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How 44 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:11.439 are we doing? 45 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:11.719 Brother? 46 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:13.360 What a segue? 47 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:16.520 Do you like that? It just came to me naturally too. 48 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.360 I wasn't even like planning it, and it worked out. 49 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.960 Sometimes sometimes it's just sometimes you're just in the zone, 50 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.000 and I guess that's where I'm at today. So I 51 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:27.080 appreciate you acknowledging that, you know, because I'll take a 52 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:27.680 pat on the back. 53 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:28.319 I will. Now. 54 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.879 I want to talk hoops first. We've been able in 55 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.800 the last week to see both these new coaches, Pat 56 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:37.680 Kelsey Mark Pope have their first test. Obviously, one result 57 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:39.759 was way different than the other. We'll start with Louisville 58 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:42.120 and I'm gonna ask you to predict the future here. 59 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:46.240 Let's say six weeks from now we are we're looking 60 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:48.879 at that game, we're looking back. Do you think we're 61 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:51.439 able to say that that result Rick Barnes and Pack 62 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.520 Kelsey going up against each other last week? Did that 63 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.199 when we're six weeks out well, that's say more about 64 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:57.639 Louisville or more about Tennessee. 65 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:04.039 I think it'll say more about Tennessee than it will Louville. Okay, yeah, 66 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:09.520 I think excuse me just because I think we were 67 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:11.719 kind of going into that game really, I mean even 68 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:13.439 last week, you know, you and I kind of talked 69 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:18.280 like I would be surprised if Louisville wasn't that game court, yeah, 70 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.759 all this stuff, and so like I think it says 71 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:24.639 more about Tennessee than it does it does Louisville. Like, hey, 72 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:27.719 when the lights came on and the game started counting 73 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.840 for real, this Tennessee team is is legit, right, and 74 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.240 they went and got some pieces in the portal and 75 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:36.680 and they were really good and this is a this 76 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:39.199 is a really good basketball team. Like I think that 77 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.759 that says everything about Tennessee. And by the way, they 78 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:45.280 have new pieces or guys in new roles, like I 79 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:50.039 get it, but like everything is so new for Louisville. 80 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.960 Sometimes you have to go through those fires and before 81 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.400 you can, you know, learn to to kind of conquer 82 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.159 the battle, so to speak. And so I think that 83 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:03.199 was that's what it was for Louisville, right, Like I 84 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:06.479 think Louisville will end up learning a lot about themselves 85 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.879 and it's a chance for them to get better. And 86 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:11.840 you would rather be able to get better in a 87 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:15.520 win and good performances, but sometimes you need to get 88 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:17.800 knocked on your butt to be able to learn what 89 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:19.399 you can and can't do. And I think that's what 90 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:21.160 Saturday is going to end up being for this team. 91 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:24.879 Yeah, and they hadn't had any bit of adversity at all, 92 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.319 and that's nobody's fault. That's just how things played out. 93 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.199 And they weren't tested in any way in any of 94 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.319 the exhibitions that they've played. And then you come out 95 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:33.839 and you play a really good team, they not only 96 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:36.319 show that they are worthy of where they're ranked, maybe 97 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.279 they should be ranked higher. But I think Rick Barnes 98 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.560 and I knew going in he was somebody that does 99 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:43.319 not play the same style that Pat Kelsey plays, but 100 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:45.519 he really is the exact kind of coach that would 101 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.519 probably love the idea of matching up with the team 102 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:50.759 like that because he thinks he can take them out 103 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:52.040 of what they want to do. And they did that 104 00:04:52.079 --> 00:04:54.680 really well. But I'm probably overthinking a little bit here, 105 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:56.519 But I felt like when I was watching Louisville out 106 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:58.279 there offensively and they were not able to do what 107 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.680 they wanted for the first time ever, you know, and again, 108 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:02.199 there's no way to prepare for that until you've been 109 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:03.920 in a situation like that. But I could tell these 110 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:05.639 guys where like, Okay, it's not working, what do we do? 111 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.319 And it kind of turned into guys that were thinking, Okay, 112 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:10.319 I guess I'll try to create. Now, I'll try to 113 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:11.920 go get a bucket. And I don't blame them. I 114 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:14.079 probably would have done the same exact thing. But when 115 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.600 you are learning that you're going to have to have 116 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:19.040 a little more variety offensively, maybe get into some sets, 117 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:22.120 do some things that aren't just a product of playing 118 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.439 fast and having a bunch of possessions getting rhythmic threes. 119 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:26.680 What would and again it's tough to say, I guess 120 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.000 it's a guess at this point from what you have, 121 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:29.920 from what you have seen with this LOWU levelle team, 122 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.079 who would you guess can be the two three guys 123 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:34.600 that if they do need to go get a bucket, 124 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:37.360 if you really have to rely on somebody not getting 125 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.439 a bucket because of the system, but because hey, they 126 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:41.439 have the ability to go do it. They can break 127 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:45.040 somebody down, they've got a mismatch. Who would you start with? 128 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.120 Because I think there's a lot of options, But there's 129 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:49.160 also the other side of that coin, which is I 130 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:50.319 think got a lot of guys that are kind of 131 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:51.959 the same level, you know what I mean, right, I 132 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.079 don't know who would be the guy that Okay, here's 133 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:55.959 who we need to lean on when we're when we're 134 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.000 down in a close game or we got to finish. 135 00:05:58.079 --> 00:05:59.600 I just I think it could be a variety of guys. 136 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:00.959 But I don't even know where to start as far 137 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:01.639 as who would be. 138 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:07.279 Ye, honestly, like I would probably need more time because 139 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:11.759 on the surface, I would tell you, or before that game, 140 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.879 I would tell you, I think it's Terrence Edwards Junior. 141 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:17.720 But same here, he looked. 142 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:20.560 Really really uncomfortable in that game, Like it it like 143 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.480 I think, and this is gonna sound weird to say, 144 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.240 but like he looked shook in that game, like it 145 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.279 was like I totally agree, I'm not comfortable with this 146 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:31.480 at all. So like before that game I would have 147 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:35.920 said him, I would probably say him going forward, but 148 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:39.879 I'm almost gonna have to see more because and to 149 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:43.040 be quite honest with you as as as we're talking, Like, 150 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.240 if it's not him, then I don't know if they 151 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:46.959 have anybody. 152 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.279 Yeah, I can't. I mean from what we've seen, I'm 153 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:52.839 with you and with Terrence Edwards Junior. I feel like 154 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:55.800 seeing him last year and I remember it because it 155 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:57.839 was it was a big upset early on in college basketball. 156 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.639 James Madison went in East Lansing and beat Michigan State 157 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:02.439 and he was the guy. He had like twenty five 158 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:04.839 points I think it was or something like that, and 159 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:08.480 here he is playing for a bigger program, and yeah, 160 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:10.839 he looked just uncomfortable. That's the best way to describe it. 161 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:14.120 And I'm just guessing here, But it. 162 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:14.680 Could be a fact. 163 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.800 It could be the fact that these guys do fit 164 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:19.800 like they have a skill set to where they're fitting 165 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.040 with what pack Kelsey wants to do. But you know 166 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.959 that maybe they're at their best when they're doing something 167 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:28.639 a little bit different. I mean, I'm sure they've been 168 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.920 working on what they can do to get into something 169 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:33.439 that can produce better looks than what we saw against 170 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.079 that great half court defense from Tennessee. But I don't 171 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:37.680 disagree with you. I don't really know what you, I 172 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:39.560 don't really know where you'd start as far as trying 173 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.560 to figure out a way to initiate something in the 174 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:44.360 half court to where you can get somebody at the 175 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.160 free throw line consistently or just get you know, consistent 176 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:50.639 good looks. It was a It was a real reminder 177 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:52.959 that Pat Kelsey's success and I don't blame him for 178 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.399 doing this at Charleston and at Winthrop because that's what 179 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:57.519 you got to do at that level. His success has 180 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:01.240 really been dependent upon him in stall and initiating a 181 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.680 style and it working really well, him getting players that 182 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.040 fit what he wants to do. But when you play 183 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:08.199 at a higher level, you're going to face teams that 184 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.480 they're well, they're well equipped to be able to take 185 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.360 you out of what you want to do, and you've 186 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:13.920 got to be able to revert to something else. 187 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:14.560 What that is. 188 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.199 I'm kind of puzzled myself because I think they have 189 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:21.800 some decent players, but the ceiling I'll just say this 190 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:24.160 and get your reaction to it Saturday. I'm not saying 191 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:25.399 this team is going to be bad the rest of 192 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:27.560 the way. Maybe they play some other teams of Tennessee's 193 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:29.680 caliber and they pull off an upset or two that 194 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:32.759 could happen. It's early. However, it really hit me that, man, 195 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:34.759 the ceiling for this group, I'm not really sure how 196 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:35.240 high it is. 197 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.039 Yeah, I mean, you know one of the things that 198 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:42.519 and look, they played against a team that was probably 199 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:47.960 a really bad matchup for them, yep, because Tennessee outside 200 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:52.279 as a kai ziggler can switch at every position and 201 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:55.159 you can't beat that guy off the bounce and ze 202 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:58.799 kai ziggler doesn't allow himself to get screened. Like when 203 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:02.480 Tennessee was locked in defensively, they could switch anywhere on 204 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:03.600 the court and they were good. 205 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:05.879 They're so physical too, and you. 206 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:08.559 Weren't gonna beat them. And you know, Pat Kelsey wants 207 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:11.879 Louisville to pass up a good shot, you know, good 208 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:16.120 for great and good wasn't there, and and they could 209 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:18.639 they never could find great. I mean, how many times 210 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:21.519 did we see a contested three get blocked and then 211 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:25.559 lead to transition the other the other way? On Saturday, 212 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:30.960 like Louisville was, Louisville was frustrated with the physicality and 213 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:34.200 with the athleticism that they were going up against in Tennessee, 214 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.720 and they just didn't know how to react. Now, I 215 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.360 think that eventually this you have to learn how to 216 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.759 react to that, right, Like you have to to be 217 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.240 able to deal with that. And the reason why we 218 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:47.679 saw one on one place, the reason why we saw 219 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:50.679 guys almost dribbling the air out of the ball was 220 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:53.600 because I think they just kind of reverted like, Hey, 221 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.480 I'm just I'm uncomfortable, so I'm gonna revert. And that's 222 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.759 definitely not the way to go. And Pat Kelsey even 223 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:02.679 mentioned it and game news conference, and when you're in 224 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:05.279 that kind of a game for the first time, a 225 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:08.600 new guy that you've never been at this moment before, 226 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.919 I think that's natural, Like that's the natural thing. And 227 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.639 so that's why I think Louisville will get better and 228 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:19.879 they'll learn from that because that's an experience that they felt. 229 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.159 Now you have to grow from that. 230 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:26.120 Yeah, I think Pat Kelsey will will die trying as 231 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:28.080 far as figuring out what he can do to get 232 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:30.120 it fixed to where they're not in that situation again. 233 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.559 But the more the more time that passes since Saturday afternoon, 234 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:36.159 it really is just a reminder that there was really 235 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:38.440 no way to one know how they were going to 236 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:40.360 do in that game. And for those guys on the 237 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:43.399 floor and the coaches. I mean, they're they're kind of 238 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:45.440 finding out in real time and there's no way to 239 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:47.399 put a plan together, you know, there's no They've never 240 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:50.480 been through any level of being challenged and it gets 241 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:52.919 that's nobody's fault. That's just how the schedule had played out. 242 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.039 So the ten day break is is probably not a 243 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:56.519 go ahead. 244 00:10:57.480 --> 00:11:00.000 The two most comfortable people on the floor for Louisville 245 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.600 we're Nobel Waterman and Rain Smith, and I don't even 246 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:04.399 think it was close. 247 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:08.679 I would agree breaking news and this one is almost unbelievable. 248 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:11.600 Yeah, it's all about new customers at bet three sixty 249 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:14.039 five because they get one hundred and fifty dollars in 250 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:16.559 bonus bets when they bet five dollars, and even better, 251 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.120 bonus bets can be used on the spread, totals and 252 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:20.000 player props. 253 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:22.000 There you have it. 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Like for them, 284 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:05.120 it just that that's it, and so I thought they 285 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:08.080 were comfortable. Now, I will say this if if you're 286 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:10.679 Louisville and Rain Smith has taken the amount of shots 287 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.720 that he took against Tennessee on a game by game basis, 288 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:17.759 like you know, and because he's a terrific shooter, but 289 00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.080 if he's that guy taking those kind of shots, I 290 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.200 think you've got bigger. 291 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:23.960 Problems, no doubt. I think he's gonna have the green 292 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.559 light for sure. But yes, guys that you feel like 293 00:13:26.639 --> 00:13:29.639 you would want taking many more shots than him just couldn't. 294 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.679 I mean, they would have to just throw up prayers 295 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.879 because that's how easy they were to defend at times, 296 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:35.480 which that was That's what really stood out to me. 297 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:37.279 And again I'm with you. I think in the end 298 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:40.600 we'll think that that that result was more about Tennessee 299 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.360 than anything else. But as far as how they would 300 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:44.759 go it like if they were going to play again 301 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:48.159 in two weeks. I mean, Pat Kelsey's the one making 302 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.039 millions of dollars to figure it out. But I don't 303 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:51.960 even really know what you would do. You know, again, 304 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.279 you got to try different things and see what works. 305 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:57.799 But clearly I wasn't working for him on Saturdays. Switch 306 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:00.480 gears here to the Kentucky Dukee game. Obviously a big 307 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.039 win for Mark Pope. I don't think you can overstate 308 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:08.159 how phenomenal that was for Kentucky. Everybody involved, their fans, 309 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:11.919 obviously the players and Mark Pope himself. I mean, I 310 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.480 don't want to act like they didn't play well. 311 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:13.799 They did. 312 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:14.440 They beat Duke. 313 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:16.440 But what would be. 314 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:18.960 More encouraging than anything if I was a Kentucky fan 315 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.559 was that I don't think that they did anything crazy. 316 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:25.480 There wasn't some scenario in the game that played out 317 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:27.279 to where you're like, well, we'll never do that again. 318 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:30.080 I mean, Jackson Robinson didn't even show up seemingly and 319 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:32.080 they still were able to hold on and beat a 320 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.600 really talented Duke team. I mean, if you're a Kentucky 321 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:36.279 fan and you're Mark Pope, you got to feel really, 322 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.000 really good about where you are right now. That was 323 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.320 a great way to get that era started. 324 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:44.559 You know what was the most impressive thing for me 325 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:51.639 watching that performance? And you know, it's easy to compare 326 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:54.120 like Louisville Kentucky at this point, right because they have 327 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:58.559 new coaches, they have all their rosters are just transfers, 328 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:01.759 you know, like a whole a bunch of new guys. 329 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.159 And remember how we even talked about like, look like 330 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.399 they got Louisville got punched in the mouth and they 331 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.879 didn't really react the right way. And and I think 332 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.759 and in some part it's because they haven't been together 333 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:15.240 as a group to kind of go through that. And 334 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.879 and that's understandable. Well, the most impressive thing is is 335 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:21.679 in the first half, you know, do punched Kentucky in 336 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:24.240 the mouth with their physicality and getting into pain and 337 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.679 kind of bully them, bully them, and we're and and 338 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.600 we're playing harder. And in the second half, you know, Kentucky, 339 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:34.799 you know, they they kind of forged up. And Mark 340 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:36.879 Pope even talked about it in the postgame press conference. 341 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.039 You know, it's in those moments it's easy to get 342 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.720 away from the huddle. Our guys got dialed in even 343 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:44.240 deeper into the huddle, and so like, I think that 344 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:48.039 they came together and they stayed together, and. 345 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:50.200 You wouldn't know that they're all new together, right Like, 346 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.360 you would not know that that's a group that's never 347 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.000 played a game together until a few weeks ago. 348 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.519 And for me, I thought that was the most impressive 349 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:01.559 interesting thing that probably came out of that game. And 350 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:05.399 right like, they probably didn't like, I don't think they 351 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:09.559 played bad offensively, I don't think they played good. Like 352 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:13.799 they missed a ton of shots and open shots, and 353 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.360 they missed some layups and you know, like they weren't perfect. 354 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:20.720 They didn't beat Duke by just getting hot and lighting 355 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:24.480 up the nets. They beat them. They beat Duke in 356 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:29.000 the second half by like just scratching and clawing and 357 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.600 defending their tails off and you know, like almost out 358 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:36.799 hustling this team and making the key the key plays 359 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.919 in the stretches when they mattered. Most like, that's how 360 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:42.519 they won. And for you know, a coach that's known 361 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.080 for like this, this wide open offense and everything that 362 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:49.399 kind of comes with that, and your best offensive player 363 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:52.519 not kind of answering the bell in that particular game, 364 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:55.159 Like I think it speaks volumes, and by the way, 365 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.039 they still scored seventy seven points. 366 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.240 Yeah, I think there was just about I mean, other 367 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.279 than Jackson Robinson, who really just never got to go 368 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.160 and played a lot of minutes, just never really I mean, 369 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.319 he didn't he didn't do anything to really hurt him. 370 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.160 He just kind of was out there. But it didn't 371 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.400 It wasn't something you noticed a whole lot because Kentucky, 372 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.720 as you mentioned, when they that run that Duke had early, 373 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.960 they got up maybe twelve thirteen, and then it quickly 374 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.079 was down to six, and then from then on it 375 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:19.240 was just a back and forth game. But I feel 376 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:23.079 like every everybody who played legitimate minutes in that game, 377 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.599 outside of Robinson, there was a moment where they did something. 378 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:30.160 Rather it be getting a steal, knocking down an unexpected three, 379 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.200 getting a rebound. I mean, even Crease off the bench. 380 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.359 He only scored two threes, but man, they were huge 381 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:36.839 at the time that they made him. It was like, 382 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:40.960 you know, everybody was ready, not not bothered by the moment. 383 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.599 They were unfazed. And that's that's what you would expect 384 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:46.119 from a group that is a lot of veterans. But 385 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:48.039 it's one thing to, you know, to do it at 386 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.799 a different level. It's one thing to do it when 387 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.440 you have a different role at your previous school. But yeah, 388 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:54.599 that I would have if you if you told me 389 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:58.039 ahead of time that you know this Kentucky team and 390 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:01.160 they've been playing together for years, you know they're there, balanced, 391 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:03.079 they're deep, They've got a lot of different ways to 392 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.400 beat you. 393 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:04.039 Uh. 394 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:05.680 And then I watched that game, I would I would 395 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.599 have believed it. So Mark Pope seems to really be 396 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:09.160 getting a lot of praise, and he deserves it. I 397 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:12.160 don't know if you could think of a guy at 398 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:14.759 a job like that in his first big test, to 399 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:16.880 to have his team play that well. Obviously there's a 400 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:18.799 lot of ball left to be played. Duke's gonna get better. 401 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:23.440