WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:04.320 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:09.679 Fox Sports fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services Insure 3 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:11.800 your most Prized possessions. 4 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:16.160 Good afternoon, everybody, Welcome to you. I on the Ball 5 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:19.079 here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera and 6 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:22.440 with me today Dave Silver. Dave, how were you. 7 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:25.920 I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Good to be back. 8 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:26.519 Good to be back. 9 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:30.120 A busy week for everybody around town, but good to 10 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.159 be here talking basketball and yeah, golf, tournament's over. 11 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:36.479 Things like that. I did not. Did you have a 12 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:37.079 chance to go out there? 13 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:40.799 I did Saturday and Sunday. Nice weather. On Sunday weather 14 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:44.159 was okay. On Saturday, walked a lot. My feet hurt. 15 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:45.039 I'm getting old. 16 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:48.320 Yeah, So you know, I watched most of the coverage 17 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:50.840 on on Sunday and it looked it looked great. 18 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:52.039 Great, It was great. 19 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:55.200 Yeah. I saw I got home before the final maybe 20 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:57.240 three or four holes, so I wanted to watch on TV. 21 00:00:57.320 --> 00:00:58.840 It was great, It looked great, It looked good. 22 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:01.600 I mean visually, you know, we all know what Tucson 23 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:04.079 can look like this time of year in blue skies 24 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:04.680 and the mountains. 25 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.000 I mean, it was perfect for TV. 26 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.560 I'm sure the Chamber of Commerce loved having Tucson all 27 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:13.280 over the place for those few hours on the Golf Channel, 28 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:15.560 and it was it was really good. It looked you know, 29 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.040 it looked good. I don't know what else you can say. 30 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.079 Yeah youah, no question. Next day, a lot of people 31 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:24.799 enjoyed the day. I'm sure we'll try to catch up 32 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:28.120 with people at the Comcucators later this week to talk 33 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:31.319 about that. What did you think about the basketball situation? 34 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:33.879 Just to catch up The brue. 35 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.280 Ha ha was not so much about the game, but 36 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:38.400 about Tommy's cumments about the fan. 37 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.560 Yeah, talking to kind of comparing the Kansas fans to 38 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.040 what we have here yesterday. 39 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:46.560 I thought, before you start, we had a very good 40 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.000 show with a lot of people calling in and watching 41 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.359 their opinions of for and against Tommy's thoughts. He did 42 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.359 talk about it today in his press conference. I'm not 43 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:57.920 sure who asked the question. So we're gonna have Brian 44 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:01.719 Peterson at the four fifteen hours for seventeen hour talking 45 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:03.640 about that and who asked him the question about the 46 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.120 fans and he said he just wants them to be better. 47 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.479 Yeah, Well, you know, I mean we all kind of 48 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:11.840 know what's what the crowd looks like at McHale Center. 49 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:12.599 We have for years. 50 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:16.319 Yeah, I don't think you can even compare it to 51 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:18.639 some of the places where, like Kansas, crowd just goes 52 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:20.879 crazy in the Dukes. I mean those are also the 53 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:23.400 exceptions too. I think most crowds are not like that. 54 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:25.479 Did you ever go, and you you're from that area, 55 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:27.719 the northern California area, did you ever go to a 56 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:29.240 Stanford game when I ever want to play? 57 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:33.319 I never did. I don't think I went to believe 58 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:33.599 it or not. 59 00:02:33.639 --> 00:02:36.360 I actually went to a Stanford ASU game almost by 60 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.960 accident one time when I was younger, but I never went. 61 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:44.360 May Those Maples fantastic, fantastic atmosphere. Stanford was rocking at 62 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.919 the time, with Montgomery and Lout obviously facing in Stanford. 63 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:50.919 It was crazy, probably the best atmosphere I'd ever been to. 64 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:55.240 And then Matt Court at Oregon crazy place, crazy times 65 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:58.879 with the Stotto Myers going back home and played against 66 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.840 the Ducks, and when Orgon was pretty good. There's been 67 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:04.439 other places l s U a time or two, Michigan 68 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:06.719 State come time or two, So you know there are 69 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.639 other places other than Arizona. That's that has a pretty 70 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:10.120 good crowd. 71 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:12.400 Yeah, yeah, But I mean we always had the reputation 72 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.120 in Tucson just for having big crowds. Obviously, they were 73 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:20.560 the Pack ten and Pac twelve in attendance forever, So 74 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:22.479 I mean we had that going for us in Tucson. 75 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:26.400 But as far as crazy routiness, there would be those moments, 76 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.599 there'd be a few games in the season, especially in 77 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:32.919 the earlier years, where there would just be a huge yeah, 78 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.479 you know, big crowd and just the intensity and just 79 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.199 the excitement for certain teams that was away. 80 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:40.639 You were there, You got here in eighty three, right before, 81 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:45.080 right same week. Maybe. So at what point, what point 82 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:48.520 did you see that this that he had some magic 83 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.120 going on and the crowd believed. 84 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:54.439 Yeah, I would guess maybe by year two we sort 85 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:55.879 of saw something again. 86 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.199 And the fans started to show up. Fans started to 87 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.960 show up, but not full probably not no, not completely. 88 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.520 No, I don't I'm sure we could probably look up 89 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.560 the statistics and what the average attendance was in those 90 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:06.479 early couple of years. But by the time they made 91 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:08.800 the tournament, you know, all of a sudden, the bandwagon 92 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:10.439 was there and people should jump on it and people 93 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.639 are buying season tickets and you know that kind of situation. 94 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:15.560 Yeah, so he was right when he was out there saying, 95 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.800 you better, Richard, you better get your tickets now because 96 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:19.079 it's gonna be sold out or they have me a 97 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.639 hard ticket again. So yeah, and that turned out to 98 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:23.079 be what it was. In fact, I was with the 99 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:24.959 group of my friends last night and I asked him 100 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:27.199 we had a show today and I don't know if 101 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:28.920 you listened to it. They said, yeah, maybe, maybe not. 102 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.600 And I says, do you like the crowds? And they don't. 103 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:34.519 They have tickets and they said, it's not like it 104 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:36.680 used to be. I didn't prompt them. I didn't say anything, 105 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.160 and it has it's not like it used to be, right, 106 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:41.839 It's simply not. And you've gone to a game or two, right, Yeah? Sure, 107 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:43.680 which did you go to the Big Ones game? 108 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:44.120 Okay? 109 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.519 So Duke was obviously that was that was probably the marquee. Yeah, 110 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:48.639 at least early in the season. 111 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:51.319 And they were and they were not as great as 112 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:54.079 they should have been, but they were losing most of 113 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:55.920 the game, right, so there was hard to cheer and 114 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:56.720 get them go, right. 115 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:57.439 And then it was great. 116 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:59.519 The first maybe ten minutes of the game, and then 117 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:02.160 when pretty much took control, that was that was it. 118 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:04.360 But you know, I mean, there was always such a 119 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:06.879 situation where you'd circle that, you know, that game, the 120 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:08.600 you know, the Stanford games or U C l A 121 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.120 for sure, uh during the regular season. 122 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:13.720 And there would be a couple of you know, big non. 123 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.560 Conference games that we would look forward to, and and 124 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.279 the crowd you could just tell. I mean, there's enough 125 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.399 smart basketball fans they know when to show up and 126 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.959 when the game means more nowadays, who even knows what. 127 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:28.519 That even means with the tournament, and yeah. 128 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:30.279 Everybody kind of figures, well they're gonna get in. 129 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:31.879 Now, let's just see how things go in the last 130 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:32.800 parts of March. 131 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:36.680 Right you you're you're I don't know, are you a fan? 132 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:38.959 I probably ask you this before. Are you a fan? 133 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:44.519 Oh? Yeah, okay, what do you think on the level 134 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:46.879 of fandom? How do you think they're going to do 135 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:49.199 this weekend? And then at the beginning of. 136 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:50.839 Next weekend, Well, you know, if they're gonna have to 137 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:53.600 play Kansas again in Kansas City, which it you know, 138 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:54.560 seems kind of likely. 139 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:56.800 I don't really have super high hopes. 140 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:58.920 Maybe I'm just being a fan and maybe not looking 141 00:05:58.959 --> 00:05:59.759 at realistically. 142 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:00.839 But I don't know. 143 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:02.480 Maybe it's going to be it's going to be a 144 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.800 Kansas crowd. I would assume just being where it is, 145 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:07.319 it's maybe not going to be as rowdy as it 146 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:09.560 was in Lawrence. But I think we can expect it 147 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.360 to be a tough a tough matchup for them no 148 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:11.839 matter what. 149 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:17.759 It's not gonna be Michale, North, Kale, Midwest. What do 150 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:20.800 you think? What do you think in what terms about 151 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:24.720 the game itself? Well, I think that there. 152 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.519 Was a friend of mine who and I said this yesterday, 153 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.199 who said that Arizona travels well, they don't travel well. 154 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:30.199 They'll have a lot of people. 155 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:31.879 And you you know this because you you went to 156 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:34.240 the places where they had a loves right right Midwest 157 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:35.360 not so much. 158 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:36.800 I don't know about I don't know. 159 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:40.040 I mean, I'm sure there's some I'm sure there are 160 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:41.959 going to be people who are looking forward to them 161 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:43.959 coming that live in Kansas City or Saint Louis. 162 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:45.759 I said, don't get to see him very often. 163 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:48.639 Exactly so that it's always been the case whenever the 164 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.680 team travels to, you know, a different destination like that. 165 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.560 You know, it's a tournament, so there's a reason and people, 166 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:57.959 I'm sure there's a pretty strong I don't know. I'm 167 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:00.800 assuming the u A is going to send out playing 168 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.480 load of people, the Boosters and the traveling Park. Yeah, 169 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:06.560 the Bosters are gonna probably go with ye. And here's 170 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:07.160 the issue. 171 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:08.319 Here's the issue. 172 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:10.439 Okay, so they played this weekend, right, They're got to 173 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.360 turn around and go to the next destination. So either 174 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:17.160 they have deep pockets or they don't have deep buckises 175 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:18.959 to make these back to back trips. It's the reason 176 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:20.720 why I'm not in Kansas City. I'm not going to 177 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:22.720 go to Kansas City for a possibility of one game 178 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.199 or two and then and then come right back, get 179 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:29.319 dressed and showered and go to the next destination wherever 180 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:29.759 that is. 181 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:30.800 That's the problem. 182 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:32.519 And I'm I'm you. 183 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:33.560 I'm in fact, I. 184 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:35.639 Might have to ask you for a phone number because 185 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:36.920 this Isn't your son live in Denner? 186 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:37.600 Yeah? 187 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:40.639 Well, I need I need a place to stay, McCall 188 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:43.279 just a closet will do. 189 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:44.199 It's not too far. 190 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.199 Yeah, So you know what I'm saying. It's it's not 191 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:48.480 cheap for people to go from here to there to 192 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:52.000 there Vegas. You know, people just drove up and and 193 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:53.560 half of them didn't go to the games. They just 194 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:55.120 want to have fun with the rest of the people. 195 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.560 Yeah, well, I mean it's not certainly not going to 196 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:59.639 be the same. We all know that in Kansas City, 197 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.079 you know, in the heart of Kansas Country, it's going 198 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:03.720 to be a big weekend for them. 199 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:04.879 They can make a quick. 200 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:09.079 Little forty mile drive over from from Lawrence. So yeah, 201 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.639 and I mean it's basically the Big Twelve is very Midwestern. 202 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:14.120 The Iowa State crowd apparently is going to be large. 203 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.040 They were here, they were large here, they brought some people. 204 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.439 Yeah, so it's going to be it'll be you know, 205 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:21.680 I don't know how if you of a fans are 206 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.079 really even care that much. I mean they do, but 207 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.399 if they can get by Kansas, I suppose they'll. 208 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:26.839 Care a little bit more. 209 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:29.680 But I'm sure everyone's kind of like, really, we got 210 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:32.080 to play these guys again, like less than a week later. 211 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.879 Yeah, and that kind of was the probably the thought 212 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.320 of it, right, they got to beat somebody first, though, 213 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:39.919 I think they have to beat who's the team coming 214 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.120 to beat someone? Though? I thought they were on the 215 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:44.159 bottom end of it. You have the bracket. 216 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:45.399 I don't have the I don't have it in front. 217 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:47.000 Of I thought we said that yesterday that there are 218 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:50.080 a three right and the four is uh, who's the four? 219 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:51.679 I can't remember. 220 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.399 So that the four plays Kansas, I think, and then 221 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:57.039 the next game would be Kansas. You'd have to get 222 00:08:57.080 --> 00:09:01.840 the bracket for me because I think the Cannis it 223 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.200 might be b Yu. I mean by beuh right by 224 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.440 us four. But who's going to play into the Arizona game. 225 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.240 That's that's what I'm saying. It might be Kansas. 226 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:14.039 The second round Kansas versus the winner of game four, 227 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:18.240 which is today utah U c F will play Kansas 228 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:21.240 tomorrow right right right where if that plays Arizona the 229 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:21.679 winner of. 230 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:23.919 The right of course, Yeah, so but who does Arizona 231 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:25.639 play the winner of that game? 232 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:27.440 The winner that bracket? 233 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.080 No, no, no, no, oh do they Yeah, so they 234 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:31.960 didn't get it. They're gonna they're gonna buy it. Not 235 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.360 a double buy that Arizona has a double buy? 236 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:35.960 Yeah yeah, no, no, but Kansas. 237 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:40.360 Kansas does not. Who's come first? No, no, no, no, no, 238 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:41.039 I'm just joking. 239 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:42.759 Four seed is b Yu. 240 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:48.039 So they're playing the winner of the Iowa State somebody game, 241 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:54.600 Oh Iowa, it will be Iowa State and Cincinnati. Say 242 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.679 that again, did Cincinnati win earlier? I think they're playing 243 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:59.000 now they played the first game. 244 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:11.440 Well here he is. Yeah, since I beat Oklahoma State. Yeah, 245 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:14.720 that's how it's going to play. Okay, so I'm just 246 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:15.360 trying to get. 247 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:20.320 Arizona, Arizona will play, will play Thursday late last. 248 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:21.919 Game, And you're right, because I'm looking at the back 249 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:22.320 of before. 250 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:22.679 Okay. 251 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:24.120 Yeah, so they're at the bottom of the their the 252 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.039 last game, right six thirty whatever it was going to 253 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:28.519 be and Kansas again, and then they would. 254 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.879 They get here there. I thought they were flopped, but 255 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:33.919 they're not there the late day. 256 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:35.840 They'd be the late game on Friday as well, which 257 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.720 would be six thirty two, so on time, and then 258 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:40.200 the championship is on Saturday. 259 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:44.960 At I did say this, I said before they played 260 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.960 on Saturday that if Arizona lost on Saturday, I think 261 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:53.879 I think they'd win on this Friday against or yeah, 262 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:57.519 this Thursday against Kansas. Because it's hard to be the 263 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:01.559 team twice in a year. Specific the Arizona Arizona's kind 264 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:04.080 of you know, just Timmy doesn't lose two in a 265 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.039 row very often, if at all, UH and playing the 266 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.000 same team twice back to back, that you know how 267 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:12.080 to solve or try to solve the issues that that 268 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:13.159 you're going to run up against. 269 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.799 So we'll see, we'll see. It's it's it's tough. 270 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:19.159 Because you know, again, all these teams have played each 271 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:20.720 other and you just kind of never really know how 272 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:22.559 things are gonna play it on neutral courts. You've got 273 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:26.679 that that factor in as well. Did you does Texas 274 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.480 Tech bring fans? Are their number two cere? They going 275 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:30.519 to bring other people up to Kansas City? 276 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:31.120 Who knows? 277 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:34.039 Maybe there's good enough. Let me, Texas schools are one too. 278 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.639 Did you follow the SEC at all? 279 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:38.279 I mean a little bit, just that they're good. 280 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:40.320 You're really good, and they say that the best conference 281 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:43.200 ever and they some people last that I was I 282 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:45.960 couldn't sleep. So I was watching the CBS college basketball 283 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.919 team and they said that if you saw three or 284 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.519 four SEC teams in the final four, that wouldn't be 285 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:54.960 surprised and that would be a heck of a final four. Right, 286 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:57.759 what if you saw something? What if you saw some 287 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:00.799 big twelve teams in that uh four? I wouldn't be 288 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:03.759 surprised if Houston's in there. I wouldn't be surprised if 289 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:08.080 Kansas cut fire. They were the preseason number one. Yeah, 290 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:12.679 so you know, Kansas Baylor not so much. If Arizona 291 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.519 cut fire, I'm not sure that'll happen, but you never know. 292 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:20.080 There's I mean, yeah, Baylor has been hot and cold. 293 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:21.960 What are they there? I was State. Look at Ia State. 294 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:23.759 I mean they're still the seventh seed. I mean, they 295 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:24.919 gotta win a cup. They gotta win. 296 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.279 Like you know, I was State. It's a tough, tough team. 297 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:27.759 Yeah. 298 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.759 People were just a month ago saying that they have 299 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:31.200 the chance to get to the final four to two. 300 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.200 So, you know, it could be. I haven't really paid 301 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:36.759 attention to Big twelve. I know Michigan State did a 302 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.320 number on Michigan over the weekend. UH and there's some 303 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:42.000 other other schools as well, But it could be a 304 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:46.720 Big twelve sec situation in UH at the final four 305 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.639 in San Antonio. 306 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:48.799 I don't know. 307 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:51.639 It's gonna be interesting to see how Houston kind of 308 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:53.440 maneuvers their way through the tournament. 309 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:53.600 Two. 310 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:55.480 Since they've kind of been, you know, kind of one 311 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:57.639 of the favorites, they obviously win the Big twelve. Yeah, 312 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.399 they're gonna be probably no worse than what a two 313 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.679 seed in this thing. So it's gonna be kind of 314 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:05.360 fun to see how the last year some of those 315 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.360 Big twelve teams day Last year, I picked them all. 316 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.080 I thought they were really good last year, and then 317 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:12.080 their bad guy, their guard got hurt, right, and then 318 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:15.279 they were toasted. Their issue is they can't score. And 319 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:18.399 if you can't score against Bama or Auburn or whatever, 320 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:22.440 it's gonna be tough. But they also don't let people score. 321 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.639 Yeah, I mean, they're obviously a great defensive team. The 322 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:28.360 Wildcats ran and some of that when they play them here. 323 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:29.399 I don't know. 324 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:34.200 I mean, I just it's usually the tournament's pretty tight defensively. 325 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:36.039 You know, there's not gonna be too many blowout games. 326 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:39.200 You start getting scores in the seventies or so, things, 327 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:39.919 they're gonna be tight. 328 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:43.960 Okay, I'm gonna let you introduce our first caller or 329 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.120 not caller, but our guests here on the other side, 330 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:48.200 And they were gonna have Brian Peterson at the four seventeen, 331 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:49.440 who was coming on. 332 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:52.440 Yeah, we're gonna bring in Marin Fader, who is gonna 333 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.480 be in Tucson for the Tucson Festival of Books. 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