WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:10.359 It's time for coffee and company. 2 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:15.080 Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety Holy crap, 3 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:15.880 I don't know who. 4 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.519 The hell we think when we are get off our show, idiot. 5 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:21.120 The kids are playing or tail off. 6 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:22.760 The countries are screwing it up. 7 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:26.079 Gold play Inner Murals, Brother, Goldplay Inner Murals. 8 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.199 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:30.920 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:32.840 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:42.600 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick coffee? 12 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:46.960 So I try each and every day to get something 13 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:50.280 up on Twitter X. By the way, I am now 14 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.119 noticing that when I think of said platform that used 15 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:56.079 to be called Twitter now called X. I once claimed 16 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:57.719 that I would never ever call it X and it 17 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.079 would always be Twitter to me, and that's been the 18 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:02.359 case for the most part. But I have noticed recently 19 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.319 that I am I slip up and almost say X, 20 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:09.239 which I guess maybe I should just cave and accept 21 00:01:09.239 --> 00:01:11.000 that it is in fact called something different now. But 22 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:12.719 each day I try to put something out right when 23 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:14.640 we start the show or right before the show, just 24 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.359 to let people know, Hey, we're here, don't forget about us. 25 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.799 The show is about to start. At showtime, join in. 26 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:24.040 You're missing out if you're not with us. And what 27 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.359 should I say today? I was gonna say, let's ride, 28 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:30.640 it's time, let's go, Like, but those are you know, 29 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:32.760 that's not those are getting a little stale? 30 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:34.879 You got anything for me that I could throw out 31 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:35.879 there to like say, hey. 32 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.599 I've always been a writer, so like I feel like 33 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:40.879 I would just wear that out as much as I could. 34 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:43.439 But I mean, what other what do you call me? 35 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:44.280 What other words? 36 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:46.680 How about let's get it on, Let's get it on? 37 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:47.359 Can we do that? 38 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:49.079 Yeah, let's vibe. 39 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:52.799 Let's vibe is good, Let's get it on. I like 40 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.480 it either way that that goes. 41 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.359 This one, I feel like it was. This one is 42 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:03.079 let's roll, man, let's rock and roll. Rock and Roll's fine. 43 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:03.519 That seems a. 44 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:04.400 Little bit older though. 45 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:05.040 Yeah. 46 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:07.159 At one point I was saying at one point, I 47 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:09.639 was saying, allow me to enter your ears? 48 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:10.680 Is that okay? 49 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:11.000 Yeah? 50 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:14.360 No, I mean that sounds almost like I'm invading there. 51 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:17.039 The only part to enter personal space. I mean, all 52 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.039 I can do is invade the ears. That's what this 53 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.199 is radio. I mean, you know, I'm when it comes 54 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:22.960 to this, that's all we have. 55 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:24.159 I mean a drink first. 56 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:27.360 Yeah, I mean it's usually how it works. But again 57 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.680 it's just radio. So uh, I'm just gonna roll. I'm 58 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:32.400 gonna roll with uh. Let's get it on and then 59 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:35.439 we'll we'll mix it up tomorrow and maybe in fact 60 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:36.560 that that's what I'm doing. 61 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:37.599 I'm giving you some homework. 62 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:39.719 We got two words for you. Let's roll. 63 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.479 I got some homework for you tomorrow when we start 64 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:45.680 the show. You you will you know, it's not like 65 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:47.759 you gotta you know, it's no there's no pass or fail. 66 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:50.240 It's just you think of something that we didn't throw 67 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:52.879 out there today. That will be the tweet tomorrow to 68 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:55.599 let everybody on the the world Wide Web know that 69 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:57.319 we're here and it's time for coffee and company. 70 00:02:57.360 --> 00:02:58.919 You think you can do that, Yeah, I can do that, 71 00:02:59.199 --> 00:02:59.479 all right? 72 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.520 The tweets. Let's go at the card connection. And then 73 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:06.599 the reason I hate calling it X is because are 74 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.319 you calling it X posts now? 75 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:10.840 Because I think Twitter is actually a really stupid name. 76 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:13.319 But it but it's been Twitter forever, or at least 77 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.319 it was until Elon Musk bought it. And what made 78 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:20.240 it unique is that your content that you post, it's 79 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:22.520 a tweet you can have a tweet with no video 80 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:26.240 and just text or a picture, so that that was 81 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.960 different like Facebook posts, Instagram posts. 82 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:31.840 Like Twitter had tweets, you know what I mean. 83 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:33.439 So like I just thought that made it kind of 84 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.759 unique and cool and I don't know what so I 85 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:38.680 still say, hey, did you see my tweet? 86 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:39.680 Sure? 87 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:42.039 Like you just you got to have a uniform brand here, 88 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:44.520 and X clearly is is everywhere now. 89 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:46.840 I guess they are rolling with posts because when you 90 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:50.280 if I remember right when it was Twitter press, when 91 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:51.080 you used to press a. 92 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:52.120 Button, did it say tweet? 93 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:54.080 It said tweets? 94 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:56.840 Okay, Now, now even when you Google, if you were 95 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:58.520 to go to Google right now the top of your U 96 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.520 r L screen and just type in Twitter, it automatically 97 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:02.520 just leads you to X. 98 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:02.960 Anyways. 99 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.520 It doesn't go like this page is broken or this 100 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.439 link is so like I'm in the same boat as you. 101 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.520 For the longest time, I have failed, and I've refused 102 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:12.319 to call it X. 103 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.240 I've slipped up every now and then and called it that, 104 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:15.520 but I still call it Twitter. 105 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.079 It's probably it's probably gonna always be a little bit 106 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:19.959 of both, because I think even the people who have 107 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:23.839 gone with X and now reference it as that. When 108 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:27.000 they talk about posting something they call it a tweet. Still, sure, 109 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:28.360 and I don't know if you ever, I don't know 110 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:29.639 if you're ever gonna get away with that, but. 111 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.439 People are always going to say, hey, did you see 112 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:33.959 that tweeked? Did you see what blank tweeted? 113 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:34.360 Not what? 114 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.680 And I've always even on my radio show when I 115 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.639 try to tell people my other radio show WAMZ, when 116 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.480 I tell people to try to engage with us, it's 117 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:44.920 still kind of you know, because we do have all 118 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.480 social media accounts, but like, what do you even say, 119 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:51.720 like find us on X or like x us. 120 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:54.120 Yeah, or like X is just weird? I mean again, 121 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:56.240 I remember whenever it's kind of naughty. I remember when 122 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.439 when it changed. I remember thinking to myself, like, this 123 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.759 is really stupid just to call it X. But then again, 124 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:05.279 I've always felt like Twitter is a lame name for 125 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.439 a for a social media platform, but that's what it 126 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:10.639 had always been up up until that time. So when 127 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:17.319 it comes to you know, the I mean I'm trying 128 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:20.240 to and sorry, I'm flustered here because I'm trying to 129 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:21.680 refresh something because there were. 130 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:22.920 Won't yeah here here's what it was. 131 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.560 Sorry, At one point, Facebook went through something that I 132 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:28.680 was wrong about. I remember seeing that that Facebook was 133 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:31.000 going to be meta or meta Do you remember that, Yes, 134 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:31.519 that we're. 135 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.000 Going to completely switch it into matter. 136 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:36.560 So apparently meta is part of Facebook. But like they 137 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:39.199 didn't change the name of like the brand. Like some 138 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:43.120 some things in brands are so big that that even 139 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:44.879 if like if you were somebody that was going to 140 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.839 buy Facebook from Zuck That's who owns it, right. 141 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:50.800 Zuck, you you would You'd be a fool to you. 142 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.360 It would lose a ton of value if you rebranded 143 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.879 it and called it something different and like change the logo. 144 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:59.680 So to be fair with Elon Musk when when he 145 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.199 bought Twitter, it wasn't exactly in I mean, Twitter is 146 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:05.399 not Facebook by any means. Twitter is Twitter slash x 147 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:09.759 A is one of the popular social media platforms out there, 148 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:12.319 but it's not anywhere close to Facebook. It's not anywhere 149 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:15.160 close to Instagram, certainly not anywhere close to TikTok, at 150 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.240 least for now. So a rebrand, I guess made a 151 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:19.839 little more sense. But I would have gone with something 152 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:21.240 different than than x. 153 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:22.680 But here we are. How long has he owned it now? 154 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.160 It's been at least a couple of years, hadn't. 155 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.680 I think only a here? Right? Is it like it's 156 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:28.639 been longer X? 157 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:31.199 I don't know. Let me look it up now Twitter 158 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.040 becomes X. This this happened in. 159 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:39.439 July of twenty twenty three, so about a year and 160 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:42.399 a half. Okay, roughly so still fairly recent. 161 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:45.120 That's right, Let's dive in. Let's get this show started. 162 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.480 It is showtime, Ladies and Gentlemen, Coffee and company, fueled 163 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:49.720 by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety taking you 164 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:52.560 up until six o'clock, and there's a lot to get into. 165 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.720 I know, the vibes around here for Louisville basketball still 166 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.680 at a really high level. We talked a lot about 167 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.560 yesterday and really just how this team's on a roll, 168 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.360 kind of recapping that big win on the road at Syracuse. 169 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:10.199 And I'm starting to feel something that I haven't felt 170 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:13.800 in a long time, and that is anger for teams 171 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.600 that you need to like not suck. And Louisville can't 172 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.279 control it now, right, But like the team, there's certain 173 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:23.839 teams that are on Louisville's schedule, and in fact, everybody 174 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:25.519 on your schedule in the Grand Scheme of things. You 175 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:27.600 want to be good because if you beat them, then men, 176 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:29.120 there's a lot of value if it's a good team, 177 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.839 and if you lose to them, it's not as big 178 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.079 of a deal if because they're a good teams. So 179 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.199 really you want everybody on your schedule to be good. 180 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.879 But right now, I mean, you've got Pittsburgh, who I 181 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:42.680 feel like Pittsburgh is a really good team still. I mean, 182 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:45.360 I felt like, even though you know, you know, Louisville 183 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.959 beat them, and clearly Louisll's playing pretty good basketball right now, 184 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.560 But like I believe, Pittsburgh wasn't just good because the AC. 185 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:54.000 I feel like Pittsburgh wasn't just good for the for 186 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:55.600 the weak ACC. This year, I felt like they were 187 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.160 actually pretty good team and I still kind of believe that. 188 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.199 But for them to now have lost three in a row. 189 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:02.439 They didn't bounce back after the Louisville win. They went 190 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.120 on the road and lost to Florida State, who is 191 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.399 you know, right now sixty one in the kin Palm. 192 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:10.519 So I guess that makes so what this does? 193 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:12.199 I guess in a way, now that I think about it, 194 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:15.720 Pittsburgh would have to fall out of the top seventy 195 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:17.680 five for that to not be a quad one win, 196 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:22.120 and that seems very very unlikely, and Florida State would 197 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:23.759 have to fall out of the top seventy five for 198 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:25.800 that to not be a quad one win. So Pitt 199 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:27.759 was already in a good spot to where their loss 200 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.000 it doesn't drop them too much. They're still in the thirties, 201 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.320 still very safely a quad one win right now. And 202 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.399 then with Florida State because they beat Pitt, they jumped 203 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:38.759 up significantly, so now they've got a little more breathing room. 204 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:40.919 So I guess in a way, if we're looking at 205 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:43.879 just stacking these quad one quad two wins, maybe that 206 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.480 was a good thing last night. But I think the 207 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.080 reality is this, there's not going to be like we 208 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.080 can call them quad one and they are like for 209 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:54.759 they and they matter, but not all quad ones are 210 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:56.759 going to be viewed the exact same way by the committee. 211 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:58.080 I mean, I think they look at your quad win 212 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:00.840 quad two record, but they also use their brain, use 213 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.840 common sense, and understand that if you beat somebody on 214 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:05.000 the road that's in the top five, and you beat 215 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.440 somebody on the road that's ranked sixty eight, those two 216 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:09.600 wins are not the same, Like that's just common sense. 217 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:17.120 So the reality is this, there's not a Let me 218 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:19.639 ask you this, Austin, what do you think sounds more impressive, 219 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:23.440 more significant a signature win or a resume win? Because 220 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:25.039 I kind of feel like they're the same. But maybe 221 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:28.000 I'm wrong When I say signature win, I feel like 222 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:29.919 that sounds a little better than a resume win. 223 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:32.279 Uh yeah, sure, I mean. 224 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.759 Resume wins mean. Resume win means that it's something that 225 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:36.759 helps you. I think a signature win means like that's 226 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:37.399 big time. 227 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:40.559 Like Louisville beating Clemson in football, that's a signature win. 228 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:42.159 Yeah right, not a resume win. 229 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:43.960 Yeah, so I would I would probably go for I 230 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:46.360 feel like signature does more for the program, Like you 231 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.480 haven't beaten Duke at home by like twenty points or something. 232 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:51.399 That's a signature win. 233 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.639 And like just beating a top ten team on the road, 234 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:55.960 it could be anybody. 235 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:57.279 That's a resume win. 236 00:09:57.559 --> 00:09:57.840 Yeah. 237 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:01.000 And the reason I bring this up is because I 238 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.360 think that the Pittsburgh win on the road is a 239 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:06.200 good win. And again, pitt would have to really kind 240 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:07.759 of fall apart for that not to be a quad one. 241 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:13.120 But I think right now, there's not any wins in 242 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.679 the ACC that I think you could really qualify as 243 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:18.960 like a signature win unless somebody beats Duke, and I'm 244 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:21.840 not sure that's happening. I mean, and I mean I'm 245 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:23.559 not bringing it up to just bitch and moan about it. 246 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:27.759 I mean, it's been happening for three straight years. The 247 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.320 league just continuing to fall, and as I've said throughout 248 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.279 the summer and this season, it's something Louisville One can't control, 249 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.440 and also they could take advantage of. But if you 250 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:41.240 look at Lenardi and where he put out a bracketology update, 251 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:43.600 I believe it was either this morning or last night, 252 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:47.279 and he has he has, and this is what I 253 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:49.639 actually like looking at more so than just his bracket 254 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:55.120 is the seed lists and the overall seeds. So right 255 00:10:55.159 --> 00:11:01.840 now Leonardi has the ACC with Really, would you say 256 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.759 an eight to nine seed is a bubble team? I 257 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:05.039 feel like that is. I feel like, if you're at 258 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:09.799 eight nine, you're in, but you're still like you're select. Yeah, 259 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:12.039 you're a little close for comfort. And if there wasn't 260 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.360 the play in games like they're currently is now, eight 261 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:17.320 and nine is definitely bubble. So it's it's it's bubble. 262 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:19.919 So right now, Duke is the only team firmly in 263 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.519 the tournament. Louisville is a seventh seed according to Leonardi, 264 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.720 and I think that's firmly in now, but like you 265 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.639 could fall apart and not make it. With that said, 266 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:31.519 Louisville has already played the best teams in the ACC. Again, 267 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:33.679 make your jokes if you like, but like they've already 268 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:35.480 got the they already got the hard part out of 269 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:37.759 the way, and they're they're in great shape. So they 270 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:40.080 may slip up and loose to somebody. But the scenario 271 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:45.120 where Louisville the rest of the way significantly drops from 272 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:47.399 where they are right now, as far as these projections 273 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:50.440 from March for March, I mean, it's really unlikely. 274 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.279 So I think right now. 275 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:54.399 Louisville and Duke are the only two teams that are 276 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.159 like safely in the tournament because the other teams that 277 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.519 Leonardi has in from the ACC, Clemson's an eight seed, 278 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:06.559 Pittsburgh's a nine seed, and I think Pitt's nine seed 279 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:10.039 might have been yeah, Pitts nine seed was before they 280 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:13.960 lost to Florida State last night. And then Carolina is 281 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.919 also a non seed and then you've got SMU in 282 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.440 the next four out, So they're not in and not 283 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:22.600 even in the first four out. Wake Forest is in 284 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:25.279 the considered meeting. I guess they're still alive, but they 285 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:26.559 got a lot of work to do if they even 286 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:30.399 want to get on the bubble. So again, take advantage 287 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:34.000 of it, right, I mean, it's not ideal, but the 288 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:40.480 fact that they were able to get through Clemson, Carolina Pittsburgh, 289 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:46.759 I mean that's huge, that's huge. So yeah, I mean 290 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:48.879 pitt may have fallen out, Like what if the ACC 291 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:51.440 only gets two teams in man, Like, that's crazy to 292 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:56.720 think about, but it's also somewhat of a possibility. Like 293 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:59.720 last night North Carolina State lost at Virginia Tech Virginia 294 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:05.360 Tech stakes. So I mean, again, it's it's something we've 295 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.159 been well aware of and in fact, we talked about 296 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:07.559 it a lot. 297 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.200 But just only for the ACC. You think only to 298 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:11.120 get two teams, Oh. 299 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:13.120 It's possible, for sure. I mean it's absolutely possible. 300 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.799 Because right now, right now, because here's the issue, you're 301 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:21.879 if you were one of these teams, Clemson, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, SMU, 302 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:27.519 you have no real opportunity to get a big time 303 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:29.960 win unless you beat Duke, and I don't think anybody's 304 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:32.679 beaten Duke right now. Like SMU could get a big 305 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:36.200 win against Louisville and that would help them, But you 306 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:38.080 can't slip up at all, because if you're on the 307 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:41.919 bubble now, which again Clemson, Pit North Carolina, SMU, those 308 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:43.679 are teams that are firmly on the bubble as it 309 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.159 stands today. So let's just go to Let's go to SMU. 310 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.000 So SMU and by the way, they nearly lost to 311 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:53.480 a terrible Virginia team last night. They were they needed 312 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:55.440 a buzzer beater late to win that one. So this 313 00:13:55.600 --> 00:14:00.200 SMU team, they're on the bubble currently looking at the 314 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:02.519 next four out if you go off of what Lenardi says, 315 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:07.600 so they have no chances to I mean, they've already 316 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:09.679 lost to Duke. They have no chances to get any 317 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.320 real big win. In fact, Louisville being a top thirty team, 318 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:14.960 Louisvill's at thirty right now in the kim Pom, which, 319 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:16.759 by the way, check this out. This is I don't 320 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.799 know if I meant to mention this when I started 321 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:21.200 talking about Lenardi, but he has Louisville as the twenty 322 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.960 fifth overall seed, meaning he thinks, right now, resume wise, 323 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.200 they have the twenty fifth best resume in college basketball, 324 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:29.039 which is awesome. Kentucky, by the way, number nine overall. 325 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:31.240 They're a three seed, and they are the number one 326 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:34.679 three seed, meaning that maybe you go elsewhere and look 327 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:36.840 at a bracket, they may have Kentucky as a two seed. 328 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:39.519 But anyways, SMU is a good example here because right 329 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:44.039 now they're not in and the opportunity to get wins 330 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:46.080 that will really improve the resume. 331 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:47.960 They've got Louisville at home. 332 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:49.679 On Tuesday, and that would be a big win for him, 333 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:52.720 but because it's at home for SMU, Louisville would probably 334 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.039 fall out of the top thirty with the loss there, right, 335 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:57.440 and then it doesn't become a quad one win, and 336 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.720 then you've got games against other teams like Virginia is 337 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:04.120 ranked one thirty two in the Knpom, so they needed 338 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:05.840 a buzzer beater to beat them last night. If they 339 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.600 lost to Virginia, I kind of feel like that technically 340 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.200 would have eliminated them from being able to make it, 341 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:15.799 because you get no value with the vast majority of 342 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:18.879 your wins in this league because most teams stink, and 343 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.200 the chances to get good wins just aren't there. You can, 344 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:24.320 I mean, if you play like if you beat the 345 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:27.080 hell out of somebody, it can improve your your it 346 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:29.639 could be a metric win that's more than just a 347 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:32.879 win in the win column. But I mean, again, what 348 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:36.120 we don't know is how the committee actually views the ACC, 349 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.600 and we'll never know. I mean, I guess we will 350 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:40.519 get our early Do they still do that? I guess 351 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:42.200 I think it's early February. They give you, like the 352 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.840 early look at what the bract would be if if 353 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.000 it started on that date, and they give you the 354 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:49.080 top four seeds in each region, so the top sixteen. 355 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:51.519 Yeah, it's usually like a conference tournament's time. They give 356 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:53.399 you the first four in, first last four out. 357 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:57.759 So I'm thinking we'll get somewhat of a look at 358 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:00.919 what the committee thinks of the ACC. We probably won't 359 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:04.919 because right now there's no scenario anybody in the ACC 360 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:07.360 as of today is in the top sixteen outside of 361 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:11.919 who duke. So because they only seed sixteen, when they 362 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:14.120 give you that little preview of what it would look 363 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.360 like at that time, it's gonna be tough to know. 364 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.399 So what it comes down to to answer your question, 365 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.480 I think it's absolutely possible for the league to only 366 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.919 get two teams, and I wouldn't predict that that's what happens. 367 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.600 But the only way that like we end up getting 368 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:31.639 surprised and teams that we thought were bubble on the 369 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:33.519 wrong side of it, it would just be that the 370 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.879 committee actually looks at this league and values it more 371 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:40.200 so than the numbers do. Because I mean, it's again, 372 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:42.240 I know it's a broken record here, but the league 373 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:44.840 is down in a way I never I never thought 374 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.320 was gonna happen. But again, that's you know, Louislle could 375 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.240 take advantage of that, and there's nothing you can do 376 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:54.840 about it. And I know that this Louisville team, even 377 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:57.879 probably from some of their own fans, is not. 378 00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:59.679 Viewed to be like a really really good team. 379 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:02.960 Get it, Like they nearly lost to EKU when they've 380 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.640 played some of these really good teams in a couple 381 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.559 of in a couple of instances, they've been blown out. 382 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:10.319 So like I understand that, and I don't think anybody 383 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:12.200 really cares. They just love that these guys are playing 384 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:16.680 so hard and that they are clearly given everything they have. 385 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:20.440 Pat Kelsey's putting a pretty entertaining style of basketball out 386 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:23.720 there too, Like these guys compared to what we've been 387 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:26.359 through in recent years, and these guys playing their ass 388 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.000 off and starting to really win. I mean, they've got 389 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.319 a hell of a street going right now. Like that, 390 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.759 I think fans are just so lost in that that 391 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:35.160 they're probably not really thinking about, like what the ceiling is, 392 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.599 how good is this Louisville team compared to some other teams. 393 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:40.039 So I haven't gone there at all, just because, again 394 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:42.079 I'm enjoying the ride, but I want to throw some 395 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:44.079 numbers at you when we come back on the other side. 396 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:48.880 That again, I'm probably getting ahead of myself here, but 397 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:54.200 there are some things happening statistically that are as good 398 00:17:55.480 --> 00:18:01.680 or better than any Louisville basketball team ever. Now, what 399 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.720 you do in the tournament is really how people view 400 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:06.279 and define how good of a team you are, which 401 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:08.640