WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:06.799 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.519 Sports Talk seven ninety Holy. 3 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:11.080 Crap, I don't know who the hell we think when 4 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:11.679 we are. 5 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:14.080 Getting off our show. Idiots. 6 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:15.599 The kids are crying or tail off. 7 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:17.239 The coaches are screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.559 Gold Play inter Murals, Brother, gold Play inn Murals. 9 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.679 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:25.440 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:27.359 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:46.840 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick coffee? 13 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:49.799 Sorry about that? 14 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:52.520 Better late than never, And I'm not really late, but 15 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:55.320 usually the music doesn't play this long before we get 16 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:59.439 the things started. But I was so distracted by daytime 17 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:02.759 college basketball postseason hoops going on right now that I 18 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:04.719 didn't even realize. As the show starts and we hear 19 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.040 the music and it's time to it's time to do 20 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.680 the damn thing, as they say, I didn't have my headphone. 21 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:16.319 So anyways, it is beautiful and we have basketball going on, and. 22 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:17.200 That's that's about as good as it gets. 23 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:19.760 I don't know if it's officially spring yet. I don't 24 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:21.879 think it is, but it certainly feels like it. And 25 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:25.400 I don't know whenever we get to this part of 26 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:27.359 the year, and I feel like even if we do 27 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.560 get some colder days next week or whatever, maybe you 28 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:31.519 never really know what you're gonna get around here. But 29 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:36.079 right around now conference tournament season is when is when 30 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.680 it's like, all right, we're close, meaning like the warm weather, 31 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.560 the nice weather's going to be here, and usually like 32 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:46.480 on we like I just with college basketball being such 33 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:49.000 a big part of our culture around here, I mean 34 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.959 I can like I can think of certain years decade ago, 35 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.079 eight years ago of like where I was at whenever 36 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.840 I was just consuming all the different conference tournaments because 37 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:01.280 you know, March madness is great, right the field of 38 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:04.519 sixty eight, that's what really really moves the needle and 39 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.439 gets a lot of tension nationally. But conference tournaments are 40 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.319 pretty awesome too, And we've had some already conclude, some 41 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:16.039 getting started here today, including the ACC and there's already 42 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:18.319 one game going on right now. So again, best time 43 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:20.919 of the year, and it is so much more enjoyable, 44 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.599 so much more enjoyable to be. 45 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:25.960 A part of it with the team. 46 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:27.319 You know that you know, we don't play I mean, 47 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.759 I don't know about you guys, don't I did not 48 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:31.599 and don't currently play for the team. I'm not on 49 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:34.439 the team, but you know, clearly when it comes to 50 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:37.400 college hoops, I've got an emotional investment in Louisville and 51 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.919 we've just been dead the last couple of years when 52 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:42.400 it comes to this stuff. And I don't know about 53 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:45.080 you guys, but I was able to still enjoy college 54 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:47.919 basketball and everything that comes with it even though Louisville 55 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.479 was I mean, in fact, it was probably if I'm 56 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:52.560 going to try to find a silver lining, you know, 57 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.599 I didn't. It was just on life support, right, like 58 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.639 just on a ventilator, like were or maybe we were 59 00:02:58.680 --> 00:02:59.240 actually dead. 60 00:02:59.280 --> 00:02:59.960 I think we were dead. 61 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.319 But my point is I never got high or low, 62 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:06.039 like I just observed, and my rooting interest was on 63 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:08.360 what I bet on. I mean, I didn't really even 64 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.039 mean it became like an appointment to watch louwell because 65 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:13.159 it just feels weird not doing it no matter what. 66 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:15.800 But also, you know, I had a postgame show, so 67 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:17.560 I kind of needed to at least know what was 68 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:18.039 going on. 69 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:19.000 In fact, I didn't. 70 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.599 I'm pretty sure I could have not watched eighty percent 71 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:23.599 of the games last season and it would have been 72 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:24.400 the same show. 73 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:25.759 If I'm being real with you. 74 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.039 So I learned that about myself, by the way, because 75 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.360 I didn't know if you'd have told me seven eight 76 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:35.439 years ago, will you be able to love college basketball 77 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:39.039 and still, you know, have an appreciation for the sport 78 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:41.960 if it's just you as a casual, well not really 79 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.360 a casual, but a you know, somebody without any skin 80 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:46.800 in the game. Right, I'm just you know, I don't 81 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:49.639 really have any rooting interest. I'm just loving it and 82 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:52.039 betting and enjoying it. But I don't really you know, 83 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:55.479 there's not a team that I care about. And I did, 84 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.159 I still liked it. But man, it's so much better 85 00:03:57.479 --> 00:03:59.639 whenever you know you're in this position where you're safely 86 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:01.680 in the term it and you don't even have to 87 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:04.120 start the tournament, meaning the conference tournament. 88 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:05.319 You can you can wait a. 89 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:07.560 Couple of days because Louisville, of course, they've got the 90 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.960 double buy and it's a good place to be, all right. 91 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.159 It's coffee and company. Feel about. 92 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:14.680 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety taking you up 93 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:17.480 until six o'clock. Nick Coffee, that is me. We've got 94 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.120 Austin Montgomery, the travel chief in the house today. 95 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:21.959 It's me and we will. 96 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:24.040 We will take you up till six, as I mentioned, 97 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:25.560 and we'll let you guys be part of the show today. 98 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:27.600 Thank you to all of you who are texting in 99 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:30.639 on the text line Ellenn Federal Credit Union text line. 100 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.279 I still I'm having to reference the number now. I'm 101 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:35.920 in my own head because I feel like if I 102 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.199 would have just you know, not thought about it, and 103 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:40.439 just I guess I would have to think about it, 104 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:42.600 you know, to then to then share the text line. 105 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:44.759 But the numbers four five O two four three eight 106 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.000 ninety seventy three again five oh two four three eight 107 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.759 ninety seventy three, if I wouldn't have brought it up yesterday, 108 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.160 I probably wouldn't have had probably wouldn't have this like 109 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:54.480 little mental block of like, all right, I think you 110 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:55.879 know it, and then I start to stumble, and the 111 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:57.839 last thing I want to do is give it out incorrectly, 112 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.839 because then you know that really that really hurt us 113 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:02.759 in our attempt to try to get people familiar with 114 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.480 the new number when we've had to change after having 115 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:08.240 the same number for about seven years. But again, the 116 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:10.839 numbers five O two four to three, eight ninety to 117 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.560 seventy three, and I don't know why I said that, 118 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.480 like it's the score of a game. Five O two 119 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:17.759 four three eight nine zero seven three. 120 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:19.800 It did sound like a score of a game. 121 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:20.079 I know. 122 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.360 I think it's because I'm looking at this Pittsburgh Notre 123 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:23.959 Dame game and I don't know why. 124 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:25.360 So your brain's already like divided. 125 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:27.639 Yeah, well, I'm just I'm a sad son of a 126 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:29.639 bitch because I don't know why I still bet on 127 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:33.000 Pittsburgh and Jeff Cable, Like, why why do I do it? 128 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:35.319 I mean, I mean, what the hell happened to them? 129 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:37.199 They were a top twenty five team. 130 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.040 Yeah, I mean they fell apart in a way that 131 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.639 that is just I mean, it doesn't get as much 132 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.839 attention because what it really turns out people just assume, well, 133 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.439 they were never any good. It's just they you know, 134 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.800 they beat up on bad teams early and found their 135 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:51.480 way to the top twenty five, right, But like they 136 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:53.879 actually were playing pretty good basketball, I thought. But they 137 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.240 fell apart in a way that again, if the ACC 138 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:58.560 wasn't the conference that it is as far as just 139 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:00.680 you know, falling apart and only likely going to get 140 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.360 three teams in, then maybe it would be a bigger story. 141 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.120 But yes, they fell apart, and I've always felt like 142 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.399 their teams should be better. But like when am I 143 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:09.800 gonna learn right, I gotta look in the mirror after 144 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:12.519 I bet on Jeff Caple and Pittsburgh because when they lose, 145 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:15.879 how can I be surprised? They should just be a 146 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:20.000 stay away. But anyhow, like speaking of the ACC, let's 147 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:20.879 just get right into it. 148 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:22.800 So we have. 149 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:28.959 Now two different ACC Coach of the Year awards that 150 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.160 Pat Kelsey has won. So yesterday this was announced right 151 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:36.199 around the five o'clock hour, the ACC released the winners 152 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.680 and this is this was voted on by the league 153 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:44.680 as far as the coaches and media, so and and 154 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.519 I'm gonna make sure that's the case, but there could 155 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:49.720 there's a there's another award that was just announced today 156 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:52.240 that he that he won and this is the AP 157 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:55.800 so whoever votes for the league, which again I think 158 00:06:55.800 --> 00:07:00.399 that's some media and the coaches that was that was 159 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:04.040 what that's the group that decided Pat Kelsey was ACC 160 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:09.000 Coach of the Year yesterday and then today the Associated 161 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.439 Press ACC Coach of the Year award went to Pat Kelsey. 162 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:15.720 As you likely can assume, that's voted on by those 163 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:17.480 who you know have a vote with the AP the 164 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:20.759 Associated Press. Chucky also was named to the first team 165 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:26.560 Cooper flag Raynod from Stanford, Marcus Burden Notre Dame, and 166 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.199 Chase Hunter of Clemson. So I don't know if that's 167 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.560 a different first team than what we got yesterday, but 168 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:35.759 given what happened shortly after we learned that Pat Kelsey 169 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:37.680 was acc Coach of the Year, voted on by the 170 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:41.040 league's media and by the league's coaches, we learned that 171 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:43.560 Duke was having a really tough time with it. And 172 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.959 I'm not really, like, I don't find this to be 173 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.360 like amusing and funny. I'm just really and I can't 174 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:50.639 say that I'm bothered by it, because like it doesn't 175 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:53.279 it's not like I'm angry, But the way Duke has 176 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.480 decided to play victim and act as if John Shier 177 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:00.160 got screwed, it's just unusual. I can't I mean, I 178 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:05.560 can't really think of any similar situation where you know, 179 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:10.879 clearly there's like a pr effort here where they're putting 180 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.480 together graphics and you know they're having their team work 181 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:16.720 on stuff to basically be a little cry baby bitch 182 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.879 about John Shire not winning ACC Coach of the Year. 183 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:22.000 It's one thing to be bothered by it, but like 184 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.279 whoever made it a good look to be a little 185 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:27.720 to be a jealous little bitch. I mean, that's that's 186 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:30.839 I mean, part of my language. But like I just 187 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:34.039 I don't understand. I mean, clearly, if you're a competitive 188 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.279 person you don't won an award, you're probably gonna, you know, 189 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:39.399 wish that you had. But so many people, even if 190 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.519 you are bothered by it, just understand, Yeah, what good 191 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.279 do I have or what potential you know, what's the 192 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:47.399 potential chances of this being a good thing for me 193 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.120 to where it's a beneficial thing for me to publicly 194 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.879 be a baby about it and whin and cry like 195 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:57.200 it just it's it's odd, very odd. So anyways, we'll 196 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:59.240 get into that in just a moment. But again both 197 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:02.559 now have decided Pat Kelsey's ACC Coach of the Year. 198 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:06.080 And again I still believe that that the competition for 199 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:07.759 Pat Kelsey when it comes to Coach of the Year 200 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.639 is gonna be Bruce Pearl or Rick Patino. That's who 201 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.039 I believe. I guess you could give it to Kelvin Samson. 202 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:16.279 I mean, I guess you could. 203 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:16.799 And I don't. 204 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:18.519 Look there's different Coach of the Year awards. I think 205 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.159 there's an AP one. And you would think that if 206 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:23.720 the AP voted Pat Kelsey ACC Coach of the Year, 207 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:25.879 the AP is not going to vote John Shire because 208 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:27.600 you know he would have won the ACC given it 209 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.600 that he's in the same conference. 210 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:30.960 So Pat Kelsey may win it. 211 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:34.480 And you know, any accolade is awesome for this program 212 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:37.000 because we haven't had those in a while and now 213 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:38.720 we're just getting showered with them. 214 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:39.679 It's great. 215 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:42.799 I mean, it's I mean, I want these guys to 216 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:45.279 win every award possible, to get every honor possible, just 217 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:47.919 because that's how much I love this group and I 218 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:50.240 feel like they're deserving of all of it. I mean, 219 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:52.200 I don't think Chucky's gonna get National Player of the 220 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.279 Year or anything like that. I mean, I was a 221 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.159 little bit, you know, well, I did at least throw 222 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.519 it out there when I was campaigning for both Rain 223 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:03.399 Smith and Javon Hatley to be also on the All 224 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.120 ACC teams. I mean, I don't think I was making 225 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:08.840 I wasn't making up numbers, but I just I knew 226 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:10.159 it was gonna be really tough for them to get it. 227 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.200 But you know, anytime there's a Coach of the Year 228 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:16.399 award or really an All American type honor like Chucky 229 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.840 and Pat are are gonna be probably on it. And 230 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:23.679 that's you know, that's the way it should be. So 231 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:26.080 real quick, before we get into the Duke social media 232 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:30.600 account yesterday, which I'm sure you've seen this ben out right, Austin. Yes, Okay, 233 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:32.480 so we'll get into that in just a second, but 234 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.519 real quick, just just to kind of we've talked how 235 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.840 much Chucky Hepburn has become a fan favorite. He's an 236 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.879 all timer. Everybody cried when he kissed the floor on Saturday. 237 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.600 So it's not like people are unaware that, like this 238 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.080 guy in the one and only year we're gonna get him, 239 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.919 He's been amazing. Couldn't have been better, what a story, 240 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:52.200 best year of his career. I mean, it's you know, 241 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.960 so I don't know why I feel the need to like, hey, everybody, 242 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:56.159 wake up, are you paying attention? 243 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:58.559 We got a really special player. Don't take it for granted. 244 00:10:58.799 --> 00:10:59.759 That's I just I don't know. 245 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:03.840 Maybe it's just because I'm wanting to savor every single 246 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:05.960 moment we have with Chucky and every chance we get 247 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.120 to watch him play, which really isn't that many chances 248 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:12.279 moving forward because we only had one season. So you 249 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:14.799 know this, this really isn't that big of a surprise 250 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:17.440 when you think about it, but when you when you 251 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:22.000 look at the Yeah, so right now this is the 252 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:25.080 group that Chucky hit Chucky Hepburn has joined because yesterday 253 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:26.720 he was named the field of sixty eight first team 254 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:30.519 All American and he'll probably be you know, first or 255 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:35.200 second team All American, you know, by at least one other. 256 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.240 I mean, there's a lot of different All American honors 257 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:40.639 out there, and even if he doesn't, I never I've 258 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:42.840 never thought of honor as the one of you know, 259 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:45.000 one of those words we could we could get lost 260 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:47.279 in Austin and be and be you know, childish about 261 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:50.639 But yesterday when I started talking about honor, All American, Honor, 262 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.240 Coach of the Year, honor, that point I just I 263 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.000 think you, I think you infiltrated my brain. 264 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:58.120 And now now I'm I can't. 265 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:01.000 Get out of the gutter but gutter see it every time, 266 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:02.960 but to do it every time, I don't want to 267 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.200 do it. 268 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.039 But it's a it's a family friendly show. 269 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:08.519 It's addicting, right, what, Yeah, just I can't stop. I've got, 270 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:10.639 I got, I got. It's like I've got turets or something. 271 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:13.399 But anyways, well that's the fault of these these these 272 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:15.600 words having an er at the end of them. Yes, 273 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:16.120 not ours. 274 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:19.759 Yeah, yeah, it's in it. And it's our brains too. 275 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:21.320 I don't know what. I don't know who we blame for. 276 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:23.919 But do we blame for that? I guess our parents. 277 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:26.519 I don't know, but the world I would I wouldn't 278 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.200 want it any other way, but anyway, blame the internet. 279 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:32.080 Chucky Hepburn is now among these players when it comes 280 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.320 to being Louisville basketball players that have been named to 281 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:40.240 a five man All American First Team. So Russ Smid 282 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.120 did it. Russ is clearly one of the best that's 283 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:45.240 ever played here in twenty fourteen. Terrence Williams did it 284 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.320 in two thousand and nine, Clifford Rozier did it in 285 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:52.080 ninety four, Purvis did it in eighty nine, griff did 286 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:56.960 it in seventy nine and eighty. So now Chucky Hepburn 287 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:58.840 is in that group. So just think about that. I mean, 288 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.600 this is this. I mean again, I don't I didn't 289 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:06.720 need this first Team All American Award for Chucky to 290 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.120 know like how good we've got it. But just seeing 291 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:10.840 things like that, I guess really does kind of put 292 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:13.399 it in perspective to where we won't forget because when 293 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:17.320 we go back and look at all the guys who've 294 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:19.200 had that on or there aren't there aren't that many. 295 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.799 So what a fun ride, And let's buggle up because 296 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.879 starting next week it's it's it's winner go home, and 297 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.559 you know, there's there's some real excitement there, right. The 298 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.840 adrenaline's gonna be pumping. I'm gonna be nervous. I don't 299 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:35.519 care what we get as far as a draw, who 300 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:37.240 the seed is. I mean, look, Louisville, it's not gonna 301 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:38.720 get enough set to where we're going to walk in 302 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:41.799 and take on, you know, cupcakes, because I mean that's 303 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:44.200 just not realistic, which, by the way, I'm trying not 304 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:48.360 to be that guy. But I mean I think the 305 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.080 conference tournaments and get you know, given how loaded some 306 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.679 of these leagues are, and I don't necessarily mean I mean, 307 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.080 look all the other leagues outside all the power, well, 308 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:00.120 the Big East is not, but the Big Twelve to 309 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:05.799 an extent, certainly the Big Ten and absolutely the SEC. 310 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:10.799 What these conference tournaments do is they give teams opportunities 311 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:13.279 to not only you know, do enough to get in, 312 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:18.279 but also substantially boost their resume. Because if you're playing 313 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:21.000 in a good league like the SEC or the Big Ten, 314 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:25.679 you could make it to the Semis and add two 315 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.399 really good quality wins that are gonna bump your resume. 316 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.279 So there's a higher ceiling for these teams in the SEC, 317 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.879 the Big Ten, in the Big Twelve, whereas in the 318 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:38.039 ACC you have very little room to grow your resume. 319 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.720 You can only hurt it. 320 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:40.480 Another good thing for Louisville is there's only one game. 321 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:42.960 I mean, if they lose on Thursday, that would be 322 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:45.000 a tough loss, but like that really wouldn't change a 323 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:49.320 ton for them. But if they win to Thursday lose Friday, 324 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.399 like I mean, they're probably staying kind of like where 325 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:54.519 they are now. But anyway, all I'm getting at is 326 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.399 that Louisville, no matter who they play, it's not going 327 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:59.519 to be an opponent. You can just assume you can 328 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:02.919 have an off nine and still win because you're looking 329 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:08.039 at I mean seven and ten, I mean, that could 330 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.480 be a competitive game and what I fear is that 331 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:13.519 if you don't go and win two games in the 332 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:20.399 ACC Tournament, then you're gonna kind of just be slotted 333 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.679 into this certain area and there could be other teams 334 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.919 that do enough to get ahead of you. So I 335 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:27.159 saw two different bracketology updates today, and who knows, maybe 336 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.320 they're wrong, but they've got Louisville as an eight seed, 337 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:32.159 and I can't really you know, I can't really dispute that, 338 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:36.720 like Louisville is gonna be very similar with a lot 339 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:39.879 of teams that again are flirting with that seven eight nine, 340 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:42.039 maybe six seven, six seven eight. 341 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:43.639 Really six seven eight is what I should have said, 342 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:44.240 six seven eight. 343 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:48.799 So it's really just gonna come down to the committee, right, 344 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:52.440 They're gonna look at all these different numbers, all these 345 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.720 different analytics, Quad one, quad two, all that stuff, drink 346 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.600 the schedule, and they're just gonna be able to determine 347 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:02.440 I guess what they who they feel is best deserving 348 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:06.559 because all those numbers, I mean, you're, you know, collectively, 349 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:10.200 each team's profile sheet is essentially gonna be the same 350 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.919 to where you just got to, you know, you got 351 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.480 to you got to make a judgment call more so 352 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.559 than looking at analytics or records. I mean, Lowill is 353 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.919 going to have a better record than a lot of 354 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:23.279 teams that are on the six and seven line. But 355 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:28.360 Louisville doesn't have a lot of quality wins, So you know, 356 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:32.279 those other teams could have double or triple the amount 357 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:37.080 of wins against teams that are in the field, and 358 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.039 louisll can't control that. I mean, they went twenty five 359 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.279 and six, right, I mean, they could have controlled it 360 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.799 as far as beating some of those teams early on, 361 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:44.960 but you know, there were some really good teams, and 362 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:47.320 of course things were different at that time. So you know, 363 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:51.720 I really just think this could be a selection Sunday 364 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:53.799 where more than for the first time in a long time, 365 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:55.840 it's not going to be as much about number. 366 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.799 It's just going to be Okay. 367 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.080 Does the committee do they choose to look at Louisville 368 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:01.360 and say, look, they don't have really any bad losses 369 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.480 outside of one that really isn't that bad, and they 370 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:06.559 won twenty five games in their league, and they didn't 371 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:08.960 slip up when they easily could have. And you know, 372 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.279 I mean in their in their Ken Palm, and their 373 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.920 net ranking is in the top twenty three, so we're 374 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:15.880 gonna reward them. We definitely think there are a six 375 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:18.359 or are they going to say Louisville. Louisville had a 376 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:21.319 great season, but here are two teams with worth with 377 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:24.880 maybe substantially worse records, and they've got double or triple 378 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.920 the amount of wins against teams that you know made 379 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:30.640 the field. So like it's more often than not, I 380 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:32.799 would assume it's a good mixture of a lot of 381 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:35.000 things when it comes to how they see these teams, right, 382 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:38.880 I test conversation amongst the amongst the amongst the committee, 383 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:42.319 looking at numbers, that kind of stuff. But I just 384 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:44.599 think it's just going to depend on how you want 385 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:46.759 to view Louisville. And as much as people kill me 386 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:48.319 the well, who can you know? It can't you can't 387 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.359 just base it off of the number. 388 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:49.839 The number. 389 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.960 Well, when people say that, it's like they're telling me 390 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.559 that I'm putting too much into the formula. And you know, 391 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.200 I'm not telling you it's the end all be all. 392 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:02.519 But Louisville specific should hope that they very much more 393 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:06.480 so emphasize the formula than anything else, because again, this 394 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:08.319 is not a this is not an insult. It's not 395 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:10.720 a complaint, it's just an observation and it's just the truth. 396 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:14.039 The best thing on Louisville's resume when you look at 397 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:16.599 their team sheet, right like strength to schedule, quad one, 398 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:21.279 quad two, overall record, you know, ken palm, all that stuff, 399 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:24.440 the best thing that you know, the one if you 400 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:26.680 can only pick the one thing that's the most valuable 401 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.000