WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:06.799 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:24.039 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's nick coffee. 3 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:29.120 All right, let's get it started, Ladies and gentlemen, hour 4 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:29.679 number two. 5 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:33.159 Here on a Tuesday afternoon, thanks for hanging out. Coffee 6 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:35.880 and company, fuel by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety 7 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:40.000 eighty coffee. That's me, Austin Montgomery alongside today. I'm not 8 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:42.320 sure if it's because I'm having to wear different headphones 9 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:45.119 or if it's the voice. But do I sound a 10 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.960 lot different? I mean, I know people can hear me. 11 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.119 I don't think I sound like I'm dying, But does 12 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:51.200 my voice sound different? 13 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:52.960 There's some raspiness o to it? 14 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:55.719 Okay, that just gives it more character, right, Yah, of 15 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.520 course there's a show a lot more care and I'm 16 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:01.039 sure more than anything. For me, it's I can't use 17 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:04.280 my earbuds today. I'm using the big cans because we 18 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:05.920 didn't have the adapter that I needed. 19 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:08.760 But anyways, it does not feel like a. 20 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:11.959 Tuesday of me, just because the weather and I mean 21 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.400 me getting sick yesterday it already being kind of a 22 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:15.400 holiday for some people. 23 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:16.959 We had our offices closed, but we. 24 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:21.000 Were also some of us were on air, and you know, 25 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:23.040 my kid didn't have school today, probably not gonna have 26 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.480 school tomorrow. So really, as I said at the beginning 27 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:28.040 of the show, today, the beginning of twenty twenty five 28 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.200 has been just weird. We had a couple of weeks 29 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:34.400 there where I felt like we were in rhythm as 30 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.000 far as routine. We didn't have a lot of things 31 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.159 that led to us having to close schools that kind 32 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.599 of stuff. But man, we had a crazy weekend. When 33 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.599 it comes to the flooding, just really awful, awful situation. 34 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.480 When it comes to the amount of I mean not 35 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:50.560 only the amount of people impacted by but people who've 36 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:54.040 lost their life. I mean, after today, Andy Bisheer mentioned 37 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:55.920 two deaths in Jefferson County, so that puts it up 38 00:01:55.959 --> 00:02:00.159 to fourteen people have died due to the flooding, which 39 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.480 again that's that's it's awful. And now you've got cold 40 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:05.879 weather for the next couple of days, really cold weather 41 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:08.240 with some snow. We already had some snow come down 42 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:11.680 earlier today, and we had some on Sunday, and I 43 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.599 think three to six inches is what they're mentioning. As 44 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:18.280 far as the Kentucky Aanna region when it's all said 45 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.759 and done, but hopefully it's on the lower end of that. 46 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:24.199 But again, if it ends up being more than that, 47 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:26.000 I can't I can't say I'm going to be shocked. 48 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:30.199 So stay safe, everybody, and hopefully we get warm weather 49 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:32.639 here soon so we can get all this mess melted 50 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.599 and then actually get to some spring temperatures. I love 51 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.360 the winter weather, always have, but we got enough this 52 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.719 year to last for a while. So anyways, let's take 53 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.919 a quick look here at the most updated bracketology. 54 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:48.719 From the one and only mister. 55 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.840 Joey Brackett's he put this out this morning, and top 56 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.719 overall seed not a surprise Auburn. I don't know how 57 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:59.400 much you guys have actually watched Auburn, like up close. 58 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:01.639 I didn't watch them a whole lot early on. They've 59 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:03.919 been having a phenomenal season and they are the best team. 60 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:06.280 But in the last couple of weeks really, since they 61 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.439 got they're. 62 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:08.919 Big man back. 63 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:10.879 I kind of think of his name who transferred morehead 64 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:14.199 Stag Jenni Broom. Since Broom has been back, I've just 65 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:17.159 not really because I'm looking to do it, but I've 66 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.840 just found myself watching a lot of their games, more 67 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:22.159 so than I typically do, especially when they played on 68 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:26.520 Saturday against Alabama and Tuscaloosa. I mean, I think Auburn 69 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:31.080 right now is kind of quietly become the best team 70 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:33.280 in the country. And it's not close. Not to say 71 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.439 there are no other really good teams, but they, in 72 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:39.000 my opinion, are quite literally alone on an island when 73 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:41.120 it comes to being the number one overall seed. And 74 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:43.080 they do have two losses. They lost to Duke earlier 75 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:45.800 this year, but that was a close loss in Cameron, 76 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.719 and then they slipped up and lost to Florida a 77 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:51.439 couple of weeks ago, and that was a tough loss 78 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:53.400 for them, but that was right when Jeni Broom was 79 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:56.159 kind of getting back into you, back into rhythm. 80 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.159 So look, they anybody can be beat. 81 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:00.840 They're not a team that, you know, we got to 82 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:02.719 start talking about are they going to be remembered as 83 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:04.919 one of the best teams that ever played in college basketball? 84 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:07.120 But I think they are far and away the best 85 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:10.520 team in the country, meaning that when they play their best. 86 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:11.840 Nobody's beating them. 87 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.280 Now again, there's some things you can do to make 88 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:15.800 them not at their best, and that's been done a 89 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.680 couple of times. But when you look at because Alabama's 90 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:22.079 really good. By the way Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Auburn had 91 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.639 full control of that game throughout, other than one instance 92 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:27.920 where Alabama made a really big run late to tie 93 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.839 it up and then what did Auburn do? Turn the 94 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:32.120 Jets back on and kind of run away with it. 95 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.759 So they're really, really good. Not a surprise to see 96 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.480 that they are the number one overall seed, and I 97 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.279 really I'd be highly shocked if we get to selections 98 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:42.800 Sunday and they're not still right there as the number 99 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:43.560 one overall seed. 100 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:44.600 All right. 101 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:47.800 As far as the first team out VCU, and the 102 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:50.920 last team in is wake Forest right now, and the 103 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:53.920 local teams Louisville, I believe they were, Yeah, there are 104 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.800 seven right now. According to Lonardi, they'd be playing West 105 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.560 Virginia in the seven to ten game. Tennessee would be 106 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.759 the two seas they'd play if it goes chalk in 107 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:06.560 that pod, the number one seed in that region is Duke. 108 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:11.519 Other notable teams in that region. The three seed there 109 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.600 is Arizona, who has quietly really bounced back. I mean 110 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:17.040 they had a rough start to the season. 111 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:17.560 Losing. 112 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:19.759 Well, what happened with Arizona is they lost some games 113 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:22.680 early on that that I think people didn't realize at 114 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:25.680 the time. Like, for example, I think Wisconsin beat Arizona. 115 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:27.519 I don't think anybody realized Wisconsin is going to be 116 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.120 a top ten team. So sure enough, Wisconsin's twenty and 117 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:35.120 five and looking like a legitimate top three seed, and 118 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:38.319 Arizona they got all again, look at this, Austin. 119 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:38.639 I know you. 120 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.040 I don't know if you have any like if if 121 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.160 you pull for Arizona, but like that's where you live 122 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.920 for a long time, so clearly they're of some interest 123 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:46.240 to you. 124 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:51.199 My favor Wildcat. Let's say that Arizona started the season terrible, 125 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:54.040 four and five. They were out of the top twenty five. 126 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:55.160 Oh due, they were four and five. 127 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.720 I mean overall they I mean again, but here's the thing. 128 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:03.360 Their losses to with Wisconsin and even in even West 129 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:05.720 Virginia and UCLA, like those were games at the time. 130 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:07.879 You didn't really know where those teams were going to 131 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:09.879 be at the end of the season, but those were 132 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:14.439 like right now, those five losses they had before Christmas, 133 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:18.240 they're all quality losses. And sure enough, since they got 134 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:20.560 into big twelve play. They've been playing a lot better. 135 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:22.600 They're up to number twelve right now in the kN Poms. 136 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.319 So Tommy Lloyd's flipped the switch. 137 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:27.600 Yeah, So Arizona, I think they're deserving of being there 138 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.560 as a three seed as of right now quoting Culinardi. 139 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:34.519 And then the four in that region is Michigan State Kentucky. 140 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:37.279 They have moved to a well they were. I think 141 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:40.839 they were a three on selection. On the selection preview 142 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:41.920 on Saturday's. 143 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:43.839 I saw the number ten overall seeds. 144 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.959 So they're still sitting as a three seed. That is 145 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.240 in the Midwest region. The one seed there's Alabama, two 146 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:54.879 is Houston and they'd be playing uncg if if that's 147 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:58.360 how it played out. So other one seeds outside of 148 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.879 Duke and Alabama, Auburn is they're the number one overall seed. 149 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.600 Florida is a one seed. Two seeds are Tennessee, Texas 150 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:08.800 A and m Iowa State in Houston and real quick, 151 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.600 I wish I could tell you that I believe that 152 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:16.160 the SEC is getting too much love, but I don't 153 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:18.600 because I think from top to bottom it's the best 154 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.439 league and I think there's gonna be some teams that 155 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:26.160 finish with five hundred or losing records in that league 156 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:28.120 that are legitimately good. Now, I will say this, I 157 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:32.000 don't think Texas is very good. Maybe they get in, 158 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:34.199 and I'm not just saying that because Kentucky has lost 159 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.079 him Like I don't. I watched Texas enough this year 160 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.800 to me, they're not one of those teams that I'm like, Wow, 161 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.439 this is crazy. The SEC is so good, but really 162 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:49.360 in their own way. Auburn, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, A and 163 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:54.680 M Missouri, Ole, miss Kentucky of course, Mississippi State, and 164 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.639 even Vandy because of Vandy's wins against Tennessee and Kentucky. 165 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:02.480 Teams that we know are good. Like, all those teams 166 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:06.639 are legitimately, in my opinion, bona fide tournament teams. And 167 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:08.519 maybe some of them will slip up and lose early. 168 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:09.000 I don't know. 169 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.040 But like how many teams that I just name there are. 170 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:16.639 How many teams are even in the ACC or the SEC? 171 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.240 Is it eighteen or sixteen? I think it's sixteen. I 172 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:22.360 know eighteens in the ACC. Yeah, so there's sixteen teams 173 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:25.519 in the SEC right now, and I think outside of 174 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:34.039 South Carolina, LSU Georgia, Oklahoma. 175 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:37.159 I mean, I guess that's really it. I mean Arkansas. 176 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:40.039 I don't think are I put Arkansas head of Texas 177 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.159 just because I've watched Arkansas play in stretches, including when 178 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.159 they played in Lexington to where like you can see, Okay, 179 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:48.759 when that team is able to play like that, they're 180 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.720 gonna be a tough beat for anybody. So I would 181 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:56.120 say roughly eleven of your sixteen teams I think are 182 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:57.440 not all the same level. 183 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:57.639 Right. 184 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:01.080 Obviously, auburns above everybody. That you've got that second tier 185 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:05.480 that I believe includes Alabama in Florida, and then I 186 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:08.039 would probably include Kentucky and that when fully healthy, but 187 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:09.159 I don't know if that's going to be the case 188 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:10.960 the rest of the way. So after that, I would 189 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:13.879 put Tennessee and Kentucky kind of together. Look, hey, and 190 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:15.799 this was a long route for me to get there. 191 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.600 But the SEC, as much as I wish I could 192 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:21.279 tell you that it's that it's not what everybody thinks 193 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:23.120 it is, and they're getting way too many teams in 194 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:26.759 the tournament, I just don't think that that's true. But 195 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:29.279 there are a couple of teams that aren't, like like 196 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.080 for example, Texas A and M Buzz Williams. They're twenty 197 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:35.519 and five right now, nine and three in the league. 198 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:37.080 I think they're looked at as a two seed but 199 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:40.559 just about everybody or maybe a three. But they like 200 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:44.360 they've not they actually, I mean honestly, they're win against 201 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:47.440 Texas Tech and Purdue, which were good non conference wins 202 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:51.440 like those have value, but outside of that, like they 203 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:54.200 haven't even played the best team. I mean, they played 204 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:56.639 Alabama in Kentucky, two of the better teams in their league. 205 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:57.159 They lost that. 206 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.799 Their other SEC wins include Texas and Oklahoma. I don't 207 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:03.519 think those are big resume wins. They beat LSU, they 208 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:07.480 beat Mississippi. In fact, they did lose to Texas. So 209 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:12.000 their other wins include Oklahoma, South Carolina, Georgia, and then 210 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.000 recently Arkansas. So I'm not saying Texas A and M 211 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.440 is bad at all. They're really good. They're deserving to be, 212 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:20.480 you know, talked about as one of the better teams 213 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.720 in their conference. But they are getting, in my opinion, 214 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:27.159 the love of the league being so good right because 215 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:31.440 they're gonna look, they still have to play Florida, Auburn, Tennessee. 216 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:34.039 So three of their last six games are against top 217 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:36.759 five teams, and it's not by design. It just played 218 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:39.440 out this way to where Texas A and M happened 219 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:43.480 to have probably the most manageable SEC schedule of anybody. 220 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.399 And again it's just you know its sometimes it's just 221 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.720 going to play out that way. But it's not to 222 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:51.559 say that their schedule is like easy. It's just when 223 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:53.879 I look at the teams in the SEC that I 224 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:58.320 think are legitimately Final Four quality, they're not one of 225 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:00.440 them to me. And maybe I'll be proven wrong, but 226 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:09.759 like I think Auburn, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky went healthy, and 227 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.559 maybe Tennessee. I don't know Tennessee. I the more I 228 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:14.399 watched Tennessee, the more I don't know, Like. 229 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:15.960 Are they really good or are they like. 230 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:19.240 Were they frods? Because they beat the hell out of Louisville. Obviously, 231 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:21.960 they got swept by Kentucky. They were down to Vandy 232 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.279 at home for about ninety percent of that game. 233 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:28.720 It seemed. They did beat Florida by twenty, so they're good. 234 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.039 Look, everybody in the SEC outside of like five teams 235 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.720 are legitimately good. I just think there's a couple that 236 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:39.320 are really benefiting from the league being so good where 237 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:42.120 they haven't actually gotten any of those big time signature wins, 238 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:44.399 right like some of the you know teams like Florida. 239 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.919 I mean they lost to Kentucky, but then they beat Auburn. 240 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:50.480 I mean that that kind of shows you that, Okay, 241 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:54.919 yeah you can you know Kentucky, they've lost to Alabama, 242 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:57.200 and they've lost to some other teams they probably shouldn't 243 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:58.279 have lost it. But you know what else they did. 244 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.360 They beat Florida at home, and they swim Tennessee like 245 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.799 there's no real there's not really anything A and M 246 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.840 has done. That I think is comparable to where you know, 247 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.480 you could lose to anybody because the league's so good, 248 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.759 but then you'll mess around and beat one of the 249 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:13.679 best teams. Like they haven't beaten one of the Tier 250 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:15.559 one teams in the SEC just yet. 251 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:16.120 Maybe they will. 252 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.679 Maybe maybe I'll be eating crow because again, they play 253 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.360 three top five teams in the last six games here, 254 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.799 so Buzz is gonna have a chance to show really 255 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:26.120 is what his team can do. 256 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:28.279 And clearly, again they're good. 257 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:30.039 I already feel like I've made it sound as if 258 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.879 I'm saying they're frauds. It's just when I see just 259 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:37.120 how this league is being seated in the NCAA tournament 260 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:40.120 projections right now. I mean some of some of the teams, 261 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:42.240 I totally get it. Others I just, you know, I 262 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.960 don't know if I buy them as being that good. 263 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.480 But maybe I'm just a hater. But I've tried not 264 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:50.519 to be because again, like I I've been getting into it, 265 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:51.279 not getting into it. 266 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:52.120 That's probably a stretch. 267 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:53.799 But like me and my dad have been going back 268 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:57.080 and forth Austin about Louisville and in their seeding because 269 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:01.000 I don't think Louisville can miss the turn. But I 270 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.720 do know that if they somehow had a bad night 271 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.159 and lost to one of these teams left on the schedule, 272 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:10.080 that would change sort of the overall view of the resume. 273 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:12.519 And that wouldn't mean that I don't think they're as 274 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:16.039 good as I did today or even last week. Like 275 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:17.919 I know, when this team's playing well, I think I 276 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:19.600 think the world of this Louisville team. I don't know 277 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:21.559 if they're good enough to you know, make a Final four, 278 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:23.879 but I really really like this team. It's just I'm 279 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:26.600 looking at it from a pure number situation when it 280 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.960 comes to the resume, and like, I just think, you know, 281 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:32.799 Louisville put it this way, and actually we'll get to 282 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.960 a break because I want to get to this. On 283 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:35.840 the other side, somebody texted in something earlier that I 284 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:37.320 want this will give me a chance to kind of 285 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.720 connect these two things, because there's some people that have 286 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.559 speculated Louisville is being criminally underrated in the top twenty five, 287 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:45.960 and you know what has Louisville got to do to be, 288 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:47.399 you know, higher than just twenty five? 289 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:48.279 Look at the record And. 290 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:52.519 I don't even like to play Devil's advocate because I 291 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:54.799 think Louisville is as good as a lot of teams. 292 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.879 I really do, but I don't. I mean, I don't 293 00:13:58.919 --> 00:13:59.960 think put it this way. 294 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:03.360 If you're somebody that is going to be stunned and 295 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:05.879 feeling as if there's they're out to get us on 296 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.519 selection Sunday, if Louisville's not better than like a seven seed, 297 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:12.240 I would just tell you to prepare for that. And 298 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.759 you know, I don't think. I think Louisvell' is a 299 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.559 better quality team than that. But also I understand the 300 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.600 resume is what it is. 301 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.720 So we'll get to that. 302 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:20.240 On the other side, stick around, it's coffee company, you 303 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.799 feel about Thornton's on Sports Talk seven. 304 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:25.639 Ninety now back to coffee and company fueled by Thornton's 305 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:27.759 on Sports Talk seven nine day. 306 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.919 So this came in on the text line earlier when 307 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:33.200 I was talking about Louisville getting back into the top 308 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.240 twenty five and how I just I wish I could 309 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:39.200 have a variety. I mean, I guess I can. I mean, 310 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:42.519 I don't act like it's impossible, but I just what 311 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:45.000 makes this fun is being able to just share real 312 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.679 and honest opinions and be a fan. Like a lot 313 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:49.639 of people, I try to be objective and to be 314 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.879 honest and not just be a homer, but I'm also 315 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.320 a fan, and to have to talk about Louisville basketball 316 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:56.600 the way we did the last couple of years and 317 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:58.360 now have this season, it's just been a lot of fun. 318 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:00.399 And I'm just kind of lost in the moment where 319 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:02.759 I mean, more often than not, I'm just telling you 320 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.159 guys how fun it is and how much I'm enjoying it, 321 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.720 and that's probably not super entertaining, But I do know 322 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.879 that a lot of you are like, hey, no. 323 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.320 This is. 324 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:14.320 You know, I'm sure it is boring to some who 325 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:16.840 don't care and don't feel the same way about Louisville 326 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:20.320 because you're not a fan, But this is the preference, 327 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.320 right when you get to being repetitive and it's just 328 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.000 kind of the same stuff here and there every day. 329 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:29.159 Almost it's nice for it to be about good things 330 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.679 right in Louisville basketball. Just being a twenty win team 331 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:35.399 at this point is is something that you could be. 332 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.159 You could have not got to twenty wins at the 333 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:41.039 end of the season and probably still in vision to 334 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:42.879 scenario where we would have felt good about the future 335 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:44.679 and felt like we hired the right guy. I mean, 336 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:48.360 Pat Kelsey has already given us so far a fun 337 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:51.080 season that has been successful, and I mean you got 338 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.919 to think he won't be able to go get a 339 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:54.759 bunch of Rainsmiths the rest of his time here, because 340 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.200 I don't think those guys exist. He's one of the 341 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:58.559 best shooters I've ever seen in my life, Chucky Hepburn. 342 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:00.759 I mean it sounds crazy to say because he's only 343 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:04.279 played twenty six games here, but I mean he's one 344 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:05.639 of the best point guards we've had in a long, 345 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:06.200 long time. 346 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.519 So I don't want to act. 347 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.720 As if like this is going to be something that 348 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:12.000 we can just easily recreate every year. However, I mean, 349 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.720 he just kind of put this together, this roster without 350 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.600 really any proof of concept, meaning he was getting people 351 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:20.559 to come to Louisville before he even showed anybody that 352 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:24.039 he could win here. So anyways, this comment came in 353 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:25.799 earlier and I wanted to read it for you. It 354 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.960 says I read it to you. I should say I'm 355 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.360 still learning how to speak. I don't know why, but 356 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.519 it feels like I haven't been on the air in 357 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.720 a long long time. I had a long weekend and 358 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.799 of course dealing with a little bit of a sickness, 359 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.639 so I'm a little rusty, so bear with me. 360 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:41.960 But it says the AP poll. That just says the 361 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.320 A people. 362 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:43.559 And then he goes on to say louisll is the 363 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:46.720 twenty fifth team in the country. But yet we're one 364 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:49.320 of twelve teams with twenty wins and we have a 365 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.759 top fifteen strength to schedule. Meanwhile, teams like Kansas and 366 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:55.399 Ole Miss are still in and they keep piling up 367 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:59.159 the losses. It just doesn't make sense, well it does. 368 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:03.279 I mean, record is I mean, record is not the. 369 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.960 End all be all. 370 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:06.119 I mean, I'm sure there are teams with more wins 371 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.640 than Louisville that aren't ranked, and it's probably because they 372 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:12.519 play in a league that's not good, or they play 373 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.079 in like a mid major league, or maybe even below that. 374 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:19.240 So what I think is just tough for fans to it. 375 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.599 By the way, let me let me I should have 376 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:23.240 threw this out there beforehand before really diving in. Do 377 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.680 I think Louisville's better than the twenty fifth best team 378 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.200 in the country. 379 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.960 Yeah, I don't. I can't prove that, but I believe 380 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.880 they are. When they're playing well. 381 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.559 I think they're probably closer to a top sixteen type team. 382 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.200 I really do believe that. I can't prove it, but 383 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:36.079 that's what I believe. So this isn't me saying, hey, no, 384 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:39.759 you're wrong, Louisville is the twenty fifth ranked team. But 385 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.759 what we're not used to around here is that the 386 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:46.240 league is hurting us in a major way. Now, you 387 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:48.720 could take advantage of it and pile up wins like 388 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:53.240 they've done, but what really tells you where the ACC 389 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:58.240 stands is that Louisville's kicking team's ass and still our 390 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.440 borderline top twenty five in the NET and in the 391 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:04.200 Ken Palm, and of course also in the A. People, 392 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:09.079 it's really not that complicated to look and see. Okay, yeah, Louisville, 393 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:12.079 they lost to Georgia Tech, and since then, who have 394 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:16.359 they been able to go beat? They've beat Boston College, Miami, 395 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:19.119 NC State, and Notre Dame. All those teams suck. 396 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.160 I mean they I mean, I'm. 397 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.640 Not discrediting Louisville for winning. I mean they won all 398 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:25.720 of them by a lot, all of them by double vigions. 399 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:28.720 But like those teams aren't good so that those who 400 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:31.279 vote aren't gonna think, okay, well, I gotta put Louisville 401 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:33.039