WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:04.400 All right, hour number three on our annual Monday Marathon 2 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:08.679 presented by Carriage Ford. This is one of the best 3 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:10.919 days of the year reacting to the bracket, and I 4 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.359 am happy as can be that Louisville is in the tournament. 5 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:15.880 It's nice to be, you know, to be dancing once again. 6 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.839 Been a long time coming. But I have throughout the 7 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:22.519 show today had a hard time not making it clear 8 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.280 that the disappointment to see Louisville as an eight seed 9 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:28.760 was just I mean, it's the most disappointed I've been 10 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:30.879 as a Louisville basketball fan in a long long time. 11 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:33.280 And I explained myself that it's just because with this 12 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:35.799 year's team, even when they did lose, I wasn't happy. 13 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:37.359 You know, at times I didn't know how good they 14 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.640 were going to be. But like the level to have disappointment, 15 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:42.240 I think you have to have expectation, and I just 16 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:44.439 never felt like this team. When they did lose, it 17 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:47.399 was because you know, they were you know, they were 18 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.799 not trying or they didn't care. So I expected them 19 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.439 to be a seven at worst, probably a six, maybe 20 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:55.880 a five. But to see the eight was was a disaster. 21 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:57.920 But anyways, we were going to simulcast once again with 22 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:00.200 our partners over there News Radio eight forty WHS. So 23 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:02.759 I am going to walk across the hall and join 24 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:05.560 the wonderful Terry miners will do this segment here talking 25 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.120 about the brackets again. It's our annual Monday marath opposite 26 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:08.879 about Carriage Ford. 27 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:13.879 What reality settled? West Virginia wants to sue they weren't 28 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:16.159 in it, West Virginia. They got a lot of people 29 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:18.480 lobbying on their behalf. 30 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.079 Though, what up would North girlin? 31 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:22.280 I know? But once the thing is said, that's that 32 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:25.519 unless it's the NIIT, which I noted earlier today. South 33 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.920 Alabama was given an offer and then it was rescinded 34 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:29.840 by the NIIT. 35 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.239 Youch that's like Kevin an ugly girl, go you want 36 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:33.640 to go out? 37 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:38.159 I'm just kidding. That's tough. Nick Coffee in the studio 38 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:40.719 where us Nick, I know we're gonna go spend much 39 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.359 time on the n I T. But there are several 40 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:43.719 ACC teams in there. 41 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:45.920 Yep. I did see the story of of what you 42 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:47.640 guys were just referencing about the team that got the 43 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.920 invite only for it to be rescinded. That would be 44 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:51.840 really tough. Because that's the kind of program where the 45 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:54.920 n I T would meet something of course, and that's 46 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:56.840 a bad look. Makes me think that maybe the conspiracy 47 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:59.760 theorists aren't that crazy to think that the committee might 48 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:02.400 have actually just goofed and put Louisville as an a 49 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:05.519 instead of Memphis, because that's something that's making its way 50 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:07.480 around the internet. Which, again, not to sound like a 51 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:09.960 crazy person, but when you look at what the committee values, 52 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:11.879 and you look at the two team profiles, and you 53 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:14.759 told me they just switched them around accidentally, maybe it's 54 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:16.159 what I want to believe, because I just can't believe 55 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:18.280 Loolve was an eight seed. But you know, those kind 56 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:20.599 of mistakes happen. I don't know. Maybe maybe that's not 57 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:21.199 that crazy. 58 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.919 You're the least crazy person in the DJ room, I 59 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:24.439 can tell you that. 60 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:25.879 Okay, I'll take that as a compliment. 61 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.240 Stanford and Georgia Tack are also in this NIT, but 62 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:31.800 SMU's there, and of those three, I'm going to take 63 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:37.120 SMU as the team to catapult the farthest from this 64 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.719 moment to twenty twenty six. Okay, when the brackets come out. 65 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:44.639 There's a lot of money in the SMU PA. 66 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:46.479 Andianfield was a good high for them. I think he'll 67 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.919 be able to win there. And the ACC, I mean, heck, 68 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:51.960 they did a pretty good job in their first season 69 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.639 in the league. In fact, just looking at their overall profile, 70 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.560 their record, it's just crazy to see a team with 71 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:59.280 that record in ACC play. Wasn't even really considered for 72 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:01.759 the dance in it when we got to selection Sunday, 73 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.240 But in previous years you'd be safely in. With how 74 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:05.639 many game wins they had in league play. 75 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.479 I just have a feeling that they're in al roster. 76 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:09.319 Oh yeah, they've got money. 77 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:12.479 Impressive, no doubt about it. So yeah, we talked about 78 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:14.680 the bump in the road for Louisville coming here. Well 79 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.080 let's talk about the actual meat and potatoes of Louisville 80 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.800 playing Creighton. How did Louisville do. Let's walk through that again. 81 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.879 With teams that had an effective big person in the middle. 82 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.800 They were fortunate to not run into as many as 83 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.080 I was going to say, as you typically see, but 84 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:32.599 college basketball, there's still front court players that have a 85 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:36.080 big impact in the game. But you know, the game's 86 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:37.919 just played a little bit differently now, Like they haven't 87 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.599 played a hunter Dickinson, who's a similar, similar kind of 88 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:44.680 player as far as a big imposing threat like Ryan 89 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.000 Kulkbrinner is. So you know, clearly they're going to have 90 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.360 some issues. They don't have as much size as you 91 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:50.759 would like when you're going to play a team that 92 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.560 really focuses everything around a giant who's really really effective. 93 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:57.080 So I think they're going to bring some double teams 94 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:59.280 try to keep them away from the rim, and you know, 95 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:02.000 this easier seven done. He's humongous. But this will this 96 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:04.360 will certainly be a stat that will come up throughout 97 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:06.080 the week as we lead up to this game. Because 98 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:07.360 it's the first game of the tournament and it's an 99 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.039 eight nine seed. It is pretty intriguing matchup all things considered. 100 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:14.639 But these two guys, Ryan Coulkbrinner and James Scotty, they 101 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.839 are one and two in the country in total dunks, 102 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.720 so that Calburn is the only guy that James scott 103 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:21.079 is behind as far as total dunks. 104 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.879 Yeah, And of course obviously we methodically set that up 105 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.079 with James all throughout the whole season just because we 106 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.839 took advantage when we could. But a couple of times, 107 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.480 like in these these past couple of games. You saw 108 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.160 the teams that had a big guy, Stanford's one of 109 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:38.639 them could disrupt what Louisville's plan was with those basic 110 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:41.560 James Scott dunks that we've just relished through the whole year. 111 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.120 Well said, because Reynard from Stanford is one of the 112 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.120 better bigs in the country. Stanford, of course wasn't a 113 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.439 great team, but they got better and I could see 114 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:50.439 them having some success to their coaches, and it just 115 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:52.319 finished up his first season, and I think they did 116 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:54.000 a pretty good job where at times they would let 117 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:55.879 him have a night. You know, it's gonna be tough 118 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:58.279 to completely shut him down, but they were able to 119 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.319 to kind of let him go off, but yeah, control 120 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:02.279 everybody else, and that was a pretty effective way, especially 121 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:05.720 when they played Stanford the first time around. But I mean, 122 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.279 James Scott is somebody that I and we were just 123 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.079 talking about this earlier. Somebody called and referenced him, and 124 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.639 I love everything about him. Play so hard, we'll get 125 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.319 on the floor, gives you so much effort, rarely ever 126 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:20.439 tries to kind of step outside of his game, and 127 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:22.560 that's a good thing. That's an underrated value in a 128 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:24.639 player that you know who you are. You know, you 129 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:26.920 don't steer away from it. But when when he's got 130 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.279 to do anything other anything other anything, when he's got 131 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.160 to do anything offensively other than just being near the 132 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:33.399 rim and dunking it, I worry a little bit. He's 133 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:35.480 he's not as polished in the front court as far 134 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:38.720 as just offensively, and clearly that's where Creighton's gonna have 135 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:40.279 an advantage because Ryan Colchberner is one of the best 136 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.279 players that you'll see in college basketball. 137 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.160 We know that Chucky and Terrence Fat have been just 138 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:49.680 incredible in so many ways, and and they're they're consistent. 139 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:52.600 And then having Hadley playing D the way he does 140 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.399 as well, because Chucky's obviously the you know, a D superstar. 141 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:02.160 We've got some components in play here to beat Caren 142 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:07.680 for sure. And what about intangibles, someone like Noah Is 143 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:09.720 he going to be needed? And because you know, we 144 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.680 know Rain's coming back, we don't know if he's going 145 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:12.319 to be rushing. 146 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.600 Yeah, I think, and I mean, and this is maybe 147 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.279 just the homer in me. I think Louisville is one 148 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:19.680 of the Louisville has one of the better back courts 149 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:21.720 you're going to see in this tournament, which Chucky Hepburn 150 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:23.720 and Terry said Wards, especially the way Terrence Edwards has 151 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:26.519 been playing. So you know against Creighton, I give Louislle 152 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:27.959 the edge there. As far as how the back court 153 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:30.560 stacks up against Auburn, it'll be tough. But I think 154 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:32.759 that's an area where they they Louisville would be looked 155 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:34.439 at as a team and there aren't many that could 156 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:36.959 match up well with that back court of Auburn out 157 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.480 They don't have the depth that Auburn has and that 158 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:41.120 could be the issue. But I think Noah Waterman's a 159 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:42.800 guy that won if he doesn't get that bucket to 160 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:45.040 help you avoid the loss to Eku who knows what 161 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.439 we're talking about today. And also, I mean without his 162 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.120 eight nine points in the first half against Stanford in 163 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.519 the ACC tournament, you might have had a bigger deficit 164 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.160 to climb out of and it may not have happened 165 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:58.120 for you. So this group all year, next man up 166 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.759 when when somebody gets hurt, guys have have have gotten 167 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.680 comfortable at absorbing whatever whatever they got to take on. 168 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:05.639 Maybe if it's just a bigger role, if it's producing 169 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:08.360 more on the backboard or scoring more points. So you know, 170 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:10.120 I was. It was nice to see that Noah Waterman, 171 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.600 who'd kind of been just you sparingly, hasn't really been 172 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.040 fully healthy. He kind of anything you got from him, 173 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:16.639 it felt like it was just an added bonus. Well, 174 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:17.959 then he's gonna have to do more. It's gonna start 175 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:20.519 now because rain Smith's out. So I'm happy to see 176 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:22.560 that he at least got a little more comfortable as 177 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.040 the last few games rolled on. But look, Louisville is 178 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:28.319 it's not just as we discussed earlier. It's not just 179 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:29.959 about having a guy who can change a game in 180 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.519 a moment's notice. Because rain Smith can get hot and 181 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.639 take you from being, you know, down three to up 182 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.879 six in a few possessions. That's how lethal he is 183 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:40.079 as a shooter. But everybody's got to be accounting for 184 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.399 where he is at all times. He's constantly moving. So 185 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.759 I feel like John Hadley is much more of a 186 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:47.040 of a threat to the other team if there's so 187 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:50.279 much more so worried about about rain Smith and with Chucky, 188 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:52.600 I mean, he clearly knows where to find rain Smith. 189 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:56.279 So I think Louisville's strength is clearly backcourt play, front 190 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:57.920 court play. I wouldn't say it's a huge issue when 191 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:00.360 it comes to certain matchups. But if there's there's one 192 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.399 big guy that every coach is looking at this bracket 193 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:03.920 and saying when it comes to you know, let's say 194 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:05.800 you are maybe worried about how you stack up with 195 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:08.240 against good teams, with a good big guy crighton would 196 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:09.720 be the one team you'd want to stay away from. 197 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:13.720 And you did reference Rain Smith being out. You mean 198 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:14.720 that in the past ten. 199 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:17.480 Yes, yes, he's he's been out and he's not started, 200 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.439 which is why I Noah's had to come in. So yeah, 201 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.040 I mean, look, Rain said he's good to go. I 202 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:23.079 was so encouraged to see that he was. You know, 203 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.279 maybe it's just maybe there was some gamesmanship there, but 204 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:28.279 I feel like if he was going through the the 205 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:31.160 you know, pregame stuff just to kind of get you know, 206 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.159 maybe just to get more repetition at that is he's 207 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.559 getting closer to come back, that's a good sign. And honestly, 208 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:37.759 you know, it'd be nice if he plays and he's 209 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:39.679 healthy and he makes shots, that'd be great. But him 210 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:42.960 just being on the floor is a real added bonus 211 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:45.120 for Louisville considering they haven't had him for two weeks. 212 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.559 Now we're gonna need some minutes though out of triory 213 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.840 and roots. You know, these guys add some you know, 214 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.080 they're they're fast, and they can be disruptive as well, 215 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.639 but we're gonna need some them to just help these 216 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:58.120 other guys get a blow yep. 217 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.279 I mean, if they can come in and rebound, not 218 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.639 you know, not give up a bucket defensively, and I 219 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:06.639 think they're capable of doing that. I think against Duke 220 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.480 it really stood out in that one to where they've 221 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.480 got guys that are that you know, regardless if they're 222 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:13.759 eighteen or twenty two, they're gonna play the NBA. And 223 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:15.279 it just seemed as if some of those guys for 224 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:17.600 louis that are more role players. You know, they didn't 225 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:19.799 have good nights again, and maybe if they played Duke again, 226 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:21.519 maybe it'd be a different scenario. But to beat a 227 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:23.679 team that good, you need really everybody to kind of 228 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:26.320 be doing their part. Maybe if it's you know, Terrence Edwards, 229 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.159 he needed to score nearly thirty for Louisville to be 230 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.679 in the game, and you know, you need everybody to 231 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:32.200 kind of be at their best to play a team 232 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:35.279 like that. So you know it's Creton, it's not Duke, 233 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:37.159 and you know, Auburn, but Auburn if you get if 234 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:38.720 you can get there. You know, maybe I'm getting ahead 235 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.159 of myself, but you're going to need everybody to play 236 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.080 well in order to beat a team of that caliber. 237 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:46.120 Ropperena is a great environment. We all know that, we're 238 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.600 all so familiar with it, and there's so much talk 239 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:51.000 back and forth back, well, what exactly is the composition 240 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:52.639 of the crowd. Well, you and I were there a 241 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.519 decade ago, a little over decade ago. That was pretty awesome. 242 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:59.159 Oh yeah, but this time you have Kentucky on a 243 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:03.240 staggered day plan on Friday. People who live around here 244 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.799 who didn't travel may want to take their blue and 245 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.000 yell for Creighton. Now I've seen people online saying, hey, hey, 246 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:10.000 Kentucky fans. 247 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.000 I saw that too. I just saw it a moment ago. Yeah, 248 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:14.639 you mind wearing blue and showing up and cheering on 249 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.039 our team because it's your rival that's facing them. I mean, 250 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.200 as silly as it sounds, you know, there's gonna be 251 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:21.720 Kentucky fans. There were in uk Gear. 252 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:25.320 I mean there's Kentucky fans at u of L's graduation. 253 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.039 Oh yeah, I mean that's just how that goes. They 254 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:27.720 wear If I. 255 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.720 Ever landed on the moon, I guarantee you i'd se 256 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.759 a Kentucky fan wearing a UK gear. They're everywhere. You 257 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.960 can't escape them. Went to my honeymoon in Mexico saw 258 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.320 two of them. Maybe, just like you can't make this 259 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:35.879 stuff up. 260 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:40.919 What kind of crowd though, I mean it seems like 261 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:44.159 it would be dominated by Louisville and Tennessee fans. 262 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.440 Yes, I think Louisville will have a good contention there, 263 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.000 no doubt. But I think the noon at Thursday makes 264 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:51.039 that a little bit harder. I mean, you're you know 265 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:52.720 you're gonna have to for sure take off work, I 266 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.159 would imagine, and maybe you could be maybe you could 267 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.679 somehow not actually take off work, but somehow find a 268 00:10:57.679 --> 00:10:59.720 way to get there. I don't know, but Thursday at 269 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:02.279 new to me, it kind of takes a little bit 270 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:05.799 away from the home court advantage in the first round. Now, 271 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:07.759 if you get to Saturday, that's a build up to 272 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.360 where you're gonna be probably taken on. I mean, you 273 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.399 will be taking on the number one overall seed. If 274 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.159 you get past Creighton, that means that you would have 275 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:14.600 played well and that would have been a huge win 276 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:16.960 for you. So that's where it could really become an 277 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:19.120 issue for Auburn, which as much as Louisville fans I 278 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:22.200 think have understandably been complaining, Bruce Pearl can't be happy 279 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.360 with this. I mean, honestly, Doug McDermott can't be happy 280 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:25.639 with this. 281 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:28.200 No, Auburn fans I think are like, what, we're the 282 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.480 number one overall seed and you're shelving us right in 283 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:32.200 there like that. 284 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:37.320 Louisville is the second closest team to their first round site. 285 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:40.679 Duke is the closest because they're in Raleigh. Because they're Duke, 286 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.759 and they're the number one. They're a number one seed. 287 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:47.000 But to see an eight seed get preferential location, it 288 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.080 could just be, you know, maybe they were asleep at 289 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:51.159 the wheel, or maybe they said, yeah, now that the 290 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:53.519 brackets together, this eight doesn't make a whole lot of sense, 291 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.159 let's put them in Lexington to make up for. Maybe 292 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:56.639 they did that. 293 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:59.039 I think there had to be something about jiggering the 294 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:02.559 numbers in order to just get Louisville there. It's about it, and. 295 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:04.960 That's what's been so That's what's been so frustrating about 296 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:08.080 this whole thing is that when it comes to when 297 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:10.840 it comes to how you want to put this whole 298 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.120 thing together, you can make a decision about a team 299 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:17.679 and then do things elsewhere to justify why you put 300 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:19.200 them there. Right Like, you can put a team here 301 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.200 and say, well, look, they beat this team, We're claiming 302 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:23.559 that opponent that they beat. There's value there because they 303 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:25.519 were a three seed. They didn't even really try to 304 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:27.519 do that with Louiville and the ACC because they showed 305 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:30.200 that they did actually respect the ACC. With Clemson getting 306 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:32.879 a five, with Carolina getting in, but Louisville getting an 307 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:35.720 AD just it doesn't quite doesn't quite add up compared 308 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.039 and I could live with it. They just said, look, 309 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.320 the ACC had a really down year. There wasn't as 310 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:42.000 much opportunity for valuable wins, and there were a lot 311 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.399 of teams out there that really, you did a great 312 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:46.919 job at building a better resume. If they'd have done 313 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:48.720 it consistently, it would have been a little bit different. 314 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:50.759 But for Louisville, I just don't know how they could 315 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:53.559 be three spots away from a Clemson team that, yes 316 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:55.240 had a couple of really good wins that Louisville did 317 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:56.639 not have, but louisvill swept them. 318 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.759 That's Nick Coffee. I'm Terry Minors, Dave Jennings. Also here 319 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:02.159 is North Carolina kind of the NEPO baby of this 320 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:04.799 whole thing. Oh yeah, just it was a ridiculous thing 321 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.559 because the dumb guys allowed to go to medical school 322 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.720 because his dad is on the board of trustees. 323 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:12.759 I tell you what. The the West West Virginia I 324 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:14.799 thought was safely in. And a lot of times what 325 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:17.279 we forget when we talk about bubble and and and 326 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:19.679 and teams getting left out first four in, last four 327 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:21.720 out all that you rarely think that, Okay, you got 328 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:23.440 to compare him to somebody. It's not just about okay, 329 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:25.279 here's the metric they hit this, it's all. It's all 330 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:28.039 how you compare to compete for those final few spots. 331 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.919 Carolina getting in in West Virginia not is one of 332 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.720 the craziest things I've ever seen. And and you know, 333 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:37.320 when you have the the the guy who's in charge 334 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.559 of this committee being the ad at North Carolina, I mean, yeah, 335 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:42.759 he can leave the room when they talk about Carolina, 336 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:44.759 like he tells us. But you know, these these other 337 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:48.200 ads on the on this on on the committee, they're at, 338 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:51.159 they're they're they're peers, right, they're probably friendly, and I 339 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.240 just I don't know to assume that the human element 340 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.879 is not a powerful enough thing to when he leaves 341 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:56.679 the room. They don't want to disappoint him when he 342 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:59.159 comes back and say, sorry, Bubba, we left your team 343 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:00.879 out and now you're not going to be going. Now 344 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.159 you're not going dancing, and you know you don't get 345 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:04.960 your incentive if that's really a thing or not. Did 346 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.159 you see that Apparently he gets a financial incentive if 347 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:10.840 Carolina makes the tournament. That can't be real, right, I mean, 348 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.159 I never know what I mean that. 349 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.159 That just means that that you they'd be straight in court. 350 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:16.120 I mean that that. Yeah, I mean that's something that's 351 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:17.600 thrown out there that people are running with out of 352 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:19.000 no clue if there's any truth to it or not. 353 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:22.360 But yeah, Carolina, I would be willing to bet that 354 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.279 every single one of the players and coaches who set 355 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:28.200 to watch the selection show they could not have felt 356 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.320 good about getting in. 357 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:32.200 Yeah, Louisville slapped them around, and by the way, all 358 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:35.120 the seating and things aside. Let's just kenly for a 359 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:40.279 moment reflect on where we are one year later. I mean, 360 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:44.600 dumpster fire. Nobody knows what's going to happen. We have 361 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:47.919 no idea what'll be. You know. That's why I think 362 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:49.879 so many people are just like, dude, we're in and 363 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:51.840 we're in the show, and we were dead. We were 364 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:55.279 da sure the corner declared us dead, Ding dong. 365 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.039 Tag body bag. It was. It was over with, and. 366 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.240 Now the market value of the Louisville Cardinals is back 367 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:05.399 into that upward lift that it's like, here's the stock 368 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:06.879 to bet. 369 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.960 On and take away the seating. Just the ride these 370 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.480 guys gave us to where they didn't just win a 371 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.279 bunch of games, more so than we expected in the 372 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:16.039 year in the first year of the Pat Kelsey era, 373 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.879 they were so fun to watch. You could tell they 374 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:21.080 they could see us coming back to life from being 375 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.600 dead and they really I think that was infectious and 376 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:25.840 you could tell they appreciated what they were doing for 377 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.080 us as a fan base to where you know, yeah, 378 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.960 the results are great, going eighteen and doing the acc 379 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.200 getting to play Duke in the AEC Championship game, that's awesome, 380 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:36.360 But it's been more enjoyable than I even remembered what 381 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:38.480 this was like to watch a team that you know, 382 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.240 you know. I think they're a great reflection of their 383 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.559 head coach, and these guys make you proud to watch them. 384 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:45.600 So I'm sure we'll continue to belly ach here and 385 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:47.679 there about the seating, but I'm also just looking forward 386 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.759 to seeing them play on Thursday. 387 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.399 But the reverberations from it also help and recruit. 388 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:54.480 Oh of course, yes, proof of concept. Pat Kelsey in 389 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:57.559 year one has shown with him just having you know, 390 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.399 resources within IL, but I mean he had to build 391 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:02.320 a roster from scratch. He's selling to players in the 392 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:05.279 portal from higher level schools and they've never they've never 393 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:07.679 seen him have success at this level. Here he is 394 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:09.879 in year one ACC Coach of the Year, so not 395 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:12.879 only for recruiting high school players, but recruiting other players 396 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:15.639 in the portal. I mean this, this first season is 397 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:17.960 a sign that, hey, this guy's building something that should 398 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:20.039 be pretty successful. I don't know why others wouldn't want 399 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:21.480 to come be a part of it. And also it 400 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:24.200 all works together. I mean the fans making the UM 401 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:26.960