WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:46.799 Now here's Nick Coffee. 2 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:28.800 When that name popped up on the screen and we 3 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:31.519 knew we had Crayton, and I was like, I'm a 4 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:33.600 Xavier grad and a Xavier guy, So I keep my 5 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.000 eye on you know, the Big East and things like that, 6 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.320 and you know, gosh, I know how good they are. 7 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:42.359 So you know, we have our hands full, and we've 8 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:44.560 been working our butt off in preparation and it'll be 9 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:47.719 a big challenge, but we're excited about the challenge. 10 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.039 That was Pat Kelsey discussing tomorrow's matchup against Creighton Louisvill's 11 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:56.479 first NCAA tournament game in six years and it's a 12 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:01.039 big one just east of us here. I mean, I 13 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:02.640 got there. It took me a long time to get 14 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.280 there today, which I probably should, you know, look into 15 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.439 it and share that information with those that maybe making 16 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:10.920 the trip. But I just I know I'm not going 17 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:12.640 to be able to be there tomorrow because I'm going 18 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:14.120 to well, first of all, I wouldn't be able to 19 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.719 be there, like even if like I mean, I can 20 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.480 be there, I just I'm choosing not to be there 21 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:20.239 because one would I want to be able to do 22 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.760 the show here after the game, and also, like I wouldn't. 23 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:26.560 I would be a lunatic, like I wouldn't be able 24 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:28.519 to sit still like I pay, Like I can't sit 25 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:30.840 in a press seat for this game tomorrow, right, I 26 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:33.400 just give mean I was forced to. I could, and 27 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.519 I'm very fortunate that I do get credentialed to go 28 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:37.920 to these games and you know, get access and whatnot. 29 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.400 But there's, you know, there's there's limits that I know 30 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.640 as far as myself, and you know, I don't want 31 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.640 to put myself in a position where I'll embarrass myself 32 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.000 anymore than I do every day on this show. I mean, 33 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:50.480 I'm going to be there's no way I'm sitting in 34 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:53.319 any moment during tomorrow's game. Yeah, it's gonna be wild. 35 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:54.760 So it took me a while to get there because 36 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:56.799 there was I guess construction going on and I'd never 37 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.879 see the construction because I'm just going off of what 38 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.920 my GPS told me, and then it routed me past it. 39 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:03.879 So I got off in Frankfort and kind of went 40 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:06.719 around a long but went a long way to Lexington. 41 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.759 So I don't know if there's you know, I don't 42 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:11.919 know what we're in for tomorrow, but just what I 43 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:14.759 would recommend people doing. And I'll give a shout out 44 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.159 to the former producer of this show, the Company Man. 45 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:22.120 He's very very very organized, very prepared, very responsible, and 46 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.479 I exactly he just you know he was. But you know, 47 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:26.680 at times I need a guy like that that can really, 48 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.240 you know, tell me the you know, remind me of 49 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.400 like you know, you you could have avoided the goof 50 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:34.319 that you just had there, man, And that's like, you know, 51 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:36.199 maybe preparing and being a little bit more ready. And 52 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.520 what I'm what I'm talking about is like driving so John, 53 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:40.840 and this is if you know the Company Man, mister 54 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.240 John Alden, this is so him. And I mean this 55 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.360 is a compliment before he goes anywhere, even if he 56 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:48.479 knows where he's going, Like even if he could drive 57 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:50.840 there with his eyes closed, he puts it in GPS 58 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:54.000 to see if there's ever any kind of like arrest. 59 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:56.439 Still smart, it's really it's real smart. I just never 60 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:58.759 think to do it, but like I think he does it. 61 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.719 Like if he's going to McDonald's, you never know, there 62 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.240 might be a you know, there might be a wreck 63 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:06.280 on you know, a back road or something like that. 64 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:08.719 So anyways, just do that before we leave tomorrow and 65 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:10.360 it'll tell you the best way to go. I don't 66 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.199 know what GPS you use. I use ways and it 67 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:15.240 usually works pretty well. So I think there will be 68 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.639 clearly more Louisville fans there than any other fan base. 69 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:24.120 Maybe I don't know, Tennessee. I mean, Lexington and Knoxville 70 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:26.639 aren't that far apart, and there are a lot of 71 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.319 Tennessee fans in general. I mean, that's a huge fan base, 72 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:30.960 and when they're good at something, you realize how big 73 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.039 their fan base is. But there's also Tennessee fans that 74 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.879 live probably closer to election than Knoxville, so maybe they'll 75 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:39.680 end up having a good amount. I mean, they're gonna 76 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:41.159 have some fans there too, But I just I'd be 77 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:43.560 shocked if Louisville didn't have the most fans. But then again, 78 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:44.960 you got to keep in mind it isn't noon on 79 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.319 a Thursday, and that's just not as convenient for a 80 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:50.280 lot of people. But clearly there'll be a home court 81 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:54.120 presence to an extent, and whatever helps, whatever can help 82 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:58.080 Louisville get past Creighton and keep this fun season rolling 83 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.840 along is what I'm of course hoping and praying for, 84 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.520 and my nerves have been have been at a high 85 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.560 level the last twenty four hours, probably only getting it 86 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:08.879 worse as we get to tomorrow. In fact, I don't know, 87 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.400 maybe sometimes I'll sometimes I just hit a wall when 88 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:13.680 it comes to the nervousness and I'm kind of all right, whatever, 89 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:15.479 I can't get any more nervous than this. Let's just 90 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.879 let's just see what happened happen. Yeah, And I'll probably 91 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.920 be there tomorrow when it comes to this game. But 92 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:24.160 my nerves are not about Creighton, not about Louisville not 93 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:27.560 being good enough, because you know, I believe this team 94 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.879 is good enough to beat Crayton, and I actually, you know, 95 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:31.720 when it comes to Crayton, I think they're a good 96 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:33.199 team as well. But what I'm what I'm trying to 97 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.480 say is is that my nerves are really more than 98 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.600 anything due to the fact that we're here, meaning you 99 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.839 win tomorrow, we stay alive. You lose, and it's all 100 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:44.639 over and we don't get to see most of these 101 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:47.800 players ever again. And that's just a scary feeling because 102 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:51.759 of how fun this season has been, and lost a 103 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:55.519 loss tomorrow won't change the revival that took place that 104 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.759 you know, brought us back to life. And you know, 105 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.040 I'll always remember this group. I will, but I'd like 106 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.120 to be able to remember them for more than just 107 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.519 this season. I'd like to be able to remember them for, 108 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:08.279 you know, making it to the round of thirty two, 109 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:13.279 winning Louisville's first tournament game in you know, let's see, 110 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:15.399 eight years. Last time Lee won a tournament game was 111 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:17.120 when they were a two seed, and they beat a 112 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.199 fifteen seed at Jacksonville State team in twenty seventeen. So 113 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.360 I'd also like them to be and I'm getting greedy, 114 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.319 I'd like them to be remembered not only for winning 115 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:28.279 a game, but maybe you know, knocking up the number 116 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:31.680 one overall seed as Louisville fans took over Rupp Arena 117 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.639 and punched their ticket to the Sweet sixteen for the 118 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:36.720 first time in a decade. So you know, that has 119 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:39.120 clearly been on the minds of fans as far as 120 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:42.600 you know, that'd be awesome. Let's just get there, but 121 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:44.240 you know, you got to get past Creighton first. And 122 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:47.600 I'm sure this team has not thought much about it. 123 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.360 I'm sure they're you know, they're humans, so therefore I'm 124 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:52.839 sure it's at least in their mind to an extent 125 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.120 that if they win, they will have another big challenge. 126 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.920 But there's one thing I believe in this group, as 127 00:05:57.920 --> 00:05:59.360 far as they're being able to do, is that they're 128 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:01.839 gonna They're gonna. They're not gonna overlook Creighton. They're not 129 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.120 going to be you know, asleep at the wheel when 130 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:06.120 this game starts. They're gonna be ready to go. And 131 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.439 that I mean they're gonna win, but they'll be ready 132 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:12.199 to play. And I think today, being at Reparna for 133 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:16.480 the open practice and the press conferences, you'd think my 134 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:18.920 nerves would be better. But it's not about again, it's 135 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.560 not about like confidence in them winning or losing. It's just, 136 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:23.879 you know, the nervousness and the anxiousness of this potentially 137 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.079 all being over. But to see these guys in the 138 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:27.800 walk through, and it wasn't a real practice, right, there 139 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:29.759 were fans there, media, It wasn't as if they were 140 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.399 really doing anything at full go. But you can just 141 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:34.759 tell by the way that they carried themselves, the demeanor. 142 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.439 They are very mature. They're older than a lot of 143 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.160 college basketball players. It's a really old team, and there's 144 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:41.519 a lot of old teams to stay in age when 145 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:43.759 it comes to college basketball. But you know this group, 146 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:48.839 I think even during the setbacks, really throughout the entire season, 147 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.000 because it was a roller coaster early. Right, you come 148 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.439 out against Tennessee, a real big build up there, right, 149 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:56.319 Pat's first game, it's a white out. You've got a 150 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:59.199 top ten team here on your floor. Fans showed up 151 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.000 in a big way, and you got killed. Well, then 152 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:04.199 you know, you beat up on a couple of Patsy's. 153 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:06.959 And then you go to the Bahamas and you come 154 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:08.959 out and you beat the hell out of Indiana, could 155 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.879 have beat him by fifty, beat West Virginia in overtime, 156 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:15.279 Chucky's going off for thirty plus, you lose to Oklahoma, 157 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:17.600 and then you come back from the Bahamas thinking, Okay, 158 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.959 we let that one get away against Oklahoma, but man, 159 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.360 we might not have been ready for Tennessee, but we're 160 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:24.959 a good team. Then you find out Cason's out for 161 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.399 the year, you find out Korn's not coming back at all, 162 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:32.160 and then you've got Ole Miss, You've got Duke, you 163 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:35.600 got Kentucky. And those were tough games. Obviously you didn't 164 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:39.120 win them, and and some of them you got killed, 165 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.519 and it made you think Okay, maybe this team will 166 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:45.399 be lucky to get to you know, five hundred and 167 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.319 I never was there, but some fans were, and I 168 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:51.279 don't think that's crazy. But it's been a it was 169 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:53.759 a roller coaster early and then we hit smooth sailing 170 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:56.480 right once you got into conference play in acc action, 171 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.959 I mean you went eighteen and two. So throughout all 172 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.319 of it, I think they have never been too high 173 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:06.319 and never been too low. And that's a good it's 174 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.480 a good place to be when it comes to games 175 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:13.160 like this where some teams will lose because they're too tight, right, 176 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:17.000 some teams will will come out and and lay an 177 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:21.600 egg because you know they are a fourteen seed. I'm sorry, 178 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:25.480 a three playing a fourteen seed, and they're telling themselves, yeah, 179 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:27.560 we know, we gotta we gotta avoid the upset. Let's 180 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.240 not create a Cinderella here. But then, you know, then 181 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:33.559 they come out and Cinderella, she's got a she's got 182 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.919 a mean left hook, and she knocks you on your ass. 183 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:37.840 And then you start to press because you think, oh, 184 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.399 we're not gonna do this, are we, Like, we're not 185 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:41.799 gonna We're not gonna lose to this team, are we? 186 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.600 And then sure, enough, you let a team like that 187 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:45.759 stay alive long enough, and they they pull off the 188 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.480 magic and Louivell's not in that position tomorrow. They're I mean, 189 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:49.960 they're playing a nine seed, they're an eight seed. But 190 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.480 I'm just saying that things that you know, from an 191 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:54.200 emotional standpoint, I don't even want to call it like 192 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.240 lack of maturity. It's really just experience and maturity and 193 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:02.399 focus that I think bodes well for this group as 194 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:04.399 far as tournament games. Now, it doesn't guarantee they're gonna 195 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.039 win because they've got to they've got to have an 196 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:08.159 answer for for Cauugh Printer. They've got to be able to, 197 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:12.799 you know, limit him as best they can. And what 198 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:16.399 I really really just keep kind of remembering, and I 199 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:18.639 don't know why, because again, Rain Smith's been been a 200 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:20.600 guy we've talked about all year, and we talked about 201 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:22.080 him more in the last two weeks than we ever 202 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.360 have because his status has been up in the air, 203 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:25.759 right we don't know is he gonna be able to go, 204 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:27.879 is he not well? Now we know he's gonna play 205 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.399 after missing two weeks, and he looked good today, but again, 206 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:32.200 he wasn't doing anything at one hundred percent. It was 207 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:33.600 just to walk through kind of thing. But he was, 208 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:36.600 you know, he was he was shooting shots and you know, 209 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:40.039 it wasn't like he was just out there doing layup lines. 210 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:41.879 But they also weren't doing the full practice. But he 211 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:48.000 looked he looked like he wasn't really dealing with any discomfort. 212 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:50.080 And even if he is tomorrow, which he probably will 213 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.600 be considering the injury, he's gonna try to play through it. 214 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:54.919 That's what we know. But what I keep you know, 215 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.639 when I do have that brief moment Austin where I'm like, 216 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:59.320 you know what, we are gonna win this game. We're better, 217 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.840 it's because of rain, not because I'm envisioning him hitting 218 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:06.039 four threes in the first half. It's more so just 219 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:10.519 because Louisville is just a different team to be prepared 220 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:12.879 for on the defensive side of the ball. When he's 221 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:16.279 out there, Yeah, it's just spacing the floor. It's just 222 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.600 the threat of him being open and what you miss 223 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:21.559 and guys like you know, Chucky played great in the 224 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:23.600 ACC tournament for the most part. Didn't have a great 225 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:25.399 game against Duke. I think he really ran out of gas. 226 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:27.399 You know, he played three games in three days and 227 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:29.440 he's played thirty five plus minutes a game all year, 228 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.720 so you know, also Duke was a factor in that 229 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:36.639 as well. But I think for Terrence, and it sounds 230 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:39.720 crazy because Terrence went off for thirty against Duke, so 231 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:41.080 he was doing just fine. But I just think for 232 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:44.840 those for those guards that are creators, their ability to 233 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:48.600 create is a little bit easier when Rain is on 234 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:51.799 the floor. And then once they're creating, and then you 235 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:54.080 got to account for Chucky getting pain touches and get 236 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:56.879 into the free throw line. That's when somebody just for 237 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:00.679 a moment falls asleep and Rain Smith's left wide open somewhere, 238 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:04.039 and as soon as everybody in the arena sees he's open, 239 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.799 you realize they're going to have to pay for that mistake. 240 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:11.399 Maybe it may not be that shot, but eventually he'll 241 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:14.960 he'll get hot and he could flip a game in 242 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:18.159 a hurry. So again, I'm confident in Louisville. I just 243 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:20.960 you know, this is such an evenly matched game. I 244 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:23.799 feel like somebody asked me on the text line earlier, 245 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.240 do I feel like this is the opponent that is 246 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:30.279 the most evenly matched for Louisville that you can remember 247 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:31.879 all year and there's really no way to know about 248 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:33.759 because we don't mean again, all we're basing this off 249 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.120 of is the conferences, Right, Like Creighton finished second in 250 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:40.240 the Big East, Louislle finished second in the ACC and 251 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:41.879 clearly the committee didn't think that was worth much of 252 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:43.480 anything because they put him against each other in the 253 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.360 eight nine game. So when you get to the tournament, like, 254 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:49.559 you really don't mean you can go back many months 255 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.440 ago and base it off of what teams did in 256 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:53.639 non conference play, and a lot of people do that, 257 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.200 and I understand, but that was also a long time ago, 258 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:58.200 Like teams are different now than they were then, So 259 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:02.799 you really just don't know. But I think Clemson, I 260 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:06.000 think Clemson is a pretty comparable team to Louisville, but 261 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:09.519 also Louisville, you know, they if they didn't if they 262 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:12.960 didn't slip up late and let that one get tight, 263 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:15.360 Louisville really just I mean, I don't want to say 264 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.480 they dominated that game, but they punked them, like they 265 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.799 just they were kind of bullies out there. And that's 266 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:23.200 one thing though that as we sit here, you know, 267 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:25.679 just forty minutes left in the show before we start 268 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:28.200 the tournament, tomorrow. It's like the last you know, and 269 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:30.080 there's really no point in bringing up now. But this 270 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:31.519 is another thing I think you can add to the 271 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.240 list as far as reasons why I like Louisville's chances 272 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:38.720 in this game against Creighton, what they did against Stanford 273 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.720 at times, and especially with did it against Clemson, and 274 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:44.320 also what they did against Duke at in the first half. 275 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:47.919 They were bullies like these are grown men, guys like 276 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.840 these are grown ass men twenty three, twenty four years old, 277 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:54.080 and they may not be you know, look like they 278 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:57.360 live in the weight room, but like they were pushing 279 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:00.120 Clemson around the whole game. They pushed Duke around the 280 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:02.320 first half. There's a video that Duke shared the cinematic 281 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:05.720 footage of Duke's championship in the ACC Tournament last week, 282 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.799 and they show a clip of Shire at halftime calling 283 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:11.679 out his team for being soft, and basically he's saying 284 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:15.159 that Louisville's pushing them around and they were, so you know, 285 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.879 I know, the point guard Ashworth for Creighton looks like 286 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:20.919 he's thirty five, but he also looks like somebody I 287 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:23.279 could throw around a little bit. I'm sure that's delusion 288 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:25.039 in my party might whoop my ass. I don't know. 289 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:29.360 I'm just saying, like Creighton to me, outside of the 290 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:32.960 big fella, the big call runner, I mean, they should 291 00:13:33.039 --> 00:13:35.120 be They should be a team that you won't have 292 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.639 to worry about them, you know, being the physical aggressor 293 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:42.200 and just you know, bullying you, and that could be 294 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:44.000 an issue with foul trouble. That's another thing you got 295 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:45.320 to keep in mind. We don't know how the officials 296 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:47.480 are going to call this, because you know, Louisville has 297 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.159 been officiated pretty concillered. I don't know I was gonna 298 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:52.080 say consistently. I'm not sure they have. But you really 299 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:53.519 just never know, like if you maybe you get in 300 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:55.360 a fit, maybe you get a crew that hadn't had 301 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.120 a Louisville game all year. I mean that seems rare, 302 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:00.200 but I don't know. Maybe it does happen, and you 303 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:01.840 just don't know, like what you could get away with 304 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.519 as far as contact and reaching for the majority of 305 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:05.759 the season, are you going to be able to get 306 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:07.519 away with it in the tournament. There's so many unknowns, 307 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:10.279 which again is one of the things is one of 308 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.679 the many things that makes the NSAA Tournament great. But Anyways, 309 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.360 let's get to some more Pat Kelsey sound. This is 310 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.080 Pat talking about facing this Creighton team, and of course 311 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:24.960 they're all American caliber big man Ryan kaulk Brenner Calk 312 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:26.200 Brenner is the name. 313 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.000 You mentioned. James as a matchup, you got to guard 314 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:31.960 him with all five guys, which is hard to do 315 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:35.200 because they got other really, really good players. One's one 316 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.759 of the best point guards in the United States of 317 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:41.120 America with range when he gets off the bus. They 318 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:42.919 got a bunch of other guys with range when they 319 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:46.480 get off the bus. He's special. 320 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:48.559 I mean, this is him talking about Cock Branner brother. 321 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:54.159 He superlative that I could possibly imagine. He's tough, he 322 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:58.679 is a motor, he's skilled, he's got unbelievable hands, he's 323 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:05.320 ridiculous rim protector. He's you know, I talk about James's 324 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.399 lob threats, he's, you know, right, the potentially the best 325 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.679 lob threat in the country. 326 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:15.039 So I think another thing to consider. And again this 327 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:17.240 is not I'm not I'm not building a list here 328 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:18.879 to tell you why Louis was gonna win, but just 329 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:23.960 reasons as to why I think, you know, despite the 330 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.919 circumstance with you finishing eighteen into in your league, getting 331 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:30.840 a seed that like nobody saw coming. And again, I 332 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.919 believe the committee is the only and again they're the 333 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.440 only ones who matter, But they also seem to be 334 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:36.679 the only ones who actually thought Louisville was an eight 335 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:39.919 seed type of team. Everybody else seems to think they're 336 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.559 in a much different tier. But nonetheless, I think these 337 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:46.200 guys their story, right, like, yeah, he played in the 338 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:49.279 tournament last year, but like Terrence comes from James Madison, 339 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.480 ray Smith comes from Charleston to where they're only going 340 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.399 They're never gonna get a seed high enough to where 341 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:57.559 they're gonna If they're gonna win a tournament game, they 342 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:00.279 gotta pull off a massive upset, right Trey, they played 343 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:04.360 at Long Beach State last year, so you know, Javon, 344 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.440 he did play in the tournament, I think at Colorado, 345 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.480 but you know, different world there than it is here. 346 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:18.200 So I think overall these guys, they they probably were 347 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:21.679 as bummed about the seating as anybody surprised, but I 348 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:24.159 still think there's a level of like appreciation that like 349 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:26.759 they're not gonna dwell on it because one of they 350 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.759 seem to be mature enough to kind of realize, you know, 351 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.159 only thing that could you know, only just dwelling on it. 352 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:34.799 All that could do is potentially hurt you. So you know, 353 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:37.559 I think they're able to move on from it more 354 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:39.480 so than than than a lot of people, just because 355 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:41.320 again they still just think, hey, this is still crazy. 356 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.639 We brought Louis back, Buttle back to life and we're 357 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:45.600 in the tournament and yeah, this seating is off the 358 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:47.399 we're top ten team right now. Like they have a 359 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:49.399 lot of belief in themselves and I think they're still 360 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.720 enjoying the uh you know, the ride that they're on, 361 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:52.799 and they don't want it to end. Like I think 362 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:55.440 you're gonna see a level of desperation from this group, 363 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:57.399 which is what's needed in March, because you know, you 364 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:01.000 lose now it's all over. But here is uh, here 365 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:03.759 is let's see where is it at. This is Javon 366 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:08.400 Hadley talking about hearing their name called early on selection Sunday. 367 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.880 We were a little bit shocked that our name was 368 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:14.319 called that early, for sure, but like I said, we're 369 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.160 just grateful to be in the star in this place. 370 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:19.400 And you know, just probably after that we got we 371 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:21.920 got right to work. So we were a determinment right away. 372 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:24.839 And here's Teraron Edwards Junior also kind of talking about 373 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.599 the same same thing. 374 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.839 Here. You have a. 375 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.440 Veteran team, someone's been here before. 376 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:33.920 So it's just it's just grateful to be able to 377 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.319 get a bit, to be able to get in the tournament. Yeah, 378 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:40.559 just like Javon said, we're just grateful to be here 379 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:44.559 and playing Lexington and our family able to drive down 380 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:46.960 to the game. So yeah, everything works out. 381 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:49.960 I mean, why do they make me want to be 382 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.759 a better person, Austin. I know this is like insane 383 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.160 level of cringe and corny because you know, it's just 384 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:58.480 a basketball team. I don't know these guys personally, but 385 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:01.599 I need did to have their approach. I've been bitching 386 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.799 and moaning all week about this, about the selection committee 387 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.000 and whatnot, which again they do deserve the criticism. But 388 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:09.640 like there, I believe those guys they're not worried about 389 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:11.680 it anymore. They're over it, like they're just happy to 390 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:13.400 be here. Not in a way of like hey, they 391 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:15.400 don't care if they win, but they're just look, hey, 392 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:17.160 we're in. We we get to go just down the 393 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:22.119 road here to Lexington, and uh let's go win. So 394 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:26.559 I love this team, Austin, if you can't tell, I 395 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:28.279 love them a lot, and I don't want it to 396 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.920 be over. And it might be over tomorrow and I 397 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:33.200 might be sad. It's not going to be over, all right, 398 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:36.119 all right, I believe it now. So we've got we've 399 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:39.400 There are three people today that have that have that 400 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:42.160 have shared their confidence with me, and it's been infectious. 401 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:44.720