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Are you kidding me? 30 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:12.120 Now? 31 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:21.000 Here's nick coffee? 32 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.400 I feel like I am starting the day off, the 33 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:28.560 show off here with a win one minute in here, 34 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:30.000 in fact less than a minute in, but it is 35 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:33.280 three oh one. Because as I realized, oh, here we go, 36 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:37.000 it's about to start the show. It's showtime, I realized 37 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.200 my headphones were still in my backpack, and I use, 38 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:44.680 I use. I guess they're called I mean, I call 39 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:47.000 them headphones, but a lot of people call them earbuds. 40 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.920 I guess because they're not the big cans that you 41 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.879 put over your head and rarely, at least around here 42 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:55.319 people I've worked with in radio over the years, I'm 43 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.239 one of few people that likes to use these rather 44 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.640 than you know, the big headphones. So they're like old 45 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:04.480 think old iPhone where you didn't like, you didn't have 46 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:07.159 just the lightning cable, like you actually had a headphone jack. 47 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:09.800 I could be wrong, but I feel like the last 48 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:13.080 iPhone that had a legitimate like audio jack on. 49 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.879 It was that what eight years ago? 50 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:17.960 Maybe it hasn't been that long, but either way, I 51 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.919 use those because you know, they still connect into our 52 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.120 board here and they are what I prefer. But the 53 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:28.280 issue is one they're old and with that they could 54 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.400 go out at any moment. But also they get real 55 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:33.719 tangled up. So the music is on, which means it 56 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:37.199 showtime and these things are like notted up, and somehow 57 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:38.400 I was able to. 58 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:41.240 I mean, you won't believe it. It was a. 59 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:43.680 Miraculous effort on my part, of course, to be able 60 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:45.919 to get these untangled and get it plugged in and 61 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:46.319 here we go. 62 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.759 We're ready to rock and roll. So welcome in game day. 63 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:50.960 ED issued coffee and company fuel about Thornton's here on 64 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.960 Sports Talk seven ninety. Make sure if you have not 65 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.680 signed up to become a member of the Refreshing Awards 66 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.520 program at Thornton's, you do exactly that, because your life 67 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:02.759 will be better. I can't prove that, can't guarantee it, 68 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:04.800 but I think you can trust me. You should trust me. 69 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.879 And on my way up to Pittsburgh on Saturday for 70 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:12.680 the Louisville Pittsburgh game, about a six hour drive, I 71 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:16.000 stopped at a gas station that looked like it was 72 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:18.120 a chain, but I guess they're not in our area. 73 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.080 And you know, I would have gone to Thornton's, but 74 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.360 there wasn't one. There wasn't one up there in Pennsylvania. 75 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:24.800 So this is what I had to do. We stopped, 76 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:27.560 we got gas, and I got a breakfast sandwich at 77 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:31.680 this and I probably wouldn't say the name even if 78 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:34.000 I know it, but don't even remember. It was very forgettable. 79 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:36.319 But they had their own version of what Thornton's does 80 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:38.960 really well, which is a sausage, egg and cheese croissant, 81 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:43.479 and it was terrible. I mean it was awful. So 82 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.240 it reminded me. It made me appreciate how great Thornton's 83 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:48.400 is for a variety of reasons. But I'm telling you 84 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:51.080 they have I think the breadth the best breakfast sandwich 85 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:54.479 you'll find sausage, egg and cheese croissan at Thornton. 86 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:55.599 So again, you knew. 87 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:57.520 Already that we were fueled by Thornton's, but I just 88 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.919 enjoyed telling you that every single day Louisville and Syracuse 89 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.120 tonight rare a rare and I mean a very rare 90 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.719 situation here. I mean, I guess this used to be 91 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:11.639 kind of the norm. But Louisville is favored by nearly 92 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:15.400 ten points on the road in a conference game. Think 93 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.759 about that. Louisville currently is favored by eight points against 94 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:23.560 Syracuse tonight, and in fact, let me double check here, 95 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:26.079 I saw it was a little bit lower than that, 96 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.560 but I think it's it's been steadily climbing. Louisville seemingly 97 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:33.040 a bigger favorite every time I update the DraftKings sportsbook 98 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.279 website here. Now, I'm sure you can see it at 99 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.279 a different number elsewhere, depending on where you're looking. But 100 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:40.920 that's when I'm looking at Louisville favored by eight points, 101 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:45.079 and that is that is doesn't really mean much of anything. 102 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:47.240 I'm sure a lot of people who don't care about 103 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:49.800 sports gambling, they don't gamble themselves, they don't, they don't 104 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:52.319 care at all. Maybe some people think I don't like 105 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:54.399 when they're favored. They've been doing pretty well whenever they're 106 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:56.800 you know, kind of the underdog, not expected to be 107 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:01.199 to be to be very good. But it's another sign, 108 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.240 one of the many signs that Louisville is heading back 109 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:05.920 in the right direction. And look, it says a lot 110 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.839 about Syracuse too. They're they're not very good. They're eight 111 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:12.839 and eight overall, two and three in an ACC that 112 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:16.160 we know is nowhere near what it once was. But 113 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:18.639 they are coming off of a couple of straight vic 114 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:21.279 a couple of wins. They've won two consecutive games with 115 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.759 wins over Boston College and at Georgia Tech and or 116 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.000 I guess at Georgia Tech at home and at Boston College. 117 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:30.560 And they're at home tonight, so we shall see. Syracuse 118 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.920 scares me a little bit because and by the way, 119 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:34.920 Louisville could lose, because again they could lose to anybody 120 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.199 if they don't play well. But when I say Syracuse 121 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.680 scares me, it's because to me, they've got they've got 122 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:45.160 some similar vibes to Louisville under Kenny Payne in my opinion, 123 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:49.720 because they're not great. I don't know what their ceiling is, 124 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:52.839 but they'll probably I mean, they're ninth right now in 125 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:56.399 the ACC. They'll probably finish in the bottom tier, and 126 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.360 they have way better players than what their record is 127 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:01.600 going to Indycare. I mean, I can't act like they're, 128 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:04.160 you know, the their elite, but I mean they've got 129 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:06.720 some solid players to where they shouldn't be in the 130 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:10.680 position that they're in. Although JJ Starling is their best player, 131 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:15.279 a guy that clearly is is. I mean, he's he's 132 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:17.959 missed all but nine games, but he did return. He's 133 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:20.480 been back since the beginning of January, so they've got 134 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.720 him back and since then they've been playing better. So anyway, Syracuse, 135 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.120 they may end up. Who put it this way, Let's 136 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:28.519 say they end up being one of the worst teams 137 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:32.439 in the ACC overall, it'll be another situation that I 138 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:34.680 would compare to Louisville to where it's because they're just 139 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:37.920 that poorly coached, because they they aren't great, But man, 140 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:41.079 they shouldn't be finishing close to dead last, and they're not. 141 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:42.360 Right now, again, they're two and four. 142 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.240 Miami, by the way, they're zero to five, so they're 143 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:46.439 in last place by themselves. 144 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:49.079 So Louisville Syracuse. 145 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:53.839 Tonight, seven o'clock, and I'm confident. But I will tell 146 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:57.560 you if Louisville wasn't you know, even if they would 147 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.079 not have beat Pitt Even if they would have, I 148 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:06.199 don't know. Maybe they split the games against Carolina and 149 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.480 against Virginia, lost to Carolina, beat Virginia, beat Clemson. 150 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:11.000 Then lost a. 151 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:12.680 Pitch, which, by the way, all those things were. I 152 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:15.240 mean that if you'd have said that two weeks ago, 153 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:17.920 three weeks ago, whenever it is when that stretch of 154 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:20.439 play started, I think a lot of people would have said, yeah, 155 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:22.240 I know they can win more than that, but that 156 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.480 wouldn't shock me. Well, here they are playing their best basketball, 157 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:26.639 playing a type of basketball that I'm not sure any 158 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.879 of us thought they were going to once we found 159 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:30.120 out that they had all the injuries. 160 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.680 But they're in a real groove right now. 161 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.720 And that is why my confidence level is where it's at, 162 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.720 because you know, Ques tonight. 163 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:40.199 Maybe they lay down, maybe they get blown out. I 164 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:40.560 don't know. 165 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:45.519 But in a weird way, it's kind of like Louisville 166 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.600 has shown us. I mean, they've kind of told on themselves, right, 167 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:54.120 They've played so well recently and beat teams that you know, 168 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:57.319 are a lot better than Syracuse, and yet they've done it. 169 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:59.839 But it wasn't because man, they just were knocking down 170 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:02.480 an insane amount of tough shots. I mean they did 171 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:05.879 that against Pittsburgh. Rain Smith went went insane and Chucky 172 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.040 hit a big one late. So you know they're making shots. 173 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:10.360 But as I've said throughout the last I don't know 174 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.319 four wins, five wins. I mean they've won five in 175 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:15.639 a row, so I guess it's probably yeah, since they 176 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:19.240 since they started the new year. I feel like what's 177 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:22.639 got me so excited and feeling better about this team 178 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.040 than anything is that they're doing this and it's it's 179 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.120 it's something that you can recreate every night. 180 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:28.519 Now. 181 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:30.120 Sometimes you're not gonna have some breaks go your way. 182 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.799 Sometimes your opponent's gonna have the night of their life. 183 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:35.679 But like the things that has made Louisville look like 184 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.320 a team that, Wow, not only should they make the tournament, 185 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:40.639 maybe they win a game, maybe they win a couple 186 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:46.399 of games. The level of play that that they've I 187 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:49.879 guess stepped up to they're there, and again, it's it's 188 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.919 most it's mostly off of just the fact that they're playing, 189 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:56.200 Like think again, things that they can do every night. Now, 190 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:00.600 you may have a uncharacteristically bad night when it comes 191 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.639 to making shots, you may have somebody get in foul trouble, 192 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:05.679 but you know what, I kind of feel like those 193 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:09.159 things have actually played out in these last you know, 194 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.799 five games or so, and yet you still have found 195 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:14.240 ways to win. I mean, it sounds crazy to say, 196 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.919 but this five games winning streak has been impressive and 197 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.600 it's been fun as hell to watch as a fan. 198 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:23.159 But they left a lot on the floor in nearly 199 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:26.440 every one of those games. I mean, maybe not Virginia 200 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:28.600 because they blew Virginia off the floor, but I mean, 201 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:31.360 you go back to the North Carolina game, I mean, 202 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:33.519 they shot it really poorly from the free throw line 203 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:37.519 in that one. Didn't shoot it well from three either. Clemson. 204 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:41.519 I mean, yeah, Javon Hadley go off, but other than that, 205 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:43.840 you didn't have a great night from the three point line. 206 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.399 You didn't really. 207 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:47.039 I mean, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't necessarily good. 208 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.919 And your top four leading scorers, I think we were, 209 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.960 you know, we're struggling, but you know what, Jevon Hadley 210 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:55.480 stepped up and. 211 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:56.879 Gave you thirty two. 212 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.600 And then against Pittsburgh, you shot it well from three, 213 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.320 made a lot of them, and I'm trying to think, oh, yeah, 214 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.759 it was free throws. I mean, the free throw issue 215 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.679 was a real thing, and yet you still found a 216 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:13.879 way to win. And I don't mean I feel like 217 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:16.679 the foul situation was certainly a factor throughout the game. 218 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:19.039 Yvonne had a couple early, had to sit for a 219 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:22.240 stretch in the first half. Later on, Chucky clearly was 220 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.279 in foul trouble had to defend a little bit differently. 221 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:29.639 So again, they're winning and beating good teams, which that 222 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:33.240 alone has everybody excited. That has put you in a 223 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.360 position to where right now you feel like, man, we've 224 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.759 got the majority of our tough games in league play 225 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.320 out of the way, and we're in a pretty good spot. 226 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:44.440 We should be able to keep this up, maybe drop 227 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.799 a game or two, but even with that you'll still 228 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.159 make the tournament. So again, the fact that they're playing 229 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:52.480 well and winning is the ultimate factor in the excitement. 230 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:54.559 But for me, what has me, I guess a little 231 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.480 more giddy is just knowing that they haven't like it's 232 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:59.519 not like we've seen them play the best game they're 233 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.519 going to play, and there's no way to truly measure 234 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:05.120 that and know, Okay, this is the best game they'll 235 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.000 ever play, this is the second best game. Again, there's 236 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.919 no way to truly measure that. But they've been able 237 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:14.320 to win games by just playing really really hard and 238 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:17.320 staying locked in, you know, making the play when it's 239 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:19.559 necessary in these close games. Right, They missed a lot 240 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:21.360 of free throws against Pittsburgh, but they made them when 241 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.759 they mattered, and they made tough shots when it mattered 242 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.559 in a tough environment. So I wish they played every night. 243 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:29.639 I mean, because I've just enjoyed watching this team that 244 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:32.440 much this season, because of all the circumstances, and because 245 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.559 you know they're playing hard and they're playing well. I 246 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.240 know they can't play every night, but you know what 247 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:40.279 I mean. Also, Kentucky, they are in action tonight taking 248 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:42.440 on Texas A and M, coming off a big victory 249 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.600 as they knocked off Mississippi State on the road. And 250 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:49.000 I talked about this yesterday. I was just seeing which 251 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:52.879 bracketologist had given the freshest update, and it was Jerry 252 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.720 Palm of CBS who actually did one yesterday, and he 253 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:58.039 had Kentucky as a four seed, which I thought was very, 254 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.320 very odd. He had Louisville as a sixth seeds, So 255 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:04.519 sounds weird from you know, a Louisville fan. Some of 256 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.639 you Kentucky fans call me cardboy, but you know, I'll 257 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:08.039 say it. 258 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:09.080 I thought Palm was. 259 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:12.200 A little little higher on Louisville than most would be, 260 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:14.879 and I thought he was a little lower on Kentucky 261 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:18.519 than most would be, And sure enough I checked the 262 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.200 Bracketville one this morning in Kentucky sitting at a two seed. 263 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.960 Louisville is it a seventh seed? 264 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:24.879 But anyways, what I was getting at with Kentucky, that's a 265 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.080 really good resume win that they got against Mississippi State. 266 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:27.799 They will hold up. 267 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.879 I mean, I don't have a mean some of the 268 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:32.519 What will be interesting to see is what the what 269 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:36.440 the net rankings ends up doing with these SEC teams 270 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:38.919 when they pile up losses, because there's gonna be some 271 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:42.039 good teams in the SEC that finish with a five 272 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.759 hundred record or right around there, and I kind of 273 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:48.000 have a feeling that they'll still be ranked really really 274 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.120 high in these formulas, including the net, which of course 275 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:55.600 the NAA uses. So tonight Texas A and M's in town. 276 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.240 They're ranked eleventh in the in the apeopole Wich. I'm 277 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.279 only referencing that because that's what comes up here whenever 278 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:06.320 I look at him on DraftKings. But in the net rankings, 279 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.879 this Texas A and M team, they are sitting at 280 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:12.240 number eighteen, so they're thirteen and three Overall, this is 281 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:14.399 another chance for Kentucky to get a big resume win, 282 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:16.919 and they get to face Texas A and M without 283 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.720 their best player, Wade Taylor, who I feel like has 284 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:22.080 been at Texas A and M for twenty five years. 285 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:25.320 He's still out with the knee injury and will not play. 286 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:29.480 He leads them in points at fifteen point seven average 287 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.159 is about five assists a game, leads them there as well. 288 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:34.879 I mean, he's a guy that can. I mean he 289 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:37.480 averaged nineteen points a game last year, has averaged sixteen 290 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:41.000 or more in the last three seasons. So whoever's been 291 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.399 filling in for him I did see has actually played 292 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:48.159 really well in Taylor's absence, But still they're nowhere near 293 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.159 as good of a team without way Taylor, and Kentucky 294 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:52.919 gets a chance to get him tonight when they're not 295 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.000 at one hundred percent. And you know, I'm not doing 296 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:57.440 this to bring up well, hey, if they win, it 297 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.399 doesn't it's not as impressive as you think because their 298 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:01.480 best players. When I'm bringing it up. Why I'm bringing 299 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.919 it up is to say that the formula doesn't know that, 300 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.919 the net rankings don't factor that in. Maybe somebody on 301 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:10.360 the committee would would would perk up and say, welly, 302 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.480 just so you know that Kentucky win. Reminder they didn't 303 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.759 have way Taylor. I mean, maybe somebody does that, but look, 304 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:18.600 it's set up pretty nicely for Kentucky here. And when 305 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:23.360 you have a loaded schedule like anybody in the SEC does, 306 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:26.080 because that league is just insane right now, you'll tell 307 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.000 I mean, you don't want anybody to get hurt, you're 308 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.720 not rooting for it. But man, if you can catch 309 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.960 a break like this, I mean, take advantage of it. 310 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:38.120 Because you've got LSU at home on Saturday, and then 311 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.480 you travel to Ole Miss, travel to Texas, then you 312 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.919 host Oklahoma. 313 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.399 So in a weird way. 314 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.440 After the A and M game, I kind of feel 315 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:50.320 I'm sorry, never mind, I was looking at the wrong schedule. 316 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:50.919 Apologies. 317 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.279 I'm sure Kentucky fans who know their schedule were yelling 318 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:55.000 at me that I'm wrong. 319 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:56.279 I was looking at A and M schedule. 320 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.399 So after Kentucky plays A and M, then they have 321 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.200 they Alabama at home, which of course the number four 322 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:05.679 team in the country, and then after that you will 323 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.960 go to Vandy, then to Tennessee, and then you host 324 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:14.200 Arkansas at Ole Miss. So I mean if at Vandy's 325 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:18.679 considered like the cupcake of the of the schedule, which 326 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:20.639 they you know, have been at times. I mean, it's Vandy, 327 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:24.080 but like this Vandy team, they'll probably finish towards the 328 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:27.600 bottom of the SEC, I would imagine, But they're also 329 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:30.600 ranked forty second in the net thirteen and three overall 330 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.279 and might even make the tournament. So I hate just 331 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:37.600 gassing up the SEC and basketball as much as I have, 332 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:41.240 but I mean, what they do in the tournament will 333 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.080 absolutely be a huge factor in. 334 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.240 How people. 335 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:48.120 I guess, remember how loaded this league was this year, 336 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:50.039 and I don't think it's like a one time thing. 337 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.600 I mean, maybe they're a little bit down next year, 338 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:53.399 but I mean, I just think there's programs in the 339 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:57.279 SEC that have really invested in basketball, made it a priority, 340 00:15:57.320 --> 00:16:00.559 and here we are. But if you do nothing in 341 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.480 the tournament and like, let's say you flame out and 342 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:05.440 you only get like one team in the Elite eight, 343 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:07.399 sounds hard to imagine. But if that was to happen, 344 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:09.679 then everybody would say, well, it was overrated and it 345 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.559 was all for nothing. But I'll be consistent. What gives 346 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:19.159 you in basketball, specifically, what gives you the ability to, 347 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.440 I guess, earn the benefit of the doubt until you 348 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.200 get to the tournament and kind of show what your 349 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:27.440 league can do when you get there is what you 350 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:31.279 do in non conference, and the SEC was insanely dominant 351 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:34.360 in the non conference portion of the college basketball. 352 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:34.639 Slate this year. 353 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:37.519 So I mean, that didn't guarantee that all these teams 354 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:39.440 that make the tournament are going to go on deep runs. 355 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:41.360 But I just I feel like this. 356 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.559 You know, it's premature to say it now, because again, 357 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:46.399 what you do in the postseason will be a factor 358 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:49.279 in how people view your league. But as of now, 359 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.559 this league is as good as any that I've seen 360 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.080 in a long time. I can't remember a year where 361 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:59.480 a league seems so deep in college basketball, and what's 362 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:02.759 even crazy year ten years ago, the league was a 363 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:07.119 joke in basketball, and yeah, not so much anymore. 364 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:07.680 So. 365 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:09.599 Of course, we'll talk a lot of college basketball today 366 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:11.160 because you know, it's that time of the year, and 367 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:16.240 we always talk college oops. That'll never change, but it 368 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.920 kind of hit me today whenever I was putting the 369 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:19.680 show together. Believe it or not, I do prepare for 370 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.720 this show. I was just looking at all the games 371 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.799 we have tonight because this is you know, now you're 372 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:26.559 in the thick of things with conference play. There's so 373 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:29.519 many conference matchups. I mean, you've got games because the 374 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:32.559 Big Ten added West Coast schools, you now have like 375 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:35.440 two eleven o'clock games between two Big Ten teams that 376 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.400 I'm looking forward to betting on. So it's awesome. I 377 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.079 love college basketball. I've had to learn to love college 378 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:44.799 basketball without having a team that really matters at all, 379 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:47.160 because that's what the last two years were like, and 380 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.960 it wasn't fun, but I was still able to enjoy 381 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.759 college basketball. 382 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.960 But today it kind of hit me. 383 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.799 You know, it's not only great because again, there's nothing 384 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:56.799 I love more in sports, and there's something I love 385 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:58.759 more than college basketball when it comes to sports. And 386 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:02.079 I know I'm not alone. But whenever you're alive and 387 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:06.799 your team is featured in the bracketology updates, you're checking 388 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:09.599 other resumes to see kind of where you stack up. 389 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:13.279 You're looking at the conference race to see maybe who 390 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:15.599 can get the double by and the conference tournament. I 391 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:18.680 mean those are things that I used to just you know, 392 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:22.279 experience and didn't think much of it. And now it's 393 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.519 fun again. So it's awesome. Some of the things we 394 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:27.240 need to get into. Obviously, last night the Vikings, yikes, 395 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.880 what a disastrous game for Sam Darnal in the Minnesota Vikings. 396 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:34.359 I thought Aikman said it best. Everything that could go 397 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:38.319 wrong seems to be going wrong for Minnesota. And I 398 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:42.240 don't hear this mentioned a whole lot. Maybe it is, 399 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:44.759 and I just I'm not hearing it. But you could 400 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:47.039 make the case that Minnesota kind of a low key, 401 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:52.079