WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:02.279 I think in ninety three they played in late November. 2 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:06.080 So one of the things that is rather obvious is 3 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:09.080 that nobody likes this. Nobody would prefer this, right. I mean, 4 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.720 I haven't heard from anybody who is thinking to themselves, well, 5 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:13.320 hell yeah, I've been wanting them to move it to 6 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:16.480 you know, November. I've been wanting to see Louisville and 7 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:20.920 Kentucky play each other in basketball before they play in football. 8 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.960 Like nobody's thinking that, which I bet there's at least 9 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:26.440 some of you listening right now that didn't even quite 10 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.600 put that together. Because that's that's what really makes it 11 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:31.199 weird to me, is like, wait a second, what They're 12 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:34.679 going to play each other in basketball weeks before they 13 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:37.280 play each other in football? And yes, that's how this 14 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:43.200 shapes up. So regardless of how weird and awkward it's 15 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:49.399 gonna seem, and with the new world being here and 16 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:54.799 not going anywhere anytime soon, I would say annually, there's 17 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:57.320 going to be an adjustment period to kind of get 18 00:00:57.320 --> 00:00:59.960 to know your team because you know, you got a 19 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:02.840 lot of moving pieces now. I don't think we're going 20 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.400 to see anything close to what we saw last year 21 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:09.079 for both Kentucky and Louisville with with you know, building 22 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:12.239 an entirely new roster, because that that only happened due 23 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.359 to the coaching change. And I think because of the 24 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:18.799 specific situation in Louisville and Lexington, I mean even in 25 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.719 I think coaching changes moving forward aren't going to result 26 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:26.200 in every single player being gone. But Louisville, you know, 27 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.640 got rid of an awful, deadly virus thankfully in the 28 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.040 Kenny Payneaires, so you had to wipe that out completely. 29 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.719 And then with Kentucky and Cal, it's just with the 30 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.640 way he builds his roster. I mean, guys who come 31 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:42.760 to play for John Caliperi probably aren't the same exact 32 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.560 kind of guys that you know come to play for 33 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:46.959 Mark Pope. And that's not a shot or an insult 34 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.439 that either. It's just Cal's got his own way of 35 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.799 building his team and always has, and Mark Pope does 36 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:56.200 it differently. So I would say maybe this year will 37 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.959 probably be like when you look at the returning players 38 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:02.760 on both sides Louisville, I would say they would. 39 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:03.239 Have been a team. 40 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:05.719 And this is this is this is absolutely something I 41 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:08.319 hadn't thought about until somebody reminded me on the text line. 42 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:10.639 But Louisville would have been able to say that they 43 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.879 have much more continuity returning from a year ago if 44 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.439 they if they brought back James Scott because he played, 45 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:20.800 started and was a big factor for your team, along 46 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:24.479 with Javon Hadley, who is back. So without James Scott, 47 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:27.800 the real returning players that have experienced that were a 48 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:30.840 part of last year's success, it's mostly just Hadley and 49 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.039 then can I Rus who did have you know, had 50 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:34.840 his moments and I think he'll actually take a big 51 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:35.400 step forward. 52 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:36.280 I love can I. 53 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:38.159 You know, it's just hard to say that he's somebody 54 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:40.479 that you know, was a was one of the big, 55 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.360 big important pieces to last year's team that we saw. 56 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:45.919 And then Cason would have been, but you know, he 57 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:49.240 got hurt. He played four games, four and a half 58 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:53.800 games before he got hurt. So Louisville really only has 59 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.280 two kind of one big pieces back that were highly 60 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.680 impactful on the Kentucky. 61 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:02.560 I guess it's. 62 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:04.759 Probably just I mean, maybe you say the same thing, 63 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:06.560 and I don't have Kentucky's roster in front of me, 64 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:10.000 but like, oh, take Oway, I mean, they're not only 65 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:13.520 getting you know, some guys back they're getting their best 66 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:18.240 player back because he was that he's really good. But 67 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.879 outside of Oway, the other guys back for Kentucky, I 68 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:24.759 mean Colin Chandler. I mean he played, but I don't, 69 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:26.360 you know, and he certainly came on late, but I 70 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:28.919 don't I wouldn't say he was like a big piece 71 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:33.039 to them being a three seed. Trent Noah, same thing, 72 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.240 Brandan Garrison, same thing. So they actually have more pieces 73 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:38.439 back from a year ago. But I you know, I 74 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:40.280 don't think it's out of line to say that that 75 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:44.280 there's really only one that is instrumental in their success 76 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:48.560 from a year ago, and that's Oway. But just like 77 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:50.879 I said about Cadi Rus, I think he's going to 78 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:52.919 take a big step forward and I expect him to 79 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:54.599 have a good year. I kind of feel the same 80 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:56.639 way about Colin Chandler. I think he'll he'll be a 81 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.560 good piece for Mark Pope this year. Trent Noah, not sure. 82 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:03.400 Brand and Garrison. I didn't see much last year that 83 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:05.319 would make you think that he's gonna be like a 84 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.719 really good SEC caliber big. But obviously he's athletic, he's 85 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:12.520 got size, you know, but he's gonna have to be 86 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.680 ready to go because let's be honest, if I mean 87 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.560 there's I mean Jaden Quainton's being able to play just 88 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.560 seems really unlikely by November eleventh, certainly not at one 89 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:22.959 hundred percent, given the fact that he tores ACL. 90 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:26.160 In March or late February. I should say so. 91 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:33.079 Again, for the most part, I would say the continuity 92 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.160 from the previous season to the next, let's just say 93 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:39.560 these two teams play each other every early November, I'd 94 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.399 say it's I wouldn't be shocked if this is the 95 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:44.600 kind of returning production in experience that you get just 96 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:47.199 because again, players are gonna they're gonna up and leave 97 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:49.439 just because they can. And by the way, I those 98 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.399 who missed it earlier, James Scott did commit to ole 99 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:55.240 Miss today. So if we get a return game against 100 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:57.800 ole Miss and the sec ACC Challenge, which I'm not 101 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.360 asking for that, but if we did, we would at 102 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.560 that point end up going up against James. So again, 103 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:09.199 it'll be an awkward lead up. It'll feel weird. Maybe 104 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:11.519 you're gonna need to burn a vacation day, burn some 105 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.199 PTO hours because you just know you won't be productive 106 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:19.279 at work day of game, or maybe you know you 107 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:22.480 won't be productive day after, depending upon what happens. And 108 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.319 one of the things I love about this rivalry is 109 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:27.639 that in Louisville, and I always say this, in Louisville, 110 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:31.000 it's just different. Like I'm sure there are Louisville fans 111 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:32.759 that don't live in Louisville that are as into this 112 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:35.560 rivalry as anybody. And I'm sure that there are Kentucky 113 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:38.279 fans that don't live in Louisville that you know, have 114 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.519 the hatred for Louisville as much as anybody. But you 115 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:45.480 got to be here to really experience this thing at 116 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:54.360 its most intense level because we all coexist together. There's 117 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.399 so many of both. For a long time, I think 118 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.360 Louisville fans would try to act as if there weren't 119 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.079 as many Kentucky fans as there are. And I'm not 120 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.639 saying that there's way more. I'm just saying, like, I know, 121 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:07.240 there's a lot of Kentucky Blue in Louisville, and of 122 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.800 course there's a ton of Louisville red. So that's why 123 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:12.639 I just think to experience assist level to the rivalry, 124 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.079 at the level that makes me feel very confident in 125 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.959 saying it's the best rivalry in sports because you know, 126 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.319 last I check, rivalries are about fans because players, coaches coming, 127 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.399 they come and go. Like Louisville is where you really 128 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:26.639 can feel that. But when it comes to like workplaces, 129 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.560 we have a lot of big employers here in Louisville, 130 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.480 very very thankful for that too, right, Like, I bet 131 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:35.720 there's people listening right now that work it forward or 132 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:37.639 know somebody who does, or maybe they used to work 133 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:41.759 it forward. Ups My man Austin, he's a ups a love. 134 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.879 So there's a lot of you know, Humana, there's a 135 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.759 lot of big employers or maybe even like smaller employers. 136 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.680 But yet you know, if you got thirty people working 137 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:54.160 in a factory together on an assembly line or in 138 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:56.279 a shop, there's a good chance that you got a 139 00:06:56.439 --> 00:07:01.360 mixed bash Louisville and Kentucky fans. And day after work. 140 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:05.480 Is either the day of your of your year. 141 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:08.279 Or it's a day you might get come down with 142 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:10.519 something and have to burn a sick day, right because 143 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.360 you if you win, you want to be there to 144 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.519 let your coworkers know that they got to take their 145 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:19.680 medicine and you know you got to give them hell. 146 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:22.079 That's what we do and if you lose, you you 147 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.319 probably dread showing up to work that day to have 148 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:27.560 to kind of face the music about your team losing. 149 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:29.399 Now what I hope happens, And I can already tell 150 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:32.199 that it is happening. Like Louisville fans for a while, 151 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:34.920 like we were dead. And I don't just mean like 152 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.519 the Kindy payneair, but like there are some fans that 153 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:40.319 just understandably so I guess they had just gotten so 154 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.079 used to losing to Kentucky it was hard to like, like, 155 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:47.639 for about three years, you could take joy in Kentucky losing. 156 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.040 You could rivalry and rib them about a lot of 157 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:56.439 things like Saint Peter's and Oakland and you know whatever. 158 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:02.199 But when it comes to like the I mean Louisville fans, 159 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:05.519 we didn't have a whole lot of ammunition. Now that 160 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:07.480 changed last year and it was a competitive game. And 161 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:09.839 this year, I think Louisville fans will be super confident, 162 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.279 and I mean they'll probably be favored. 163 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:13.879 Right they're at home. 164 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.439 It's that early. There won't be any real result that'll 165 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:20.800 change how people like. There's not going to be anything 166 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:25.079 before November eleventh that changes the way people view these 167 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:27.160 two teams as far as what they expect them to do. 168 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:30.920 So we're probably looking at a top maybe top ten matchup, 169 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.320 which is crazy to say. Who knows if that any 170 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:34.840 of that's true? Right, who knows if these either of 171 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.320 these teams are going to be close to being that good. 172 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:40.320 But the only scenario where this is not a really 173 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:43.200 big matchup, and when it comes to, you know, a 174 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.039 highly ranked team facing another highly ranked team, is if 175 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.639 Otega Oways somehow decided to stay in the NBA Draft, 176 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:51.519 which I don't anticipate that he does, but that would 177 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:54.240 be the only thing. So yeah, it's it's awkward, it's weird. 178 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.200 There's a lot of people complaining, but I know that 179 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:01.559 they could play this game anytime, anywhere, and I'll find 180 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.039 a way to watch it. If I cald God willing, 181 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:07.879 I'll find a way to watch it. Also, when it 182 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:10.960 comes to basketball again, it's been a heavy basketball show 183 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.639 today because we now know the ACC has decided to 184 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:17.840 make it an adjustment to the league schedule eighteen games 185 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:21.559 now instead of twenty. And I don't know the reasoning 186 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:23.799 behind this move is far. 187 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:24.639 I mean, I know why. 188 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.320 They're reducing the conference schedule because they need more ACC 189 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.679 teams in the tournament. In the best case scenario for 190 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.720 that to happen would be letting these teams go schedule 191 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:36.360 other opponents instead of two more ACC games. Because the 192 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:38.120 league doesn't give you a whole lot of opportunity to 193 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:40.600 boost your resume. That was on full display last this 194 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:43.440 past season. But the reason to schedule it the way 195 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:47.240 that they did, I don't know. So eighteen game schedule, 196 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:52.440 you will play fourteen teams, one time you will play 197 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.600 I think that's right, says here. The eighteen game schedule 198 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.399 features team starting league play in late December and ending 199 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.919 on the first Saturday of March. Each team will play 200 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.720 one primary opponent both home and away, as well as 201 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:13.440 one variable partner home and away. The varial partner will 202 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:18.639 be determined each season. Teams will play one game home 203 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.240 or away against fourteen of the remaining fifteen teams annually. 204 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:28.240 So Louisville every year will play SMU twice, and then 205 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.440 every year it'll be a different team that you get twice. 206 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.639 And then there's Team zero, which again I can't can't 207 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:37.679 quite understand why you would do that, But every year 208 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.080 there'll be one team that you just don't play. Could 209 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:43.240 it be like a scheduling thing with travel, Like maybe 210 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.279 that's why I just there's just this seems stupid. It 211 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.080 seems really really stupid. But that's what they decided to do. 212 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:52.799 And I think it's a good move. And who Louisville 213 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.240 ends up getting on the schedule no clue, but I 214 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:57.679 hope it's a good team that gives you a chance 215 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:00.879 to boost the resume somebody on the Textllent earlier asked 216 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:04.039 about those November tournaments. Is Lovell gonna be in any 217 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:05.799 of them, like the Battle for Atlantis last year? 218 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:06.559 I don't think so. I don't. 219 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:08.960 I mean, I don't believe that their scheduled to participate in 220 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.720 any of those games. So that gives Pat Kelsey a 221 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:13.279 lot of room to work with. And look, you're still 222 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.720 gonna see teams on the schedule, like like I bet 223 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:20.639 Winthrop we play them every year because of the obvious 224 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.399 connection that's where Pat got his start and his mentor 225 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:26.799 the late Skip Prosser, his son is the coach at Winthrop, 226 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.320 And I bet we play them every year and I will. 227 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:31.240 You know, I'm fine with that because. 228 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.600 They're actually usually pretty good for that level, right, Like, 229 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.039 if you're going to play a team from the SoCon 230 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:36.840 they're usually one that would be better, you know, than 231 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:41.399 most in that league. But we're gonna learn about Pad 232 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:43.279 a little bit here because I get the sense that 233 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:47.679 he's willing to schedule big opponents because you know, he's 234 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:51.279 never had when he was at Charleston, like they they 235 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:53.759 rarely got to play in big games as far as 236 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.840 you know, highly ranked opponents, that kind of stuff. 237 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.120 And last year the schedule was loaded. 238 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:03.879 But what I don't know is, you know, would would 239 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:05.519 we have had that type of schedule if it was 240 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:07.320 Pat making the decision. So a lot of those games 241 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.639 you're already built into it. But it will say and 242 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:14.200 I forgot about this, thank you for reminding me of 243 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:15.600 this on the text line. I don't know if we 244 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:17.519 have the date yet, but Louisville will play Indiana this 245 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:21.879 year in basketball. So here's here's the non conference opponents 246 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:27.320 that we know right now for Louisville, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana. 247 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.960 You'll get another SEC team because of the ACC SEC challenge, 248 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:35.200 and we'll see if Rick was full of crap or not. Right, 249 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.919 Rick Ptino, he's the one who put it out there 250 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.279 as if the two sides are working on a game, 251 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:43.440 working on a deal to bring Louisville to the Garden 252 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:45.600 to play Saint John's and then Rick will return with 253 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:48.279 Saint John's the next year. But to my understanding, Rick 254 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.600 was way ahead of himself and that's not final or 255 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.879 even close to it. But hey, I'd be fine with it, right. 256 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.000 I mean, it's a gift to Rick, But why not that? 257 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.279 And I say that knowing maybe we need it. Maybe 258 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:01.399 it wouldn't be a gift. Maybe we needed as much 259 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:03.200 as he does. Maybe we need it more. I don't know, 260 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:05.759 because if Saint John's good once again, that'll give you 261 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.840 another chance to get to get a big time resume win. 262 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.240 And you don't want to have the toughest schedule in 263 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.240 the country in the non conference. 264 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:14.559 You don't need that. 265 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:18.039 But let's not forget about what conference play was like. 266 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:21.559 It was easy to get intoxicated with the wins because man, 267 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.480 we didn't win a lot. For you, We didn't win 268 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:27.720 much at all for years, and then you messed around 269 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:31.720 and won eighteen of your twenty conference games. So there 270 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:33.799 was an element to it where it didn't matter who 271 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.360 we were playing. We were just gassed up because we 272 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:39.399 were winning and it didn't matter who. Like wins against 273 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:42.720 teams that used to feel like nothing felt special because 274 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:46.480 we were deprived for years of those kind of wins. So, 275 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:51.240 I mean, last year you had a really good non 276 00:13:51.240 --> 00:14:05.440 conference schedule where you played Kentucky, Tennessee, Ole, Miss, Indiana, Oklahoma, 277 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.679 West Virginia. So that's six of your non conference games 278 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.519 were against teams that, you know, some of them didn't 279 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:16.559 end up being great, like Indiana, but I mean on paper, 280 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:20.559 like clearly you were you met scheduled. Just those are 281 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:24.720 big brands. So you know, if you get something like 282 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:27.720 that again, I'd say that would be that, that would 283 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:29.960 be fine something similar to that, but you got to 284 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:32.360 win some of them, right, like Louisville's win against Indiana 285 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.039 and they're win against West Virginia in the long run 286 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:40.000 lost more lost value as the season went on. So 287 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.000 I'm just trying to envision a scenario where you're not 288 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:44.720 in the same situation you were in a year ago, 289 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:48.159 but like it's really out of your control. I mean 290 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.039 you can I mean the fact that you can go 291 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.679 eighteen and two in your league, make it to your 292 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:58.240 conference championship game and lose to a one seed and 293 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.159 you get an eight that tell you what the committee 294 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:06.639 thinks of the ACC. And I hope next year is 295 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:08.840 a lot different, but like, will anybody be shocked if 296 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.960 it's not. I mean, there were a handful of teams 297 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:14.399 that I felt like were solid, but like they didn't 298 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.039 do enough to get in. Like last year, I thought 299 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:20.679 SMU in wake Forest and even Pitt at times like 300 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.679 they should have been better. I don't know if they 301 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.840 should have been great, but like, those are teams that 302 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:27.399 if they take care of business, they don't schedule stupidly, 303 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:31.039 they sneak in the tournament if they if they don't, 304 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.639 you know, step on their own step over their own feet. 305 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:35.720 And that doesn't mean that the ACC would be loaded, 306 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.200 but man'd be It'd be a big difference in getting 307 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:45.840 eight teams in the tournament than getting nine or I'm sorry, 308 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.679 then getting four because last year was Duke, Clemson, Louisville 309 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.600 and Carolina who was in the play in but SMU, 310 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:56.840 wake Forest, Pit, like, those are teams that probably should 311 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:01.440 have done I mean they probably you know, there's teams 312 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.399 on your schedule every year that like if you lose 313 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.720 to them, you know, like that could potentially come back 314 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:07.399 and bite you and a few of those teams had 315 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.360 too many of those losses, Like Louisville had it once 316 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:12.600 against uh was it? 317 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.080 Who was it? 318 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.639 Georgia Tech? 319 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:18.559 But that was just one that was a one off, right, 320 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.080 So you really only had like one bad loss. I 321 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.000 keep saying eighteen and two? 322 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.440 Am I wrong? Did they not go eighteen and two? 323 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:27.279 Because now I'm second guessing. No, you're right. 324 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:29.200 Our only two losses was Duke and. 325 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:32.279 Boston College Georgia two. Yeah, Georgia Tech Tech. 326 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:35.200 They got really close to slipping up in some of 327 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:38.840 those games. And that's what I think. That's what made me, 328 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:41.000 I guess, maybe feel that that's what had me second 329 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.840 guessing myself. 330 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.120 Was it Boston College it had Scott Steiner's kid, No, 331 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:47.720 it's Virginia Tech who was bad? Yeah, that's right, that's right. 332 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.600 Virginia Tech was the game. And I'll just say it. 333 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.679 We were lucky as hell to win that game, Like 334 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:53.679 we kind of had no business winning it, but we 335 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:56.399 got it done that and e ku, thank god for 336 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.480 Noah Waterman. But then, yeah, there were also some close 337 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:03.000 games against Yeah, it's sure, guy, everybody knows it. But 338 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.599 you know, I'm just trying to look at other games 339 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:07.440 that scared the hell out of me. That yeah, that 340 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:10.079 they ended up they were closer against Miami than I 341 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:12.039 think you would have expected. 342 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.720 The Virginia Tech when THO was the one that really 343 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.960 really stands out. 344 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.599 And then they had a closer game at home against 345 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:21.640 Florida State than I think we anticipated. And uh yeah 346 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:25.400 so And also I guess here's another one. They barely 347 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:27.759 got by Stanford in that first ACC tournament game too. 348 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:31.440 And again I think this speaks to like this is 349 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:36.559 just a reminder of what the ACC was, because had 350 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:39.720 you lost to a team like a Virginia Tech, like 351 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:43.240 a Stanford, like a Florida State or a Miami, which 352 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:46.119 again you didn't, so credit to you for not doing that, 353 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:51.240 but I think we just knew, man, that would cripple you. 354 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.920 Like they gave you an eight seed the committee. 355 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:56.400 If you would have lost to Stanford and you didn't 356 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.599 have the chucky Hepburn buzzer beater, do you make the 357 00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:02.720 tournament like it sounds like huperbole. I'm not trying to 358 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:05.720 be shock jock radio guy, but like that's a I mean, 359 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:07.599 could you might have been in the play in game, 360 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:09.880 which is would have been insane. It would have been wrong, 361 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.759 but like, given what the committee did, I think that 362 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:15.440 might be what they would have done. All right, let's 363 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:17.000 get to our first break here in the five o'clock hour, 364 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:18.400 when I want to get to on the other side, 365 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:21.799 we will talk a little Tyler Shuck because it sounds 366 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:25.680 like despite a lot of New Orleans Saints fans being 367 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:29.000 unhappy with the draft pick, I think they're kind of 368 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.920 coming around to accepting that he's probably going to be 369 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:34.599 the guy that maybe runs their team this season because 370 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:36.720 of the Derek Carr injury. So we can get into 371 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:39.680 that and some other stuff before we run out of time. 372 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:41.920 So stick around. It's coffee and Company fuel about Thornton's 373 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.599 right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 374 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:48.519 Now back to coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on 375 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:50.279 Sports Talk seven nine day. 376 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.799 So we do have an update. 377 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.519 From Matt Noorlander that I would be I'd be pleased 378 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:02.559 with he is reporting that, Well, are you reporting something? 379 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:06.160 If you share something you're hearing, I guess you're sharing. 380 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.359 I guess it's considered. 381 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:09.799 I don't know. 382 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:12.680 It's not a report, but I'll just read it directly. 383 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:15.079 That way, we can't take my man out of context. Here, 384 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:19.200 but Matt Orlanders said, quote, my expectation is Duke's second 385 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:22.359 home and home in ACC play ACC play next season 386 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:25.319 will be Louisville, And he said that he thinks to 387 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.960 UNC and NC State will play twice next year, which 388 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:31.359 makes total sense. So if that's the case, you know 389 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:37.640 you're getting the best team probably in your league. Maybe 390 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.240 they're not though, like maybe louis is the best team 391 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:42.079 in the ACC, who knows. But I think if you've 392 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:47.519 got if you're making this decision to adjust your scheduling 393 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:49.599 format because you know you need more teams in and 394 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:51.720 if you play twenty games against each other, it's not 395 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:53.720 going to give you enough opportunities to get good enough 396 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.119 wins to get in. Then I think it makes total 397 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:58.000 sense to take the two teams that just played for 398 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:00.359 the championship game and make sure they play each other 399 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.200 once again the following season, because you know you would 400 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:05.519 expect them to be able to maintain some of that momentum. 401 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:08.799