WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.599 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:06.160 Sports Talk seven. 3 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:08.320 Nine day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell 4 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:09.240 we think when we. 5 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:11.839 Are get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.400 The kids are playing or trail off. The coaches are 7 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:15.080 screwing it up. 8 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:18.399 Gold play Inner Murals, Brother, goldplay Inner Murals. 9 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:21.480 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:25.120 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:26.960 Are you kidding me? Now? 12 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:34.600 Here's Nick Coffee. 13 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:39.759 All right, let's get it started. 14 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.719 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome in Coffee and company. Fueled by 15 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:47.719 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee, Austin Montgomery, 16 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:50.960 the one we call the tribal chief alongside as we 17 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:53.799 get set, I mean today the tournament kind of starts. 18 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:58.399 We've got playing games, but two days away from the 19 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:01.200 best two days of the year my opinion, and certainly 20 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.320 yesterday there was a whole lot of bitching, and I 21 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:05.359 was I was doing a lot of it, a lot 22 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:07.840 of interaction from you guys as well. And look, you 23 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:09.599 can call in and bitch if you'd like. I mean, 24 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:11.560 I wouldn't. I wouldn't want to make that the entire show, 25 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:13.159 but the floor is yours if you guys want to 26 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:15.400 be a part of it. However, you know, today we 27 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:19.439 can turn the page and start talking a little more 28 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:21.959 about this tournament. It's you know, overall, as well as 29 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.079 Louisville's match up with Creighton. I hate that it's Creighton 30 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:26.959 that they've got to play in the first round, a 31 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.000 team that played in the big Eiaest Championship, a team 32 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:33.040 that gives you some could give you some problems in 33 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.719 areas where you're vulnerable, which will certainly get into that today, 34 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.799 but you know, there's nothing you can do about it now. 35 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:41.439 And maybe it's because Louisville's involved in it. 36 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:43.400 But Austin, do you feel like I don't know if 37 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:46.480 you've been consuming as much content when it comes to 38 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:47.280 the tournament. 39 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:48.280 As I had the last couple of days. 40 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:53.159 But I feel like the noise about the committee is 41 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:56.359 as bad now as it's ever been, mostly I guess 42 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:59.359 because of Carolina, But doesn't just seem like there's more 43 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:01.359 talk about the committee getting it wrong than there has 44 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:02.159 been in a long time. 45 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:04.760 Yeah, and no, I think you're right. I think even 46 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.599 though you're especially you, I know you're a college basketball 47 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.280 nut yourself. So yeah, I mean when we when we 48 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.240 when the outside noise is kind of really getting that 49 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.439 and it's just fun because, like you said, Louisville is 50 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.360 a part of it, and we have someone else there 51 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:20.159 to validate it. But you know, now it doesn't seem 52 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:22.400 like we're screaming into an echo chamber like that. We're 53 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:25.240 not the real crazy ones. Other people are noticing too. 54 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:26.159 Yeah, and I'll tell you what. 55 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:30.280 The committee being led by the chairman that of course 56 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.960 is also the athletic director of North Carolina, Bubba Cunningham. 57 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:36.319 I mean, I thought this was just something people put 58 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:38.840 out there on the Internet and waited for enough people 59 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:40.840 to run with it to where everybody just assumed it 60 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.639 was true without looking into it. However, I was listening 61 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:48.319 to who was it? Rich Eisen had he had, I believe, 62 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.159 an interview earlier today. I can't think of who it was. 63 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:52.879 One of the coaches that's. 64 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:53.240 In the tournament. 65 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:55.240 It wasn't a big name, and and you know, he 66 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:59.400 referenced the whole Bubba Cunningham getting a getting an actual 67 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.240 like in incentive if Carolina makes the tournament. I mean, 68 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.680 that is the objects of that are insane. That the 69 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:08.639 guy who is leading the committee and the last team 70 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:10.560 that gets in is is the school that he's the 71 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:13.479 athletic director for and he is compensated based off them 72 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.800 making the tournament. I mean, it's one of those things 73 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:18.080 you almost feel like you can't make it up. And yes, 74 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:20.960 he did leave the room, and I mean I believe 75 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:24.039 he did. But one thing that nobody seems to consider. 76 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.719 I know I talked to it this a little bit yesterday, 77 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.080 but now that like this is actually you know, this 78 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:30.879 is real. This isn't just something people made up. I mean, 79 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:33.680 even if you are out of the room, those that 80 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.319 are there with you on the committee, the guys you're 81 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:37.680 rubbing elbows with your peers, the other athletic directors that 82 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.560 are on this committee, like they're gonna they're probably gonna 83 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:42.280 be aware that like that you don't want to inter 84 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:44.280 They don't they don't want you to re enter the 85 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.639 room and them have to tell you, oh, sorry, we 86 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:49.800 didn't put your team in. They were the first team out. 87 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.840 I mean you would think that integrity matters and that 88 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.039 you know that they would just have to do it 89 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.199 and deal with it, and they should. But like I 90 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:00.960 just think the human element is more of a factor 91 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.039 and a lot of things in life than people realize. 92 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.240 So again, there's way more talking about the committee, mostly 93 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.960 just because of Carolina. But I do feel like, you know, 94 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.280 the the and it's not just Louisville, but clearly I 95 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.039 think they are viewed to be one of the mostly 96 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:14.919 you know, when it comes to teams that feel like 97 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.360 they didn't get the seed that most were expecting, Louisville 98 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:20.000 is certainly at the top of the list. But Austin 99 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:21.720 and I were talking right before the show because obviously 100 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.199 Dan Patt, I'm Dan Patrick, but Colin Cowhart is on 101 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.480 before us, which of course Dan Patrick is on prior 102 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:31.240 to that, but Colin was talking about I mean, they've 103 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:32.800 been talking about the tournament quite a bit the last 104 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:36.160 couple of days, and I noticed it yesterday. Austin noticed 105 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:39.240 it today that when they talk college basketball, I mean, 106 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.240 you can we can tell that they really don't follow 107 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.160 it that closely and they really don't know what they're 108 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.040 talking about. And I'm used to it by now, like 109 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:50.720 it's a known thing that people do this, But. 110 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:51.279 I'm just curious. 111 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.439 I wonder if those who aren't obsessed with college hoops 112 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.240 like we are when they tune into these live shows 113 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.319 that are national across the entire country and they're consuming 114 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.480 the college hoops content, I wonder if they can pick 115 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.319 up on it, meaning, do they realize that, like some 116 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:10.839 of the stuff they're saying is like really generic or 117 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:15.319 maybe sometimes not even true, or do they maybe just 118 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.439 get the sense? Okay, I listen to this guy every 119 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:21.279 day and he's not saying this with as much confidence 120 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:22.920 as he usually speaks on you know what I mean? 121 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.279 Yeah, I think what are the kids like to say? 122 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:26.439 Now? 123 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:28.399 It's just if they know ball or not, and you 124 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.959 could get down to all morweeds and start and start 125 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.879 knowing like they're a wins above bubble and like, what's 126 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:36.600 the other one that sounds like a screwdriver? 127 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:40.680 The Brent bart Torvik? Oh yeah, is that even a person? 128 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:41.800 Mark Torvik is a person? 129 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.480 Okay, So I've heard I've heard that in the last 130 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:47.399 couple of days more than I and I've heard you 131 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.920 talk about it throughout the season. But I mean, especially 132 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:53.240 if you're just like a regular listener to those shows 133 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:55.160 and you start hearing them talk about it, I think 134 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:58.639 if you're not Balloher's like us, and you're you're probably 135 00:05:58.639 --> 00:05:59.279 walking away man. 136 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:00.480 He has very good points. 137 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:02.560 Get do gets right number one. 138 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:05.319 I do like that. I do like a chalked final four. 139 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.800 Yeah, I think the So anytime they're talking college basketball, 140 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:11.480 I think that's a good thing because I love the sport. 141 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:12.759 I wish more people loved it. 142 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:15.759 I get so I consume so much college hoops during 143 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:18.040 the season that at times I do lose sight of 144 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.839 the fact that it's kind of a rare thing around here. 145 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:22.839 Like normally, when we really get into the NFL and 146 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:25.639 we really get into college football, everybody else does too. 147 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.000 It's it's really popular nationally. College hoops is really not 148 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.160 at all until you get to this time of the year. 149 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:35.480 So it's not something that's new. But I don't know, 150 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:38.480 I just I wish it didn't bother me, right, because again, 151 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:40.519 if they're talking about the game that I love, and 152 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.319 I can tune into all these different national shows, national 153 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:48.160 podcasts and they are talking college hoops, that's content i'd 154 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:48.600 be interested in. 155 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:49.920 Because I love college basketball. 156 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.160 But there's also something that irritates me because I think, 157 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:54.879 to myself, come on, why don't you guys do this 158 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:56.959 all the time? This is great, Like, don't you realize 159 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:00.000 college hoops is such a special, special thing. So yeah, 160 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.680 yesterday I was listening to to Cowherd and Jay Mac 161 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:07.079 Jason McIntyre, the sidekick essentially of Colin Show, and he 162 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:08.800 does this from time to time on a lot of 163 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:09.759 topics in my opinion. 164 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.040 But he was talking about in it was Auburn, and. 165 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:15.199 You could just tell that he was out there talking 166 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.079 Auburn and he didn't know anything, which is okay, Like, 167 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:20.120 I mean, you know, nobody has to be an expert, 168 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:23.319 but you know, I think sometimes you get you deep 169 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.399 down know you don't know a whole lot, so therefore 170 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.279 when you start talking about it, you're not comfortable. 171 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:29.879 And that's what happened. And there's just a national show 172 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:30.839 in those guys. 173 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.920 A lot of times they're giving you strong, hot takes 174 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:34.800 that they don't even believe, but they just know that's 175 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.399 the job, right, shock jock, that kind of stuff, just 176 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:40.759 you know, embrace debate. That's that's really what a lot 177 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.279 of those national shows are. But he was talking about 178 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.360 one of Auburn's guards and he couldn't think of his name. 179 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.560 Sweet he just said, you know he's got that he's 180 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:50.560 got that great crossover. And I'm like, Wow, like this 181 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:54.480 is this is analysis. And I love these guys that 182 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.399 work for TNT and do inside the NBA. I mean 183 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:00.439 they're great, they're entertaining. We don't need that him on 184 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.480 college basketball coverage. Like Charles Barkley's funny. I think he's 185 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:05.319 one of the best characters we've ever had in sports. 186 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.639 Love Charles Barkley, Love all those guys, Ernie Kenny. I 187 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:13.879 mean it's it's awesome, but they don't know or follow 188 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.959 it at all, and they don't even like try to 189 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.720 act like they care. Now, Kenny at times has has 190 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:23.040 tried to you know, and I believe he probably follows 191 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:24.879 it a little bit more closely than others. He's had 192 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:26.439 a son that played not that long ago. 193 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:29.079 He really liked Russ Smith because you know, they went 194 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:29.959 to the same high school. 195 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.200 Again it's right or not together, but yeah, they went 196 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:36.000 for a j same coach. Actually guy coached Russ coach 197 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.679 him many years before that. So yeah, Like but then 198 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:41.480 because maybe they just like to be funny and they 199 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:43.879 yuck it up. But like even when Kenny's trying to 200 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:45.720 be serious, they just kind of like make a joke 201 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:49.000 and it's it's not the worst thing in the world 202 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.679 because here's what's sad. If they're a part of it, 203 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.080 there's likely to be more people that are interested in it. 204 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.600 And that's that's that just speaks to people not really 205 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:00.200 caring a whole lot about college hoops like we do. So, 206 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.279 you know, I the first couple of years it was whatever. 207 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:05.720 I mean, I'm not gonna it's not going to ruin 208 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:08.559 anything about my experience of watching the n S Double 209 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:10.600 A Tournament. But I just think if you are somebody 210 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:12.720 that is over top of the you know, I don't 211 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:14.200 and I don't really know who's in charge of college 212 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:16.759 basketball to be honest with you, because you know, A 213 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.279 turnery they're the ones who pay the insane amount of 214 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:22.240 money to be able to broadcast the tournament, and they 215 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.399 make a lot of money based off of, you know, 216 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.679 selling advertisements. So you know, the NCE Double A. They 217 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:29.399 they really are like, look, if you're gonna pay us 218 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:33.039 this insanely insane amount of money, you can put whoever 219 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:33.720 you want on there. 220 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:35.600 And this is going to be there last year right 221 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.360 on the inside the NBA and I so leaving time. 222 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:42.279 So it's it's it's really tricky how it's gonna work. 223 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:47.320 So the those guys are staying with Turner, and Turner 224 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:53.360 is going to license slash lease those guys to work 225 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:56.440 for ESPN, okay, which is really I mean, it's it's 226 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.440 I'm sure something like that's happened before, but they're gonna 227 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:04.200 be part of NBA coverage while still working for Turner. However, 228 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.159 Turner is going to be charging. You know, these guys 229 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.919 got fat contracts, and Turner is gonna charge ESPN. 230 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:11.879 They're going to tax them, yeah, exactly. 231 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.720 So again, the more we talk college the more people 232 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:16.879 are talking college basketball and nationally, the better it is. 233 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:19.360 But as somebody who you know is. 234 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:21.679 So obsessed with the sport, it's such a big part 235 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:24.240 of our culture around here, when I hear them kind 236 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:26.840 of like, you know, just whatever about it, it almost 237 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:29.159 is like they're like they're not making fun of it. 238 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.399 But I don't know, it's just you wouldn't see that. 239 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:33.759 In really any other sport when it gets to the 240 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:37.200 biggest event, which of course March Madness is that for 241 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:43.000 college basketball, and really there can't be a sport quite 242 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:47.080 like college hoops to where it's it's really not even 243 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:50.360 close to what you get as far as popularity, viewership 244 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.799 when it comes to the NFL or college football, we 245 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:57.600 know that. But whenever it does get to the NAA tournament, 246 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:59.480 I mean there are a ton of people. 247 00:10:59.240 --> 00:10:59.759 Who watch it. 248 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.639 I mean, nothing competes with the NFL, course, but like 249 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.320 it doesn't just go from it doesn't really get paid 250 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:08.639 attention to. People are slightly watching. It goes from okay, nationally, 251 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:10.440 it's not really a needle mover like you would think. 252 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:12.240 But then, man, when you get to the tournament, like 253 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:15.279 we're talking, you know, an insane amount more that do 254 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.559 tune in, which again that's that's the way it's always been. 255 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:20.320 But it's here. I mean, we are Today's that the 256 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.200 playing game and you have it. I mean you, I 257 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.159 mean I was about to ask a really stupid question. 258 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:25.759 I was asking if you're gonna bets and night. Of 259 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.879 course you're gonna bet tonight, right of. 260 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.120 Course, Absolutely, there's gonna there's gonna be the DraftKings open. 261 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:33.679 Yeah, I mean, what do you I mean this Carolina situation. 262 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:38.919 I mean, they they ended up making the tournament, and 263 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:43.120 they know that everybody is you know, they know that 264 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:45.919 everybody is mad that they're in. They know that they're 265 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.600 kind of the big joke here. Because you know, they're 266 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:53.000 probably I I would assume they'll have more people rooting 267 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.480 against them tonight than like ever, because they're not usually 268 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:59.600 like a villain type school, but they're the public views 269 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.360 them as a team that doesn't even deserve to be there. 270 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.799 So a part of me says that that could give 271 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:09.399 them some motivation, us against the world, backs against the wall, 272 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:12.120 but I don't believe it. You know, they could still 273 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.600 beat San Diego State, and they probably will to be honestly, 274 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.960 because I don't think San Diego State's very good and Carolina, 275 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:19.360 for what it's worth, has played good basketball. The only 276 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:22.000 loss they've had, the only two losses they've had in 277 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.600 over a month, I think, are to Clemson and to Duke. 278 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:27.120 So you know, Carolina's not worthy to be in the tournament, 279 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:29.440 I don't think. But they're also not like a terrible team. 280 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:31.600 So maybe we'll see, you know, maybe we'll see a 281 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.960 competitive game. But I think this Carolina team you got RJ. 282 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:37.440 Davis has been there forever. You've got I mean Jalen Withers, 283 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.720 who's like a six year senior, and clearly you know 284 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:42.639 he's not feeling great about the way things ended in Charlotte. 285 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:44.159 That was just we haven't talked about it on the show, 286 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.480 but that was that was insane how that played out. 287 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:48.480 I mean I felt for him, but I also thought 288 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:51.440 to myself, how could you do? Like, how does that happen? 289 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:51.759 You know? 290 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.559 So I just I think Carolina knows that they probably 291 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:58.000 they were not expecting to get in. I don't know 292 00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:59.600 if they believe they should or shouldn't be. I think 293 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.080 if you asked, they'd say, yeah, we belong, but like, 294 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.480 this isn't a chip on the shoulder. I think this 295 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.519 team's kind of defeated. They know they should have never 296 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.639 even been on the bubble. They simply should have been 297 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:10.240 a lot better than they were this year, right, Like 298 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:13.320 they have better players than what they showed. So I 299 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:16.720 think they either get by because you know, they are 300 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:19.559 better than San Diego State, but I or I could 301 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:21.919 see him getting killed too, Like, I mean, you know 302 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:23.960 right now they are favored by four. 303 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:25.480 And a half. Yeah, that's why I see too. So 304 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:27.519 I don't know what I'm gonna do with that one yet. 305 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:29.320 I'd probably take them to cover, honestly. 306 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:30.919 Yeah, And it's just because more than anything, I just 307 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:32.919 I'm not very impressed with San Diego State, and I 308 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.039 didn't and I didn't really think that San Diego State, 309 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:36.960 I mean shows what I know. I didn't even really 310 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:40.240 see them as a bubble team that you know, people 311 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.799 had on the right side of the bubble instead of 312 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:42.639 the wrong side of the bubble. 313 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.039 Where is this game being played? Dayton? They still do 314 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:47.320 all those first fours in Dayton. So Dayton, Ohio. 315 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.000 Tonight we have a Sandy West Coast team traveling to 316 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:50.919 play nine o'clock. 317 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:52.960 So yeah, and. 318 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.159 Then Saint Francis, PA taken on Alabama State. The winner 319 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.759 of that will of course head to Lexington to play 320 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:01.240 to play Auburn. I don't know anything about either of 321 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:02.759 those teams, but I know I'm going to bet on it. 322 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:04.480 I know I'm going to do a little bit of 323 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:06.200 looking into them and then I'm gonna make a wager the. 324 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:09.759 Red Flash or the Hornets. Yeah, Hornet's buzzing. 325 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.320 I think so Alabama State is favored about three and 326 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:16.840 a half. And I think Alabama State, you know, maybe 327 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:19.240 be careful what you wish for, but they would probably 328 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:21.799 really love the opportunity to play Auburn given that they're 329 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.120 in Alabama as well. Yeah, again, be careful what you 330 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:26.399 wish for, sir, we shall see. I will say this 331 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.679 in the last I don't know, since I've been gambling 332 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.960 on college basketball probably about five years or so now, 333 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:34.840 I don't think I've ever gotten one right in the 334 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:38.440 first four. I mean because I always in oh yeah, 335 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:40.639 I always do a two leg parlay with just these 336 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:42.840 two games just to kind of, you know, break the ice, 337 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:44.879 kind of you know, get things rolling as far as 338 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:48.919 postseason wagers. And usually I feel like I've done pretty 339 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:50.960 well in the games against like, you know, the elevens, 340 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.399 like tomorrow they'll be Xavier in Texas tonight you and 341 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:55.600 ce San Diego State, as you mentioned, But when it 342 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:57.360 comes to the teams that I know nothing about, I mean, 343 00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:59.759 makes totals. And also I think it's like impossible to 344 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:03.320 act really set a line between these two because you really, like, 345 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:08.080 you think you know where each conference kind of ranks, 346 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:10.679 and I think you do have a much clearer picture 347 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:14.159 of where the you know, how conferences stack up with 348 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.320 each other at the top of college basketball. But I 349 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.519 think when you're down to the bottom, meaning you know 350 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.240 this level, I don't even know what conference Saint Francis 351 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.639 is in or Alabama State. But yeah, I think it's 352 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:27.919 impossible to really know. Okay, is this league five spots 353 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:30.440 ahead of this one? You just don't know. So again, 354 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.440 I don't know, but I'm gonna guess more than anything. 355 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:33.960 I'm gonna take a guest tonight and see if maybe 356 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.679 my wager pays out. 357 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:38.879 What are these other games that's the n starting tonight too, Yes, 358 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:39.879 And I like. 359 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.480 The NRIT man, I mean, we've got we've got some 360 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:44.679 pretty good matchups in the n I T and that 361 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:46.799 makes me makes me very very excited. And we were 362 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:51.039 talking about uh, I mean, I really think Oklahoma State 363 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:52.919 and Wichita State, like that's gonna be a good game. 364 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.240 I really like, honestly Wichita State to cover plus six 365 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.759 and a half. Oh okay, I also like Saint Louis 366 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:02.879 and Arkansas State's playing Saint Louis tonight. I like Arkansas 367 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.480 State minus five and a half there. And then there 368 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:09.279 was one other n I T game that oh yeah, 369 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:14.759 Stanford minus six and a half against UC it's. 370 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:16.840 Cal north Ridge. Yeah, yeah, Cal State. It's right, Cal 371 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.519 State Northridge. 372 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.759 And maybe I'm just maybe I'm just doing that because 373 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:23.200 of Stanford giving Louisville all they wanted and nearly beating 374 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:27.000 them the last week. But Stanford did actually start playing 375 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.519 better basketball down the stretch. And you know, I'm not 376 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:32.200 going to tell you that they're great, but I think 377 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.759 like they're They're a team that know that they finished 378 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.399 with some momentum to end the first season with their 379 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:40.159 new head coach. And I feel like they probably aren't 380 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:43.759 as bummed about being in the n i T as 381 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:47.639 some others. Now again, cal State Northridge clearly is a 382 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:49.559 team that is happy to be in the n T 383 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:52.759 because any postseason appearance is good for programs like that, 384 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.120 But they're also not as good as Stanford, Like Stanford 385 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.480 has raynad when one of the best front court players 386 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:00.000 really in the country. Oh yeah, So I'm excited we're 387 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.200 getting We're getting rolling, baby. 388 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.519 I'm applauding you because like that's what people tune in for. 389 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:06.119 Like that's somebody that knows ball. 390 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.200 You sure people are tuning in to hear me talk 391 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.160 cal State north Vidge absolutely, go Jason McIntyre right now, 392 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.599 does he know anybody on Stanford? 393 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.319 You know, it's the kind of coverage that I want. 394 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:19.200 You know what it is funny because I don't know 395 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:21.640 a whole lot. But if there is an area where 396 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:26.240 I would have more knowledge, really more useless information, ninety 397 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:28.599 nine percent of the time, it would be college hoops, 398 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.640 just because that's what that's what I'm a nerd for. 399 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:32.160 And if there's ever a good time to, you know, 400 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.880 be the college hoops nerd, I guess, I guess this 401 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.480