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Speaker 1: All right, Welcome in everybody. It is Final four weekend.

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I'm live from the Final Four. I'm in Indianapolis, right

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over by Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rob Bino. I was at

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Hinkle Field House last night for the first time in

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my life. What a place. Tremendous, bucket list arena. If

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you're a college basketball fan, I suggest you get there

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at some point and I'll be at the games we're

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going to talk about tomorrow. I have weaseled my way in.

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I may be watching from outer space, but I'll be

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in the building. So looking forward to that. Two huge games.

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We're going to talk about them both on this show. Arizona, Michigan,

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you Kind Illinois. We're also going to talk about what

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we now know to be the NIT championship game. Tulsa

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will play Auburn on Sunday in Gamebridge Field House, and

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we have a Crown Tournament still going on out in

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Las Vegas. We did semi final one yesterday and we'll

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talk about the other semi final as well as potential

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final matchups today, Robino, Welcome in. Yesterday was a day

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I wish I could have had back. It was one

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of those days my five percent on Illinois State lost.

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I'm not mad about that because the fate of Auburn

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has been a money printer in the n so far,

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so you know, I guess all good things come to

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an end at some point. But I'm upset with myself

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for leaving off Tulsa, leaving off West Virginia, although that

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was a miracle win by the Mountaineers, and even leaving

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off Creighton, which you and I both talked about on

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the Wednesday show, kind of being thinking that it was

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the right side, and sure enough it was. They won

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and covered all numbers. So frustrating night for me and Hoops,

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but hey, I got to go to Hinklefield House, so

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I guess I guess I leave a winner. How did

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your night go last night? Rob Vena, Kottlae, Hoop was good.

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We had three and one yesterday and the loser. Obviously,

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what we talked about here on the show with the

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Tulsa New Mexico game over didn't happen. You and I

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were just talking a little bit off air about the

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way that Tulsa won that game, which was interesting.

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Speaker 2: No doubt, I thought Boujan would be a huge factor

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for the New Mexico offense, Tulsa took the interior away

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for the most part. Like I said, when we were

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talking off air, you had mentioned they were the more

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physical team. It did look that way. You wouldn't expect

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that out of Tulsa. When they needed a big three,

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they got a big three. It wasn't their best shooting performance,

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really not even average, you know, probably a little less

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than average for Tulsa. So we'll see if they can

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come back and play better offensively. In the championship game

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against Auburn, also had the Creighton team total over huge

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second half out of Creighton got them to eighty two points.

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I think they scored fifty one in the second half,

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which got that one home. The West Virginia games, you mentioned, wow,

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two and a half left, looks like we're dead, but

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West Virginia rallies gets home. And then the final one

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was when we used here in the parlay on the

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show the Auburn game over the total and I think

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the assessment there was correct. Illinois State just couldn't handle

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them offensively, and Illinois State was going to have to

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score in order to try and win. They just couldn't

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score enough. Auburn, unlike a couple of previous games in

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this tournament, Adam, they created even further margin in the

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second half. They didn't give it back, they opened it up.

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So it was a nice three and one night for me.

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And we'll see if we can keep that rolling here today.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we've got a lot to talk about. We're going

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to start things off in I guess what we would

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call the feature game. It'll be Semi Final number two.

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But according to Ken Palm, it's like the game of

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the century. So let's get to that one. That's gonna

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be Michigan Arizona. Robbie, you know I will piss someone

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off every year come Super Bowl time and come to

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Final four when you know I get it. Listen, these

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are awesome games to watch in awesome games to bet,

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and every year I'll make the statement that like this

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game when you're a sport's better. This game is no

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different than Manhattan Canisius in the middle of December. It

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just isn't like and that always gets people upset, Rob

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because you know, listen, and I got to shout my

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friends out at Basket Under Review. That's of course. Matt Winnick,

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who you guys saw last week fill in for rob

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the three man weave guys, and it's a whole bunch

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of people over there. If you want that game ripped apart,

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every possession dissected like that, is a great place to

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go and find that. They do tremendous work as guys

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that really like break down the nuts and bolts of

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basketball from a betting standpoint. I've gone through this game

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so many times this week. It's part of the reason

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I didn't want to talk about it till today. I

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really truly think you're splitting hairs if you are trying

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to at the side in Michigan Arizona. I think I

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could come on here and make a really good case

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for Michigan, and I think there's someone out there that

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could make equally as good of a case for Arizona.

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It is just where we're at in the season. If

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you want what my number is for this game, Michigan

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minus zero point nine. I'm pretty sure it opened one

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and I don't think it's moved a whole lot, so Robino,

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I would be flipping a coin if I got this

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game on the side. I'm not the totals guy you are,

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So can we find a way into Michigan Arizona Final four.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's difficult. And like you say, Adam, if you

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started to handicap this once the matchup was known, you

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probably have going back and forth in your mind one

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hundred times. Yeah, I think that adds up to Michigan.

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Now wait a minute, this adds up to Arizona, et cetera.

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They're basically they're mirror images. Accept for the fact that

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Arizona does not use the three nearly as much. That's

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been their mo all season long, right, they really haven't

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used the three, but boy, when they use it, it's efficient.

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They make their threes when they have to. The front

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lines are the front lines. The matchups are the matchups

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that maybe you could argue two of the best front lines,

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the two best front lines in the country. I know

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Florida would have something to say about that, but again,

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arguably you could sit there and make the case for Michigan.

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You could sit there and make the case for Arizona.

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I have been amazed all season long that Arizona, with

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the key contributions that they get from three freshmen, just

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continue to roll on like these guys are not phased whatsoever.

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And they're led by Jade Bradley, who have gone to

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the rack four one hundred times on this show. One

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of them. Maybe the most undervalued or underrated or under

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the radar, however you want to call him. He just

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doesn't a national recognition that other point guards get. But

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yet he's the studying force to this team. You know, sidewise,

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you're absolutely right at him. It's going to come down

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to or at least on paper, it comes down to,

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you know, this is it's so easy to say, but

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it's so true. Who make shots, I mean in the end,

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who make shots in this game? Or who turns it over?

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More Neither team is prone to turning it over. Neither

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team is especially prone to taking it away. You know,

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if you want to go through the this saber metrics

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or the analytics or whatever you want to call them,

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a three is better than a two, then maybe you

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like the Michigan side. I think total here at one

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fifty seven and a half. And I have debated this

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back and forth, because you're going to see the final

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four is like a survival mode and unless unless this

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thing hits over time, I think it's going to be

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an under the defensive capabilities of both are very visible

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when they want to be. Arizona especially, I think does

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have somewhat of a defensive edge in this game. Not major,

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but there is an edge there to the Arizona defense.

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They've played that way all season long. Michigan has gone

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in stretches where they play really solid defense and stretches

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where they just you know, basically outscore people. The tournament

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pat for both of these teams, I'll just end with

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this has been I think it's, you know, opposition wise,

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opposition power rating wise, it's in favor of Arizona. Arizona's

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had the tougher road to get here dan Michigan has.

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Michigan's played opponents that have been smaller, They've played opponents

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that only know one style of play run. They played

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the weaker set of opponents. So maybe, again, I don't

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even know if if I can incorporate that into a handicap

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at him, Because if Michigan had played Arizona's opponents, which

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I'm saying were tougher, I think they were, Michigan could

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have run right through those four as well. So what

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are we saying here. I don't know that it really

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comes into the handicap. I think my initial lean here today,

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as we talk about is to play this game under

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I think you're looking at something in the you know,

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seventy eight, seventy five orch I think between one fifty

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three or one and one fifty five is probably the

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high point for this game. And you know, odds makers

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do set it a little bit high because people love offense,

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and they'll continue to bet over it's been bad up

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from one fifty seven to one fifty seven and a half.

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Speaker 1: My guy Colin in the chat is is he said,

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fade at him. But that's a if you were watching

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the Total Basis show Rob I someone in the chat

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first of all, Collins, my guy, he watches all the shows,

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and someone in the chat like said that last show.

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So I got mad and gave out one of my

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client plays. So that's like apparently you know that's I

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got annoyed, and I was like, oh you want something

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to fade? Here you go. This is what I bet today.

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I long story short, I don't have I don't have

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one to do that with here. If I gave listen,

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if I gave Michigan out, go ahead, fade it. If

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I gave Arizona out, feel free to fade that you're

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I think you're. I don't think you have a better

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or worse bet either way. As far as the way

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I see the game going, Rob, you could be onto

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something with the under just because you know, both teams

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are really good at like not letting you beat them

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down the floor in transition, and I know like both

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of these teams like to do that, right, So, like Michigan,

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they get a rebound, they're trying to find that early offense.

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Can they get a transition bucket? Can they get down

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and get a shot? Well, Arizona doesn't really let you

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do that. On the other side, Arizona likes to do

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the same thing. Michigan doesn't let you do that. Michigan's

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gonna shoot more threes? Are they gonna make more? I

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don't know. Maybe is Michigan gonna be able to keep

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Arizona from getting the rim? Probably not? Right Like I

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you know, good good, you know, great offense usually beats

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great defense if it comes down to it, right, Elite offenses,

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if you've got elite offense, elite rim offense. I don't

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know that there's anything Michigan can do to just totally

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keep Arizona from, you know, from getting to the rim

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or getting a rebound and scoring that way. This is

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maybe Ken Palm's right, maybe this is one of the

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best games he's got. This as the highest rated game ever.

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I think I saw he puts a thrill score on

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the game. I think it's the highest rated game of

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all time per his website. And you know what, Rob

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from a I can't really argue with that. It is like,

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I truly think this is the equivalent of like a

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like just a great heavyweight fight. There's gonna be adjustments

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that can be made in game. But again, how do

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you even bet this end game? Really? Because I think

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both of these coaching staffs and both of these key

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teams are capable to adjust to what the other is doing.

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So just for for really being at a loss here,

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I'm gonna roll with you and say under makes more

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sense because I think they could shut off the outlet

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to transition. And if you can do that, if you

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can eliminate transition, you would have to have an insanely

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efficient shooting performance to get to get it over the total.

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Speaker 2: Last thing, Adam, and you kind of hit on it,

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and I unmuted myself to go ahead and see if

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we could find anything anything between the coaching matchup Dusty

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May Tommy Lloyd. Dusty May was here with Florida Atlantic

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once already. Maybe he learned a little something. He had

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an overmatch team at that point and coached them all

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the way to the final four. Tommy Lloyd basically has

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had talent before. I'm not gonna say he's had this

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much talent, but it's been Arizona type talent, but failed

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in most of the spots here. Dusty May versus Tommy

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Speaker 1: Man? I don't, again, not enough to like. Come on

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and say, matter of fact, we like I give this

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team an edge. Maybe in our next game that we

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talk about, I'll have more of an opinion on a

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coaching edge, but this one not really. I mean I

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like Dusty May personally. I'm I'm a Dusty May guy.

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the slightest of edges.

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Speaker 2: To him game of the century.

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Speaker 1: He might be the game of the century. Let me

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let me bring before we move on to the semi

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final number two, well, semi final number one, technically, let

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me bring Mansy in. He says he's on I'm on

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the under in the Michigan game as well. Michigan had

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the perfect setup for ninety plus points has had the

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perfect setup for ninety plus points for game. I think

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what he's referring to is, over the course of this tournament.

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you know, threat defensively than anyone Michigan's has seen so

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far this tournament. Can't can't, can't deny that Tennessee had

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some size, but Tennessee was so far gone in that

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game early that I think they just kind of, you know,

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kind of gave up a little bit. So might not

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be the best like barometer. I think Arizona's gonna be

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a much tougher test than that. So yeah, they just

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it's gonna be a phenomenal game, all right, Rob This game,

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the second fought well, it was actually the first of

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the two games. This one goes in the semi final

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number one spot. I think there's more to I think

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there's more to find a way in here in my

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opinion to this game Illinois Yukon, and so I will

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apply the question the question you just asked, do you

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give one of these coaches an edge. I gotta give

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the edge to Danny Hurley because and I've said this, well,

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you know, I know Joey Cheese is in the chat

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he thinks I hate Yukon. That is not true. Although

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I do think Sianna matches up well with them. I've

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said that right from the beginning. I think I think

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my guys would have given you a game, just like

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they gave Duke a game. Joey, I that was his

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comment in the chat. But I do not hate Yukon.

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And in fact, if you go back to our shows,

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some of our very first shows, I've stated on a

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number of occasions that I think Danny Hurley has the

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best coaching staff in college basketball. I think he's arguably

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the best coach in the sport. But I think he

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has the best staff in the sport. And so if

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there was ever a game where I think a coach

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in the Final four could could out gain, like can

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Danny Hurley out game plan Underwood and win this game

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like that? I think he could. I don't know if

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he will, but I think he could. I absolutely think

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that Yukon there is a route where Hurley puts a

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game plan together the Florida game from last year comes

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to mind.

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Speaker 2: Rob.

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Speaker 1: That was a Florida team that won the NCAA tournament

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last year, and he totally out game planned Todd Golden.

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He was at arguably more of a disadvantage than he

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is here, and if a couple of shots fall, Yukon

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wins that game. So yeah, Yukon can absolutely win this game.

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And if they do, it's gonna be because Danny Hurley

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just put on another clinic. The question for you is

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will that happen?

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this game is we have in early season matchup between

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these two that we can use as somewhat of a

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historical guide here for this season, way back around Thanksgiving

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time in Madison Square Garden obviously more of a home

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to Yukon than it would be Illinois, but you kind

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of did win that game. Two healthy teams thirteen point

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Connecticut win. Connecticut pretty much shut down the Illinois three

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point shooting, which would be a key to this game.

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Illinois was six for twenty nine in that contest. However,

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I would somewhat preface that by saying that was prior

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to Keaton Wogler becoming Keaton Woggler. You know, it was

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when Boswell went down and all of a sudden, Woggler

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was putting up thirty plus point games, forty plus point games,

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and we got to see how good he really was.

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It's a unique team. You don't get teams like this

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with two I would say NBA point guards. Obviously, Woggler

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is going to be a lot of repick. I think

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Boswell could find his way into the league. He's a

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defensive hound. He's Illinois's defensive head of the spear. So

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to speak, a couple of things here. You have to

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find a way I talked about it yesterday. You have

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to find a way to try and limit Terris Reid underneath.

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Illinois does have size, but I don't know Adam though,

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the bulk that Reid has and the tear that he's

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been on, I don't know that either of these Evasitch brothers.

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It can contain Reid inside. On the other end, which

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you'd like to do, because those guys can shoot threes.

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Is you would like to draw Reed away from the

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rim and you they're nowhere near the rebounding team without

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him underneath that they are with him there. So maybe

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you know Brad Underwood. Yeah, we give Danny Hurley a

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coaching edge here, but we don't want to slight Brad

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Underwood either. Very good head coach from his Steven F.

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Austin days all the way through Oklahoma State, now Illinois,

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he's been good. They have playmakers. Deluxe Stoyakovich, I think,

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is an unheralded scorer, very very under control most of

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the time, can score at all three levels. Ben Hummerkows

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comes off the bench and can hit threes. I mean

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Illinois is deep too, But I'll go back to what

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I've been saying all season long about Yukon. Their quality

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depth is really I'm trying to think of a team

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off the top of my head that goes one through nine,

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but the backup at every position, if you bring them in,

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it doesn't really mean it's a significant downgrade. Yukon can go.

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They can sustain or withstand foul trouble because the guys

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behind the starters are would be starters other places in

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the country. I think the only position I might not

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say that at is Alex Caraban's position. They neat Alex

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Caravan on the floor and obviously read down to Rebay

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the freshman center. It's a downgrade, but Yukon's got quality

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depth everywhere. I'll tell you what. Illinois is one of

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those teams two thirds of the way through the season.

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And I said this on our live action Sunday Selection

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Show that two thirds of the way through the season,

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I thought they could be in this place Final four.

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They sort of slid, were forgotten about a little bit,

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but now they're showing us again that they can be

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that team. I would like Illinois if not for one thing.

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They don't force turnovers. If there's one thing Connecticut does

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is they're loose with the basketball. But Illinois is like

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in the three hundreds in turnovers forced. And in that

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game against Yukon earlier this season, they forced ten, but

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it wasn't enough. They still lost by thirteen. So to me,

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because Illinois can't take real advantage of the one solid

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weakness that I think Yukon has, I would favor Yukon

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in that game. Here. One thirty nine and a half

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is a pretty good total in my estimation. You can

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make the case. I think it's only half the case,

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but you could make the case. They both play slow.

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The tempo is going to be rock fight tempo. But

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I would counter that with honestly, I don't care how

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slow teams go. I really don't if they're as efficient

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as these two are. Illinois is the number one offensive

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efficiency team in the country, So who cares how slow

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they go? If they're scoring every time down, it doesn't matter.

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So I think at one thirty nine and a half,

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that's a that's a tough total to bet into here

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one way or the other. But I do think yu

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Khon probably ends up being the right side here, just

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in my estimation. Too many guys and Illinois doesn't have,

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or at least they haven't shown all season long, the

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ability to really get up on you, like I'll use

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an example that you use all the time, if they

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had like TCU guards that we're gonna get up on you.

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I would like Illinois because you guys loose with the basketball,

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but they don't, So I'll I'll lean Yukon here. In total,

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I'm still working on I don't really have a good

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good opinion there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I lean lean Yukon as well. Make I actually

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make I make them a very slight favorite in this

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game during the regular season. I don't know if it

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would be enough of an edge for me to get involved,

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but like, as far as Final four edges go, it's

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probably as good as it's gonna get.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Matt Winnick, who was our fill in host Rob while

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you were out of town. First of all, I shared

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all the you guys really liked him. I'm glad we

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were able to get him on as a guest. I

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saw him at Hinko last night and shared all the

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the good feedback from his couple of appearances. I want

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to read his tweet though, because I think this is

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kind of what you were hitting on, Rob. This is

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a tweet he posted the other day. He said the

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Illinois Yukon first game, the game won from earlier this

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season might be the biggest throwaway game of all time

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in terms of like you should not be trying to

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make a comparison to that game. Petrovic had played more

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than Wagler. I think that's what you said. He played

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more than Jake Davis. Eric Reid played more than Taris Reid,

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and someone in the chat says Taris Reid is the

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key to this game. I would agree with that. Tarris

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Reid was was basically not going to play in that

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first game. He was he was injured. I think he

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was battling like maybe a back injury that kept him

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out for a long period of time, and he's looked

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really good in the tournament. Jalen Stewart played more than

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Braylon Mullins. Well, Raylan Mullins makes Yukon a lot better

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offensively in my opinion, and obviously Braylan Mullins is, you know,

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just hit the shot of his life, So maybe some

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carryover from that. My favorite part of this tweet though,

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Illinois's current starting lineup played zero minutes together in that game.

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Yukon's current starting lineup played one minute together in that game,

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So you know, maybe maybe you throw that first game

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out completely. I think that's what I kind of agree

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with that, And then you know, maybe it just comes

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down to and I'll pull up Cadean and the chat says,

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you know, championship pedigree might come in here. Listen. I

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was on Duke minus five on Sunday. I thought I

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made a very good bet all things considered, until about

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the final ten minutes of that game, when I realized

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I was on the team that did not know how

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to function in that In that moment, right with the

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lead game, you know, championship is on the line, and

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suddenly there was one team that was far more poised

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than another team. In that team was the team that's

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been there before, with the coaching staff that's been there before,

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and Yukon was able to pull off that win. Now

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you're not getting the five point cushion here, but you're

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getting what two?

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Speaker 2: Two?

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Speaker 1: And are we at two?

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Speaker 2: Still?

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Speaker 1: Roub two and a half?

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Speaker 2: I see two.

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Speaker 1: I think it's two. Yeah, you're actually probably starting to

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see some one and a half. Again, it's not something

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i've bet yet, but if I was going to bet

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either of the final four games I had, I'd have

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to say it's it's probably gonna be Yukon plus the two.

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It is the way I would look in this game.

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And people are agreeing with me. They saying they make

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Yukon the favorite. Yeah, I made them like a one

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point a minus one point seven favorite on the neutral.

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Joey Cheese thinks every venue is a home a home

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venue for Yukon. He says, Store South. I think you

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might have been referring to the Garden. I'll tell you

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what though, before we move on, that's not going to

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be a home venue for Yukon. There is tons of

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Illinois people here. I think the I think the crowd

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will be pro Illinois. Of any of the four schools.

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I think you're gonna have far and away more Illinois

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fans than anyone else. It's like a hop, skip and

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a jump away from from Illinois.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good point too. And Husky Nation travels

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for sure a lot of the reason because if you

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live in the state of Connecticut, you have the money

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to travel, so they will travel.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, right.

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Speaker 2: But I will say this to Joey Cheese, you know,

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just being a Connecticut native and growing up there for

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thirty two years and still having family there. If they

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do win, from probably Norwalk, my hometown, all the way

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to South windsor where my son resides now at near Massachusetts,

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you'll hear a lot a lot of cheering in that

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section here. Great game, Adam, you know, I know people

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are referring to and we said it almost jokingly a

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few times, but it could be true that Michigan Arizona

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00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:34,599
is being billed as the pseudo national championship game. Right,

476
00:26:34,599 --> 00:26:37,799
whoever wins that is gonna win. But Illinois and Connecticut

477
00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:41,200
is a great on a normal final four you might

478
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,119
be calling this the greater game, and the team that

479
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,519
wins wins the national title. These are four very very

480
00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:51,240
evenly matched teams, and be interested to see what happens here.

481
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:52,680
But I do like a little bit of Yukon in

482
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:53,400
that game.

483
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,759
Speaker 1: Rob before we'll get it. We are doing our very

484
00:26:57,839 --> 00:27:00,519
last show for the season for Full Court. We'll be

485
00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:05,680
Monday morning, so will reserve championship game talk for Monday

486
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,519
morning ten am Eastern. But like, I don't I feel

487
00:27:09,559 --> 00:27:14,599
like there's a big time Like the market just assumes

488
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,559
the winner of Michigan Arizona is gonna win the national championship,

489
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,920
and I'm curious to see how that permeates throughout. Like

490
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,440
like the odds makers setting a number for the for

491
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,400
the championship game, this might be a scenario where you

492
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,480
where the better spot ends up being on Monday night.

493
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,039
Not so much here, because I think you're gonna have

494
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,640
like a bit. I think everyone's gonna have that thought process.

495
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,759
I think everyone's just gonna assume the winner of Michigan

496
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,720
Arizona is gonna win the championship game. What do you

497
00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:43,559
what are your thoughts on that?

498
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,599
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just trying to run numbers through my head.

499
00:27:46,759 --> 00:27:49,160
I'm with you there. You're gonna pay a premium for

500
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,039
Michigan or Arizona come Monday, because the odds makers know

501
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,640
where the money's gonna come from. And I'm thinking in

502
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,440
my head, if it gets to a place where, you know,

503
00:27:57,519 --> 00:27:59,599
they have to open this thing four and a half

504
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:05,079
or because they expect a flood of money, then that's

505
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,200
you know, getting too full possessions with Illinois or Connecticut

506
00:28:09,839 --> 00:28:13,799
against either one of those. We'll see where they do open,

507
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,240
but I would think, just off the top of my head,

508
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,960
I would have to believe that it's going to be

509
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,279
at least four and a half five in favor of

510
00:28:22,319 --> 00:28:23,960
Michigan or Arizona come Monday.

511
00:28:26,759 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 1: All right, since we are not doing a college basketball

512
00:28:30,599 --> 00:28:34,440
show this weekend, we are going to talk about the

513
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:39,000
weekend games the best we can. Some have spread, some don't.

514
00:28:39,279 --> 00:28:41,000
The game I want to go to now, Rob is

515
00:28:41,039 --> 00:28:42,799
the one that you you know, we were kind of

516
00:28:42,839 --> 00:28:45,279
talking about at the top of the hour when we

517
00:28:45,319 --> 00:28:47,240
came out of this show, and that is the NIT

518
00:28:47,519 --> 00:28:51,319
Final Tomorrow. This is going to move to Gainbridge Field House,

519
00:28:51,319 --> 00:28:54,400
home of the Indiana Pacers, where the Auburn Tigers will

520
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,880
take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane for an NIT championship.

521
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,880
You know what, I got to say, I bet there's

522
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,799
gonna be a lot of people at that game tomorrow.

523
00:29:03,279 --> 00:29:06,119
I think they're gonna have no problem putting people in

524
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,920
the game Bridge Field House because everyone's just hanging around

525
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:15,119
with nothing to do between games. So it's like people

526
00:29:15,119 --> 00:29:19,759
are just gonna be hanging around Saturday to Monday, and

527
00:29:19,799 --> 00:29:21,480
it's like, hey, you can go check out an NBA

528
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,079
arena and see the NT Final. I gotta say, before

529
00:29:24,079 --> 00:29:27,799
we get into this game, it was Hinkle is the

530
00:29:27,839 --> 00:29:32,599
perfect place to do the NIT. But man, having the

531
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,720
NIT in the same city as the Final Four just

532
00:29:36,759 --> 00:29:40,240
seems like such a genius move because you just have

533
00:29:40,359 --> 00:29:44,400
people that are here to like enjoy basketball, that are

534
00:29:44,759 --> 00:29:46,880
down to go to the games, and then you bring

535
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,720
in some of the people from the other fan bases.

536
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,079
I kind of hope they. I don't know, I'm torn

537
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,759
now because I think Hinkle's a perfect venue, but rob

538
00:29:54,799 --> 00:29:58,480
I kind of wish. I hope the NIT follows the

539
00:29:58,519 --> 00:30:00,759
Final Four next year to where where ever it's going.

540
00:30:00,839 --> 00:30:04,519
Like it like it's made the perfect weekend and because

541
00:30:04,519 --> 00:30:08,039
of that, I guess just to kick off the handicap

542
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,400
of this, I think you're actually gonna get a pretty

543
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,559
good crowd for the final at gamebridge Field House tomorrow night.

544
00:30:14,039 --> 00:30:15,599
You talked about it at the top of the show.

545
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,880
Auburn was just too much for Illinois State the physicality

546
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,960
and size, athleticism, but rob they also hit every shot

547
00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:28,759
they threw up. I mean they made Andy Lane couldn't

548
00:30:28,759 --> 00:30:30,759
believe it. He's like, is this team ever going to

549
00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:32,839
miss a shot? I go no, I said, we are

550
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,240
very much cooked on Illinois State. They are shooting seventy

551
00:30:36,279 --> 00:30:39,880
percent right now, and I just didn't feel like they

552
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,559
were going to slow down. Tulsa struggles with physicality sometimes,

553
00:30:43,599 --> 00:30:46,480
so do you think they struggle with Auburn in the

554
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:47,319
final here.

555
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, a couple of things. Kevin Overton hit a three

556
00:30:53,359 --> 00:30:55,720
last night, and I immediately thought of what you said

557
00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:59,240
on yesterday's show because it was one of those you know,

558
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,720
thirty five foot just pull up and fire from wherever.

559
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,880
He was five for five from three last night. Auburn

560
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,920
hit fifty seven percent of their threes. They hit sixty

561
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,759
three percent of their twos, almost average one point four

562
00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:14,839
per possession. It was a great offensive game in Illinois State.

563
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,559
The difference in personnel showed up right, and I kind

564
00:31:20,559 --> 00:31:23,480
of feel like Adam, what we expected last night out

565
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,400
of Tulsa, New Mexico is what we're gonna get on Sunday.

566
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,319
Let me just start by saying, you talked about genius

567
00:31:30,359 --> 00:31:33,079
moves by the nit. I'll give you another genius move

568
00:31:33,119 --> 00:31:36,039
by the nit. Here is to schedule this game for

569
00:31:36,119 --> 00:31:39,880
eight o'clock at night. Sunday's Easter Sunday. Nobody's watching this

570
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,240
game in the middle of the day. People are gonna

571
00:31:42,279 --> 00:31:44,960
be you know, families are together, Easter dinner, et cetera,

572
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,920
et cetera. But eight o'clock at night, after all it

573
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,240
dust is settled, you know, tune into the only game

574
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,319
on television, and it's a championship game. So all eyes

575
00:31:54,359 --> 00:31:57,720
on Auburn, all eyes on Illin, all eyes on Tulsa.

576
00:31:57,759 --> 00:32:03,119
We talked yesterday at length about Auburn's first three games

577
00:32:03,119 --> 00:32:06,240
inside this tournament, where they didn't look interested. Last night,

578
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,000
they looked interested. They took an Illinois State team that

579
00:32:10,119 --> 00:32:14,000
wanted to play slow and just dictated from the outset

580
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,440
how that game was going to be played. Illinois State

581
00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:20,160
never really had a chance to play the style of

582
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,519
game that they wanted to play and chase mode the

583
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:29,000
entire game. Here, Tulsa's more equipped for that. In my estimation,

584
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,240
Tulsa's gonna surround that three point line with their shooters,

585
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:36,000
which Illinois State doesn't have. Illinois State is nowhere near

586
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,440
the three point capabilities of Tulsa we listed yesterday. They

587
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,000
have for four guys thirty nine and a half percent

588
00:32:42,119 --> 00:32:46,759
or better, including David Green, and Tulsa didn't really get

589
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,920
or didn't really have a good shooting night last night.

590
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,519
As we mentioned top of the show, talking off air,

591
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,400
it turned into more of a physical game than either

592
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,519
one of us had expected. I think this one becomes

593
00:32:59,559 --> 00:33:03,319
more of a freelance style game. Auburn wants to out

594
00:33:03,359 --> 00:33:09,079
athlete you they can, But on Auburn's defensive end, I

595
00:33:09,079 --> 00:33:13,039
think Tulsa's got answers. Auburn is not the best defensive

596
00:33:13,079 --> 00:33:17,160
team as far as discipline is concerned. Steven Pearl and

597
00:33:17,279 --> 00:33:21,519
the coaching staff can warn them, Listen, these guys have

598
00:33:21,559 --> 00:33:23,480
great perimeterve shooters. We got to stick to the three

599
00:33:23,519 --> 00:33:27,720
point line. But I don't know that Auburn's athletes necessarily

600
00:33:27,759 --> 00:33:31,400
hear everything that's being said to them where defense is concerned.

601
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,640
So to me, Adam this this total is listed in

602
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,519
the exact same place as it was last night. I

603
00:33:38,519 --> 00:33:41,359
think we can get back we didn't get last night,

604
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,880
and that Tulsa New Mexico game were over is concerned

605
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,119
these two teams, I'd expect it to be a little

606
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,279
bit of up and down. There'll be no give up

607
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,079
unless it's a twenty point, you know, contest with two

608
00:33:53,079 --> 00:33:56,440
minutes left. There'll be no give up from the side

609
00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:00,359
that's losing. It'll be just foul to the finish. Because

610
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,079
nobody wants to lose a championship game. She probably gets

611
00:34:03,079 --> 00:34:05,720
some extension here. Auburn's listed as four and a half

612
00:34:06,519 --> 00:34:09,639
bet up to five right now in a couple of spots.

613
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:15,760
I can understand it sec against American Conference, American athletic.

614
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:20,159
But again, I'll say that Tulsa is firmly equipped to

615
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,639
rattle the Auburn defense here with all of their shooters.

616
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,760
I wouldn't be surprised if Tulsa gets out of the

617
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,079
gate quickest in this particular game and Auburn starts to

618
00:34:31,119 --> 00:34:34,199
have to chase. So for me, at this point in time,

619
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,239
I think it's going to be total over I don't

620
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,599
want it to raise up too much. I see sixty

621
00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:41,880
one opener up to sixty one and a half in

622
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:46,000
sixty two, even at one of the more popular outlets.

623
00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:49,079
So yeah, that's the way I see it. Adam, I

624
00:34:49,079 --> 00:34:50,559
think we get a little get back for what we

625
00:34:50,559 --> 00:34:51,480
didn't get last night.

626
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,599
Speaker 1: Robert, You seeing Tulsa spread?

627
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 2: Yeah?

628
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,320
Speaker 1: Are they posted? Have they posted a number for the

629
00:34:58,519 --> 00:34:59,079
side yet?

630
00:35:00,159 --> 00:35:02,639
Speaker 2: Yeah? It opened four and a half, remains four and

631
00:35:02,679 --> 00:35:04,159
a half in a couple of spots, but up to

632
00:35:04,199 --> 00:35:05,280
five in a couple of spots.

633
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,599
Speaker 1: Auburn favored and oh and he goes, he goes, I

634
00:35:08,599 --> 00:35:11,039
think they just made another three pointer. Well yeah, like

635
00:35:11,159 --> 00:35:17,199
here here's the thing, Auburn, I don't I don't think

636
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:21,280
they I honestly don't think they cared more. I just

637
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:26,800
think that like they are going to just they're playing

638
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:32,159
so free and loose offensively, like not those A lot

639
00:35:32,199 --> 00:35:35,800
of those threes were not great shots. It's like Overton

640
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,599
was hitting from thirty five feet. There was there was

641
00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:42,440
two on two occasions. Keishawn Hall kind of just had

642
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,880
the ball. A couple of crossover dribbles didn't go anywhere

643
00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:48,920
did like three crossover drib dribbles, pulled up and just

644
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,880
hit a three in someone's face. Like what I realized

645
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,559
as I was watching that was all right, the guards

646
00:35:55,559 --> 00:35:58,760
from Illinois State don't have the the length to contest

647
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,280
that shot even if they really wanted to. Johnny Kinsinger

648
00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:06,920
Scunberg like they're just they like they were just being

649
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:11,519
shot over essentially. And Auburn in that game twelve for

650
00:36:11,639 --> 00:36:15,599
twenty one from three, so like it's not like they

651
00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:19,119
were getting great looks at the rim. Now as they

652
00:36:19,159 --> 00:36:22,320
started to wear Illinois State down, they did get a

653
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:26,159
couple second chance points, but the rebounding was still roughly

654
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,519
even where the points where the twenty two point margin

655
00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:34,840
came from was. Auburn shot sixty percent from three, essentially

656
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,920
fifty seven point one percent, and Illinois State just started

657
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:42,800
turning the ball over because they got they got flustered

658
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:46,519
playing from behind, Like you could tell Illinois State came

659
00:36:46,519 --> 00:36:48,880
out and played very good for like the first ten minutes,

660
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,960
like first fifteen minutes of the game, Like Illinois State

661
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,719
was shooting over sixty percent and they were still down eight,

662
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,480
Like you could almost tell Illinois State was like, wait

663
00:36:58,519 --> 00:37:01,840
a minute, we're playing awesome right now, and we're almost

664
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,519
down like double digits. Like that almost doesn't seem fair.

665
00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:07,159
And I think they just like there was a possession

666
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,360
where Kin Ginger threw tried to throw a pass into

667
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,719
three people, throws it away, and then like suddenly, a

668
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,840
six to eight point game that was actually being played

669
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,639
at a very high offensive level turned into a thirteen

670
00:37:18,679 --> 00:37:22,320
point game based on a couple of turnovers. I what

671
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,320
I was impressed with with Tulsa last night, and the

672
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,159
reason I talked myself off of the Tulsa side against

673
00:37:27,199 --> 00:37:29,760
New Mexico is I was worried that they were going

674
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,599
to be out physical by the Lobos because New Mexico

675
00:37:33,679 --> 00:37:37,440
is a very good rin deepense and Tulsa kind of struggles.

676
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,519
If you can punch Tulsa in the mouth a little bit,

677
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:44,760
that's when they're going to struggle. Even with Auburn putting

678
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,159
up eighty eight points. I don't know that Auburn's just

679
00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:49,800
like taking it to you. I still think they're settling

680
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,199
for tough outside shots. They can make them, They've proven

681
00:37:53,199 --> 00:37:56,760
they can make them. But if Tulsa can bring that

682
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,559
sort of physicality that they brought last night against New Mexico.

683
00:38:00,159 --> 00:38:01,920
They're gonna be right in this game because they're a

684
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,960
little longer on the perimeter and they also can shoot

685
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,599
the three. They didn't even have their greatest shooting night

686
00:38:07,639 --> 00:38:12,119
against New Mexico. They still won the game and they

687
00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:15,360
were getting good looks. Though, Rob, I think like there's

688
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,159
a there's a world where a couple more of those

689
00:38:17,199 --> 00:38:20,239
threes fall and Tulsa wins that game by fifteen points.

690
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,639
Like I think they were more dominant than that final

691
00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:27,400
score shows. And uh yeah, I I haven't really made

692
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,840
up my mind yet, but Tulsa plus the points is

693
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:37,039
might be the play of the weekend for me. All right,

694
00:38:37,159 --> 00:38:39,599
let's uh, we are gonna so we are gonna lock

695
00:38:39,639 --> 00:38:41,719
in a parlay like we do, you know every day

696
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:47,920
on this show. Now there's no game today, so you know,

697
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,239
you may have to wait until some of these odds

698
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,440
populate for for you, Like I think the I think

699
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,599
the odds are just popping out right now for the

700
00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:59,960
n I T on most books and then the other

701
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:05,119
Crown semi finals. So Rob and I talked about Baylor

702
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:09,400
in Oklahoma yesterday on yesterday's show. You can find that

703
00:39:09,679 --> 00:39:12,599
still up on the Wager Talk YouTube channel. Rob. We

704
00:39:12,639 --> 00:39:14,760
will circle back to that game if we have time,

705
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,159
but I want to focus more on the matchup that

706
00:39:17,199 --> 00:39:21,199
we didn't know yesterday, which was West Virginia. Well we

707
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,199
now know it to be West Virginia and Creighton, the

708
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:29,360
two winners of yesterday's Crown quarterfinal games. So I'll let

709
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,079
you kick this one off. West Virginia Creighton. What did

710
00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:34,719
you see last night? And who do you think has

711
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,320
the edge on Saturday in this game?

712
00:39:38,599 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, over time or not, I still think

713
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:47,159
the edge goes to West Virginia Creighton. You know, Rutgers

714
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,880
just wasn't a great opponent. They hung in for a while,

715
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,199
but they just weren't a great opponent. Second half, their

716
00:39:53,199 --> 00:39:57,440
defense caved, kind of like what we mentioned the day

717
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,119
prior to this game being played, that Rukers just a

718
00:40:00,159 --> 00:40:02,960
good defensive team. We didn't care. I remember you saying

719
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:08,119
they're bringing everybody from New Brunswick. Everybody's coming to the game,

720
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:13,239
and you know, we jokingly said, it doesn't matter, bring everybody,

721
00:40:12,679 --> 00:40:16,280
bring more. Your defense still stinks, and it showed up

722
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,719
in the second half. Creighton scored fifty one points without

723
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:24,000
Austin Schwartz in the game. He won't play tomorrow. Nick

724
00:40:24,039 --> 00:40:28,880
Graves had an outstanding game last night. Justh Dix. The

725
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,679
team played well, but they played well against an inferior opponent.

726
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,280
And here, despite the fact that they had overtime last night,

727
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,880
they get a day of rest in between. I just

728
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,119
think West Virginia is the better side here. I think

729
00:40:39,159 --> 00:40:42,519
West Virginia. You want to talk about a step up

730
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,719
in class defensively between Rutgers and West Virginia, Well, there

731
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,559
you go. It's a pretty steep step up for Creighton.

732
00:40:50,639 --> 00:40:52,880
So I don't know that Nick Graves is going to

733
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,880
have the type of night that he had last night

734
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,360
against that defense. I don't know that Creighton will have

735
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,679
the type of second half shooting that they had. I

736
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,280
mentioned they scored fifty one in the second half. Probably

737
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,360
not going to happen here against West Virginia. And also

738
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,840
Creighton just doesn't have o Corey on their side. I mean,

739
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,039
we talked about you have to cut the head off

740
00:41:14,079 --> 00:41:16,800
the snake and maybe Ross Hodgkin devise a game plan.

741
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,039
He couldn't. You know, Corey crushed him at thirty four

742
00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:22,760
points whatever it was. You couldn't stop him. But the

743
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:27,639
rest of Stanford after the late game collapse in regulation

744
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,960
just wasn't enough to overcome West Virginia. So for me, Adam,

745
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:36,119
I see this number now, West Virginia opened one, been

746
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,320
bet up in a couple of places to one and

747
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:42,159
a half, but mostly one still available. Totalists come down

748
00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:44,400
from one thirty five and a half to one thirty

749
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,639
four and a half. Don't know that I'll get involved there,

750
00:41:48,119 --> 00:41:51,519
but I just think overall, West Virginia is better. West

751
00:41:51,599 --> 00:41:55,840
Virginia shot the ball terribly from three point range last night.

752
00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:58,840
You can't shoot any worse, so I would expect some

753
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:03,119
bit of an upgrade there in three point shooting. Also,

754
00:42:04,519 --> 00:42:08,920
you know, I get that the that the quest to

755
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,559
win this tournament for head coach McDermott will probably still

756
00:42:12,599 --> 00:42:16,159
exist and be motivational for Creighton. I don't even know

757
00:42:16,199 --> 00:42:18,519
that that's enough. Honestly. I think Ross Hodge in his

758
00:42:18,599 --> 00:42:22,039
first year is trying to lay some type of foundation,

759
00:42:23,519 --> 00:42:26,079
and winning this tournament would be a great foundation for

760
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:30,239
WVU in his first year. So I just think personnel

761
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,639
wise they're better. Defensively, it's gonna be. Creighton wasn't even

762
00:42:34,639 --> 00:42:37,199
a five hundred team this year. They weren't weren't that good.

763
00:42:37,199 --> 00:42:40,079
Of a team, and so I'm gonna go West Virginia

764
00:42:40,119 --> 00:42:43,760
here at this price. I don't know. I would expect

765
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,360
maybe Adam, I don't know. Maybe I have a better

766
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:49,639
feeling for this, always trying to gauge where lines may go.

767
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,920
There could be West Virginia money coming, I'm not sure,

768
00:42:54,519 --> 00:42:57,840
but I'd rather play it now at one than wait

769
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,039
until it becomes too or two and a half if

770
00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:05,000
impact the West Virginia bandwagon gets rolling here in this one.

771
00:43:07,599 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: So to your point about McDermott, I kind of feel

772
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:13,480
like he had his moment last night. Doug mcder the

773
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,079
his kid showed up right, Doug McDermott came. I think

774
00:43:18,119 --> 00:43:22,599
between NBA games, his family was there. I almost like

775
00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:26,519
feel like that was the sendoff, less than like maybe

776
00:43:26,559 --> 00:43:28,440
winning this turn. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure he wants

777
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,800
to win. I don't think anyone wants to, you know,

778
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,559
goes into a game and never wants to lose. But

779
00:43:32,599 --> 00:43:35,760
I almost feel like he had his like moment after

780
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,960
that game. I got Creighton didn't look great in the

781
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,239
first half. They got out played for twenty minutes by Rutgers.

782
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,719
If you know, in my opinion, second half though, you

783
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:48,800
could just tell that, like Rutgers was was very much outclassed,

784
00:43:49,559 --> 00:43:52,639
West Virginia is not gonna be You know, I watched

785
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:57,039
the majority of that West Virginia game on my phone.

786
00:43:57,639 --> 00:44:00,159
Shout out to Hinkle for having great Wi Fi. By

787
00:44:00,199 --> 00:44:02,480
the way, We'll take that all day. You never know,

788
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,320
you're in a building that was built in nineteen twenty eight.

789
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:07,239
You're always worried if the Wi Fi is gonna work,

790
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,280
but uh, or if you're gonna have service. But shout

791
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,559
out to Hinkle for great Wi Fi. So Andy Lang

792
00:44:12,559 --> 00:44:16,119
and I were able to stream the end of that game,

793
00:44:16,159 --> 00:44:19,920
and it was like kind of felt like West Virginia

794
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,639
went to sleep in the second half a little bit

795
00:44:21,679 --> 00:44:25,400
and forgot that Corey could beat them by himself, and

796
00:44:26,559 --> 00:44:29,719
they were sort of gifted the opportunity, but you know what,

797
00:44:30,599 --> 00:44:32,920
took advantage of it, and once you got to overtime,

798
00:44:33,199 --> 00:44:35,639
they took that game over. I do think ultimately the

799
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:39,000
right side kind of won in terms of, like I thought,

800
00:44:39,039 --> 00:44:41,800
West Virginia was better for longer stretches in that game.

801
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:46,400
So who knows, maybe they got the scare and they're

802
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:50,239
able to sort of avoid that happening here. I'm with you.

803
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,280
I think West Virginia is the better team after watching

804
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,679
some of the play last night, though I don't know

805
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:58,960
if I'm gonna. I don't know if I'll I think

806
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:02,199
I'm more inclined to get in the other game then

807
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,159
I think I have a stronger opinion on the other game.

808
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,079
So let's go there for a second while we've got

809
00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:11,360
a few minutes. So yesterday we started the conversation Baylor

810
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,639
Oklahoma like as the line was coming out, I said

811
00:45:14,639 --> 00:45:17,280
it would probably be something like Oklahoma minus one. That's

812
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:22,840
exactly what it is. And I still I nothing has

813
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:26,320
changed for me yesterday to today. I still lean the Sooners.

814
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:28,840
I think they're the better team. And I think Baylor

815
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,519
maybe benefited from Minnesota almost being like a Rutgers to

816
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,800
a point where they they were just outclassed. They had

817
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:39,239
six guys they couldn't match the physicality of Baylor and

818
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,559
their ability to rebound the basketball. And I think Baylor

819
00:45:42,679 --> 00:45:46,719
just got by with kind of like you're just playing

820
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:50,159
their game to a twenty point win. So I kind

821
00:45:50,159 --> 00:45:51,840
of like the Sooners. Rob, I know you were on

822
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,320
that same page yesterday. Do you have anything else to

823
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,000
add sideer total Baylor Oklahoma.

824
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:02,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm like you, Adam. I remain stuck to my

825
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:07,400
initial opinion, which is this game will get over the number. Baylor.

826
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:12,199
Like you said, Minnesota was so inept offensively, sixty seven

827
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:16,880
forty eight was more like a walkthrough. Baylor was more

828
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,599
than happy to play it the way Minnesota likes to

829
00:46:20,639 --> 00:46:24,239
play it. Low possession, slow, up the floor. Baylor was

830
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,400
better on the glass, Baylor was better everywhere. Oklahoma I

831
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:31,320
think got their bad shooting or their rustiness and shooting

832
00:46:31,559 --> 00:46:33,840
out of the way over the course in the first

833
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,840
ten minutes of that game, and then picked it up

834
00:46:36,559 --> 00:46:39,440
wound up with ninety, albeit in overtime. I think the

835
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:41,239
game gets up and down a little bit more here.

836
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:45,519
Baylor has scored I mean eighty plus in a lot

837
00:46:45,559 --> 00:46:49,039
of games this year. I think I forget which team

838
00:46:49,079 --> 00:46:52,639
it was you mentioned yesterday where you said that they

839
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:55,320
kind of play to the style of the opponent, and

840
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,760
I feel like that's Baylor. If you want to go slow,

841
00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,840
they'll go slow. If it's an up and down track,

842
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,800
me it'll be an up and down track beat. And

843
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:04,519
I think that's what will happen here. Oklahoma can score

844
00:47:05,119 --> 00:47:07,559
on Baylor. I think Baylor can score back one fifty

845
00:47:07,599 --> 00:47:10,000
seven and a half hasn't been touched yet at all.

846
00:47:10,599 --> 00:47:12,840
So I think it's a good spot to get in

847
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:17,320
in a game where I would probably figure for one

848
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:21,280
sixty plus. This is their second opportunity at these rims,

849
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:25,039
so the gym familiarity is there. I like Oklahoma Baylor

850
00:47:25,119 --> 00:47:27,320
over and I do lean with you. I think Oklahoma

851
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:28,480
is the best team in the field.

852
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, and listen, I think you know, you go back

853
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:37,760
to that Oklahoma Colorado game. Almost feel like Oklahoma's being

854
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,039
penalized for not blowing them out because they didn't have

855
00:47:41,159 --> 00:47:43,920
like three of their guys. When it's like you and

856
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:47,159
I talked about this, Tad Boyle accepted and at large

857
00:47:47,199 --> 00:47:49,559
to come to this, like he he could have very

858
00:47:49,599 --> 00:47:52,960
easily said no. And so I think, like, yeah, like

859
00:47:53,039 --> 00:47:55,440
Colorado ended up without maybe a couple of their starters,

860
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,679
but I don't think it meant that they weren't like

861
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,000
coming to compete and that they had a good game

862
00:48:00,119 --> 00:48:02,800
plan and just and played a good game. So for me,

863
00:48:03,119 --> 00:48:06,639
I'm not gonna penalize Oklahoma for not winning by ten

864
00:48:06,679 --> 00:48:09,480
to fifteen. And because of that, I think they're kind

865
00:48:09,519 --> 00:48:13,239
of undervalued here because you know, like Slick Fix says,

866
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:16,800
the Sooners were struggling against backups. Well, I would say

867
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,960
maybe in the first half when they were like because

868
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,679
you also have to remember, like Oklahoma's playing their first

869
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,400
basketball in a couple of weeks. In the first half

870
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:30,119
of that game, so like everyone's first game in this tournament.

871
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:34,599
I mean, you look, Crayton had a bad half, Oklahoma

872
00:48:34,639 --> 00:48:38,639
had a bad half. Even Baylor's first half against Minnesota

873
00:48:38,679 --> 00:48:41,480
was not very good. It's just Minnesota is far worse.

874
00:48:41,519 --> 00:48:44,199
I mean Baylor, I think I commented to you Rob,

875
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:46,960
I was like, man, we're really lucky to be up

876
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:51,519
five at halftime with Baylor against Minnesota, they played a

877
00:48:51,679 --> 00:48:55,199
very disjointed first half. It's just Minnesota had six guys

878
00:48:55,199 --> 00:48:58,239
couldn't make any shots. And then, of course, yesterday, I

879
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:02,760
admittedly watched very little of the Stanford West Virginia first

880
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,079
half because I was at the Butler game. But like,

881
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,920
now everyone's got a game under their belt. The four

882
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,760
teams that are still playing in this Crownd Tournament have

883
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:15,840
a win. I think that, Like again, I'm not worried

884
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,880
about that at all because I think Colorado just simply

885
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,280
came to play and gave them a good game, and

886
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:24,519
then Oklahoma figured it out and eventually won the game

887
00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:26,159
in the second half. They were the better team in

888
00:49:26,159 --> 00:49:28,719
the second half and they were able to get there

889
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:33,760
an ot. So I'm I think Oklahoma's being penalized by

890
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,320
the books for that though, I think they should be

891
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:38,400
a bigger favorite. So yeah, I'm gonna be on this side.

892
00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:39,920
I think I'm gonna be on the Sooners. That's probably

893
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:43,639
the most likely of me making a bet in one

894
00:49:43,679 --> 00:49:44,679
of these two games.

895
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,480
Speaker 2: It's more than reasonable Adam to use the combination of rustiness.

896
00:49:49,559 --> 00:49:53,280
Remember how hot Oklahoma closed the season and then you

897
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,480
have to get delayed two weeks before you pick up

898
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:59,920
a basketball again in the live competition, and the over

899
00:50:00,159 --> 00:50:03,000
look angle. I mean, here we go, We're gonna play

900
00:50:03,159 --> 00:50:05,800
six freshmen out of eight guys. We can roll out

901
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:12,440
the balls and win. They didn't necessarily struggle with Colorado.

902
00:50:13,639 --> 00:50:16,360
They struggled with Hargres. Hargers kind of was like the

903
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,920
o'cory for Stanford in that game at Hargers, he went

904
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,559
to the line sixteen times and hack he was fifteen

905
00:50:22,599 --> 00:50:24,880
for fifteen and then missed that sixteenth to pre throw

906
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:29,639
in overtime, But he was very vocal about wanting to

907
00:50:29,639 --> 00:50:32,079
be there because it's gonna be his team next year.

908
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,400
You know, Isaiah Johnson's out now it's gonna be his team,

909
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,880
and they had something to prove where I think Oklahoma

910
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:43,440
mentally focus wise, you know, Porter Moser probably has them

911
00:50:43,679 --> 00:50:46,480
now that they've advanced. I think they're probably in the

912
00:50:46,519 --> 00:50:48,920
right frame of mind here. And Baylor gets your attention

913
00:50:49,039 --> 00:50:53,119
a little bit more X Big twelve competition, They get

914
00:50:53,119 --> 00:50:56,039
your attention little more than four freshmen from Colorado or six.

915
00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, Rob Baylor, old Big twelve opponent for a Rahoma.

916
00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:02,480
You know, they used to play all the time, Baylor

917
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,519
National champ twenty twenty one. It wasn't that long ago

918
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:09,320
when Baylor was playing for a national title and sort

919
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:13,079
of regularly in that conversation. So I agree with all

920
00:51:13,119 --> 00:51:16,400
those points. We have gotten to the end of the show.

921
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,960
So this is about the time where we decide to

922
00:51:19,199 --> 00:51:21,239
two teamer or three team or do we take one

923
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:25,480
final shot of the three teamer. We've got five games

924
00:51:25,519 --> 00:51:27,920
to choose from, so we will we will choose from.

925
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,199
We've got two final four games, two Crown games, or

926
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,679
the n i T Final on Sunday. I will let

927
00:51:33,679 --> 00:51:36,800
you go first. What is your parlay leg best bet

928
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:37,199
going to be?

929
00:51:38,159 --> 00:51:40,400
Speaker 2: Well, let me start with this. Can we both agree

930
00:51:40,599 --> 00:51:43,519
or do we both agree on West Virginia against Creighton.

931
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:47,360
If we do, we'll go three team and be common

932
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:51,199
If we don't, then I'm trying to find one that

933
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:53,360
we would have common ground on to build a three

934
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:55,679
A three team or week.

935
00:51:55,559 --> 00:51:57,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, I can. I think I could get down with

936
00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:01,840
West Virginia again or Oklahoma. You know, I would agree

937
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:03,159
on the Oklahoma side, But if you're going to use

938
00:52:03,159 --> 00:52:05,400
the total in that game, then we can use West Virginia.

939
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:05,840
Speaker 2: It's up to you.

940
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: I don't know where you're were leaning for that.

941
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:11,360
Speaker 2: All right, let's let's use Oklahoma as our common ground

942
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:14,000
play in the three teams. Okay, mine is the one

943
00:52:14,039 --> 00:52:19,199
point because I can. I can certainly see that. And

944
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:25,519
then I'll use the Sunday night game Tulsa Auburn over

945
00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:29,360
one sixty one as my end of this parlay. I

946
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:31,599
think Tulsa Auburn is certainly going to get there.

947
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:38,360
Speaker 1: Tulsa Auburn over one sixty one. Yeah, you know that

948
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:44,119
was the total for yesterday's game. And I that's one

949
00:52:44,119 --> 00:52:46,960
thing I was very surprised with with with New Mexico

950
00:52:47,039 --> 00:52:50,280
and Tulsa and the way those two teams play. I

951
00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:53,480
thought I really thought there was going to be a

952
00:52:53,519 --> 00:52:55,840
lot of offense. I thought Tulsa would have really struggled

953
00:52:56,199 --> 00:52:59,000
with you know, New Mexico's ability to to you know,

954
00:52:59,079 --> 00:53:01,079
P and R and get to and get to the rim.

955
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,599
You know, I've noted this at times throughout the season.

956
00:53:05,199 --> 00:53:09,760
Tulsa is not the you know, not the best rim defense.

957
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:12,239
They're not the most physical team. They they're not a

958
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,280
bad defensive team, but it's just like that's not really

959
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,800
their m o. They want to play a little bit faster.

960
00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:22,440
They're gonna they prefer to beat you, you know, eighty

961
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five eighty two, then get into a lower scoring game.

962
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And yet against New Mexico, they were the more they were,

963
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,320
the more physical team. They were the ones that that

964
00:53:31,639 --> 00:53:34,239
threw New Mexico off held them the thirty five point

965
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:38,679
seven percent shooting from the field. So that was surprising

966
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to me. But I do think against Auburn it reverts

967
00:53:43,519 --> 00:53:47,079
back to Auburn taking a lot of shots, not running

968
00:53:47,119 --> 00:53:51,920
a ton of shot clock. Tulsa's probably not gonna see

969
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:54,199
here's the other thing in this Tulsa Auburn game, I

970
00:53:54,199 --> 00:53:55,840
think they're gonna be able to get some points at

971
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the rim if they want it, because Auburn's paint defense

972
00:53:59,079 --> 00:54:01,679
has been kind of not great in this tournament. I

973
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,199
think Chase Walker is just a little bit slow. I

974
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think he was like they were able to just sort

975
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of push him off and he wasn't able to do

976
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:13,199
what he does to Missouri Valley big men. To Auburn,

977
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:15,800
it was just they were just too big. But Tulsa

978
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:17,639
doesn't have that problem. You're not gonna You're not gonna

979
00:54:17,639 --> 00:54:22,039
push David Green around. David green'snna run you over. So yeah, Rob,

980
00:54:22,079 --> 00:54:24,360
I could see that this one being the one where

981
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there's all the points and now you're getting the same

982
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total as you were gonna get last game.

983
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Speaker 2: And to your point from yesterday, because you just mentioned

984
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,639
over an interior defense, Keishawn Murphy left the team and

985
00:54:34,679 --> 00:54:38,920
that's why the interior defense, as we talked about Jovich yesterday,

986
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:41,679
not being a guy that necessarily is gonna defend the rims.

987
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:43,960
So all right, we'll roll there and go ahead, give

988
00:54:44,039 --> 00:54:44,519
us a third.

989
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:49,039
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yo Yovich has been fine from an offensive standpoint,

990
00:54:49,079 --> 00:54:53,280
but he's not the same type of defender. All right,

991
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:56,320
with what's left, I'll go Yukon. I'm gonna put Yukon

992
00:54:56,360 --> 00:55:02,320
plus two in the parlance for my guy Joey Cheese,

993
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,800
I'm gonna put Yukon plus two. I make them a

994
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:07,400
very slight favorite. I want to put a final four

995
00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:12,239
pick in uh By, No, you know it's it's by.

996
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:15,559
It's far from a lock. Okay, it is, it is,

997
00:55:16,199 --> 00:55:17,880
But I do think that there is enough of it,

998
00:55:18,079 --> 00:55:24,039
uh uh edge getting the two that it's reasonable to

999
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:25,840
put when you've got five games to choose. So I'm

1000
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,039
gonna trying to make a three teamer. So I'll take

1001
00:55:28,039 --> 00:55:30,840
the bucket with Yukon. I want to pull up one

1002
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:34,800
comment before we sign off, Aby Aby Cover, ab Cover

1003
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:36,719
says triggered Veno just wanted to say thanks for all

1004
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,480
your hard work over the season and dedication. We'll miss

1005
00:55:39,519 --> 00:55:42,239
the live Monday, so just wanted to tell you both

1006
00:55:42,320 --> 00:55:44,559
thank you for the best season yet. We very much

1007
00:55:44,559 --> 00:55:47,920
appreciate the feedback. That was the goal of this show.

1008
00:55:48,039 --> 00:55:50,480
In addition to uh, you know, entice you guys to

1009
00:55:50,559 --> 00:55:53,519
buy some picks from us, it was also to come

1010
00:55:53,559 --> 00:55:55,719
on here and do a long form show where we were.

1011
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,360
We we kind of had the platform to like dig

1012
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:01,480
deep into college houpe and talk about the smaller teams,

1013
00:56:01,519 --> 00:56:04,639
the lesser games. And I'll tell you what, we would

1014
00:56:04,639 --> 00:56:06,519
not be allowed to do that if you guys didn't

1015
00:56:06,559 --> 00:56:09,519
show up and comment and watch on a daily basis.

1016
00:56:09,559 --> 00:56:12,559
So we think we appreciate you guys. We thank you

1017
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:16,280
because without you guys, with without the viewers in here

1018
00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:18,039
every day in the chat and the comments and the

1019
00:56:18,119 --> 00:56:21,159
likes and the subscribes and the subscriptions to our package,

1020
00:56:21,159 --> 00:56:24,000
which you know we did did awesome, So we got

1021
00:56:24,039 --> 00:56:26,400
to thank you guys for that as well, we would

1022
00:56:26,559 --> 00:56:30,400
not be on the airwaves. So that the you know,

1023
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:33,599
it's the thought is mutual and I appreciate the kind

1024
00:56:33,599 --> 00:56:37,960
words right there. We will be on one final time.

1025
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Rob and I will be on on Monday morning, ten

1026
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:43,360
am Eastern to break down the National Championship game and

1027
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:48,599
wrap up the season, signing off the parlay one more time.

1028
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We have Oklahoma minus one, u Con plus two and

1029
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:58,199
then god willing, we're live in the Sunday for Falter

1030
00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:03,360
Auburn over. I'll be at that game at Gainesbridge Field

1031
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:06,119
House on Sunday night. So I'll be rooting us home

1032
00:57:06,719 --> 00:57:07,679
points in person.

1033
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Speaker 2: Uh.

1034
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Speaker 1: And again, if you're in Indy this weekend, hit me up,

1035
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,760
shoot me a DM. I'm gonna be around. Met a

1036
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:18,639
couple of people at Hincklefield House last night, which is great.

1037
00:57:18,719 --> 00:57:21,599
Love to meet you guys in person, so we will.

1038
00:57:21,639 --> 00:57:24,480
We'll see you Monday morning. Everyone enjoyed the Final four

1039
00:57:24,559 --> 00:57:27,280
this weekend and uh, have a great weekend. We'll see

1040
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:28,440
you guys, See you guys soon.