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Speaker 1: All right, Monday Funday here and down to a final four.

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We're getting ready for the end of the regular season

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in the NBA, the NHL, my goodness, and of course

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Major League Baseball all in store for you. And we

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have a pres free zone today here, maybe all week,

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which means it's power time, Brian Power in the house,

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ready to hang with us all week here on the

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best betting show ever. And what I mean by all

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week at least the next eight minutes. It's always a

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pleasure to see you VP, even most people watching us. No,

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that's not true either, but it is. No Honestly, it's

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always a pleasure of seeing you here as we get

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ready to say I can't believe it, goodbye to March.

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But the madness is alive and well here, my friend is.

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It was getting a little chalky for me, to tell

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you the truth, with the ridiculousness and the blowouts that

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we were getting here, But boy, Yukon changed all of

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that for us yesterday against Duke, didn't they. And now

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it's a very interesting final four coming up here, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is pleasure to be here, Joe, of course,

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and interesting that I had Duke's team total over in

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that game yesterday, very given how the game played out,

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very kind of interesting winner. I'm sure that if you're

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a Duke fan, you don't really give a damn that

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they barely scratched over their team total and another unnecessary

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sweat for me Joe. They scored forty four points in

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the first half in the Blue Devils, and the team

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total I got it at sixty nine and a half.

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I'm thinking of myself, what are the chances that this

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Duke team's only gonna put twenty five points in the

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next second half or in the second half. Well, with

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two minutes left, they only scored twenty five points, and

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I'm like, and guess what a team that had played

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with fire all tournament long. They trailed Ciena by double digits.

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It was a lost game with TCU seventy five percent

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of the way through before Jamie Dixon got a ridiculous

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technical foul for protesting a bad call. And then they

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trailed Saint John's by double digits as well. Well, it

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all blew up in john Shire and Duke's face. They

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are out yukon now seventeen and one against the number

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the last three years in the tournament.

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Speaker 3: And that is a championship pedigree.

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Speaker 1: That was that was my five percent yesterday and the

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weekend I had Duke getting five and a half.

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Speaker 3: It got bet.

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Speaker 1: It was funny, he got bet to about four four

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and a half, and then the whole world came in

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on Duke yesterday pushing it back up to a five

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and a half dog and a five and a half

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favorite for Duke. And after they went one and for

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eleven from three in the first half, and that was

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really the big difference in the first half was their

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inability to get anything to drop from the perimeter. Now,

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Duke has always been a good three point defender. I

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think teams shot just about thirty percent on the year

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for them, but at one point, even going into the

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second half, they were one for seventeen, one for eighteen

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before they made one. So you kind of were going,

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my goodness, if they just shot thirty percent the season average.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the variance was ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: That you had Saint John's made an absurd amount of

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threes as a thirty percent, you know, three point shooting team,

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and then all of a sudden they're hitting forty five

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or better from three. In that game against Duke, and

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in this one you've got I mean, listen, they were

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a Yukon during a year thirty six percent three point

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shooting team. It wasn't tremendous, but they were certainly better

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than the one for eleven in the first half. So

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they honestly had to come back from dominating everything else

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bp they dominated. They didn't turn the ball over to

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Duke right like we saw other teams.

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Speaker 3: Didn't turn up.

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Speaker 1: We saw the turnover issue with Duke into the Saint

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John's with the pressure, Saint John's couldn't finish. Yukon is

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a national chance, Yukon has a championship pedigree, and you

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know what, that mattered there. And Caraban, to me, maybe

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might have been the unsung guy. A lot of guys

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would have just panicked and chucked that ball up when

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he was given that at the end, and instead he

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gave it back to a wide open mull And to

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get it, which was I thought, that's when experience matters

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in college basketball. Didn't look panicked at all Yukon in

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the second half, and I think that's the difference.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean, look, you're never DoD I mean, how many

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times have we seen in these games shoe the second

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half going wildly different from the first. Unfortunately, I had

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a loser on Saturday with a Purdue team and was

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beating here heaven. You know, you're getting more possessions and

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you think, okay, we could stay within the number.

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Speaker 3: Still.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's funny you brought up the three point

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variants with Saint John's in that game on Friday. I

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had the Johnnies against you, and I felt a little

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queasy going into the game because they were the verbial

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public dog. Yep, Saint John's was, but the whole it's

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it's funny how you you were talking about how you

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were feeling during the game. If we could only hit

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a three, if we can only hit a three, we

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can get back inside this number, maybe with Yukon. Well,

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I'm watching Saint John's a duke, and I'm watching Saint

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John's melt down the stretch, and I keep them look

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saying to myself, they shot so well from three, there's

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no way we can't cover. They shot beyond my wildest

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dreams from three. We have to stay within this number

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and they and they fortunately did. But yeah, duke, look,

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they kept saying during that Saint John's telecast. This is

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a team Duke that, including the Saint John's game, they

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had one they were six and oh Duke was in

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game where they trailed by double digits. Joe, as you know,

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you've watched enough basketballow falling behind double digits is not

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generally a good recipe for winning games. So I know

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there's a lot of people in Duke Land who are

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gonna say, oh, we're so unlucky the way we lost

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that game against Yukon. Oh, you know the North Carolina

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game in the regular season. Remember they led like ninety

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nine percent of that game except until the game winning three.

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Speaker 3: Yep, you know, it works both ways.

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Speaker 2: You know, Duke was a team that, yes, they blew

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big leads in some of their losses, but they also

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had a lot of comeback wins. And they did one

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more stat for one more stat for you, Joe. I

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had given this out on the Morning Wager last week.

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We had never ever had back to back tournaments where

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at least three number one seeds made the final four.

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you know, when Duke was up big at the half yesterday,

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it looked like history was gonna be made. We were

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gonna get three this year, but nope, that trend still

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holds and just two.

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Speaker 3: Number one seeds.

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Speaker 2: And I guess we probably should talk about that game

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since it's going to get a lot of discussion over

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the next six days. Michigan and Arizona. But I guess

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everyone is gonna say Joe is the true National Championship

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game on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: I could tell there is one thing that stands out

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makeup of these teams are all very similar. And what

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I mean by that is there are more six eleven

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and seven footers on these four teams.

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Speaker 3: These teams are huge.

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Speaker 1: And the fact that I mean NATO IT team brought

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up Charles Bettiaco as a reason is to why they

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couldn't compete with Michigan, I thought was hilarious. But I mean,

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you look at the These are the biggest teams I

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can remember in a very long time heading to the

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Final four. The difference obviously is going to be some

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of them. You know, Michigan shoots the three much better

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than Arizona does. Arizona's not a three point shooting team.

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They're into dominating inside the payton at the rim. Michigan's

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pretty good at defending inside of that, and they have

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just as much size as Arizona. So I think that's

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gonna be fascinating. And listen, Illinois, the team two and

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all that size, they're not gonna let you getting your

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own rebounds. But at the same time, did it look

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like did it look like Yukon was intimidated at all

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from the Physicality's like?

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Speaker 3: No, these these four teams, I.

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Speaker 1: Think they're a lot closer than the market is setting

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them up to be. The market is making it seem

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as if whoever wins this Michigan Arizona game is your

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national champion. I don't think so, because they're to me,

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there's not a whole lot separating these four teams.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's gonna be said a lot over the

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next I'm with you, like a very interesting to see

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where the market is at, you know, where it opens

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on Sunday after these two national semi finals are over,

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because like I said before I threw it to you,

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we're gonna have now five six days where we keep

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hearing Michigan Arizona's the real national championship. And when that

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viewpoint just get with you know, a rolling stone gathering

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moss if you will, Joe, everyone's gonna say that the

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market's gonna respond accordingly, and there could potentially be some

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value on the underdog next Monday, whomever that may be,

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Ill or Yukon. I want to go back to something

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you said about the size of these teams. I think, yeah,

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think with the three point shot, everyone sort of forgot

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that size can matter as well. And you know, rim

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protection that's huge, right. Obviously, there's so much variance involved

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in three point shooting. I always joke if we knew

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what the three point variants that was going to be

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ahead of time, we'd all be millionaires. But the one

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thing you can't control with size.

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Speaker 3: Is rim protection.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and Michigan and Arizona both do that exceptionally well,

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you know, they make it hard, you know.

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Speaker 3: Teams that penetrate.

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Speaker 2: You know, we saw Arkansas who had been feasting for

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about a month getting the inside could do nothing against

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Arizona and then Arkansas, you being in that defensively didn't

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help their case either. But yeah, I mean I think team,

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you have rim protection. In modern basketball, teams are to

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take two shit. They want to either get close to

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the rim, they want to get layups or dunks and threes. No,

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there's no one's taking mid range jumpers anymore.

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Speaker 1: So although Illinois is pretty good, I mean, Illinois is

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actually a pretty good team too. With that, Purdue was

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very good. But Purdue just you know, they fell apart

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in the second half. Shocker that a Matt Painter and

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Rick Barnes team can't make it past the Elite eight.

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What a absolute shocker there. But it is going to

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be a fantastic Final four, I think, and I do

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believe there's a couple of teams undervalued, maybe a couple

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of teams overvalued. We'll talk about that coming up in

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the predictive markets. I do want to mention also, Major

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League Baseball full weekend in the books here BP, and

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I'm sorry, I think it's going to go down as

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maybe one of the greatest. And we don't get a

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lot of rule changes in Major League Baseball because nobody

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lives in the rearview mirror better than major League Baseball.

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On the purists and oh we've always done it, that

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whole crew there again, dude, you imagine if Babe Ruth

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add an ab the ABS system might be the greatest

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thing ever to happen in Major League Baseball, because if

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you watch the reaction just on Saturday's game alone with

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the Red Sox and the Reds and that home playing

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umpire got six calls overturned, and the Red Sox in

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the meantime blew through their challengers early in the game

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and then couldn't challenge when they needed to at the

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end of the game. It adds a whole new layer

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of intrigue to the game here. And more importantly, it

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doesn't take forever. We know the answer right away and

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get the goddamn call, right, That's all that matters.

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Speaker 3: That's all we care about.

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Speaker 1: But you would have thought they were playing a playoff

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game with how the crowd was going ballistic every time

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the home plane umpire got overturned in favor of a

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Reds hitter.

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Speaker 3: It is hilarious. I'm like, give me more of this.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I concur And the funny thing was, it's also

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confirming something we already believed that ce B Buckner, who

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was the umpire in question, Joe sticks. You know he

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was a money Yeah, I know, but he was. He

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plate on fire and guess what is to confirm that he's.

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get that human error is a part of sports. But

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at the end of the day, we want the calls

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to be right. You know, nobody wants games any sport.

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bad officiating, bad umpire. So yes, I'm all for it,

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and it doesn't take a lot of time. We just

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want these calls to be right, you know. Middle Again

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he always says, I think everything should be reviewable. Now

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I think, you know, there needs to be some constraints

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we don't want, but no, I'm.

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Speaker 3: All for it.

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Speaker 1: And again, I think there's a strategy now in play. Again,

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didn't work out for Kora, but you know there's you

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gotta be able to pick them away, and I think

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it's gonna be fantastic. Fifty four percent of the actual

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challengers got overturned this past so far in Major League

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Baseball to start and see it, which means it's working.

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It's doing exactly what we wanted it to do. Because

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across that many games, that's a pretty big that's an

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impressive percentage of calls that were they got wrong, you know,

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a couple of inches here and there. But the reality

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is it changes the dynamic of the game and makes

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it worth makes it really interesting to watch how this

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all happens moving forward. But I love that hopefully this

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makes the umpires better in the long run after getting

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turned out, like maybe this helps Buckner get you know,

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is strikeing someone be a little bit better. But my goodness,

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I mean five for five and two innings was hilarious

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to watch.

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Speaker 2: Did you see they have the stats? There was a

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huge split between old umpires and young umpires who were

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getting calls overturned. Like it was. It really skewed to

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the older umpires, which you know, we don't want to

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be an show here on the best betting show ever,

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but but there could be a uh sort of don't

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let the door hit your ass on the way out

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to some of these older umpires that could be a

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result of this that some of these guys don't get

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the found forever. If you're missing, you know, you're getting

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half your calls wrong the game or at least five.

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Speaker 1: Well, teams like the Yankees who don't chase and don't

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you know, take a ton of pitches there could it's

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gonna be advantage here at some point. I think there's

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some of those more plate disciplined teams. Well, one thing's

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for sure, it is absolutely highlighting, you know. That's why

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we say part of the handicappers know who's behind home plate.

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Guys know who's calling balls and strikes. It could be

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a lot more abs involved in games before it is

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all said and done so BP, we got a ton

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of Major League Baseball action here today.

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Speaker 3: We've got some NBA action.

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Speaker 1: We've got a couple of predictive markets that we're going

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to take a look at involving both the NBA and

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the National Championship here in college hoops. But first you

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got to get a parlay of the day here going

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where are you going to head here.

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Speaker 3: For your end of the Well, what's going to.

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Speaker 1: Be a two team looks like it could be a

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two team money line parlay? Maybe what are you looking

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at here today?

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Speaker 2: I'm looking at the Reds, who are host of the Pirates. Joe,

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I understand what the conventional wisdom was coming into the

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twenty twenty sixth season.

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Speaker 3: Here.

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Speaker 2: Everyone loves this Pirates team. You're going to take a

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big step forward, possibly make the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: You and I talk.

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Speaker 2: I believe it was last Monday when I was on

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the greve you and I said, maybe it was time

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to pump the brakes on that it is still the

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Pirates after all. Meanwhile, everyone likes the Reds, who did

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wind up getting that last wild card spot last fall.

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If your call everyone, they were a kind of a

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consensus underteam coming to the right. A lot of people

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thought they were going to finish with a losing record.

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Well one weekend in the books, Pirates one and two,

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Reds two and one. I like the Reds in the

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opener mainly because of who is on the mound, Chase Burns.

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This is a very highly touted prospect. He was the

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number two pick in the twenty twenty four draft. If

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you remember he was, You know, there were a lot

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of these highly touted prospects that seemed to be called

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up all at once. Joe in the second half last

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year of the season, Burns did struggle with his command,

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but I mean, this is a guy who averaged nearly

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fourteen strikeouts for nine innings. And if you look at

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Phipp versus Era, I think PHIP is a far more

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predictive metric than Era is. His FIP was really good

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Burns last year two point six y five. So I

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think Burns, who did not get a win in his

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thirteen appearances eight starts last year, is in line for

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a strong start tonight. I know the Pirates offense has improved.

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How much is it improved? We shall see. And I

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like Burns. I prefer him to Ashcroft, who's starting for Pittsburgh.

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So Reds minus one thirty on the money line, that'll

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be my half of the ARLA of the day. And

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I would not mind even Joe sprinkling a little bit

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on Burns plus two twenty to get a win tonight,

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to record a win, Oh.

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Speaker 1: I kind of I kind of liked that there BP

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all right, so and by the way, crazy what what

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is it Salvator Stewart?

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Speaker 3: Is it is?

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Speaker 2: That?

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Speaker 3: Is that his name? Salvator Stewart?

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Speaker 1: The kid might hit four hundreds with the way he

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he went this week. And guy is an absolute stud

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and he doesn't have the great baseball body, but the

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kid is an absolute monster at the played here. So

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the future pretty bright there for your Reds. Now, there

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are some teams that have some serious issues, especially in

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the bullpen, and Tampa Bay was one of those teams

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this weekend between them and the Cardinals. I don't know

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what bullpen was worse, but the amount of runs that

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we got in that game that series between the Rays

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and the Cardinals was hilarious. Now, Tampa's got to take

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this disheveled bullpen on the road to take on the

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Milwaukee Brewers, who already showed us this past week they

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got no problem beating up awful pitching and that's what

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we got from the White Sox here. Something tells me

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we're gonna get a ton of runs in this Tampa

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and Milwaukee game here tonight. I believe the young guy

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Martinez is going of all teams there, and Kyle Harrison

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going for their prospective teams. Either way, I thought eight

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was too low. Eight and a half probably start to

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pop up in the marketplace right now. Can't truck Cash

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doesn't know what to do with that bullpen of Tampa.

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They usually don't figure it out until we get to

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May anyway.

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Speaker 3: But the way the.

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Speaker 1: Brewers are swinging the bats, there is no reason for

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me to think they can't put up six runs themselves

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in this game. I think this goes flying over the total.

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So I'll go with the over tonight with Tampa and

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the Brewers.

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Speaker 3: There BP.

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Speaker 2: Brewers always a team that the sports but that better's

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down the year, and they always seem to defy the

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laws of regression and defy the presets and baselines. So yeah, Milwaukee,

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you're gonna be I think Tampa Bay'll figure it out too.

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I mean, I don't know what Tampa Bay's ceiling is

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in that division. The AL East is obviously so tough.

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I bet Tampa Bay over their win total. I think

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they could still get there. I mean, but you know,

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well they got I mean they can't.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Griffin Jacks blew a couple of saves this

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past week, and I mean they got a couple of

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guys that are just and they got used a lot

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in that series. So something tells me, yeah, we might

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be taking one for the team here tonight, these starting pitchers.

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But I still think runs because I believe the Tampa

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offense more than capable of scoring some runs in that

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ballpark as well, So give me the over in that. Also, guys,

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Speaker 3: But yes, the.

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Speaker 2: Monday's Morning Wager has already been posted every Monday through Friday.

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And I giving you three free plays, so.

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Speaker 3: Tree free plays. I love that all.

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Speaker 1: Right, before we get into the rundowns and some business here,

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let's talk about these predictive markets because they are on

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fire right now BP, And let's start with the National

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Championship Game. First, you and I were talking now that

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of course we have an understanding of who the final

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four teams are. As you can see, this is an

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interesting market because the national champion while Arizona Michigan awkward

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play one another. So one of those two teams is

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not going to advance. But Illinois and Yukon obviously underpriced

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as far as I'm concerned, I had mentioned I don't

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think there's a lot separating these four teams. But from

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a price perspective, I mean, I'm looking at thirty let's

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just say thirty five cents for Michigan and Arizona to

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win the National Championship. Well, whoever wins that game. To me,

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they're going to be the favorite. And I've got it

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somewhere between the sixty to sixty five sixty six cent

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mark that just by being in the final game, they're

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gonna come close to doubling what their price is right now.

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And I think we can say the same thing for

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Illinois and Yukon. I mean, you conted fourteen cents right

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now just by beating Illinois and getting into the National Championship.

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I think that fourteen cents turns into forty cents tomorrow

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there BP as soon as the game is over. So Again,

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the thing about the predictive markets is we don't need

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this to go to FRU. I don't need these teams

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to actually win. It would be great if you wanted

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to hold on to it, but I'm all about the

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options being able to cash out, buying in low and selling.

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When all of a sudden, you know, Yukon, I get

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in at fourteen, they beat Illinois, and now all of

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a sudden, they're a forty five cent team to win

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the national Championship. I'll take that quick turnaround prop any day,

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because again, I still think Illinois and Yukon have every

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opportunity to win this national Championship, and the pricing is

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basically telling you it's Arizona, Michigan. Whoever gets out, I mean,

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whoever wins that BP, we're gonna wake up. They're gonna

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be a sixty five cent, sixty cent team to win

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the national championship. Because they're also gonna be about a

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buck fifty. I think favorite one way or together or

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more depending on if it's Illinois or Yukon.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think even more possible. Yeah, looking at that

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screen right there, Joe, I would concur with you the

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value in that particular market is clearly on whomever you

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think is gonna win the Illinois Yukon game with the

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ability to you know, cash out obviously before you know,

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in between Saturday semi final and Monday's final, I will

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say this about Illinois. Interesting trend going against the fighting

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a line II Joe. No team that has lost its

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first conference tournament game ever went on to win the

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national championship. Illinois lost its first conference game. They were

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one and none in the Big Ten Attorney, So history

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says they're not winning the chance. They're not going to

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win the national championship. No, that doesn't mean they can't

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beat Yukon and get to the get to the final.

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But you know Yukon obviously, you know I mentioned the

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trend at the top now seventeen and one against the

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spread in the NCAA tournament the last three years or

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the last four years. Pardon me, yeah, I mean I

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think they showed yesterday. It's a mistake to discount them.

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So I you know, you look at that screen again.

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I think the value is on Yukon. Really, that that's

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who I would go with if I were to you

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were to force me to bet yes on someone here

479
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:45,200
in this market.

480
00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:45,880
Speaker 3: Yukon.

481
00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 2: And look, it just dropped the twelve cents, so there

482
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:48,200
you go.

483
00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:51,079
Speaker 1: So I mean, yeah, twelve, yeah, it is still it's

484
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,440
about thirteen cents now, so it did drop a cent

485
00:24:54,519 --> 00:24:57,519
there for the yes market. But I'll and I'll say

486
00:24:57,559 --> 00:25:00,480
this BP and again this is all about staf and

487
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,720
giving yourself different options and outs.

488
00:25:03,799 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 3: Right, if I think.

489
00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:06,880
Speaker 1: Illinois is gonna win, I'm betting Illinois on the money

490
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,960
line at minus one thirty against Yukon. But I'm sure

491
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,119
as how back in Illinois at what eighteen cents to

492
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,400
win the national championship in this market, because like I said,

493
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:22,200
I fully anticipate Illinois to open up if they beat

494
00:25:22,599 --> 00:25:24,200
Yukon here at.

495
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 3: A pretty darn good price.

496
00:25:25,559 --> 00:25:28,279
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, they're gonna at least double in

497
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,920
value from what you're getting them in at eighteen cents,

498
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:35,119
thirty six, thirty seventh or maybe even forty cents. So

499
00:25:35,279 --> 00:25:37,200
not only am I taking them on the money line,

500
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,319
I'm taking them in this market here. That is a

501
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,799
substantial increase for just beating Yukon. So I'll take them

502
00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:46,799
on the money line and I'll invest in them in

503
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,720
eighteen cents and then if they hit forty cents to

504
00:25:49,759 --> 00:25:52,759
win the national championship. Guess what I'm doing Now, I

505
00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:54,279
can figure out what do I want to do. Do

506
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,039
I want to roll the dice or do I want

507
00:25:57,039 --> 00:25:59,880
to cash out and invest it in another market? So

508
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,359
to me, it's all about options VP, and that's what

509
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:08,599
the predictive markets offer you in conjunction with sportsbooks. Obviously

510
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,799
your money lines and those types of things. Yes, go

511
00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:14,599
ahead and do it. But in a future market like

512
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,400
that with one game to go, we got some opportunities

513
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,200
I think in that space. Same thing in the NBA,

514
00:26:21,319 --> 00:26:24,359
because that's the other market I wanted to talk about. Here,

515
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,480
let's take a look at teams and what the odds

516
00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:33,000
are VP to make the playoffs. Now, again, making the

517
00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:35,880
play in is not making the playoffs. So these prices

518
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,480
are based upon actually making it out of the play

519
00:26:39,519 --> 00:26:42,599
in tournament. And right now we know who's in the

520
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,759
play in tournament. Right, Let's start with the East, because

521
00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:49,720
I believe the East if we look this up here

522
00:26:49,759 --> 00:26:56,319
a little further, the East is Yeah, so Charlotte, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia,

523
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,720
that's your cut line right there. Right, So of those

524
00:26:59,759 --> 00:27:03,400
team teams, the are BP. I mean, who's making it

525
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,759
from the East into the postseason.

526
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 3: What do we got a better shot at getting here?

527
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:11,200
Do you think right now?

528
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 2: Well, if we can go back to that screen with

529
00:27:13,599 --> 00:27:16,240
shows the problem, I think Charlotte is the best value

530
00:27:16,759 --> 00:27:19,799
on the board to make the playoffs, to get in

531
00:27:19,839 --> 00:27:22,599
to the final eight. Now, they may have to win

532
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,279
two playing games. Remember, guys, if you finish in that

533
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,880
nine to ten spot, you have to win twice in

534
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,359
the play and tournament to make the playoffs proper. But

535
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,960
you look Joe at a lot of the underlying metrics

536
00:27:33,799 --> 00:27:36,839
and Charlotte is the best of those. You know, Obviously

537
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,039
there's a gap I think most of our viewers. You know,

538
00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:41,759
If you guys don't agree with this, feel free to

539
00:27:41,759 --> 00:27:43,680
comment down below. But I think there's a gap in

540
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,400
the East between the top four teams and then the

541
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,519
next six, right between Cleveland and then the bottom six.

542
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:50,799
Speaker 3: Right.

543
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 2: I think we all presume those top four teams maybe

544
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,920
the conference semi finals, but after that, like, I think

545
00:27:57,039 --> 00:27:58,079
Charlotte's as good as anyone.

546
00:27:58,160 --> 00:27:58,319
Speaker 3: I know.

547
00:27:58,319 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 2: The Hornets are coming off a bad week and they

548
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,599
blew a double digit lead against Philadelphia at home, and

549
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,480
they had to turn around and face Boston yesterday and

550
00:28:05,519 --> 00:28:08,039
they lose. But I mean you look at point differential,

551
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,519
you look at net rating, Charlotte is better than Toronto,

552
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:16,720
better than Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Philadelphia. So I think Charlotte, yes,

553
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,119
is a good value to make the top to make

554
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,720
the final eight in the Eastern Conference. Currently trading at

555
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:24,440
fifty cents.

556
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: If I see that, yes, that's kreat I mean it's

557
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,079
about even money as far as what that price is

558
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,039
right now to make the odd of the play and

559
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,000
into the postseason here. I don't think Atlanta up at

560
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,599
the tie. I think Atlanta stays out. I do not

561
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,400
trust Toronto. You and I had a conversation about what

562
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:48,720
about the no markets for Toronto who beat Orlando. That

563
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,480
was just hilarious yesterday. But you were looking at their

564
00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:56,640
schedule down the road here now currently there's only a

565
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,640
game separating them and everybody else.

566
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,039
Speaker 3: That's the play in here. But the schedule.

567
00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:05,519
Speaker 1: They got Detroit coming up, They've got Miami twice.

568
00:29:05,599 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 3: I think they've got Boston.

569
00:29:07,559 --> 00:29:10,839
Speaker 1: They have a couple of layoffs also, I think Sacramento

570
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,839
and Memphis in there. Yes, But do we trust Toronto

571
00:29:15,079 --> 00:29:17,640
to make it not only stay out of the play

572
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,519
in but maybe make it out of the play in

573
00:29:19,559 --> 00:29:20,640
because I don't.

574
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 2: So. If you look at the odds to win the

575
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,680
Eastern Conference, okay, the ten teams available in that market,

576
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,960
Toronto is tied with Orlando as the long shot. The

577
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:36,279
sportsbooks don't aren't big believers in this Toronto team. I

578
00:29:36,279 --> 00:29:40,359
can tell you as a Cavs fan, I would love

579
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,839
if Toronto did finish fifth and that they were the

580
00:29:42,839 --> 00:29:46,240
Calves first round opponents. They're the team I am scared

581
00:29:46,279 --> 00:29:49,640
the least of out of those bottom six, and I

582
00:29:49,759 --> 00:29:52,200
think at what is it twelve cents we saw on

583
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,960
the screen, do you think there's some value in betting

584
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,319
the Raptors not to even make the playoffs?

585
00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:57,839
Speaker 3: Yep?

586
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 2: Again, because they're currently fifth. Obviously, if you finish the

587
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:05,240
top six, you avoid the play true, but if they slipped,

588
00:30:05,319 --> 00:30:08,960
if they were to fall into the plant and look,

589
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,960
if you look, Philadelphia is only a game back, so

590
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,720
Toronto would only need to be passed by you know,

591
00:30:14,839 --> 00:30:17,200
Atlanta and Philly. If Atlanta and Philly finish out of

592
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,240
Toronto and Toronto goes into the play in tournament, yep,

593
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,079
I don't love the Raptors against Orlando, Miami and Charlotte.

594
00:30:24,079 --> 00:30:26,880
I think the week those four teams and they would

595
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,839
have you know, they would have the mindset, Oh my god,

596
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,799
we were top five. Now we fell in this play

597
00:30:31,839 --> 00:30:34,279
in tournament. So you would wonder about the mindset. And

598
00:30:34,319 --> 00:30:36,319
there's a chance they could because you mentioned the schedule,

599
00:30:36,359 --> 00:30:40,640
Joe Miami twice, Boston, the Knicks. So I mean Toronto

600
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,480
may only play five hundred the rest of the way,

601
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,400
and if they do that, there's a chance they slip

602
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,200
into the play And you know, all of a sudden,

603
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,319
if we bet them at twelve cents to miss the playoffs,

604
00:30:50,359 --> 00:30:52,799
if they fall into the play in tournament, we can

605
00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:54,519
cash out and that's a good and make a little

606
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:55,000
money there.

607
00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 3: I kind of like where you're heading with that one.

608
00:30:57,279 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 1: And the other big question to me over in the

609
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,680
West is what we do with Golden State, who they

610
00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:07,079
swear Steph Curry will be back this week. They're thinking

611
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,240
he will be back here and right now, if we

612
00:31:10,279 --> 00:31:14,680
take a look at what the Western Conference playoffs are

613
00:31:14,759 --> 00:31:18,720
here there they are sitting at the bottom. But you

614
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:23,160
know who's overtaking them is the question? And if Steph

615
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,559
Curry is back, do we like Steph Curry? I mean,

616
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,480
Memphis is not catching them, right, So we know Memphis

617
00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:32,599
is not in it. So it's just a matter of

618
00:31:32,599 --> 00:31:34,559
whether or not you think Golden State's going to make

619
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:37,720
it out of the play in game with porzingis now

620
00:31:37,759 --> 00:31:41,920
apparently somewhat healthy, and Steph Curry, now he is that

621
00:31:42,039 --> 00:31:45,559
kind of game changer. So is there any value in

622
00:31:46,079 --> 00:31:49,960
because nobody, it looks like, from the market perspective, thinks

623
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,359
Golden State. I mean a twenty five cent chance right

624
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,799
now is what they're pricing him at to make out

625
00:31:56,839 --> 00:32:01,119
of the play in into the postseason. If Steph Curry's playing,

626
00:32:01,759 --> 00:32:04,200
I mean, all bets are off as far as I'm concerned.

627
00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:08,319
Speaker 2: So here's the deal. Unlike the East, we know who

628
00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:11,039
the top six are the last and and we pretty

629
00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:12,920
much know who the four playing.

630
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:13,319
Speaker 3: Teams are gonna be.

631
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 2: I would be surprised if Phoenix made a run and

632
00:32:17,119 --> 00:32:19,200
off the top six. So you're taking a look, it's

633
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,079
a situation where you have it right now. Phoenix would

634
00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:25,359
play the Clippers, winner gets the seven seed, and then

635
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,640
the loser would face the Golden State Portland winner. I

636
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,480
gotta be honest with you, just so I don't think

637
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,880
Portland is not winning two in the play term.

638
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 3: I would be shocked by that.

639
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 2: You know, we were writing off Golden State before the show.

640
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,680
But the more I think about it, just looking at

641
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:50,480
the price, Golden State needing to just win once yep,

642
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:54,000
if you like, okay, I would I would think, you know,

643
00:32:54,079 --> 00:32:56,720
obviously with a healthy curry, I would like them to

644
00:32:56,759 --> 00:32:57,559
beat Portland.

645
00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,799
Speaker 3: I think you're talking about.

646
00:32:59,559 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 2: A situation where they would then just need to beat

647
00:33:02,359 --> 00:33:04,519
either Phoenix or the Clippers.

648
00:33:04,839 --> 00:33:05,079
Speaker 3: Yep.

649
00:33:05,319 --> 00:33:07,599
Speaker 2: I think Golden State, Yes, twenty five cents. I think

650
00:33:07,599 --> 00:33:10,200
there actually is some value there because if they beat Portland,

651
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,440
obviously that price is gonna shoot way up.

652
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 1: That's kind of what I'm thinking at twenty five cent.

653
00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:18,599
And again, they all indications are they're trying to get

654
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,559
him back out here this week, back add on to

655
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,720
the court, and if that's the case, I'm with you.

656
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,759
I mean, a shot at them winning and getting in,

657
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,000
you know, a couple of times here out of the plane.

658
00:33:30,559 --> 00:33:32,839
I think there's value at twenty five cents. But he's

659
00:33:32,839 --> 00:33:35,359
got to be in. Obviously, he's got to be in.

660
00:33:36,079 --> 00:33:38,720
And I don't trust Orlando or Miami. I'm having a

661
00:33:38,759 --> 00:33:42,480
hard time with that one, but I do trust the Clippers.

662
00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:45,400
I do think the Clippers could be one and in here.

663
00:33:45,559 --> 00:33:48,920
I think this new revamped Clippers team is a winner.

664
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,519
I think they're very dangerous and I think at this

665
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,440
point they are.

666
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,319
Speaker 3: Going to be what the seven seeds.

667
00:33:55,559 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: It's kind of hard to believe that that's the case,

668
00:33:57,599 --> 00:34:00,680
but I'm pretty sure that that's what we'd be looking

669
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:01,400
at here right.

670
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, it'd be the way the standings are now. And

671
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,239
I don't think Portland or Golden State overtakes the Clippers

672
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,000
here in the final week. Certainly not Golden State. They

673
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,880
have a three game manage there. Portland at one and

674
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,599
a half, I guess, is still in play. Let's just

675
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:18,719
for argument, say the Clippers finish in the top eight. Yes,

676
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,519
they would just need to win one play. They would

677
00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:23,639
need to beat Phoenix to get these sevens. And the

678
00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:26,920
Clippers are a lot like Charlotte over in the East Show,

679
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,239
where it was obviously a bad start to the season.

680
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,000
But the Clippers, I mean, if you go back, they

681
00:34:32,039 --> 00:34:36,480
were ten games under five hundred in early January. Now

682
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,079
they're three games over there. I mean, they've played much

683
00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:43,760
better than a team that the average team that's in

684
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,280
the eighth position, and it's conference are thirteen, that's what

685
00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:51,239
twenty six and they're twenty six and thirteen over their

686
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,760
last thirty nine games. The Clippers, it's a.

687
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:58,320
Speaker 1: Different team with health, with a Kawhi, with matharn now

688
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,239
Darius Garland is how this is a different Clipper team.

689
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,960
I still think they can catch Phoenix for that number

690
00:35:05,039 --> 00:35:08,000
seven spot, and I think they would host then, and

691
00:35:08,079 --> 00:35:11,360
they would host exactly correct. And then anytime you have

692
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,159
in a one off situation, Kawhi Leonard, I'm in and

693
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,639
right now the Clippers. Yeah, I mean they're chalking at

694
00:35:17,679 --> 00:35:20,199
seventy two cents here, but that means if the Clippers

695
00:35:20,199 --> 00:35:24,519
are in, are we one hunder present convinced Phoenix is in?

696
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,519
Speaker 3: I mean, are we that convinced.

697
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 2: It goes back to our Golden State discussion, and it's

698
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:32,119
a matter of price.

699
00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:33,360
Speaker 3: I liked it.

700
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,639
Speaker 2: The Clippers are obviously a better price just to you know,

701
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:40,320
to get in. I prefer the Clippers to Phoenix to

702
00:35:40,559 --> 00:35:44,239
both both price and just handicapping wise, I think the

703
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,760
Clippers are more likely than Phoenix to get in the

704
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,159
final eight. And so yeah, I wouldn't want to bet

705
00:35:49,159 --> 00:35:50,639
Phoenix at that current number.

706
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 3: I don't love.

707
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:58,119
Speaker 2: Then I mean, but like the Tonto Yeah, yeah, because

708
00:35:58,159 --> 00:36:02,159
I mean, but I like Toronto's no Price better than

709
00:36:02,199 --> 00:36:03,039
Phoenix is no Price.

710
00:36:03,519 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think Darren Brooks and Hell is huge. I

711
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,760
mean they have to be. We have to know exactly

712
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,519
what's going on. Not having him, not having Williams down

713
00:36:12,519 --> 00:36:15,719
to stretch here has been a problem. But I still

714
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,000
think Phoenix is one of those teams that's absolutely overperformed

715
00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:22,159
and wouldn't shock me if they get bounced early. So

716
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,440
at twenty three cents, there in the no market for

717
00:36:25,559 --> 00:36:27,800
Phoenix not making it into the playoffs.

718
00:36:28,559 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 3: I can't see him making it.

719
00:36:30,199 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: I think there's a good shot they don't, especially if

720
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,920
Steph Curry's in either it is a good shot Phoenix

721
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,280
would be the odd man looking out here, even though

722
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,800
they'd be what the seventh or eighth seed. I think

723
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,039
there's a good shot they don't make it, especially with

724
00:36:44,119 --> 00:36:45,719
Steph Curry being back in the pitching.

725
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:47,039
Speaker 3: Yeah.

726
00:36:47,079 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 2: The way I see this working is the Clippers beat Phoenix.

727
00:36:50,599 --> 00:36:53,400
Nippers are the seven, and that it's a one that won.

728
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,519
In your in scenario, Phoenix and Golden State would play

729
00:36:56,559 --> 00:36:58,800
to get the eighth seed. And again, if you've got

730
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,119
Golden State at twenty five ense you can always cash out, yeah,

731
00:37:03,599 --> 00:37:06,000
or you can just bet Phoenix in that because you

732
00:37:06,039 --> 00:37:08,760
probably Phoenix would not be a huge favorite against Golden State,

733
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,239
not even at hole in a one in a winner

734
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:13,960
in a must win situation.

735
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: And you know Steph would garner all of that public

736
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,840
support too as.

737
00:37:18,639 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 2: Well, So Phoenix would be a short favorite at home

738
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:23,079
in that situation for sure.

739
00:37:23,639 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 1: Good stuff there, and that is what makes these predictive

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743
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,800
NBA Playoffs and who will be on the outside looking

744
00:37:41,199 --> 00:37:43,599
in here? I think the East and the West have

745
00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:46,920
some opportunities to fade a couple of teams, but I

746
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,920
think there's also some guarantees that we can just pencil

747
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,039
them into moving on into the postseason out of the

748
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:56,760
play in spot. All Right, I hate to do it,

749
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:57,800
but it is that time.

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Speaker 3: BP. It's time for some which is unfortunately we.

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skiing apparently too much to join us. But that's okay.

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now setting up here, starting on a Monday. All right, BP,

778
00:39:28,519 --> 00:39:31,639
let's talk some NBA here. We got a couple of

779
00:39:31,639 --> 00:39:34,679
games in the NBA rundown. I'll throw them out there.

780
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,639
Not a ton of games here, but some interesting lines,

781
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,000
to say the least here today BP and the NBA.

782
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 3: So why don't we.

783
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,679
Speaker 1: Start with the ones that aren't as gross, one of

784
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,239
them being Boston and Atlanta Here where Atlanta s light

785
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:54,159
home favorite Celtics second of a back to back, nice

786
00:39:54,199 --> 00:39:57,280
win on the road against Charlotte yesterday without Jalen Brown,

787
00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:01,079
they are sort of locked into that number two spot

788
00:40:01,159 --> 00:40:04,480
with Detroit. Against Detroit, I don't I am not sure

789
00:40:04,519 --> 00:40:08,559
why they would not rest a Tatum or Brown's apparently

790
00:40:08,559 --> 00:40:12,039
got some sort of achilles calf injury. I can't see

791
00:40:12,079 --> 00:40:14,320
them laying it all out here to beat Atlanta in

792
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,239
this game here, do you no?

793
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,199
Speaker 2: And there was some question whether Tatum was gonna play yesterday.

794
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,159
He wound up the market did the market did not

795
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,400
believe Tatum was gonna play. And I'm very upset about that, Joe,

796
00:40:27,559 --> 00:40:30,639
because I wanted to play ball yesterday because Charlotte was

797
00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:34,880
off just a crushing loss on Saturday filled alf for

798
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,559
where they blew a lead, and I didn't think they

799
00:40:36,599 --> 00:40:38,320
would have much in the tank to Hornet. So I

800
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,559
was like, oh my goodness, Austin, you know, basically as

801
00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:43,280
a pickham price. But then I was like, oh my god,

802
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:47,199
I don't know. No Tatum, no Brown. Yep, yeah, there's

803
00:40:47,519 --> 00:40:49,000
that lot of that's a lot of cu and I

804
00:40:49,039 --> 00:40:51,039
didn't want to bet to that uncertainy with Boston lo

805
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,599
and behold, Tatum plays and the self explode the Hornets out.

806
00:40:53,599 --> 00:40:55,360
But yeah, I think there's a chance Tatum could rest.

807
00:40:55,599 --> 00:40:58,719
The Brown injury seems more serious than is being let on.

808
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 3: I agree, at least.

809
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 2: Injury that's not great. In Atlanta, who I believe is

810
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,320
won twelve in a row at home, Joan Airey, I

811
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:12,519
has revenge for a loss in Boston. You know what

812
00:41:12,559 --> 00:41:15,480
was that a Thursday or Friday? So yeah, the Hawks here,

813
00:41:15,559 --> 00:41:18,639
I could see the Hawks emerging victorious. They need it

814
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,480
to stay in the top six. Whereas you mentioned Boston

815
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,079
likely going to be the two seed in the Eastern Conference.

816
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, you got another one too.

817
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,519
Speaker 1: The Pistons last night started telling everyone who wouldn't be

818
00:41:29,599 --> 00:41:31,920
playing against the Thunder Thunder on the second of a

819
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,719
back to back, and but we knew last night the

820
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,920
Pistons we were likely weren't seeing. Durham, Duncan Robinson, Tobias Harris,

821
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:45,719
Austin Thompson also still questionable. So basically none of the

822
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,320
Pistons starters could be available for this game here, which

823
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,440
is why you saw this thing shoot up to thirteen

824
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:52,039
and a half.

825
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:53,280
Speaker 3: We are starting to see.

826
00:41:53,079 --> 00:41:55,599
Speaker 1: A little bit of buyback now eleven and a half's

827
00:41:56,360 --> 00:42:00,559
in the market twelve But I mean that's again. The

828
00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:02,840
Thunder just took on the Knicks, which is not a

829
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,519
cake walk. But even the Pistons backups, I don't know

830
00:42:06,599 --> 00:42:09,079
we trust in the Thunder to run away year.

831
00:42:10,559 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 2: No, I mean that was a miss. Look I have

832
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,039
the Knicks last night against the Thunder. It's a two

833
00:42:15,119 --> 00:42:17,159
point game with a couple of minutes left. They wind

834
00:42:17,199 --> 00:42:20,400
up losing, and that sucked, to be honest with you,

835
00:42:20,559 --> 00:42:23,760
So I'm not running to bet ok see here, even though, Look,

836
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:26,400
the Troit's been undervalued ever since the Cunningham injury. Everyone

837
00:42:26,519 --> 00:42:28,760
thought the Pistons were gonna fall flat on their face, Joe.

838
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,639
I know Minnesota didn't have Edwards either on Saturday night,

839
00:42:33,079 --> 00:42:36,960
but Detroit went to Minnesota and dominated, YEP, a game

840
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,079
where both teams were missing their best player, So yeah,

841
00:42:39,199 --> 00:42:41,400
I would. I'm not running to lay this year with

842
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,800
the thunder, especially on the second night of a back

843
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:44,239
to back.

844
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 3: I agree with you there.

845
00:42:47,519 --> 00:42:52,159
Speaker 1: All the other games are just absurd prices except.

846
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:53,320
Speaker 3: For Miami and Philadelphia.

847
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: But yeah, I have never seen a Philadelphia injury report

848
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,280
have that few and it there's one name on it,

849
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,840
and that's h Johnny Broom who had surgery and he's

850
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,800
never playing this year. So I just I don't there

851
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,559
is nobody, which means they'll have everybody available. And isn't

852
00:43:12,599 --> 00:43:15,320
it the definition of don't catch a falling knife? That's

853
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:19,760
what Miami is right now. They can't stop a nosebleed folks.

854
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:23,880
To lose to Indiana, to give up eighteen threes like

855
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,079
they did, Yes, it's no. This is not a team

856
00:43:27,119 --> 00:43:30,760
I want anything to do with. Philadelphia could very well

857
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,679
be an interesting bet looking into the future as well,

858
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:34,559
now that they're healthy.

859
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, Philadelphia obviously wants to get into the top six,

860
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:43,119
avoid the playing ternment. I believe there a are on

861
00:43:43,199 --> 00:43:46,079
the wrong side of the tie breaker with Atlanta. I

862
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:47,599
think I think they got it. I think they were

863
00:43:47,599 --> 00:43:50,440
swept in the season series by Atlanta. Joe, correct me

864
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:54,159
if I'm wrong. We were talking about six they were

865
00:43:54,199 --> 00:43:55,840
swept by the Hawks, Okay, I wanted to make sure.

866
00:43:56,039 --> 00:43:59,000
I thought I said that earlier today. So look, they've

867
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,400
got every reason to care Phildelphia. Miami has every recent

868
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,920
care but look, wins of change. You mentioned the Sixers

869
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:09,199
all of a sudden at the right time, Miami. This

870
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,800
is a horrible, horrible spot for Miami. I mean, I

871
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,920
would like to say they bounce back from an outright

872
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:16,800
losses an eight and a half point favorite to Indiana

873
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,400
the game you brought up. But this is the third

874
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:23,440
game in four days. Yeah for Miami if one just

875
00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:27,480
once in their last eight games. Overall, it's going the

876
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:28,840
wrong way in your neck.

877
00:44:28,679 --> 00:44:30,039
Speaker 3: Of the woods, Joe for the heat.

878
00:44:30,159 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: Yeah not don't catch a falling knife. It would be

879
00:44:33,559 --> 00:44:37,000
my best bet. Avoid it like at all costs. And

880
00:44:37,039 --> 00:44:38,960
I'm not running to the window to La seventeen and

881
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,239
a half with Cleveland in altitude either.

882
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:43,599
Speaker 3: No, why died it?

883
00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:45,599
Speaker 2: Bet their team total. But it's one hundred and thirty

884
00:44:45,639 --> 00:44:46,079
and a half.

885
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,559
Speaker 3: Yeah. No, it's like you can't do that either. No,

886
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:50,960
absolutely not.

887
00:44:51,199 --> 00:44:54,559
Speaker 1: All right, we got some major League baseball games here again,

888
00:44:54,599 --> 00:44:57,440
a big card. We'll run down a couple of these.

889
00:44:57,519 --> 00:45:01,599
Do the Marlins go four and oh.

890
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:01,639
Speaker 3: Against the White Sox?

891
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:05,679
Speaker 1: I mean, start to see Chris Paddock for Miami at home.

892
00:45:06,519 --> 00:45:09,239
But listen, I think the White Sox they could very

893
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,400
well get one here. I don't know that I trust

894
00:45:12,159 --> 00:45:15,480
the Marlins to rattle all four straight here. Maybe the

895
00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:18,480
White Sox who scored some runs against Milwaukee, they just

896
00:45:18,639 --> 00:45:20,559
couldn't stop Milwaukee from scoring.

897
00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 2: Yes, Davis, don't call me Drew Martin on the mound

898
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:25,599
for the White Sox. The White Sox were a team

899
00:45:25,599 --> 00:45:30,960
that I expected to improve this year. I thought Miami's

900
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:34,159
wind total was a little low, but you mentioned three. Yeah,

901
00:45:34,159 --> 00:45:35,760
I mean, I don't want to bet Miami in this

902
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,360
price range. I mean they're up north to minus one forty.

903
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,760
Now that that's not the price range you want to

904
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:42,480
bet Miami. So that's White Sox are passed for me.

905
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,320
Speaker 1: There playoffs going for the Mets taking on the Cardinals.

906
00:45:46,559 --> 00:45:50,000
I mentioned the Cardinals bullpen being horrific, but they did

907
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:54,199
score some runs against Tampa. The Mets two and one

908
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:57,760
lost that game yesterday to the Pirates, but Claire Ops

909
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,119
has actually been pretty good.

910
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,360
Speaker 3: Lay he going for the Cards.

911
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:03,800
Speaker 1: I feel like an over is in store for this

912
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,159
game with the Mets and Cardinals.

913
00:46:05,199 --> 00:46:07,119
Speaker 3: What do you think? Yeah?

914
00:46:07,159 --> 00:46:08,760
Speaker 2: I think this is the total and if you like

915
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:10,760
the old, I mean it's juiced at eight and a

916
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,000
half right now, pretty the way the way it's probably

917
00:46:13,039 --> 00:46:15,440
it looks like we might this total might close at

918
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:16,440
the key number of nine.

919
00:46:17,199 --> 00:46:19,360
Speaker 3: That's what I'm thinking there. Giants and Padres.

920
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: By the way, at Petco, Roupe versus Walker Bueller is

921
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,480
still pitching in Major League Baseball, which is kind of

922
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,639
hard to believe. And he's a pitcher now for the

923
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:33,199
Padres who listen to Giants. Neither of these teams started

924
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:36,480
off the season greats. But can the Giants get enough

925
00:46:36,519 --> 00:46:42,760
offense at Petco to overcome what Walker Bueller might might

926
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,480
not give them, which is I don't know, any sort

927
00:46:45,519 --> 00:46:46,360
of lack of runs?

928
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't.

929
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: To me, it would be Padres or passed. But what

930
00:46:50,039 --> 00:46:51,880
were you thinking here? It's a coin flip game.

931
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 2: I actually like the Giants in the first five. This

932
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:59,079
was This was zen andized best bet on the morning

933
00:46:59,079 --> 00:47:03,480
wager today. The Giants obviously were just did nothing offensively

934
00:47:03,559 --> 00:47:07,639
against the Yankees one in three games. You mentioned Walker

935
00:47:07,679 --> 00:47:11,239
Buehler now pitching for the Padres. Tough break for Walker Ruler,

936
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,679
because you know what team he has pitched the best

937
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:16,679
against in his career. It would be the Padres. He

938
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:19,440
can't get to face them, or because he's now he's

939
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:22,519
now wearing the San Diego uniform. So yeah, I think

940
00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:26,519
the Giants to me, if the offense is to break out,

941
00:47:26,559 --> 00:47:29,599
it's early against Bueller, So let's go first five money line.

942
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:32,480
It's a relatively cheap price, and it's interesting too, Joe.

943
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,679
The Giants are a favorite first five full game underdog,

944
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,320
so we've got the tie in our You know, if

945
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,320
it's tied after five, we'll.

946
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:41,679
Speaker 3: Take a push.

947
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,639
Speaker 2: But yeah, I like the Giants to be ahead after

948
00:47:43,679 --> 00:47:44,639
five innings of that game.

949
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:49,199
Speaker 1: I'll throw one more out there late game tonight, forty

950
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,800
three year old justin Verland are on the mound for

951
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,159
Detroit taking on Soroka.

952
00:47:54,199 --> 00:47:57,039
Speaker 3: Who you know is he? I don't know?

953
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,280
Speaker 1: Is he throwing harder than ninety miles an hour. Kind

954
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:02,719
of crazy what happened to him after the injury? And

955
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:06,280
then you know, this guy had with the Braves looked

956
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:10,159
like he was like a young Verlander, but the injuries,

957
00:48:10,599 --> 00:48:13,199
the surgeries just have not worked out in his favor.

958
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,440
But all indications are Arizona thinks, uh, he's on the

959
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,719
mend here and it could be a good season. But

960
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,599
they're all and three to start the year, Tigers two

961
00:48:22,639 --> 00:48:25,199
and one. How much are we getting from Verlander? It

962
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:26,280
feels like an over to me.

963
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:27,079
Speaker 3: I don't know.

964
00:48:28,039 --> 00:48:30,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to bet on either starter. Is

965
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,840
what it boils down, So I mean, what you're gonna

966
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,079
have here, it's which starter is gonna blow up? And

967
00:48:36,119 --> 00:48:37,760
then you know it goes into the hands of the

968
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:41,400
respective bullpens. So I don't know. I'm probably staying away.

969
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:43,119
As a matter of fact, I can tell you I'm

970
00:48:43,119 --> 00:48:46,840
standing this game because look, I just don't like either starter,

971
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:48,519
and I'm not obviously betting on a team where I

972
00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:49,519
don't like the starting pitcher.

973
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,639
Speaker 1: I agree with you, yep, all right, and one final

974
00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:55,239
one here for best bets tonight, guys.

975
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,119
Speaker 3: Whoops, don't mean to put that one on there. You

976
00:48:57,599 --> 00:48:58,519
don't know how that happened.

977
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 1: Let me give you some best bets here tonight, guys,

978
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:04,000
I got one Major League Baseball one, and I'll throw

979
00:49:04,039 --> 00:49:08,760
one out there for you. In the NBA, it's Sunday

980
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:12,119
Night Baseball, which means it is time to fade those

981
00:49:12,159 --> 00:49:15,559
teams that have to that have to travel no less

982
00:49:15,679 --> 00:49:18,239
after a Sunday night game, and that would mean the

983
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:22,559
Guardians on the road taking on the Dodgers here tonight,

984
00:49:22,679 --> 00:49:27,239
Mesick versus Tzaki. For the Dodgers, I'm not laying the

985
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,000
run in a head. I don't like laying running a

986
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,800
half with a home team since they only get up

987
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,119
at eight, but I'll lay it in the first five

988
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:35,920
given the fact that I know they're going to back.

989
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:37,159
Speaker 3: At least in the bottom of the fifth.

990
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:39,920
Speaker 1: Ending here, it feels it's a tough spot for the

991
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:43,760
Guardians here. I think Dodgers jump out early and often

992
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:46,719
here on the Guardians, who well, didn't score very much

993
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,000
last night either, No.

994
00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:51,800
Speaker 2: And they're lots of Seattle. They didn't do anything offensively.

995
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:54,519
Look if Chase the latter's not hitting home runs. I

996
00:49:54,519 --> 00:49:57,000
don't love this Guardians lineup at all this year. So

997
00:49:57,039 --> 00:49:58,440
that's that's not a bad jumping.

998
00:49:58,719 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 3: No, I like that one.

999
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,119
Speaker 1: I'll give you one final one here in the association.

1000
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:06,480
I'm gonna go to that Atlanta in Celtics game. I

1001
00:50:06,559 --> 00:50:08,960
think this total has gotten a little too low here.

1002
00:50:09,039 --> 00:50:11,679
They just played a couple of days ago. One oh

1003
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:14,159
nine to one oh two I believe was that score.

1004
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,480
But you know that was a whole lot of a

1005
00:50:17,519 --> 00:50:20,159
whole lot of Celtics effort on a defensive side.

1006
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:21,280
Speaker 3: Nobody sat out.

1007
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:24,760
Speaker 1: I just don't see the Celtics quid I believe is

1008
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:28,599
also possibly sitting this one out. I could see Atlanta

1009
00:50:28,639 --> 00:50:31,119
at home, pushing pace here a little bit, getting some

1010
00:50:31,199 --> 00:50:34,719
points on this board. I think up and over with

1011
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:38,159
the Hawks and the Celtics. I think everyone thinks Celtics

1012
00:50:38,239 --> 00:50:41,880
automatic under. I think they're gonna be missing some pieces

1013
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,960
here tonight, So I don't mind the over in this spot.

1014
00:50:44,079 --> 00:50:44,280
Speaker 3: VP.

1015
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:47,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's the way the market's going as well,

1016
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,480
So yeah, I would co sign that as well. But

1017
00:50:51,199 --> 00:50:54,280
I think I think I lean maybe Atlanta's team total

1018
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:55,760
over if we think, I mean, if the Hawks are

1019
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,440
to win this earlier discussion, if the Hawks are to

1020
00:50:58,519 --> 00:51:03,519
prevail here, chances are they don't do so. By you know,

1021
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:05,960
not scoring a ton, so I mean team total here

1022
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:10,159
on the Hawks is sitting at one eleven and a half.

1023
00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:14,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they can get there. Love it.

1024
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,559
Speaker 1: There you go, guys, we got some best bets for

1025
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you and that'll do it on this Monday edition of

1026
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the Best Betting Show Ever.

1027
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Speaker 3: Prez I don't know where he's going to be.

1028
00:51:23,559 --> 00:51:25,679
Speaker 1: A guy, so I'll have to figure it out there myself,

1029
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:27,639
but I know I'll be here.

1030
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:29,320
Speaker 3: Art de Caesar be here.

1031
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:32,320
Speaker 1: Maybe you catch a BP here again as well, as

1032
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:35,280
We've got plenty going on this week as we get

1033
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:37,960
ready for the final four Major League Baseball and of

1034
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:41,480
course the end to tanking and as sooner rather than

1035
00:51:41,559 --> 00:51:43,840
later there, So go check it out, guys.

1036
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Speaker 3: Take advantage of.

1037
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Speaker 1: The offer there for three days all access trip will

1038
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:52,159
play forty nine bucks VP at his page, a mine

1039
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:54,400
at mine, and make sure you come back and join

1040
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:58,280
us again tomorrow for another edition of the Best Betting

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Show Ever BP.

1042
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Speaker 3: Well, brother, we'll see you again