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So 22 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:22.079 keep it in mind, we were proudly fueled by Thornton's 23 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:24.239 here on Sports Talk seven nineties. 24 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:27.359 So a very very cold Tuesday. 25 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:30.000 I mean I think, I mean it was like what 26 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:32.359 eight degrees this morning or something like that. 27 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:33.239 But felt like two. 28 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:34.319 I mean it is. 29 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:39.079 I mean, I was thinking about this earlier because we 30 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.200 had the snowstorm that rocked us a little bit, really 31 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:45.480 impacted a full week to an extent for some folks 32 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:49.519 around here. That happened on January fifth. It's January twenty first, 33 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.640 so I'm I don't know. I can't prove this, and 34 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:56.519 it's certainly not relevant, but I think that there's been 35 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:02.120 snow on the ground around here as many days consecutively 36 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:05.480 than there ever has been that I can remember. I 37 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:09.120 know that snowstorm happened in like nineteen ninety two or something, 38 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:11.120 or was it ninety four? Maybe it was ninety four 39 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:14.360 maybe either way, the big snowstorm that, of course a 40 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:15.919 lot of folks talk about to this day. 41 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:17.840 I'm sure that, but I don't remember that. I was 42 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:18.280 so young. 43 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.599 So it's we got a lot of snow, and it's 44 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:23.639 been warm enough here and there to get a buff 45 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:25.800 freezing and some of it melt but you got to 46 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:27.840 keep in mind it doesn't stay that warm that long 47 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:31.479 this time of year. And there's certain like my driveway 48 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:34.680 at the top, not the hill. The hill is fine, 49 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:36.919 but my driveway at the top, like where we pull 50 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.360 into the garage, it's in the shade for like, you know, 51 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:42.879 it's either in the shade or it's dark outside for 52 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:45.240 you know, nearly twenty four of the twenty four hours 53 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:47.120 that we get in a day. So it's just been 54 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:49.280 a solid sheet of ice for a long time. And 55 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:52.800 with this cold weather, I mean it's our pipes froze, 56 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:54.960 which you know is one of those things that's never 57 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:56.120 happened to me as a homeowner. 58 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:57.000 I didn't really know what to do. 59 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:01.759 Luckily we were able to, you know to I mean again, 60 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:04.319 I was worried that we were you know, that that 61 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:06.159 could be a big issue, which I know that it can. 62 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.960 But now we've got like the the two sinks that 63 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.120 we have in our in our bedroom bathroom, we've got 64 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:15.039 those just kind of doing that slow drip. But the 65 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.599 other like our kitchen and whatnot, it was fine our shower. 66 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:21.159 So it is that kind of cold, and I'm ready 67 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.159 for the cold weather to be over with I really am. 68 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.599 Usually I'm somebody saying, hey, I can live with this, 69 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:27.479 give us more snow, but no, I'm ready for it 70 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:30.039 to be op It's just the cold weather is disrespectful 71 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:31.439 out there. It's just brutal. 72 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:32.199 It has been. 73 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:33.879 And I know that we've gone on here and talked 74 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.240 about what would you rather when it comes to the 75 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:37.120 hot and cold weather? 76 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:38.319 And I love that would you rather get? 77 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:42.159 Absolutely and we, like you said, we've both been on 78 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:46.680 an agreement. I hate when it's hot outside. But the 79 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:49.800 last couple of weeks here have got me starting to 80 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:52.680 maybe change my mind on that narrative a little more. 81 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:53.360 But I don't know. 82 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.520 I'll say that until I get back in my car 83 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.719 after it's been sitting there in ninety degree weather and 84 00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:01.479 forty five percent human and I just hate life. 85 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:04.080 Then i'd I've known for quite a while that I'm 86 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:06.680 not necessarily built for the elements in one extreme way 87 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.080 or the other. But man, this cold weather has been 88 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:11.599 a real reminder that I'm soft because just getting I 89 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.680 mean just getting out of the car, and keep in 90 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:16.680 mind where we are, I mean, I'm in a garage, 91 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.920 it's outside, I mean it's not warm, and the walkway 92 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.879 from the garage to our front door. I mean it's covered, 93 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:24.040 but it's still really cold. 94 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:24.439 Yeah. 95 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:26.639 So like I'm people out there working in this and 96 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:27.839 they're a lot tougher than I am. 97 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:28.680 So trust me. 98 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:30.279 I know I sound like a big wimp compared to 99 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.399 a lot of other people, but like my face still 100 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:34.759 hurts two hours into the show just from that walk 101 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:36.160 because it's so cold outside. 102 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:38.519 You finally look comfortable because for the majority of the 103 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.079 show you had you had layers on. 104 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.439 Now you're I like that. I like that sweatshirt by 105 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:42.920 the thank you. 106 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.000 Yes I had, I had the hoodie and the coat 107 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.800 just because like I hadn't, I hadn't thought out yet. 108 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:51.040 But yeah, I need to throw back on and warm 109 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:52.920 up because when I walk out of here in about. 110 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:54.279 An hour, it's gonna be golady. 111 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.399 So Bullet County Public School is where my my children, 112 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.079 well my daughter goes to school. My son will, but 113 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.600 he's not he's not old enough yet. They have they've 114 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.680 decided to do it nt I day tomorrow and it's 115 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.759 and I thought, okay, were we getting more snow and no, 116 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:09.240 it's because of how cold it's going to be. And 117 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:11.639 I mean I get it, like I'm not gonna be 118 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:13.240 the guy that claims. 119 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:14.360 Because look here this is the truth. 120 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:17.439 We didn't have the ability to do NTI when I 121 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.480 was a kid, and we certainly didn't have the ability 122 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.160 to do it, you know, the generation before mine. 123 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:25.480 So it's just an inconvenience thing. And I totally understand. 124 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.720 Like sometimes I want to like scream because now we've 125 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:31.040 got to figure out arrangements like to take care of 126 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:34.759 of our of our my daughter, I mean, and another thing, daycare. 127 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:37.279 There's no bus stop for daycare. But I would not 128 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:39.399 be shocked if my kids daycare just decide, well, you know, 129 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.160 school's out, so we aren't gonna go to Like we 130 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:45.319 aren't gonna But quite literally, the reason they are canceling school, 131 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:47.800 the reason they're doing the school at home tomorrow, is 132 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.319 not because they're worried about roads or getting there. They're 133 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:53.439 worried about kids waiting outside in this this temperature at 134 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:55.879 the bus stop when you don't drive a bus to 135 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:57.639 go get my kids and bring them the daycare. So 136 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:01.160 I will I'll just probably do nothing and accept it 137 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.439 and be angry. But like, that's the one thing I've 138 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.199 never really been able to understand is that our daycare, 139 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.839 which we love because our kids love it and they 140 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.720 they've have grown up there like they followed the school 141 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.680 in what they do, when in reality, that's the most 142 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:20.480 flawed way for a daycare to operate, because, you know what, 143 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:25.240 you become more, you become more of a need for 144 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:27.519 us when we don't have the ability to send our 145 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.639 kids to school. You don't have a bus. If I'm 146 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.959 willing to get out and drive my child to you, 147 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:34.439 why can't you be there? 148 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:35.839 Like that's kind of what you do. 149 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:39.079 It's interesting, So it's in I don't want to make 150 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:40.560 it a big thing because I just get caught up 151 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.959 and can't stop bitching about it, to be honest with you, 152 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:48.759 but I remember feeling very much like I felt vindicated 153 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.199 because whenever this happened a couple of years ago, like 154 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:52.600 I made it a bigger thing on the show than 155 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:54.279 it ever should have been, just because I'm on the 156 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:56.680 I'm on the air scrambling trying to figure out what 157 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.079 I'm going to do with my kids because they're calling 158 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:00.720 and saying, hey, you gotta come get kids. Now, we're 159 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:02.560 closing doors because it's gonna snow. Well, I mean work, 160 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:04.959 like I could just leave on the so you know, 161 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:07.240 at times it became a thing because it quite literally 162 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:08.680 was something I had to figure out, like live on 163 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.800 the air and every and there's so many people that 164 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.480 listen that either currently send their kids to daycare, they 165 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.160 used to work at a daycare, they used to own 166 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.560 a daycare, maybe they still send their kids to daycare, 167 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:19.360 and they and every one of them who reached out 168 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.199 was like, yeah, that's that's not normal for a daycare 169 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.680 to just follow what a school system does, because again 170 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:26.399 it's pretty common knowledge. 171 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:28.959 You become more of something we need when we can't 172 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:30.199 send our kids to school. 173 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.959 So I'm hopeful that they won't they won't close, but 174 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:33.879 we shall see. 175 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:37.120 But Maya wasn't in school back when the whole COVID 176 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.759 stuff was happening, right when they first introduced the NTI 177 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.560 and the online classes. 178 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:45.560 Or gosh now that so she was, but it was 179 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:46.920 like it was pre school stuff. 180 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:48.519 Yeah, so she she's. 181 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:52.399 Uh, she loves school, and I mean, like it's the 182 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:56.959 best thing for us because, like you know, with her situation, 183 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:02.240 her being special needs and intellectually disabled, there's clearly worry 184 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.879 as parent as far as just some hardships that may 185 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:06.959 come with that. Just some difficulties and we've had, you know, 186 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:09.839 we've had issues like any parent of any kid will 187 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:12.040 have when it comes to school. But as far as 188 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.600 like just her not wanting to go, and I mean, 189 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.879 she loves school so much, but she's been in school. 190 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.959 Like when she gets older, she can tell people that 191 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:24.120 she probably went to school longer than anybody, you know, 192 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:26.560 not like a Tommy Boy situation. Well, you know a 193 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.720 lot of people go to school for eight years rich Ard. Yeah, 194 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.639 they're called doctors. But she when she became I think 195 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:35.120 it was three, she grew out of a program she 196 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.559 was in called First Steps, which gave her speech therapy 197 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.639 and occupational therapy and physical therapy too, like that helped 198 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.639 her be able to start walking. Really great program that 199 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:45.559 was just a great resource for us. But you age 200 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:47.519 out at a certain age. I think it was three. 201 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.200 So what you can do is you can start going 202 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:52.279 to preschool and get the services there. So she's been 203 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.120 in school since she was three years old. So yeah, 204 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:57.240 she was technically in school around code. But but what 205 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:00.679 happened then is with that stuff and again global pandemic 206 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.639 will do this that they were just scrambling to try 207 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:05.679 to like get kids to be able to finish the 208 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.039 school year to where hers wasn't. It wasn't a necessity, 209 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:10.159 you know what I mean, Like, it wasn't like a 210 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.360 top priority because most kids that were there, they were 211 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:14.279 only there for half the day and they weren't really 212 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:18.159 getting education or curriculum. They were just utilizing, you know, 213 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:20.799 the therapy that you can get. So, yeah, school's out 214 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:23.320 tomorrow where we are at least you know, they're not going, 215 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:26.200 and that's an inconvenience for a lot of people. We 216 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:28.919 were talking earlier about the algorithm on social media, the 217 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.360 things that they that they put on your timeline and 218 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.879 your feed because they try to dictate what you want 219 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:35.919 to see, of course, because you know, the more things 220 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.799 they put on your feed that you're interested in and 221 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:40.399 that you're interacting with, that you're engaging with, the more 222 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:42.320 time you spend on their platform, which of course is 223 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:42.840 what they want. 224 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:44.720 Facebook knows me well. 225 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:48.960 I love reading comments sections with parents bitching about the 226 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:51.279 school system and what they're deciding to do with with 227 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:54.759 snow days because it's you know, again here I am 228 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.840 complaining about it to an extent where you know where 229 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:02.000 I am, but you know, I know that it's just 230 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.120 me even it's not going to do anything. And at 231 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:06.320 the end of the day, if I was in the 232 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:11.480 position that the people who are you know, in this position, big, 233 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:13.519 big important decision as far as should we send the 234 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:15.919 kids to school or not, You're you're always going to 235 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.799 play it safe. You know, you can go to bed 236 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.080 at night and it's a much bet. It's much easier 237 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.799 night of sleep if you were cautious and you know, 238 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.200 maybe the weather wasn't that bad. If you send them 239 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:28.960 to school and you take a risk and you got 240 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:31.639 accidents and all that, like, that's a totally different situation. 241 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:35.000 And again I don't think it's the same at all, 242 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:39.159 and it's certainly inconvenience to parents, but they now have 243 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:42.720 Like I thought we'd never get snow days anymore. I 244 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:46.000 remember after the pandemic when they started doing NTI I 245 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.480 was I was sad for children because I thought they'll 246 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:51.519 never get to experience the awesomeness that comes with a 247 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:53.960 snow day. And clearly that's been wrong, because there have 248 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:56.200 been many snow days since then, especially in the last 249 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:00.720 few weeks. Now, you know, I'm sure there's factor that decide, Okay, 250 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.159 are we gonna have a traditional snow day. 251 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:03.639 Are we going to do remote learning? 252 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:07.919 But yeah, I mean I don't know JCPS is gonna 253 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:09.399 do the same thing, but it is gonna be really 254 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.480 really cold, and it's not I mean, keep in mind 255 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:14.600 the temperature tomorrow morning. Like, let's say, what do you 256 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:17.799 think the earliest time is for a kid to be 257 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:19.840 at a bus stop? Like it's probably I mean, depending 258 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.600 on if you're in high school and you it's like 259 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:23.960 seven am or I think even pre seven. I think 260 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.000 even before seven am, you probably got some kids that 261 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:27.840 are getting you know, showing up at the bus stop 262 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:31.080 and at that time tomorrow, I mean it's gonna be 263 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:35.879 at that time, it will be a warm three degrees 264 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:40.840 and that is not even that is not even the windshill. 265 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.039 Like that's literally just what what the temperature is going 266 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:43.279 to be. 267 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:45.240 So I get it. I wouldn't want to be at 268 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.480 the bus stop either, So we'll see. 269 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:51.440 I haven't heard you think about JACPS, but wouldn't be 270 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:53.240 shocked if they make the same decision and the other 271 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:54.960 school systems around here. 272 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:56.840 All Right, it's game day, Louisville SMU. 273 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:59.320 We've talked not as much about it in the last 274 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.000 hour or so, but Obviously it was a big part 275 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.600 of our lead in because it's a big game. To 276 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.000 an extent, there's something on the line tonight. A loss 277 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.399 doesn't kill you, but you know, if you're Louisville, you 278 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:10.840 want to keep this roll, and you are on an 279 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:12.879 eight game winning streak, one of the longest winning streaks 280 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:16.600 in college basketball, and a win tonight is different than 281 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.639 the other wins that you could potentially. 282 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:19.120 Collect the rest of the way. 283 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:22.159 This is the last opportunity for you as of now 284 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.200 to get a valuable win, meaning a quad one win. 285 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:27.080 SMU is a top forty team. 286 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:28.799 They'd have to fall out of the top seventy five 287 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:32.080 in order for them, I'm sorry, the top seventy five 288 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.919 for them to not be a quad one win for Louisville, 289 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:36.399 so this late in the year, I have a hard 290 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:38.679 time seeing them fall that far. So again, not to 291 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:41.200 claim that it's some big resume win. I mean right now, 292 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:43.919 SMUs not in the tournament and a loss to Louisville 293 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.039 isn't going to cripple them as far as their resume, 294 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:50.200 but clearly it's their last opportunity as well to get 295 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:52.679 a win, so they need it more than Louisville, but obviously, 296 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.039 you know, Louisville can benefit from it as well. So 297 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:58.720 it's just been so awesome this ride. And I'm so 298 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:00.840 repetitive when it comes to talk about this team because 299 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:02.879 I feel like I've been doing reruns for the last 300 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:06.320 few weeks because it's just been kind of the same thing. Man, 301 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:09.440 they're playing really good basketball. I'm one of the many 302 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:12.360 fans out there that is just loving watching this team play. 303 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:14.039 I talked about it a little bit yesterday. 304 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:15.919 I get sad when we get late in the first 305 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:18.080 half because I'm like, oh, come on, it's almost halftime, 306 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.200 and then we only get twenty more minutes of this. Like, 307 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.080 I'm loving it, and it's been a fun ride so far. 308 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:24.840 And one thing I didn't want to bring up here 309 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.879 that if you weren't with us earlier in the show, 310 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:30.519 you missed it. This is just a sign of I mean, 311 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.519 one of the many signs that Louisville basketball is, you know. 312 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:34.200 Is getting back. 313 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:38.279 But I forget that they're without two players that were 314 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:43.279 supposed to be really important to this team. And it's 315 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:46.440 for a variety of reasons. One because they're playing well, 316 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.879 but man, it's also because there's nothing you can do 317 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:52.559 about it, right, Like, I'm not even going to bring 318 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:56.039 Kenny Pain into this, but like even other coaches I 319 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:59.480 think would have been a little calculated in regards to 320 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.720 making sure it's not forgotten that if there's a loss, 321 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:05.840 or if there's a setback, or if there's an upset 322 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.000 that you're on the wrong end of, don't make excuses, 323 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.039 but find a way to float it out there to 324 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:15.519 remind people, well, I'm without Casein pryor I'm without Corn Johnson, 325 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:19.679 I didn't have kidor until you know, mid or early January. 326 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.360 But Pat Kelsey, I mean, I think what you see 327 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:25.159 is what you get. He didn't make excuses. He certainly 328 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:27.559 didn't let these players make excuses. They didn't play victim. 329 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.480 They literally had a really really tough run of bad 330 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.879 luck with those injuries, and they I forget about it 331 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:40.240 because they're still playing well without those guys, And that's 332 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:41.320 just it's a little thing. 333 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:43.600 But in fact, it's not a little things. 334 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:47.000 I think it's it's actually a big thing, because again, 335 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.799 I think even really good coaches will find a way 336 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:52.360 to make excuses. That's just not how Pat Kelsey is wired. 337 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.799 And I think hopefully it's just because of who he is, 338 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:56.799 and we never see some we never see a side 339 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:58.840 of him that's gonna make excuses and all that. But 340 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:02.559 also he's so hung like he's at Louisville. He's probably 341 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:06.480 at a job like this earlier than he anticipated. I'm 342 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:08.840 sure he always believed he could get here, but he's 343 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.759 got this opportunity and he's not gonna make excuses or 344 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:14.159 feel sorry for himself. He's gonna put everything he has 345 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:18.759 into succeeding here, and so far he's doing that, and 346 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:20.799 it's just been it's been a lot of fun, a 347 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.159 whole lot of fun. And the reason I wanted to 348 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:25.759 bring this up is because there are a lot of 349 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:27.720 different college basketball. 350 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.799 Stat guys. 351 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:32.799 You know, some would just call them college basketball nerds, 352 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:35.279 And I'm a college basketball nerd, but I'm not a 353 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:38.759 smart enough nerd to be able to be able to 354 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:42.080 put together a formula that could give you like the 355 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:45.240 Ken palm or the bart torvirick. But Evan Mayowaka is 356 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:48.240 one of the college basketball guys that I follow that 357 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:50.320 has some really good data that I just find interesting. 358 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:54.639 And this is just again, like Louisville. Right now, there's 359 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:59.200 only one team in college basketball that have suffered more 360 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:02.080 from injuries as far as based on minutes per game 361 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.919 missed by players that were supposed to be a big 362 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.120 part of the rotation or were a big part of 363 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.600 the rotation before injury. McNee State is the only team 364 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:12.559 that can claim that they have had a worse deal 365 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:17.039 of bad luck with injuries. Louisville they look they've been 366 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.120 one of the stories. And again, I talked about this 367 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.600 a couple of weeks ago, maybe it was last week. 368 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:22.480 It's kind of all a blur because it's just been 369 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:25.279 such a fun ride. But whenever I see people out 370 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:28.159 there really gassing up Pat Kelsey, as far as he 371 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:30.279 should be National Coach of the Year, he should be 372 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:31.399 acc Coach of the Year. 373 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:33.960 I just see that initial point and I'm like, well, 374 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.000 hell yeah, the guy's killing it. He's doing great. 375 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:40.360 But then they throw in he's doing this despite not 376 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:42.039 just what he inherited, he had to build a team 377 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:44.879 from scratch, but also he's without Corn Johnson in case 378 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.799 in Pryor. I forget that. I think a lot of 379 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:49.720 fans do, because they didn't use it as an excuse. 380 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.519 They just kept they kept working, like they kept plugging away, 381 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.879 And I think the maturity has stood out in a 382 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:58.519 variety of ways this year. And one of the things 383 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:02.879 that this isn't a Hey, Nick was right, you guys 384 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.240 are wrong. But I could tell that when they were 385 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:09.200 losing to Duke despite out playing them for thirty minutes, 386 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:12.440 when they came up short against Kentucky at Rup, but 387 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:15.200 yet that was a really competitive game where they were 388 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:16.799 going back and forth, and look, I thought there was 389 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:19.680 a good showing despite the loss. I could tell internally 390 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:22.519 that these guys knew that they were getting more comfortable, 391 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.920 they were getting better despite losses. And I think, again, 392 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:27.039 that speaks to maturity. 393 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.839 And we'll see. 394 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:31.000 I don't know if Pat's gonna want to build his 395 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.559 team like this every year. Certainly he's got a freshman 396 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.160 coming in next year that's going to be really special. 397 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:36.720 Canai Rus is going to be a sophomore. 398 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:39.759 But if you can get the right guys that are 399 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:44.440 kind of about the right things, there's value in having 400 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.559 veterans that are you know, are that are mature, that 401 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:50.119