their top teams. They're gonna get better, right Obviously with the Pac twelve 269 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:07.680 dead Arizona, they're joining the Big Twelve. So yeah, I wish the 270 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:15.079 ACC was stronger. When Louisville was making their run in the eighties with Denny 271 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:18.160 and really kind of putting themselves on the map, conference affiliation didn't really matter. 272 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.559 You had a good run in the Metro and even when even in Conference 273 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.839 USA whenever when, and I'm biased, of course, but I feel like 274 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.240 that league actually wasn't that bad in the early stages of it when Louisville was 275 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.720 there. But once Louisville got into the Big East in basketball with Rick Patino 276 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.200 here and you were consistently one of the better teams in that league. You 277 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:41.160 made some final fours, won a national championship that in the league's last year. 278 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.960 I mean I got spoiled as a college basketball super fan to where I 279 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:48.319 knew, night in and night out, Louisville was playing in the best league 280 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.759 in the country and you were gonna have opportunities at least once a week to 281 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:56.119 really add a resume win. And you had that initially in the ACC but 282 00:19:56.319 --> 00:20:02.079 right around twenty twenty, right around the pandemic, it really just completely tailed 283 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:03.759 off. And it's not to say the league is just garbage, but I 284 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.799 mean it used to be a league where you could go five to six d 285 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:11.119 with teams that you feel I could legitimately make a run to the final four, 286 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:15.480 and now it's I don't think that's even close to being the case. 287 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:21.680 Now you worry about getting five teams in the tournament, and two of those 288 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:26.440 five, you know, could be playing games. All right, let's get 289 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:29.160 to a quick break. We'll come back on the other side. A lot 290 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:33.960 more to get into as we roll along. Appreciate you guys hanging out with 291 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:37.920 us as we're about halfway through here on a Wednesday afternoon, and if you 292 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:40.160 want to join us you can. In fact, I'm gonna get to the 293 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.359 text line coming up on the other side. Five O two six five three 294 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:44.640 zero sivin nineties the number if you want a text in on the Ellen and 295 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:47.759 Federal Credit Union text line, and we hope you stick with us. Right 296 00:20:47.759 --> 00:21:11.720 here, it's coffee and Company Feelbuth Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety Now back 297 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:19.200 to coffee and company feel my sortins on Sports Talk seven nine day. You 298 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:22.720 know, I wish I was more excited about Game three of the NBA Finals 299 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:26.000 tonight. I mean, I'll have it on, I'll watch. I probably 300 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:30.160 won't be watching closely. I thought about betting on it, but I would 301 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.359 just be guessing, so I probably won't waste any money, which, by 302 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:40.480 the way, I am glad that despite sports gambling being legal here in Kentucky 303 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:44.200 for I don't know, I guess nine months or so. Now, it's 304 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:47.279 everywhere, right, It's in your face. You hear about it on commercials 305 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:51.839 on this station. There's billboards all over town like it's it's not only accessible, 306 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:55.039 it's in your face everywhere. And I did worry that because I could 307 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.680 get in on some action, that I would gamble on a lot of things 308 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:00.119 that I really don't know a lot about And even if you do that, 309 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:03.119 that's okay because I think most people do it for entertainment. It's not like 310 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:07.279 they're doing it to try to create a side hustle and you know, become 311 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:10.079 a millionaire. I mean, if you are trying to do it, do 312 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.240 that, then you know, good luck to you. But I still have, 313 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:15.759 you know, no interest in betting on things. I know that I'm 314 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:18.359 just guessing. And to be honest, when I bet on the sports that 315 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:23.279 I love, college football, NFL, college basketball, I'm just guessing. 316 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:27.119 So but it's an educated guess, right, I keep up with those sports. 317 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:30.519 It's fun to get, you know, lost in the building of a 318 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.880 parlay er, just building a wager and you know, thinking, yeah, 319 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:38.759 I'm familiar with this matchup and this team is going to have an advantage and 320 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:41.640 the books have it wrong, this team should be favored. You know. 321 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:44.839 That makes it more fun for me. And at times, you know, 322 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:48.079 I have some success. I'm way better at betting on those sports than I 323 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:52.119 am when I just take a wild guess at you know the NBA, and 324 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.200 I you know, I know enough about the NBA, like I can tell 325 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:56.200 you the personnel, like I you know, it's not like I know nothing 326 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:59.920 about it. When it comes to sports, I know nothing about that space 327 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.400 ball. But yeah, with the NBA, I'm just I find it to 328 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.200 be a very very difficult league to be profitable when it comes to betting. 329 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:10.759 Now, maybe that's just because I suck at it. I'm sure there are 330 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:12.200 many out there that bet on the NBA and they do well, but I 331 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:15.680 feel like a lot of folks, at least the ones that I know, 332 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:18.680 that really get into betting on the NBA, it's really just player props. 333 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:21.279 Which I could see that being fun and that could, but I just have 334 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:26.599 regardless if it's college basketball or if it's NFL or player props have just never 335 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:30.440 really done it for me. I mean, I've bet on player props before 336 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:33.640 and had some success, but you know, it's just everybody has their own 337 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.960 preference and style when it comes to wagering. Everybody wants to win, but 338 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:41.440 I guess everybody has their own way in which they feel like they have the 339 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:45.119 best chance of winning. But anyways, tonight we do have Game three, 340 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:49.519 which yesterday, if you are, you know, not a baseball fan, 341 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:56.799 tough day for you when it comes to live sports. So no NBA playoff 342 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:59.960 game yesterday, no Stanley Cup playoff, no NCAA events of any kind, 343 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:07.200 and not even an MLS game if you're into soccer. So June is usually 344 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.839 where it really just kind of hits you right in the face if you're somebody 345 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:15.160 like myself that is waiting impatiently for college football to get here, because to 346 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.839 me, that's when a new calendar year really starts when it comes to sports, 347 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:23.799 because you got the overlap right college football then NFL and NBA, then 348 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:29.440 college basketball, and then you ride it all the way till till early April. 349 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.880 And even though we haven't had games for a while in college basketball, 350 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:37.480 man, the Portal has given us a free agency season that really I think 351 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:41.680 extends college basketball as far as being in the conversation nationally. I know we 352 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.759 talk about it probably more than most because we love college basketball around here, 353 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:48.680 but I do think that's been a real big benefit of and I said it 354 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:53.039 once we found out all the guys that are coming back to college basketball this 355 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:57.039 current season, right once the deadline hit, and you saw the amount of 356 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:02.519 really good players that were very effective and successful in college last year and even 357 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:07.720 years before that. When you look at somebody like Hunter Dickinson. And maybe 358 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:10.400 this is my bias towards college hoops, but I feel like there's no sport 359 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:15.400 that's benefited from the portal more as far as just being a little more attractive 360 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:21.559 to those because of the off season acquisitions, right free agency. All right, 361 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:25.759 So I don't watch baseball, and I think a lot of you that 362 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:30.480 listen know this, but I do wish I was watching live, not only 363 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:33.720 on television. I wish I would have been there yesterday for the Guardians Reds 364 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:38.480 game, because there was something that happened that had nothing to do with baseball 365 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:45.640 that has become a viral story, and that is a young fan who made 366 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:48.119 his way onto the field and of course, as you could expect, he 367 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:53.319 was being chased down by law enforcement a not just not a security guard, 368 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:57.559 but a cop who had a taser. And he got on the field and 369 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:03.920 did a backflip, only to then be tasted, arrested, and a lot 370 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:06.359 to unpack here. If you haven't seen the video, I would encourage you 371 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:11.160 go check it out. I'm a little impressed with the nineteen year old kid 372 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:17.519 who was able to not only get out there and get all the way to 373 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:21.440 the middle of the field without being apprehended, and then stop and do a 374 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.400 full backflip, like, let me just double check here. I'm pretty sure 375 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.960 I'm gonna replay. Obviously there's no sound for you guys, But yeah, 376 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:30.039 he came to a full stop then did a backflip. I think, you 377 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.680 know, gymnasts and cheerleaders would call that a back tuck. And he did 378 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:40.039 it successfully and then of course made it about ten yards before he was taken 379 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:48.400 to the ground with a taser. And I mean, I don't encourage anybody 380 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:52.599 to run on the field in any sport, or run on the court or 381 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.960 you know, streak like we've seen at times, like you just shouldn't do 382 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.200 that because you know, you look like I mean, you're you know, 383 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:03.240 you don't have a right to be on the field just because you bought a 384 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.519 ticket, like there's nothing for you to gain. But I do know why 385 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:11.640 idiots do it. There's no consequence. I mean, this nineteen year old 386 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:14.920 kid, he knew he was gonna I mean, he probably did it because 387 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:17.400 he knew the attention that he would receive. But he's nineteen. He doesn't 388 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:21.519 care. He's not thinking about when people google his name in five years when 389 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.000 he's looking for a career, they're going to find out that he's the idiot 390 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:27.079 that ran on the field and did a backflip and then got taste. And 391 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:33.039 the consequence, as far as legally, is minimal. These are two misdemeanor 392 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:36.599 charges that he received, so like he probably didn't mean did it he even 393 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.559 get arrested or did this get like a citation? And was he told he 394 00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:41.480 had to go to court? Like it's still going to be like a criminal 395 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:45.000 offense and he's going to have to go to court and face a judge and 396 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:49.480 whatnot. But like they really don't make it to where you learn the hard 397 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:52.359 way that you know, I think the learning that this young man's probably going 398 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:55.279 to have his years down the line. He's going to think, man, 399 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:57.799 why did I do that? I was such an idiot. But he's nineteen. 400 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.720 He was probably drunk as buddies thought it would be cool, so he 401 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:10.799 did it. And the cop I mean, there's a great, great picture 402 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:17.160 that Andy Lyons, who you may know the name Andy Lyons is a photographer 403 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:21.160 for Getty Images. And I don't know if Andy lives in Louisville, but 404 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:26.480 I know he has done photography for Getty Images for Louisville basketball and Louisville football 405 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:29.200 for many, many, many years. And he was there at the Reds 406 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:33.200 game yesterday and he got a great picture that you should check out if you 407 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:37.200 have and if you just google this story, you'll probably see it. But 408 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:47.559 the picture of the cop letting him finish the backflip before shooting the taser, 409 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:52.319 it makes me, really, I'm impressed with this law enforcement officer. I 410 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.960 assume he's a cop. I mean, he's got a taser, and it 411 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:56.839 looks like he's wearing an actual police uniform, but it's a little different than 412 00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:00.519 your typical uniform, probably because you know he's working this event. But he 413 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:04.680 could have easily tased this kid mid flip and it probably would have been something 414 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:10.079 that he would have been justified in doing, but it might have killed the 415 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:15.480 kid, right like you get tased mid backflip with your neck and your head 416 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:19.200 facing down your I mean, I've never been tased, thankfully, Rick, 417 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:22.599 have you ever been tasted? Never? Okay, good to know. I 418 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:26.039 don't want to be tased, how about you. I'd like to not be 419 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:30.119 tased the rest of my life, right, so I would imagine though just 420 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:34.519 guessing here that when you're tased like you probably lose all like, you probably 421 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:41.279 go limp and you might fall and break your neck and die. And again 422 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:44.480 that would have been a disastrous situation. It would not have been warranted for 423 00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:47.799 this man to this young man to lose his life. But look heat of 424 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.640 the moment. This officer's out there trying to get this kid, and the 425 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:53.039 taser is gonna be what takes him down because he's not stopping, he's not 426 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:57.400 giving himself up. And there's a great picture of what you know, I 427 00:29:57.440 --> 00:30:02.759 can't read his mind, but this still makes it look as if the cop 428 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:06.799 was about to pull the trigger on the taser and he realized, okay, 429 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.799 I might kill this kid. I probably don't want to do that, so 430 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:14.039 he waits for him to land, only to then perfectly tase him. And 431 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:18.359 it looks like something out of a movie. And the video is just video 432 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:21.359 from people who were there using their phone, so it doesn't look good. 433 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:26.160 But the HD four K photos here that we have from Andy Lyons of Getty 434 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:34.319 Images are really really well done. So again you're going to continue to see 435 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:37.319 this happen, and it look it's harmless for the most part. Like, 436 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:41.359 if you were out there naked, you're a complete jerk because there's children that 437 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:44.880 are there, like, you're just a You're a sicko if you do that. 438 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:48.440 But you know, young night, I mean heck, maybe even a 439 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:51.000 teen maybe even teenagers. There aren't even adults have done it, I'm sure, 440 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:55.920 but it's going to continue to happen because there's not there's really not a 441 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:59.200 big consequence for it. And the consequence that is there is not something that 442 00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:03.160 people that are you know, of that age. I mean some, I'm 443 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.759 sure there are plenty of people that are nineteen years old like this kid, 444 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:07.960 that are mature and realize that would be a really big mistake. I don't 445 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:12.160 want to get arrested. I don't want to go viral for being, you 446 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:17.079 know, an idiot. But there's many others that age that don't think that 447 00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:19.200 deeply because you know, they're probably drunk at a baseball game with their friends. 448 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:23.440 And yes, he's not legally allowed to drink, but I'm sure there 449 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:26.359 was some alcohol involved here. I don't know that for certain, but I'd 450 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:30.319 be shocked if this nineteen year old was stone cold sober when he decided to 451 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:37.720 run on the field. Also, it's happened from time to time. But 452 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:42.279 if you run onto any any field or core, like if you run onto 453 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:47.039 the floor in an NBA game, or you run on the field in an 454 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:49.359 NFL game, or like this young man, you run on a field at 455 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:53.279 a baseball game, or it could be college football or college basketball, and 456 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:59.240 you know, one of these superhuman athletes, especially if we're talking like the 457 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:04.119 NFL, if they decide to help out security, law enforcement and take you 458 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.680 out, like that should be allowed, Like it should be Why don't we 459 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:14.880 just let the officer casually stroll over to you know what might be a dead 460 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.640 body. I mean, I'm exaggerating. I'm not saying these people should be 461 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:22.279 killed, but I do kind of wish it was just it was just a 462 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:25.319 known thing that if you're out there on the field in an NFL game as 463 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:29.559 a player and you've got a knucklehead running on the field, you know, 464 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:35.200 collectively somebody take his ass out, because, by the way, there'd be 465 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:38.480 a bigger ovation for that than just people cheering. Somebody who you know, 466 00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:42.880 made their way to the field and got past security and you know, is 467 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:46.960 having fun. But it didn't happen very often, and I think it was 468 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.640 in the pac twelve one of the schools up there in the Pacific Northwest. 469 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:54.680 It might have been Washington State or Oregon State. Years ago, there were 470 00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.000 kids that stormed the field and I think it was a little premature, and 471 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:07.480 they were running, you know, running towards the field as players of the 472 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:10.000 losing team were running off the field to go to the locker room, and 473 00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:14.200 you know, you're just going to cross paths. And there was a player 474 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.240 who I'm sure he knew what he was doing, but it wasn't like you 475 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:19.480 went out of his way to to you know, assault somebody, but he 476 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:22.079 basically trucked over a student who was running on the field as he was running 477 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:27.200 off the field, and that student end up filing a lawsuit, and you 478 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:29.200 know, it just makes it even more I mean, people, look, 479 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.279 fans should never be on You're not part of the entertainment. You don't you 480 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:35.240 don't have, you don't have a right to be on the field court whatever 481 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:38.279 it may be. And if you do that, you know, actually to 482 00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:44.480 be honest with you, when it comes to the you know, misdemeanor, 483 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:47.480 very minor charges that you get from doing that, unless you of course, 484 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:51.160 you know, again I think it's different if you're out there streaking, but 485 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.000 if you just run on the field again. This kid got charged with two 486 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.759 misdemeanors. I don't know the actual charges, but they were not serious. 487 00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:00.279 I actually think the bigger consequence that could happen is to just, you know, 488 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.079 have one of these professional athletes, regardless of what sports they play, 489 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:07.559 they just take you out. That would probably be the most severe punishment that 490 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:10.239 you could actually get, and maybe you would really enjoy the attention you get 491 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:14.199 from it, or maybe you would actually learn your lesson at that point and 492 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:17.719 you'd say, yeah, probably shouldn't do that again. But if you haven't 493 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:21.920 seen these pictures, I'm actually gonna tweet a couple of them out because they 494 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:27.360 are I mean talk about getting the right shot at the right time. And 495 00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:30.639 you can see whatever comes off the taser, like the you know, the 496 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:35.880 the string or whatever it is that has the actual whatever it is that tases 497 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:42.440 you on it. I mean the visual here of this officer, the look 498 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:49.039 on his face and the kid realizing, uh oh, like I've got you 499 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:52.039 know it's happening. I'm getting electrically, I mean basically getting electroccuted. It 500 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:57.920 seemingly it's it's just it's art, is what it is. It's art. 501 00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:00.320 All right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side. We 502 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.960 will wrap up the four o'clock hour. Keep this thing rolling along. Get 503 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:05.559 to the text line. Some good questions coming in, some comments coming in 504 00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:08.159 about basketball. We'll get to those, and again we're with you till six 505 00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:23.199 o'clock. So hang out right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Now back 506 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:29.199 to Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day. 507 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:32.599 That's right, Coffee and Company wrapping up hour number two here on a Wednesday 508 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:37.880 afternoon. We are fueled about Thornton's. Certainly appreciate our friends over at Thornton's. 509 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:42.519 My name's Nick Coffee Radio. Rick's got us rocking here on a Wednesday. 510 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:45.960 Good stuff. Rick, I just feel like you're in there shred this 511 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:49.760 guitar solo right now. It's just I just want all the listeners to visualize 512 00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:52.559 that, because that's that's the kind of vibe Rick brings to the table. 513 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:54.679 I'm an old rocker, Nick, that's right. I love it. Wouldn't 514 00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:58.599 have it any other way, all right, So real quick, let's go 515 00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:00.559 to the text line. Not a whole lot of time left as we wrap 516 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:02.519 up the four o'clock hour, So let's hit the Ellenn Federal Credit Union. 517 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:07.000 Text line five O two six five three zero seven ninety is the number members 518 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.519 get more at Ellenn Federal Credit Union. You can learn more and open your 519 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:13.960 account today at LNFCU dot com. This Tex says Nick, is the Louisville 520 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:16.559 Memphis series really happening. Haven't seen anything official, but I did see someone 521 00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:22.440 share it in one of the Louisville Facebook groups. Yeah, I wouldn't believe 522 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:25.000 everything you see in a Facebook group, although I find myself at times getting 523 00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:30.280 lost in Facebook groups, not those that are about Louisville Athletics, but just 524 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:34.679 you know, like my neighborhood group. I'm from Bullet County and there's a 525 00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:38.800 lot of different Bullet County Facebook groups out there that I'm kind of a quiet 526 00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:42.800 member of. I've never posted or commented, but I just like to just 527 00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:45.559 look at the drama. So yeah, I don't know what Facebook group you're 528 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:51.400 referring to. But Brian Clolehman, pat Kelsey's top assistant coach, was on 529 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:55.360 a podcast I believe, yesterday and mentioned they're trying to get a home, 530 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:59.079 and they're trying to get a series set up with Memphis. It won't happen 531 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:02.119 this year, of course, but they're working on getting Memphis on the schedule 532 00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:07.119 for not just one year. But I think Memphis they've got somebody who covers 533 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:10.079 their program that kind of confirmed that this is something that is in the works. 534 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:13.960 They want to potentially do a home and home where Louisville will host Memphis 535 00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:16.440 and then play Memphis, and they'll have a neutral side game in Nashville, 536 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:20.239 which could be a lot of fun. Yeah, Memphis, You know Memphis. 537 00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:22.239 Of course, there's a lot of history between Louisville and Memphis, one 538 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:27.159 of Louisville's longest standing rivals in basketball. Didn't feel like it as much anymore. 539 00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:30.280 And I'll be honest with you as someone my age, you know, 540 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.760 when Louisville and Memphis played during my childhood, you know, there wasn't as 541 00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:37.639 much hatred there, right at least not that I can remember. I mean, 542 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:43.599 I remember Calipari at Memphis and the battles that Louisville and Memphis had during 543 00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:46.360 that time. But the real, you know, the roots, if you 544 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:52.159 will, of the Louisville Memphis rivalry that was long before I was around. 545 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:54.679 But yeah, since we talked a lot of basketball scheduling today, no doubt 546 00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:59.559 I would love to add Memphis. I mean, they're still in the American 547 00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:05.920 which for unfortunately that league continues to get gutted as expansion has taken place. 548 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:07.960 A lot of the other you know teams I guess that you would say are 549 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:12.440 somewhat similar to Memphis. They've been able to move on from the league, 550 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:15.000 whereas Memphis is still stuck there. But look, if Penny's there, they'll 551 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:21.400 always have some level of relevance and some talent because he brings talent in. 552 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:23.400 So yeah, I've I'd love that. I'd love that kind of matchup. 553 00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:28.079 I mean, again, I know it's it's really how a lot of these 554 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:34.119 programs at the low D one levels survive getting a check to go play some 555 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:38.320 of these teams that have you know, twenty thousand seed arenas. There's a 556 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:42.079 reason they call them a bye game, and if you know you blues a 557 00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:44.519 by game, it's a bad look, which Louisville has lost a few of 558 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:49.519 them in recent years. But I just you know, I if I'm going 559 00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:53.360 to look at it from just a pure entertainment standpoint as a college basketball fan, 560 00:38:54.559 --> 00:39:00.199 I would love every game to feature a team that is not of the 561 00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.880 lower level of D one. I mean, you don't need three hundred and 562 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:07.360 sixty five teams in the Division one level, and there's no benefit to playing 563 00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:10.840 those teams. And anyway, I'd love for somebody to tell me the benefit 564 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:16.320 of playing UNBC. You're not learning a lot about your team. You may 565 00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:20.039 blow them out, but it doesn't really mean anything. If they stink. 566 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:24.159 You could end up playing them closer than you feel like you should. Because 567 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:28.760 again I talk about this all the time. You can tell yourself, hey, 568 00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:30.400 I'm gonna treat this as if we're playing the ninety seven Bulls and we're 569 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:35.400 gonna come out and compete, but you know, deep down like you're not. 570 00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:37.760 You can lie to yourself, but eventually the human element kicks in and 571 00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:42.000 you realize you're playing a team that you know you could probably coast a little 572 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:45.320 bit and still win big. The only benefit would be is that you get 573 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:49.800 a chance to actually, you know, work out some things, maybe you 574 00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:52.559 know, try to, you know, work out new lineups, give young 575 00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:57.000 guys some some real reps in games that you know are not close. Because 576 00:39:57.000 --> 00:40:00.599 you're blowing them out, but there have been example of teams who schedule terribly 577 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:05.960 in the non conference and it keeps them out of the tournament. So yeah, 578 00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:07.119 I hope they get Memphis on the schedule. Don't know when that will 579 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:10.000 happen or if it's actually going to but it sounds like that is something they 580 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:15.519 are they're working on. Let's see, let's do this again. Another very 581 00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:17.880 quick segment here, but I want to make sure we have as much time 582 00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:21.239 as possible in the five o'clock hour because there's a lot of when to get 583 00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:22.840 to, including more of your texts that have come in on the Ellen and 584 00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:30.199 Federal Credit Union text line. We now have a I guess an official breakdown 585 00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:35.039 of this new NIL multi team tournament that's going to take place in Vegas in 586 00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:37.400 college basketball, and I have a feeling that you're going to see multiple tournaments 587 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:43.360 like this pop up in years to come, and I don't want to act 588 00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.960 as if this is going to be a big topic of conversation. However, 589 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:49.199 I believe the first state. There could be other states that have done this, 590 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:52.039 but I haven't seen it yet, but Illinois, I believe, is 591 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:55.199 the first state that is going to introduce a shot clock in high school basketball, 592 00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:59.800 and I have strong thoughts on that, So again we'll keep it rolling 593 00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:01.800 along. One more hour to go. Again, it is coffee and Company, 594 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:05.719 and we are Field by Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety