WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:06.960 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:08.640 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:11.039 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:12.039 when we are. 5 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.320 Get off our show, idiot, the kids are crying or 6 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:17.480 trail of your countries are screwing it off? 7 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.719 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 8 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.760 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.640 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 10 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:28.320 kidding me? 11 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:29.280 Now? 12 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:34.200 Here's Nick Coffee? 13 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:38.960 All right? 14 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:41.479 As we get this thing started here at three o'clock 15 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:45.479 on a Wednesday afternoon, it just hit me how close 16 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:50.640 we are to tip it off tomorrow. And I'm nervous, 17 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:55.560 but not necessarily because of what you would typically think 18 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:57.119 I was nervous for. 19 00:00:58.000 --> 00:00:58.479 I'll explain. 20 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:00.640 It's coffee and Company. We are fueled bout Shorton's here 21 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:02.000 on Sports Talk seven ninety. 22 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:02.600 Nick Coffee. 23 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.439 That's me, the tribal chief, Austin Montgomery alongside today and 24 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:08.400 you know the drill we're gonna take yptil six o'clock. 25 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:12.719 We're gonna have some fun nonsense. That's really what we 26 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:14.920 do around here, and I love it. I wouldn't have 27 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.599 it any other way, hopefully you guys. I mean, if 28 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:20.000 you're here, if you're here at three oh one, you 29 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:23.400 wanted to be here, you chose to be here at. 30 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:27.239 That promo from you like a like a second before 31 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:29.920 our show started. Didn't hook you, then, I don't know 32 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.280 what does. 33 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:34.000 It's actually a real danger for society here because everybody 34 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.400 who did. Forget the millions of listeners that get busy. 35 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:40.799 They're like, oh, everybody's scrambling. And if everybody, you know, 36 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:43.480 at that second, as soon as the clock hits three 37 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:45.719 o'clock when you fire up the music and get the 38 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.120 party started, if everybody at the same exact time, all 39 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.319 the billions of people out there are trying to access 40 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:53.359 this show at the same time, it might it might explode, 41 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:56.560 like the right before, like radio, Your radio might just explode. 42 00:01:56.599 --> 00:02:01.040 So anyways, however, many of you are listening wherever you are, 43 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:06.239 we appreciate you. And Austin, I'm nervous, not necessarily because 44 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.560 I'm super scared of Creighton. And then I'm worried about 45 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.240 this Louisville team. Are they good enough to win a 46 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.639 game in the round of sixty four against a team 47 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.479 like Creighton? It's really not that. It's more so just 48 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:22.479 the nerves of knowing if you lose, it's all over, 49 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:25.919 you're done. When we start the show tomorrow, we're gonna 50 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:27.479 know is it over or is it not? 51 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:29.280 Yeah, And that's a scary thing. 52 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:31.280 That's the scariest part to me, is when we start 53 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.520 the show, like we're gonna know it's either gonna be well. 54 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:35.840 I mean, we have a great time on here regardless. 55 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:37.800 Look at the last couple of years all we've had 56 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.439 to go through. But once it goes tomorrow, we're gonna know. 57 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.479 This time tomorrow, we're gonna know where we stand. Oh yeah, 58 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.080 And that's a scary The unknown is a scary feeling. 59 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:48.800 So I went up to Lexton today to right for 60 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:52.439 the press conferences, saw the open practice was not gonna 61 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:53.800 be able to make it, and then it worked out 62 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:56.360 where I did get up there, and first of all, 63 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:58.159 I don't know what was going on on sixty four, 64 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:01.240 but I ended up me like two hours and fifteen 65 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:04.120 minutes to get there as unusual. Yeah, So there the 66 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.360 ways that told me there was construction, which I mean, 67 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.919 if that's the case, I would hope that by tomorrow. 68 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:13.120 It's not that The Kentucky fans are at it. 69 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:16.120 I mean, look, you said it, I'm not gonna lie. 70 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.360 I thought the same thing, like, you know, are they 71 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:22.479 planning some real major construction on sixty four from Louisville 72 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.319 to Lexington so Louisville fans can't get up there? Because 73 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:27.240 it was you know, I dropped the kids off and 74 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:29.759 ended up getting free to have enough time, so I 75 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.919 made the quick decision to go. And I mean, what 76 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.599 I'm getting at is, this wasn't rush hour. This wasn't 77 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.120 you know, the hustle and bustle, because there are a 78 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:39.639 lot of people that. 79 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:41.479 Either you know, travel in from outside of. 80 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.360 Like people who, there's people who, a lot of people 81 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.840 who live in between Lexington and Louisville that work in 82 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.240 either of Lexton and Louisville. So there is traffic that way, 83 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:50.919 but it wasn't necessarily at that time. So I would 84 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:52.520 hope that that we don't you know. 85 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:53.599 But again you've been warned. 86 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.680 Maybe put it in your put it in your GPS, 87 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:57.800 and see what it tells you to do, like when 88 00:03:57.840 --> 00:03:59.719 you leave your house, because that's what I got on 89 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:01.879 six and it did tell me ahead there was some 90 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.120 construction and some delay, but the delay was longer than 91 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:06.000 I anticipated. 92 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:07.039 Yeah, and then it ended. 93 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:10.080 Up routing me like through Frankfurt, which was kind of 94 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:13.319 I've never gone that way before. So anyways, when I 95 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.199 went up there today, you know, I was reminded of 96 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.360 something of it. Maybe reminded isn't the right way to 97 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:20.519 even describe it, because it was something that I've I've 98 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:22.600 talked about before and I know you've heard me mention it. 99 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:25.639 Austin this group, they have a lot of maturity and 100 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.040 it stands out in a major way. And to kind 101 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:32.480 of see them in the moment today and hear them 102 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:34.879 Coach Kelsey, some of the players and we'll let you 103 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:36.839 guys hear some of that sound today, you know that 104 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:42.360 there's just a very chill about their business kind of vibe, 105 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.759 if that makes sense. And I mean, I don't want 106 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.040 it is kind of weird. I've been locked in. Yeah 107 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:48.800 they're locked in, but it's not to the point of 108 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:50.399 like they're overthinking it, right, Like. 109 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:52.079 They're not robots. 110 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.959 It's probably one of the more difficult things to do 111 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:59.639 is to find that balance of understanding the importance of 112 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:01.680 what you're about to do right, You're about to mean 113 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:04.519 it could be a basketball game in the NCAA tournament. 114 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.000 It can be a job interview, right Like you you know, 115 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:08.839 when you when it comes to just knowing the importance 116 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.160 of something, something that you want so bad to go well, 117 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.439 something that you prepared so hard for, balancing you know 118 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:16.319 that edge of like all right, this is such a 119 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:18.079 huge this is such a big deal, Like this is 120 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:20.920 what it's all come down to. Having that, but then 121 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:25.639 also being able to channel some you know, some I 122 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:27.000 don't even want to say relaxing. 123 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:28.720 Maybe relaxing is the right way to look at it. 124 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:33.879 Yeah, so some some some calming confidence to where you're 125 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.360 not overthinking it because you're you're very sure of yourself. 126 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:37.720 And I think that's what this group is. 127 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:39.519 They've shown that all year, by the way, I mean, 128 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:42.480 I don't think, I mean at any point they've they've 129 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:44.279 looked as if they were wide eyed. 130 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:47.399 And uh, you know. 131 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:48.839 Because a lot of these guys who are playing for 132 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:54.439 Louisville this year, really the majority of them, well you know, 133 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:58.079 Terrence Edwards played at James Madison and they beat Wisconsin 134 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.160 in the tournament. Random fact that I forgot about. CHUCKI 135 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.439 Hebburn had his Wisconsin career ended by by Fat Oh 136 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:06.160 I totally forgot about. 137 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:08.959 That that came up today. And then also, you know. 138 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:13.920 Terror, Yeah, so Terrence Edwards, James Madison, Chucky played a Wisconsin, 139 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:15.040 he played a lot of big games. 140 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:17.120 But Javon Hadley, you know, he played at Colorado. 141 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.680 I mean, I guess so what I'm getting at is, 142 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.040 even if these guys have never played big time, you know, 143 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:26.279 really like, for example, this is gonna gas up our rival, 144 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:28.120 which I probably shouldn't do, but it's just the truth. 145 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.120 Rubb Arena is a pretty pretty crazy environment when you're 146 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:35.360 on the road there and you're the rival. And these guys, 147 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:37.639 I mean again, they lost, and they didn't play perfect, 148 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:39.480 but they were still kind of trying to find themselves, 149 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:42.560 that new version of themselves, meaning the new shorter rotation 150 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:46.319 with guys injured, and they were super confident they played 151 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:48.480 hit big that they played well, hit big shots, and 152 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.680 really never wavered in that moment. And I think, really 153 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.399 that's been one of the many things that stands out 154 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:54.680 about this group is their maturity. 155 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:55.839 They don't get too high too. 156 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.519 Low, and I could just I could sense some quiet 157 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.720 confidence today. And I've been doing this long enough to 158 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:03.439 where I have been around a lot and I don't 159 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:05.800 mean like I've been, you know, embedded within the program, 160 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:08.199 and I mean I've at least i've covered Put it 161 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.360 this way, I've covered a lot of teams around here. 162 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:13.800 And I wouldn't claim to know any of these guys 163 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:15.759 this team last year. 164 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:16.240 I mean I don't. 165 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:17.800 There's not many of them I know at all, So 166 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.680 I'm not trying to insinuate that. But you can just 167 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:22.959 tell these guys are grown ups. And I don't want 168 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:24.680 to act like all the other Leivel teams that I 169 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:27.199 watched that I got to see getting ready for an 170 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:29.279 NAA tournament game. With days like today where they do 171 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:32.079 let you see an open practice, you get the media availability, 172 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:32.399 all that. 173 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:32.839 Kind of stuff. 174 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:34.839 It's not as if those guys were a bunch of childish, 175 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.360 immature kids. But there it's just different, and I think it, 176 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:39.800 you know, makes a lot of sense. There's a big 177 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:44.720 difference in being like nineteen twenty and twenty three, twenty four, 178 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:47.480 twenty two, twenty three. I mean a huge difference. So again, 179 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:50.560 that doesn't necessarily guarantee you're gonna win tomorrow, but there's 180 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:55.360 that's one thing that that really throughout the entire season, 181 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:57.560 games that I felt good about games. I felt bad 182 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.879 about teams you play that you knew were really good. 183 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.160 Teams you played that you knew you should just beat down. 184 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:08.319 I've always felt as if this group will be ready, regardless. 185 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:08.279 Of who it is. 186 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.000 And again, I think Pat Kelsey's approached, this staff's approach 187 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.240 is a big factor in that. But also these guys 188 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.800 are mature, and it was kind of cool to see, 189 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:19.000 you know, just the you know, the staff, right, I mean, 190 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.319 Pat Kelsey relies on his staff in a major way. 191 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.920 Obviously he's you know, he's leading the charge. 192 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:24.439 He's the guy. 193 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.519 You know, he's the head man. But his staff, you know, 194 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:30.199 they each kind of have their own energy. That is 195 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.720 a is a you know, combining factor to how this 196 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.480 is all. I mean, again, win or lose tomorrow. I mean, 197 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:38.879 I think this team's had a really good, good energy, 198 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:41.080 good vibe about them. And again it's it's because they're 199 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:43.200 a reflection of their coach. But you know, they're they're 200 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:45.559 they're as ready as they're going to be. Rain Smith 201 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:49.279 did look completely fine. Now again they're doing light stuff, 202 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:53.039 meaning they're just out there shooting around. I mean, it 203 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:55.919 wasn't really a practice and this team they they got 204 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.480 their their core rotations, playing thirty five minutes a game, seemingly, 205 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:02.039 so he would make sense for you to go really light, 206 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:04.559 especially know when you played three games in three days 207 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.440 last week. So I won't act as if what I 208 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:10.240 saw rain Smith do today is a real indication of 209 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:13.399 where he is as far as his health. But and 210 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:15.879 I'm sure some of this is wishful thinking on my end, Austin, 211 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:18.759 but it certainly looked as if he didn't have He 212 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:21.879 wasn't wavering at all, Like it made me feel like 213 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:25.279 he might have been able to play against Duke. They 214 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:26.960 just were gonna really, you know, they didn't want him 215 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:30.120 to get it further injured or maybe be more more 216 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:32.600 swollen by the time you get to games where it 217 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.000 matters more so because if you lose, you go home. 218 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:36.759 So he was he was moving around. 219 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:40.120 I mean, he was knocking down threes and I I'm 220 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:42.919 sure I was overdoing it. And even even if you know, 221 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:45.799 I don't know somebody would be qualified to just you know, eyeball, 222 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.080 somebody's body language and there and you know the way there, 223 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:51.440 you know their movements and what not to see if 224 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:53.840 they if they really are having any real effects of 225 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.799 this ankle injury. But I mean, he didn't seem to 226 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.000 have any you know, it wasn't as if like he 227 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:00.720 was trying to like I don't. 228 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:03.320 Know, he wasn't laboring any at all, Yeah. 229 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:03.440 At all. 230 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:06.919 And he was going through some pretty extensive stretching with 231 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.200 the trainer, and you could tell that something they've been 232 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:10.399 doing pretty routinely. 233 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:10.840 I'm sure. 234 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:15.679 So I'm feeling good, I really am, and I'm excited 235 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:16.159 as can be. 236 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.039 It's just the nerves. 237 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:22.759 That I have is because you know, if it doesn't 238 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:26.320 work out tomorrow, then it's it's all over, it's over, right, 239 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:28.360 and that that would suck, It would really suck. And 240 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.799 getting to the second week, second round, I should say 241 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.200 easier said than done. But I can't be the only 242 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.799 one that has had thoughts throughout this entire week. Once 243 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:43.600 we realized the committee they bent as over and screwed us. 244 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:47.039 They gave us an doesn't make any sense, it's ridiculous, 245 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:50.440 right since then, and I've been looking at you know, 246 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.799 like everybody else, I'm sure, I've been looking at the project. 247 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:55.480 You know, the path that you have, and you realize 248 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:58.039 how difficult it is. Yeah, sure it roup And that's great, 249 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.879 but you know, it's a difficult path. So I don't 250 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:03.799 want to just aim for the second round, round of 251 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:05.399 thirty two. I'd like to aim for you know, let's 252 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:06.799 see how far they can go, right, Like, you know, 253 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.080 let's just see what happens. But I can't tell you 254 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:15.600 the different planets. It seems to be as far as 255 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:18.039 like it's the thought of losing in the roald if 256 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:19.559 you only win one game in the tournament, like what 257 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:21.200 did you really do? Right? Like round of thirty two 258 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:24.919 better than going over, But like if Louisville can survive 259 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:29.279 until Saturday to play Auburn, I just I can't quite 260 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:33.639 grasp how insane it is, the difference it'll feel than 261 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:35.720 if you lose tomorrow in the first game of the tournament. 262 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:37.320 Like it's just complete juxtaposition. 263 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:39.759 Oh yeah, you're feeling it totally. 264 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.320 Is because I'm absolutely I cannot wait for that. But 265 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:45.720 I do have a good feeling in my mind. Usually 266 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.559 I like to trust this thing right here, it's my gut. 267 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:50.720 You can't see below what I'm padding, but I assure 268 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:53.080 you it is my gut, and I can I can 269 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:55.919 tell you. That usually tells me of how my sports 270 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.320 teams are going to do. Since I'm so emotionally invested, 271 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:01.840 I don't have I have a gut feeling about anything 272 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.360 terrible tomorrow. But there is, like you said, that nervousness 273 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.320 in the back of my head that I mean, one 274 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.919 more it's at this point, one more game is the 275 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.679 last that we had this with this team at the least. Yeah, 276 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:14.399 there's no more like at the end of the season. 277 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:16.720 What we still got next week's home games, Senior Night 278 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.120 and all that. 279 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.639 This is this is the end. It's right or die? 280 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:20.600 Yep, this is it? 281 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:25.320 And I uh again I this. I don't think that 282 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.080 the opponent here and create. I mean, I feel like 283 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.600 Craighton's a team that the more as we get closer 284 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:32.360 to the actual game, I mean, we know what we 285 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.320 know about them as far as what they do well 286 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:37.759 and where where where they may have some struggles. But 287 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.440 I kind of feel like for a Big East team, 288 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:42.080 I just don't know. 289 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:42.679 I'm not as. 290 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:45.080 Familiar with them as I feel like I usually would be. Right, 291 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.480 and again, we talked about it throughout the week. I 292 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:48.720 just don't think people watch as much Biggiest basketball because 293 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:49.919 you really got to go out of your way to 294 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.879 look for you're probably not keeping your TV on FS one, 295 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:56.639 you know, probably never watching FS one unless there's a 296 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:59.240 random game you want to go watch. So you know 297 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:02.279 it'll be a tough game, no doubt, and we'll see 298 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:05.519 what happens. And again, I know this is this is 299 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.639 probably an obvious thing that people have been aware of, 300 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:09.440 and I just haven't really gone on my way to 301 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:12.159 talk about it. But you know, tomorrow it really isn't 302 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:13.519 a work day for a lot of people. I'm sure 303 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.399 many people will take off and a lot of people 304 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.159 will go to work and not work. A lot of 305 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:20.679 people will go to work and disguise that they're working 306 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.240 and watch this game. Although this I think it's one 307 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:24.879 thing if you just go to go to work during 308 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:26.679 the tournament, like you probably get a little bit of 309 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:29.200 a pass as far as like your boss is knowing 310 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.799 that regardless of what you what they tell you, you're 311 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.879 gonna probably be checking your bracket, checking scores, maybe having 312 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:36.559 a game pulled up on your phone while working that 313 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:39.480 kind of stuff. Maybe it's your cubicle. But when Louisville plays, 314 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:41.759 I feel like it's more of like, ah, like it's 315 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:44.240 you know, you expecting people to just show up and 316 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:46.559 not not, you know, especially Louisville fans like it. Just 317 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:49.000 I don't think it's I don't think it's possible. But again, tomorrow, 318 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:50.879 when it ends, we're gonna go live and it'll be 319 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:53.120 it'll basically be a postgame show, and it's gonna be 320 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:57.639 really really awesome and happy and you know, amazing, or 321 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.919 it's gonna be really really sad, but either way, we'll 322 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:01.440 be here and we'll get through it. 323 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:03.840 I think it's gonna be really interesting because this is 324 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.080 my first year here where in my almost six years 325 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.919 of being at this company that Louisville's been in the tournament, 326 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:12.720 so like at least been in the in the office wise, 327 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:14.480 I'm excited to see what the vibes are gonna be 328 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.679 like the next couple of days because there's TVs out 329 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.399 there in like the sales room and where the news 330 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:20.720 guys are, and they usually are playing the news. But 331 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.080 I can only imagine tomorrow everything's gonna be off basketball. 332 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.840 I'm excited to see the huddles around the television. I'm 333 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:28.440 excited to see what kind of food they bring in. 334 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:29.799 You already know I love the catering. 335 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:32.200 It's gonna be. It's gonna be a fun time tomorrow, yep. 336 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.360 And everything that is Thursday and Friday of the NCAA 337 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:39.159 Tournament is amazing. I mean, we do talk about it 338 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:40.879 quite a bit around here, but really don't even need 339 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:43.200 to everybody around here, especially those that would listen to 340 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.559 a show like this, you're well aware. This is our 341 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.120 time to shine. We love college basketball more than anybody, 342 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:51.000 as much as it's really popular when the brackets come out. 343 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:52.960 This is college basketball's time to Shane, to be honest 344 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.600 with you, but we love it more than anybody else. 345 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.840 So with all that said, it's. 346 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:02.440 Gonna be really hard to enjoy any it after tomorrow's 347 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:04.279 first game if it's not a win for the Louisville 348 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:05.440 And again, I mean, we'll get by. 349 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:07.279 We're not gonna you know, we're not gonna die. But 350 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:12.919 I don't know. I just I can feel a sense of. 351 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:17.399 Everybody realizing sort of where we are, how close it 352 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.840 is to just knowing here we go that they lose 353 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:21.279 next next you know, if they don't, if they don't 354 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:23.919 keep winning, then it's it's over for him. 355 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:25.000 And that's just a sad thing. 356 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:25.200 You know. 357 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:27.440 I called my parents the last couple of days just 358 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.559 kind of you know, checking vibes. 359 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:31.039 And I usually never do that. I usually never do that. 360 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.799 But what is what does a man do whenever he 361 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:36.440 you know, he's feeling a little insecure and and overthinking something, 362 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.440 he calls his mom and dad and just again, I 363 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.440 don't want to put any pressure on her, but I 364 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.879 did talk to my mother before the for the show today, 365 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:45.919 and she told me she's feeling confident in the game. 366 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:47.200 So that made me. 367 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:49.320 When Mom's feel a little bit more confident, I'm feeling 368 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.240 a little more confident. And you know what, she might 369 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:53.879 not even be feeling any which way. She may just say, Okay, 370 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:56.279 we'll see what happens. But that's a that's a mother's love. 371 00:15:56.360 --> 00:16:00.440 She knows by her Yes, she knows her feeling confident 372 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:02.639 will put me at ease, because if Mom's confident, then 373 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:04.519 I should be okay. I mean, I didn't know on 374 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:07.360 Selection Sunday that I was gonna need my mom. We 375 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.559 went out, had a day with the family, ended up 376 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:12.159 stopping at my mom and stepdad's house, and we ended 377 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.759 up staying there to watch Selection Sunday, just to you know, 378 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.840 enjoy some time, let the kids hang out with with 379 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:20.879 GGA and pop, that's their that's their grandparent rights and 380 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:23.039 turned into where I needed or I needed a mother's love. 381 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:25.279 I needed a mother's I needed my mom to console 382 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.919 me with that injustice that was dealt by the selection 383 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.480 committee just broke my heart. I mean I was, I 384 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:32.639 was in disbelief, still kind of am. But you know 385 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.519 nothing you can do about it now, all right, So 386 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:38.360 we'll let you guys hear Pat Kelsey, also Terrence Edwards, 387 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.200 Chucky Hepburn, Rainsmith, a lot of clips from the press 388 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:43.480 conferences today that we'll share with you guys. I also 389 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:47.720 let you hear Coach McDermott, Creighton's head coach, and last night, 390 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:48.960 I mean I think it delivered. 391 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:50.879 We got a hell of a finish. 392 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:54.960 A little mini Christian Latner from the Alabama State dude 393 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.519 or that the Yellow Jackets, the. 394 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.519 Hornets, What are they think? 395 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:59.240 So they're the yellow I feel like I should know 396 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.600 their mascot and I have already forgot. 397 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:04.079 It's some sort of be yeah something with the singer. 398 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.519 I feel like there is a stinger. They're the Hornets. 399 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:10.160 I knew I was Club Hornets, yellow Jacket's Hornets kind 400 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:12.799 of ways kind of the same thing. So that game 401 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:16.079