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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get it started.

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<v Speaker 2>Hour number two here and our first edition of Coffee

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<v Speaker 2>and Company in twenty twenty five, Nick Coffee, that's me,

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<v Speaker 2>Austin Montgomery alongside today fueled by Thornton's and Austin and

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<v Speaker 2>I had a little little, uh little business trip last night,

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<v Speaker 2>if we can call it that, a little work trip.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, technically it kind of was a work trip.

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<v Speaker 2>We used work tickets to go to the game, and

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<v Speaker 2>right we knew we were gonna have to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the game, and you know, so it was fun, a

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<v Speaker 2>little business and pleasure, right, a little double dipping for

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<v Speaker 2>us last n Both it was a good time and

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<v Speaker 2>I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I was atple bush lights were harmed, that's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>I was very happy to see not only Louis wille

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<v Speaker 2>win and win the way they did.

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<v Speaker 1>And we can get back into that. Obviously that was

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<v Speaker 1>a big topic at the beginning of the show. But

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<v Speaker 1>the crowd I thought was.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I didn't go there at any point and

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<v Speaker 2>think to look around at empty seats or I just

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<v Speaker 2>don't really think. Again, I say this all the time

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to attendants, those who do get tickets

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<v Speaker 2>and go I just don't know why you would base

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<v Speaker 2>your enjoyment on the amount of other people that are

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<v Speaker 2>or aren't there. Obviously you want a good atmosphere, you

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<v Speaker 2>want a good environment. But I thought those that were

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<v Speaker 2>there last night were really really into it to where

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<v Speaker 2>you can have much fewer than twenty two thousand plus

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<v Speaker 2>and if the team's playing hard and the crowd and

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<v Speaker 2>by the way games like last night, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>see the lower Bowl be pretty much full, which for

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<v Speaker 2>the most part, you know, it was, at least from

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<v Speaker 2>what I could tell. But even if it wasn't, those

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<v Speaker 2>that were there made it to where you could tell

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<v Speaker 2>the atmosphere was really really good, and it was nice

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of not, like, to be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't even thinking about attendance at all at any

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<v Speaker 2>point as far as the amount of people that were

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<v Speaker 2>there or weren't there. I just knew that the crowd

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<v Speaker 2>was there. Man, they got loud, they made an impact, and.

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<v Speaker 1>There we was support in this group.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was nice to kind of be reminded because

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<v Speaker 2>I the attentions, the attendance stuff, really it just annoys

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<v Speaker 2>me and I've talked about it many times over the

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<v Speaker 2>years because I just I don't think that Louisville Basketball

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<v Speaker 2>not having twenty two thousand people there last night is

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<v Speaker 2>because of like one specific thing. I think it's a

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<v Speaker 2>variety of things. And I don't think anybody currently at

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<v Speaker 2>u of L is doing anything wrong as to why

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<v Speaker 2>the attendance is not what it was. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>seven eight years ago. I think they're a variety of factors,

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<v Speaker 2>and one of them that just doesn't get discussed the

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<v Speaker 2>way that it should. Not to say that this should

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<v Speaker 2>just be the dominant factor that everybody acknowledges and that's

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<v Speaker 2>the only one people bring up. I'm not saying that,

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<v Speaker 2>but society changes, we evolve as human like people just

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<v Speaker 2>don't go to games like they used to because the

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<v Speaker 2>incentive to say that you were there is just not

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<v Speaker 2>what it once was. It's not this oh man, I

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<v Speaker 2>can't believe I got in. I mean, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to act like it's not a cool thing to do,

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<v Speaker 2>but like, there's really not a whole lot that you

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<v Speaker 2>can get at the game that you can't really get

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<v Speaker 2>on TV other than just being in the environment. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's awesome, Like I think people should like last night

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<v Speaker 2>was awesome. My wife and I we went along alongside

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<v Speaker 2>with Austin, and we told ourselves we should do that

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<v Speaker 2>more often, like we should get tickets and go to

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<v Speaker 2>more games, because it is awesome when you play, like

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<v Speaker 2>last night, top to bottom was phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 1>But I also understand why. It's just it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Like there are probably people who go to a few

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<v Speaker 2>games a year, love this team, love this program. It's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of their religion, like it is a lot of us,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's just, you know, we love it so much,

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<v Speaker 2>we care so much about it. But they're just not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be at every game because that's just not

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<v Speaker 2>what a lot of people do anymore. Now, there are

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<v Speaker 2>some that make it to every single game. They have

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<v Speaker 2>season tickets, and you.

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<v Speaker 1>Need those people. Those people are important.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think even if you start to really thrive

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<v Speaker 2>and let's say Louisville basketball in the next few years

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<v Speaker 2>is really in a great place, which I think they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be, I still think you're going to see

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<v Speaker 2>the younger generation, meaning people that are my age and younger,

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<v Speaker 2>or they may go to eighty percent of the games

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<v Speaker 2>and cheer their ass off. But like buying season tickets,

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<v Speaker 2>I just think.

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<v Speaker 1>That that whole model it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Not gonna fly with the younger generation, and because they

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<v Speaker 2>can go to any game they want and not pay

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<v Speaker 2>a big donation, right and not feel like it's a

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<v Speaker 2>chore to have to go to every game because you

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<v Speaker 2>made such a big investment with season tickets. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wrong, because again, you need you need people to

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<v Speaker 2>buy season tickets. That money is important, not only for

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<v Speaker 2>what you pay for the ticket, but the donation that comes.

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<v Speaker 1>With it, all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think I'm trying to find the right words

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<v Speaker 2>to use here because I don't want to act like

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<v Speaker 2>if you're buying season tickets, you're getting hustled and you're

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you're dope, because I don't that's not at all.

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<v Speaker 1>What I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're just giving them a gift by buying season

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<v Speaker 2>tickets because again, you could go to every game you

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<v Speaker 2>want and probably pay much less than what everybody else is.

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<v Speaker 2>And also like there's probably plenty of games you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to go to because you know it's against a

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<v Speaker 2>nobody at nine o'clock on a Twoday day, and not

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<v Speaker 2>everybody has, you know, the lifestyle or where they can

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<v Speaker 2>they can really justify doing that. So I think you'll

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<v Speaker 2>see even when when things get better, you'll have big crowds,

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<v Speaker 2>but season tickets probably won't be as what they once

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<v Speaker 2>were back like in the Rick Betino days. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>I hope I'm wrong here, maybe I'm way off, but

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<v Speaker 2>I just you know, am I crazy to say that

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<v Speaker 2>buying season tickets and giving Louisville a big donation that

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<v Speaker 2>you have to make just to be able to purchase

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<v Speaker 2>said season tickets?

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<v Speaker 1>Again? Is that not just a gift to the school.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was right. You're not crazy for thinking that.

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<v Speaker 4>And anytime I've I've never met anyone my age really

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<v Speaker 4>that buy season tickets.

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<v Speaker 3>There are a lot of older people than if.

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<v Speaker 2>You are age three years ago, and if you are

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<v Speaker 2>our age ish because you're younger than me, obviously you

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<v Speaker 2>they were you inherited the tickets from like your dad

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<v Speaker 2>or from your grand.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, yeah, that's how we get football tickets is because

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<v Speaker 4>my great uncle had them. He was a lummy. He'll

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<v Speaker 4>pay for the stadium like twenty five years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's great, and that that that there is. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that specific scenario what you just mentioned with your

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<v Speaker 2>family in football, that will keep season tickets alive for

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<v Speaker 2>a while. But at some point there'll be somebody within

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<v Speaker 2>the family that is on the hook for having to

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<v Speaker 2>pay that just decides, you know what, like I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think we really need to do this right.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyways, it was an awesome atmosphere last night, myself, Austin,

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<v Speaker 2>and my wonderful wife, who her name is Tiffany. She

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<v Speaker 2>has The last time she was mentioned as Mercedes on

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<v Speaker 2>the show, I don't remember when it was, but she

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<v Speaker 2>was asked by somebody at work, I believe, like, who's Mercedes,

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<v Speaker 2>Like are you really married to this guy?

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on? And I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure they could tell I was, you know, having fun,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what this show is. But back in gosh, what

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<v Speaker 2>year was that. That's a long time ago. When I

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<v Speaker 2>went to the Bats game.

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<v Speaker 3>It was definitely I think pre COVID, wasn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe no, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah it was pre COVID. God, no, it may have

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<v Speaker 4>been post COVID right at that. I want to say

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<v Speaker 4>twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that sounds about right, because I think it was

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<v Speaker 2>when we were starting to be able to come back

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<v Speaker 2>into the office, but not like everybody, if that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>But We had a an iHeart night at Slugger Field

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<v Speaker 2>for the Bats and had a good time. Got hammered

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people, did myself included and Tony Vinetti.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, he was he was feeling pretty good, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, we got there later. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>then a lot of people because when I got there,

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<v Speaker 2>Venette was already feeling pretty good. And then, uh, he'd

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<v Speaker 2>met my wife a few times at that point, he's

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<v Speaker 2>met my children. He thought my daughter when she was

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<v Speaker 2>a eight month old, or maybe it was whenever she

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<v Speaker 2>came to the office for the first ever trick or

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<v Speaker 2>treating that we had when she was a baby, he

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<v Speaker 2>thought she was a boy.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, little fella. It was what he called Maya.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the next yeah, the next couple of times

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<v Speaker 2>she saw him, of course she's really young. She gave

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<v Speaker 2>him a look that I've never seen her give anybody

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<v Speaker 2>else up to this point, just a real stank face

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<v Speaker 2>because she knew she was insulted Tony Vinetti. So, Tony's

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<v Speaker 2>met my wife and family many times, but this was

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<v Speaker 2>this was the you know, the the lubricated Tonynetti.

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<v Speaker 3>Very rare for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it was a fun time, but he was

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<v Speaker 2>like hey. After you know, he came over and and

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<v Speaker 2>we wapped up, and you know, he put his arm

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<v Speaker 2>around my wife and was like hey, and then.

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<v Speaker 1>He realized, like I think I know your name.

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<v Speaker 2>And my wife, whose name is Tiffany, looked at him

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<v Speaker 2>and just grinned and said you don't know my name,

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<v Speaker 2>do you?

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<v Speaker 1>And he said, yes, I do.

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<v Speaker 2>Mercedes, which is not her name, but she became Mercedes

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<v Speaker 2>to the iHeart world that night, and uh yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>think she she always will be when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>to folks like Vannetti and Austin and and Dwight and

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<v Speaker 2>the other when.

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<v Speaker 4>It happened, because and the thing is is I really

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<v Speaker 4>didn't even know Tiffany well, but you know after seeing you,

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<v Speaker 4>like you always see Tiffany like attached to your photos

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<v Speaker 4>or like tell you on it, so like I already knew.

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<v Speaker 4>So like when Mercedes came out, I just thought that

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<v Speaker 4>that was already an inside joke.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know that that was when it became a

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<v Speaker 3>slip up right there.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, So yeah, that's that's that's why we refer

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<v Speaker 1>to her as as Mercedes.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, good times last night at the Young Center

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<v Speaker 2>and for those just now joining us. We did talk

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit about the you know, the game itself

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<v Speaker 2>and how well Louisville played despite well, I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>anybody claiming that they didn't play well would have to

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<v Speaker 2>just be talking about the fact that they didn't shoot

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<v Speaker 2>it well, which is true. But man, they played so hard.

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<v Speaker 2>They were locked in as soon as that game started

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<v Speaker 2>until the final second they were more. And again this

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<v Speaker 2>is what I know. Carolina is not having the year

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<v Speaker 2>that they expected. I know they didn't have one of

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<v Speaker 2>their better players last night. Like I'm aware of all

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<v Speaker 2>of that, but for Louisville just to be, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>as physical as they were to I feel like outwork them.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's not like I think Carolina came out there

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<v Speaker 2>and loafed. I just think it was a battle. Neither

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<v Speaker 2>team shot it well. Both shot at forty ish percent.

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<v Speaker 2>Louisvill shot at forty five percent, Carolina shot at forty percent,

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<v Speaker 2>and neither team shot it that well from three ten

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<v Speaker 2>threes total for both teams, four for Carolina, six for

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville twenty three percent from three from the lower which

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<v Speaker 2>is you know, those are things that you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>were getting some decent looks and you should be able

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<v Speaker 2>it was really frustrating to see twenty five to thirty nine.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know when they let they missed the first

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<v Speaker 2>three one in ones the front end of them, and

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<v Speaker 2>you had guys going to the line missing two. Chucky

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<v Speaker 2>went to the line at one point missed two of them. So,

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<v Speaker 2>like the free throw three, free throw shooting is an issue.

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<v Speaker 2>And I actually think throughout the year they had some

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<v Speaker 2>games where they're like twenty four or twenty eight, which

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<v Speaker 2>is great, but then they have games like last night,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're not They're certainly not a consistently good free

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<v Speaker 1>But it's also something that if they.

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<v Speaker 2>End up maybe getting a little bit more consistent and

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<v Speaker 2>they're no longer shooting around sixty four percent, they're shooting

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<v Speaker 2>close to eighty as a team, that wouldn't really shock me.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I'm getting at is Louisville was really impressive

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<v Speaker 2>to me last night. And there's a couple of things

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<v Speaker 2>that you would have looked at ahead of time and said, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three percent from three, only made six of them.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like the chances here sixty four percent from

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<v Speaker 2>the line and you went there thirty nine times.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are things that again.

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<v Speaker 2>Should be better, but they were what they were, and

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<v Speaker 2>yet because of everything else, Louisville was able to pull

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<v Speaker 2>off a thirteen point victory and get it. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the is say what you want about Carolina

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<v Speaker 2>and the ACC this year, because I don't really think

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<v Speaker 2>you're wrong if you're gonna claim that Carolina is not

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<v Speaker 2>that great or that the ACC is lousy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of with you on both those things, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You can only control or you can only control the

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<v Speaker 2>teams on your schedule, right like you go out there

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<v Speaker 2>and you play Carolina.

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<v Speaker 4>He's probably the ACC and the schedule itself than anything.

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<v Speaker 3>But that was one of the better opportunities.

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<v Speaker 1>You had left this year to go win games.

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<v Speaker 3>It can potentially help you.

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<v Speaker 2>Find yourself in the NCAA tournament. So really really impressed

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<v Speaker 2>with with with everything last night. And again I happened

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<v Speaker 2>to think that last night was kind of a rare

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<v Speaker 2>night when it comes to how poorly they shot it

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<v Speaker 2>from three. We know they can have nights like that

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<v Speaker 2>where they're just not feeling it. They also have had

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<v Speaker 2>nights where they get to the line that many times

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<v Speaker 2>and they shoot it much better. So if if they

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<v Speaker 2>what impressed me so much last night was that that's

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<v Speaker 2>something that you know, maybe you don't bring it every

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<v Speaker 2>single game to that level, but man, if they play

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<v Speaker 2>with that type of energy, that type of attention to

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<v Speaker 2>detail defensively, and they're just ready from start to finish

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<v Speaker 2>in a game like they were last night, and then

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<v Speaker 2>they start making more than twenty three percent from the

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<v Speaker 2>from three point range, and they start making more than

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<v Speaker 2>sixty four percent of their free throws. This team, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to claim that they could be great, but like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you could go on a hell of a run here

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<v Speaker 2>in the ACC. So really good night last night. And

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<v Speaker 2>what made it even better was the commitment from mckel

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<v Speaker 2>brown junior, who actually committed Louisville and side with Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>in the early part in November, but he kept it

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<v Speaker 2>within and wanted to have a special announcement and he

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<v Speaker 2>certainly did that. We'll talk about that on the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as why this is big for Pat Kelsey

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<v Speaker 2>other than just knowing that he's added one of the

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<v Speaker 2>best point guards in the country for next season's team.

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's a lot of ways this can benefit

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<v Speaker 2>him and this program. So we'll get to that and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more. As I mentioned, I do want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the NFL MVP conversation. If you're on hold,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll stick with you, or if we're If you are

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<v Speaker 1>Good text.

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<v Speaker 2>welcome in. Will will how we doing today?

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<v Speaker 3>Brother?

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<v Speaker 2>Hey?

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<v Speaker 5>Man?

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<v Speaker 6>What do you think about this? Analysis?

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<v Speaker 2>Man?

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, these younger coaches are coming in and they know

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<v Speaker 6>what they're up against. You know, you got a new

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<v Speaker 6>roster pretty much every year, you know, going on almost.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, yeah, we'll be especially our teams here in

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<v Speaker 6>this state. I think I'm not like dissing them so much,

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<v Speaker 6>but I'm I think there's some smoking mirrors going on here.

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<v Speaker 6>It's like they're touting these three point shots, but dude,

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<v Speaker 6>if you can't make them. You know what I'm saying, Like,

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<v Speaker 6>if you've got six curries on your team or three

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<v Speaker 6>curries on your team, okay, go for it.

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<v Speaker 1>But these kids, they can't shoot the ball.

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<v Speaker 6>So you know, it's like, but but they're selling this,

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<v Speaker 6>your notion that we're gonna come in and shoot forties threeties.

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<v Speaker 6>Who cares if you don't make them? But I mean

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<v Speaker 6>it makes no sense, you know. I think what they're

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<v Speaker 6>hiding is a lot of these young guys just don't

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<v Speaker 6>have the.

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<v Speaker 1>You mean coaches, not players when you say young guys.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, the coach. Yeah, I'm at the coaches, I

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<v Speaker 6>think with their high WIT's being hid. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 6>saying like they're doing something malicious or anything. I just

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<v Speaker 6>think this landscape, but they can't you know, produce the boys,

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<v Speaker 6>the young guys on the court that can bang and

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<v Speaker 6>do all this stuff where you know, the older cats

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<v Speaker 6>like us are used to seeing. So it's like I've

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<v Speaker 6>got this new formula and I'm smart, just like all

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<v Speaker 6>the betting stuff. Man, so many people losing money betting,

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<v Speaker 6>you know what I'm saying, Like, you know who's going

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<v Speaker 6>to make money? So you know you want to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Gist of my point, no, I to I totally do

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<v Speaker 2>will And I actually I think it's a great question,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've got I've got some thoughts specifically on on why.

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<v Speaker 2>And appreciate the call on on what you laid out,

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't think you're wrong at all as far

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<v Speaker 2>as the observation that you've made there. What I mean

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<v Speaker 2>is this both Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope, where they

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<v Speaker 2>came from. It's sort of, you know, their rise to

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<v Speaker 2>be where they are today. Mark Pope coaching Kentucky after

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<v Speaker 2>a brief stint at BYU and after a run at

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<v Speaker 2>Utah Valley State, and then Pat Kelsey had went through

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<v Speaker 2>up to Charleston and now Louisville where they were able

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of build a brand and and carve out success. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>both guys were successful to an extent at both places.

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<v Speaker 1>They were at b YU.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they weren't in the Big twelve at the

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<v Speaker 2>time Mark Pope got hired, so you know, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>Charleston or Winthrop, but they also were you know, he

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<v Speaker 2>only coaching in the Big twelve one year. So what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting at is when you are trying to succeed

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<v Speaker 2>consistently at that lower level, a lot of the players

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<v Speaker 2>at that level are all very similar when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to talent and ceiling. Not a whole lot of NBA guys, right.

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<v Speaker 2>You occasionally have the rare job Morants that's playing at

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<v Speaker 2>Murray State. You occasionally have some guys that are elite

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<v Speaker 2>despite playing at a lower level, but the majority of

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<v Speaker 2>the guys that you have are all kind of the same.

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<v Speaker 2>There's way more two star, three star ish players out

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<v Speaker 2>there in college basketball than there are fours and fives,

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<v Speaker 2>and the majority of those guys where they reside at

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<v Speaker 2>the smaller level. So that's when that's the landscape, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the playing field. I think you're much better off to

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<v Speaker 2>not be so dependent every year on this guy or

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<v Speaker 2>that guy. It's more about your system and what you do.

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<v Speaker 2>So both Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope when they were

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<v Speaker 2>succeeding before they were at the jobs they're at now,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't because they had players that everybody else in

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<v Speaker 2>the country wanted but they were just lucky to get them.

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<v Speaker 2>It was because they really they were early in this

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<v Speaker 2>new world of basketball when it comes to analytics and

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<v Speaker 2>playing at a really fast pace and driving to generate

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of open threes or layups because you're playing fast,

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<v Speaker 2>or you get at the free throw line, and they

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<v Speaker 2>were able to do that consistently to where you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you could kind of you could get good enough players

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<v Speaker 2>to fit those roles to where you're succeeding at Charleston

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<v Speaker 2>and at BYU and Utah Valley State and Winthrop. More

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<v Speaker 2>so because of what you've installed and what you do

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<v Speaker 2>more so than who you have at this level. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't necessarily win like that all the time. So these

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<v Speaker 2>guys like this is all they know. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>put a team out there to where I'm not so

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<v Speaker 2>dependent upon having this elite level talent guy. But we

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<v Speaker 2>we play fast, we have depth, we have guys that

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<v Speaker 2>can shoot it. That's what they want to do. Because

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's that's that's their brand, like, that's that's their style,

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<v Speaker 2>their philosophy. I think what you'll see and Mark Pope's

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<v Speaker 2>already off to a good start. He's got but three

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<v Speaker 2>five star kids that have committed for next year. Pat

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<v Speaker 2>Kelsey just got his. So what I think you'll see happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And I certainly hope you see this happen with Pat

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<v Speaker 2>Kelsey that you'll realize, Okay, I'm at Louisville now, and yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we're always going to have the identity that that that

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<v Speaker 2>that I want to have. As far as our style,

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<v Speaker 2>we want to shoot a lot of threes, that's never

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<v Speaker 2>going to change. We're gonna believe in in in fast tempo,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of possessions within each game. That's that's that's

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<v Speaker 2>our that's in our DNA. But you know what, man,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know that that we could just decide to

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<v Speaker 2>do something specifically with him because and I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 2>you never know.

425
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<v Speaker 1>But like we've got some We've got guy like.

426
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<v Speaker 2>Him to where nine out of ten teams we play

427
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<v Speaker 2>they're not gonna be able to really, you know, like

428
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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna have our way with their point guard because

429
00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:10.799
<v Speaker 2>he's that good. And again, who knows, maybe maybe he's

430
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<v Speaker 2>not as good as the rankings say. But I'm just saying,

431
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<v Speaker 2>when you play at Louisville in Kentucky at that level,

432
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<v Speaker 2>and especially not only because of you know, you're gonna

433
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<v Speaker 2>have the ability to get better players at Louisville Kentucky

434
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<v Speaker 2>than you did where you were before, but also you're

435
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<v Speaker 2>gonna you're gonna play against teams like Ole Miss, like

436
00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:29.519
<v Speaker 2>Tennessee that are just gonna know from the jump, Look,

437
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<v Speaker 2>if we go out here and we take away the

438
00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:35.279
<v Speaker 2>way they want to play, we're gonna be able to

439
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<v Speaker 2>dare them to just go beat us one on one.

440
00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:39.880
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna be able to dare them just make tough shots.

441
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<v Speaker 2>And that's not a good recipe for you to win

442
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<v Speaker 2>if that's the case.

443
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<v Speaker 1>So I think.

444
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<v Speaker 2>What you what you're observing their will is is just

445
00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:52.440
<v Speaker 2>because it's a lot different for those guys. Now again,

446
00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:56.680
<v Speaker 2>I think they'll bring in better players from from a

447
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<v Speaker 2>recruiting standpoint, I think Louisville and Kentucky are the type

448
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<v Speaker 2>of programs that if go do stick around meeting in college,

449
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<v Speaker 2>maybe they hit the portal, or maybe they realize, you

450
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<v Speaker 2>know what, like, I'm going to stay Louswell because there's

451
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<v Speaker 2>not another program that's gonna pay me more than what

452
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<v Speaker 2>they're paying me. Same thing with Kentucky. So that's where

453
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<v Speaker 2>maybe we'll see, well do they end up developing guys?

454
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<v Speaker 2>You know, as far as longevity to wear man. You

455
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<v Speaker 2>brought in this freshman and he's a junior. Now, oh,

456
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<v Speaker 2>he's a tough player because he's been working with the

457
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<v Speaker 2>staff and he's really developed. They've really you know, developed players.

458
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<v Speaker 2>Player development is still going to be important, but it.

459
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<v Speaker 1>May burn you.

460
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<v Speaker 2>You may develop a guy and then he's ending into

461
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<v Speaker 2>his junior season and the payoff is going to be

462
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<v Speaker 2>there for you as a coach, and.

463
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<v Speaker 1>He decides to bail.

464
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<v Speaker 2>So you need to be able to mean the job

465
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<v Speaker 2>really has changed in a major way because all of

466
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<v Speaker 2>the components of being a successful college basketball coach, I

467
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<v Speaker 2>think are still the same. You need to recruit, you

468
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<v Speaker 2>need to be able to know what you're doing as

469
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<v Speaker 2>far as ex'es and o's. When it comes to strategy,

470
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<v Speaker 2>you need to be able to retain players in the portal.

471
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<v Speaker 2>You need to be able to recruit in the portal.

472
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<v Speaker 2>There's not anything that's no longer at all relevant. It's

473
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<v Speaker 2>just it's men. It's it's it's been off balanced, and

474
00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:08.079
<v Speaker 2>it's and it's a there's you know, for example, you

475
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<v Speaker 2>used to be able to bring in a number one

476
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<v Speaker 2>recruiting class every year or a top ten recruiting class

477
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<v Speaker 2>every year, and like that would be enough to wear.

478
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're gonna be really good.

479
00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:19.599
<v Speaker 2>But now that's that's just not the case because guys

480
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<v Speaker 2>stick around in college longer. And I'm not even just

481
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<v Speaker 2>talking about the guys that have more eligibility because of

482
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<v Speaker 2>the COVID year. I'm talking about dudes used to say, Okay,

483
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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm not going to go to the NBA.

484
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<v Speaker 2>I could stay around and play in college for two

485
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<v Speaker 2>more years and do it for fun and not get paid.

486
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<v Speaker 2>Or I can go ahead and start my pro clock

487
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<v Speaker 2>and go play in Europe and give me two years

488
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<v Speaker 2>of making really good money when I'm in my prime

489
00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:43.680
<v Speaker 2>as far as an athlete. So now they're realizing, hey,

490
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<v Speaker 2>I'll stay in college as long as they'll let me,

491
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<v Speaker 2>because I'll make more money here than I will playing

492
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<v Speaker 2>in Argentina or playing in Greece because I'm not an

493
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<v Speaker 2>NBA guy, but man in il in college, at these

494
00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:57.799
<v Speaker 2>high level programs, they're still paying big money. So I

495
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<v Speaker 2>think you'll see both Mark Pope and Pat kell see

496
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<v Speaker 2>realize at these two places that they're at, they don't

497
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<v Speaker 2>need to be as reliant upon their system. They can

498
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<v Speaker 2>get dudes that like, hey, you can you can mix

499
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<v Speaker 2>it up and do a little little bit of you

500
00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:13.960
<v Speaker 2>can do some different things because you know you've got

501
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<v Speaker 2>guys that the majority of the teams you're gonna play

502
00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:19.400
<v Speaker 2>they don't have guys as good as this guy.

503
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<v Speaker 3>Or that guy.

504
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<v Speaker 2>So I think it's a good observation by Will. Now

505
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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to the three point shooting, I think

506
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<v Speaker 2>you know, not as much for for Kentucky, although you

507
00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:31.960
<v Speaker 2>know they're not shooting it as good from three as.

508
00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:33.000
<v Speaker 1>I think they were supposed to.

509
00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:35.039
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think they've got guys like Louisville that

510
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<v Speaker 2>if anybody gets hot that you see shooting a lot

511
00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.759
<v Speaker 2>of threes every night, you can't be surprised because you

512
00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:43.039
<v Speaker 2>know they've got that ability. But from a percentage standpoint,

513
00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:46.079
<v Speaker 2>Kentucky shooting about thirty five percent and I think their

514
00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:48.759
<v Speaker 2>numbers in recent games have kind of fallen off a

515
00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:51.160
<v Speaker 2>little bit, but again, there's still a team that at

516
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<v Speaker 2>any moment they get hot from three, nobody's going to

517
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<v Speaker 2>be that shocked. Louisville, on the other hand, has not.

518
00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.359
<v Speaker 2>We know, it's been a talking point. They've had nights

519
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<v Speaker 2>where they look really good from three, they make a

520
00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.359
<v Speaker 2>bunch of them, and then they've had night where they

521
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<v Speaker 2>keep firing it up.

522
00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.240
<v Speaker 1>And it just doesn't work.

523
00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:04.559
<v Speaker 2>I mean, right now, Louisville shooting twenty nine percent from

524
00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:09.920
<v Speaker 2>three as a team, and that's bad, which again, that's

525
00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:12.519
<v Speaker 2>concerning in one way, but it's also I think a

526
00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:15.440
<v Speaker 2>sign that, man, despite the one thing they rely on

527
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<v Speaker 2>maybe more than anything, it has not gone well for

528
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<v Speaker 2>them yet this year. And yet I think they're still

529
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<v Speaker 2>in position right now to where they could potentially be

530
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<v Speaker 2>in the tournament. So my guess is as far as

531
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<v Speaker 2>why these guys are still while these teams are both

532
00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:29.200
<v Speaker 2>shooting a ton of threes and it's just not working,

533
00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:33.759
<v Speaker 2>is because, yeah, let's say, I'm trying to think of

534
00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:38.559
<v Speaker 2>a good example Terrence Edwards, and in fact, he shot

535
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<v Speaker 2>it pretty well in the last month or so. He's

536
00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:42.440
<v Speaker 2>played really good basketball. Didn't have a great night as

537
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<v Speaker 2>far as production last night, but he still played a

538
00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:48.079
<v Speaker 2>role in the win, no doubt. But him shooting thirty

539
00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.960
<v Speaker 2>eight percent or thirty nine percent, whatever it was at

540
00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:53.359
<v Speaker 2>James Madison that was in a much different system, much

541
00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:55.599
<v Speaker 2>different world than what Louisville wants to do with Pat

542
00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:59.039
<v Speaker 2>Kelsey's offense. So you know, you're not as efficient at

543
00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:01.240
<v Speaker 2>shooting the three whenever or you're playing as fast as

544
00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:03.079
<v Speaker 2>Louisville does, or when you're playing as many minutes as

545
00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:05.880
<v Speaker 2>he's playing. So again, both teams I think in any

546
00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:08.519
<v Speaker 2>moment could get hot from three and completely flip the game.

547
00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:11.079
<v Speaker 2>But the percentage is just haven't been as good as

548
00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:14.279
<v Speaker 2>most expected. Louisville, that's for certain. With Kentucky, I still

549
00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:16.119
<v Speaker 2>be thirty five percent is a pretty good percentage. But

550
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<v Speaker 2>I do feel like they had a little little bit

551
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<v Speaker 2>of a dip there towards, you know, towards the end

552
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<v Speaker 2>of the of December. And I guess back to the

553
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<v Speaker 2>other point that he made about the you know, these

554
00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:31.279
<v Speaker 2>guys not being able to develop. They might be able to,

555
00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:34.480
<v Speaker 2>but like you just if you've got to balance what

556
00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:39.680
<v Speaker 2>you are giving most of your resources to player development

557
00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.880
<v Speaker 2>is the one that's probably just the natural thing. Some

558
00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:44.200
<v Speaker 2>of these coaches probably enjoy that more than a lot

559
00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:46.759
<v Speaker 2>of the other aspects to come with the job. But

560
00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:52.039
<v Speaker 2>do you really put as much investment into that as

561
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<v Speaker 2>you once did? And maybe the answer is yes, of course,

562
00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:57.400
<v Speaker 2>But if not, I wouldn't be shocked because again, if

563
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<v Speaker 2>you've got a guy, you can't just operate, well, hey,

564
00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:01.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to I don't really want to, you know,

565
00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:04.680
<v Speaker 2>prioritize his development as much because I think he's going

566
00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.279
<v Speaker 2>to leave. But you just kind of it's we're at

567
00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:11.079
<v Speaker 2>a point now where for the most part, there are

568
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<v Speaker 2>some exceptions, but really, anybody in college sports just deciding

569
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<v Speaker 2>to leave can't really shock you because they just have

570
00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:23.279
<v Speaker 2>the ability to do it now, and they want to leave,

571
00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:26.680
<v Speaker 2>they'll leave. So it's, you know, it's a new world

572
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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to when it comes to that, all right,

573
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<v Speaker 2>FABO two five seventy nine hundred is the number if

574
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<v Speaker 2>you want to jump in and give us a call.

575
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<v Speaker 2>You can also text in on the Ellen and Federal

576
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<v Speaker 2>Credit Union text line. This Texter earlier mentioned the Ken

577
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<v Speaker 2>Palm predicted record for Louisville as of now after last

578
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<v Speaker 2>night's win against Carolina, and they're asking me if I

579
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<v Speaker 2>believe that that record, if it played out the way

580
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<v Speaker 2>Ken Palm's formula predicts, with that get Louisville in the tournament,

581
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<v Speaker 2>We'll tell you what that record is. And I mean,

582
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<v Speaker 2>I can't predict the future, but I'll give you my

583
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<v Speaker 2>guess on the other side right here, Coffee and Company

584
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<v Speaker 2>feel about Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety.

585
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<v Speaker 5>Now back to Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

586
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<v Speaker 5>Sports Talk seven nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Day because they delayed the Sugar Bowl by twenty four hours.

588
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<v Speaker 1>We actually had the kickoff.

589
00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:20.759
<v Speaker 2>Between Notre Dame and Georgia at four o'clock and we've

590
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<v Speaker 2>got two minutes roughly left in the first quarter. No

591
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<v Speaker 2>score at this point, and it looks like tough for

592
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<v Speaker 2>me to tell, just about pulling it up here who

593
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<v Speaker 2>has the ball? But they're here we go. It looks

594
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<v Speaker 2>as if ye had Notre Dame. Well, never mind, I

595
00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:38.720
<v Speaker 2>can't tell who has the ball either way. It's scoreless,

596
00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.160
<v Speaker 2>zero to zero at this point, and it looks like

597
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<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame has the ball and they are on their

598
00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:46.960
<v Speaker 2>own twelve fifteen yard line something like that. So no

599
00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:49.279
<v Speaker 2>score just yet, and the live odds for those that

600
00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.839
<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe forgot there was a game going on

601
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<v Speaker 2>because it's not usually a workday where you have a

602
00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:55.960
<v Speaker 2>four o'clock game with a college football playoff matchup. But

603
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<v Speaker 2>right now as we speak, Notre Dame minus two and

604
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<v Speaker 2>a half is, uh, well, let me see is that right?

605
00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.920
<v Speaker 1>That doesn't sound right it does it?

606
00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:06.599
<v Speaker 2>Because yeah, we went to break it was zero zero

607
00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:11.480
<v Speaker 2>Georgia minus three and a half. Now the live line

608
00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:13.640
<v Speaker 2>is Notre Dame minus two and a half and they

609
00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:15.839
<v Speaker 2>did just convert there on a first down, so they're

610
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<v Speaker 2>moving down the field and I'm probably not going to

611
00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.000
<v Speaker 2>touch it, love because I just be guessing. But I've

612
00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:23.440
<v Speaker 2>never really been a believer in Notre Dame because Louisville

613
00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:25.720
<v Speaker 2>played so poorly against them and should have beat them,

614
00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:29.759
<v Speaker 2>and I know that they lost in Northern Illinois, which

615
00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:33.279
<v Speaker 2>is just insane to think about. But you know, when

616
00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:36.000
<v Speaker 2>I've watched them in other games, even though like Indiana

617
00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:38.200
<v Speaker 2>is not great. Obviously Anyan had a good year and

618
00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:43.440
<v Speaker 2>good team, but I understand why Notre Dame beating Indiana.

619
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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't really impress a lot of people. But when

620
00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:47.359
<v Speaker 2>I watched Notre Dame. I feel like they do have

621
00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.920
<v Speaker 2>some really good players and maybe they are a really

622
00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.359
<v Speaker 2>good team.

623
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<v Speaker 1>Hey, can you turn the music off? Completely down?

624
00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.759
<v Speaker 3>His music still on?

625
00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:57.839
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's in the can I little I hear that song?

626
00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.839
<v Speaker 3>There we goes.

627
00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.920
<v Speaker 1>Anyways, it's allry about it.

628
00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:01.839
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure nobody else even noticed it, and it made

629
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<v Speaker 2>it might have been soothing.

630
00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:05.039
<v Speaker 1>I just it was. It was throwing me off there

631
00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.200
<v Speaker 1>a little bit. But that's good.

632
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you've once again started off the twenty twenty

633
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<v Speaker 2>five year by delivering.

634
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<v Speaker 3>It's got a.

635
00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:14.000
<v Speaker 1>Great, great set of set of tracks. Here as weyhere. Yeah,

636
00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.440
<v Speaker 1>I like it.

637
00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:16.759
<v Speaker 2>I like it mixing it up to start twenty twenty five.

638
00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:19.559
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I'm not I'm not touching this game live.

639
00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:22.440
<v Speaker 2>But would be something if George ends up losing, because

640
00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:25.920
<v Speaker 2>at that point Texas would be the only SEC team left.

641
00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:29.599
<v Speaker 1>And wow, well maybe they win.

642
00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:31.839
<v Speaker 2>It all because I still think Texas is pretty damn good.

643
00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:35.759
<v Speaker 2>But to see how really how bad they looked against Georgia.

644
00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:39.079
<v Speaker 2>Although George is great in the SEC championship game and

645
00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:41.400
<v Speaker 2>they did handle Clemson pretty easily, so I guess that

646
00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.279
<v Speaker 2>one counts, but it just be it would be wild

647
00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:46.720
<v Speaker 2>to see Notre Dame pull off this win because Georgia,

648
00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:50.079
<v Speaker 2>despite you know, this year, losing a couple of games,

649
00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:52.599
<v Speaker 2>they lose two games or just one. I think they

650
00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:55.519
<v Speaker 2>lost two, didn't they two? Now I got to look

651
00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.799
<v Speaker 2>it up.

652
00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.920
<v Speaker 1>Georgia on paper.

653
00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:00.960
<v Speaker 2>For being honest, I think heading into this year was

654
00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:03.960
<v Speaker 2>probably viewed as one A, one B as far as

655
00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:06.880
<v Speaker 2>most talent. That's along with Ohio State also, who looked

656
00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:09.759
<v Speaker 2>really good yesterday against Oregon. But I just, I don't know,

657
00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:12.440
<v Speaker 2>have a hard time seeing Notre Dame win this game.

658
00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.440
<v Speaker 2>But so far we're a quarter in and it's scoreless,

659
00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:17.079
<v Speaker 2>and Notre Dame is the one that has the momentum,

660
00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:20.519
<v Speaker 2>and in real time they're favored by one and a half.

661
00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:23.079
<v Speaker 2>And then again, this was delayed twenty four hours because

662
00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:25.880
<v Speaker 2>what happened on New Year's Eve in New Orleans, which

663
00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:28.680
<v Speaker 2>is just a tragic situation. I think it's fifty people

664
00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:32.279
<v Speaker 2>or fifteen people have lost their life, more than thirty

665
00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.799
<v Speaker 2>were injured.

666
00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:34.400
<v Speaker 1>I mean, just an awful situation.

667
00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:37.559
<v Speaker 2>And I can't even watch some of the video that

668
00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:41.559
<v Speaker 2>has surfaced of the whole thing, just because it's awful.

669
00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:44.119
<v Speaker 1>But I've actually been to.

670
00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:47.200
<v Speaker 2>New Year's Eve on Bourbon Street in New Orleans one time,

671
00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:49.279
<v Speaker 2>and it wasn't because I made it a point, Hey,

672
00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:51.440
<v Speaker 2>I want to go party on New Year's Eve in

673
00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:54.000
<v Speaker 2>New Orleans. I was there for the Louisville Sugar Bowl.

674
00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:56.759
<v Speaker 2>And we landed on New Year's Eve in New Orleans

675
00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:00.000
<v Speaker 2>in the evening, like dinner time, and got to our hotel,

676
00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:04.200
<v Speaker 2>got situated, made the walk to Bourbon Street, probably around

677
00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.920
<v Speaker 2>I don't know n I'm thirty ten, and it was

678
00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:08.559
<v Speaker 2>it was scary it, you know, and I don't mean

679
00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.400
<v Speaker 2>because like everybody should have been scared, and I was

680
00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:13.519
<v Speaker 2>predicting something to happen, like what happened the other night.

681
00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:16.279
<v Speaker 2>But you know, it's the kind of crowd that gives

682
00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:21.160
<v Speaker 2>me next level anxiety and and you know, I panic.

683
00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.880
<v Speaker 1>A little bit. So we walked to a couple of spots.

684
00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:27.400
<v Speaker 2>And I'm glad my wife said it before I did,

685
00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.799
<v Speaker 2>because if I said it, I would have been worried.

686
00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:31.039
<v Speaker 2>She would think that, you know, I'm a whimp, and

687
00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.559
<v Speaker 2>maybe I am. But she was like, do you want

688
00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:34.319
<v Speaker 2>to just go back closer to the hotel bar because

689
00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.839
<v Speaker 2>there was a lot of loival fans there just hanging

690
00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:37.559
<v Speaker 2>out partying, but we wanted to EXPERI I'd never been

691
00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:39.880
<v Speaker 2>to New Orleans at that time. But you know, as

692
00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:42.400
<v Speaker 2>far as being in a big city for a big

693
00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:47.000
<v Speaker 2>holiday like New Year's Eve, I mean not to say that.

694
00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:49.400
<v Speaker 2>And this is where I'm spinning my wheels here because

695
00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to act like the people who went

696
00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.480
<v Speaker 2>should have expected that to happen, because that's ridiculous and

697
00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:56.240
<v Speaker 2>you can't live your life at every moment thinking should

698
00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:58.279
<v Speaker 2>I go, should I have fun, should I enjoy my life?

699
00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:00.319
<v Speaker 2>Or should I worry that somebody's gonna to be a

700
00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:02.839
<v Speaker 2>madman or a terrorist and come and kill me along

701
00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.359
<v Speaker 2>with other people?

702
00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:06.480
<v Speaker 1>Like you can't. You can't live that way. But you know,

703
00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.319
<v Speaker 1>when I watched.

704
00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:12.960
<v Speaker 2>New Year's Eve on Tuesday night whenever it was, and

705
00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:16.319
<v Speaker 2>saw all the coverage that you saw from the National

706
00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:20.599
<v Speaker 2>networks on in Nashville, in Vegas and New York City,

707
00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:23.319
<v Speaker 2>I mean I never once thought like, wow, that would

708
00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:26.400
<v Speaker 2>be that, that would be where somebody's gonna target, if

709
00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:28.519
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna make some kind of a you know, terrorist

710
00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:31.079
<v Speaker 2>attack or something like that. But when you do see

711
00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:33.440
<v Speaker 2>it happen, like it's just I mean, this is one

712
00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:35.839
<v Speaker 2>of those things that as bad as it is, I

713
00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:37.640
<v Speaker 2>think I'm kind of numb to this kind of stuff now,

714
00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:39.599
<v Speaker 2>not to where like I'm thinking, oh, who cares, no

715
00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:42.640
<v Speaker 2>big deal, But these kind of things have happened enough

716
00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:46.799
<v Speaker 2>to where the overall like shock and surprise, it.

717
00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.720
<v Speaker 1>Just didn't there anymore.

718
00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:51.279
<v Speaker 2>And that that that's sad for a variety of reasons.

719
00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:55.119
<v Speaker 2>But one of those reasons is because we're not surprised anymore.

720
00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:57.319
<v Speaker 1>Like it happens enough, it's happened.

721
00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:59.759
<v Speaker 2>These things have happened enough to where like it's just

722
00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:01.920
<v Speaker 2>kind of kind of kind of life now, which again

723
00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:06.200
<v Speaker 2>that's awful, but condolences to to to you know, everybody.

724
00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.079
<v Speaker 2>I mean, what a sad, sad situation. And I'm just

725
00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:12.559
<v Speaker 2>you know what, I what I was thinking about yesterday,

726
00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:15.640
<v Speaker 2>when of course it became such a big story, was

727
00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:19.160
<v Speaker 2>just those who did die, like knowing they were out,

728
00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:21.480
<v Speaker 2>probably expecting to have a night of their maybe the

729
00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:23.279
<v Speaker 2>night of their life, right sell it. Maybe they're you know,

730
00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:25.440
<v Speaker 2>some of them weren't locals obviously in some of the

731
00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:28.319
<v Speaker 2>stories about those who have passed and were killed that night,

732
00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:31.240
<v Speaker 2>and we now know, you know, their backgrounds at least

733
00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:33.960
<v Speaker 2>some of them, and anybody losing their life like that

734
00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:38.519
<v Speaker 2>as a tragic situation, but man, just to be so excited,

735
00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:41.599
<v Speaker 2>probably to celebrate the New Year holiday and be somewhere

736
00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:43.880
<v Speaker 2>that you know is probably a fun place to be

737
00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:46.400
<v Speaker 2>Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Yeah, and then to have

738
00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:49.039
<v Speaker 2>that happen. Man, it's just again, like it's an obvious

739
00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:52.480
<v Speaker 2>thing to say. It's a sad situation overall. But you know,

740
00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:56.039
<v Speaker 2>like we postponed a big sporting event, which they made

741
00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.920
<v Speaker 2>the right call, I think to postpone it twenty four hours,

742
00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.240
<v Speaker 2>and I just think, like we're now in I don't

743
00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.960
<v Speaker 2>want to say autopile, and then everybody's different. I can

744
00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:03.720
<v Speaker 2>only speak for myself, and maybe I'm in the minority

745
00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.599
<v Speaker 2>here in a major way. But like these kind of

746
00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:09.839
<v Speaker 2>big stories, these tragic things that happen, it just it's

747
00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:13.640
<v Speaker 2>it's not surprising anymore, and that overall is what's what's sad.

748
00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:16.079
<v Speaker 4>I think at the top of my list, New Orleans

749
00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:18.960
<v Speaker 4>is still up there for a possible bachelor party.

750
00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.559
<v Speaker 1>I've been to two of them there.

751
00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:23.960
<v Speaker 4>And it was it was always it's something that's out

752
00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.440
<v Speaker 4>of the uh. Well, I feel like a lot of

753
00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:27.680
<v Speaker 4>people locally don't think about that. Everyone just seems to

754
00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.799
<v Speaker 4>go to like Nashville or Vegas.

755
00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.599
<v Speaker 3>And I don't want to do all that.

756
00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:34.599
<v Speaker 4>New Orleans is still close enough and it's still big enough,

757
00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.559
<v Speaker 4>like of a party town.

758
00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.039
<v Speaker 3>I would recommend It's still have fun.

759
00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.480
<v Speaker 1>If you could make it happen. I would recommend New

760
00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.640
<v Speaker 1>Orleans for a bachelor party.

761
00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.160
<v Speaker 3>I was.

762
00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:42.119
<v Speaker 2>I was the best man in my buddy Matt's wedding,

763
00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:44.119
<v Speaker 2>and that's where we did his, and it was it

764
00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:47.480
<v Speaker 2>was different, it was it was awesome. I also have

765
00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:50.319
<v Speaker 2>been to one in Vegas, which which that was fun,

766
00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:53.119
<v Speaker 2>but you know, I I wouldn't be you know, if

767
00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.720
<v Speaker 2>I had a buddy who got married and was having

768
00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.000
<v Speaker 2>one and I could make it work, I'd try to

769
00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:58.400
<v Speaker 2>be there, but I could also go without it. I'm

770
00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:00.680
<v Speaker 2>glad a lot of a lot of Like my my

771
00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:04.039
<v Speaker 2>bachelor party was in Chicago, but I've been to probably yeah,

772
00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:08.000
<v Speaker 2>I've been to more bachelor parties in in Nashville than

773
00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:11.440
<v Speaker 2>anywhere else. But this was before Nashville became what it

774
00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:14.719
<v Speaker 2>is now. Oh Okay, So I mean I kind of

775
00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.199
<v Speaker 2>feel fortunate. Dare I say that that we got to

776
00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:20.239
<v Speaker 2>experience like some bar like it's so corporatized down there

777
00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:22.039
<v Speaker 2>now on Broadway, which.

778
00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:24.559
<v Speaker 3>It's awesome for a single bar as a country artists bar.

779
00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:27.480
<v Speaker 1>Jelly Rolls got one now, Luke Combs has one.

780
00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.719
<v Speaker 5>Now.

781
00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:32.159
<v Speaker 3>The other ones have been there a dame.

782
00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:33.480
<v Speaker 2>And look, I'm sure those places are a lot of fun.

783
00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:35.719
<v Speaker 2>Like I was just in Nashville for the Titans Bengals

784
00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:37.280
<v Speaker 2>game a couple of weeks ago, and I didn't go

785
00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:39.239
<v Speaker 2>out bar hopping because I was there with my family.

786
00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:41.519
<v Speaker 2>But you know, Nashville is awesome right now. It's a

787
00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:43.679
<v Speaker 2>cool place to be. It's just not necessarily my cup

788
00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:46.039
<v Speaker 2>of tea. But there were some bars on Broadway that,

789
00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:49.199
<v Speaker 2>you know, dare I say, hole in the wall type

790
00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.840
<v Speaker 2>compared to what you have there now, and I kind

791
00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.079
<v Speaker 2>of like, I think it was.

792
00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:54.280
<v Speaker 1>Called Paradise Park. There was a bar that.

793
00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:58.880
<v Speaker 2>Was essentially like two double wide trailers together and like

794
00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:03.400
<v Speaker 2>it but it was if you know, you know, but

795
00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.519
<v Speaker 2>it was really cool, Like it was just a different

796
00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:08.199
<v Speaker 2>type of setting. It's not the corporate Nashville country that's

797
00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:10.719
<v Speaker 2>that's there now. And again clearly they're doing well. You

798
00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:12.360
<v Speaker 2>know what it costs to stay in Nashville for a

799
00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:14.679
<v Speaker 2>weekend now, it's it's a lot of money, So clearly

800
00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:17.239
<v Speaker 2>they're they're doing well. But I'm glad that we were

801
00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:20.920
<v Speaker 2>able to experience the bachelor parties I went to right

802
00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:24.079
<v Speaker 2>before it kind of turned into to what it is now. Right,

803
00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:26.599
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, New Orleans, I would definitely definitely recommend.

804
00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.400
<v Speaker 3>It's definitely up there.

805
00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:29.960
<v Speaker 4>I've only been there once, and I was really only

806
00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:32.199
<v Speaker 4>there for like an hour. I was there visiting Biloxi

807
00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:34.119
<v Speaker 4>and we went to Uh, I think we're on our

808
00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:37.039
<v Speaker 4>way to Pensacola, but we stopped there for like two

809
00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.559
<v Speaker 4>hours and it was in the daytime.

810
00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:40.199
<v Speaker 1>So can I remember that trip that you went on.

811
00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's still stop.

812
00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:44.119
<v Speaker 4>It's a little bit of it and uh, but it's

813
00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:46.599
<v Speaker 4>it's still like it was still pretty live for like

814
00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:50.320
<v Speaker 4>the daytime. It's it's almost like the sentiment for Nashville.

815
00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:52.639
<v Speaker 4>No matter when you go, it's always going to be popping.

816
00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.760
<v Speaker 4>But I want to have like a whole night there.

817
00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.719
<v Speaker 4>I think that'd be fun.

818
00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:58.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think, uh, I think you should make it,

819
00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:59.760
<v Speaker 2>make it a point to get there for a weekend

820
00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:01.840
<v Speaker 2>have good time. I'm sure it's not the case anymore

821
00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:04.880
<v Speaker 2>because everything's way more expensive than it used to be,

822
00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:07.320
<v Speaker 2>But I remember going to Nashville, or not Nashville, but

823
00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:11.280
<v Speaker 2>New Orleans twice and thinking to myself, Okay, I'm drinking

824
00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:12.280
<v Speaker 2>a lot.

825
00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.599
<v Speaker 1>I've had a couple of meals.

826
00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:16.079
<v Speaker 2>I've just been bouncing around at different establishments here on

827
00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:19.320
<v Speaker 2>Bourbon Street, and I'm doing it way cheaper than I

828
00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:22.800
<v Speaker 2>would ever do it in Vegas, in Nashville, in Chicago,

829
00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:26.039
<v Speaker 2>in New York City, in Miami. These are all places

830
00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.519
<v Speaker 2>I've been to, so like, I remember, one of the

831
00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:29.719
<v Speaker 2>things that stood stood out about New Orleans was that

832
00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:32.639
<v Speaker 2>it was much more affordable now. Again, nothing seems to

833
00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:34.960
<v Speaker 2>be as affordable now as it was because of the

834
00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:38.679
<v Speaker 2>economy and whatnot. But I remember thinking to myself, I

835
00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:41.280
<v Speaker 2>remember the drive to the airport one time, and then

836
00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:43.199
<v Speaker 2>we actually drove home. We drove there on one of

837
00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.199
<v Speaker 2>the trips. I went on, thinking both times, all right,

838
00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:48.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm hungover as hell. I'm really gonna be regretting it

839
00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:50.960
<v Speaker 2>at work tomorrow. Oh man, I can't hang like I

840
00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:52.840
<v Speaker 2>used to. Like those were thoughts going through my mind

841
00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:55.199
<v Speaker 2>as I had that anxiety hanging over me. But then

842
00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:57.559
<v Speaker 2>I also found out, like, okay, I didn't spend near

843
00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:59.079
<v Speaker 2>as much money as I would have if I was

844
00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:01.679
<v Speaker 2>in a different city, So yeah, New Orleans is a

845
00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:03.519
<v Speaker 2>lot of fun real quick. The question that somebody asked

846
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<v Speaker 2>on the text line that I wanted to get to

847
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<v Speaker 2>before we get to the top of the hour here,

848
00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:09.239
<v Speaker 2>The text says, Nick, I know you're a.

849
00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:10.079
<v Speaker 1>Big kin Pom fan.

850
00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:13.320
<v Speaker 2>When you look at Louisville's projected record via kin Pom,

851
00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:14.960
<v Speaker 2>do you think that would be good enough to get

852
00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.719
<v Speaker 2>him in the tournament?

853
00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.320
<v Speaker 1>Yes?

854
00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:18.119
<v Speaker 2>And you really are putting me on the spot here

855
00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.920
<v Speaker 2>because you didn't even tell me. I had to look

856
00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.199
<v Speaker 2>it up, which I do have a subscription humble brag

857
00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.360
<v Speaker 2>to kin Pom. I mean, yes, I do well enough

858
00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:27.639
<v Speaker 2>here at iHeart I can afford the nine to ninety

859
00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:30.400
<v Speaker 2>nine nine dollars and ninety nine cents per year to

860
00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.840
<v Speaker 2>cover it. So just a little bit of a humble

861
00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:34.559
<v Speaker 2>brag for me, But yes, I logged in and I'm

862
00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:37.719
<v Speaker 2>looking at it. So currently, Ken Pom has Louisville finishing

863
00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:41.679
<v Speaker 2>twenty and eleven overall, thirteen and seven in the ACC.

864
00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:45.599
<v Speaker 2>The only games they're projected to lose the rest of

865
00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:49.719
<v Speaker 2>the way Pittsburgh twice, because they played pitt at their

866
00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:53.599
<v Speaker 2>place and at home and then also at SMU Now, again,

867
00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:57.440
<v Speaker 2>the way the formula works, just because they're projected to

868
00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:00.760
<v Speaker 2>win every game but three doesn't actually mean that they're

869
00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:03.920
<v Speaker 2>end result in the formula of projection is going to

870
00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:06.039
<v Speaker 2>show that they are an eight loss team. So there's

871
00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:08.920
<v Speaker 2>some games that you have like a fifty four percent

872
00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.559
<v Speaker 2>chance of winning or a fifty one percent chance of winning,

873
00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.480
<v Speaker 2>and they just assume that you're not going to you know,

874
00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:15.039
<v Speaker 2>when it's that close, one of them is probably not

875
00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.480
<v Speaker 2>going to go your way. And of course you'll lose

876
00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:18.599
<v Speaker 2>to teams you probably mean a lot of teams will

877
00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:21.280
<v Speaker 2>end up losing games in January and February against teams

878
00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:23.119
<v Speaker 2>that they really had no business losing, because.

879
00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:24.119
<v Speaker 1>That's just that's just how it works.

880
00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:28.519
<v Speaker 2>So if they are twenty and eleven overall thirteen and

881
00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:32.199
<v Speaker 2>seven in the ACC, I mean, I hate to give

882
00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:33.920
<v Speaker 2>you a cop out answer, but it would really so

883
00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.440
<v Speaker 2>much depend on what that thirteen and seven looks like

884
00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:41.880
<v Speaker 2>in the ACC. If your seven losses are I don't know,

885
00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:44.320
<v Speaker 2>I gotta be honest with you, just guessing, because that's

886
00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:46.079
<v Speaker 2>all I can do is guess. I think thirteen and

887
00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:50.800
<v Speaker 2>seven in the ACC would probably have them on the bubble,

888
00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:53.360
<v Speaker 2>but maybe on the outside looking in, because right now

889
00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:56.920
<v Speaker 2>you have one loss inn ACC play, and that's to

890
00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:01.519
<v Speaker 2>Duke and I think they're there's a handful of games

891
00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:04.639
<v Speaker 2>on here that like if you lose, like, for example,

892
00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:08.159
<v Speaker 2>you play Virginia at their place this weekend. Virginia is

893
00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:10.199
<v Speaker 2>one O two and the Ken Palm Louisvill's fifty four.

894
00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:12.679
<v Speaker 2>Louisville is projected to win this game by two points,

895
00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:16.599
<v Speaker 2>sixty six to sixty four. That's a game that if

896
00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:20.679
<v Speaker 2>you lose it, it's no longer. It doesn't look like

897
00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:22.679
<v Speaker 2>the other losses you have like that, even though it's

898
00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:24.639
<v Speaker 2>at their place in Virginia, for the most part, has

899
00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:26.199
<v Speaker 2>been one of the better teams in the ACC since

900
00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:29.280
<v Speaker 2>louis has been in the league, that loss actually stands

901
00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:31.880
<v Speaker 2>out as an outlier compared to your other losses, like

902
00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:34.639
<v Speaker 2>you can no longer like Louisville's best case scenario is

903
00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:36.199
<v Speaker 2>to beat all the teams they're supposed to be in

904
00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.719
<v Speaker 2>the ACC.

905
00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:39.199
<v Speaker 1>Have the losses that they do.

906
00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:44.559
<v Speaker 2>Take come against teams like Pittsburgh, like SMU, who else

907
00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:47.920
<v Speaker 2>is decent? You know, gosh, there's not even that many

908
00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:50.639
<v Speaker 2>deep you might have them, Yeah, there's not even they

909
00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:53.039
<v Speaker 2>play They've got Clemson at home next.

910
00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:56.400
<v Speaker 1>Tuesday or Tuesday in just a few days.

911
00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:58.639
<v Speaker 2>So that's one that like, you could lose that and

912
00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:02.079
<v Speaker 2>it wouldn't be and be like, how'd you lose that one?

913
00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:04.199
<v Speaker 2>Because they're still a top thirty caliber team right now.

914
00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.000
<v Speaker 2>The best thing on Louisvill's resume is that everybody that

915
00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:10.239
<v Speaker 2>has beat them at this point they're safely in the

916
00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:13.320
<v Speaker 2>field for the tournament, and some of them, including Duke

917
00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:17.639
<v Speaker 2>and Tennessee, are top five teams. So I would guess

918
00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:21.320
<v Speaker 2>that at twenty and eleven, thirteen and seven, they're probably

919
00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:24.239
<v Speaker 2>not in, but they're close. I don't know that for certain. Again,

920
00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:26.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm just guessing because I told you it's just a

921
00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:29.679
<v Speaker 2>guess at this point. And that's how wild it is

922
00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:31.800
<v Speaker 2>to see the acc in this position, is that it's

923
00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:34.480
<v Speaker 2>not only about like not having a whole lot of

924
00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:39.480
<v Speaker 2>opportunities to get real signature wins. You've got I think

925
00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:42.199
<v Speaker 2>maybe two thirds of this league. If you lose to them,

926
00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:46.079
<v Speaker 2>it's a shot at your your resume takes a hit

927
00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:49.159
<v Speaker 2>to where maybe it doesn't automatically eliminate you, but like

928
00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:53.519
<v Speaker 2>if you mess around and loose to Virginia Clemson, and

929
00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.320
<v Speaker 2>then maybe you slip up when you go play wake

930
00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:57.920
<v Speaker 2>at their place. Like those are losses that aren't just

931
00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:59.519
<v Speaker 2>gonna be like what are you gonna do? You play

932
00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:01.880
<v Speaker 2>in a tough lie, Like no, you don't. I mean,

933
00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:04.440
<v Speaker 2>there's some teams in this league that are really, really bad,

934
00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:06.840
<v Speaker 2>and like this is just how wild it is. You've

935
00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:12.960
<v Speaker 2>got Syracuse, You've got Georgia Tech, Boston College, cal those

936
00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:15.360
<v Speaker 2>kind of teams. They're now in a Louisville is in

937
00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.960
<v Speaker 2>a position with the rest of the league as well,

938
00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:18.519
<v Speaker 2>but that you know, it's still a lie for the

939
00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:21.360
<v Speaker 2>tournament in some way that if you don't beat them bad,

940
00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:24.719
<v Speaker 2>you're probably gonna take what's called a metric loss.

941
00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:26.920
<v Speaker 1>Like the fact that the ACC.

942
00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:29.199
<v Speaker 2>Is a basketball conference is now filled with is now

943
00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:33.760
<v Speaker 2>filled I shouldn't say filled, but like throughout your entire schedule,

944
00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:36.000
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have some games that not only do you

945
00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:38.119
<v Speaker 2>need to win, but if you don't beat them bad enough,

946
00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:40.800
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna get them, like in the SEC because of

947
00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:42.920
<v Speaker 2>how loaded that league is and the Big Ten. And

948
00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:44.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know how loaded the Big Ten is this year,

949
00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:48.000
<v Speaker 2>but clearly you know much better than the ACC with that,

950
00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:52.760
<v Speaker 2>Like you don't have many losses that are considered metric losses, right, Like,

951
00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:55.920
<v Speaker 2>you could lose close games to really good teams for

952
00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:59.119
<v Speaker 2>two weeks straight and probably climb in these formulas, which

953
00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:01.519
<v Speaker 2>again my biggest gripe is that winning and losing should

954
00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:05.400
<v Speaker 2>be factored more than it actually is. But nonetheless, it's

955
00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:07.880
<v Speaker 2>danger zone here in the ACC because you have very

956
00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.760
<v Speaker 2>little room to mess up or have a bad week,

957
00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:13.880
<v Speaker 2>because these losses now will hurt you more than ACC

958
00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:17.880
<v Speaker 2>conference losses probably ever have with you know, not every team,

959
00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:20.440
<v Speaker 2>but with quite a few of them. All Right, we're

960
00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:22.159
<v Speaker 2>up against it. We've got the five o'clock hour come

961
00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:24.039
<v Speaker 2>up next, so stick around. A lot more to get

962
00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:25.679
<v Speaker 2>into right here on Sports Talk seven ninety