WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:07.200 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:09.039 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:11.279 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:13.679 when we are get off our show. 5 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:14.480 Idiot. 6 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:16.440 The kids are playing or turn a lot and the 7 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:17.679 countries are screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:21.000 Gold Play Inner Murals, brother, gold play inter Murals. 9 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:24.120 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:25.879 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:28.679 Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 12 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:29.600 Now? 13 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:33.439 Here's nick coffee? 14 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:38.719 All right, let's get it started. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome 15 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:42.439 in to a Monday edition, a March Monday, that isition 16 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.920 of coffee and Company. We are field by Thornton's right 17 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.039 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Gonna take you up 18 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:52.679 until six o'clock. So sit back, relax, and uh get comfortable. 19 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.520 Best time of the year. I mean, we've got the 20 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.039 regular season now over for everybody in college hoops. I mean, 21 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:01.840 conference tournaments have been going on for over a week now, 22 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:05.760 I believe. However, you know, the big tournaments start start 23 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:07.480 this week. And it's nice from the Louisville side of 24 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:09.000 things to not have to play in the Day of 25 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:14.159 Shame after what three straight years of that, so exciting times, 26 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:16.680 no doubt. I will certainly talk about everything from the weekend. 27 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:20.040 But it's beautiful outside, and I I you know, it's 28 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.719 it's just a it's a crutch for a lot of 29 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.480 people in whatever you want to call this. But you 30 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:29.280 just mentioned weather because you know, regardless of what people 31 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:32.000 are interested in or what you know who they're a 32 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.200 fan of that kind of stuff, like you know, the 33 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:36.879 weather's it's it's like it's the easiest just thing to 34 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:40.159 bring up when when starting conversation. But today really is 35 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:41.799 one of those days where when I got in the 36 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:43.799 car to head here and when I got out to 37 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:45.920 walk in, I mean, I'm just sitting here thinking like 38 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.640 does it get better than this? I mean, what is 39 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.359 it like sixty? I mean it felt warmer than that. 40 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:54.959 You know, I had my car. I wasn't in the 41 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:58.280 garage earlier. I was out and usually when I leave 42 00:01:58.319 --> 00:01:59.879 the house, my car's been in the garage for hours. 43 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:01.560 So my car was warm when I got inside of it, 44 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:03.519 which was actually a nice thing. Usually if you get 45 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:05.760 in your car and it's you know, it's a one hundred degrees, 46 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:07.519 that's terrible. And it wasn't it wasn't anything like that. 47 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.159 But right now we're looking at Sonny and sixty four 48 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:13.800 according to my phone here, and I'm not sure. I mean, 49 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:17.199 that might be Sonny in sixty four might be, in 50 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:19.439 my opinion, the perfect weather. Some would say they like 51 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.719 a little bit more warmer than that. That's fine, but 52 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:25.439 you know, like that's shorts and hoodie, right, that's that's 53 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:30.560 that's in my opinion, it's perfect. So a beautiful, beautiful day. 54 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:32.520 And if you guys want to join us on the show, 55 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.680 we'll let you know how you can do that. But 56 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:35.759 I will once again, and I'm really gonna do this 57 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:38.360 a lot in the next week. Means not going to 58 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.479 be something I do every five seconds. But we do 59 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:42.240 have a new text line. So if you want to 60 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.039 call in, this number still the same five oot two 61 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.240 five to seven one seventy nine hundred and text line 62 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.759 still the eleenent Federal Credit Union text line, but because 63 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:53.120 of some Google issues, we had to switch the number 64 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.560 five oh two four three eight ninety seventy three. Five 65 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:59.000 oh two four three eight ninety seventy three. All right, 66 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:02.360 the one and only Montgomery, also known as the Travel Chief. 67 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:02.919 Is here. Are you? 68 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:05.479 Are you surprised that I haven't learned that number yet, 69 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.400 Like I still have to look at it on my 70 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.840 notes here before I before I give it to somebody, 71 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.599 and I, no, it's relatively real. Yeah, I mean, like 72 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:16.360 I feel like by now I should know four three 73 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:18.560 eight ninety seventy three four three eight ninety seventy three. 74 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:21.400 Do you like know your own personal phone number, like 75 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:22.759 at the top of your head? Mine? 76 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.280 Yeah, of course, I've had the same number forever. 77 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:27.280 What about like your what about like your wife? 78 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.800 It's a great question. So I know, man, I can 79 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:36.360 give you my my wife. I can give you a 80 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:38.639 number that doesn't even exist anymore. I can still give 81 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:40.560 you my house phone that I grew up with. Yeah, 82 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:42.319 I could do that five H two nine five five 83 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:43.960 O four three three. I don't know whose number that 84 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.560 is now, but it was mine. Uh. But I can 85 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.680 give you my mom's cell phone number. I can give 86 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:55.199 you my sister's cell phone number. I have two friends. 87 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:57.280 I have a lot more than two friends, by the way, 88 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.719 at least I think I do. My two closest friends 89 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:02.000 that I've known my whole life. I remember when we 90 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:05.599 got our first cell phones. We were we were you know, fourteen, fifteen, 91 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:08.039 whatever it was. Yeah, and they have the same number 92 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.960 as that day. Therefore, I still remember their numbers off 93 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:13.199 the top of my head. But outside of that, like 94 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.319 I don't, I don't, really I don't. I don't know 95 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.199 if I can. You know, my dad, he's changed numbers 96 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:20.560 so many times with work. He hasn't changed it in 97 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:22.000 a while, but there was a stretch there where he 98 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:23.759 would get a new job and get a new phone number, 99 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:26.319 and and that's made it to where I don't remember 100 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:28.040 his his off the top of my head. In fact, 101 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:31.680 you know what number I can. I can remember that 102 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.399 it didn't it wasn't one that I ever think to use. 103 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.480 But my mom's work numbers. So when I was at 104 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:38.000 when I was old enough to stay home as a 105 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.120 kid during the summer, like mom, you know, I don't 106 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:41.839 even if cell phone, don't think cell phones were a thing, 107 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:43.319 but like if we were at home and we needed 108 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.079 to call mom, like I knew her work line and 109 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:48.480 she still has the same one. So how many numbers 110 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.759 can you cause I if I've met you in like 111 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.959 the last I don't know, ten maybe fifteen years, there's 112 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:58.839 no way I remember your number. I'll have it but 113 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:01.399 but and I don't even people would need Once you 114 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:03.240 put the number in the phone and you save it, 115 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:05.199 you never even look at the number. You wouldn't you'd 116 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:06.160 never know it, right. 117 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:09.279 Yeah, I don't even know my my fiance's number. I 118 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:13.439 know my number. I don't know my father's number. Any 119 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:13.959 of my fathers. 120 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.519 Have they changed. No, it's just you've never had to 121 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:19.399 remember it. Like it's just been you know, it's just 122 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.560 a serious So when you've been using like that's the thing, 123 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:26.160 like whenever I serious trying to call my sad, So 124 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:30.160 I remember as a kid having to actually enter these numbers. 125 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.439 But really, man, that's that's so long ago, like even 126 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:36.480 when I got it. Honestly, it comes down to just 127 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:38.160 numbers that I used to have to put in on 128 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:39.800 the house phone like when I was a kid. That's 129 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.120 really good because when it even even the earliest days 130 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:44.040 of cell phones, once you put the number in and 131 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.000 you save it as a contact, then you don't I mean, 132 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:48.160 you'll never see it again. 133 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:50.800 Yeah, that's the same thing with me. I think I 134 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:54.680 use one for my Kroger points, which used to Oh yeah, 135 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:58.560 I use mine for the refreshment awards. So therefore that's yeah, 136 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:00.639 that it was an old number when we lived back 137 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.199 in Arizona. And I don't know if it's like, uh, well, 138 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.199 we had we had what's called in Arizona. It's called Fries. 139 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:08.759 But it's all under the same it's all under the 140 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:09.480 same uh uh. 141 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.839 Like a circuit city, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's all 142 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:12.120 the one. 143 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.279 It's all under this. It's all under like the same thing. 144 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:16.519 Like you go to Fries and then they have like 145 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:19.279 Kroger branded stuff, So it's all in the same family. 146 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:21.560 So when I moved here, I just always thought that 147 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:23.240 I'm not going to go get a new one. My 148 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:26.079 mom went and got a new one under her Louisville number. 149 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.279 I just here. My silly thinking is is they'll probably 150 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:31.800 recognize me as being a member since this far out, 151 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:33.000 maybe I'll get better. 152 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:34.480 Deals, right, And it didn't work. 153 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:36.160 I don't think that that's the case. But I just 154 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:37.199 ended up using that one. 155 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:38.879 Yeah, So I guess now that I think about it 156 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:42.240 anytime I anytime I ever enter a phone number, it's 157 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:44.920 usually whenever I'm checking out at Thornton's no joke, because 158 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:46.639 that I mean anytime I get anything there. I put 159 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:48.560 my phone number in to save money. When I get gas. 160 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:50.839 How about us just talking our way into a live 161 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:53.079 rey for Thornton's, which you know came very organically. 162 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.160 I went to Thornton's the other day I got off 163 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:56.120 and I got off of works. 164 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.040 Then I know that that was a good day for you. 165 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:00.360 Oh it was. It was amazing. And I'll just go 166 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:02.879 ahead for another plug because I was working a game 167 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:06.600 on that amount, was doing a I was working music 168 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:08.360 for a Bellerman softball. 169 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:12.040 Game, and shout. 170 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.079 Out Bellerman Softball. The only game that they did play. 171 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:14.959 The actually lost, but it was more or less watching 172 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.360 ball State in Evansville and around Robin for like three 173 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.319 straight games on those days. So instead of paying seven 174 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:23.680 dollars for a hot dog and a coke at the 175 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:27.120 Bellerman game, which and no shout out to them, no 176 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.319 no hate towards the fine people work in the concession 177 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.000 stands there the economy, I was able to go get 178 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.720 me a bag of chips, two hot dogs, two Glizzies 179 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:39.120 and a coke for six dollars. There you go at Thornton's. 180 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:43.480 I means just nothing like putting in your refreshing rewards 181 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:46.800 number and just like watching fifty or sixty cents go away, 182 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:49.279 because the hot dog was add one for a dollar. 183 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:51.639 You know, it's demn erotic, is what it is. Dude, 184 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:54.519 think about it. But anyways, let's uh, let's dive in 185 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.720 sho the the number again if you want to text 186 00:07:57.720 --> 00:07:59.680 in on the Ellen in federal crediting text line BIBO 187 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.560 two four three eight ninety seventy three. So again, I'll 188 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:04.720 mention that more so than I usually do, just because 189 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:06.839 it's a new number, and uh, you know, we want 190 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:08.959 people to continue to interact with us, all right, So 191 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:14.319 where do we start? I mean, I guess the weekend itself. 192 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:17.480 I mean, Louisville having that phenomenal send off for this 193 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.759 special team on Saturday. I think it lived. I mean, 194 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:23.040 it couldn't have been a better ending, right, I mean 195 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:24.759 the only thing that was the real bummer is that 196 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:28.240 Rain Smith didn't play. And we can get into sort 197 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.120 of you know, should we be? I mean, look, he's hurt, 198 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:32.039 there's no way around it. 199 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:32.279 Now. 200 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:36.000 What I would love to know is, you know, is 201 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:39.559 Rain the guy who's more so like, Look, I could 202 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:41.679 probably if they tell him you can go, because here's 203 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:43.799 what I believe, just what I believe. I think it's 204 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.240 just down to pain tolerance, Like he's got an ankle issue. 205 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:48.080 It's probably not going to be one hundred percent for 206 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:49.759 the rest of his career here, even if Floville goes 207 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:51.759 on a deep run, just because that's that's what he's 208 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:55.440 dealing with. So like if he if he wanted to play, 209 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:59.480 and then collectively, like he and the staff and everybody decided, yeah, 210 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:02.600 let's just gets you more rest. We probably won't need 211 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.000 you against Stanford, and we really are going to need 212 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.840 you when it comes to postseason play. So another week 213 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:10.440 off of your foot could get that ankle in a 214 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.960 better spot than if you were to play thirty minutes 215 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:15.600 on Saturday in a game where really we didn't need you. Like, 216 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:17.639 if that was the mindset, then that would make me 217 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:20.159 feel better. But like if Rain's trying to play and 218 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:24.200 they're telling him, like, you know, you can't, I mean 219 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.879 with it being an ankle, I mean, I doubt they 220 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.840 would tell him that he can, But like he knows 221 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.080 his limits, and look, he's a grown up. He's you know, 222 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.360 just finished his fifth year of college. So I'm hopeful 223 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.320 that it's that it's something that is not super serious 224 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:40.080 and he could have played if he needed to. If 225 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:42.639 it was a winner go home situation Saturday, then he 226 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.879 would have gone but two straight games without Rain And 227 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:48.519 clearly Louisville hasn't missed him in a major way in 228 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:50.440 these last couple of games. But obviously when you get 229 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.360 to the postseason, you want to be at full strength. 230 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.879 In Rain Smith one of the biggest weapons in college 231 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.399 basketball when it comes to that. I mean just he's 232 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.480 deadly from three point range. I mean didn't make as 233 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:03.120 many in the last couple of games. Obviously that's because 234 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.440 he was probably dealing with that injury or just just winded. 235 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.679 But you know, he's he's somebody that I just kind 236 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:10.279 of got used to. Yeah, if he hits five or 237 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.200 six in a game, that's just another night for him. 238 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.919 Or maybe he'll be off for a half and then 239 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:22.039 make three a in a segment right in between TV timeouts, 240 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:25.320 like maybe he he he just changes the game by 241 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:27.039 hitting three or four in a row. Like having a 242 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:28.759 guy they can just do that at any moment. And 243 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:30.759 you know, it's not a given that he's gonna make 244 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:32.519 every shot he takes, but it's also not really a 245 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:35.720 surprise when he can quite literally single handedly change a game. 246 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.759 So again, hopefully Rain is Uh is able to go 247 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.480 and and you know, can help Louisville make some kind 248 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.440 of a run here this week in the ACC tournament 249 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.159 and of course next week when it when it really starts. 250 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:49.919 So outside of Rain, I mean, I don't know if 251 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.639 it could have been better. And I think this has 252 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.600 been such a let me give you, and I've said 253 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.440 a billion times, I mean, this has been such a 254 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.799 fun ride so far, and I think a lot of 255 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.919 fans have done the same thing. And what I mean 256 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.919 by that is like you you're kind of living in 257 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:09.519 the moment more than you even like realize it. Like 258 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:12.000 Louisville fans I think in any other year would be 259 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:15.559 bitching and complaining about how the seed seven or eight, 260 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.080 like that's insane. We should be a four seed because 261 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.759 we've got twenty six wins. But look, I'm sure you 262 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:22.720 can find some fans saying that, and I don't think 263 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.320 they're correct. But my point is, like that really isn't 264 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.679 even I mean, it's on your mind. You're happy that 265 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.080 you're going to be in the tournament. You're happy that 266 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.840 you know Selection Sunday is going to be fun this year, 267 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:37.120 like it's something you're aware of. But it's not really, 268 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.559 it's not distracting you from just living in the moment 269 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.559 and realizing we just went through one of the best 270 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:45.720 seasons we'll ever get around here as far as just 271 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:47.639 the pure joy that came with it. I mean, let's 272 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:50.039 be real. They also finished in the top fifteen in 273 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:51.720 both poles. At the end of the regular season. They're 274 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.799 number thirteen in the AP Pole, thirteen the Coaches Poll, 275 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.320 eighteen and two in the ACC. And yes, the ACC 276 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.240 is down, we all know that. But to have the 277 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:01.639 previous few seas be what they were, and then to 278 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.080 have this and have not only the success, not just 279 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:08.840 a much better season than the previous ones, because they 280 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:11.440 could have won thirteen games this year, and it would 281 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.279 have probably no joke been applauded by a lot of people. 282 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:16.919 I mean, we probably wouldn't have been like over the moon, 283 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:18.559 because the bar wasn't just said, hey, be better than 284 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:20.399 can he paying anybody? We could hire somebody off the 285 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.679 street to do a better job than he did. But 286 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:26.240 you know, if you don't win thirteen fourteen games, we 287 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:27.879 probably would have been like, you know what, it's gonna 288 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:29.360 take time. But man, that was a good step in 289 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:31.879 the right direction. No, LOVLL won twenty six games this year. 290 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.759 I mean, think about that. I mean, this team was good, 291 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:38.720 and I wish that there would have been a little 292 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:40.559 bit more opportunity to kind of, you know, get a 293 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:42.879 feel for how good you are. But I you know, 294 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.320 as much as I have reference that, it hasn't kept 295 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:49.039 me from enjoying everything that was this. I'm sorry. Six 296 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.360 twenty five wins. Twenty five and six was the was 297 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:54.759 the record overall. And I mean you go to that 298 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.759 game Saturday, you know, kind of knowing that it's Senior Day, 299 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:59.679 which is why you saw the biggest crowd in quite 300 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:03.039 some time. I'm at the m Center and everybody stuck 301 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.240 around it seemed, which was awesome. So like, none of 302 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:08.200 that's a surprise. But I think you know, you weren't 303 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:10.879 thinking about the emotion that was gonna hit you when 304 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:13.200 you're sitting there watching these guys get on or when 305 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:15.519 you're seeing Chucky Hepburn kiss the floor. 306 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:16.080 Right. 307 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.039 I think if you'd have thought about it ahead of time, 308 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:19.720 you just said, yeah, I might get a little choked up, 309 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:21.440 because man, I love this team. They brought us back 310 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:25.639 to life. I'm gonna remember these guys forever. But again, 311 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:27.879 you're so caught up in the moment that like you're 312 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:31.240 just you're up nearly twenty on stan for in the 313 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.200 second half, but yet you're into it more so than 314 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.919 you ever have been into games where you're up that 315 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.120 big because you know what, we really learned how much 316 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.159 we would miss getting wins like that whenever you had, 317 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.360 you know, but we had the last few years. So 318 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:49.600 I mean, I think any notion that like these guys 319 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.600 will be forgotten more so than you expect because of 320 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.279 so many different Like Louisville next year may have an 321 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:59.559 entirely different team, not to the level of what they 322 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:01.639 did this year, but like college basketball is clearly different 323 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.120 now you're gonna have a lot of newcomers every year. 324 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:09.039 The scenario where a guy stays and plays four years 325 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:13.799 is almost like how would that even happen? Because it 326 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.960 could happen at places, you know, like this, like Kentucky, 327 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:20.080 because there aren't gonna be many if you have a 328 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.480 good if you're not an NBA guy, and you have 329 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.840 a really good role and a really good team with 330 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:27.120 a program with a lot of resources like the top 331 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.120 Dogs do, Like where would you where would you look 332 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.919 to go? Like maybe you'll just you know, jump to 333 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.200 a slightly lower level and maybe get a little more money. 334 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:36.519 But like, if you're doing well and you're getting all 335 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:38.799 the minutes and your team succeeding, like guys would want 336 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:41.039 to stick around. I would think. So you may see 337 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:44.960 some four year guys over time, but it's still gonna 338 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:48.519 be a rare thing. So again, anybody who just thinks that, 339 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.679 you know, I hate it. We only got these guys 340 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.360 one year. Like I'm with you, I hate it too. 341 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.519 I wish these guys play here ten years. I can't 342 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.720 think of I mean, I can't think of a group. 343 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:59.000 In fact, there's not one that comes to mind. And really, 344 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:01.159 more than anything, it's just because like you really can't 345 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:03.480 compare this situation anything, because when has Louiville ever been 346 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:05.519 in this situation where they went out and created a 347 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.159 brand new team from scratch with guys from all across 348 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:10.399 the country, many of them that are twenty three, twenty 349 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.600 four years old. So like, there is no comparable situation. 350 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:18.559 But I think, you know, I think these guys will 351 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:23.159 be remembered forever, and you know, not something you got 352 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.600 to really like rack your brain for Louisville Trivia you're 353 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.480 just gonna remember that special season. And I know I 354 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:31.720 could be I could be singing a different tune in 355 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:33.240 a couple of weeks, because if you get bounced early 356 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:35.519 in the tournament, that's such a such an awful feeling, 357 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:37.480 to be honest with you, that's one feeling I don't miss, right, 358 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:40.240 That's one of the one of the benefits of being asked. 359 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:42.080 The last few years, we didn't have to deal with that. 360 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:46.320 I mean, the overall sadness and you know, devastation was 361 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.960 with you every day because you care so much about 362 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:51.759 Louisville Hoopes. But like the daily game day stress and 363 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:53.799 like sadness after a loss like that was we were 364 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:57.639 numb to that. So if they don't make a deep run, 365 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:00.879 maybe others will view it differently. And look, people can 366 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:03.279 have their own opinion. I know we don't all collectively 367 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.279 have the same thoughts on everything. But I just cannot 368 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:11.840 imagine this team doing anything like maybe they lose by 369 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.360 thirty in the first round. Clearly they would be disappointing 370 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:16.320 and that would be a real bummer and it would 371 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.159 make some probably question, Okay, well how good were they? 372 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:24.399 But even with that, the joy and just the awesome 373 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:30.360 season that these guys gave us that has such such 374 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.120 a high value to me. And I know I'm not 375 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:35.639 alone that they're you know, there's no way I could 376 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.759 ever look at this group and not remember how awesome 377 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:42.960 it was and how really, more than anything, they And 378 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:44.279 this is what I was gonna say a moment ago. 379 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.960 I'm sure there are plenty of guys who played at 380 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:51.919 Louisville that we didn't realize how much they appreciated the 381 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.559 fact they were here because it's not something you know, 382 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:58.600 it's college sports. Was the same for generations to where 383 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:03.879 it's just you know, and really, I think Louisville was 384 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:06.359 so Louisville was so solid. I mean, they weren't. They're 385 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:08.519 not elite, and clearly they've had down years before other 386 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.880 than just the last few. But what I'm saying is 387 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.000 that Louisville basketball, even in a down year previously, you know, 388 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.640 not down year the level we had last few years, 389 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.759 but just overall, everybody knows this one of the top 390 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:20.119 ten programs in the history of the sport. Therefore, you 391 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:22.640 would just assume, of course, these guys have have appreciation 392 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:25.960 to be here. It's Louisville. But these guys, this group, 393 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:29.400 like you could tell, man like, they really did value 394 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.839 bringing us back to life, and they embraced sort of 395 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:36.799 what they were doing for us, and it was such 396 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:40.119 an infectious thing on both sides to where clearly the 397 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:42.720 crowds got bigger as the season went on because these 398 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:45.119 guys kept winning and man, they played their ass off. 399 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.920 They played hard. You can tell they love Louisville. And 400 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.039 then these players themselves, I mean I think they you know, 401 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:54.960