WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.519 Time for Coffee and Company. Fueled by Thornton's on Sports 2 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:05.599 Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:07.919 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:08.480 when we. 5 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:11.119 Are get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:12.679 The kids are playing to trail off. 7 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:14.320 The countries are screwing it up. 8 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:15.400 Gold Play Inner. 9 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:17.640 Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 10 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:20.760 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 11 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:22.519 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.399 Who's the kid here? 13 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:39.759 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 14 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:45.320 All right, good afternoon, and welcome in Coffee and Company. 15 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.159 Fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 16 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:49.600 My name's Nick Coffee. 17 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.159 Happy to be here with you, the travel chief alongside 18 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.039 producing this afternoon, and we're gonna take you up till 19 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:59.240 six o'clock. So sit back, relax, make yourself at home, 20 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:04.120 get comfortable, buckle up, let's ride, let's vibe. In fact, 21 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:08.760 I just sent the daily tweet letting people know in 22 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.640 case they forgot, which it's hard to imagine anybody would forget. 23 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.439 I mean, I'm sure everybody is just waiting impatiently on 24 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.200 the edge of their seat throughout their day to get 25 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:19.879 to three o'clock to have this experience that is Coffee 26 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:22.159 and Company. But I sent the tweet out to remind 27 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:24.719 folks in case maybe they were distracted on social media. 28 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:29.079 But I used the video of Pat Kelsey doing some 29 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:33.719 kind of like weird moonwalk. I mean, it's kind of 30 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.719 a vibe almost looks like, you know, maybe he's he's 31 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.719 like slipping on like ice or something. 32 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:41.640 But it works. 33 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:43.879 Man, when you've got a team that is seventeen and 34 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:47.359 two and I mean right now putting together one of 35 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:50.400 the best bounce back seasons you'll see in college basketball 36 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.560 as far as taking a team that was for lack 37 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.120 of a better word, ass to now being a team 38 00:01:57.159 --> 00:01:59.120 that you know is safely in the tournament and just 39 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.159 mowing people down like they did last night. So Pat 40 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:04.159 Kelsey was vibing, We're gonna vibe today for the next 41 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.439 three hours, so of him so much. Yeah, he's last 42 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:09.080 night was kind of one of those nights, wasn't it. 43 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.439 Like we've we've enjoyed the revival all throughout. It's been awesome, 44 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.000 just kind of living in the moment right and and 45 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:20.319 just enjoying the fact that the previous you know, nightmare 46 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.360 is over. And man, this thing's been fun and it's 47 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:23.960 been successful, and then it's not over yet. I mean, 48 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:25.360 you still got March and all that kind of stuff. 49 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:26.759 But for some reason, last night it just kind of 50 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:29.680 felt like, maybe it's because people were realizing, Okay, this 51 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:31.560 was the second to last time we're going to see 52 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:33.639 these guys, and they played well, they won eighty five 53 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:36.159 sixty eight could have been worse than that. So yeah, 54 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.639 last night just kind of felt like one of There 55 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.240 have been many really good nights since this whole thing started, 56 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.280 but last night, for some reason, I wasn't there, but 57 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.199 I was with you in spirit, Austin, and and it 58 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:47.560 just oh, you. 59 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:49.639 Didn't no, no, not that I didn't make it. Okay, 60 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:50.400 well you. 61 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:51.719 Could have told me that you went, and I would 62 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:53.639 have just you know, I would I would have just 63 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:54.159 believed it. 64 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:56.280 But yeah, it was. It was awesome. 65 00:02:56.639 --> 00:03:01.759 And like last night, nine o'clock in town, weather's not great, 66 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:05.080 but I still feel like, at least from television, I mean, 67 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.039 it looked like a good crowd comparably, you know, compared 68 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.639 to what we're we're basing it off of, you know, 69 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:13.599 the crowds this year. And of course, you know, once 70 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.560 this team got rolling, I mean, it was it was 71 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.120 a rowdy environment, a lot of energy from the players too. 72 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:21.879 I think Cal in a weird way kind of. I mean, 73 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:24.479 I kind of feel like with the mad Dog being 74 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.479 their coach and you know, Cal being cal basketball, I 75 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:29.800 wasn't expecting it, but they were a little like they 76 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.520 were talking some noise out there, they were talking reckless 77 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:34.800 out there, and it fired up some Louisville players, and I, 78 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:36.639 you know, I like to see that. I mean, I 79 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.199 think they were able to kind of extend that lead, 80 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.719 get it up more than twenty a couple of times, 81 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:45.159 because there were some moments where you felt like, okay, 82 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:47.560 all right, we were just gonna kind of whoop your 83 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:49.960 alls ass, but now we might actually really do it 84 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.719 because you're you know, I mean, Terrence Edwards getting the 85 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.439 getting the technical for just getting up like that was wild. 86 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:02.199 And then I don't remember specifically anything with Chucky, but 87 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:04.680 like he was he was. I think Chucky's become the 88 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.360 guy that if, if, if if there's any kind of 89 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.919 a you know, intense situation where one of his teammates 90 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:13.080 may be in a little bit of a potential scuffle, 91 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.400 or maybe they're just he's just having words, Chucky's gonna 92 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.639 be there ready to to you know, to ride for 93 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.240 for his guys. And I think that that was that 94 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:21.959 was what was going on last night. The best, the 95 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.680 best ever is the SMU game where they're shaking hands 96 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.959 and Johnny ballgame, Pat Kelsey's son was in the handshake 97 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.199 line and players for SMU for some reason just decided 98 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:34.600 they were not gonna shake his hand, but they would 99 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:37.360 shake everybody else's. You know, a young a young kid 100 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:40.639 so chucky, you know, I don't know if he chased 101 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:43.279 him down, but like he he made a point to 102 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.439 walk over to the guys that didn't shake Johnny's hand, 103 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.639 and you know he had he had Johnny, you know, 104 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:52.600 underneath his basically under his wing, and was like, hey, 105 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.519 you guys are gonna have to shake this guy's hands. 106 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:55.160 And I'm not sure if. 107 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.279 They were scared of Chucky or just out of respect 108 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:58.519 because he's Chucky. 109 00:04:58.560 --> 00:04:58.879 Hepburn. 110 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:00.680 They decided, okay, we are we we will we will 111 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:04.000 shake this kid's hands. So anyways, last night eighty five 112 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.720 sixty eight, and I feel like early on it was sloppy. 113 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.079 Fat had himself a hell of a game. Thirty five 114 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:14.959 points for Terrence Edwards Junior, seven of eleven from three, 115 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.720 and he really got it going early and that was 116 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:20.040 kind of all that was going early. I think it 117 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.360 was just kind of sloppy, you know, guys missing shots. 118 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:25.160 It wasn't as if they you know, I don't think 119 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:27.600 they came out like super flat, but they just looked 120 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.199 a little sloppy and guys were missing some shots that 121 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.800 you typically see them make. And to be honest, you know, 122 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:37.480 when Rain Smith has been the Rain Smith, he's been 123 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:39.079 for the vast majority of the season, and then all 124 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:41.560 of a sudden, you know, last night he doesn't play 125 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:43.399 much at all, and early on he couldn't make a shot. 126 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:47.600 We know, he couldn't get shots to fall against against 127 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.319 Pittsburgh on Saturday, but that was okay, you know, Chuck, 128 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.399 he made six in a row. So like maybe when 129 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:54.319 I think they're sloppy and man, they're missing more shots 130 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.240 than I'm used to, it could just be a product 131 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.120 of you know, Rain not every now and then hitting 132 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:00.959 two or three in a row, right, because that's kind 133 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.519 of what he's done all year. But eighty five sixty 134 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:07.519 eight again was the score and really a balanced attack 135 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.800 out well, you know, I lied, it felt more balanced 136 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.360 than it actually was. You had sixteen a piece for 137 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.160 Hadley and hepburn and then Terrence Swards of course had 138 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.720 thirty five and then Waterman kind of a sneaky can 139 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:23.639 I say it, Austin kind of a weird, sneaky decent 140 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:26.279 game for Watermen, Like there's no specific play, there's no 141 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:29.120 stat on the stat line, but like it felt like 142 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.079 he looked a little more comfortable and looked like he 143 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.720 kind of fit. I think at times with Noah, the 144 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:36.720 poor guy is out there to make shots and he 145 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.839 really has not shot it well all year. One of 146 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:40.439 the reasons for that is that he you know, he's 147 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:44.480 got rods in his hand, but he's just looked kind 148 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:46.399 of like he does like he's trying to find where 149 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:48.480 he fits and where he can just kind of, you know, 150 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.279 blend in and be a part of what they're doing 151 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:53.439 out there. And last night I think was a step 152 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.399 in the right direction to where, you know, everything for him, 153 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:58.079 it kind of came within rhythm. He had some decent 154 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:04.120 defensive plays and got six rebounds seemingly in like five minutes. 155 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:07.199 And then James Scott not a great night for him, 156 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.399 I mean two or four from the field, but he 157 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:11.920 did miss two he missed one dunk and then he 158 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.560 missed another layup, and you know he'll make some big 159 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.639 plays for you. I love his motor, but it really 160 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:21.079 is unusual to see a guy that will play usually 161 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:25.839 thirty minutes a game and offensively, you know he's makes 162 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.639 some good pass It's not just all because on offense. Obviously, 163 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.040 you can be a good offensive play like, you can 164 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.959 do some good things offensively and be a be somebody 165 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:38.040 that is productive for your offense, but not because it's 166 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.399 you scoring. So like, I think James is actually a 167 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.439 decent passer. I think he usually makes really good decisions 168 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.439 in the high post. But when it comes to scoring 169 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.319 the basketball, man, my guy, he's got to be Duncan 170 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:51.360 or it just might fall apart. I mean that he 171 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:54.000 had a and I hate to pick on him, but 172 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:57.519 he had a nice little dime from Chucky underneath the rim, 173 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:00.480 and then he bobbled the ball so he could have 174 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:02.959 dunked it and then just missed that opportunity. And then 175 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:07.120 once he did gather himself, he did get fouled kind of, 176 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:11.519 but like he missed a bunny layup. Like, if anything, 177 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:14.399 the staff is well aware that this guy on offense like, 178 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.160 if you're gonna have him take any kind of shot, 179 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:17.600 it needs to be right near the rim, and it 180 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.360 preferably needs to be a dunk, because when he's doing that, 181 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:24.319 he's usually pretty good. But anyways, just some other numbers 182 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:28.439 to run through really quickly here. I mean, Louisville eleven 183 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.160 of twenty three from three, that's forty eight percent. I 184 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.440 mean that's the like if you're making eleven threes and 185 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:36.080 you're shooting in the forties, I mean that's nearly fifty. 186 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:38.960 I just think that's gonna be a really good recipe 187 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.480 for this team. And keep in mind they did that 188 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:44.759 without Rain Smith making a single shot and he only 189 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:46.919 played six minutes, which we'll talk about Rain coming up 190 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:48.039 here a little later on. I want to act like 191 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:51.639 I've got information that I'm gonna tease that to share 192 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:53.080 with you guys. I don't have a clue what's going 193 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:56.639 on with Rain, but obviously he's a weapon that you'd 194 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.320 like to have as you get this late in the season, 195 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:02.200 in fact, one game left before you start postseason play. 196 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:06.200 But he's been dealing with I don't know what it is. 197 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:09.440 Again, all we can do is speculate, but to me, 198 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.480 it seems like it's a similar situation to Chucky to 199 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:13.919 where he could play and then maybe he aggravated it. 200 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.320 There was a play where he I guess he was 201 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.919 trying to draw a foul and they just lost the 202 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:21.480 ball right there on the on the sideline, and he 203 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:24.480 kind of looked surprised in a way that he didn't 204 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.600 get the call. And then he also kind of like 205 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:28.559 the body language made it seem as if he might 206 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.639 have not suffered some kind of big injury, but just 207 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:33.799 it might have tweaked something. So again he goes back 208 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.679 to the locker room, comes back out, and the tunnel 209 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.919 ends up sitting on the bench. Was in good spirits, 210 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.039 I mean to me, it really is very similar to 211 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:42.799 what happened with Chucky. 212 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:44.559 So pack Helse is going to talk. 213 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:48.399 Tomorrow, and I'm sure he'll be asked about Rain as 214 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.600 far as what he's going to say, not really sure, 215 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.919 but cal I mean, they're not a good team, trust me, 216 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.159 but you kept him. I mean they shot thirty percent 217 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.919 from the field, twenty one of seventy went overall, twenty 218 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:02.480 eight percent from three point range. 219 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:04.919 They shot thirty two threes, and I. 220 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.240 Kind of feel like even when they did score, they 221 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.399 were like kind of shooting some shots out of their 222 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.559 rear end, but yet again they still shot thirty percent overall. 223 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:17.000 So a good defensive night for Louisville and now they're 224 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.879 just one game away from wrapping up the regular season. 225 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:21.799 They should be able to take care of business against 226 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.759 Stanford on Saturday on Senior Day and finish with an 227 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.279 eighteen and two record in ACC play and then, really, 228 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.440 if things go chalk right, the teams that you know 229 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.399 have been winning ninety ish percent of the time. You know, Clemson, 230 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:37.639 they won at Boston College. I don't know who they 231 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:40.039 play next. It might be Virginia Tech. They should win 232 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:42.279 that one. Louislle should beat Stanford, and then it comes 233 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.440 down to that Carolina Duke game. I don't think that 234 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:46.720 Carolina will beat Duke, but it is in Chapel Hill, 235 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.279 and if Carolina pulls off the upset, and again all 236 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.360 the others of the other things that are expected to 237 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:54.799 happen do end up happening, louisvill would actually be the one. 238 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.279 Seed, which would be cool. 239 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.399 But the only reason I would like that because it 240 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:02.159 would mean you could claim you have a share of 241 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:04.559 the regular season title. I mean, that's another thing to 242 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:07.759 add to Pat Kelsey's resume in year one, he wont 243 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:10.120 to share of the ACC regular season title in his 244 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:13.240 first season. But also, if you get the one seed, 245 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:16.240 it might make your path a little easier to get 246 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.919 to the ACC championship game because that semi final game 247 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:23.559 would be the four seed if it goes Chalk, rather 248 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:25.759 than you playing Clemson, And I guess the four seed 249 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.120 is going. 250 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:29.559 To be who gosh is it SMU? Is it is 251 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:30.559 it Wake? 252 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.720 I mean, I don't even know, because right now you've 253 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.000 got clearly the top three teams, and by the way, 254 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:38.919 as of now with Leonardi, the only three teams in 255 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:42.120 the tournament as of right now from the ACC are Louisville, Clemson, 256 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.120 and Duke. So if you end up getting the one 257 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:46.960 seed and you plays SMU, that really doesn't I mean, 258 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.559 I guess technically it would probably fall somewhere similar to 259 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:53.120 the quad. It would be a quad one just like Clemson. 260 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:55.159 But I'd rather play Clemson just because you would be 261 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:57.759 able to mean, there'd be more value there because Clemson's 262 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:01.039 a top fifteen team and we know they're a tournament 263 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:06.559 team in fact, looking at bracketology, and we'll get to 264 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:06.879 this layer. 265 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:10.120 We don't need to get distracted. I get way too distracted. 266 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:11.440 When it comes to looking at any bracketology or even 267 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:13.679 thinking about bracketology and then looking for one and then just. 268 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:14.360 Getting lost in it. 269 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:18.799 But anyways, so far this year, I mean again, I 270 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:20.159 say so far as if like we've got a long 271 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:20.519 way to go. 272 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:21.440 We go one game left. 273 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:25.799 But the acc one of the things that you've heard 274 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:29.320 NonStop about the league, even for me, I mean I 275 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.919 don't it's not been the main point every day on 276 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:33.279 the show. But like we know the league is down. 277 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:35.120 Louisville can't control it. It's not their fault. All you 278 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.879 can do is play is on your schedule, and I 279 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:40.159 think it's actually set up well to where it's not ideal, 280 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:42.759 But it's not been as big of a you know, 281 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:44.240 an issue for Louisville fans. 282 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:45.720 I feel like because we. 283 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:48.039 Don't care that the teams we're playing night in and 284 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.279 night out aren't great. I mean again, you'd like to 285 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:53.039 see your team challenge to benefit the resume, but because 286 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:56.159 of how awful Louisville has been in recent years, that 287 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:58.279 like we're still able to have last night and it 288 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:00.840 really feel like a big moment because what Louisville did 289 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:02.559 was really what they were supposed to do, right, beat 290 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:06.320 a bad team. But that feels better and it's more 291 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:10.399 enjoyable now than it usually is because again, where we've 292 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:15.720 been so the ACC we all know is not great, 293 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.000 and I just feel like if, if, if everybody's of 294 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:21.759 the belief, I don't know why Louisville can end up 295 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:27.679 getting four All ACC selections when it comes to the 296 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:32.879 the the All League team because obviously Chucky would be 297 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:34.559 the player of the Year if it wasn't for Cooper 298 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:36.919 Flag right, I mean, he's the best, He's the second 299 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:39.960 best player in this conference, best point guard in the conference. 300 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:44.039 Uh leads the leads the conference and assists and steals 301 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:46.840 when it comes to in you know, doing that in 302 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:50.840 in league in league play. So Chucky's a no brainer 303 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:53.039 first teamer. And I'll be honest with you. I tweeted 304 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:55.639 this out earlier and I stand by it, but I 305 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:57.960 want to clarify, like, I'm not predicting this happens, because 306 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:59.360 I really don't think that it will happen, but I 307 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:01.240 think that it should. Like I think Chucky will be 308 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:04.480 the only guy to get All ACC First Team, and 309 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:07.600 I would say, they might get one guy on the 310 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:11.960 All ACC second team, and it'll probably be Fat. But 311 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:15.840 I think if you really consider where the league is, 312 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:20.159 I don't know. I mean, like Louisville, Chucky gets a 313 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.600 lot of the attention for good reason. He's the I mean, 314 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.000 he's the guy that really makes all this work. But 315 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.279 Terrence Edwards, I mean, Louisville is now a I mean, 316 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:30.279 they're a two loss team. If they win Saturday, they're 317 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.960 gonna finish, you know, in second place and potentially could 318 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.279 end up winning a share of the league. And he's 319 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:40.039 averaged in league play seventeen points. He's making at least 320 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.399 two threes per game. He's had, I believe now six 321 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:47.559 games in ACC play of twenty points or more so, 322 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:49.840 when you're on a team that is likely to finish 323 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:54.279 eighteen and two and you're averaging seventeen points, like I mean, 324 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.559 I feel like Fat is deserving of All ACC first team, 325 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.879 But I don't think he's gonna get it because I 326 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:02.320 just think it's gonna be tough to see anybody get 327 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:06.960 more than one, and then on the second team it'll 328 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:10.200 probably be Fat. But I really do believe John Hadley 329 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:14.080 is deserving of All ACC second team as well. I 330 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.519 mean twelve and a half points, seven point three rebounds, 331 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:23.080 which is top ten in the ACC. I mean he's 332 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:27.360 shooting over fifty percent overall in ACC games, better than 333 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:29.559 forty percent from three point range, and he's also shooting 334 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:33.600 seventy eight percent from the line. And then Rain Smith, 335 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:36.039 I mean, we talked about it yesterday. Rain Smith is 336 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:37.919 a guy that most people just know as a shooter, 337 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:40.399 and clearly that's the weapon he brings to the fight, 338 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.879 right Like, that's that's what Rain is. 339 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:45.320 He's a shooter. But he's also just a good player. 340 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:50.399 And regardless of how he's getting his points, he's averaging 341 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.919 thirteen and a half points a game for a team 342 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:55.759 again that is in that top tier of this league, 343 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.120 likely going to finish eighteen and two, leads all a 344 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:03.080 Power five players in three pointers made. In fact, he's 345 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.600 got thirteen more threes than anybody in the ACC, ninety 346 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:09.720 four point two percent from the free throw line. 347 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:12.159 So again, when it comes to. 348 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:17.279 All ACC first and second team, that's a group of 349 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:21.519 ten guys total. Louisville getting four of ten not gonna happen, right, 350 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:25.120 just not. But I really feel like this has been 351 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.799 a collective effort. Like Louisville, they don't have a deep bench, 352 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.279 right they bring Trey Ore off the bench. 353 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.519 Can I give you some minutes. 354 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:36.720 Noah's really been spotty because of the injury and just 355 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.279 really you know, you never know if it's gonna be 356 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:42.039 his night. Big Frank will occasionally get in, but like 357 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:44.799 the core of this team, those four guys, and look, 358 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.320 James Scott can be in there as well. I mean, 359 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:48.840 I don't think he's gonna get any type of award 360 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:51.919 for all acc first second or thirteen maybe honor will mention, 361 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:55.240 but you know, he's been He's been pretty consistent with 362 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.039 what he does too. 363 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.480 And I think. 364 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:02.639 Cooper Flag is gonna win Player of the Year right, 365 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.759 like there's no I don't think there's any there's any 366 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.759 question about that. In fact, he'll probably win National Player 367 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:10.960 of the Year, to be honest with you, and I 368 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.920 can't disagree with that. 369 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:14.559 He's been very, very good. Jenni Broom's been good. 370 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:16.039 As well, But I feel like Cooper Flag is a 371 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:21.079 bigger it's kind of a bigger factor in Duke's success. 372 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.279 I feel like, in fact it's happened and it might 373 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.960 have been Behim who said it last night, which, by 374 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.799 the way, I can't tell if I love Behim on 375 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:29.799 a game or I hate him. You listened to him 376 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:31.039 last night, Austin, what do you think? 377 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.519 Like, h. 378 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:38.000 Just it's whatever. And then occasionally he'll be a smart 379 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:39.640 ass and it's funny, you know what I mean? Sure, 380 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:42.440 like he's funny when not, like I shouldn't say not 381 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.960 trying to be funny. Maybe he's trying to be funny, 382 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:49.720 but like he doesn't give you like this orchestrated bit 383 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:51.720 to like try to be funny and make make a 384 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:53.519 joke with a one liner. Like he's just kind of 385 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:56.799 being the old Yeah, but like he's kind of a 386 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:59.160 smart ass and it works, like it plays with me 387 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:02.920 a little bit. So anyways, right, shout out Bay him again. 388 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:04.799 Sometimes I can't stand him and wish they would put 389 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:06.680 him in the nursing home. And then sometimes I'm like, okay, 390 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.640 I can come to me. He's got a little Larry 391 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:11.119 David at him, like he's got a little Larry David 392 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:15.119 that the old kind of you know, funny to him. 393 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:19.000 But anyways, Bay, I made this point last night that 394 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:21.880 Jeni Broume got hurt and Auburn was able to roll 395 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.599 without him. 396 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:24.160 They didn't lose a game without him. 397 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:28.039 If you know, Cooper Flagg never played and if Louisville 398 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:29.400 or not Louisvill, but if Duke played a lot of 399 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:31.519 these A SEC teams without Cooper Flagg, they probably still 400 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:33.759 win because again again we know where the ACC is. 401 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:36.480