WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and Company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.279 Sports Talk seven nine day, Holy crap, I don't know 3 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:12.679 who the hell we think when we are get off 4 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:14.480 our show. Idiots. 5 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.000 The kids are playing the trail off your cultures are. 6 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.960 Screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play 7 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.559 Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're 8 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:27.640 really not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 9 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:34.240 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? Well, not exactly, 10 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:37.880 Nick Coffee. Bye, I'm Scott Fitzgerald. Ay welcomed me back, 11 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:40.719 and they they didn't shut me out, they didn't change 12 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:43.439 the locks. They brought me back in. Always a pleasure 13 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:45.520 to be here, of course with the great John Alden, 14 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:48.479 who is down in studio. John, how are you, buddy? 15 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:50.880 Good afternoon. I'm feeling good on a Monday, oh man. 16 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.159 Great to be back in here, because one, it is 17 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.920 nice and cool in here. It is I think it's 18 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:57.960 I'm looking at temperature Gage. He's seventy one in this 19 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:02.560 studio right now, and the mugginess outside is I guess it's. 20 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:04.400 I won't say it's the worst it's ever been, but 21 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:06.719 with all the moisture, all the rain we've had come through. 22 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:09.120 It's it's a lot. Oh, it's it's crazy. And that's 23 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:10.599 why I was telling the family to keep the house 24 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:13.239 closed up because let me tell you something, man, I 25 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:18.680 stress hard over the the AC going out. And nothing 26 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:21.200 kills Nacy like humidity. It's different if you have a 27 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.519 dry heat, but when that AC is working overtime trying 28 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:25.920 to keep that humidity out of here, man, it feels. 29 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:27.760 And my AC just died in my car too. I 30 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:30.840 gotta get it. Oh gosh. So yeah. So it's a 31 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.319 pleasure to be sitting in seventy one degrees in this studio. 32 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:36.920 It's great. But great to see you again, brother. How 33 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:38.400 you been. I've been doing good. 34 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:40.920 I went to Potoka Lake over the weekend. Enjoyed some 35 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:43.000 time with the family up in Indiana. I haven't been 36 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:44.439 down to the lake this year, so it was a 37 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:46.920 good weekend. Got to enjoy being now on the boat. 38 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:49.719 It's not something I do a lot often anymore, but 39 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:50.879 you know, I enjoyed the time. 40 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:51.359 It's fun. 41 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:55.719 What kind of boat a pontoons really old pontoon as 42 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:57.040 a matter of fact, and the kind. 43 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.560 Of the big silver pontoons on the bottom. 44 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:02.120 It's one of those things where sometimes you started up 45 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:03.680 and you may it may or may not go all 46 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:05.079 the way through. You may have some issues, and we 47 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.120 did have some issues getting back off the water. But 48 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:09.960 you know, a little taking the top of the motor 49 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:11.800 off of the back of the boat and doing a 50 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:12.400 cold start. 51 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:14.479 Sometimes I've fix things right up, and that's what happened. 52 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:17.879 Do you guys have like the like that artificial grass 53 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:20.240 that they have on pontoon boats. No, so it's not. 54 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.240 We don't have the astro terminal they call we. It's 55 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.199 just it's just regular carpet. I believe, sweet, what a 56 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:28.280 good time that is? Man? Well good. So you got 57 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.479 a chance to get away, and as I hope a 58 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.080 lot of folks did, because my wife was saying to me, 59 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:37.240 not last weekend, but it was the weekend before. My 60 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.840 wife was telling me that no matter where we went 61 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:42.960 there there wasn't a soul to be found. Stores were dead, 62 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.599 church was dead. I mean there wasn't. And I said, 63 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:49.479 I have said, everybody's taking those last vacations. They're they're 64 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:52.759 taking the last bit of summer breaks, much like what 65 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:54.759 you did trying to get away because a lot of schools, 66 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.960 a lot of Indiana schools went back this week. And 67 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:01.719 that's what Nick's doing, is he's vacation. Yeah, see exactly. 68 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.080 And as my daughter, she's a teacher, she teaches. She 69 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.560 taught second grade last year, she's teaching first grade. That's 70 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.439 where she was all day today, trying to put her 71 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.000 room back in order, getting set for the school year. 72 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.280 So it is that time, and man, do we have 73 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.280 a lot to talk about. Sports wise? We've got a 74 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:17.919 lot going on right now. I've got the I got 75 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.280 the peacock up in the studio. I've got the four 76 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.599 sports that are up here now. Women's basketball is underway. 77 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:26.960 Team USA is opening up play against Japan. We've got 78 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.719 women's rugby sevens, which is awesome. Big swimming events going 79 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:34.080 on right now, and I'm gonna not give you. If 80 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:36.199 I do give a score, I will tell you we're 81 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.639 gonna do a spoiler alert because I know some people 82 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:41.479 are waiting maybe till they get home for primetime tonight, 83 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:43.840 and I don't want to ruin that for anybody. But 84 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:46.800 a lot of swimming is out there, and an event 85 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:49.800 that I'm trying to make out what this is. I 86 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:51.479 watched a little bit of the surfing, because you know, 87 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:56.080 they host the surfing in Tahiti, so it's like and 88 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:57.439 I was looking word to heat. I mean, I knew 89 00:03:57.479 --> 00:03:59.719 Tihiti was out there, but I didn't realize it was 90 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.080 way out there. It's like in the middle of nowhere. 91 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.280 And so they had people riding around on what looked like, 92 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.639 I don't know, jet ski's doing that thing. The surfing's 93 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.680 kind of interesting when you watch that, and it's kind 94 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:13.639 of relaxing. I remember I was laying up on the 95 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:16.439 bed this weekend watching surfing. It's kind of it's different. 96 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:19.800 It's a different, different breed. But we'll talk about that. 97 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:21.600 And then coming up later in the show, Man do 98 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:23.800 we have a lot of stuff to talk about. We'll 99 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.399 have Belloman women's basketball coach Chancellor Dugan is going to 100 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:28.079 join us. She's going to talk a little bit about 101 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.519 the state of women's college basketball, in the state of 102 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:34.040 women's sports in general. I mean, women have seen just 103 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.000 an influx. And we talked a little bit about this 104 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:38.680 when I was in last time, John and I broke 105 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:41.199 it down, and women's sports are just off and running. 106 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:43.279 Look at the women's soccer team, I mean, where are 107 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:46.639 they on fire right now, and so she's got some 108 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:48.240 things to say about that. She's got some things to 109 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.439 say about Nil, so we'll talk to her. We have 110 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:55.319 TBT coming up tonight TVT Madia. We're gonna break that 111 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:57.240 down as we go through the through the day as well. 112 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:00.160 Have you been following TVT John, Yeah, so my Indiana Hoo. 113 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:01.759 They had their own team in it for a little 114 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:04.639 while Assembly Ball they bowed out in the round of sixteen. 115 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.000 But down here, man, we got the vill We've got 116 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:09.480 La Familia. And I don't know if you've been paying 117 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:11.839 attention to the crowds that have been in attendance in 118 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.680 Freedom Hall, Scott, but it has been some of the 119 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.800 most exciting stuff to see, especially when you consider the 120 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.959 lack of excitement you've seen for Louisville basketball over the 121 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.279 last two years. It's kind of a precursor to what 122 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:27.800 a lot of people are hoping to see when the 123 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:29.920 actual college basketball season. 124 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:33.079 Comes around this fall. Absolutely, And you know what's funny 125 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.720 about that is I was trying to I was basically 126 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:39.240 comparing apples to oranges. Tony and I were talking about that. 127 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:41.439 I was geeking the USFL hard when it was coming 128 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.600 back because see, I grew up around the Michigan Panthers 129 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:48.399 and they were the successful team when they came to 130 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:51.279 that Bobby Abart. They had, I mean, just some players 131 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:55.000 on that team. Anthony Carter was your wide receiver. And 132 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.120 this was at a time when the NFL Stars were 133 00:05:57.120 --> 00:05:59.279 in the USFL. I mean, I remember when the New 134 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.759 Jersey General's got Hershcha Walker and they brought him in. 135 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.480 So it was really something to write home about, and 136 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.600 I was geeking it. So when it came back, I 137 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.920 was like, oh, this is awesome. And then after a 138 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.040 while it just kind of got to be okay. It 139 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:14.800 was it was it was a fun sugar rush for 140 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.240 a while, and then the Panthers weren't as good as 141 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.600 the old Panthers. So where I'm going with that is 142 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.079 I kind of see what Louisville fans are up against now. 143 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:26.639 I mean, that program had fallen so far and then 144 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.439 and then you bring back the Peyton Sivas. You know, 145 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:34.560 the glory days when when Louisville went for that national championship, 146 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:37.120 and those were that's what you remember. So you latch 147 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:38.839 onto that as fast as you can. And now they're 148 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:42.040 winning in the TBT, and that even adds it's like 149 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:45.240 pouring gasoline on the fire. So I totally understand why 150 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:48.360 Louisville fans are geeked. My question is, and we're seeing 151 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.199 this in other markets, now, do you still watch the 152 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.519 TBT once your team loses? Because somebody's going home tonight, 153 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:58.600 whether it be Kentucky's team or whether it be Louisville's team, 154 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.839 somebody's going home tonight. So do you still watch the DVT? 155 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:03.959 We still watch the championship. 156 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:06.319 I feel like I feel like most people, and I'll 157 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:08.360 just speak from experience. I mentioned my team was already 158 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:10.800 knocked out. I have paid less attention to it now. 159 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.800 I do know since the Round of sixteen occurred, there's 160 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:15.600 been a bit of a break, so there hasn't been 161 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.600 a lot to really take in. But I feel the 162 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:22.319 hurt isn't the same whenever your alumni team loses as 163 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:25.079 when you know, compared to whenever your actual team loses 164 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.120 during the actual college basketball season. So one thing Nick 165 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:32.360 laid out last week is he wonders what the you know, 166 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.360 kind of the rivalry banter will be like whenever one 167 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:37.560 of these teams wins and one of them loses. Is 168 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:39.000 the losing team just going to shrug it off and 169 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:39.959 be like, yeah, it is what it is. 170 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:41.160 It's not my actual. 171 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.839 Team, or and will the winning team truly take the 172 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:46.360 bragging rights to the next level like they actually do 173 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.199 whenever the actual college team wins. So that'll be an 174 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.839 interesting case study to take a look at whenever this 175 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:53.079 game comes to an end tonight. 176 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:55.480 Hey, you're right, And I think that's a great observation 177 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.879 because what happened was when the Michigan Panthers stopped winning, 178 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:04.040 I kind of just turned it off and I was like, yeah, 179 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:06.759 And to be honest with you, when they merged now 180 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.959 with the UFL, I didn't watch any of it, you know. 181 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.240 And and before it was cool because it was you know, 182 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:16.040 Jeff Fisher was coaching the Panthers, and in fact, even 183 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:19.079 the Detroit Lions signed the Michigan Panther kicker. And I 184 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:23.199 mean the USFL, the UFL whatever they're calling it now, 185 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:25.879 really has turned into kind of a developmental league for 186 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:27.560 the NFL, which is what a lot of people were 187 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.079 looking for. And there's good talent coming out of this 188 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:33.159 that are going into the NFL. Now. They're not going 189 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.679 to go and start, mind you, but they're they're using 190 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.120 this as a springboard and I'm just not watching it 191 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.120 like I used to, which you know, makes me wonder 192 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:46.759 if if TBT, I if the vill or Law Familiar 193 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:49.360 come out next year, if they're back, which I would 194 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:51.799 assume they're going to be back. They're two very successful programs, 195 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:53.679 two of the most successful programs in the TBT. And 196 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:56.919 the TBT is is this isn't an overnight league. This 197 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:58.960 is the eleventh season for this thing. I mean, and 198 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:01.519 they got national TV contracts last year was ESPN, this 199 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.440 year as Fox. You know, they've got it going on 200 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.159 and it's not going away anytime soon. I think it's 201 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:11.320 a very cool league, I really do. I love the 202 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.679 fact that they do the alumni like, for instance, John 203 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.200 You're and I you guy, And for you to be 204 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:18.039 able to see guys like Jogi Farrell come back. 205 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.279 Yes you know that's up twenty four points in one 206 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.279 of his games, right say, And you don't really expect 207 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:23.960 to see happen, and then it does, and it's kind 208 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:25.279 of a nostalgia trip. 209 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.080 Bingo, and it gives you a chance to kind of 210 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.960 go back into that and take a look. My question is, 211 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:32.879 will you be watching if your team comes out next 212 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:36.200 year and they don't win, and let's just say that, 213 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:38.440 you know, this runs its course because players get older, 214 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:40.720 A lot of things happened, none of that. I mean, 215 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:43.039 I don't want to poo poo anybody's excitement tonight because 216 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.080 it is a big night at Freedom Hall. In fact, 217 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.960 I checked Ticketmaster before we came on the air. There 218 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:51.600 are seats available, still plenty of them, but they're in 219 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.840 the corners now at Freedom Hall. They're in the corners 220 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.799 and up in the end zones. Thirty three dollars will 221 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:58.960 get you in the door. So if you're on your 222 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.320 way home tonight, you're melon and going, hey, you want 223 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.279 to go to the game night, thirty three bucks is 224 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.919 going to get you in the door. One of the 225 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:08.799 things we talked about on the show with Tony Cruz 226 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:12.000 this morning was that the nice thing about Freedom Hall 227 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:16.320 is you don't feel like you're walking almost straight up 228 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:19.080 when you sit in that section. I remember when my 229 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:21.720 daughter was really young, we took her out when UCLA 230 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:24.679 and Steve Lavin came to town and we sat all 231 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:26.039 the way very last time. I think it was like 232 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:29.159 section three twenty nine or something like that. I'm thinking 233 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.080 to my wife. I God, we had nosebleed seats, and 234 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:33.320 yet well we sat there. It wasn't After being at 235 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:36.480 the Yum Center, it really wasn't that bad. There are 236 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:38.519 events that my wife will not go to at the 237 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:42.039 Young Center if we're upstairs because she will literally get dizzy. 238 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:46.759 And I'm hearing now that that is a common complaint 239 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.360 in stadiums across the country. It's not just a Young 240 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.320 Center thing. It's all these new stadiums are building because 241 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.159 they build them so steep up high that people go 242 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:59.000 in and they're just like, I can't sit up here. Joe, 243 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.080 who produces for on Saturdays, she can't go to a 244 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.279 Young Center event if she's sitting in the upper deck 245 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:07.159 because it's too high. So when you go to Freedom Hall, 246 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:09.320 the nice part about Freedom Hall is it's got that 247 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:12.399 slow incline that you sit up. You're a little further away, 248 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.919 but it's got that slow incline, and I think that's 249 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:18.200 an even trade off for folks. But it certainly looks 250 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:20.240 good on TV. Now they have the Lake Game tonight. 251 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.039 They're nine o'clock. If I'm not mistake, yeh, it's nine 252 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:27.679 o'clock tip. And what happens is that the seven o'clock is. 253 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:30.440 I think it's the Ohio State alum. Yeah, it's the 254 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.480 Ohio State alum that are going to go. Prior to that, 255 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:38.799 Carmen's crew is going to play takeover BC. Here's something 256 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.159 my son brought up something to me while we were 257 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:44.279 watching the game too. Would you like to see double 258 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:49.240 elimination in the TBT or do you like the idea 259 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:49.759 that it's. 260 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:53.200 Just single I think I don't think double elimination is necessary. 261 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.919 I think the way that they do it is great. 262 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:56.799 And one thing too that we haven't hit on yet, 263 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:00.159 the elm ending, I think makes this tournament all that 264 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.240 much more exciting. Get familiar with the elam ending a 265 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:04.480 thing you are, yes, so where you have the you 266 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.720 get to the final four minutes. For those who are unfamiliar, 267 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.120 maybe tuning in for the first time tonight, the elam 268 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.720 ending is when you're in the final quarter of the game. 269 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:14.120 This game, these games are played in quarters, not halves 270 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.159 like college basketball. When you get to the under four 271 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:20.720 the first stop at under four minutes, the clock is 272 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:23.159 turned off and they set a target score, and the 273 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:26.559 target score is eight points greater than the team that 274 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:28.879 has the lead. So if it's sixty to fifty eight, 275 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:31.519 the target score then becomes sixty eight, and that's how 276 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:32.159 you win the game. 277 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.519 Yeah, I think that's I'm with you in that. I 278 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.080 like that. That makes it fun because when you saw 279 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:41.000 Montrez Harrald go to the line, that just made it 280 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:43.279 all that more exciting because then those free throws really 281 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:45.360 meant something. You can't go up there and you can't 282 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:47.519 just you know, kind of bank them up there. So 283 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:50.000 look at some of the stats. Now here's some of 284 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.399 the teams still live that you have in the tvt 285 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.919 You have the Happy Valley Hoopers are taking on ebra 286 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.799 Lean Drive. That obviously is the Penn State group we 287 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:02.000 mentioned takeover BC and Carmen's Crew, and it's the Forever Koog's, 288 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:06.559 which is the Houston alumni alumni taking on perhaps the 289 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:13.200 most original name in TBT, team Colorado Keep it Basic, Yeah, 290 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:17.039 featuring guess what the Colorado alumni. I didn't know Colorado 291 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:19.159 had that many famous alumni that played basketball. 292 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:21.519 I didn't know Penn State had that many alumni, right, 293 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:22.919 I don't neither basketball. 294 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.919 To your point, I did not either. When you start 295 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:28.759 comparing the two teams head to head, the villain La 296 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.480 Familiar are twelfth and fifteenth. When it comes to field 297 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:34.639 goal shooting at forty seven point five percent and forty 298 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:38.120 seven point three percent, La Familia is pointing up eighty 299 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:42.320 six points per game to the vill seventy seven. La 300 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:46.919 Familiar has the fourth best three point shooting percentage, with 301 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.279 the vill at thirteenth. You know that we seen Cantor 302 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.240 and La Familia turns it over on average nine times 303 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:55.000 per game to the Ville's eight point three. So when 304 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:56.960 you start looking at those numbers, then you go to 305 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:01.039 the individual numbers. Kareem Cantor is so se in TBT 306 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:04.879 in shooting. He's shooting just under seventy seven percent with 307 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:07.360 sixty seven points. Eric Bledsoe comes in at tenth with 308 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:13.240 fifty three points, and the well the former Trinity Shamrock 309 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:16.159 David Johnson leads developed fifty points. He's shooting right at 310 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:18.919 fifty percent. That's good for thirteenth in the league. So 311 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.080 when it comes to game averages, Kareem Cancer is also 312 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.559 second in the league. He's shooting about twenty two point three. 313 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.720 Bled SE's tenth was seventeen point seven, then David Johnson's 314 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:31.600 sixteen point seven, so they sound pretty evenly matched tonight 315 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.240 and it should be a good game. It should, you know, 316 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:38.360 it's hard to say though, it's TBT. 317 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:40.399 If you're looking at spreads. One thing Nick talked about 318 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:42.480 spreads last week. They have an updated spread right now 319 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:46.759 La Famlia Kentucky's team currently favored by five points. I 320 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:48.480 would take a little to cover that spread. 321 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.879 Absolutely, absolutely. Well, it's rivaly, yeah, rivalry, and you know, 322 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:55.480 and that's what we've seen in the Olympics. And it's 323 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:58.120 interesting because I was listening to some of the players 324 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.600 talk who had played in the past, and they said, 325 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:03.679 believe it, because you think these guys will come in 326 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.759 and gals and they play for big money contracts. There's 327 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:09.799 a lot on the line. Everybody wants an NBA championship. 328 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:14.960 But and this is something that's reflected worldwide. Dude, you 329 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.679 put a name on the front of that jersey, like 330 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:21.120 USA or Serbia in the case of Nikola Jokic, they said, 331 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:25.559 that changes the dynamic that just you're just you're there. 332 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:27.200 It's a bigger purpose. I mean, you have all the 333 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:29.320 money in the world, you don't need, you're not playing 334 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:32.080 for bonus. But boy, when you put that USA, and 335 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:35.799 especially if your team USA with the history and tradition 336 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.960 that the Dream Teams have, which I think USA is 337 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:42.360 going to win gold in men's and women's hands down. 338 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:45.000 Now they're going to be pushed. They're gonna be pushed, 339 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:48.799 but they're gonna win gold. And what's cool about basketball 340 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:51.159 is in the cool thing. Why I say that is 341 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:54.879 basketball has become such an international sport, which is what 342 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:59.440 you want. You want your game to grow internationally because 343 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.480 that's more balls. Anytime you get the world playing your game, 344 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:05.080 that's awesome. And we started to see this with the 345 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:07.600 original Dream Team and now the rest of the world 346 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:09.360 is starting to catch up. And that's why. I don't 347 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:12.639 know if you watched the game Sunday, but that's the 348 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:15.399 team USA got that slow start against Serbia. I mean, 349 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.480 that's not a bad team. There's some talent there, and 350 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:20.360 then they pulled away. And right now I'm watching Team 351 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:23.840 usas women and they're up by four against Japan in 352 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:27.120 the first quarter. I mean, people around the world are 353 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:29.879 playing basketball, and there's good players that play basketball. So 354 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:33.200 basketball is always fun for me. In the Olympics, it's 355 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.559 one of my favorite sports. And the beauty is we 356 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:39.480 have the we had the peacock app and I love 357 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.919 that app because yesterday we were in the house. I 358 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.440 was doing some stuff upstairs, my wife was downstairs. My 359 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.840 wife and daughter are gymnastics swimming kind of people. I'm 360 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:51.440 more like. I like the boxing. I like the basketball. 361 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:54.720 I also like to watch other sports that I haven't 362 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:58.080 watched before I get in to watch. I can watch 363 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:02.039 a few, except for maybe beach volleyball. Not a beach volleyball. Oh, 364 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:03.720 so what is it? Why don't you like beach volleyball. 365 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.359 I don't know. I fake volleyball. Well, it's no, and 366 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:10.359 I love real volleyball. I love real volleyball, and I 367 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:12.599 think we can talk about that later, because that's getting 368 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.720 to be a bit that's gonna be a big thing 369 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.240 right here in Louisville, coming up here at the end 370 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:18.359 of this well, as we flipped the calendar over to August. 371 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.880 But for me, beach volleyball, to your point, it's just 372 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.559 it's beach volleyball. It seems more casual, right. It's just 373 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.839 I don't know why I'm not there with it, because 374 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:31.240 I love the game and I love I love the 375 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:34.319 whole thing about volleyball, and I love my son actually 376 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:36.039 played they had boys teams when he was coming up 377 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:38.400 through elementary school, they had boys teams that played. And 378 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:41.400 I wish the male game would transcend that it just 379 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:44.279 loses something I guess along the way, and then the 380 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:47.240 ladies pick up. But when I watch real volleyball, it's 381 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.559 it's such an exciting sport. It keeps you on the 382 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:52.759 edge twenty four to seven. So I'll end up watching 383 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:56.359 stuff like I watched a little volleyball this afternoon. Swimming 384 00:17:56.519 --> 00:18:00.119 I can. I can do swimming. I just have to 385 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.519 be in the right mood for swimming. I you know, 386 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.480 I have to be like if you start getting into 387 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:09.359 like the fifteen hundred meter relay, I'm like, dude, okay, 388 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:12.200 how long is this thing going on for? And and 389 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:14.839 it's like and I tried. I tried today. I did 390 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:17.759 try handball. I tried handball. That's another one. I can't 391 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:20.359 get my hands wrong. It just doesn't sink fun intended. 392 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:23.119 You're right, it doesn't sink up with me. As a 393 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.480 hockey guy, I'm seeing hockey, but I'm watching people run 394 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:29.480 around without a stick in a part, and I'm used 395 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.680 to seeing that. My brain is making the disconnect. But 396 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.279 I have enjoyed the rugby sevens, both men and women. 397 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:37.119 That's been a lot of fun. I'm a big rugby guy, 398 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.240 so I like the fifteen game. The sevens are fun. 399 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:43.599 I get why the world loves sevens because it moves faster, 400 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:47.960 and you know, to me, rugby is the way that 401 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.720