WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.320 For Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:06.160 seven nine day, Holy. 3 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:07.759 Crap, I don't know who the hell we think when 4 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:08.519 we are. 5 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:09.759 Get off our show. 6 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:10.720 Idiots. 7 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.199 The kids are playing to trail off. The countries are 8 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:13.880 screwing it up. 9 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:17.199 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 10 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:20.320 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 11 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:22.079 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:23.960 Who's the kid here? 13 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:39.280 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 14 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:44.280 All right, good afternoon, Happy Monday, and welcome in. 15 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:46.159 This is Nick Coffee. 16 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:49.439 I mean, I wasn't here Friday because I had to 17 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:51.759 take one more day to get my voice back in order, 18 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:53.679 which I'm not sure if it's one hundred percent, but man, 19 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:54.640 I feel a lot better. 20 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:58.159 And it hit me on Friday. 21 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:00.640 Whenever I was starting to feel better, I had a 22 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:06.120 weird sinus infection slash bronchitis type thing going on, which 23 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.200 really sucked, to be honest with you, But uh, you know, 24 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.719 it didn't really hit me until Friday. Whenever I was 25 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:15.799 feeling better, right, I didn't. I didn't feel, you know, 26 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:20.519 like congested as much. I started to feel a little 27 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:23.719 bit more like myself. But the voice continued to really 28 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.920 really suck. And even when healthy, I'm not sure if 29 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:28.680 my voice doesn't suck, but you know what I mean, 30 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.680 Like it was, it was rough, and uh, I thought, 31 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.280 given that I do talk for three hours a day 32 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:37.640 on a talk show, and I talk a lot. You 33 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.040 know Austin, of course he's here today, He's always with us. 34 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.799 Yeah, what's up back. 35 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:43.599 He's a big he's a big part of the show 36 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:45.040 as well. But you know, I can, I can get 37 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:50.280 to yapping. So probably within one hour of the show, 38 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:53.159 of the three hours, I may talk more and project 39 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:55.879 more than a lot of people do in their entire day, 40 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.200 depending on what they do. So me still doing the show. Oh, 41 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.280 while dealing with that, the voice was never going to 42 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:06.680 get better. So I got together with with the brass here, 43 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.639 the bosses, and we just decided, look, let's just let's 44 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:11.599 give it an extra day to rest meeting the voice, 45 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:14.280 and hopefully by Monday we'll be rocking and rolling. And 46 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:16.639 that's exactly what is happening right now. I mean, we 47 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.560 are rocking and rolling. It's coffee and company. 48 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:20.919 It sounds like you're over it. Yeah, I'm for the 49 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:22.680 most part. Yeah, I mean I think like every now 50 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:24.039 and then I may have to, you know, blow my 51 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:25.000 nose or something like that. 52 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:29.400 But overall than the coughing spells, oh yeah, yeah, we 53 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.439 won't have any coughing spells today, knock on wood. But 54 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:34.879 I mean, we're good to go, and I really just 55 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:38.520 wanted a normal week. Last week was weird because of 56 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.479 the holiday that I wasn't going to take off because 57 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:43.759 we get the camp day option. I ended up taking 58 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:45.879 it because it wasn't feeling well, and then we got 59 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:49.000 the snow, so my kids were out of school in daycare. 60 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:53.240 I'm very much big in routine, in rhythm, structure, and 61 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.360 when it's when it's thrown off, I'm just kind of 62 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:59.360 out of wax. So typically short weeks with holidays, days off, 63 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.520 that kind of stuff, it's a good thing. But for me, 64 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.120 I'm excited to get another week started here and as 65 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:06.599 far as I know, God willing, it'll be a regular 66 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.439 week where we are here with you from three to 67 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:10.800 six Monday through Friday, just like we always are. So 68 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.000 thanks for hanging out again. 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And 79 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:43.159 if you guys want to take us with you wherever 80 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.280 you go throughout the day, you can certainly do it. 81 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:47.400 Listen live on the iHeartRadio app. 82 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.759 Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com, and we'll 83 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:53.000 let you know how you can be a part of 84 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:56.280 the show. Got ways for you to interact and join us, 85 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.120 and again we'll set that up for you coming up 86 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.479 a little bit later on. But I guess we just 87 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:03.120 kind of dive right in here talking about the weekend 88 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.680 that was when it comes to college basketball, certainly a 89 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:08.719 lot to unpack with college hoops overall. We are now 90 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:11.639 just you know, I mean, what are we less than 91 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:15.000 a week away from March? Yeah, I mean it'll be 92 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:17.480 March on Saturday, folks, Which is crazy to think how 93 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:21.680 quickly January and February gone by, but just four regular 94 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:24.959 season games left. I know for Louisville Kentucky, I believe 95 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.519 it may be the same thing. So we are rounding 96 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:31.480 out the regular season. I feel like, if you are 97 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:34.720 safely in the tournament now, have a hard time thinking 98 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:36.680 there's anything that could be done that would remove you 99 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:40.319 from the tournament. But you know, Louisville Virginia Tech tomorrow 100 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.079 on the road. Then they finished with three straight home 101 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:46.199 games to wrap up the season, Pittsburgh, California and Stanford. 102 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.839 So I mean they're currently in the top twenty of 103 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.800 both poles. Now they're up to number nineteen in the 104 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.120 APE Pole and number seventeen I believe it is in 105 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:56.000 the coaches polls. 106 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.279 So Lowell's in a good spot. 107 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.360 And now I just hope they can finish wrong and 108 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.240 avoid some kind of a loss. And I'm not worried 109 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:04.560 that they're going to slip up and loose to one 110 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:08.800 of these teams. So you know, it's not that I'm 111 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:12.439 thinking we should be, you know, concerned about seeding that 112 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:14.519 kind of stuff, because I mean, if they just take 113 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.800 care of business, win these games about double digits, they'll 114 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:19.279 probably maintain their status and then you get to the 115 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:21.920 ACC tournament and hope that you get an opportunity to 116 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.680 get a valuable win against a team like Clemson or Duke. 117 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:26.959 So Louiell was in a good spot. 118 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.639 But I found myself on Saturday during the Florida State 119 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:35.399 game having to kind of balance the all right, not 120 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:40.000 our best performance, not the best game. You know, defensively 121 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.879 Florida State, you know they're not good by any means, 122 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:45.839 but they're also not even close to being one of 123 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.759 the worst teams in the league. So like I was 124 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:50.920 doing the thing where I it's almost like I and 125 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:51.800 this is the way it's going to. 126 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:53.279 Be the rest of the season here in the ACC. 127 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:58.279 Like if Louisville ends up playing closer against Virginia Tech 128 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.000 tomorrow night, then maybe we expect because here's what Louisville 129 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:02.839 has done. They've beat the hell out of a lot 130 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:07.839 of teams. Like, They've not just won fourteen of their 131 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:11.439 sixteen ACC games thus far, most of their wins have 132 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:15.120 been enormous or close to it. I mean, Florida State 133 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.079 was an eight point victory. You beat Notre Dame by fifteen. 134 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.040 You beat NC State by fifteen. 135 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.800 Actually no, you beat them by twenty five, beat Miami 136 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:29.879 by double digits, beat Boston College by close to twenty 137 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:34.120 five or something like that. So it's not just that 138 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.160 Louisville has, you know, been able to take advantage of 139 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.199 the ACC that's in a spot that a lot of 140 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:43.319 us never thought they would be in like they've really 141 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.720 And that's look, I don't if Louisville has the same record, 142 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:48.319 maybe they're still ranked, but I do think that people 143 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.519 are paying attention that they are not just running through 144 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:52.800 this league with just two losses. For the most part, 145 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:54.800 they're beating down teams. And even though these teams that 146 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.399 they're beating down aren't very good, it could be a 147 00:06:57.399 --> 00:06:59.560 different situation if you're barely getting by. That's where I 148 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.800 think you would say, man, they're just they're not any good. 149 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:04.399 It's just the fact that they're playing and allows the ACC. 150 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:06.839 Which I'm sure you'll find some people that say that, 151 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.160 But I just need to realize if Louisville isn't a 152 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:13.439 closer game against Florida State like they were Saturday, when 153 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:15.480 they play when they play Virginia Tech tomorrow, like if 154 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:17.639 this game is if it's a seven eight point game 155 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:21.319 with ten minutes left, I think instantly my mind would 156 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:22.360 be like, all right, what are we doing here? 157 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:22.920 Are we gonna do? 158 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:23.040 This? 159 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:23.959 Is this gonna happen? 160 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.480 And I need to just realize, like, no, like these 161 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:29.160 teams are still I mean, they're not dead. None of 162 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:30.480 these teams you play the rest of the way are 163 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:32.759 any good. But you know, if you don't come ready 164 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:35.759 to play, they may have a good game and surprise you. 165 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.879 I doubt that that happens, but I'm going to enjoy 166 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:40.920 the rest of this regular season as best I can 167 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:45.240 because I love watching this team play. But I'm also 168 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:47.759 kind of just ready to see what would happen when 169 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:52.439 they play a legitimately good team. And I'm not saying 170 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:57.079 that we haven't been able to take legitimate positives from 171 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.839 this run that they've been on since January, because I mean, 172 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:00.759 it's it's been phenomenal. 173 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:06.560 But the reality is, I believe Louisville is as good 174 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:10.000 as a top five seed. Overall. I believe they could 175 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:11.199 be a Sweet sixteen team. 176 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.879 I think what I've watched in the last couple of 177 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.399 months has made me feel confident that this is a 178 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:19.560 team that they play well, they'll find themselves in the 179 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:20.240 second weekend. 180 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:23.120 And the reality is you never know. 181 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:25.720 But what I'm getting at is, it's just we have 182 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:29.560 to also consider that when they get to the NCAA tournament, 183 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.759 and let's say they win their first round game, which, 184 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:35.080 by the way, what are they looking at like a 185 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:37.240 sixth seed right now? I'm gonna pull up the latest 186 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:40.200 bracketsology here, and of course, the first one that comes 187 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:44.879 up that is most recently updated, we've got our man, 188 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:49.200 mister Jerry Palm of CBS Sports. So Louisville is at 189 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:53.320 a seventh seed right now, so they'll play a ten 190 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:54.879 seed in the first round. 191 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:56.159 Let's say there are seven. 192 00:08:56.200 --> 00:09:01.120 The other tens are San Diego State, Nebraska, West Virginia BYU. 193 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.279 But let's say they get let's say they get a 194 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:10.919 six seed. Eleven seeds could be Oklahoma VCU and then 195 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:17.639 the play in games, I guess would be Xavier, Arkansas, Indiana, 196 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:22.879 Wake Forest, those kind of teams. And I'm trying to 197 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.240 see the point I'm trying to make is this as 198 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:28.360 much as you know, you maybe you don't care, and 199 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:29.039 I don't care either. 200 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.080 Look the acc stinking it's not good. 201 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.159 I don't like it, but like it has not made 202 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:35.840 me feel like I need to really just you know, 203 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:39.240 not be excited about Louisville. And it's not made me 204 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:40.799 at any point think I need to pump the brakes 205 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:42.480 and say, well, this team really isn't very good. 206 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:44.320 They're just playing in a bad league. I think both 207 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:45.159 things can be true. 208 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.519 The league is down substantially, but I also think this 209 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:50.679 Louisville team has really rounded into form and when they're 210 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.600 playing well, they've got a lot of good pieces, and 211 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.120 I think they could be a team again that making 212 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:59.200 the second weekend wouldn't be a big shocker. But one 213 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:01.720 thing that just is worth pointing out is when you 214 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.799 get to just your first round game, there's a good 215 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:11.440 chance you're gonna play a team that is better than 216 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:20.200 everybody you've played January on outside of Clemson. Think about that. 217 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:23.919 So I don't say that to like put anybody on panic, 218 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.200 you know, the panic alert. As far as well, Louisville 219 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:28.320 isn't a team that can win games in the tournament. 220 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.679 But I just like I I that probably doesn't matter. 221 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:33.919 I hope it doesn't matter. But just know that when 222 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:36.240 they get to that first round game, especially if they're 223 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:40.000 a seven seed, Like, do we think that these ten seeds, 224 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:46.000 you know, Nebraska, I mean even West Virginia BYU who's 225 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:49.960 been playing great lately. I mean, look at teams like Yukon. 226 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:57.279 Even Yukon could be your ten seed if you're seven, Baylor, Illinois, Gonzaga, 227 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.759 New Mexico, those are all teams in that range that 228 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.759 you could play in your first round game. And I 229 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.080 have confidence that if Louisville played right now against a 230 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.120 Gonzaga against New Mexico, they'd win. 231 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:08.480 I mean, I don't know that for sure. 232 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:10.440 I don't know enough about those teams specifically to know 233 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.639 about matchups, but like, I feel really really good about Louisville, 234 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.679 but I also will admit that that would be the 235 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.399 biggest test we've seen them have outside of Clemson in 236 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.240 the last however many games they've played since January started. 237 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.919 So it makes sense, Austin, Like, I'm not telling anybody that, like, 238 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:29.279 we shouldn't be super excited and feel great about this team, 239 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.919 but I think we also just need to be aware 240 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:33.879 that everybody who gets in the tournament from the ACC 241 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:36.799 they're likely going to be playing teams right out of 242 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:38.759 the gate other than Duke, who's going to play, you know, 243 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.519 a sixteen, but even Duke, when Duke gets to the 244 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:44.279 second round and they're playing an eight or nine, whether 245 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:48.200 it be these teams that just mentioned Saint Mary's, Yukon, Vandy, Baylor, Illinois, 246 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.759 New Mexico, like in the second round, Duke will be 247 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:54.840 playing probably the best team that they have played, sure 248 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:58.039 in you know, since since January started. 249 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:00.360 That's just the kind of feeling that I have because 250 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:02.279 I am excited. I mean, we're finally gonna make the 251 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:05.559 tournament again watching these blowout wins, but you also had 252 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.200 the caveat in the back of your mind that this 253 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:10.519 is the ACC I'll be at a very down ACC year. 254 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.519 So it just, if anything, it just makes me nervous 255 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.279 for what other games that we have ahead of March. 256 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:18.600 That's why I wouldn't get myself too excited, even though 257 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.279 I know that we have the dudes and hell even 258 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:23.679 the coach that could probably get us pretty far. But 259 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.879 just knowing that we're not ads battle tested. 260 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.240 Yes, as a second round team that we face up again, 261 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:30.600 we still never have to worry about that, right. 262 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.240 Yeah, No, it used to just be a given if 263 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:35.000 you're playing in the acc In previous years, you're playing 264 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.720 tournament caliber teams maybe every night, and now that's just 265 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.879 not the way it is. So let me try to, 266 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.919 I guess, walk you through sort of why my mind 267 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.600 is there, because again, I'm going to probably emphasize it 268 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.279 more than I need to, because I still have an issue. 269 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:51.519 I haven't recovered from being labeled this negative, awful fan 270 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:54.120 because I just, I mean, I had a job to do. 271 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:55.600 I had to be honest and talk about how bad 272 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:57.200 things were with Kenny Pain. I know a lot of 273 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.480 people agreed, but you know, I seemed like I was 274 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:02.320 a little heavy handed because you know, it's something that 275 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.000 we have to talk about. That's quite literally what this 276 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.639 job is, talk about college basketball in a Louisville market. 277 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:09.720 So you know, I think Louisville will be ready. 278 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.399 I think Pat Kelsey's the kind of coach that'll make 279 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:15.120 sure his team is absolutely ready in the tournament. But 280 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.039 I worry that Look if they did have an early upset, 281 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:20.519 like again, if they're in a seven to ten game, 282 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:22.279 which is what a lot of people would project it 283 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:25.919 to be right now, and they lose, like I think, 284 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:29.600 because of the ride we've been on since January, fans 285 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.519 would feel like, man, that was such a disappointment. They 286 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.759 went to the tournament and they flamed out, And I 287 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.320 would be so defensive of that because like, yes and no, 288 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.720 like they won a lot of games, right, but really, 289 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.039 what you know, there's no way, there's no way to 290 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:46.440 balance it the way I want to, because it's gonna 291 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.559 either sound as if like I'm like, if Louisville makes 292 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:53.200 it to the first round and loses in that seven 293 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:55.120 to ten matchup, or maybe they lose in the eight nine, 294 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.080 or who knows, maybe they lose in the six eleven. 295 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:00.759 Because again, like let's just be real, if if Louisville's 296 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:02.399 a six seed and they get one of these play 297 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:08.240 in teams who wins, they could take on Arkansas or Indiana, 298 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.600 and you've already beat Indiana. But the way they played 299 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:13.919 yesterday against Perdue, I don't know, they look really good. 300 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:16.000 And Arkansas, I mean, I just wouldn't want to play 301 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:18.320 a team that talented with nothing to lose. So I'm 302 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:20.480 not saying that Louisville will lose to those teams and 303 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:22.600 I'd be scared of them, But like, I just think 304 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.960 given where the ACC is, as much as we feel 305 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.360 good about Louisville. We have to acknowledge that when you 306 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.639 get to the Big Dance, there's a good chance you're 307 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:32.919 going to be stepping up in competition, and I think 308 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:35.480 Louisville will be ready for that competition. Again, they're not 309 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:38.120 just beating these bad teams in the ACC for the 310 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.519 most part, they're beating them into submission. I mean, they're 311 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:45.600 kicking their ass. But I'm already starting to fear that 312 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:49.159 an early exit in the tournament would be viewed as 313 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:51.759 if Wow, choke job. And I just think that would 314 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:53.679 be so unfair because the reality of it would be 315 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:55.879 this and really, we wouldn't even. 316 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:56.480 We won't even. 317 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:58.480 You'll never know, right, Like if you end up losing 318 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:00.519 in a six to eleven game or in a seven 319 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.399 to ten game. 320 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:04.679 It won't mean it won't prove that that well, yeah, 321 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.200 you know what, you were not really that good at all. 322 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:09.279 It's just that you play in a lousy league, Like, 323 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:11.120 we won't know that for certain people will probably run 324 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:12.919 with that if that was how it played out, or 325 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:14.840 it could just be that, you know, you were a 326 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:17.960 really good team, but you played a team that had 327 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.559 some issues early, they got hot late, found a way 328 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:23.240 into the big dance and they're riding some momentum. I mean, 329 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:25.639 there's just not a scenario really where I can look 330 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:27.759 at me because I think right now, with this Louisville team, 331 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:32.600 you're getting, for the most part, really the most that 332 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.519 you can from most. 333 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.480 Of these guys that play, Like what do we think 334 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.720 Chucky Hepburn's not given us that he's holding out on nothing. 335 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:43.840 I mean, same thing with Javon Hadley. I mean sometimes 336 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:47.639 you see Terrence Edwards miss some shots, but I mean 337 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.039 like he's I mean I feel like you're But even 338 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.159 with all that said, I still don't look at Louisville 339 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.200 and feel like, wow, they just have some big talent 340 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:56.799 advantage over Like when I watch Florida State the other night, 341 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:58.200 Louisville was better. 342 00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.960 It was clear. 343 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.360 I mean they won the game and it never really 344 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:03.519 got you know, within reach. It got down to six 345 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:05.240 or seven I think it was in the second half. 346 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.960 But like, just from a personnel standpoint, I don't look 347 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:10.799 at Florida State and say, wow, they just have players 348 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.279 Louisville or Louisville just has players Florida State can't match 349 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:15.600 up with. So there's not a whole lot of room 350 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:17.840 for air. With this Louisville team, I think that's always 351 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:20.639 been the case all year, and they played really well, 352 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.519 especially defensively, during this great stretch, this streak that started 353 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:26.480 at the end of December. 354 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:30.039 And you know with that, they're dangerous. 355 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.320 Like I think there's a lot of teams that would 356 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:35.000 not want to play Louisville right now. It's just when 357 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:39.240 I look at the tournament landscape here, because again you 358 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.799 have teams that the bubble, like wake Forest losing to 359 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:47.159 NC State, who's awful on Saturday, it's probably it probably 360 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.799 means wake Forest is going to have a tough time 361 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.679 getting in the tournament. 362 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:51.879 I mean, at least I think that it should. 363 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:55.759 So just knowing that when you get to the Big Dance, 364 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.039 unless you get a I don't know, unless you get. 365 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:01.960 A five seed, which I guesse is still possible. 366 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.839 Any seed that is realistic right now as we as 367 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:09.920 it stands, I think six and seven most realistic. Eight 368 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:11.759 could happen, but I don't really know how you'd have 369 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:13.160 to lose to a bad team I think to get 370 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.279 it to get anything worse than a seven, And I 371 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:17.680 kind of feel like if it goes chalk and let's 372 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.680 just say you end up, you know, easier said than Doumble. 373 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.680 Let's say you you end up making it to the 374 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:24.920 semis and loose to Clemson and Clemson plays Duke. I 375 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:27.119 don't think that would hurt you to where you would 376 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.799 end up. Like I think at that point you're probably 377 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.799 looking at us still at a six at worst. So 378 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.039 the eleven seeds, I guess it's more it's more of 379 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:40.240 a debate, right, like is maybe a wake Forest who 380 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.200 didn't get in, Maybe they're better than an eleven you 381 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:44.319 would play And really you'll never know. But by the 382 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:48.160 time you get to the second weekend, unless there's been 383 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.480 some kind of a big upset your second and not 384 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.319 saying I'm sorry not second week in, second round. 385 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.559 Round of thirty two is what I meant to say. 386 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:54.920 By the time you get to the round. 387 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:57.359 Of thirty two, of course, if you get there, there's 388 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:59.519 just a good chance that whoever you play is probably 389 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.440 gonna be again substantially better than everybody you've played in 390 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:06.160 the last two and a half months outside of Clemson. 391 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:08.480 Doesn't mean Louisville can't beat them. It's just that if 392 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:10.039 they do end up playing one of those teams and 393 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:12.920 it's close and they fall short, I think there's gonna 394 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:17.000 be a level of like wow, all that for round 395 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:19.960 to thirty two, and I'll understand sort of the emotion 396 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.519 because it would be a bummer because I want this 397 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:23.880 thing to ride on until I mean hopefully when the 398 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:26.279 whole thing not super realistic, but you know what I mean, 399 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:28.720 And I just would hate for such a fun season, 400 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:31.000 a team that has been so easy to root for, 401 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:33.119