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Speaker 1: All right, welcome in. It is Tuesday. It's five dollars Tuesday.

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At wager Talk. We had our links crossed up, but

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we fixed that. We are now live a couple of

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minutes late, but better late than ever. Of course, we'll

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be here with you for the full hour. It's Rob Bino.

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He's back.

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Speaker 2: Rob.

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Speaker 1: I was joking with you last night, so I told

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folks on the show yesterday that you had a little

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bit of a knee injury, and I joked, I said,

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we really, you know, we go out there on this show.

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Speaker 2: We play when we're hurt. You're doing the show with

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the knee injury.

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Speaker 1: I realize from Cameron into arena that my my microphone

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is actually a lot better than I thought it was

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on the little.

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Speaker 2: Earbud, So I am screaming into your ear.

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Speaker 1: Kelly, having to do a Saturday morning show not in

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football season would be the equivalent of her, you know,

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playing through pain. So we still, you know, we still

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managed to bring you the show. We missed you yesterday,

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but BP held it down.

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Speaker 2: But welcome back. How are you feeling this morning?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, well we'll get there.

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Speaker 4: Adam.

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Speaker 3: It's okay, gotta get back.

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Speaker 4: Because I don't want VP to take over my position here,

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so I gotta play hurt. But yeah, we had a

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little MCL issue here taking care of yesterday. Hopefully we'll

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see how the week goes a little bit better here today.

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But it didn't stop any progress as far as profit

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making was concerned.

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Speaker 3: I didn't get the clients until later in the.

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Speaker 4: Day because I was in the doctors and trying to

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heal up a little bit during the day. But once

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I did and released, we had a three and oh,

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and I saw on mind it you had a three

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and oh, so full court press double the CBB firepower

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six and oh for those who joined yesterday, really good night.

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Speaker 3: We'll see if we can duplicate it here.

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Speaker 1: You know me, Rob, I'd run it right back with

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the same cocktail of pain pills if that was me. Yeah,

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three and oh yesterday, just run it right back. I

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went peach mango bang this morning again. I wasn't going

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to mess that up. When all Mallory bought some nonsense

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like Alani Energy drink, I'm like, no, I'm gonna go to.

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Speaker 2: The gas station.

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Speaker 1: We got we gotta go three and oh again today,

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but it's five dollars Tuesday I actually have a five

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percenter today.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna have to pay full price for that one. Sorry,

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I can't.

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Speaker 1: I can't help that it falls on a Tuesday, but

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I do like one quite a bit tonight, So that's

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gonna be up on our page. You can get them

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all on the DOUBLECBB Firepower package that Yeah, we had

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a great day yesterday, and shout out BP, who had

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a great day on the show. I feel like everything

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he talked about one and the reason he's not on

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this show is is he we would basically be forcing

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him to replicate a lot of what he talks about

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on Morning Wager with Mark Zeno. So if you want

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BP's opinions, check that out, which is also on the

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Wager Talk YouTube channel.

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Speaker 2: And I think the.

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Speaker 1: Picks and parlays one as well. So just just search

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Morning Wager you'll find it. All right, we got to

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get into it, rob big slate of games Super Tuesday.

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I don't know if they did away with the name

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of Super Tuesday, but I'm gonna still call it Super Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: It's when the big Boy come to play.

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Speaker 1: We get all the big matchups, all Power Conference, rarely

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extra board on Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: Let's start in the Big Ten. We have a top

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ten battle.

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Speaker 1: Michigan is going to hit the road after absolutely destroying

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UCLA this weekend, and they're going to take out a

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top ten opponent that had a good weekend in their

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own regard in Purdue, the boiler Makers, rob Who. I

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don't know if I I didn't downtalk the Boilers, but

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some issues that they were having or could potentially have,

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you know, during their three game losing streak. But they

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bounced back from that nicely. They've got four straight wins.

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They've got to win over Nebraska, and they went into

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Carver Hawkeye and handled Iowa this weekend, but none of

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those teams are Michigan, and tonight they've got a date.

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Speaker 2: They've got to deal with the Michigan Wolverines.

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Speaker 1: Robino, I don't know that they can deal with the

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Michigan Wolverines, but they.

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Speaker 2: Got the home pable behind their back.

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Speaker 1: How are you seeing this one, Michigan Purdue.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, at this point in time, Adam, and remember I

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think back in late November Thanksgiving tournament time, when we

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were on kind of saying the same thing. Michigan looks

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like the best team in the nation. Then they went

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through that long span where they weren't covering games.

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Speaker 3: Because they were overpriced.

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Speaker 4: Their power ratings were just through the roof, and maybe

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they came down to earth a little bit in Better's eyes.

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But certainly now four and went against the spread last

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five backup in the good graces of everybody. In fact,

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AP Top twenty five, but I do believe they took

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over the number one spot this week. So you have

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your number one team in a nation playing Purdue. Here,

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a couple of things I'll just start with real quick.

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Michigan's got to stop fooling around in the first half, right,

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that's back to back games where they were way behind,

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way behind. It gets Northwestern forty one to sixteen run

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to end the game, ends up looking like a blowout

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UCLA in the league, but forty six to eighteen second

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half by Michigan almost like they're just you know, all right, yeah,

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we'll give you the first half and then we're just

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gonna tear you up in the second half. And it's

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exactly what they did. It's interesting to me that a

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quote I found this morning from Dusky may Is. He's

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still talking about the team having such a high ceiling,

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like he doesn't even think they're as good as they

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could be yet. So that's a little scary for folks

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out there of Michigan even has another gear that they

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could get through. I know one gear they wish that

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didn't happen was the excels Lendeborg excel Lenderporter's little social

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media video where I have to go back and the

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coach have to kind of dance around and.

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Speaker 3: Apologize a little bit more.

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Speaker 4: But I don't know that that plays into a role

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into anything here tonight. Michigan, Adam, when you look at it,

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there's just there's no real weakness, right. I was going

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through some some exterior number this morning, not direct traditional

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box score numbers, but numbers like Michigan number seven in

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the nation, points in the paint, Michigan number five in

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the nation, second chance points, Michigan number eleven in the nation,

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bench scoring, number two in two point field goal percentage.

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Speaker 3: They just do everything so well.

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Speaker 4: And then when you flip it to the defensive side

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and look at what they've done inside the conference, there's

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no comparison defensively to Michigan. So for Purdue, it's a

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real tough ask. If you're Matt Painter, I always like

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to play head coach. You know, I'm not the head

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coach here, but I'm trying to devise the game, and

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I feel like, if I'm Matt Painter, your best solution

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is to try and play the game methodically, which they

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Speaker 3: You just don't want them inside the arc.

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Speaker 4: However, there's a flaw to that too, because Eliet Cadell

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thirty nine and a half percent from three, the Wolverine's

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point guard Namari Burnett forty percent from three. They come

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off the bench with reserve guards like Carson and McKenny

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thirty six thirty seven percent from three. They can shoot

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it too. But I'd rather take my chances with Michigan

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knocking down threes on the road than I would, you know,

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letting them have their way inside. The question is it

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can do anything about it. They're such a good interior team,

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but Michigan is better in every aspect, I think the

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produce side. Of course, they're a little more perimeter oriented, right.

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turn it over, so you're not going to get a

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lot of fast break points from Michigan because Smith is

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so good with the basketball inside. Kaufman, Wrn and Oscar

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Kluff they're good, but they're really not Michigan's bigs.

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Speaker 3: It's so tough.

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Speaker 4: I was trying to build the case this morning for Purdue,

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and I even went as far to, you know, some

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key play for them could be the freshman. A couple

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of freshmen here, Omar Meyer and Jack Benter, who's shooting

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forty four percent from three, could have an effect.

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Speaker 3: Here.

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Speaker 4: They've got a seven to four rim protector off the bench.

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Purdue's got a lot of goods, but again, I don't

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think they have enough goods to stop Michigan here. Michigan's

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a high tempo team. God forbid, this game gets up

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and down. Perdue could be in a little bit of trouble.

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Their path, and I think their only path protect the ball, defensive, rebound,

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and make threes. Those are the three things that they're

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best at. They have to be extremely good at them tonight.

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I can understand the line movement toward Michigan. Not so

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sure that I understand a five and a half point

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moved to the total Adam upward one to one.

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Speaker 3: Fifty six and a half.

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Speaker 4: These two teams can play defense and it could get

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bogged down in some spots because Purdue likes it that way.

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So I might look for the total would probably be

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a little bit under. But I think Michigan is the

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right side. I mean, Maki is a tough place. I

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just don't know that they have the personnel that Michigan

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you right there, So a couple I'm

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just gonna get my thoughts out and kind of off

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of your breakdown. First of all, Prolific says Veno is

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back from the il. Yeah, no one's ever come back

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from an mcl injury faster than Rob Veno.

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Speaker 2: Day and a half. He's back.

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Speaker 1: We're ready to rock right here. I think Michigan's gonna

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be ready to rock in Mackie tonight.

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Speaker 2: Rob, I'm not.

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Speaker 1: Once you get past here's the thing. Once you get past, oh,

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Maki is a tough place to win. What else do

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you have for Purdue here? I think you nailed it.

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Purdue needs to basically pray that Michigan is not shooting

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the ball well from three if Michigan shoots the because

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what they I don't even know, Like you said, I

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don't even know if that's like a like a great strategy,

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but I do think their chance to win would be

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to really clog up the lane, give Michigan almost almost

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bait Michigan into taking the threes, but then they've got

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to hope they don't make them.

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Speaker 2: Like that's the problem.

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Speaker 1: Is Like you look at Purdue and one of the

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things that I was sort of starting to notice with

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Purdue doing during their losing streak was, man, you know this,

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this Purdue team might not be as good defensively as

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some Purdue teams of past years when you had Zach

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Eddie and like some I mean, it's just some of

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the elite Purdue teams. I'm not quite sure they're as

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good defensively.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: They go out over the weekend and wipe out Iowa.

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But Iowa has one score, right, Like iwas, got one

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guy that can really generate offense. Once you get once

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you stop Bennett Sturtz, you can beat Iowa. That's you know,

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it's just it is what it is. And then some

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of the other teams on that four game win streak

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a little bit offensively challenged, and then of course you

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have you have the really nice one over Nebraska. But

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what do we know, rob Nebraska can be very variant

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related right where they're gonna take a lot of outside shots,

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and if I recall, that wasn't the best scheduling spot

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for Nebraska. I feel like they had they had one

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coming when they finally played Purdue. So yeah, I suppose

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you could say, Okay, well, Michigan, you know they have It's.

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Speaker 2: Not like you know, they're good.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna come into Mackie and Purdue can shoot the ball.

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Speaker 2: But that's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: Like I think, so right now you've got Purdue who

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I think two things need to happen. One, they have

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to hope that Michigan's not hitting the outside shot. If

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they are, good night, they're not gonna win this game. Two,

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they're gonna have Purdue's gonna have to hit the outside shot.

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They're gonna have to make probably a healthy number of

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three point shots. And then still they might not win

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the game because it's still Michigan who can beat you

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a multitude of different ways.

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Speaker 2: This is what we brought up. We brought this up

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a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: Where typically your national champion is in like the top

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twenty five per Ken Palm's ratings in offensive and defensive efficiency.

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Michigan has been in the top five in both of

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those categories pretty much all year. They're the number one

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team defensively from a rating standpoint in most people's defensive metrics.

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And then here, like you talk about Purdue, you can

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look and say, well, they're pretty good defensively. They rate

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out nineteenth. Most people have Purdue as a top twenty

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five defense. Yeah, that's true. That works when you're playing Iowa.

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You know, that works against some of the lesser teams

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in the Big Ten. I don't think that works against Michigan.

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So what I think you have here is a Michigan

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team or a Purdue team that desperately needs Michigan to

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miss shots. And if they don't, I don't see how

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they win this game. So, Rob, I am going to

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leave it with this. I am going to pray that

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some group or some entity that moves the market decides

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that they want that home dog in Purdue, and everyone

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piggybacks it and flips this to.

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Speaker 2: A Michigan plus one or something like that.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna happen, but it's definitely not

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out of the realm of possibilities given the way I

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think people like to and when I say people, I

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mean I quote unquote sharp betters love to kind of

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look at this and say, oh, home spot home underdog.

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Speaker 2: Whatever.

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Speaker 1: If because I'm right on the number, I've got Michigan

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minus two point one. If you if I were to

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be able to get Michigan at like a pick minus

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one ten or plus a point, I'd be very, very

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surprised if it's not on my card by the end

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of the day. So hopefully those people don't watch this show,

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but you know, if you or if you do, and

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you you want to throw us a bone, move that

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Purdue number. So Michigan is a you know, a one

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point dog because your boy will be playing back at

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that right away.

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Speaker 2: They'll be on it right away. I think Michigan wins

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this game.

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Speaker 4: It's somewhat reminiscent, and I'm not the Purdue in Michigan

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State are the same style teams. They're different in a

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lot of ways, but it's kind of reminiscent of Michigan

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going into Michigan State a couple of weeks ago, where

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you know, there was a little bit of thought that

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Reslent Center was going to be difficult for Michigan, that

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Michigan State can interior wise because they're so good rebounding

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handle Michigan, and it wound up being the exact opposite.

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Speaker 3: Really no contest.

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Speaker 4: In the end, tom Izzoe kind of said it is

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postgame that it wasn't you know that they were more

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I don't want to use the phrase grown men, but yeah,

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we'll use that phrase. And it kind of seems the

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same here. Like you said, Purdue's got to make threes.

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They have to make to reprotect the ball. Make threes,

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make sure Michigan goes one and done, otherwise there's no

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shot here. And the problem with it, of course, is

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that Michigan defends the perimeter as good as anybody in

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the name. So I know, you've got good three point shooters,

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but they're gonna have people up on them all game long.

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It's a tough task. It produce a really good team.

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Michigan is just elite at this point in time. So

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I still find it amazing that Dusty made thinks they

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haven't even another gear, like their ceiling hasn't even been

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hit yet.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, Rob, I'm not trying to argue

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with Dusty May. I mean, the guy took a Florida

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Atlantic to the Final four. I think he's as good

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of a coach as they are going to find in

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college basketball. So if he says that, I'm inclined to

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believe him at least a little bit. But I'm a

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pretty big believer in Michigan getting it done tonight. Again,

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I haven't bet it yet because it's.

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Speaker 2: Right on my number.

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Speaker 1: Also, though, I just know how the I know how

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the market treats games like this, and I'm just again,

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I can't say for sure, but it would be awesome

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if Purdue money came in and we could just fade that.

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Speaker 2: Get Michigan at a pick.

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Speaker 1: I may even be in cliet, like even if this

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got down like Michigan minus one, I could just moneyline

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it one twenty five. I'd be I think that would

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be uh be something I'd be willing to do.

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Speaker 2: And maybe it'll be my parlay leg.

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Speaker 1: But we got we got plenty of show left, so

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I want to go to Garth first.

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Speaker 2: Of all, Garth, thank you for the donation.

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Speaker 1: Much appreciated, because you've brought up another game that I'm

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at least considering for today. And so I'll read what

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Garth has to say and then I'll get the large

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teal box off of my face, which it takes something

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like the whole screen.

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Speaker 2: We got a cool font today. I don't know where

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that cool thought came from.

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Speaker 3: We're going with.

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Speaker 2: A scribble font. I like it.

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Speaker 1: Garth says, easy winner on my Old Dominion team total

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over seven d and a half yesterday. Yeah, great call

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by you, Garth. I actually jumped on with you in

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some capacity after the show.

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Speaker 2: I ended up laying the five and a half with

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Old Dominion.

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Speaker 1: It was one of my three winners yesterday on a

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nice three and oh sweep. Garth says today thoughts on

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Louisville SMU. He likes Louisville minus three three and a

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half and Rob I like Louisville minus three and a half.

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Speaker 2: I talked about SMU a little bit.

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Speaker 1: On Twitter on Friday night when I was tweeting from

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my hotel bed because I was just not ready to

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go to sleep yet after that great George Washington.

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Speaker 2: Drubbing that I that I attended much to my dismay.

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Speaker 1: I was on the other side, but had some time

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on Twitter and I kind of talked about SMU. I said,

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you know, I kind of liked Syracuse in that game.

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I referred to SMU as a middling ACC team. Some

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might have disagreed with that. I think they proved me

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right over the weekend because that Syracuse team is lucky.

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If they're being called middling at this point and SMU

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came and lost at the Dome, they do get to

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go home here and play. I suppose again, very similar

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handicap for me, outside of being at Moody and being

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at home in front of the home fans, I see

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nothing that suggests that you should be on SMU here,

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So Garth, I'm with you.

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Speaker 2: Louisville are passed.

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Speaker 1: My number actually suggests that I should play Louisville at

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three and a half, I believe I'm at like six

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and a half, so I don't know. I haven't clicked

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it yet. Help me make heads or tails of that.

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Speaker 2: Rob is there?

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Speaker 1: Can you can you do you have anything on the

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SMU side, the total I guess for me, Louisville on

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the road has been sketchy at times, but man, do

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I lean pretty strong to the Cardinals here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: So a couple of weeks ago, on the Saturday Last Call,

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this game was played. You, me and Kelly were on

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and I used Louisville team total over in that particular game,

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and they got off to a shaky star or I

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should probably say SMU got off to a fast start making.

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Speaker 3: A bunch of shots.

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Speaker 4: Louisville got behind early, weren't making shots, but about this

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second ten minute phase and then the entire second half,

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it was all Louisville. It's like SMU is exactly what

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he INDI NFL says they are. They can score the basketball,

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they have no problem scoring the basketball, but they cannot

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stop anybody.

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Speaker 3: Every time.

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Speaker 4: They have to make a step up in class, and

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not even that Syracuse is a step up in class,

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because they're not. But they allowed seventy nine to Syracuse.

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Syracuse looked really good offensively in that game. I know

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it took a last second shot to beat him to

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be SMU in that game, but still they lost to

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Syracuse up there. So now they come home. You and

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I have talked numerous times now about in conference matchups

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second time around that just seemed to be favorable to

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one side and not the other. And I feel like

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this is one of those, like every single thing that

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SMU does well which is solely to the offensive side,

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there's nothing they do well defensively, but everything that they

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do well or exceptionally well on the offensive side, louisgo

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does better. Especially with mckel brown back. He was back

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for his I think it was his second game back

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when we talked about it that Saturday on last call.

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He had played a game then, that was his second game,

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and Louisville's kind of taken off offensively since then.

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Speaker 3: I think Louisville's starting to make a little bit of

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a run.

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Speaker 4: Here towards the upper half of that ACC Conference, where

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we thought they would be anyway, not necessarily the best team,

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but one of the better teams in the league. So

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for me, when you have these matchups that just don't

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favor one side, home floor is one thing, but I

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just feel like Louisville can overcome it because Louisville has

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the capacity to play some defense, and it's what they

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did to SMU first time. I almost feel like, you

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know what, Adam, they came out they got hit by

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SMU's first punch, they realized what SMU was. And then

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if you go back over the box score and just

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check the scoring for SMU, they only scored twenty seven

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points in the second half. It's like Louisville figured it out. Okay,

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here's what we have to stop. We can stop this.

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And then they went on to crush that team by

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seventeen the second half, by fourteen eighty eight seventy four.

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Where totally is concerned, that's one sixty two in that game.

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Here we're staring at. I think one sixty six and

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a half could be a little bit high, maybe a

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little bit too high for my liking. But again, SMU

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is not going to stop Louisvo from scoring, and SMU

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is going to get you know, probably into mid seventies. Again,

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I'm with Garth. It's hard not to like Louisville in

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this game, now that they're whole, and now that they've

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seen this team once and beaten them the way they

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did second half of that game. I just don't know

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that home floor matters for us. I mean, now at

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this time of year, we'll start talking teams with sense

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of urgency mode as far as conference tournament seedings and

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stuff is concerned, I would say SMU's in sense of

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urgency mode.

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Speaker 3: I just don't know that that's reason enough to bet

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them at this price.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the road woes thing for Louisville was

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earlier in the year. Like, yes, I understand they got

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just boat raced at Duke, but throat, that's that's an outlier.

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Duke Duke's gonna Duke's gonna destroy most teams at Cameron.

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Since then, they haven't lost, you know, Wake Forest. They

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go in there, win that game, beat Baylor on a

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neutral over the weekend, you know that, and and kind

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of I guess a regional, a regional type ro game.

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They had to go to Texas to play that game,

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uh in Fort Worth, So you know, I just think

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remember they had there was a stretch where they played

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without mckel brown. There was a stretch where I believe

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Ryan Conwell missed a game. So right now, like I

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just to basically again, very similar to the last game.

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I think if you are SMU, you are just crossing

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your fingers and hope Louisville does not just like hit

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all their threes, because this is like one of those

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things where I think Louisville has to have a pretty

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bad shooting night, off shooting night to to lose this game.

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And it's like, again, so you could, you know, I'm

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sure someone out there is gonna make the case for

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the home dog SMU today, the spot whatever, you know,

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like you can. But but again once you get passed, well,

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they didn't shoot it well at Cincinnati, they lost on

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the road to Arkansas, they didn't you know, they didn't

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play well against Tennessee, which I believe was in in Knoxville.

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Didn't shoot it well there. Those games are all December

475
00:23:22,759 --> 00:23:25,720
sixteenth or earlier. Like if you look at what's gone

476
00:23:25,759 --> 00:23:29,519
on now except for the Duke game, which again throw

477
00:23:29,559 --> 00:23:32,039
that one out. This is like Duke is just a

478
00:23:32,319 --> 00:23:34,640
They're one of those teams such as a different breed

479
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,160
right now, if you throw that game out, I just

480
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,880
don't see how you look at Louisville going on the

481
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,680
road at SMU and thinking that there's any sort of

482
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,279
issue here for the Cardinals, because again they go back

483
00:23:46,319 --> 00:23:48,039
to that first meeting. It's not like they shot the

484
00:23:48,079 --> 00:23:51,960
ball tremendous in that first meeting, Rob and they still won.

485
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,160
What what did you say the final margin of victory

486
00:23:54,279 --> 00:23:56,319
was for Louisville in that one fourteen.

487
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:57,200
Speaker 3: Yeah.

488
00:23:57,279 --> 00:23:59,519
Speaker 2: Yeah, So they didn't shoot.

489
00:23:59,279 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 1: It well in the first game and they won by

490
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,559
double digits. Now, I always they tend to shoot the

491
00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:05,920
ball better at home, they tend to play better at home.

492
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,880
But again, you talk about winning the first game by fourteen,

493
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,920
Now you turn around and play it on the road.

494
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,680
I'm with Garth in the respect. You mean to tell

495
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,160
me we only hit the lay three and a half,

496
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,680
like I said, I made it six and a half.

497
00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:19,160
Speaker 2: So I guess for me, I'm sitting here like, why

498
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,279
have I not bet this yet? I don't know. I

499
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,240
have to like go go figure that out.

500
00:24:23,599 --> 00:24:26,599
Speaker 1: Maybe it's the you know, I mean, I guess it's

501
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,720
like they probably haven't had a ton of experience going

502
00:24:29,759 --> 00:24:32,720
to Dallas. This is probably one of the newer road

503
00:24:32,759 --> 00:24:35,039
trips for them for conference players concerned.

504
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 2: But still I think.

505
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,200
Speaker 1: I think we maybe just when I say we, the

506
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,640
market maybe puts a little too much of attacks on

507
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,079
home court for everyone. And it's like for me, I talked,

508
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:49,640
I was talking to my buddy Krby about this the

509
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,359
other day for me to get full marks because he's

510
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,759
a little anti home court too. He thinks it's overplayed.

511
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:02,160
And my rebuttal was, you get full marks for me

512
00:25:02,279 --> 00:25:05,359
for home court if you are an elite basketball team,

513
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,720
Like you can't because remember the court, this isn't baseball.

514
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,400
Like the court is still the exact same dimensions. The

515
00:25:12,519 --> 00:25:15,119
hoop is still the same. Yes, you might play with

516
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,680
a different ball or whatever, but like it's still the same.

517
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,960
Get you know, it's not like you got baseball where

518
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,079
it's like, oh the de fence is closer, this ball

519
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:24,920
might go out here.

520
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:25,799
Speaker 2: It's like whatever.

521
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:30,279
Speaker 1: It's you know, when you talk about home court college basketball,

522
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,720
I can't give you the full bump for home court

523
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,599
unless you are as good as your team is capable

524
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,279
or supposed to of being. SMU is not that I

525
00:25:41,319 --> 00:25:43,359
can't give SMU the full bump for home court, and

526
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,160
so therefore Louisville minus three and a half is pretty.

527
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:47,440
Speaker 2: Much a play.

528
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,799
Speaker 1: I'm like I said, I'm gonna have to give that one.

529
00:25:49,839 --> 00:25:52,000
Some thought that one might make my card as well,

530
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,920
Rob Vino, Yeah, I.

531
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,039
Speaker 3: Couldn't argue you off of it.

532
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,400
Speaker 4: Like I said, SMU is a one trick pony at

533
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,799
this time unless they continue to shoot out like they

534
00:26:00,839 --> 00:26:03,799
did the first ten minutes of that game at Louisville.

535
00:26:04,799 --> 00:26:07,319
But Louisville's just got too much weaponry, I think at

536
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,039
this point in time. And like I said that their

537
00:26:09,079 --> 00:26:13,319
ability to play defense Adams the separator. Louisville can bear

538
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,720
down and play some defense. SMU just proves over and

539
00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:20,039
over and over again that they can't. And somebody might argue.

540
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,880
They might say, you know, you keep saying throw Duke away,

541
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,039
throw the Duke game away.

542
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,640
Speaker 3: SMU played Duke tough there.

543
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,480
Speaker 4: SMU is without Boopy Miller in that game, and I

544
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,799
think Duke just let down. You know, it's a side

545
00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:32,759
without their best player. Okay, we're going to roll the

546
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:35,200
balls up and beat this team anyway. That was kind

547
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,519
of a flukish game. Just as much as I want

548
00:26:39,519 --> 00:26:42,200
to be side with SMU, I have to side with

549
00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:44,400
and the enfield. When your head coach comes out and

550
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,200
tells you, and and plenty of head coaches are coming

551
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,200
out and telling us that their teams are soft defensively,

552
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,559
and then you watch them play like I say that

553
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,240
Syracuse game Saturday. I watched it start to finish. Smmeans

554
00:26:58,319 --> 00:26:59,440
not good on the defensive end.

555
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, no, nothing more insulting than calling SMU a

556
00:27:05,799 --> 00:27:10,440
one trick pony. They gotta be upset out, you know. Yeah,

557
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,119
But any anyway, I'll stand by that. I think it's

558
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,640
gonna be proven tonight. I like Louisville in this game.

559
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,079
All right, Rob, you know, here's what we're gonna do

560
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,519
parlay wise today. Because Brian Power had such a good

561
00:27:21,599 --> 00:27:24,920
day yesterday on the show, I've invited him to join

562
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,200
the parlay today and make this a three team.

563
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,400
Speaker 2: So he has texted me a play. Now. I'm not gonna.

564
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 1: Speak for BP because you can get his breakdown on

565
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,279
this game over on Morning Wager, So check out him

566
00:27:36,319 --> 00:27:39,920
and Mark Zeno Morning Wager. That show's probably up usually

567
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:45,119
comes up in the in the ten am hour roughly,

568
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,720
so it's if it's not up yet, it'll be up

569
00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:52,359
very soon. He's gonna talk about this game, but we're

570
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,440
gonna talk about this game, so I'll reveal it.

571
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,119
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what the play is right now.

572
00:27:56,519 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: We're going Degenerate special right here, eleven pm, Stern, ESPN two.

573
00:28:02,079 --> 00:28:05,920
I believe National TV. Uh, Brian Power is going to

574
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,680
play the let down angle. It appears he is going

575
00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:12,240
Arizona State first half minus plus four and a half.

576
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,680
Can you actually tell me if that's the right number.

577
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,240
What are you seeing for Arizona State plus four and

578
00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:18,400
a half right now, Vino.

579
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,599
Speaker 4: That's exactly what it is universally plus four and a half.

580
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 1: All right, So here's my thing I want to I

581
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,759
want to just chime in on my my general Like

582
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,160
for me, I've been my rating has been wrong on

583
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,880
Texas Tech all season. And the reason I say that

584
00:28:36,039 --> 00:28:39,119
is so like, if I if I show value on

585
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:44,279
a team every single game, that's either either I'm really

586
00:28:44,319 --> 00:28:47,240
really smart right and I'm like way off market on

587
00:28:47,279 --> 00:28:50,960
a team, or my rating was probably incorrect. I think

588
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,279
on this one it's the latter, and it's because I

589
00:28:55,599 --> 00:28:58,160
thought Texas Tech was like a shoe and Final four

590
00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,359
team coming into this year.

591
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 2: Is very high on them.

592
00:29:01,279 --> 00:29:04,279
Speaker 1: So even though Texas Tech's having you know, there's really

593
00:29:04,279 --> 00:29:07,279
nothing wrong with their season to this point. They just

594
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,119
beat the number one team in college basketball, well at

595
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,039
least the number one team in last week's polls in Arizona.

596
00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:18,480
Tremendous win. They're nineteen and six, they're thirteenth in the country.

597
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,480
They're nine and three, which is currently good for a

598
00:29:22,519 --> 00:29:24,599
tie or fourth place, and one of the best conferences

599
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:25,640
in the league, the Big Twelve.

600
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:27,119
Speaker 2: But Rob, I.

601
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 1: You know, this would be one of those scenarios where

602
00:29:31,319 --> 00:29:33,680
if I just looked at numbers and stuff like that,

603
00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:35,759
I may still be on.

604
00:29:35,759 --> 00:29:36,839
Speaker 2: Texas Tech here.

605
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 1: But because I watched the games, which not enough people

606
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,960
do that, you know, try to give you picks, Rob

607
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:44,759
and I grind it out.

608
00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:47,359
Speaker 2: We're up all hours of the night watching games.

609
00:29:47,359 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: We have no life really ever, but less of a

610
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:51,680
life until baseball starts.

611
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,599
Speaker 2: I suppose I can't quite put my finger on it.

612
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,160
But maybe it's depth.

613
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a lack of, like, you know, a really

614
00:30:01,759 --> 00:30:06,799
consistent like third option. I feel like Texas Tech looks

615
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,400
like like they are kind of in there. They are

616
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,680
where they're supposed to be. I just don't know that

617
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,359
they're like that super elite top ten team. And so

618
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,759
for me, I look at my ratings and say, yeah,

619
00:30:18,839 --> 00:30:20,359
maybe you were maybe you were a little.

620
00:30:20,119 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 2: Bit off on this one.

621
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: Now they knock off Arizona and they come into what

622
00:30:26,119 --> 00:30:29,119
I believe Brian is probably looking at as the letdown

623
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,480
spot of all letdown spots, still out in the desert,

624
00:30:32,839 --> 00:30:36,000
quick turnaround on the road against Arizona State.

625
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,279
Speaker 2: So my question, like, I don't know.

626
00:30:38,319 --> 00:30:41,599
Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit this one out because my numbers like

627
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,920
Texas Tech, I don't have enough confidence to go against that.

628
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,720
But I see why people would want to target Arizona

629
00:30:48,759 --> 00:30:51,799
State in this spot after Arizona after Texas Tech just

630
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:56,559
knocked off Arizona on Saturday night, So what are you

631
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:57,160
doing here?

632
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 2: Agree or disagree with BP for the first leg of parlat.

633
00:31:02,319 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 4: I'm not going to disagree, but I will say I

634
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,160
don't have the guts to go that far with Arizona State.

635
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:11,720
I mean, Bobby Hurley two games ago, Adam was absolutely

636
00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:16,640
shredding his team rightfully so because they cannot rebound whatsoever.

637
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,039
They come back and play Oklahoma State on Saturday. They

638
00:31:21,119 --> 00:31:22,839
win the rebounding.

639
00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 3: War, so to speak.

640
00:31:25,799 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 4: They beat Oklahoma State because Oklahoma State in the end

641
00:31:29,039 --> 00:31:32,400
just couldn't make enough shots and Arizona State separated to

642
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:33,079
win by nine.

643
00:31:33,119 --> 00:31:35,759
Speaker 3: Pretty close game. Oklahoma State had some fight at the end,

644
00:31:36,559 --> 00:31:37,640
but when it was catch.

645
00:31:37,519 --> 00:31:40,599
Speaker 4: Up time, file shoot, file, foul make a basket, foul maker,

646
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:45,000
basket cetera, etc. They didn't have enough shot making to

647
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:48,000
tie it up or get it into overtime. But they

648
00:31:48,079 --> 00:31:51,759
win that rebounding margin in that game, and Hurley says, well,

649
00:31:51,799 --> 00:31:52,359
I guess.

650
00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 3: We figured out how to rebound.

651
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 4: And I'm going to tell you right now he's going

652
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,519
to figure out that they can't rebound tonight against Texas Tech.

653
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,680
There's just no way that they'll win any rebounding match

654
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,799
against Texas Tech. In this particular game. Grant McCaslin, I

655
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,559
just gave you a quote from Dusty May saying he

656
00:32:09,599 --> 00:32:11,759
doesn't think his team has hit a ceiling yet, Like

657
00:32:11,799 --> 00:32:14,880
there's still a ceiling for Michigan. How about Grant McCaslin

658
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:21,599
obviously in U four in Upok State after winning against Arizona,

659
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,880
but he said, we don't have everything figured out yet,

660
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,599
but we're just scratching the surface.

661
00:32:27,319 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 3: Texas Tech is.

662
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 4: A team with that starting five that when they come

663
00:32:32,039 --> 00:32:33,880
to play, they can match up. And they've shown it

664
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:38,400
all season long. Right match up in Houston twice beat Arizona.

665
00:32:38,759 --> 00:32:41,759
Take on the tougher teams, play them extremely well. Topping

666
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,440
was the best player on the floor the other night

667
00:32:44,839 --> 00:32:49,279
against a really loaded Arizona team. All that said, I

668
00:32:49,279 --> 00:32:52,240
can understand where Brian's coming from. When you have a

669
00:32:52,359 --> 00:32:55,599
victory of that significance and it took overtime and players.

670
00:32:55,279 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 3: Played extended minutes. The good news to me.

671
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 4: You said this before, but I think it's good news,

672
00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:03,720
not necessarily bad news. That they don't really have to

673
00:33:03,759 --> 00:33:06,880
travel Tucson to Tempe is not that big of a

674
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,839
deal as far as back to backs are concerned. Yeah,

675
00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:12,599
they're out in the desert, but I don't know that

676
00:33:12,599 --> 00:33:17,359
that travel takes any effect on them. They're clearly the

677
00:33:17,359 --> 00:33:19,839
better team. You talked about a team that's not very good,

678
00:33:21,079 --> 00:33:25,880
and we talked about this earlier this season with Arizona

679
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,799
State that they had one game there Adam where like

680
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:34,839
mo Odem went berserk, and mo Odem really is their

681
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,440
guy so to speak. He's not Moodum and there's not

682
00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:40,400
much left to that Arizona State offense.

683
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,559
Speaker 3: So I won't play it. I'm not going to disagree

684
00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:45,160
with it at all.

685
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 4: It's part of our parlay. We love BP and will

686
00:33:48,519 --> 00:33:52,400
lean on his feeling for this game. For this one,

687
00:33:52,519 --> 00:33:54,640
I just don't have the guts to go against Texas

688
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,440
Tech who right now. I mean again, when you look

689
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,160
at standings in the Big twelve, they're right there, and

690
00:34:01,559 --> 00:34:05,519
their two losses in this last ten games eight and

691
00:34:05,559 --> 00:34:08,800
to their last ten. But the two losses, the one

692
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,960
was Flucush to Central Florida. I really will never understand

693
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,519
that except maybe bad.

694
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,199
Speaker 2: Yeah that was I'm with you there. I don't know

695
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:17,079
how they lost that game.

696
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, and then they.

697
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,599
Speaker 4: Came back and only lost to Kansas by three the

698
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:21,079
next day.

699
00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:24,519
Speaker 3: So I don't know. I like that team. I like

700
00:34:24,559 --> 00:34:25,119
them a lot.

701
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 4: We'll see if her Brian's probably taking the right approach

702
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,039
with it early.

703
00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:32,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's a good point. I want.

704
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: I wanted to like kind of make that point before

705
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,280
we moved on, was like, you know, cutting it in

706
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,760
half and trying to target the.

707
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:41,559
Speaker 2: First twenty minutes.

708
00:34:41,599 --> 00:34:46,159
Speaker 1: I mean you you should, especially after your your coach

709
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,000
basically like went out and quit instead of yeah, I'm done,

710
00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:49,760
I'm all set.

711
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 2: That was. That was Bobby Hurley a couple of weeks ago.

712
00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:55,199
Speaker 1: Like, you have to think that this spot would be

713
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:59,280
a spot where Arizona State's like really really ready to

714
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:03,599
play comes out. The energy is there, the arena will

715
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,840
likely they'll likely have a good atmosphere. Maybe they'll bring

716
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,599
back the cut. Do they still do a curtain of

717
00:35:09,639 --> 00:35:10,880
doom for free throws?

718
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:11,159
Speaker 3: I don't.

719
00:35:11,199 --> 00:35:13,159
Speaker 2: I don't know. If I haven't. Now I'm realizing I

720
00:35:13,159 --> 00:35:15,039
haven't watched in Arizona State game in a while.

721
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,039
Speaker 1: They became sort of I don't know I did, they

722
00:35:19,079 --> 00:35:22,480
just they've alluded me to this point. But again, I'll

723
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,320
tell you what. Brian Powers having a really good month

724
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,760
of February. So I'm not about to try to try

725
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,119
to step in front of that train, the BP freight

726
00:35:30,199 --> 00:35:32,440
train right now. So he's gonna lock in the first

727
00:35:32,519 --> 00:35:35,199
leg of our parlay Arizona State plus four and a half,

728
00:35:36,159 --> 00:35:38,760
first half, Arizona State first half plus four and a half.

729
00:35:39,039 --> 00:35:41,920
Quick promo time. But first I got to shout out Colin.

730
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,639
Colin Gregory says, what's up everyone, My baby decided to

731
00:35:44,639 --> 00:35:47,559
come early today. I'll be in and out of this

732
00:35:47,559 --> 00:35:50,960
this week. Good luck all. All of my friends that

733
00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:54,400
bet that have had babies, like have had children, kind

734
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,000
of love it because they don't sleep anyway, and they're

735
00:35:57,079 --> 00:35:58,920
up all hours with the baby. So it's like an

736
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,000
excuse to just stay up grinding the late game. It's

737
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,079
like you're gonna be up anyway at all hours. So

738
00:36:05,159 --> 00:36:06,920
my one buddy just used to eat, got this little

739
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,719
thing and the baby just sat in it. It's like

740
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:12,280
a little you know, it hovers kind of you just tap,

741
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,840
you just tap it. Every once in a while he's

742
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,119
rocking and he's just sitting there. Watching the games becomes

743
00:36:17,159 --> 00:36:18,599
a little more of an issue when they're like two

744
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,800
and then you actually have to I tried to watch

745
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:24,159
my nephew who's like nineteen months I'll be two in

746
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,159
May the other day, and I was like also trying

747
00:36:27,199 --> 00:36:30,000
to do work, and I quickly learned that there was

748
00:36:30,039 --> 00:36:32,880
no work being done while. You know, once they can

749
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,079
start moving around your in trouble, you actually have to

750
00:36:35,119 --> 00:36:35,599
watch them.

751
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 2: But yeah, you're good for this season.

752
00:36:37,559 --> 00:36:40,039
Speaker 1: Great excuse to do nothing all March and just stay

753
00:36:40,079 --> 00:36:43,239
in and bet and watch basketball. So congrats to Colin.

754
00:36:43,519 --> 00:36:47,400
The other thing, we'll promote I again six and oh

755
00:36:47,519 --> 00:36:50,639
yesterday for Rob and if you if you were thinking

756
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:54,320
about the five, the double, the firepower CVB package, we

757
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,320
just went six and oh and I have a five

758
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:02,519
percenter out today. Two great reasons to on that. Today

759
00:37:02,559 --> 00:37:03,880
we are going to do a three team or so.

760
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,360
Oh that's the other thing. We did hit the parlay yesterday.

761
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,760
That's what BP gave us the over in the A

762
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,480
team total over with Marshall pretty much every over in

763
00:37:11,519 --> 00:37:13,199
that game hit. I think that was played in the

764
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,480
eighties and I had Drexel, which is one of my

765
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,559
client plays. So we are going to try to hit

766
00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:23,079
a three teamer for you guys today, Robino, do you

767
00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:25,400
like know? Do you know your leg or do you

768
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,119
want to go back to the chat? You want to

769
00:37:27,159 --> 00:37:29,559
think about it for a minute, Let's.

770
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 4: Go to the chat because I'm split on two. I'll

771
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,199
even let the chat know the two I'm split on

772
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,039
right now. I've made a lot of money the last

773
00:37:35,039 --> 00:37:35,599
two games.

774
00:37:35,639 --> 00:37:37,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, why don't you let me know because I I'll

775
00:37:37,679 --> 00:37:39,639
pick whatever game I like more and we'll see if

776
00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:40,559
we could talk into it.

777
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,320
Speaker 4: All right, So I've made a little bit of money

778
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,719
the last couple of games with Oregon totals over the

779
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,400
number since Nate Biddle came back. I didn't think that

780
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,960
the odds makers adjusted to Biddle being back.

781
00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 3: They really haven't. Oregon's going over back to back games.

782
00:37:55,519 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 4: I look at that over again with Minnesota problem for me,

783
00:37:59,159 --> 00:38:03,480
Jalen Crockerd maybe not no go for Minnesota again and

784
00:38:03,519 --> 00:38:05,079
they're just so poor offensively.

785
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 3: Might look team total there and the.

786
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 4: Other one, which I think in the end will be

787
00:38:09,519 --> 00:38:12,159
the way I go Is the Texas team total against

788
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,760
LSU tonight eighty and a half for Texas they would.

789
00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: Have to do will I have more of an opinion

790
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,000
on Texas, So let's talk LSU Texas.

791
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 2: I also saw something chat wanting to talk LSU Texas.

792
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,079
Speaker 1: So yeah, Austin, Texas tonight double digit favorite. But I

793
00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:27,880
know you want to talk total first, So kick us

794
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:29,480
off with the total and I'll see if I can

795
00:38:29,519 --> 00:38:31,639
bring it home with some spread talk here.

796
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, pretty simplistic where this is concerned LSU. Let's just

797
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,719
start with their offense, because not only is it Dton

798
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,280
Thomas right now, it's Max McKinnon too. Max mckinn, the

799
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,960
leading scorer for LSU injured, may not play tonight, may

800
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:51,119
may not. I've tried to get definitive confirmation on his

801
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:56,320
status for tonight. It leans a little more toward not

802
00:38:56,519 --> 00:38:57,679
playing than playing.

803
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,800
Speaker 3: We'll see how that goes. But if doesn't play, to me,

804
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:06,039
it just leads to more poor shot selection from LSU.

805
00:39:06,559 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 4: I'll say this Adam to me, LSU has the look

806
00:39:09,039 --> 00:39:14,039
of a team that's just playing for their one cannon

807
00:39:14,159 --> 00:39:17,559
type shot at an SEC tournament. Because there's nowhere to

808
00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:20,159
go now with the regular season for this team, They've

809
00:39:20,159 --> 00:39:24,039
been bad defensively all along. The only drawback to Texas

810
00:39:24,119 --> 00:39:26,960
right now, which is the second most efficient offense in

811
00:39:27,039 --> 00:39:30,159
the SEC, believe it or not, Sean Miller has them

812
00:39:30,159 --> 00:39:32,960
playing good offensive ball. The only drawback to them when

813
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,000
you're trying to get to eighty one is the fact

814
00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:38,639
that they don't necessarily push tempo. They're one of the

815
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,280
slowest tempo teams in this league. I think I saw

816
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:45,800
this morning third slowest tempo inside the SEC, which is

817
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,320
a pretty it's a pretty much an up tempo league.

818
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,159
But they did get over eighty against Missouri the other night.

819
00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:54,039
That was a big game for Texas. Think they got

820
00:39:54,079 --> 00:39:56,840
the eighty five and that game Voka Titus doesn't have

821
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,039
really any resistance from LSU in this game. So when

822
00:40:01,039 --> 00:40:05,159
you start combining texas As guards with the center all

823
00:40:05,199 --> 00:40:08,639
having the ability to score in a game, and to me, again,

824
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:09,239
this is one of.

825
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:10,039
Speaker 3: Those field things.

826
00:40:10,079 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 4: You handicap these games long enough and you start to

827
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,000
realize things that don't really show up in numbers if

828
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,719
you're just going analytics, statistics, whatever. But even a team

829
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:24,119
that ranks sixteenth in pace in the SEC. If they

830
00:40:24,199 --> 00:40:28,280
have an opponent, and especially at home, that they think

831
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,079
they can run off the floor and put up offensive

832
00:40:31,159 --> 00:40:34,440
numbers against, they'll jack up that pace. Like Texas will

833
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,880
go faster than sixteenth tonight once they see that they

834
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,320
can score on LSU almost at will. So to me,

835
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,280
the eighty and a half becomes a little bit smaller.

836
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,360
I guess we'll talk ourselves right into it, Adam, and

837
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,199
just go ahead and play. This is a part of

838
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,840
our parlat leg Texas team total tonight over eighty and

839
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:56,000
a half against LSU. You know, you could say, does

840
00:40:56,039 --> 00:40:58,119
the Missouri game affect you because they won?

841
00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,280
Speaker 3: Is it a letdown?

842
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,559
Speaker 4: I think Texas has the has the right to let

843
00:41:02,599 --> 00:41:05,559
down in any spot. Right now, Sean Miller is trying

844
00:41:05,559 --> 00:41:08,599
to push, push, push this team further and further.

845
00:41:08,679 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 3: So I like this spot. I like the little bit.

846
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,679
Speaker 4: I hate to say teams give up, right, I don't

847
00:41:14,679 --> 00:41:16,400
know they give up is always the right word. But

848
00:41:17,079 --> 00:41:21,159
the focus, the effort, et cetera. For LSU just not

849
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,360
at the level of Texas at this point in time.

850
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:24,719
So I like that team total.

851
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,599
Speaker 2: Over, I love it.

852
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 3: Veino.

853
00:41:27,159 --> 00:41:30,320
Speaker 1: I Texas is gonna they should absolutely destroy this team,

854
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,280
and I'll be honest, I would even I'd almost rather

855
00:41:33,519 --> 00:41:38,079
LSU have guys confirmed in so they would knock this

856
00:41:38,119 --> 00:41:40,679
spread down a little bit, because I do think so

857
00:41:41,039 --> 00:41:44,159
from a number standpoint, and it'll actually just probably push

858
00:41:44,199 --> 00:41:47,559
me more to toward your your angle of total. I

859
00:41:47,599 --> 00:41:50,440
do think that the injuries are like overpriced a little

860
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,199
bit here, like kind of like, so right now you've

861
00:41:53,199 --> 00:41:55,840
got a ten and a half, which is up to

862
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,960
eleven and a half. Now, that's that's right where I

863
00:41:58,079 --> 00:42:01,320
was on the number. But like I think if this

864
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,159
were a normal scenario where LSU would be healthy, I

865
00:42:04,199 --> 00:42:06,320
would be up in the eleven and a half twelve

866
00:42:06,559 --> 00:42:09,760
thirteen range, whereas the market would be more like nine

867
00:42:10,039 --> 00:42:11,599
nine and a half. And then I would bet that

868
00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:15,840
they obviously, like it's no secret that LSU has been

869
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:20,559
dealing with injury issues recently with Thomas and McKinnon and whatnot.

870
00:42:20,599 --> 00:42:24,199
So that's there, But I don't think that means that

871
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,079
Texas won't still come out and basically cover all numbers here.

872
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,599
They probably do, But as I listened to you speak, Rob,

873
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,280
I'm more inclined to think over is the play regardless,

874
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:40,000
like the game over because I do think LSU. You know,

875
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,480
if they get run out like I think they could hear,

876
00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:46,400
they could be like the go they could get you

877
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,320
there in garbage time from a game total standpoint, like

878
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,639
they'll do enough. But like you said, Texas, I thought

879
00:42:52,639 --> 00:42:54,239
they looked really good over the weekend. And this is

880
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,840
a Texas team that you and I have really been

881
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:01,440
talking about for over a month at this point, really

882
00:43:01,519 --> 00:43:04,559
really since the duo of games, the Bama win and

883
00:43:04,599 --> 00:43:07,480
the Vandy win that was way back in early January,

884
00:43:07,679 --> 00:43:10,639
where I think we both kind of agreed that probably

885
00:43:10,639 --> 00:43:13,719
turned the season for Texas. And yeah, they've lost some

886
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,880
games since then, but they're losing games that are games

887
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,519
that are are kind of games that are tough for them, right.

888
00:43:20,559 --> 00:43:23,239
They lose to Texas, A and M. They lose at Kentucky,

889
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,800
they lose at Auburn. Those aren't really bad losses. But

890
00:43:27,119 --> 00:43:29,400
since then, they've taken care of business where they should

891
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,360
take care of business. Twenty point went over Georgia, ten

892
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:36,440
point went over Oklahoma. You know, only I guess they

893
00:43:36,559 --> 00:43:38,960
only beat South Carolina by nine, but it was still

894
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,960
a game that they won. I don't think there was

895
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,519
ever really a doubt that they were going to win.

896
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,760
They handle all miss they handle Maszoo and Columbia over

897
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,199
the weekend. That was actually an impressive result. That's probably

898
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,679
the most impressive result of that stretch of games. I've

899
00:43:51,679 --> 00:43:54,440
been buying Texas for over a month now, so again,

900
00:43:54,559 --> 00:43:57,039
even though I probably won't lay at eleven and a half,

901
00:43:57,679 --> 00:44:01,039
I do think if LSU took money inclined to play

902
00:44:01,079 --> 00:44:03,000
it at like nine and a half, if it got

903
00:44:03,039 --> 00:44:04,760
down that bar, I don't think we're gonna see that.

904
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:08,719
So I'll just I'll just pivot to you and I'll

905
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,760
say full game total, which is correlated with your Texas

906
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:12,199
team total.

907
00:44:12,199 --> 00:44:13,280
Speaker 2: I think we're gonna see points.

908
00:44:14,599 --> 00:44:15,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, we talked about text.

909
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 4: I remember now we talked about Texas with Kelly on

910
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,320
last Call a few weeks ago, and I remember reading

911
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:27,000
the quote from Sean Miller who said, and it gets explicit,

912
00:44:27,079 --> 00:44:29,480
but his point was, we just filed.

913
00:44:29,679 --> 00:44:30,639
Speaker 3: All we do is file.

914
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 4: We fouled everybody, and you know, statistically you could see

915
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,880
he's not wrong. But I think they have calmed down

916
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:40,840
the following a little bit. And I think the reason

917
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:45,960
why Texas gets into some sort of foul trouble or

918
00:44:46,079 --> 00:44:50,199
files a lot consistently is because they're in close games,

919
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:52,119
and when you get in those games, you follow a lot.

920
00:44:52,159 --> 00:44:54,480
At the end, those numbers still count in the number

921
00:44:54,519 --> 00:44:57,400
in the statistics. But Sean Miller's point wasn't even that.

922
00:44:57,519 --> 00:45:00,719
His point was we just filed way too much. I

923
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,079
think it's been correctable. The last thing I'll say about

924
00:45:03,079 --> 00:45:06,199
this game is LSU turns the ball over like crazy,

925
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,679
and when you don't have your starting backcourt in and

926
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,840
you've got a freshman take control of all at point,

927
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:16,320
it just it breeds trouble against a team like Texas.

928
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:20,199
So as slow as they are, adam, they've gotten to

929
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,519
eighty seven of the last eight games. The one they

930
00:45:23,559 --> 00:45:26,880
didn't was seventy nine against Ole Miss, And I think

931
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,920
Chris Beard's defense, even though it's not vintage Ole Miss,

932
00:45:30,039 --> 00:45:33,519
Chris Beard's defense is a lot better than what LSU's

933
00:45:33,599 --> 00:45:35,679
throwing out on the floor right now. So to get

934
00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:37,360
to eighty one tonight, I think it's doable.

935
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: All right, we'll go quick on these last two week

936
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,559
we can get two more and I am likely going

937
00:45:44,639 --> 00:45:46,760
to use something we've already talked about for the parlay,

938
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,320
so we won't need to break that game down I'll

939
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:51,840
just be revisiting one of of the picks from earlier,

940
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:56,400
but chosen one says anybody on Kentucky Georgia. I looked

941
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,519
at this game earlier, Rob, and I said, well, got

942
00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:01,920
My first thing I said to myself was, well, I

943
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,079
don't know if I want to lay that number. But

944
00:46:04,119 --> 00:46:05,760
the more I look, the more I think that that

945
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,400
number is probably short. Now I still don't know if

946
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,599
I want to lay it With Kentucky. I feel like,

947
00:46:11,599 --> 00:46:14,280
you know, I guess that the Texas game comes to mind.

948
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:19,119
I actually cash that game Texas at Kentucky where they

949
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,639
kind of, you know, they didn't like I don't know

950
00:46:23,679 --> 00:46:25,559
if it like if I don't know that Kentucky was

951
00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:30,480
like unlucky not to cover, but they kind of led

952
00:46:30,519 --> 00:46:33,079
the whole game and were the clear team that should

953
00:46:33,079 --> 00:46:35,800
have won that game in Texas against a similar spread

954
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:39,280
kind of snuck in and nicked them right at the end.

955
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:45,559
For I believe a six point final, it's possible Georgia

956
00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:47,760
does that here. But Rob, I think I think I

957
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:52,440
leaned toward Kentucky maybe maybe winning huge here. Like as

958
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:55,400
much as I don't trust Kentucky, I did like what

959
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,280
I saw against Florida over the weekend. I thought they

960
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,119
I thought they played good and pretty good in that game,

961
00:47:01,159 --> 00:47:04,960
all things considered. And Georgia is a team that, like

962
00:47:05,119 --> 00:47:10,440
I find myself downgrading, I've found myself downgrading pretty.

963
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:14,559
Speaker 2: Much all SEC play at this point. So Rupperena tonight.

964
00:47:14,599 --> 00:47:14,920
I don't know.

965
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:16,639
Speaker 1: Is it as simple as just lay the seven and

966
00:47:16,679 --> 00:47:18,880
a half with Kentucky, take a double, you get your

967
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,639
double digit win, and go about your day.

968
00:47:20,639 --> 00:47:22,199
Speaker 2: Because it feels like that might be the case.

969
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,280
Speaker 4: It does feel like that might be the case. And

970
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,199
what makes it a little bit better is, you know,

971
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,800
I do pay attention. I've been paying attention to pretty

972
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:35,239
much the same batch of coaches all season long, because

973
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,280
some of them just walk out there and speak truth.

974
00:47:38,039 --> 00:47:40,119
Others go out there and just give you a bunch

975
00:47:40,159 --> 00:47:43,239
of coach speak rhetoric that we've heard for twenty five years.

976
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,679
But Mark Cope is one of those guys that, since

977
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:47,639
the beginning of the season, has at least led us

978
00:47:47,679 --> 00:47:50,599
in on the way he doesn't care what he says

979
00:47:50,639 --> 00:47:54,159
about his team. He's gonna give you the truth. And actually,

980
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:58,960
after the loss on Saturday, it wasn't negative toward his team.

981
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:02,599
He's beginning to call his team resilient, actually giving them

982
00:48:02,639 --> 00:48:05,199
positives for what they did even in a loss the

983
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,559
other day, the second half, the strong second half, etc.

984
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,119
They can score with anybody. The problem for me here

985
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,239
is Georgia can also score. But I'm with you that

986
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:21,480
Mike White's team and that game against Oklahoma was abysmal

987
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:26,800
sixteen point loss. I think I called smu no pun

988
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,960
intended again. I'm glad you brought it up a one

989
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,559
trick pony earlier. And it's kind of what George has

990
00:48:31,559 --> 00:48:33,800
been all season long. If they can't get to eighty five,

991
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,679
they're not going to beat you, and even when they

992
00:48:35,679 --> 00:48:37,760
do get to eighty five, sometimes they don't beat you.

993
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:43,480
And Kentucky could probably write their own ticket here. I'm

994
00:48:43,519 --> 00:48:46,079
just afraid of Georgie's sense of urgency in this game,

995
00:48:46,159 --> 00:48:48,960
desperation mode, bringing their best effort. Is it good enough?

996
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:52,360
And ruck, I'm not sure. One sixty one and a

997
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,639
half for a total on the full game at them

998
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:58,800
just seems low. I gotta say it could very well

999
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:01,719
be one of those eighty nine I'm seventy eight type

1000
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:04,920
deals here we're with Kentucky on top. So for me,

1001
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,639
I'd probably pay a little more attention to the total

1002
00:49:08,119 --> 00:49:09,719
going over than I would decide.

1003
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:17,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, again, it's like one of those things where I think,

1004
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,320
I think there's no way Kentucky loses this game. But

1005
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:23,000
it's like there, it's right in that sort of range

1006
00:49:23,039 --> 00:49:26,639
where you do kind of have to win big.

1007
00:49:27,039 --> 00:49:29,360
Speaker 2: You know that seven and a half number, right, it's like.

1008
00:49:29,639 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, you gotta it's got to almost be like out

1009
00:49:33,519 --> 00:49:35,880
of reach for you to not get nipped at the end.

1010
00:49:36,599 --> 00:49:39,559
You know, ten becomes seven, nine becomes six. I'm like,

1011
00:49:40,159 --> 00:49:43,639
but again, I think that I think this could be

1012
00:49:43,639 --> 00:49:45,960
like a twenty point Kentucky win, like if they're focused,

1013
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,519
Like if there's no hangover, because again that Florida game

1014
00:49:49,559 --> 00:49:51,159
was a big game. They put a lot into that game.

1015
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:54,880
They did cover even though they didn't win. If there's

1016
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,599
no hangover from that, I think Kentucky's gonna roll here.

1017
00:49:57,960 --> 00:49:59,719
If there is, I still think they find a way

1018
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,599
to win. So my number was ten pretty much on

1019
00:50:02,639 --> 00:50:05,360
the nose. So at seven and a half, like, there's enough.

1020
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,280
This is where I'm at with a couple of these

1021
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:07,800
games today.

1022
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:08,320
Speaker 3: There's enough.

1023
00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 2: There's enough there for me to like justify laying it

1024
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:15,719
with Kentucky. But it is a it's tough. That's a

1025
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,480
tough one to It's that spread range for a favorite

1026
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,000
to me becomes a little bit more difficult.

1027
00:50:22,119 --> 00:50:24,760
Speaker 1: Like I'm over here last night, same thing. Old Dominion

1028
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:27,840
kind of dominated that game, but I was still sweat

1029
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:29,559
and five and a half right till the bitter end.

1030
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:31,400
Speaker 2: And so that's where it's.

1031
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,280
Speaker 1: Uh So I'm gonna segue here because maybe we can

1032
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:36,199
just make it. Maybe it's as simple as just a

1033
00:50:36,199 --> 00:50:39,239
little moneyline parlay. We've had success with those on the

1034
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:43,840
show recently. There's another game in that sort of range

1035
00:50:44,199 --> 00:50:46,800
that that piques my interest, and so we'll talk about

1036
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:48,519
this one as well, because I see that there's a

1037
00:50:48,559 --> 00:50:51,400
couple of people in the chat that there's actually a

1038
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,800
super chat that is asked about this game which is

1039
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:55,760
supposed to be started.

1040
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:56,119
Speaker 2: It's not.

1041
00:50:56,199 --> 00:50:58,679
Speaker 1: I think I unstarted though, so well, I think I

1042
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:01,760
accidentally unstarred the super chat. I think it was start,

1043
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:06,440
but they George Washington VCU. We'll finish up the show

1044
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,599
George Washington VCU, and then I'll lock in my parlay

1045
00:51:09,639 --> 00:51:14,039
as we recap the parlay. But this is one where

1046
00:51:15,039 --> 00:51:19,079
you gotta know Rabiel Castro's if he's gonna play or not.

1047
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 2: So I was.

1048
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:21,880
Speaker 1: I actually was at both of these games this weekend.

1049
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,599
I saw George Washington play a home game on Friday

1050
00:51:24,679 --> 00:51:28,000
night against George Mason, and I saw DCU get a

1051
00:51:28,039 --> 00:51:31,920
win in the Capital City Classic at Richmond on Saturday night,

1052
00:51:32,039 --> 00:51:32,960
beating their rival.

1053
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:36,880
Speaker 2: Cashtro warmed up ahead.

1054
00:51:36,599 --> 00:51:39,119
Speaker 1: Of George Mason to the point where people thought he

1055
00:51:39,159 --> 00:51:43,599
was gonna play, and he did not play. Now, I've

1056
00:51:43,639 --> 00:51:46,000
seen teams do this and do this for a couple

1057
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,679
of games, So this is one where we've got to

1058
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:51,239
try to read the tea leaves a little bit. Does

1059
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:54,239
it mean he's coming back here? Because if he comes

1060
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:57,440
back here, it's a big deal. It's a very very

1061
00:51:57,480 --> 00:51:58,000
big deal.

1062
00:51:58,440 --> 00:51:58,639
Speaker 2: Right.

1063
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:03,800
Speaker 1: If ra Astro plays, it's hard to not like gw

1064
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:08,440
with those points. If he doesn't, then you have to

1065
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:11,639
wonder if, like the VCU athleticism, their ability to get

1066
00:52:11,639 --> 00:52:13,280
to the rim, their ability to get up and down

1067
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:17,760
just ends up overwhelming George Washington, similar to the way

1068
00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:21,599
it overwhelmed Richmond on Saturday. I didn't think BCU played like,

1069
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:23,119
you know, they played a really good first hat.

1070
00:52:23,159 --> 00:52:23,920
Speaker 2: They got every call.

1071
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,199
Speaker 1: Chris Mooney was almost escorted out of building like they

1072
00:52:27,199 --> 00:52:29,840
got every call. He made sure to get teed up

1073
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:31,760
right before the half and let the rest know too,

1074
00:52:32,079 --> 00:52:34,480
and then they came out. VCU wasn't as good in

1075
00:52:34,519 --> 00:52:36,719
the second half. The shot the shots stopped following Richmond

1076
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:38,960
had that down to like a two point game. So

1077
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,079
my thing is here, like, if you gave me GW

1078
00:52:42,199 --> 00:52:46,400
with Castro, I'd be pretty interested in that. But without him,

1079
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:49,039
it's just such a big difference in their ability to

1080
00:52:49,079 --> 00:52:52,119
defend the rim that it's so tough to play that

1081
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:55,760
game without knowing his status. So how do you feel

1082
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,639
about this one GWVCU And have you heard anything different

1083
00:52:58,639 --> 00:52:59,320
about Castro?

1084
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:00,519
Speaker 3: Well?

1085
00:53:00,559 --> 00:53:03,880
Speaker 4: I have read this morning that Castro targeted this game

1086
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,920
for his comeback. Still this is as questionable, but it

1087
00:53:07,039 --> 00:53:10,480
seems like you know, they held him out to play

1088
00:53:10,519 --> 00:53:11,599
this particular game.

1089
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:14,079
Speaker 3: One thing you said I think is pretty.

1090
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:18,440
Speaker 4: Is pretty spot on is the fact that GW without

1091
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:24,480
Castro Saturday absolutely destroys George Mason. But George Mason isn't

1092
00:53:24,519 --> 00:53:27,800
loaded with the athleticism and up and down the BCU is.

1093
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:31,159
It's a totally different style here. So without Castro this time,

1094
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:34,599
would it be the same, probably not VCU probably is

1095
00:53:34,599 --> 00:53:37,559
your winner. But I do think, you know, sometimes we

1096
00:53:37,639 --> 00:53:39,519
have to be proactive and do a little guest work

1097
00:53:39,559 --> 00:53:41,440
and then bail out it for wrong Adam. But it

1098
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:44,800
looks like they want to start Castro. We'll see no

1099
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:46,440
real confirmation there.

1100
00:53:47,119 --> 00:53:50,519
Speaker 2: You gotta think. So I'll leave one more thing with this.

1101
00:53:51,039 --> 00:53:56,039
Speaker 1: That number moved three points, two and a half points.

1102
00:53:56,079 --> 00:53:58,599
I think that was as high as George Washington minus

1103
00:53:58,639 --> 00:54:01,719
four on Friday night. I couldn't understand it because I

1104
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,440
had pretty good intel that he wasn't gonna play like

1105
00:54:04,639 --> 00:54:06,599
I had a pretty good intel that he was not playing.

1106
00:54:06,679 --> 00:54:11,639
So I but typically you're not Typically you're not gonna

1107
00:54:11,639 --> 00:54:15,000
see a market move like that in a standalone National

1108
00:54:15,039 --> 00:54:19,360
TV Friday night game if like the info is incorrect,

1109
00:54:19,519 --> 00:54:22,639
right like it's usually usually something like like a move

1110
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,679
like that would suggest that he's either there in some capacity,

1111
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:28,519
he's coming off the bench. So you have to wonder

1112
00:54:28,559 --> 00:54:31,440
if GW sort of watched him warm up and said

1113
00:54:32,559 --> 00:54:35,360
maybe we feel it out right, like we think we

1114
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:39,039
can beat this Mason team without him. And to you

1115
00:54:39,079 --> 00:54:41,360
know what else I'll point out about that GW game

1116
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:44,719
on Friday, Luke Hunger had the game of his life.

1117
00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:46,719
Speaker 2: I've never seen anything like that.

1118
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:47,119
Speaker 3: Rob.

1119
00:54:47,199 --> 00:54:51,039
Speaker 1: He was he was throwing shots up, they were going in,

1120
00:54:51,599 --> 00:54:54,360
and he was just laughing because he couldn't believe how

1121
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:55,079
good he I mean.

1122
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:57,199
Speaker 2: He this is a guy that comes off the bench.

1123
00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:00,719
Speaker 1: He dropped like thirty one, and there was a point

1124
00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:03,440
in time where he did the Jordan. He looked right out.

1125
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:06,079
I was sitting right like two rows off the court.

1126
00:55:06,119 --> 00:55:07,840
He looked at the crowd. He's just laughing like this

1127
00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:10,480
because he's like, I don't this is I'm you know,

1128
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:13,239
I'm off the bench, Like I don't know what his

1129
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,360
scoring average is, but it's not very hot. Like he's

1130
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:20,159
probably the eighth or ninth guy in that rotation, and

1131
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:21,159
he came in.

1132
00:55:21,679 --> 00:55:24,920
Speaker 2: Oh that's not true, Like actually this is a good point.

1133
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:26,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, there was a point in time earlier this year

1134
00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:29,440
he was only playing eight minutes, twelve minutes, seven minutes,

1135
00:55:29,559 --> 00:55:32,800
twelve minutes, fifteen minutes. He's the guy getting most of

1136
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:36,599
these minutes for Castro last two games, twenty one against

1137
00:55:36,679 --> 00:55:39,719
Rhode Island, thirty one against George Mason. So you have

1138
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:43,360
to ask yourself, if Castro's not in there, is it

1139
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:46,599
as big of it. It's probably a big, big er

1140
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:51,199
deal defensively, but like, Hunger's clearly hot right now, So

1141
00:55:52,239 --> 00:55:55,599
do you try to front run Castro playing and then

1142
00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:58,519
just be okay with the fact like if he's out

1143
00:55:58,639 --> 00:56:02,159
that you're gonna get Hunger playing like the best ball

1144
00:56:02,199 --> 00:56:03,960
of his life right now, which he clearly has the

1145
00:56:04,039 --> 00:56:07,800
last couple of games. So as we talk this one,

1146
00:56:08,159 --> 00:56:09,480
I thought I was going to make a case for

1147
00:56:09,559 --> 00:56:12,159
VCU just winning this game. I don't think I want

1148
00:56:12,159 --> 00:56:14,400
to do that. I think I I think the value

1149
00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:18,280
here is clearly with GW on the points, and that's

1150
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:20,360
how you would have to play this game. And I

1151
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,320
may even look to do that if we if we

1152
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:26,599
can get that infos secured somehow, because that is a

1153
00:56:26,639 --> 00:56:29,239
man Castro coming back and then still maybe getting twenty

1154
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:33,000
minutes of Luke Hunger, who's who's clearly figured it out

1155
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:37,400
a little bit. Getting the extended minute sounds appealing in

1156
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:40,719
this in this game. So yeah, that's a that's a

1157
00:56:40,719 --> 00:56:42,960
good one. Whoever said they had GW plus seven and

1158
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:45,760
a half in pocket, I think you've made a decent

1159
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:51,480
bet at this point. All right, we've hit the finish line, Robi,

1160
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:53,320
you know I'm gonna do it. What is the Michigan

1161
00:56:53,360 --> 00:56:56,559
money line on your screen right now? Is what is

1162
00:56:56,599 --> 00:56:59,480
the market price for Michigan money line?

1163
00:57:00,199 --> 00:57:07,400
Speaker 3: I'm showing minus Yeah.

1164
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:10,079
Speaker 2: I figured, yeah, I don't. I don't think.

1165
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,320
Speaker 1: I don't think the market is going to grace us

1166
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:15,480
with a Michigan pick here. I think that was ambitious.

1167
00:57:15,639 --> 00:57:17,800
I think it would be wrong if that was the case.

1168
00:57:17,840 --> 00:57:21,440
I think Michigan wins this game. We did the breakdown

1169
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:24,760
for Michigan. We did the breakdown for Michigan at the

1170
00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:27,920
top of the show. I just think there's so much

1171
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:30,119
better than Perdue. And I really think it would take

1172
00:57:30,239 --> 00:57:33,719
like a generational shooting performance at Mackie for Purdue to

1173
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:37,880
win this game tonight. So I'm going to put Michigan

1174
00:57:38,199 --> 00:57:42,239
money line in the parlay because we've invited Brian Power

1175
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:44,000
to join today. It's a three teamer, so I'm not

1176
00:57:44,039 --> 00:57:46,880
gonna sweat Michigan minus one forty five in the parlay.

1177
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:49,280
It's really not going to kill the odds because we've

1178
00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:52,679
got three games. So my leg will be Michigan minus

1179
00:57:52,679 --> 00:57:57,679
one forty five. Rob Bino Texas team total over eighty

1180
00:57:57,719 --> 00:58:01,679
and a half, and then we have IMpower, who is

1181
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:04,159
in the parlay until further notice. As long as he

1182
00:58:04,239 --> 00:58:07,519
keeps winning, will keep him around. You can watch him

1183
00:58:07,559 --> 00:58:10,119
break this game down on Morning Wager. But he has

1184
00:58:10,159 --> 00:58:15,119
contributed Arizona State plus four and a half in the

1185
00:58:15,199 --> 00:58:19,119
first half of their game tonight against Texas Tech, so

1186
00:58:19,159 --> 00:58:21,920
you can thank him for keeping you up late for

1187
00:58:22,039 --> 00:58:24,880
that game. That is then eleven PM tip. That's a

1188
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,840
three teamer. I didn't calculate the odds, but I gave

1189
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:29,880
you the odds of each leg, so I'll have it

1190
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:33,880
calculated on the show tomorrow. If we hit this, we

1191
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:36,920
are back in the plus. I believe it'll be right around.

1192
00:58:37,039 --> 00:58:38,840
It should put us back in the positive for the

1193
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:41,239
parlay of the day for the show, so hopefully we

1194
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:45,400
can cash this three teamer again before we go Michigan

1195
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:48,360
money Line. Texas team total over eighty and a half,

1196
00:58:48,599 --> 00:58:51,280
Arizona State first half plus four and a half.

1197
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:54,199
Speaker 2: That's today's three teamer. I've got a five percent play.

1198
00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,840
Speaker 1: Go check out the joint package between Rob and I

1199
00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:59,719
and it's also five dollars Tuesday, so plenty of five

1200
00:58:59,719 --> 00:59:02,079
dollars plays on the site. I'll actually probably have one

1201
00:59:02,119 --> 00:59:04,760
as well if I lock in a second play today.

1202
00:59:05,199 --> 00:59:07,559
Good luck everyone, enjoy your day and Rob and I'll

1203
00:59:07,599 --> 00:59:08,360
be back in the morning.