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<v Speaker 1>It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think

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<v Speaker 2>we are.

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<v Speaker 3>Get off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or.

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<v Speaker 4>Tail off, prying, countries are screwing it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, Goldplay Inner Murals.

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<v Speaker 2>They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's the kid here?

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<v Speaker 1>Who's the kid here?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee?

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<v Speaker 2>As the professional voiceover guys said, this is Coffee and Company,

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<v Speaker 2>and we are fueled by Thornton's and this is Sports

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<v Speaker 2>Talk seven ninety. But it kind of feels like today

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<v Speaker 2>is either a funeral or a celebrate of life, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>for the season that Louisville basketball had. And we'll we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get through it three hours, and I am hoping to

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<v Speaker 2>hear from a lot of you today, Babo, two five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred is the number if you guys want to give

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<v Speaker 2>us a call. This is really just going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a not only a long post I mean this is

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<v Speaker 2>be a long postgame show. Those are typically about an hour.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got three hours, and it's really a season postseason show,

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<v Speaker 2>right because it's over. It has come to an end,

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<v Speaker 2>and it sucks. I Uh, I've got so much to

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<v Speaker 2>just throw out there and ramble about, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>really know where to start. So I'll just start with

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<v Speaker 2>what is the most like, what's the freshest thing on

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<v Speaker 2>my mind as I'm sitting here in studio looking up

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<v Speaker 2>at the screens and watching other games going on. And

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this, this isn't something that is that surprising,

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<v Speaker 2>because we've talked about it quite a bit this week.

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<v Speaker 2>It is something Louisville fans have experienced before, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is that losing as the first in the first game

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<v Speaker 2>of the NSAA tournament, it's the absolute worst, especially considering that,

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<v Speaker 2>like it's such a big deal to us if it

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<v Speaker 2>would have been you know, like think about a football

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<v Speaker 2>school who makes the tournament every every you know, seven

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<v Speaker 2>eight years. I mean, I'm sure it still stinks to

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<v Speaker 2>watch your team lose. That's that's just how this works.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, like we care about it so much, we

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<v Speaker 2>we let it consume us more than anybody else. So

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<v Speaker 2>to get the uh to get the dance and started

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<v Speaker 2>and then have to leave the dance floor before it

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<v Speaker 2>really gets started is an awful feeling. And wait, our

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<v Speaker 2>favorite song hasn't even came on yet. The same thing

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<v Speaker 2>happened to us last time we were here, which was

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<v Speaker 2>six years ago. And I know Louisville when they lost

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<v Speaker 2>to Morehead State that in twenty eleven, and that sucked.

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<v Speaker 2>That was that was early in the day. But I

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<v Speaker 2>don't remember it being the first game overall. I could

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<v Speaker 2>be wrong. I think it was okay because that was

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<v Speaker 2>a long time ago. What I and I think you're

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<v Speaker 2>right because I've heard enough people mention it to where

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<v Speaker 2>it clearly it wouldn't just be something everybody's just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>made up. But I think the tournament loss in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen was such a forgettable experience for a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people because it was a very brief tenure with a

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<v Speaker 2>coach that was here for three years and some change,

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<v Speaker 2>and then a you know, a global pandemic happened, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's easy to just you know, kind of

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<v Speaker 2>forget that whole thing happened. But anyways, losing first in

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<v Speaker 2>the tournament absolutely sucks. And I'll just you know, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>start with this, I really don't have any genuine feeling

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<v Speaker 2>of like anger, disappointment, because these guys didn't play well today.

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<v Speaker 2>They could have played better. But I'm not like, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not mad at them, I'm not like disappointed to where

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<v Speaker 2>they really let me down in a way. It just

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<v Speaker 2>sucks because I'm sad and I hate that this is

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the line for a team that I

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<v Speaker 2>think will always be very very memorable. I mean, we'll see,

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<v Speaker 2>only time will tell. I mean, there's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be really this is when this is gonna be one

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<v Speaker 2>of those seasons that that really it just comes down

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<v Speaker 2>to you having the you know, I guess I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to say how much it meant to you because

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<v Speaker 2>that that that's a little too personal because you can

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy it and you can, you know, you can experience

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<v Speaker 2>the highs and lows of a fan, but like what

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<v Speaker 2>something means to you is, you know, that's that's a

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<v Speaker 2>little deeper. But what I'm saying is that I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like there's not going to be any historical stat or

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<v Speaker 2>accomplishment for this season and this team that will put

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<v Speaker 2>them in any kind of like record book or all

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<v Speaker 2>time great team category. So it's just going to be

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<v Speaker 2>you know, remembering they they brought us back to life,

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<v Speaker 2>right and not only did they did they win a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of games this year. They got us back in

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<v Speaker 2>the tournament. There was relevancy surrounding our program that has

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<v Speaker 2>not been there in a long time, and that was awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>That was an experience that we clearly took for granted,

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<v Speaker 2>and then it was gone for a long time. And

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<v Speaker 2>then they, I think picked up on the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>we were energized and that they I mean, they took

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<v Speaker 2>pride I think in playing here and getting the fans

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<v Speaker 2>excited once again. So you know, I'm gonna always remember them,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't I guess I really don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be viewed. You know, I shouldn't say how they

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think anybody's gonna look back, who remembers this

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<v Speaker 2>season and say, you know, I hated that team. That

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<v Speaker 2>team man, that season was not enjoyable. But as far as, like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, where they into I think, as I said

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks ago, before we even got to

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<v Speaker 2>this point, this has been such a unique year to

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<v Speaker 2>where in every way this is just you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>felt things that we wouldn't have felt had we not

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<v Speaker 2>gone through three years of just you know, sadness and

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<v Speaker 2>and something that we one hope never happens again, but

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<v Speaker 2>also we never envisioned it ever being possible, so that

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<v Speaker 2>the unthinkable that you hope never happens again puts you

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<v Speaker 2>in a position to where you will appreciate a team

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<v Speaker 2>just playing hard and really embracing the fact that they

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<v Speaker 2>they get a chance to play for this program, a

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<v Speaker 2>coach that seems to really value this what this is

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<v Speaker 2>so just a very rare year in all aspects. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a fun ride, but man, when you are the

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<v Speaker 2>first team out, it sucks. I mean losing We could

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<v Speaker 2>have lost as the last team to play in the

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<v Speaker 2>round of sixty four and it's still would have sucked.

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<v Speaker 2>But today was just not a good day and I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have like any again. Another aspect that makes this

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<v Speaker 2>just very unusual for me is that I've never really

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<v Speaker 2>had any big feeling one way or the other about

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<v Speaker 2>any game this year because I've known that this team

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have necessarily the makeup to just go out there

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<v Speaker 2>and have a have a half assed game and beat

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of teams because they're just not that talented.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's it. But I've also never been really scared

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<v Speaker 2>of any major opponent because I feel like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>their maturity and their their ability to kind of, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just battle it out, gives them a chance to be competitive,

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<v Speaker 2>and that that has added to why it's just been

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<v Speaker 2>a different ride than what we at least what I've

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<v Speaker 2>what I can, what I remember in all the other

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<v Speaker 2>years where I've watched the Louisville team that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>was what was what we want. A team that's competitive,

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<v Speaker 2>a team that wins a lot more than they lose,

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<v Speaker 2>a team that's going to be an instable a tournament.

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<v Speaker 2>So overall, it's it's just said that it's over, you

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<v Speaker 2>know today. Certainly, if you guys have criticisms about what

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<v Speaker 2>you saw today and all that, you can certainly share

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<v Speaker 2>that with us. I don't think that there's really any

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<v Speaker 2>area of today's game that you would look at and

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<v Speaker 2>say that Louisville, you know, out did their opponent. So again,

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<v Speaker 2>five oh two, five seventy nine hundred is the number

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<v Speaker 2>of you guys want to jump in and give us

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<v Speaker 2>a call. We'll get to the phone lines in just

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<v Speaker 2>a second, so please, if you're on hold, stick with us.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you we're going to get to you. You

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<v Speaker 2>four three eight ninety seventy three. So for me, what

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<v Speaker 2>it came down to initially was this, we didn't take

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<v Speaker 2>away their strength, and that's hard to do it times.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, a team's strength is a strength when you

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<v Speaker 2>get to the tournament because they've done it well all

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<v Speaker 2>year and clearly coaches players, they're aware of what a

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<v Speaker 2>team likes to do, and you try to take that away.

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<v Speaker 2>That's part of competition, that's that's that's how this works.

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<v Speaker 2>So their strength was that they didn't foul. We didn't

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<v Speaker 2>force the issue. And I guess it's to your opinion

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<v Speaker 2>as far as was it more so us not trying

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<v Speaker 2>to take advantage of that, or I'm not taking advantage,

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<v Speaker 2>but more so trying to, you know, take them out

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<v Speaker 2>of their comfort zone where they maybe are foul prone

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<v Speaker 2>and they've got a team at the free throw line

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. Or is it more so them just really

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<v Speaker 2>being good at what they do. We also did a

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<v Speaker 2>terrible job at exploring their exploding their weakness, especially early on.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is a Creighton team that turns the

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<v Speaker 2>ball over as if they are a charitable organization is

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<v Speaker 2>if nobody there is on an il scholarship, they just

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<v Speaker 2>they just give it away mid game, no matter who

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<v Speaker 2>they're playing, gifts to their they they turn it over

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<v Speaker 2>like crazy. Their point guard turns it over a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>And then as a team they don't turn anybody over.

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<v Speaker 2>And Louisville at the end of the day had less

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<v Speaker 2>turnovers than than Creighton. But to start the game, Louisville

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<v Speaker 2>had I think five turnovers before they had won. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's just that's a recipe for disaster whenever a team

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<v Speaker 2>that they've got one real vulnerability, and sure enough, they've

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<v Speaker 2>been great at avoiding that, letting that be an issue

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<v Speaker 2>for them, and they've actually made you be the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they've made it to where you are the one turning

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<v Speaker 2>it over a lot. So the end of the day

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<v Speaker 2>they turned it over ten times, louivill turned it over six.

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<v Speaker 2>But when Louisville was creating turnovers and attempting to capitalize

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<v Speaker 2>on it or you know, at times they did take

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<v Speaker 2>advantage of Creighton being charitable. But anytime you had to

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<v Speaker 2>do that, you were in a hole. I mean you

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<v Speaker 2>just were, so you know, things that could really hurt

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<v Speaker 2>Creighton and make them vulnerable. Louisville wasn't able to get

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<v Speaker 2>them in that in that game. And you know, as

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<v Speaker 2>far as I mean when you look at Louisville, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't really know what the main thing that opposing coach

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<v Speaker 2>will be worried about. I think what it comes down

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<v Speaker 2>to is that you know Louisville strengths and weaknesses, but

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<v Speaker 2>how you would choose to counter that depends on who

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<v Speaker 2>you are, right, It's your identity, how you're built. So

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<v Speaker 2>they and it makes total sense now they do not.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I mean even though Ashworth played phenomenal today,

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<v Speaker 2>made a lot of tough shots, I mean, game of

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<v Speaker 2>his life. Although as well as he played, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>let's be honest, when you look at the overall game

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<v Speaker 2>from Jemiah Neil, he led them in every category twenty

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<v Speaker 2>nine points, twelve rebounds, and six assists. He kicked Louisville's

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<v Speaker 2>ass today. But anyways, back to you know, the overall

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<v Speaker 2>like Louisville with Hadley and Hepburn, I would say, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they have an advantage to where they could take it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know they could score on those guys. But I

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<v Speaker 2>think what Creighton does the reason why they commit fewer

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<v Speaker 2>fouls than anybody in the country. They commit ten fouls

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<v Speaker 2>a game. Is because they realize we probably aren't elite

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<v Speaker 2>at just you know, prevent dribble penetration. So therefore, let's

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<v Speaker 2>not pick up fowls and let's let's you know, bait

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<v Speaker 2>guys into the lane to have to deal with the

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<v Speaker 2>giant that is Ryan Kulkbrenner. And he had Let's see

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<v Speaker 2>how many blocks did he have today? I think he

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<v Speaker 2>had five? Did he have all of them? I assume

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<v Speaker 2>he probably did. Had to have been five or six. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so let's see. Yeah, he so the only the team

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<v Speaker 2>had five, So he probably and it would make sense

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<v Speaker 2>if he had all of them, because you know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>he's a giant. He's he's the five time defensive player,

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<v Speaker 2>the four time defensive player of the year in the

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<v Speaker 2>had four. Uh, the other one came from Jami and Eal,

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<v Speaker 2>the other guy who you know played at it. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean that guy. You you would think just by watching

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<v Speaker 2>that game that he's that he's an NBA superstar, he's

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<v Speaker 2>like their fourth best player. But he killed us today,

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<v Speaker 2>and credit to him. I think that had a lot

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<v Speaker 2>to do with both him and us. But nonetheless, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with Ryan Kochbrenner, he's not only gonna block shots and

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<v Speaker 2>alter shots. He's in your head. And that was a

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that was noticeable from the beginning of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Their rim protector impacted our offense way too much. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's easy, easier said than done to just say, look,

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<v Speaker 2>just go try to score, don't be worried about getting blocked.

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<v Speaker 2>But shots that you knew he wasn't probably gonna block you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody shot him comfortably around the rim in the first half.

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<v Speaker 2>It got a little better in the second half, and

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<v Speaker 2>then in the second half you started just missing layups

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<v Speaker 2>that I feel like this team you know, should miss.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean he was you know, if you are

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<v Speaker 2>if you're going against Ryan Kalchbrenner, when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>how you're going to attack him, I mean you probably

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<v Speaker 2>try to, you know, get the game sped up and

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<v Speaker 2>you try to bring him away from the rim. And

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't do that at all at all. And when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to how you try to stop him. I

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<v Speaker 2>actually think when it comes to defending him in the post,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we did as bad about as good of

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<v Speaker 2>a job as you can as far as just like

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<v Speaker 2>there wasn't many there wasn't many opportunities for him where

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<v Speaker 2>he caught it and just went to work right, Like

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<v Speaker 2>they ran some really good stuff, Like there were a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of plays that you know, you never want anybody

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<v Speaker 2>to score, but like they ran some stuff that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not sure Louisville could have defended it better. But what

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<v Speaker 2>happened was our attention to detail on Cockbrinner put Creighton

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<v Speaker 2>in positions where they could take advantage of that, and

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<v Speaker 2>they did right. Because when we're when we're moving like

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<v Speaker 2>you know they and by the way they move like

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<v Speaker 2>crazy in the half court Crayton does. They're a well

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<v Speaker 2>coached team and they're a good team too, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna get that in a moment, Like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville lost also today because there's a good chance that

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<v Speaker 2>team's just better than you, And I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>anybody would say they're not after today, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>louisll could have been better. I would have loved to

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<v Speaker 2>have seen a healthy rain Smith. You know, if they

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<v Speaker 2>play in a seven game series, who knows. But like today,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't just the score. They had some dudes that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we'll get to that. We'll get it that

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<v Speaker 2>in a minute. I'm gett with cock Brener. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>the issue with defending him the way you have to

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<v Speaker 2>to just make it sure, you know, to try to

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<v Speaker 2>take away and no matter what you do, there's an

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<v Speaker 2>advantage with him because he's so tall, and he's a

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<v Speaker 2>good player too, Like he's not just some giant. He

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<v Speaker 2>also has some ability and is a smart player. So

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<v Speaker 2>that led to gang rebounding for Louisville to where if

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<v Speaker 2>it's a long rebound, we're vulnerable. Right long rebound, they

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<v Speaker 2>get it open three. If we are taking shots around

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<v Speaker 2>the rim and an there's indecisiveness to where you kind

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<v Speaker 2>of just throw up a half ass shot instead of

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<v Speaker 2>just taking it strong because you're thinking about him. That

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<v Speaker 2>leads to maybe a long rebound or maybe a block,

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<v Speaker 2>and then they can easily look up court and they've

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<v Speaker 2>got guys who can spot up in transition. So they

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<v Speaker 2>shot it really well from three today. Let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>they were I mean, as a team, they were eleven

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<v Speaker 2>of twenty four. That's forty five percent for three. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a great day for any team at the three point line.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think they also got a lot of good

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<v Speaker 2>looks and it was just because sometimes maybe poor defense,

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<v Speaker 2>but more often it was because the way Louisville had

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<v Speaker 2>to counter on both ends for that Giant, they were

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<v Speaker 2>able to get some opportunities to get hot. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>this is one of those things that when you are

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<v Speaker 2>when you play for Creighton and you are you know,

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<v Speaker 2>let's say Ashworth and uh who was who was the

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<v Speaker 2>Mick Andrew? Like, you know why those guys are at

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<v Speaker 2>this level playing and starting for a program like Creighton

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<v Speaker 2>because it's known to be an issue if you leave

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<v Speaker 2>them open. Right, So like, if these guys get open

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<v Speaker 2>shots for whatever reason and they make them, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>be surprised. That's why they're there, Right, nobody's perfect. You

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<v Speaker 2>aren't going to shoot a hundred percent as a three

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<v Speaker 2>point shooter. But when I saw them bury some shots,

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<v Speaker 2>especially in the first half, some of them were shots

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<v Speaker 2>that like, I'm mad they're open, but I also can't

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<v Speaker 2>be surprised when they make it. That's what they do now.

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<v Speaker 2>There also were some as well that you felt like

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<v Speaker 2>they pulled out of their ass. Ashworth had a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of them, and definitely Neil did. His were more so

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<v Speaker 2>just I feel like isolation buckets fading away like he's

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan in the late nineties. That's what that looked like.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, they made some tough shots, they got

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<v Speaker 2>some good looks that they expect to make, I think

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<v Speaker 2>because Louisville just could not counter for everything that comes

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<v Speaker 2>with playing somebody that is Ryan Cockbrinner. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>one thing that really stood out to me during this game,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's just me being you know, the fan and

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<v Speaker 2>bum that we were clearly at time. I mean we

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<v Speaker 2>were out class today. I mean, they were just a

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<v Speaker 2>lot better than us. But you didn't just get an

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<v Speaker 2>eight seed. You got a nine seed who by all accounts,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean maybe they were worthy of their nine seed,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but they have a guy that no

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<v Speaker 2>matter who, no matter who you are as a team,

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<v Speaker 2>you are making some major or even slight adjustments to

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<v Speaker 2>who you are and what you want to do because

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<v Speaker 2>you can't counter for what he does. Right Third team

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<v Speaker 2>All American, I mean Creding's a team that if you

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<v Speaker 2>can take away what really you know, what makes them

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<v Speaker 2>a twenty plus win team, They're vulnerable because they don't have,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they're not gifted with you know, just insane talent.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you aren't able to you know, take away

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<v Speaker 2>and minimize their you know, their advantages. And I guess

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<v Speaker 2>you could say that about any team, right, But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just saying Louisell didn't just have to play a team

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<v Speaker 2>that finished second in the Big East and gave Saint

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<v Speaker 2>John's one of the one of their four losses of

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<v Speaker 2>the season. They played a team that just has something

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<v Speaker 2>that I feel like ninety nine percent of teams in

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<v Speaker 2>college basketball don't have. And I don't mean a giant.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean a guy who's basically the diet version of

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Edy. I mean he's seven to two production is

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<v Speaker 2>is relatively similar, and oh, by the way, he shoots threes.

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<v Speaker 2>So I mean, I know I'm sounding like poor me.

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<v Speaker 2>We're playing victim here. I mean, Louisville didn't play well

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<v Speaker 2>today and Creighton deserves a lot of credit, but like

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<v Speaker 2>I also, it just feel it felt like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the punch of the gut from Sunday lingered and then

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<v Speaker 2>kind of went away, but it came back watching Creighton

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<v Speaker 2>because I feel like Creighton's the caliber team that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're Louisville, you feel like you'd see them in

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<v Speaker 2>the round of sixteen maybe or at least, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty two at least. But again that's me being you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just feeling sorry for us because you know, it sucked

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<v Speaker 2>to have such a fun ride. No you're in the

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<v Speaker 2>tournament safely and then get you know, get and get

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<v Speaker 2>this team and have this performance today. It sucks. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they could have been better. It's not as if I

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<v Speaker 2>mean the fault here as far as today as Louisville.

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<v Speaker 2>They lost. They lined up, they couldn't, they couldn't get

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<v Speaker 2>it done. In fact, for being honest, they really couldn't compete.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they fought, but they were down big the

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<v Speaker 2>majority of this game. So you know, I just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just sad. It sucks, and it's probably not super

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<v Speaker 2>professional of me to be this emotional. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna cry, but am my thoughts and analysis today

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<v Speaker 2>may be more so emotionally, you know, influence than than

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<v Speaker 2>than usual. But you know, I'm a human You guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean could tell how much I love this team

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm just sad that it's over. So the other

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<v Speaker 2>aspect of, you know, looking at this eight to nine

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<v Speaker 2>Creighton Louisville first game of the tournament is to say this,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought from the beginning of the game it was

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<v Speaker 2>quite clear that Creighton simply has dudes that you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>see the majority of the time when you played games

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<v Speaker 2>the last two and a half months. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 2>that they're built with guys that you know, you just

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<v Speaker 2>can't account for, but like they got dudes who hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you give me, you give me a good look and

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<v Speaker 2>transition off of a mist I'm cashing in like they're

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<v Speaker 2>a winning program and the ACC stinks. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll never know, right, did Louisville. It just depends on

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<v Speaker 2>how you want to look at it.

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<v Speaker 5>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>You can say Louisville today really they were the victim

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<v Speaker 2>of not playing in a strong league because they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get challenged enough. Or you could say, you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>went eighteen and two in the ACC because the ACC sucks,

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<v Speaker 2>And the reality is there's those two sides, but the

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<v Speaker 2>truth is somewhere in the middle of that right, we

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<v Speaker 2>all know that, so, you know, going back and forth

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<v Speaker 2>on it, well, you know, I'm sure all the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the anti Louisville mostly Kentucky fans, they're gonna just claim

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<v Speaker 2>this is just a product of the ACC being terrible,

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<v Speaker 2>and they may be right. We'll never know, or it

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<v Speaker 2>could be the other thing that I mentioned that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>Louisville just you know, didn't didn't have you know, they

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<v Speaker 2>weren't prepared. If they had they played more teams that

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<v Speaker 2>were built like that, maybe things would have been better.

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<v Speaker 2>And we'll never know. But I just I think that

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to, you know, what Creighton brought as

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<v Speaker 2>far as their personnel, it wasn't even about like overall

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<v Speaker 2>talent or I guess maybe it was. I just they

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<v Speaker 2>My worry was that when Louisville gets to the NAA Tournament,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter who they play, in Creighton I think is

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<v Speaker 2>way better than nine. But I said it a few times,

417
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<v Speaker 2>no matter who they played, we had to realize they're

418
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<v Speaker 2>gonna be probably a lot better than ninety eight percent

419
00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:41.640
<v Speaker 2>of the teams you've played since January. And that was

420
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<v Speaker 2>clearly a factor today. Now, should they have been in

421
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<v Speaker 2>the game where they played a team like that. That's

422
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<v Speaker 2>you know, that's obviously a different conversation. All right, if

423
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<v Speaker 2>you're on hold, we'll get you on the other side. Baba,

424
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<v Speaker 2>Why two five, seven, one seventy nine hundred is the number?

425
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<v Speaker 2>It's Coffee and Company, guild by Thornton's really the funeral today,

426
00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:01.240
<v Speaker 2>celebration life, whatever you want to call it. I guess

427
00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:04.200
<v Speaker 2>it depends on where you are mentally right now. But

428
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<v Speaker 2>keep it locked right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven ninety.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, all right, we'll let you guys react to what

432
00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.519
<v Speaker 2>happened today.

433
00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.000
<v Speaker 3>Louisville.

434
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<v Speaker 2>They fall. They are the first team eliminated from the

435
00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:04.720
<v Speaker 2>Big Dance, which really sucks. I mean, I know I've

436
00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.079
<v Speaker 2>hammered on that for a while, but I tell you

437
00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:11.960
<v Speaker 2>what I would take, like if we're talking, I mean,

438
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<v Speaker 2>this is this is just me being very much, you know,

439
00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:19.480
<v Speaker 2>in the moment, and very very much in pain for

440
00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:21.880
<v Speaker 2>what just happened and what this feels like. But like,

441
00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.680
<v Speaker 2>if I've got a chance to be a six or

442
00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:25.440
<v Speaker 2>a seven, give me a seven. If I don't have

443
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<v Speaker 2>to play the first game, you know, if I've got

444
00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:29.920
<v Speaker 2>a chance to be a you know, two or three,

445
00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:32.400
<v Speaker 2>give me the three if I don't have to play

446
00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:34.200
<v Speaker 2>the first game. And I know that sounds insane because

447
00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:36.400
<v Speaker 2>you're talking about potentially you know, it all depends on

448
00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.599
<v Speaker 2>the year the field, Like, are you really going to

449
00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:40.559
<v Speaker 2>put yourself on a spot to it? You know, it's

450
00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:42.920
<v Speaker 2>just and this is just me talking like a lunatic fan,

451
00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:48.119
<v Speaker 2>right because I'm sure what this does to us. It's

452
00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:50.279
<v Speaker 2>no different if these guys lost tomorrow. I mean, it's

453
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<v Speaker 2>just that's really just from the from purely the fan perspective.

454
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<v Speaker 2>But anyways, Coffee and Company feel about Thornton's here on

455
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<v Speaker 2>Sports Talk seven ninety. We'll let you guys react. I've

456
00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:01.000
<v Speaker 2>done a lot of that today and I'll continue to

457
00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:03.839
<v Speaker 2>do it. But obviously, uh, I think other voices are

458
00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:06.640
<v Speaker 2>needed on a day like this to provide some different perspective.

459
00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:09.720
<v Speaker 2>But let's go to the phone lines, Bibo. Two seventy

460
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<v Speaker 2>nine hundred is the number, and we will welcome in Jerry,

461
00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:16.720
<v Speaker 2>who has been patiently waiting. Jerry, let it rip, brother.

462
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<v Speaker 5>All right, this past Monday, I told you I gave

463
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<v Speaker 5>the status of the night, and today I give the

464
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<v Speaker 5>staff about a d two things today played into this.

465
00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:34.680
<v Speaker 5>I think they miss rain a lot more than everybody realizes. Agreed,

466
00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:37.079
<v Speaker 5>it just changed our I think it just changed our team.

467
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<v Speaker 5>It put the blocks in the concrete. Send their blocks

468
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<v Speaker 5>on on Javon and and uh and and Terrence and

469
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<v Speaker 5>Chucky's back and it's and they just they carried it

470
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<v Speaker 5>for a long time, and I think it weighed on them. Okay,

471
00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:53.759
<v Speaker 5>I thought we were out coached in a big way.

472
00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:57.640
<v Speaker 5>I thought we looked flat and unprepared for their offense.

473
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<v Speaker 5>Couple of things I gotta disagree with you about Creighton

474
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<v Speaker 5>versus the ACC. You know, I'm sitting here watching Clemson

475
00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:09.119
<v Speaker 5>right now. They might get beat to the by McNeese,

476
00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.200
<v Speaker 5>but they're damn good team and we beat that team

477
00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:13.880
<v Speaker 5>just the other day. So let's not build up Creighton

478
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<v Speaker 5>too much. And here's why I'm gonna tell you. Creighton's

479
00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:19.519
<v Speaker 5>a good team. We made them look great today. They

480
00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:23.240
<v Speaker 5>entered this game twenty four and ten. Okay, they lost

481
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<v Speaker 5>to Nebraska by eleven. They lost to San Diego State,

482
00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:29.079
<v Speaker 5>who've gotten murdered by U n C the other night.

483
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<v Speaker 5>They lost them by eighteen.

484
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<v Speaker 2>But and you're not right Jerry, you're not wrong, but

485
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<v Speaker 2>let me ask you this, and really it just comes

486
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<v Speaker 2>down to, you know, us both guessing because we can't

487
00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:39.680
<v Speaker 2>prove each other right or wrong. I don't think Clemson's

488
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<v Speaker 2>a good team because of talent. I think Creighton has

489
00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:45.799
<v Speaker 2>some pieces that aren't you know, we could have beat him,

490
00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:47.200
<v Speaker 2>We should have beat We could have played better. I'm

491
00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.759
<v Speaker 2>not acting like we played with you know, we didn't

492
00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:52.039
<v Speaker 2>lose today because we just can't account for what they bring.

493
00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:54.400
<v Speaker 2>But I do think they have some guys like even

494
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<v Speaker 2>if McNeil gives you half of what he gave you today,

495
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<v Speaker 2>I think he's a high caliber player in the ACC.

496
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<v Speaker 2>If that's the you know, what he ever does consistently,

497
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<v Speaker 2>You know I'm not I don't. I don't want to

498
00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:06.359
<v Speaker 2>gas Craton up as if they're the world beaters, but

499
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<v Speaker 2>I do think when you look at the ACC outside

500
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<v Speaker 2>of four to five teams, I would say they're they're

501
00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:14.799
<v Speaker 2>better than all those teams and it wouldn't be close.

502
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<v Speaker 5>Well, they this team, this team that just beat us

503
00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:25.039
<v Speaker 5>and dominated us, lost to Jordan Nick. They lost a

504
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<v Speaker 5>Xavier by twenty two nineteen days ago.

505
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<v Speaker 2>I know they were down twelve to DePaul less than

506
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<v Speaker 2>a week ago, with less than two minutes left in

507
00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.400
<v Speaker 2>one in double overtime.

508
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<v Speaker 4>That's what I'm saying.

509
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<v Speaker 2>That's what gave me confidence.

510
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<v Speaker 5>My next point. But Monday, Monday, I talked talent. Okay,

511
00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:45.160
<v Speaker 5>so Rus Tray or Rain Scott and Waterman. Scott didn't

512
00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:49.680
<v Speaker 5>score today, Okay, Rus gave us two, Trey Or gave

513
00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:54.400
<v Speaker 5>us four. You know, Waterman, if Waterman, if Waterman hits

514
00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:57.079
<v Speaker 5>his shots early, early in the game, I think he

515
00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:58.880
<v Speaker 5>would have been a hell of a lot more effective.

516
00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:01.599
<v Speaker 5>He got all his and the game was over. The

517
00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:04.559
<v Speaker 5>thing about it is is this. I felt like the

518
00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:07.319
<v Speaker 5>game was over when it was twenty eight twenty one.

519
00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.759
<v Speaker 5>I really did. We cut it to twenty eight twenty

520
00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:12.039
<v Speaker 5>five and then that was it. I got to say

521
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<v Speaker 5>a few more thanks Scott, as I've talked about before,

522
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<v Speaker 5>He's got to improve immensely, or you just got to

523
00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:20.960
<v Speaker 5>move on. I mean, I'm sorry, I.

524
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<v Speaker 2>Got you, I'm with you. I'm with you. Let's let's

525
00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:24.839
<v Speaker 2>I'm with you. What else? I want to make sure

526
00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:27.359
<v Speaker 2>we could as many people as begain Coalk.

527
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<v Speaker 5>Brinner just sat in the middle. He just sat there right.

528
00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:32.640
<v Speaker 5>All I'm saying is this. We had a hell of

529
00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:36.359
<v Speaker 5>a year. I love this team. I love all the players,

530
00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:38.319
<v Speaker 5>I love the coaching staff, even though I didn't think

531
00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:42.079
<v Speaker 5>they performed well. Okay, but to get to get the

532
00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.880
<v Speaker 5>championship number four, we got a thousand miles to go.

533
00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.000
<v Speaker 5>We got to get some talent.

534
00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.559
<v Speaker 2>In no doubt.

535
00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:48.480
<v Speaker 5>That's just the way I see it, no doubt. Hey man,

536
00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:50.359
<v Speaker 5>thanks for the time, Go cards.

537
00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:53.960
<v Speaker 2>Jerry, appreciate you. And look, Jerry and I are. I

538
00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.400
<v Speaker 2>think you know you wouldn't expect it, or maybe you would.

539
00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I guess it depends on how you

540
00:28:57.759 --> 00:29:00.920
<v Speaker 2>choose to to you know, to it or to what

541
00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.400
<v Speaker 2>you take from it. You hear what you want to hear.

542
00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:05.119
<v Speaker 2>But when he said twenty eight twenty one is when

543
00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.240
<v Speaker 2>he felt like the game was lost, I was absolutely

544
00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:10.400
<v Speaker 2>right there with him. Now I'm more so just the pessimist,

545
00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:13.359
<v Speaker 2>but also you know, with that said, like I could

546
00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:17.119
<v Speaker 2>just tell they were like early on what makes them vulnerable?

547
00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:19.960
<v Speaker 2>We couldn't we didn't or couldn't take it away. And

548
00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:22.440
<v Speaker 2>I think things that you know, Louisville would need to

549
00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:25.319
<v Speaker 2>do to really beat a lot of teams, especially a

550
00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:28.759
<v Speaker 2>good team like Creighton. They weren't able to do. So,

551
00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:30.160
<v Speaker 2>you know, we'll go back in the phone lines in

552
00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.400
<v Speaker 2>just one second. But I do want to say this,

553
00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:35.480
<v Speaker 2>like I as far as the coaching staff, I mean,

554
00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:38.960
<v Speaker 2>I think they they paid a lot of attention to

555
00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:42.680
<v Speaker 2>Kalk Brenner as any as anyone would. And then, you

556
00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:44.319
<v Speaker 2>know you, I didn't even want to say that, you

557
00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:47.079
<v Speaker 2>like you open it up to where you just let

558
00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.240
<v Speaker 2>the other guys, you know, you dare. I don't think

559
00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:51.079
<v Speaker 2>these guys were dared to beat us. They just had

560
00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:54.160
<v Speaker 2>a great game in in you know, in a bad

561
00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:57.200
<v Speaker 2>time for Louisville. And I'm trying to balance it here

562
00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.359
<v Speaker 2>because again I'm not saying that they couldn't have been

563
00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:01.799
<v Speaker 2>better today and that they had like the perfect game

564
00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:04.880
<v Speaker 2>plan and they just played, you know, against the ninety

565
00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:09.960
<v Speaker 2>seven bulls. But also here's my whole thing. And we'll

566
00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:11.400
<v Speaker 2>get back to the fone mines in just one second.

567
00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.160
<v Speaker 2>I promise you will. Ben, We'll get to you guys.

568
00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.839
<v Speaker 2>But my cousin Eric, he and I text all the

569
00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.079
<v Speaker 2>time about Louisville hoops, and he sent this to me

570
00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:20.839
<v Speaker 2>is the show started and out. You know, I hadn't

571
00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:22.519
<v Speaker 2>had time to really look back at this, and honestly,

572
00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:25.640
<v Speaker 2>I never would because this is this not to be

573
00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:27.519
<v Speaker 2>too dramatic here, but like this is a traumatic thing,

574
00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:29.359
<v Speaker 2>Like Louisville losing in the tournament hurts me in a

575
00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:32.119
<v Speaker 2>way that like it shouldn't, makes me question my sanity

576
00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:34.799
<v Speaker 2>as a human being. But they they went on that

577
00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:38.759
<v Speaker 2>run early on. It was a four minute, nineteen to

578
00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:43.079
<v Speaker 2>two run when they made six three pointers. So that's

579
00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:47.039
<v Speaker 2>that's what did it today in Louisville. I think in

580
00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:49.720
<v Speaker 2>the second half did a better job of me. I

581
00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:51.200
<v Speaker 2>think they were I think the staff did a good

582
00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:54.920
<v Speaker 2>job of countering Creton in the second half. You just

583
00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.519
<v Speaker 2>dug yourself too big of a hole when you are

584
00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:59.440
<v Speaker 2>who you are and they are who they are. And

585
00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:01.680
<v Speaker 2>that's not just say say that we faced Goliath, but

586
00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:04.839
<v Speaker 2>you can't Louisville can't spot many teams twenty right. I mean,

587
00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:08.480
<v Speaker 2>it's just not ideal. So with all that said, you know,

588
00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.880
<v Speaker 2>you just you had you had a run hit you

589
00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:13.680
<v Speaker 2>that has not hit you all year. And in the

590
00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:17.000
<v Speaker 2>second half. I think even in the second half, I

591
00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:20.480
<v Speaker 2>feel like the vast majority of the things they did

592
00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:25.200
<v Speaker 2>to counter any momentum that Louisville had established was them

593
00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.319
<v Speaker 2>just making tough shots or or you know, or as

594
00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:30.359
<v Speaker 2>you know sometimes you say it, they they pulled them

595
00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:32.000
<v Speaker 2>stuff out of their ass, like that's what it was.

596
00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean, some of those some of the things they

597
00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.640
<v Speaker 2>did in the second half. I think the most of

598
00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:37.680
<v Speaker 2>the things they did in the second half to really

599
00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:40.240
<v Speaker 2>put a holt to any momentum Louisville had was them

600
00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:43.480
<v Speaker 2>just you know, having a day early on not so much,

601
00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.839
<v Speaker 2>but you know, you just can't. You can't dig that

602
00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.799
<v Speaker 2>big of a hole. And you know, Creighton's the kind

603
00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:54.000
<v Speaker 2>of team that they will make you pay for mistakes

604
00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:56.680
<v Speaker 2>that that that's in the analytics, but they also don't

605
00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.519
<v Speaker 2>make a ton of mistakes, and Louisville didn't make them

606
00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:00.759
<v Speaker 2>make a ton of mistakes today. And that's that's to me.

607
00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:03.440
<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, the bigger issue. Last thing I'll

608
00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:05.440
<v Speaker 2>say is somebody, when of my buddies takes me, asked,

609
00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:07.599
<v Speaker 2>does it feel do you feel good? Does at least

610
00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:11.200
<v Speaker 2>feel good about being right? And nothing feels good about

611
00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:13.240
<v Speaker 2>right now? And I questioned, like, what do you mean?

612
00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.160
<v Speaker 2>And and he did bring up something and this is

613
00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:17.319
<v Speaker 2>not a I told you so, but I'm just I think,

614
00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:20.079
<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm right now, real like this is a

615
00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.319
<v Speaker 2>real in the moment kind of thing to where I'm

616
00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:25.559
<v Speaker 2>just thinking about, you know, what happened today, but three

617
00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:28.279
<v Speaker 2>things that were mentioned by me here and there on

618
00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:30.119
<v Speaker 2>the show and again trust me now and I told

619
00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.400
<v Speaker 2>you so.

620
00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.680
<v Speaker 5>Thing.

621
00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.559
<v Speaker 2>I just think this was that this ended up being

622
00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:36.799
<v Speaker 2>a factor in why today happened. One, they started running

623
00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.160
<v Speaker 2>out of gas towards the end of the year, like

624
00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:41.559
<v Speaker 2>they were still winning, but they didn't look the exact same.

625
00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:43.519
<v Speaker 2>And I thought to myself, Okay, am I am I?

626
00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.319
<v Speaker 2>Am I? Am I doing too much here? Am I

627
00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:47.759
<v Speaker 2>asking theming to be perfect? Because that's not fair? Or

628
00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:51.119
<v Speaker 2>am I noticing that they're still, you know, bringing the

629
00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:55.480
<v Speaker 2>same attitude and you know they're still the same, but

630
00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:57.799
<v Speaker 2>they they they're on E. The tank is on E.

631
00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:01.400
<v Speaker 2>It looked that way, and I think it played out

632
00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.279
<v Speaker 2>that way. I mean, maybe you could say, no, they

633
00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:07.400
<v Speaker 2>beat Clemson, Okay, I don't think Clemson's that good. That

634
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.680
<v Speaker 2>doesn't change how I feel about Louisville. Don't think Clemson's

635
00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:12.400
<v Speaker 2>that good. You know, they nearly lost to Stanford. Yeah,

636
00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:14.079
<v Speaker 2>they played Duke for a half and I was and

637
00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:15.640
<v Speaker 2>I thought they played well in that first half. They

638
00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.519
<v Speaker 2>you know they were, they were given it all they had,

639
00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.960
<v Speaker 2>and then they ran out of gas in the second half,

640
00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:22.920
<v Speaker 2>especially Chucky. It's like they ran out of gas. Also,

641
00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:26.279
<v Speaker 2>the seed thing, I don't think they were correctly seated

642
00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:30.599
<v Speaker 2>at all, And if the ACC wasn't seated differently, it

643
00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:33.200
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't be as big of an issue. But the reality

644
00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:36.400
<v Speaker 2>is that Louisville's best win was Clemson twice. And again

645
00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:38.599
<v Speaker 2>that's not me telling you, hey, this is what we get.

646
00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:40.400
<v Speaker 2>We thought this team was good and they weren't. Not

647
00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:44.640
<v Speaker 2>at all what I'm saying. But you left Actually no,

648
00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:46.319
<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't say you left it open, because I don't

649
00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.640
<v Speaker 2>think you could have controlled it. You could have beat

650
00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:50.720
<v Speaker 2>some more teams that you didn't beat. But it was

651
00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.920
<v Speaker 2>there for them to decide to view you a certain way.

652
00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:55.000
<v Speaker 2>Why they decided to view Louisll different than every other

653
00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:58.079
<v Speaker 2>ACC team, I'll never know, but but you know that

654
00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:00.279
<v Speaker 2>was a factor like and then and again this is

655
00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.640
<v Speaker 2>kind of the same thing, but it's but it's a

656
00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:07.319
<v Speaker 2>little bit different. I think Louisville today played a team

657
00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:09.159
<v Speaker 2>and look, people can Again, this is all a matter

658
00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:11.039
<v Speaker 2>of opinion, and I can't prove it. And clearly the

659
00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:16.280
<v Speaker 2>selection committee disagrees. I think Clemson is not as good

660
00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:21.599
<v Speaker 2>as Creighton. I don't. So you know, when we talk

661
00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:25.440
<v Speaker 2>about Louisville not being challenged a whole lot in the

662
00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:28.000
<v Speaker 2>last couple of months, that's really not an excuse, like

663
00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:30.760
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't you know you but because you can't control that.

664
00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:34.519
<v Speaker 2>But like today, I felt like we played a team

665
00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:39.119
<v Speaker 2>that was vastly better than everybody we've played outside of

666
00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:42.639
<v Speaker 2>maybe two teams since January, And there's nothing you can

667
00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:47.760
<v Speaker 2>do about that, right, But it at least makes me wonder,

668
00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:50.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, did we have some confidence that maybe wasn't

669
00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:55.239
<v Speaker 2>justified or did we just not get tested in a way. Now,

670
00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:57.000
<v Speaker 2>the other end of that whole thing is that I

671
00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.840
<v Speaker 2>don't know how many teams you can face that are

672
00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:01.400
<v Speaker 2>going to give you a real look at what you're

673
00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:03.679
<v Speaker 2>gonna face. When Ryan Kalchbrenner's on the roster and he

674
00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:06.599
<v Speaker 2>wasn't even close to their most dominant player today, right,

675
00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:08.400
<v Speaker 2>they had two guys that just went off on us.

676
00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:10.039
<v Speaker 2>I mean, kalk Brenner, I feel like I had a

677
00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:12.679
<v Speaker 2>light day, but man, his presence was a factor on

678
00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:15.320
<v Speaker 2>both ends for both teams. They don't foil because they

679
00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:17.360
<v Speaker 2>don't have to. They'll bait you into getting into the

680
00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:22.360
<v Speaker 2>lane to taking a contested, off balance, very indecisive shot,

681
00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:26.719
<v Speaker 2>or he'll block your shot, or on defense you'll gang

682
00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:29.079
<v Speaker 2>rebound and they'll have options to tap it out for

683
00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:32.519
<v Speaker 2>a for a three point you know, a second chance

684
00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:36.119
<v Speaker 2>shot from the three point line. So you know, anyways,

685
00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:39.519
<v Speaker 2>back to the phone lines, let's let's go to Will Will.

686
00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.239
<v Speaker 2>What's happening?

687
00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.599
<v Speaker 4>Hey, what's up?

688
00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.199
<v Speaker 5>Man? Hey?

689
00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:44.960
<v Speaker 6>I think you're correct on a lot of that. I

690
00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:47.679
<v Speaker 6>think we're gonna be saying basically the same things because

691
00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:50.519
<v Speaker 6>you know, I look at, Okay, our week conference that

692
00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:53.159
<v Speaker 6>you kind of alluded to that did we get tested? Okay,

693
00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:56.760
<v Speaker 6>of course we had a week. It's all good. We

694
00:35:56.800 --> 00:36:00.000
<v Speaker 6>didn't have a strong big man to counter this guy, correct,

695
00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:04.000
<v Speaker 6>you know, correct, Okay, tough. They had a tough conference.

696
00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:07.239
<v Speaker 6>I think they came in fourth in the Big East, Creighton,

697
00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:09.000
<v Speaker 6>I think second finished second.

698
00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.760
<v Speaker 5>Okay, So think about that.

699
00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:14.800
<v Speaker 6>I mean you're talking about Mark chat Yukon right in

700
00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:20.960
<v Speaker 6>uh Saint John's so big tested team. The seating, I

701
00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:25.159
<v Speaker 6>think the psychology of the seating for us, the mentality

702
00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.239
<v Speaker 6>of how that went down.

703
00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:30.159
<v Speaker 5>We did get you know what, but I think, you know,

704
00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.920
<v Speaker 5>and also.

705
00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:34.719
<v Speaker 6>The talk was we were like we kind of jumped

706
00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:38.840
<v Speaker 6>to Auburn, like, you know, we gotta beat Creighton first.

707
00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:41.400
<v Speaker 4>I'm not saying that could have been.

708
00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:44.320
<v Speaker 6>Good material for the coach for Creighton to say, look,

709
00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:47.840
<v Speaker 6>they're not even scared of us, they're pissed off because

710
00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:50.559
<v Speaker 6>they're gonna get Auburn. I don't know how much that

711
00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:52.800
<v Speaker 6>played in, but I kind of thought that. And when

712
00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:56.440
<v Speaker 6>Chucky made that weak foul right in the beginning, like

713
00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:59.480
<v Speaker 6>you said that fatigue, it just didn't seem energetic.

714
00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:01.679
<v Speaker 4>He kind of bow the kid way after he had

715
00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.199
<v Speaker 4>it was.

716
00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:07.599
<v Speaker 2>Fatigue carried over to poor decisions for this team in

717
00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:10.079
<v Speaker 2>the last month that was not there really for the

718
00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:12.440
<v Speaker 2>majority of the season, even when they weren't great, And

719
00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:15.480
<v Speaker 2>I you know, I think some of the decisions defensively,

720
00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:18.639
<v Speaker 2>some of the decisions offensively. I just, you know, I

721
00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:20.159
<v Speaker 2>don't know how you can go from being a team

722
00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:21.920
<v Speaker 2>that usually is safe and doesn't make a lot of

723
00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:24.639
<v Speaker 2>poor decisions and is very calculated to where at times

724
00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:26.400
<v Speaker 2>it's just almost like what the hell were you're doing?

725
00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:28.000
<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, there's a lot of things you

726
00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:29.840
<v Speaker 2>could throw in as a factor, but I think fatigue

727
00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.719
<v Speaker 2>was one of them. I think these guys were were

728
00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:34.719
<v Speaker 2>clearly worn down, and you know, it's not an excuse

729
00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.840
<v Speaker 2>for losing and really not really being in the game today.

730
00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:40.920
<v Speaker 2>But overall, I mean, I just think I could feel

731
00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.639
<v Speaker 2>it building, you know, and incison And I told you

732
00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:44.480
<v Speaker 2>so thing again, I'll keep saying that because I don't.

733
00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:46.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't, I don't, I don't. I wasn't. I thought

734
00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:48.440
<v Speaker 2>louis will win today. I really did. But then again,

735
00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:50.320
<v Speaker 2>you know, you get out there and you see crating

736
00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:52.440
<v Speaker 2>up against the louisvill and you realize, okay, this is

737
00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:54.599
<v Speaker 2>a team that you could play well and still maybe

738
00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:56.159
<v Speaker 2>have a tough time beating, because you know what, they're

739
00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:57.400
<v Speaker 2>a pretty good team too. I thought it was a

740
00:37:57.519 --> 00:38:01.079
<v Speaker 2>very competitive matchup from top to bottom. It's just you know,

741
00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:04.079
<v Speaker 2>they had their day and Louisville didn't, and you know,

742
00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:06.239
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day, they were better.

743
00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:08.840
<v Speaker 7>One more thing, quickly, I know you got to go.

744
00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.800
<v Speaker 5>I love the guys.

745
00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:13.719
<v Speaker 6>I'm not criticized by any of the guys, but I

746
00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:15.599
<v Speaker 6>do think we're gonna have to dig in deeper with

747
00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.280
<v Speaker 6>our recruiting.

748
00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:18.760
<v Speaker 2>In of course, yes, this look, this team, this team

749
00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:21.360
<v Speaker 2>is yeah, this team did not have again even before

750
00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:23.119
<v Speaker 2>And I appreciate the call, Will because I don't think

751
00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:25.519
<v Speaker 2>I don't think you're wrong. What was easy to forget

752
00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:28.480
<v Speaker 2>is that Louisville went aggressively after big men and they

753
00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:31.000
<v Speaker 2>didn't get them right. They went after and I mean,

754
00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:33.800
<v Speaker 2>like you know, Caseen was the stretch four that you

755
00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:35.599
<v Speaker 2>coveted and you got it, but they were going after

756
00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:38.360
<v Speaker 2>some other real bigs because the thought of James Scott

757
00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:41.239
<v Speaker 2>being your your full time five man, it didn't you know,

758
00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:43.320
<v Speaker 2>if you remember before we ever watched this team play

759
00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:45.079
<v Speaker 2>was the one thing that stood out like, hm, I

760
00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:46.880
<v Speaker 2>don't know if that makes a lot of sense. So

761
00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:49.559
<v Speaker 2>they didn't get it. And throughout the year they they

762
00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:51.960
<v Speaker 2>clearly did enough to to you know, to get by

763
00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:54.880
<v Speaker 2>without having just your the big man is kind of dead,

764
00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:57.320
<v Speaker 2>but Louisville didn't have anybody. You throw it into the post.

765
00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:00.519
<v Speaker 2>Put it this way, Louisville's best back to the basket

766
00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:05.079
<v Speaker 2>players be be you know, closer to you know, within

767
00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:08.639
<v Speaker 2>the three point line. Were there guards? It was I

768
00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:12.559
<v Speaker 2>mean Chucky and and Javon, I mean Chucky, would you

769
00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:14.159
<v Speaker 2>know he's not a post player, but like he would

770
00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:16.760
<v Speaker 2>literally like at times take advantage of a guy physically,

771
00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:19.719
<v Speaker 2>same thing with with same thing with Javon. You know,

772
00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:21.159
<v Speaker 2>he would use the tweener to where if they put

773
00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:22.599
<v Speaker 2>a smaller guy on and he would back up Louil.

774
00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:25.159
<v Speaker 2>It didn't have any any post presence and you know,

775
00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:27.039
<v Speaker 2>we got to get to a break and promise you

776
00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:28.320
<v Speaker 2>we'll get to Ben on the other side. He'll wrap

777
00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:30.039
<v Speaker 2>up the four o'clock hour for us. But when it

778
00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:32.920
<v Speaker 2>comes to like Pat Kelsey, I think this year he

779
00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:35.400
<v Speaker 2>didn't have a weapon that makes his offense dangerous. And

780
00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:37.519
<v Speaker 2>that's it. That's that's that's Ali Khalif. And that's not

781
00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:39.400
<v Speaker 2>to say he's going to be a big missing link,

782
00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:42.000
<v Speaker 2>but he's the kind of guy. He's a passer, he's

783
00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:44.559
<v Speaker 2>a guy that can facilitate for your for your shooters,

784
00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:47.360
<v Speaker 2>and they just didn't really have that this year. And

785
00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:50.199
<v Speaker 2>you know, they made up for for the most part,

786
00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:53.800
<v Speaker 2>but they were at a disadvantage in the front court

787
00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:55.519
<v Speaker 2>I think a lot this year, but they made up

788
00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:58.760
<v Speaker 2>for it with just guys you know, like Javon and James,

789
00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:02.159
<v Speaker 2>those guys. They played hard as hell all year and

790
00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:04.239
<v Speaker 2>I think you got the most out of them as

791
00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:07.320
<v Speaker 2>far as what they're capable of. You know, James Scott,

792
00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:09.280
<v Speaker 2>he needs to get better offensively, like Jerry said, but

793
00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:10.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if he's ever going to be a

794
00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:13.400
<v Speaker 2>polished offensive player. You know, he's gonna be a guy

795
00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:16.079
<v Speaker 2>that does what he did this year, and you need

796
00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:18.039
<v Speaker 2>a guy like that, right, quick break, come back on

797
00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.599
<v Speaker 2>the other side, keep it locked right here in Sports

798
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<v Speaker 2>Talk seven ninety.

799
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<v Speaker 1>Now back to coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Talk seven to nine day.

801
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<v Speaker 2>All right, coming up here at the top of the hour,

802
00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:41.239
<v Speaker 2>we will let you guys hear from a couple of

803
00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:43.320
<v Speaker 2>the players as well as Pat Kelsey. After the season

804
00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.079
<v Speaker 2>came to an end of the day, Louisville loses first

805
00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:47.079
<v Speaker 2>game of the n CIMBLA Tournament, their first trip there

806
00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:49.760
<v Speaker 2>in six years, and a reminder how much it sucks

807
00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:51.760
<v Speaker 2>to be the first team out and a reminder of

808
00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.760
<v Speaker 2>how painful it is to have the march sadness. If

809
00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:56.480
<v Speaker 2>it was a fun ride, but seeing it come to

810
00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:59.480
<v Speaker 2>an end, it sucks. We'll also get you caught up

811
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<v Speaker 2>on the score from around the country. Clemson. As I

812
00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.440
<v Speaker 2>mentioned earlier, I just I mean maybe maybe they'll end

813
00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:09.760
<v Speaker 2>up pulling off a magical run. But they're down eight

814
00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:12.440
<v Speaker 2>to sixteen. They've scored eight points in eleven minutes here

815
00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:14.880
<v Speaker 2>against In fact, now they're down eight to eighteen to

816
00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:17.880
<v Speaker 2>McNeese State. So again that I don't say this to

817
00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:20.599
<v Speaker 2>try to, you know, justify my thoughts on the ACC

818
00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:23.159
<v Speaker 2>and Louisville and their challenges before they got here. But

819
00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.159
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I just I can't lie and say that

820
00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:28.000
<v Speaker 2>I've ever thought Clemson was like a team that from

821
00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:30.480
<v Speaker 2>a talent standpoint, you just really have to be scared of.

822
00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:33.519
<v Speaker 2>But anyways, as far as matchups today, Creighton was a

823
00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:36.559
<v Speaker 2>bad matchup for Louisville because of really what they what

824
00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:38.519
<v Speaker 2>they have as a physical presence that we don't have

825
00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:41.079
<v Speaker 2>when we play Clemson, We're a terrible matchup for them,

826
00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:43.599
<v Speaker 2>you know, just so it works both ways. Or let's

827
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<v Speaker 2>go back to the phone lines. Well, welcome in, Ben Ben,

828
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<v Speaker 2>You're on Sports Talk seven ninety. How are we doing today?

829
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<v Speaker 4>Hey, what's up?

830
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<v Speaker 7>Nick?

831
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<v Speaker 5>Man?

832
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<v Speaker 4>That was brutal, brother.

833
00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:56.079
<v Speaker 2>It hurts, man, it does. And you know I came

834
00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:57.039
<v Speaker 2>down for this game.

835
00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:58.280
<v Speaker 4>No, you know, I don't regret it.

836
00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.840
<v Speaker 7>But man, as fun as it was, and you know,

837
00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:02.679
<v Speaker 7>as cool as it was to be able to play

838
00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:05.400
<v Speaker 7>so close, it's not the worst place you'd rather.

839
00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:09.079
<v Speaker 2>Lose and freaking the ring, that's true. Yeah, I didn't

840
00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:12.400
<v Speaker 2>even think about that. That's another component to today's disaster.

841
00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.880
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it was rough.

842
00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.960
<v Speaker 4>And let me around the stadium for a second. Man,

843
00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:20.159
<v Speaker 4>that stadium sucks. They started Hunt Brothers pizza for crying

844
00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:21.559
<v Speaker 4>out loud. I mean garbage.

845
00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:24.480
<v Speaker 7>They still got freaking bleachers up top. The restroom sucks.

846
00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:26.000
<v Speaker 2>It'll make you appreciate the um on it.

847
00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:29.960
<v Speaker 4>It will. Man. But you know, Nick, I kind of

848
00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:33.840
<v Speaker 4>disagree with the last collars said that the players overlooked man.

849
00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:35.679
<v Speaker 4>Corcknan is a good freaking program.

850
00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:38.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you're right. I don't think I should have.

851
00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:41.119
<v Speaker 2>I should have said I was trying to manage the clock.

852
00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:43.920
<v Speaker 2>But I don't think there's any scenario where Louisville lost

853
00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:47.079
<v Speaker 2>today because anybody player or staff was thinking about Auburn.

854
00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:52.000
<v Speaker 4>Yeah no, I mean like Creighton has won a tournament

855
00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.800
<v Speaker 4>game five.

856
00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:54.760
<v Speaker 3>Years in a row now, so I mean very well

857
00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.239
<v Speaker 3>coached and.

858
00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:58.159
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, very work. Hell, we wanted a coach a lot

859
00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.599
<v Speaker 4>of our you know, a lot of our fans. One

860
00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:02.880
<v Speaker 4>of that coach and you know, our our players have

861
00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:05.079
<v Speaker 4>been in college basketball for a long time. They know

862
00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:07.639
<v Speaker 4>claim is good. They were not thinking about Auburn.

863
00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:11.840
<v Speaker 7>Now now I will say they were deflected, not deflected,

864
00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:14.480
<v Speaker 7>but you could tell that getting the eighth seed kind

865
00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:17.039
<v Speaker 7>of pissed them off. I mean, Kelsey played out said it,

866
00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:19.760
<v Speaker 7>you know. But as far as overlooking the matchup, dude,

867
00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.800
<v Speaker 7>I just don't see.

868
00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:22.719
<v Speaker 4>I just think that they were a better team. They're

869
00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:25.679
<v Speaker 4>they're better built, They're they're more of a complete roster,

870
00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:27.880
<v Speaker 4>like like he keeps saying, we just ran out of gas.

871
00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.760
<v Speaker 4>We don't have the dogs. We just man.

872
00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:33.760
<v Speaker 7>It hurts, but you know, and James Scott man, I

873
00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:36.760
<v Speaker 7>love James Scott and I love the bigs. But he's

874
00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:39.360
<v Speaker 7>gonna probably have to sign another He's gonna have to

875
00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:42.239
<v Speaker 7>find another move man, Like we're gonna we're gonna have

876
00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:43.239
<v Speaker 7>to develop maybe a.

877
00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:44.400
<v Speaker 4>Big man or something.

878
00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:44.639
<v Speaker 1>Nick.

879
00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:46.840
<v Speaker 7>But I'll just ask you question for I ain't up, Nick,

880
00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:49.639
<v Speaker 7>What's what's What do you think is the biggest point

881
00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:51.639
<v Speaker 7>in emphasis for Litvill Cardinals this offseason?

882
00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:54.480
<v Speaker 2>I hung up and listen, Nick, Thanks, Ben appreciate it.

883
00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:58.280
<v Speaker 2>I would say, I mean they're I mean, if you

884
00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:00.440
<v Speaker 2>ask Pat Kelsey. Even off the record, he would he

885
00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:02.400
<v Speaker 2>would tell you that it's not about like, hey, we

886
00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:04.519
<v Speaker 2>got to do this, and that it's just him continuing.

887
00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:06.239
<v Speaker 2>He's going to continue to do what he does as

888
00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:10.000
<v Speaker 2>far as you know, I mean, he's gonna build it.

889
00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:12.039
<v Speaker 2>He's gonna try to build his team the same way

890
00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:13.800
<v Speaker 2>he does every year. He's just gonna hope to you know,

891
00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:17.559
<v Speaker 2>get get the get the players that he wants. So,

892
00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:22.119
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think talent wise, I mean, I don't know,

893
00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:24.440
<v Speaker 2>it's tough because I think this year's team is a

894
00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:26.559
<v Speaker 2>tricky team when it comes to talk about overall talent

895
00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:29.800
<v Speaker 2>because I do think Terrence was a gifted scorer and

896
00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:34.639
<v Speaker 2>Chucky is a very talented player. Javaon is a good player,

897
00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:36.119
<v Speaker 2>But I don't know if it's because of just god

898
00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:38.920
<v Speaker 2>given talent. He clearly has that much more than most.

899
00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:41.360
<v Speaker 2>It's just that you know, he was he was very sad,

900
00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:44.920
<v Speaker 2>just a good, good player. So you know, I think

901
00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:48.039
<v Speaker 2>there are teams this this year that weren't nearly as

902
00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:51.119
<v Speaker 2>successful as Louisville, that maybe lost to Louisville, that maybe

903
00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:53.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, didn't have nearly as good as years to

904
00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:54.960
<v Speaker 2>Loisll what a lost him if they played him, that

905
00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:59.000
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't that you wouldn't say had like a big talent disadvantage.

906
00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:02.280
<v Speaker 2>I think he's gonna you know, he's gonna try. Long

907
00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:05.239
<v Speaker 2>story short, They're gonna they want a big like at

908
00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:07.880
<v Speaker 2>Charleston this year, the reigning player of the year that

909
00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:12.039
<v Speaker 2>coach Kelsey coached last year, he stayed at Charleston, and

910
00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:14.119
<v Speaker 2>I'll I don't know if they ever never. I don't

911
00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:16.119
<v Speaker 2>know if they try to bring him, if he didn't

912
00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:19.360
<v Speaker 2>want to come. He's a big man from uh, he's European,

913
00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:21.880
<v Speaker 2>so I don't know if maybe he had an arrangement

914
00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:23.519
<v Speaker 2>to where they were doing something to get by the

915
00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:25.559
<v Speaker 2>lack of event like or maybe he just realized, hey,

916
00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:27.960
<v Speaker 2>I can't go make money in Nil because I'm not

917
00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:30.000
<v Speaker 2>a US citizen to where I'm just gonna stay a

918
00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Charleston because I love it here. I don't know, We'll

919
00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:34.159
<v Speaker 2>never know. But he's the kind of big that really

920
00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:36.880
<v Speaker 2>they didn't have this year that Pat Kelsey's best teams,

921
00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:39.440
<v Speaker 2>And it's really tough to compare his best team's worst

922
00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:43.320
<v Speaker 2>teams because again, you know, Louisville being a top twenty

923
00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:46.159
<v Speaker 2>five team, top ten team as today in the ap

924
00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:49.239
<v Speaker 2>pole that you know like that, that's clearly his best

925
00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:50.800
<v Speaker 2>team he's ever coach. But it's a different level. So

926
00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:53.320
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna they're gonna want to get a big that

927
00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:57.559
<v Speaker 2>can can really not only facilitate and do some things

928
00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:59.599
<v Speaker 2>to get the shooters better looks than what you got

929
00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:03.280
<v Speaker 2>this year or you know, but you know, and Khalifa

930
00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:04.719
<v Speaker 2>can do that as far as a passer, but as

931
00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:06.760
<v Speaker 2>far as long term, you know, when it comes to

932
00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:09.599
<v Speaker 2>just your overall front court, they need more talent, there's

933
00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:13.000
<v Speaker 2>no doubt about it. They need more offensive you know, ability,

934
00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:14.800
<v Speaker 2>They need teams to be able to be they need

935
00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:17.039
<v Speaker 2>teams to worry about, all right, we can't let this

936
00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:18.639
<v Speaker 2>guy just you know, go to work on us in

937
00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:20.519
<v Speaker 2>the post. They didn't have that this year, right, they didn't.

938
00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:23.079
<v Speaker 2>And this year a lot of a lot of the

939
00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:26.159
<v Speaker 2>scoring at times was done by Chucky Hepburn just being

940
00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:28.960
<v Speaker 2>Chucky Hepburn, rather him being good enough to just go

941
00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:30.960
<v Speaker 2>go get a bucket, go make a tough shot or

942
00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:34.960
<v Speaker 2>create because he's that good. In previous Pat Kelsey teams

943
00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:36.800
<v Speaker 2>that I'm aware of, they didn't have a guy like that.

944
00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:41.280
<v Speaker 2>So what you lacked previously with what cat Pat wants

945
00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:43.119
<v Speaker 2>to do. You made up for it at times because

946
00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:45.840
<v Speaker 2>Chucky was that that good all. We gotta get to

947
00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:47.519
<v Speaker 2>a break. We'll come back on the other side. Get

948
00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:49.000
<v Speaker 2>some more of your phone calls. Let you guys hear

949
00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:50.679
<v Speaker 2>from from this team. I've already heard some of the

950
00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:52.639
<v Speaker 2>audio that I'm gonna play with you. Play for you guys.

951
00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:55.559
<v Speaker 2>That just reminds me of how you know, how much

952
00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:59.000
<v Speaker 2>I love this group and sucks they lost today. Hate it,

953
00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:02.800
<v Speaker 2>but could have been a better group of guys to

954
00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:04.920
<v Speaker 2>kind of bring us back to life. And I guess

955
00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.519
<v Speaker 2>remind us how much it hurts when you love a

956
00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:10.880
<v Speaker 2>team and you have a fun season, a good season,

957
00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.239
<v Speaker 2>and then you know it comes to an end. Keep

958
00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:14.760
<v Speaker 2>you locked right here on Sports Talk seven to ninety